For the past few years, the terrorist group ISIS has made headlines around the world with their acts of terror and rapid spread. Naturally, people all over the Earth have called for the obliteration of ISIS, and many have looked to the US for action. The question that prevails the most: should the US put soldiers in Syria to try and directly destroy this radical terrorist group? The safest, most reliable answer is an emphatic no, the US should not put "boots on the ground" against ISIS.
A key reason against putting "boots on the ground" to fight ISIS is that it might very well backfire. ISIS, Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Taliban gain support and increase their numbers by fostering resentment against the West. In the same way the Muslims feel
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An occupying force is needed to make sure the group never returns. It's easy for the big leaders of these organizations to hide, gathering resources and accumulating more followers, biding their time until they can come back out and retake power, once the boots have left (4). And as mentioned before, soldiers from other countries grow support for terrorist group, as it allows them to channel anti-West resentment. It is necessary for the military to stay and occupy, in order to make sure that the group doesn't return, or another one isn't created. For example, let's look at the Taliban. The US-led attack went in with the goal of toppling its despotic regime and giving power back to the Afghani people. Once the goal was met, the Taliban scattered, and a new Afghani government in place, the US pulled out. As soon as the Americans were gone, the Taliban resurged, feeding off the hate of America, and now controls more Afghani territory than at any time in their entire history (1). Why? Because knowing that they had seen the last of us, (at least for a while) they knew that there was nothing to prevent them from rising again. Now let's look at the other side, that "boots on the ground" need to stay there in order to prevent another organization from rising. It is well known that President-Elect Donald Trump once made the claim that President Obama was the founder of ISIS. He maintains that because Obama …show more content…
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
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, also known as Isis, terror group has been an important issue in the United States for the past couple of years. After the recall of troops from Iraq, radical Islamist movements started to begin and Isis was formed. The first issue of Isis is they have grown in numbers over the years. Secondly, Isis controls thousands of square miles of ungoverned territory. Their high supply of troops and land allows them to creatively think of major attacks, including attacks on the U.S. Lastly, when people see the attacks from Isis, some people naturally gravitate towards these groups. Two months after 9/11 attacks Osama Bin Laden said “When people see a strong horse and a weak horse, by nature, they will like the strong horse.” Isis will continue to grow in power if countries do not come together to help totally eliminate them.
Isis has 30,000 fighters( “Isis trail of terror”). February 2015, Isis had 20,00 more foreign fighters who had come to help( “Isis trail of terror”). Not including 150 from the United State. Isis is spreading into Syria, Iraq, and towards Baghdad tormenting the sick, and killing people till they decide to join their side ( “Isis trail of terror”).Obama said, “ Let's be clear about Isis, they have rampaged across cities beheading people in cowardly acts of violence.”( “Isis trail of terror”). Isis is growing bigger and bigger each second, and only we can stop it.
The second argument is that ISIS is in America, and will continue to grow. 82 people have been accused by the FBI of trying to help/join the Islamic State as of February, 2016.
Chief among the threats to the United States today is ISIS. To be able to know how to properly address this problem, one need only look at the beginning of the conflict to understand how to end it. The reason ISIS went from a ragtag militia to an armed force capable of fighting both the Iraqis and Syrians, was with the equipment and training provided by the US government and our allies. This was done with the explicit purpose to enact regime change and create a free, secular state. Granted, at the time they thought they were arming democratic loving rebels. But doesn 't that just prove that we don 't have the competence to be getting ourselves involved in conflicts where we can 't tell who the good guys are?
53%of Americans say the U.S should send ground troops to Iraq or Syria to fight against ISIS, poll taken by CNN politics. Although the U.S shouldn’t be fighting against a religious ISIS is also a terrorist group. 60% of Americans disapprove of President Obama’s handling of terrorism poll taken by CNN politics. This Country needs to put ground troops in Syria to denaturalize the threat that is ISIS.
