Avery: Blog Of The Day

     Right now in Syria people are being killed because they put up anti-government graffiti.  Their cruel president, Al-Assad, soon sent out people from the military in giant tanks and started shooting from them.  Al-Assad was not going to stop them at all.  He was the one that sent them out.  Later in July, our president, Barack Obama, went to talk to the president of Syria.  He said that President Al-Assad should stop what he's doing and finish being president.
     After Obama talked with Al-Assad, Al-Assad started killing even more.  He told the military to go out and start shooting and killing people again.  Most of the them were protesters.  About ten-thousand people were killed total.  I personally think that Obama was correct and that there is absolutely no reason to kill people because of graffiti.  Al-Assad has been trying to stop all the protesting by killing more and more and more people.  Although, it's just making more and more and more protesters.
     He isn't going to solve anything by killing. Some people that try to stop the military from shooting can't stop them at all. A lot of people are very afraid to protest because he might kill them, their family or friends. Sadly, everything Obama said to their president didn't do anything. The president got even more mad and started killing more.  If I was the president of Syria I would stop everything that I started. I hope that Syria survives.

Sources:  NY Times Article, Factmonster Article