I Think About Syria When I Go

International Institutions Are Composed Of Governments. Governments Control Their Own Military Forces And Police.

When Dictators Feel Their Support Slipping Among Adults, It Is Not Unusual For Them To Alter School Textbooks In The Hope Of Enlisting Impressionable Youths In Their Cause.

Violence Against Women Isn't Cultural, It's Criminal. Equality Cannot Come Eventually, It's Something We Must Fight For Now.

Countries That Intervene Militarily Rarely Do So Out Of Pure Altruism.

As Even A Democracy Like The United States Has Shown, Waging War Can Benefit A Leader In Several Ways: It Can Rally Citizens Around The Flag, It Can Distract Them From Bleak Economic Times, And It Can Enrich A Country's Elites.