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The United States Policy in Responding to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
1. Policy Decision and Objectives: On September 19, 2017 remarks by President Trump to the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly- “We must deny terrorists safe haven, transit, funding, and any form of support for their vile and sinister ideology. The Senate armed service committee on June 13, 2017 made a deliberation on how to dismantle violent extremist organizations such as ISIS and other Al Qaida capabilities wherever they emerge by closely working with interagency and coalition partners. EN
The objectives are to defeat ISIS so as not to pose more threat to American interests and associates, to support stability and security in Jordan, …show more content…

The actors involved in Iraq – Syria conflicts include: ISIS fought the Assad Regime and allied Shiite forces, Syrian opposition groups, the Iraqi military and militias, and the Kurdish Peshmerga, and the moderate Sunnis backed by U.S. 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.
Such strategic objectives ends, ways, and means of ISIS requires critical intervention by U.S. and allies to deny ISIS from achieving their objective and reduce the danger it poses to U.S. and global security.
Islamic extremist operates in volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity environment, there is a need for the U.S strategic leaders and their allies to understand

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