If America and the coalition wish to defeat the Islamic State and re-stabilize Iraq and the Levant, Assad should be funded and the FSA discarded.The continual conflict in Syria is one of the most controversial and misconcepted engagements in the modern era, because of media organizations spreading these truthless allegations and misconceptions. Most westerners view the Syrian Civil War as a fight between an evil regime led by the brutal and malicious Bashar Al-Assad, and Peaceful democracy seeking freedom fighters. The Syrian Civil War has been waging for over half a decade, and has gradually diminished into a war of attrition. The conflict was thrust into existence after Sunni-Arab Syrians became especially enthusiastic about the Arab Spring.
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In their various endeavors to uproot dictatorial institutions the organization has left a trail of havoc behind. One such instance was the Iraq War, the Ba’athist president of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, was forcibly removed from power in hopes of the installation of a less rowdy and less iron fisted governing system. Since then the nation has witnessed a mass exodus of Christians for various reasons. In one such instance, the Iraqi parliament passed a bill that forced Iraqi Christian children under the age of eighteen to convert to Islam if they had a muslim parent ("Baghdad Catholic Patriarch: Persecution of Christians at 'Critical' and 'Violent' Point." CNS News.). In northern Iraq, Kurds maintain their endless abhorrence for the Christian Assyrians, routinely terrorize and attack Assyrian Villages and militias in an attempt to obtain those lands they inhabit if Kurdistan becomes a reality ("Kurdish YPG Forces 'Routinely Terrorize' Assyrian Christians." Breitbart News.). Their prejudice dates back to the earliest years of The First World War, then the Kurds made a pact with The Young Turks to massacre and displace the christian ethnicities of the Ottoman Empire. During the time of Saddam, these genocidal tendencies at bay and allowed Assyrians to hold office and live the life of a first hand citizen. Now they are persecuted by both the Islamic State and the YPG. Prior to …show more content…
The ferocity and repulsive means of executions have only grown in there abhorrence. But by contrast how does The House of Saud handle blasphemes, hudds, and resistance to the monarchy? In Saudi Arabia when someone is found guilty of a blaspheme or committing a Hudud (crime against god as dictated by Shariah) the punishment for such an act is death, the punishment is the same in the Islamic State. In Saudi Arabia when someone is found guilty of adultery they are stoned to death, the punishment is the same in the Islamic State. In Saudi Arabia when someone is found guilty of banditry they have their hands and feet amputated, the punishment is the same in the Islamic State. ("The Difference between Isis and Saudi Arabia." The Independent. Independent Digital News and Media). Another comparison could be made in Saudi Arabia preferred method of execution, beheading via scimitar. Saudi Arabia also believes that crucifixion is a deserving and acceptable form of capital punishment as seen in their crucifixion of Ali al-Nimir, a Shiite boy who was being crucified and then beheaded for his role in an anti-Saudi protest during The Arab Spring, this form of capital punishment is also seen in the Islamic State. ("When Beheading Won’t Do the
In their various endeavors to uproot dictatorial institutions the organization has left a trail of havoc behind. One such instance was the Iraq War, the Ba’athist president of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, was forcibly removed from power in hopes of the installation of a less rowdy and less iron fisted governing system. Since then the nation has witnessed a mass exodus of Christians for various reasons. In one such instance, the Iraqi parliament passed a bill that forced Iraqi Christian children under the age of eighteen to convert to Islam if they had a muslim parent ("Baghdad Catholic Patriarch: Persecution of Christians at 'Critical' and 'Violent' Point." CNS News.). In northern Iraq, Kurds maintain their endless abhorrence for the Christian Assyrians, routinely terrorize and attack Assyrian Villages and militias in an attempt to obtain those lands they inhabit if Kurdistan becomes a reality ("Kurdish YPG Forces 'Routinely Terrorize' Assyrian Christians." Breitbart News.). Their prejudice dates back to the earliest years of The First World War, then the Kurds made a pact with The Young Turks to massacre and displace the christian ethnicities of the Ottoman Empire. During the time of Saddam, these genocidal tendencies at bay and allowed Assyrians to hold office and live the life of a first hand citizen. Now they are persecuted by both the Islamic State and the YPG. Prior to …show more content…
The ferocity and repulsive means of executions have only grown in there abhorrence. But by contrast how does The House of Saud handle blasphemes, hudds, and resistance to the monarchy? In Saudi Arabia when someone is found guilty of a blaspheme or committing a Hudud (crime against god as dictated by Shariah) the punishment for such an act is death, the punishment is the same in the Islamic State. In Saudi Arabia when someone is found guilty of adultery they are stoned to death, the punishment is the same in the Islamic State. In Saudi Arabia when someone is found guilty of banditry they have their hands and feet amputated, the punishment is the same in the Islamic State. ("The Difference between Isis and Saudi Arabia." The Independent. Independent Digital News and Media). Another comparison could be made in Saudi Arabia preferred method of execution, beheading via scimitar. Saudi Arabia also believes that crucifixion is a deserving and acceptable form of capital punishment as seen in their crucifixion of Ali al-Nimir, a Shiite boy who was being crucified and then beheaded for his role in an anti-Saudi protest during The Arab Spring, this form of capital punishment is also seen in the Islamic State. ("When Beheading Won’t Do the