Throughout history, barbaristic groups or armies, have threatened the world and specifically the United States. In WW2, you normally think of the brutality of the Nazis. However, the United States main worry was the Japanese military. The US was appalled by the barbarous demeanor of the Japanese. Nearly 71 years later, the US is alarmed at the cruelty of the self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Although their motivated by different things, in both ISIS and Japanese codes of conduct, there is no room for mercy, cruelty is their code.
Although both Japan and ISIS use brutality to get what they want, they want very different things. In WW2, Japan wanted to establish an empire for their emperor, Michinomiya Hirohito, who
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There were so many cases of arbitrary beheadings, clubbings, and bayonetings in different parts of the empire that it is impossible to dismiss these as unauthorized initiatives by individual officers and men.”
Hastings later reveals that Japanese soldiers often mailed photos of themselves committing cruel punishment to their families, proudly depicting their gruesome contributions to the war. The soldiers devotedly participated in the brutality presented in the Japanese code of warrior, the “Bushido.” Although Japanese would send photos to prove their honor, ISIS posts photos and videos to their social media platforms to instill fear and to prove they should not be taken lightly. ISIS posts videos of them threatening the United States and of them assassinating innocent people, a lot of the times journalists. They also proudly show how they are training children for war, and sometimes let the kids commit the assassinations. The purpose of their posts are to insinuate their motives of conquering everyone that they believe is
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Although the Japanese and ISIS have a lot in common, mainly their emphasis on catachresis, they did have their differences. But, the most horrifying thing that they have in common is that they both believe what they are doing is honorable and justice. They brainwash innocent kids into believing it’s ok to kill someone to get what you want. Just like Japan needed to be stopped in WW2, ISIS needs to be stopped
Isis commits horrible acts of violence and gore and then to make it worse, they video tape it and send it to various countries demanding a slew of ransoms. They work on people’s sense of fear to accomplish their end goal. Gilgamesh was known for killing and raping trying to gain immortality after he experienced his best friend’s death, Enkidu.
In each requirement they are provoked in some way, that's not it though they also have ways for conducting war. They believe that it should be handled in a disciplined way so they don't injure non combatants with minimal amounts of force, then treating prisoners of war without anger and as humane as the can. This I just evidence of how peaceful this culture is and how their views and beliefs are the polar opposite of what ISIS feels is justified. Just because they are relatively close in in likeness and lived in similar circumstances they've been nurtured in totally different ways, children of ISIS grew up learning and believing that it takes force to spread the word of their god. In their eyes anyone who doesn't believe in their god are heathens and sinners. The things that we do, the things we eat, and make, even the things we say. These people's traditions and culture contradicts the American way of life, free will, free expression of feeling and both men and women can have the same job, women can even be the main source of income for their families. There's also the fact people in America are wasteful and are sluggish people in there
Most ISIS practice customs from the 7th century, but the methods they use to fight a war are 21st century techniques. ISIS have an advanced computer network that uses social media to attract terrorists worldwide to help them attack countries like the United States. Many countries have been victims of cyber attacks but may not realize it until long after the security breach occurred.
Violence brings out the worst in people. It reveals their true nature and who they really are in the inside. What the Nazi’s did to the Jews was not right at all. The Jews had to have a good heart and strong will to make it through it; all the memories they experienced will never go away.
ISIS has been a rapidly increasing threat to not just the United States of America, but the entire world. ISIS has done countless brutal, sick, heart wrenching things that have caused a national and international uproar in the citizens of numerous countries. ISIS considers them the Islamic State, and they seem to have many motives. They basically want a large portion of the Middle east under ISIS control and for the rest of the world to accept their disgusting “traditions” as they claim they are doing, This threat has done some very unspeakable things; the problem needs to be solved. Considering the view the United State holds right now, there are a few actions that can be taken to reduce this threat that ISIS presents. ISIS has rapidly become an enormous problem for most of, if not all of the world. There are some very simple and some very complicated ways to solves this problem. The most efficient way is to simple go to war with ISIS and physically, mentally and emotionally destroy everything and everyone that is supporting this cause, another way is to give them what they desire to have, finally the last option is just completely ignore the foreign issue until it presents itself on U.S. soil. After an online video emerged on Tuesday, January 21st, 2015, showing ISIS threatening to kill two Japanese hostages, relatively little was known about the relationship between the two prisoners. But Reuters News revealed later that next day
The stories The Diary of Anne Frank, and Unbroken are full of accounts of brutal and cruel acts. In Unbroken, for instance, the Japanese would beat the crap out the POWs, starve them, and then make them walk many miles in the cold with almost no clothes. Unbroken tells the story of an Olympic athlete who was put inside a concentration camp during WWII and was beaten daily, as well as starved. When the Japanese guards found out he was an Olympic runner they had him run against a Chinese runner even though he had been beaten and could barely walk. Also, one of the most brutal of the guards would walk around and teased, “oh I feel so bad for you POWs and now the Japanese government is building another camp where
Al-Qaeda is the parent to ISIS. Al-Qaeda translates to “The Fundament”. It is a multi-national radical group founded in 1988 by Osama bin Laden and other militants who fought for Afghanistan against the Soviet Union. It has been labeled as a terrorist group by the United Nations Security Council and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and quite a few other countries. The Sunni- Islamic group was based in Sudan for the early part of the 1990, they moved to Afghanistan somewhere around 1996 and went under the name of Taliban. The group merged with Jihad’s and later declared a holy war against the United States. The United States troops all but eliminated the group and killed its leaders while they were in Afghanistan, but with withdrawal of the troops in 2011, have regrouped and made a comeback. https://www.britannica.com/topic/al-Qaeda