When you hear the word ISIS, what comes to mind? Do you think of beheading and torture, or simply the Egyptian goddess, Isis? Well, ISIS, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, is an extremist “Islamic” group that is growing in numbers, partially by recruiting young Americans, with many brutal tactics, and the United States is not sure what to do. Right now, there is a Civil War going on in Syria that has lasted for years, since 2011. This first started off as a protest in 2011 against Middle Eastern dictators, but turned into a full blown war after the Syrian political leader Assad decided to take matters into his own hands.
They have people from Africa, Asia, Europe, and Northern American ISIS is a threat to global peace and people globally, that is why it not only up to the Iraqi and Syrian government to eradicate them. Although it is clearly not just an American problem, America still needs to step in and aid others trying to end ISIS. America should not launch a full-fledged military campaign, it would exhaust resources (Cronin). What America needs to do to defeat ISIS is continue with a limited military campaign and major diplomatic efforts. The only way to defeated ISIS is to contain them, they need to be suffocated of their resources, technology, ammunition, and weapons. Obama supports this thought, he stated although they were not a real threat right now, they could be if left unchecked. America needs to continue with airstrikes. They have proved effective, their leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was deathly injured during an USA led in March this year. Although this would not kill ISIS it is a huge step forward. ISIS has lost plenty of land in Iraq, they are not completely disappearing yet though, but this is why America needs to continue to work with the Iraqi government and military. Recently, America held a meeting with world leaders to discuss what should be done to fight ISIS back. ISIS is not only trying to target America, they are trying to challenge international order, that is why America and worldwide leaders need to work together to stop ISIS. Every major government should stiffen the arms embargo on ISIS. The great news about this is that no government supports ISIS, they have made enemies with almost
Today, one of the biggest issues facing the United States as well as the rest of the world is the Sunni-militant group which goes by the name of “ISIS,” or the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. It has been the topic for major discussion for the past three years, with many leaders of major countries and nations trying to figure out how to defeat them. ISIS is a powerful force and has been for several years and many countries including the United States are trying to figure out how to stop them.
ISIS is a dangerous terrorist group from Syria/Iraq causing trouble all around the world. ISIS have had increasing violent attacks that include beheadings and suicide bombings. They have threatened to kill 2 journalist from the U.S.A if they don’t receive the quantity of money they want. I feel like ISIS is targeting on the U.S for more and more money. The will tend to get more violent and stronger as the years pass by. I think it won't be such a good idea to just go over and fight ISIS, that would make ISIS a bigger threat to America.
“War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today” (John F. Kennedy). The United States should destroy ISIS by bombing them in an auspicious manner, so that the people will no longer feel threatened. ISIS is a terrorist group that emerged in the Middle East. ISIS stands for “Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.” It originated in the year of 1999.
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
boots on the ground” (Cook, 2009).This evidence shows that it has been 10 years, and yet they are still here, and growing. This means that airstrikes are not helping much. Think of World War II. We needed to put so many troops on the ground to win Normandy. It should be the same for ISIS. We have to lose troops to win the bigger war. We will not be be to lose one or two troops to win the battle on terrorism. Also,ISIS is clever, they have secret strongholds and they claim responsibility for attacks even if it wasn’t them. This is meant to throw terrorism experts off. “They want to go back and reject modernity, well I think we should help them. We shall kill them until they retreat back to the stone age.” (How to Defeat ISIS: The Case for U.S. Ground Forces, 2011.) They want to kill them. The US leaders want a quick, and virtually foolproof way to kill ISIS. The leaders do not want gimmicks, they want quick and thorough. ISIS is getting stronger, and soon airstrikes will waste money and not achieve
ISIS is an unquestionably dangerous and potentially irrational force that needs to be migrated someway. Others may conclude ISIS is not extremely powerful, so why is military intervention needed? Just because ISIS is not extremely powerful now does not mean they won't be someday. A good and accurate example of that is the NAZIs. Yes, the Nazis killed way many more, but just give ISIS time and opportunity; perhaps they'd compete.
(Al qaeda: 9/11 ISIS: Charlie Hebdo, Paris and San bernadino other groups I dvon't know the attacks ISIL). The US should support certain countries in fighting against terrorist groups but shouldn’t send US troops to those countries to do the fighting . For this we need allies and enough supply and strategies to help our allie fighting against them.