On September 10, 2014 President Barak Obama spoke to the nation concerning the be headings of American journalists Jim Foley and Steven Sotloff. He encouraged citizens of the US by reminding us that America does not tolerate terrorism or threats of any kind. His call to action that he plans on, and has already done, is to attack Isis from the air. He assured us that he would not put troops on the ground.
I am not a huge fan of any kind of public address by our president or really anyone else in politics. I'm smart enough to know that he doesn't write his own speeches and every sentence is orchestrated to reassure and comfort us as citizens. While I'm really glad that there won't be any Americans on the ground, I do worry what kind of result military air strikes could produce. There is no telling what kind of machinery Isis has to retaliate or what innocent people could get caught in the madness. While I agree that something has to be done, because it is disgusting and saddening what has happened to our fellow Americans, I am not a supported of war of any kind. I genuinely feel as though Americans should avoid places like that at all costs, even if it is in the name of releasing very important stories and news. It makes me sad to think of any human life dying from acts of war, American or not. While I know that war related issues are important and urgent it does not make me any more excited to write about them.
I hope that something positive comes from Obama's plans of action and I most importantly hope that no more innocent people are hurt because of it.
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