But, ISIS on the other hand requires territory to remain legitimate. This group is also very traditional when it comes to their religion and practices. While Al Qaeda was a modern group with modern political views, ISIS has a tendency to stick to old fashioned Islam, speaking in terms and phrases that Islamic people now don’t understand or relate to. Their leaders have said that they will not and cannot abandon the governing precepts that were embedded in Islam by the prophet Muhammad and his earliest followers (Wood, 2015). They believe that out of entire Islamic culture, they are the most radical and accurate Islamists there are because they do refer back to the origination of Islam. All of their decisions, actions, etc. are referred back to and based off of the Prophetic Methodology which is the following of the prophecy by Muhammad. Muslims have a book called the Koran that is filled with specific rules and guidelines that are to be followed. It states that crucifixion is one of the only punishments for anyone who objects or disagrees with the Islamic, Sunni religion. The ninth chapter orders them to fight Christians and Jews until they pay their Jizya or tax with complete submission. The prophet Muhammad is the one who created the Koran and all that it entails. ISIS takes the Koran very seriously. More seriously than any Islamic group ever has. It’s almost as if they have an obsession with following the rules that Muhammad has set
Following the brutality and horrors of World War I, people began to question their traditional beliefs. New answers to the world's questions came from scientific developments, women, literature, and art. Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud were revolutionary scientists in the 20th century. Einstein, a German physicist, proposed the idea that space and time are in fact not constant (though the speed of light is). He came up with his theory of relativity that created uncertainty and replaced Isaac Newton's belief that the world was governed by absolute laws of motion and gravity. Sigmund Freud, an Austrian physician, developed a theory about the human mind based on his experience with patients with psychological problems. Freud believed that the mind has an irrational component, which he called the unconscious, that has a number of drives of which the conscious mind is unaware. Other scientists also developed new technologies during and after the war, particularly in the medical and technological fields. Automobiles skyrocketed in popularity, airplanes became increasingly successful, and radios and movies dominated entertainment. New
There is no denying that Muslims are treated differently now, and ISIS has seen that and has used that to their advantage. ”Some are alienated by harassment or discrimination against Muslims at home, and want to join what they see as a pro-Muslim movement. Some, according to the ISD, enjoy the shocking violence.The ISD study, which examined the social-media postings of Western women who joined ISIS, found the women "celebrate the violence of ISIS, unequivocally."” (Why girls join) In the past women were seen as the people in society that would never condone violence, but the changing role of women has also changed the way they see violence. ISIS wants to find people who celebrates another western terrorist dying, and they do not care what gender. They have found a new demographic and because of that they are increasing the amount of people willing to commit acts of terror. Females often long for the sense of family and community, and when that is taken away since they can easily go into a state of depression, especially if that is all they have, “And for some women, there are benefits to joining ISIS. Many are given free housing and food. Others find a sense of camaraderie and sisterhood" (Why girls join). IS has invaded many Middle Eastern countries and turned them into war zones and has left thousands of people dead or living in terrible conditions. ISIS promises the people that are barely living everything that they desire. This can consist of a safe home, food, water, and most importantly the feeling of community once again. ISIS has created a plan to ensure that people will join the “cause”, and everything they have done, whether it was creating social media accounts or raiding countries for all of their belongings has had an end goal of getting
ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) is a terrorist group that is trying to build a caliphate in Syria, as well as evoking war with the United States. ISIS first started as a branch off of Al- Qaeda; until February 2014, when they broke away from Al- Qaeda. According to K.T. McFarland, a national security analyst, ISIS has raped and tortured it’s way through Syria and Iraq, killing those who won’t join their group.. They have managed to recruit thousands of citizens from around the world to join their cause. ISIS is a realistic threat to the U.S. and the world, and the US needs to stop them.
Two groups of people, known for wreaking havoc and destruction across the world. Are compared in many ways to be holding a great evil power. In two different time periods, these groups as expressed by artist Ramirez of the Investor’s Business Daily, are looked at in a sense of them growing to a power of chaos and destruction. During 1933, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi’s, together as one group of carnage seeking dominators, who in attempt to take over the world, created what is known today as The Holocaust. The group today that is right now doing some of the same things Hitler did is, ISIS aka ISIL.
ISIS is fighting for man-made rules and regulations; this message is all natural with no artificial restrictions or limitations. ISIS’ old ideas
Their fighting tactics, however, parallel with the Japanese during WWII; like the Japs, they are willing to fight in any war or battle to the death to defeat an opponent, to them this would be an honor. For example, in the article ISIS: A Short History it states, “Zarqawi [ISIS’s leader] sent dozens of suicide bombers to blow themselves up in mosques, schools, cafes, and markets, usually in predominantly Shiite neighborhoods or towns [their enemy at the time]. According to the article, Kamikaze Suicide Pilots of World War II the Japanese Kamikazes pilot used similar tactics. It states, “Kamikaze were Japanese suicide pilots who attacked Allied warships in the Pacific Ocean during the Second World War.” It then states, “Many kamikaze pilots were very young, mostly between 18 and 24. They believed that dying for Japan and their emperor was very honorable. They saw themselves much like the samurai of the Middle Ages, brave Japanese warriors.” This shows that due to IS’s and Japan’s soldiers’ willingness to sacrifice their lives for their cause it makes it ten times harder to defeat. However, one thing the two differ in is their responses to bombs. In WWII, it took two atomic bombs to make Japan surrender, while after the French
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, also known as ISIS, is a Sunni militant group, and also the most barbaric and violent terrorist group ever to exist. ISIS is also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). This group has quickly advanced and seized its territory in Iraq and Syria. They can be found in many nations such as Syria, Iraq, Libya, Lebanon, and Algeria. They are ruthless and savage-like; beheading, cutting off hands, and murdering many, many people as if it was their daily ritual.