Letter To My Representative
September 11th, 2013
Dear Representative Scott Peters,
My name is Max Richter and I am an 11th grade student at High Tech High Media Arts. I am a resident in your congressional district. I am writing this letter to tell you of my stance on the conflicts in Syria. The past few weeks, my humanities class has been studying the recent events quite a bit. We have watched news programs read numerous articles to familiarize ourselves with this current situation. This week, we held mock congressional debates to state our opinion of the crisis in Syria. Personally, I am against a strike on Syria and I hope that you will take the steps needed to vote against it.
In the midst of all my research, I took some time to read about the war on terror in Iraq. While this is war is now behind us, I have seen the mistakes the United States of America has made. If an airstrike were to occur, how do we know that there is not going to be any backlash from the troubled country of Syria? Do we, as a country, really want to take that risk? Doing so could put the innocent citizens of the United States of America in the at risk.
As citizens of the United States, we have to ask ourselves, is war the best solution to resolve this issue? I feel that that there are more diplomatic approaches that our country could be taking at this time to ease the tension with Syria. For example, there could be a treaty that is drafted between the United States and Syria. This is more of a civil approach that both countries could take.
According to a recent poll conducted by CNN, it states that two-thirds of the respondents say that Syria could use chemical weapons again in the future even if the United States launches an attack. Not only is it important to think about what might happen now, but it is also important to ask yourself about what might happen in the future? If we vote against these strikes now, it could save the U.S. quite a bit of trouble in the long run.
I would like to restate that I am against an airstrike in Syria. If a strike were to happen, it could damage our country in more ways than we think. I ask you one more time, do you really want to take that risk? I appreciate you taking the time to read this letter and taking these thoughts into consideration.
Sincerely,
Maxwell Richter
Dear Representative Scott Peters,
My name is Max Richter and I am an 11th grade student at High Tech High Media Arts. I am a resident in your congressional district. I am writing this letter to tell you of my stance on the conflicts in Syria. The past few weeks, my humanities class has been studying the recent events quite a bit. We have watched news programs read numerous articles to familiarize ourselves with this current situation. This week, we held mock congressional debates to state our opinion of the crisis in Syria. Personally, I am against a strike on Syria and I hope that you will take the steps needed to vote against it.
In the midst of all my research, I took some time to read about the war on terror in Iraq. While this is war is now behind us, I have seen the mistakes the United States of America has made. If an airstrike were to occur, how do we know that there is not going to be any backlash from the troubled country of Syria? Do we, as a country, really want to take that risk? Doing so could put the innocent citizens of the United States of America in the at risk.
As citizens of the United States, we have to ask ourselves, is war the best solution to resolve this issue? I feel that that there are more diplomatic approaches that our country could be taking at this time to ease the tension with Syria. For example, there could be a treaty that is drafted between the United States and Syria. This is more of a civil approach that both countries could take.
According to a recent poll conducted by CNN, it states that two-thirds of the respondents say that Syria could use chemical weapons again in the future even if the United States launches an attack. Not only is it important to think about what might happen now, but it is also important to ask yourself about what might happen in the future? If we vote against these strikes now, it could save the U.S. quite a bit of trouble in the long run.
I would like to restate that I am against an airstrike in Syria. If a strike were to happen, it could damage our country in more ways than we think. I ask you one more time, do you really want to take that risk? I appreciate you taking the time to read this letter and taking these thoughts into consideration.
Sincerely,
Maxwell Richter