Within the past couple of years, the news has been filled with stories on the terrorist group, ISIS. ISIS is a jihadist terror group in Iraq. ISIS stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. It is also referred to as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) or the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (also ISIS). ISIS was formed off of the Sunni terrorist group al Qaeda, which is less extreme than ISIS itself. They have began to overshadow the less extreme groups. ISIS is one of the largest targets for the United States military (Ferran, Momtaz, 2015). They want to enforce the traditions of Islam while incorporating their conservative beliefs.
ISIS claims to be in power the Caliphate, an Islamic State that is ran by a single leader. …show more content…
ISIS mostly focuses on regional ambitions, but has told Muslims throughout the world to kill civilians in any country that supports the US in fighting back against ISIS. The U.S. will have to do something about the executions of its people. They will have to fight back and stop them. ISIS is targeting any country that supports the US (Ferran, Momtaz, 2015). ISIS should fear American weapons such as drones, carrier borne fighter bombers, land-based fighter bombers, and special forces. The US has many weapons that ISIS does not have. ISIS relies on ground attacks because they do not have airplanes, like the U.S. and other countries do. Recently, ISIS has began to use roadside chlorine gas bombs to spread panic. The U.N. Security Council has also approved a United States-drafted resolution that punishes the use of toxic chemicals, such as the chlorine bomb in Syria, while threatening enforced action of the military in the case of anymore violations (Thornhill, 2015). With any luck, the U.S. airpower will enable the different groups of people in the middle east to eliminate the immediate threat that ISIS causes and shorten the long term effects that they may cause. (Farley …show more content…
troops to Congress on February 11, 2015. This proposal “allows the use of special forces and advisors for defensive purposes” but does not allow "enduring offensive ground forces". However, it won’t set geographic limits for the campaign against ISIS. President Obama explains and justifies the 2,300 air strikes by the U.S. in Iraq and Syria by a 2001 authorization that was passed after the 9/11 attacks and a 2002 authorization used in the Iraq War by George W. Bush (Rampton, 2015). The United States has been carrying out airstrikes in Syria and Iraq since august. These airstrikes have definitely helped, but they have also, in a sense, “poked the bear”, or antagonized them. The president plans to ask Congress to authorize the use of military force against ISIS in the coming days of the continuing conflict. What should the U.S. response be now? The US will do whatever it takes to stop ISIS and keep troops and the country out of harms way. Until ISIS is stopped, they will continue to harass and torment the United States and other countries in the
ISIS claims to be in power the Caliphate, an Islamic State that is ran by a single leader. …show more content…
ISIS mostly focuses on regional ambitions, but has told Muslims throughout the world to kill civilians in any country that supports the US in fighting back against ISIS. The U.S. will have to do something about the executions of its people. They will have to fight back and stop them. ISIS is targeting any country that supports the US (Ferran, Momtaz, 2015). ISIS should fear American weapons such as drones, carrier borne fighter bombers, land-based fighter bombers, and special forces. The US has many weapons that ISIS does not have. ISIS relies on ground attacks because they do not have airplanes, like the U.S. and other countries do. Recently, ISIS has began to use roadside chlorine gas bombs to spread panic. The U.N. Security Council has also approved a United States-drafted resolution that punishes the use of toxic chemicals, such as the chlorine bomb in Syria, while threatening enforced action of the military in the case of anymore violations (Thornhill, 2015). With any luck, the U.S. airpower will enable the different groups of people in the middle east to eliminate the immediate threat that ISIS causes and shorten the long term effects that they may cause. (Farley …show more content…
troops to Congress on February 11, 2015. This proposal “allows the use of special forces and advisors for defensive purposes” but does not allow "enduring offensive ground forces". However, it won’t set geographic limits for the campaign against ISIS. President Obama explains and justifies the 2,300 air strikes by the U.S. in Iraq and Syria by a 2001 authorization that was passed after the 9/11 attacks and a 2002 authorization used in the Iraq War by George W. Bush (Rampton, 2015). The United States has been carrying out airstrikes in Syria and Iraq since august. These airstrikes have definitely helped, but they have also, in a sense, “poked the bear”, or antagonized them. The president plans to ask Congress to authorize the use of military force against ISIS in the coming days of the continuing conflict. What should the U.S. response be now? The US will do whatever it takes to stop ISIS and keep troops and the country out of harms way. Until ISIS is stopped, they will continue to harass and torment the United States and other countries in the