Morjes!

Welcome to my blog. I write about fitting in, sticking out, and missing the motherland as a serial foreigner.

Damned if you do

Here are some links of interest re: the current situation in Syria. As you may know, chemical weapons appear to have been used; it appears to have been regime forces who used them (though this is not as clear as perhaps it ought to be); and the US and other nations appear to be moving toward a decision to launch punitive strikes on Damascus.

This is an awful situation for Syria to be in. It's an awful situation for concerned/interested nations to be in. Over the last two years, it seems like we've all been saying, "isn't there anything we can do?" Or even, "DO something!" But strikes launched by outside powers? Oh what a gray area that is.

So, links.

Syrians in the UAE are worried about their families back home.

UAE Syrians are divided on their opinions toward a strike conducted by outside nations.

Syria Syrians are also divided on their opinions toward a strike conducted by outside nations.

This article pretty much sums up how horribly divisive this issue is, even for non-Syrians.

As for the US, our diplomatic history with Syria is...interesting.

I also feel there is an element of




in all this.

Feel free to vent your thoughts, opinions, confusions, complete and utter disbelief that it is coming to this, etc. Or try to stop thinking about it. That's what I do. A lot.

August 30th, outsourced

The end of the nanny era