There Are Two Sides to Every Story
This news story, posted by the Jerusalem Post, should be
entitled the same thing as this blog post.. The reason for this being the fact that the news story
brings in a variety of quotations from sources on both sides. It is clear that
the Syrian government’s statements are about regrouping and less about
retaliation, but other people in Syria want vengeance against Israel. On the other
side, the Israeli government says that it attacked Syria to prevent the country
from falling into the hands of a militant group, Hezbollah. While other people in
Israel are saying that the attack was a sign of power and aggression. The separation of the people, especially extremists, and their liberal governments is something that I've tried to watch. In many cases, the regular everyday people, that fall in between the two polar opposites, are the ones that make up the majority and typically want some type of peace. This news
article does a good job of showing both sides in an on going tale of the “two
sides to every story” motif except in the case of the Middle East; there are multiple
sides to multiple stories.
What is interesting about the multiple points of view or opinions
are that many stereotypes arise from it. Take for example, in this article the Turkish
Prime Minister Recep Tayip Erdogan seems to say to Iran that before anything happens,
the country’s need to come together: “What is Iran doing about Syria? While considering
the acts of Israel, Iran at the same time needs to allow for common steps to be
taken in the region”. I find this interesting because in many cases, it seems
as though the countries have very loose ties to one another in the Middle East
and are typically out for themselves.
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