Blog Post #5 - U.S, Ambassador safe after Syrian Attack

Robert Ford , a U.S. ambassador was safe Thursday after being attacked by a pro-government group. An official reported that it was an attack by an armed mob but he is OK. Ford has always been outspoken against the Syrian government and their use of violence against protestors and has been seen as more of an activist than a diplomat. In July when he traveled to the restive city of Hama to express support for demonstrators, he sparked a diplomatic firestorm. He was gracefully welcomed with open arms. A crowd tried to assault Ford and embassy colleagues. The mob was violent and it tried, unsuccessfully, to attack but only seriously damaged the vehicles. At the time of the attack, Ford was visiting Hassan Abdul Azim, head of the opposition Arab Socialist Democratic Union. A crowd begin to gather and chant loudly, the crowd protested rowdily for more than two hours.

This goes to show you that no one, not even U.S. ambassadors are safe from religious attacks. During a meeting that they had Azim explained to Ford that his party doesn't want outside intervention in Syria's unrest, but it does want freedom, democracy and peaceful coexistence among all religious groups. That is truly necessary to a country. People should feel safe in the religion they're in knowing that they have the right to believe in what they want to believe in and not have to worry about being attacked or killed. The Muslims are the main ones that cause all the problems because they want everyone to believe in their religion, but everyone is entitled to the right to pick their religion and stuck with it. 'Religious Bullying' has to stop and everyone needs to be accepted for who and what they are. We are all one people, no matter what religion we decide confide in.


http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/29/world/meast/syria-us-ambassador/index.html?iref=allsearch