{"id":946,"date":"2013-10-29T19:48:22","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T19:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/blogs\/?p=946"},"modified":"2013-10-29T19:48:22","modified_gmt":"2013-10-29T19:48:22","slug":"making-sense-of-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogsdev.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/rambassadors\/2013\/10\/making-sense-of-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Sense of Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-952\" style=\"margin: 5px\" alt=\"IMG_1488\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_1488-300x224.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogsdev.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/rambassadors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/10\/IMG_1488-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogsdev.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/rambassadors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/10\/IMG_1488-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogsdev.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/rambassadors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/10\/IMG_1488-135x100.jpg 135w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>On Monday morning, I had the opportunity to attend the Washington Internship Institute\u2019s (WII) symposium, at the Woodrow Wilson Center.<\/p>\n<p>Middle East analyst and author Dr. Aaron D. Miller shared on the topic, \u201cMaking Sense of Syria: Understanding the Past, Looking Towards the Future.\u201d According to Miller, the United States has effectively prevented another 9\/11. He went on to explain that interference in Syria is unnecessary, and that this conflict would be \u201ca very long movie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a deep sense of anger and humiliation in this area towards the USA,\u201d said Dr. Miller. Our books, movies, and films are viewed as vulgar and unclean. As a nation, we are confronting an issue where they don\u2019t accept our values, causing dangerous tension. Furthermore, on a fundamental level they don\u2019t respect our values, and view our extravagance as a hallmark of gluttony.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was an illuminating discussion regarding the geopolitical environment within the Middle East,\u201d said Eric Ostrander, a senior at Farmingdale State College, and WII student. More than forty people were in attendance, admitting substantial Q &amp; A discussion. Following the event, refreshments were served at a reception for students, teachers and panelists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday morning, I had the opportunity to attend the Washington Internship Institute\u2019s (WII) symposium, at the Woodrow Wilson Center. Middle East analyst and author Dr. Aaron D. Miller shared on the topic, \u201cMaking Sense of Syria: Understanding the Past, Looking Towards the Future.\u201d According to Miller, the United States has effectively prevented another 9\/11. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[29,46,70,71,73,114,116,126,129,130],"class_list":["post-946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-david","tag-blog","tag-daviddavila","tag-intern","tag-internship","tag-iwpp","tag-syria","tag-thedavila","tag-washingtondc","tag-wii","tag-wilson-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogsdev.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/rambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogsdev.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/rambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogsdev.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/rambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogsdev.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/rambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogsdev.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/rambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogsdev.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/rambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogsdev.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/rambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogsdev.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/rambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogsdev.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/rambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}