Syria, the Cause of World War III?

Imagine living in a country with a President that many of the citizens have a hard time agreeing with. Some of the citizens do agree with the president and tensions rise that lead to violence and conflict. Other nations that agree with the president join forces with him and those opposing the president also band together. Over the course of 4 years, many would leave the country as a refugee, many would die in the country from the fighting, and other countries would have to support their allies as the tensions continued to rise. It is crazy to think that a disagreement over the choices of the president could cause that radical of a response but that is what is going on in Syria today.  Over 250,000 dead. The scariest part of it all is that we are involved in supporting the rebels and other super powers like Russia are engaged in supporting Syrian President, Mr. Assad. 

Could history repeat itself? We are so close to exactly what happened with alliances and ties in WWI and WWII. Axis vs. Allies. I pray that this can end soon before it escalates more.

To understand more about this unfortunate conflict, please read http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-26116868 or http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/16/world/middleeast/untangling-the-overlapping-conflicts-in-the-syrian-war.html?_r=0.