Week 6 post 1

The first clip we watched was an interview on MSNBC with Gary Johnson. The significance of this video is that when Gary was asked a question about Aleppo he responded with “What is Aleppo?” This was a large red flag as Aleppo is one of the primary concerns in the Syrian crisis and where a lot of humanitarian issues come from. The second video is a sort of documentary of the after math of a bombing on Aleppo. It starts out by showing a group of kids playing in a missile crater that is filled with water from a busted pipe. They are cheering in happiness as they get their very own “water park.” This scene made me very sad just to see how desensitized these kids are to these attacks. When asked about the missiles they even knew exactly what missile hit and what happened. It is like its an everyday thing for them. After that they show the real damage where a random apartment was struck killing multiple people. Again it shocked me how desensitized all of these people were. They were sad but if that happened in our country there would be complete panic. They all just calmly gathered the bodies from under the rubble and mourned. The last video shows a lady being given on a tour of the shopping in Aleppo. They are showing off all of their brand new shops. She shows all of the damaged but still beautiful buildings surrounding her. They also talk about the former terrorists that controlled their town. Its a very inciteful video on what Aleppo is and was like during the occupation of Aleppo. All of these videos somewhat relate to each other. The first shows how ignorant Americans are on the issues of Aleppo that we even have presidential candidates that don’t know what is going on there. The second video shows what life was like in Aleppo during an attack. We saw a mix of mourning and despair, but also optimism and being able to find the good in any situation with the kids. Finally in the last video we get to see Aleppo in action post occupation. We see the growth and how they are starting new stores, and regaining their community.