ISIS Intervention Plan

ISIS is being led by multiple people who are extremely resistant to compromise and believe that they are following a prophecy. They have a divine prophecy that they will either be led to a great demise or a wonderful ending where they will come out on top. ISIS is vastly different than many other groups by the fact that they are led by a very strong willed leadership.

During the round table discussion, I learned many things about what’s really going on with Isis and the possible results of this terrorism. Some things I absorbed from Isis consist of how they want to try and pick a fight with everyone around them and how they are trying to make the end of times occur. The roots of terrorism goes back centuries. Some professors stated that Isis is only trying to get America’s undivided attention by doing all of this unnecessary damage. Dr. Parker claimed that they have enticed the use of social media to inflict fear upon the American population, and those around them. President Obama claimed in a speech that Isis had been contained, and then they attacked Paris which brought complete surprise upon everyone

The U.S. strategy for defeating ISIS must look like defeating terrorists without compromising foreign interest in these countries, like Syria, and Iraq. There is also a risk for finding trustworthy allies, and having weapons falling into the wrong hands. Therefore U.S. should provide aids to allies and help them figure out their true ideology. A war would destroy the economy of the Syria and negatively affect the citizens as well as the environment of the region. For the betterment of the world and its people, countries should come together and end the war by negotiating rather than shooting at each other, if possible.

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.

This is because they are completely surrounded by enemies who hate them, the Kurds, the Iranians, the Sunni countries, even Al Qaeda (1). ISIS is hopelessly outnumbered by all its enemies, who on top of everything, have almost every Western power backing them up. ISIS has lost 40% of its formerly controlled land in Iraq, and a "sizable amount" of its territory in Syria (2). "Boots on the ground" aren't necessary. ISIS has no outside help or funding, is surrounded by enemies, and hated by all. This horrible list of odds stacked against them means that they are going to fizzle out, smothered by their enemies and the hate of the Western world. We shouldn't fear ISIS coming to America. They have no capability of doing so. The two ISIS-inspired attacks in Orlando and San Bernardino were only inspired by ISIS, they had no connection to the organization and were done by people who believed the ISIS propaganda (3). Because of this, the real fight shouldn't be against the organization, but the spreading ideology. We need to make sure ISIS's propaganda is blocked and refuted, and we also need to teach people that ISIS is a false perversion of Islam. With the organization scattered, and the ideology destroyed, ISIS will truly be

In order to formulate a policy against ISIS, there must to be an understanding regarding how ISIS came to be and what its motives are. ISIS is a terrorist organization that began as al-Qaeda in Iraq. In time, ISIS split from al-Qaeda for ideological differences, mainly because ISIS wanted to control large areas of land in order to establish a caliphate. In the past year ISIS became increasingly violent, and started being stricter with the regions they hold under their control, such as beheading people, and burning them alive. Now ISIS controls an area roughly the size of the United Kingdom in Iraq and Syria. ISIS’ main objective is to establish a caliphate where they can follow Islam to its strictest interpretation.

ISIS is a very unique phenomenon occurring in the Middle East. The United States Department of State has designated the entity a foreign terrorist organization (US Department of State 2014). The group is very different than the Islamic extremists that the United States has dealt with over the years. Instead of hiding in remote compounds and living secret lives amongst the general population, ISIS has conquered vast regions of Iraq and Syria. However, ISIS does share similarities with other Islamic terrorist organizations. Several of these terror groups have attacked the United States in the past. Some attempts were unsuccessful, but others were successful. The United States must realize that ISIS is the newest threat to national security and the hindrance to the stabilization of the Middle East. Politicians and counterterrorism operatives must realize that at some point, ISIS will attempt an attack on the United States. Fortunately, the United States has a vast collection of data on Islamic extremists and there organizations. It is possible that the key to creating a counterterrorism strategy exists in the data that has been gathered about other Islamic terror groups. If the objectives and themes of ISIS match that of terror groups that the United States has previously prevented terror attacks from, then perhaps a similar strategy can be effective.

ISIS is notorious for being experts on recruiting people all around the world to follow them. Citizens from Europe, Asia, and even the United States of America have joined forces with them. They have developed manipulative way in convincing people to join them and these people are willing to drop the life they currently live right then and there, in order to follow and help with their mission. ISIS has recruiters all over the world, and have other terrorists groups recruiting people specifically for them (Masi, 2014).

