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bag lunch to discuss their feelings toward the dvil war in Syria.
STAffWwTSi The event was organized by Max Carter, the director of the
Friends Center and campus ministry coordinator.
For over two years, the active Syrian government has been at - '"The main points were the personal anguish of (senior) Omar
war with opposing rebel forces. Escalating hostility has pushed Hamad, who has family in Syria and is tom between his pacifist
millions of refugees to flee the country. On Aug. 21 the violence leanings and the realities of a despotic regime, and the Quaker
intensified when chemical weapons were unleashed, killing leanings of others in the room, who have a sense that when Jesus
nearly 1,500 people - most of whom were' innocent civilians. said, 'love your enemies,' he probably didn't mean, 'kill them,'"
While it is still unclear whether the government or the said Carter,
opposing forces are to blame for these chemical attacks, this level Carter finds military intervention to be destructive and
of inhumanity has left the world in shock. ineffective.
Guilford campus is no exception. "It just doesn't make logical sense to throw a bimch of missiles
The level of intervention that other countries should have in there when it actually won't do anything positive in terms of
in this sensitive and complex conflict is still up for debate, and the real crisis in Syria," said Carter.
perspectives fall all over the board. Guilford offered opportunities
for the community to get involved with this overwhelming issue
— even in small ways — without ever leaving campus.
On Sept. 6 students and faculty gathered in The Hut for a brown
Carter insists there are non-violent alternatives to addressing the
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The Infographic Explained:
Graphic by Samir Hazboun, Layout Editor
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The tanks on the left
represent the army
strength of the notable
factions involved in the
Syrian conflict.
The green tanks
represent the forces
supporting Assad’s
regime (the existing
government).
The brown
tanks represent
the forces
belong to the
Syrian rebels.
The red gravestones represent the
number of deaths from the conflict,
proportionate to the orange
people, who represent those who
have fled the country.
Statistics compiled fromiAgence France-Presse, CNN,The Australian,The Guardian,TheTelegraph.The Times of London,The Times of IsraeuThe Independent and Puk Central Council.
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