ISIS And Totalitarianism

continues to grow and threaten the stability of Iraq and neighboring Syria, the U.S. has again

Every day, as I turn on the news, I sigh in despair. The world is a total mess; innocent civilians being bombed, slavery, and poverty still evident in many countries. Why the world is so corrupt- in 2014, is beyond me. I try to avoid headlines about the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) but the ever-growing presence of their existence has amplified so much that it cannot be ignored. ISIS is a militant terrorist group that has struck fear into the hearts of many Iraqi’s. Through the use of violence, mass rape, and propaganda, ISIS has conquered much of Iraq and Syria. The objectives of ISIS are to establish an Islamic caliphate in the Middle East. I can’t get it through my head why people would do this, especially if it would backfire on them in the long run. By making their acts of terror known to the world, they only provoke international awareness. They absolutely will not last without end in the hands of the U.S army, whom they have mocked and threatened in the past.

ISIS is a terrorist group that originated from Al Qaeda in 2004. This group was an ally to Osama Bin Laden’s notorious Al Qaeda; “meaning they both were radical anti-Western militant groups devoted to establishing independent Islamic state in the region” (Thompson, 2015). The differences with ISIS and Osama’s terrorist group is that ISIS has proved to be more brutal and more effective at controlling the territory it has seized. With ISIS being the strongest current terrorist organization the question has been proposed; how will the world defeat this “group”? How has it affected the world? How will the end of this “organization” affect the world, if there ever will be an end? In order for ISIS to be destroyed all of these questions must be

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

In the CNN library of, “ISIS Fast Facts” CNN shares the story of ISIS the group known for killing dozens of people in the public by executions, beheading or brutal acts. Not accepting the loss of their jobs many anger without a job established al Qaeda in Iraq to wage against U.S. A. In the process to establish an Islamic caliphate, or state across the region. In school’s boys and girls are forced to separate, also enforce no justice for women.

In fact, ISIS has created an ideology and belief that will not diminish when its believers die. ISIS has already created the “Khorasan province” in Afghanistan and gained the allegiance of Abu Sayyaf group in the Philippines, the Sinai insurgents in Egypt, and countless supporters and fighters from Iraq and Syria that have returned to their countries of origin to countries in Europe and North America. Therefore, even when the presence of ISIS is eliminated from Iraq, ISIS will remain as strong player in Syria and will continue to wage terror that results in more refugees and migrants fleeing from all areas under ISIS control. Also, it is important to ask the questions of who is defining the issues associated with ISIS as well as who is prioritizing and leading the fight against ISIS especially that ISIS came to life and allowed to prosper under the eyes of the Iraqi and Syrian

A caliphate is an Islamic state where sharia laws are strictly enforced and led by a single supreme religious and political leader, called a caliph. Sharia law comes from certain studies of the Qur'an and it requires all people under the caliphate’s jurisdiction to follow the studies and abide by the law. Punishments such as stoning, beheading, flogging, and hanging can be administered to those who don’t abide by the law. Currently, Isis has captured over 30,000 square miles of territory, including the Iraqi governorates of Baghdad, Salah al-Din, Nineveh, Diyala, Kirkuk, Al Anbar, and parts of Babil; the Syrian territories of Al Badiya, Halab, Idlib, Hama, Damascus, Al Barakah, Al Kheir, Ar-Raqqah, and the Coast

Despite the fact that the war on terror was officially launched by the White House a little more than a decade ago, the main trends in the American foreign policy regarding Middle East have changed significantly in these dozen-something years a couple of times. The issue the United States of America are dealing with in the case of ISIS is something very different, both in nature and in scale. Compared to the devotion of the Bush administration to fight every single suspected organization and individual in retaliation for the 9/11 attacks, the Obama administration was and still is far more reserved about American presence and American warfare in the Middle East. After a decade of active involvement and establishment of questionable

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, ISIS, also known as Islamic State in Iran and the Levant, ISIL, is a terror group formed by the remaining members of al Qadea (AQI) after their down fall. ISIS aims to create a caliphate in Iraq and Syria, and expand globally. Their methods to do so are by any means of spreading terror to innocent people by mass shootings, beheadings, and explosions. ISIS although a political driven terror group, claims to found their practice and ideology from Islam one of the three major world religions among Christianity and Judaism. However, Islamic teachings and beliefs contradict the practice, methodology and ideology of ISIS. In the following paper, I will be discussing the formation of the organization of ISIS, their

