Hannah Thomas
Instructor Bethany Wallace
English Composition 2
6 February 2015
ISIS Problems? It is well known that the U.S Government has been debating what to do about the ISIS issue. Should we go to war with them, should we leave well enough alone, should we support other nations to go to war with them, what should we do? It is a very controversy subject. Some think that ISIS are heroes, others see them for the terrorist that they are, and still others refuse to take sides at all. The brutality of the terrorist group is unbelievable, and yet there are young people from all over the world going to join them. What is so appealing? Is it the promise of power? Or just the thrill of being feared? The women from western societies that have gone to join the ISIS group are in for a rude awakening. They will not only be treated inferiorly but will most likely be made slaves of the Muslim men. …show more content…
So why are so many leaders refusing to acknowledge this? Even our own president refuses to acknowledge this fact. It is understandable that congress does not want to get involved with another war, war is expensive and the Middle Eastern people (with the exception of Israel and Jordan) seem intent on continually fighting among themselves, but we should not ignore what is going on. ISIS is continuing to torture people, the beheadings are getting more frequent and they have even burned a man alive. The comment that our president made about ISIS resembling the Christian Crusaders is unbelievable, yes the crusades were dark times and yes the crusaders did some terrible things, but what the president failed to mention is that the crusades started because the Muslims of that time were doing exactly what ISIS is doing now. When the crusades started the Muslims had managed to get all the way to Spain. The crusaders were simply trying to push the Muslims back to their own land, they weren’t intending to be
Instructor Bethany Wallace
English Composition 2
6 February 2015
ISIS Problems? It is well known that the U.S Government has been debating what to do about the ISIS issue. Should we go to war with them, should we leave well enough alone, should we support other nations to go to war with them, what should we do? It is a very controversy subject. Some think that ISIS are heroes, others see them for the terrorist that they are, and still others refuse to take sides at all. The brutality of the terrorist group is unbelievable, and yet there are young people from all over the world going to join them. What is so appealing? Is it the promise of power? Or just the thrill of being feared? The women from western societies that have gone to join the ISIS group are in for a rude awakening. They will not only be treated inferiorly but will most likely be made slaves of the Muslim men. …show more content…
So why are so many leaders refusing to acknowledge this? Even our own president refuses to acknowledge this fact. It is understandable that congress does not want to get involved with another war, war is expensive and the Middle Eastern people (with the exception of Israel and Jordan) seem intent on continually fighting among themselves, but we should not ignore what is going on. ISIS is continuing to torture people, the beheadings are getting more frequent and they have even burned a man alive. The comment that our president made about ISIS resembling the Christian Crusaders is unbelievable, yes the crusades were dark times and yes the crusaders did some terrible things, but what the president failed to mention is that the crusades started because the Muslims of that time were doing exactly what ISIS is doing now. When the crusades started the Muslims had managed to get all the way to Spain. The crusaders were simply trying to push the Muslims back to their own land, they weren’t intending to be