And so the question rises: is the death of two soldiers avenged by igniting fire on another nation’s soil? Is this justice — or a declaration that outrage belongs only to the powerful?
The United States claims the strikes were directed at terrorists.
But the question spirals back: who bears the terror that Syrian civilians live with every day?
Were the mothers burying their children beneath shattered concrete terrorists?
Were the families running across borders for survival the enemy? Were the young lives erased from the future merely numbers?
The missiles raining over Syria are not just retaliation — they are a message.
A message that no one may look power in the eye, question American force, or demand accountability.
The deaths of two soldiers are indeed a tragedy. Their families will carry that pain for the rest of their lives.
But Syria has been living under the shadow of such tragedies for years — a grief that has no pause, no ending.
Call this operation defense, call it vengeance — the truth lies deeper.
This fire stems from long-standing policies that have turned the Middle East into a permanent battleground.
Iraq once burned under the same storm.
Afghanistan tells the same story. And today Syria stands at the edge of the same abyss.
America insists that the soldiers were in Syria to fight ISIS. But when did this mission begin, why did it begin, on whose soil, and with whose consent?
If foreign troops are stationed on another nation’s land — and blood is spilled — who holds responsibility?
Syria, or the power that claimed for itself the right to enter, occupy, and command?
Over the years, countless lives have been lost as a result of US operations in Syria — and the world remains without answers.
No apology.
No remorse.
No accountability. Innocent people have died.
Homes have collapsed.
Generations have fractured.
Will history never weigh these losses?
Will the deaths of two soldiers alone determine who the terrorist is, and who the victim?
These are not questions for America alone — they are questions for the conscience of the world.
Syria’s soil cries out:
Does humanity awaken only when the powerful bleed?
Is grief bound by borders?
And has justice become nothing more than a word printed on pages?
Seventy strikes were launched.
Seventy new wounds.
Seventy new cries.
Seventy new families shattered.
And it was called “retaliation.”
But in truth, it is the fire of vengeance. A fire that never burns out — it merely travels. From one nation to another. From one generation to the next.
Perhaps the time has come for humanity to face its own reflection and ask:
Who wins a war?
Who loses a nation?
And how long will places like Syria, Gaza, Iraq, and Afghanistan remain laboratories for global power?
The world may change. Policies may shift. Governments may rise and fall.
But today, Syria’s ashes whisper a truth that cannot be buried:
Power has crushed justice.
And truth is still trying to find its way through rivers of blood.
By: Syed Akbar Zahid
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