- May 10, 2013
There are currently 1.2 million Syrian refuges spread throughout Jordan, Turkey, and northern Iraq. As we walked with the Kurdish legal council representing the US in northern Iraq, we asked his opinion on the Syrian conflict.
He said, “It is an immense human tragedy caused by senseless brutality.” Brutality is the way of life in the Middle East. Power is gained by brutality that breeds fear to suppress people.