The airstrikes and bombing campaigns have prevented ISIS from capturing Baghdad, along with many other cities in the region. These airstrikes have also destroyed a great amount of the Islamic State’s resources, as well as some of its powerful leaders. The Islamic State does not rely on a country or outside source for funding, as it has large oil reserves that it sells on the black market to earn millions of dollars a day. This is one of the main differences between ISIS and al Qaeda, and has allowed ISIS to focus on a long-term plan to create a caliphate in the area. While ISIS has used the attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, as well as the beheadings of American and other foreign prisoners, to strike fear into the rest of the world, attacking them with American troops and other extreme measures could be playing right into their hands. While defeating ISIS as quickly as possible is always the goal, it might take longer than expected to destroy the Islamic State, thus the United States should stay the course and continue to use airstrikes and local forces to attack ISIS, while developing a long-term plan to defeat the Islamic State once and for

ISIS owes its rise and survival in great part to, as you can see in the above video, the political disintegration of Syria and Iraq. Sunni Arabs in both countries, disillusioned and long abused, tolerated ISIS just long enough for it to move in and seize territory. The Syrian military is too focused on fighting rebels to focus on ISIS, which Assad tolerates in any case. The Iraqi military is too hollowed out by the state's 2003 collapse and the Iraqi government's growing corruption to do much

ISIS has brutally murdered about 33,000 people (civilians and non-civilians) by suicide bombing, executions, when people don’t follow their rules, when America doesn’t pay the ransom, and more. Despite that, America has pushed ISIS back to about 15% of its land. But keep in mind that ISIS is still a very powerful and ruthless terrorist group, because while they will kill people without caring; they all do it for their goals as you’ll find out if you read on. ISIS basically has one goal, which is to be even more powerful and expand their rule. ISIS has been started and affected many things for reasons that we’ll be talking about in this article. For one ISIS is still a very cruel terrorist group because of its background, what they desire, what

In June 2014, “ISIS fighters swept through Iraq's northwestern and central provinces” (Beauchamp 8). ISIS had easily defeated the weak government left by America after the invasion of Iraq. By the end of June, ISIS controlled over a third of Iraq. Meanwhile, ISIS also takes over a large part of Syria as well. After taking over large areas in both Iraq and Syria, “Baghdadi declared his territory a Caliphate on July 4” (Beauchamp 9). A Caliphate is an Islamic state led by a religious successor of the prophet Muhammad known as a Caliph. By declaring the territories a Caliphate, Baghdadi had meant that ISIS was now a state. And so, the plans of ISIS to turn Syria and Iraq into an Islamic state had been set into

Donald Trump, who is known for being outspoken, has an idea. He wants to end ISIS forcefully. ISIS and Assad are mortal enemies so Trump wants us to let ISIS go fight Assad and then we come in and “pick up the remnants”. In other words, Trump wants us to lay off of ISIS and Syria for a while, let ISIS destroy Assad, and then we come in when that is all done to finish ISIS. Trump says “Look, with ISIS in Iraq, you got to knock them out. You got to knock them out. You got to fight them, and add boots on the ground if needed.” Trump also thinks we should have a strong military so nobody will mess with us. The problem with Trump’s plan is that ISIS wants to take over the world. They are so barbaric and controlling they are only going to expand and gain more power if we keep putting them off. At first President Obama thought that airstrikes on the main cities of Iraq would be enough, but now he has sent in special forces on land as of December 1st, 2015. Obama authorized airstrikes over Syria and told the nation he would send an additional 475 troops to Iraq in a non-combat role (Wescott). Sending troops over to Iraq and Syria for a declared war is basically making a decade long commitment to war and thousands of dead American soldiers. The US has also sent airstrikes to Libya last year taking out Libya's previous leader, Abu Nabil. Increase of control in Libya is likely to increase the level of international and

If we had identified the Islamic State’s intentions early, and realized that the vacuum in Syria and Iraq would give it ample space to carry them out, we could/should have pushed Iraq to harden its border with Syria and preemptively make deals with its Sunnis. That would have prevented Iraq’s third-largest city from falling under ISIS control. Yet, just over a year ago, President Obama told The New Yorker that he considered ISIS to be al-Qaeda’s weaker partner. “If a jayvee team puts on Lakers uniforms that doesn’t make them Kobe Bryant,” the president said. Our failure to appreciate the split between the Islamic State and al-Qaeda, and the essential differences between the two, has led to dangerous decisions. As an example, last fall, the U.S. government consented to a desperate plan to save American aid worker Peter Kassig’s life. The plan required interaction of