This post is about my own personal views and opinions.
Tragedy struck on November 13, 2015, when terrorist group, ISIS attacked Paris, France, killing about 130 people, and leaving more than 350 injured. This attack caused France to bomb Syria, in retaliation on November 15. This post will be about my thoughts on these attacks.
First and foremost, all my thoughts and prayers, as well as many other people’s, go out to the victims who lost loved ones, or were injured in the bombing.
The attacks naturally sparked a lot of controversy here in the U.S.A. On twitter, I saw an argument about whether we should let syrian refugees into America. One person said that we need keep the syrians out, in order to prevent terrorists from slipping into the country by pretending to be refugees. The other, who I agree with, said that we should absolutely let in the refugees. The former, who was very ignorant, tried to justify their claim by saying that letting them in may cause another devastating tragedy. Which, in that case, they’re right. Letting in refugees may cause an attack to happen due to terrorists sneaking in. But, a major terrorist attack can happen, even if we don’t let syrians in. Terrorism isn’t something that only one race can do. Horrible events can happen no matter what. Remember when a school was attacked in Connecticut by an american white man in 2012? Keeping all syrians out of the country will keep terrorists out, but it will also keep innocent people trying to escape a horrible life threatening situation out of the country. Denying innocent people from that because they look like they could be terrorists is ridiculous.
I’ve heard people debating whether France’s retaliation attack on Syria was justified or not. In my opinion, it wasn’t justified. By attacking Syria, France killed innocent people who had nothing to do with ISIS, and even people who were opposed to ISIS. Syria is filled with refugees, not only members of ISIS. France’s revenge attack on Syria killed more people than needed to be killed. Two wrongs don’t make a right.
It is also worth mentioning that many cities lit up buildings with France’s flag to honor the victims of the terrible attack.
The bombings that occurred in Paris are sad.
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