Videos shown from ISIS show a more religious/militant side. They show how religious their fighters are, and how peaceful it is away from the war scene. The other side shows fighters get frontline action when joining ISIS. This draws in people from around the world to join this terror organization, and leave their families behind. Most people that join ISIS seeking frontline combat, quickly realize it is all it seems to be. Most are used as servants/slaves.

ISIS has taken over Syria and Iraq, and has changed so many things in the lives of the people. The people that live under ISIS have been affected by many different things. If ISIS does not like something you will most likely be beaten, abused, or killed. They also do not give them enough time for using water. The people are hurt much more than what the world is actually allowed to see. Most of the people of Syria and Iraq want ISIS gone and to be “destroyed,” but nobody has found any way of doing that so far. Many countries are trying to find a way to do so. ISIS is a Salafi jihadist militant group that follows a fundamentalist, Wahhabi doctrine of Sunni Islam. In other words, they are a terrorist group that puts fear into people's lives

Born out of the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, the group by the name ISIS has become incredibly unpopular with everyone, especially those in the West. ISIS stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria; the name was made in the hopes to assert their dominance in Syria. Many Great Powers across the globe, the United States in particular, are focused on defeating the fast growing terrorist group, but unfortunately, have had very little success in the past due to the lack of ground troops. The United States has not done enough to fight ISIS because the country is afraid that getting too involved would take a great toll on their nation; however, the U.S. needs to directly and physically attack the terrorist group because nothing is going to change without U.S. military involvement. That said, I feel the only recommendations for further interactions are as follows:

Groups such as ISIS and Al Qaeda are constantly communicated in reference to current events with words such as Muslim highlighted; media fails, however, to explain how these groups have come about and instead take the simple route of blaming religion and giving fearful Americans a common religious enemy. After the infamous attack on September 11th, Al Qaeda has become an ideology with the false pretense of justifying their actions through their religion, causing a decentralized movement of sprouting terrorist groups claiming themselves a servant of Allah as well. Al Qaeda, as a fundamentalist organization, has always been highly focused on publicly prominent political, economic, and symbolic targets with the hopes of intimidating or coercing the civilian population. Osama Bin Laden’s assassination, as the leader responsible for the destruction on September 11th, has ultimately led to the emergence of a generation of sympathetic yet unaffiliated individuals inspired by Al Qaeda’s ideology. The ongoing war in Iraq, the U.S.’s presence in Afghanistan, as well as Guantanamo has further influenced these misinformed people, who blatantly follow organizations such as ISIS and Al Qaeda using the justification of Islam for their actions. Unfortunately, this growing population of misguided, ignorant people has exacerbated the unfair institutionalization of all individuals identify as Muslim being terrorists, jihadists, against Western culture, or affiliated with extremist

Centuries of tyrants have taught humanity one thing, the world is a cruel and terrible place. It is full of people who will do anything in their power to be at the top, which exactly what the terrorist organization ISIS are doing right now. They are relatively new on the stage of wreaking havoc on the globe starting only in 2014. They have had the quickest rise to power going viral and fighting to gain ground ground physically, all while the US has used its best efforts to use counterterrorism to combat them. It has been a long two years since their grand opening and they are far from over.

Over the past decade, wars and interventions in the Middle East have broken up existing states, fostered sectarianism and destroyed infrastructures, creating the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). It is now a region full of failed or failing states, increasingly dominated by militias and terrorists. In response to ISIS's recent advancement and terrorist acts, America has created a surveil and a strike mentality that now dominates our counterterrorism in an effort to avoid placing U.S. grounds troops in harms way. It is popular with our government officials because it is easy, plays to our technological strengths, and does not force us to make any significant foreign policy changes. However, the United States objectives cannot be achieved

ISIS strategic objective is to establish a caliphate in Iraq and the Levant, control and govern the caliphate, expand Islam and sharia law worldwide, and recreate the power and the glory of (Sunni) Islam. The ways employed by ISIS include, marginalized grievances of Islam and radical interpretations of Quran to recruit extremist Islamic insurgent fighters. Social media is used as their primary means by spreading hatred among society. ISIS utilizes twitter, YouTube, and Facebook which is accessed by many teenagers all over the world. However, due to unemployment rate globally, lack of security awareness, and lack of patriotism. Men, women, and children are easily persuaded to join ISIS and other extremist groups.