Starr+I.+-+Declaration+of+Independence

toc =Declaration of Independence (Final) =

Social Activist, Cynthia Basinet, once said, “Displaced societies are of value. Their issues are our issues.” Basinet is an American, yet how is it that America can disregard the country of Syria? Syria has purportedly been accused of working with terrorists. We have been blamed for so much and there is so little proof. America has no right to take control of our country when we, as a whole, have never plotted against them. Syria, like all, has the right to have liberty, life, and pursuit of happiness, and what have you done? Treated our decent people unequally to any other decent people from you or an ally’s country. You ought to leave us alone and let Syria be its own.

America has betrayed our trust. In the early 1990s, we were allies, and faithful ones, but your favor for Israel led us to dislike you. In February 2005, some Syrians assassinated the Lebanese Prime Minister. And that broke our partnership? If a few thoughtless men of a certain country killed a man of a different race, our entire country shouldn’t be blamed. Our country doesn’t consist of terrorists. We hold refugees, yes. Since we require no visa, the men and their families run here to hide from the horrors of their home countries. We hold mostly good people. You took our liberty by placing one of your own diplomats as our ambassador, we are not a part of you and we can be for ourselves. You violated our right to life when one of your helicopters crossed into Syria, dropped Special Forces, and killed eight civilians including a family with children. Whether or not it was a mistake, lives of innocent people were taken. And you’ve disrupted the synchronization that once balanced our country.

As the people of Syria, we are declaring our freedom from the United States. We do not wish to harm you, and never did, we just ask that you leave us be. Syria is not terrorists’ land. It is the land of men and their families who wish to flee the horrors of the world. It is a place where Muslims, Christians, and Jews have all found a place to live in harmony and we do not deserve the punishments you, who has no right, gave us. Your violations of our god-given rights have given us the entitlement to our home because we can function without you; because you have no justification in taking control: Syria ought to be free.