US strike in Syria

According to AFP, the United States military has conducted an assault on a building in a small border town in Syria. The American choppers departed from Iraq and entered Syrian airspace, landed in the Syrian village, and took out what they claim as insurgent targets. Syria on the other hand claims that the US killed eight civilians; A father and his four children, a couple, and another man. Syria has denounced the US action as terrorist acts and the US Department of Defense released no comment about the mission. There has been global outcry for the US mission as the military has yet to explain the circumstances. Many in the media believe that this attack carried out by the military is just a political ploy by George Bush. There has been reports that US intelligence had been following the target for several months and had many opportunities before to take him down. Instead Bush waited for a really sensitive time in American politics, where the presidential election is only days away and the nominee from his party is losing in all the major polls. Many claim that Bush ordered these attacks to instill fear in the American voter and to push them into voting for McCain. Even if this accusation is not true, it is irresponsible for the US to violate an independent countries borders. We must not take these types of actions or else we will lose even more legitimacy in the world and it will harm us greater in the future.