Essay On Isis

Isis Isis, also called Daesh and Isil, is a Militant/terrorist organization that primarily operates in areas of Western Iraq and Syria. Many members are found throughout all countries and even in our very own backyard. They attempt to target many young people for recruiting through various mediums such as social media. Isis came to power after forcing themselves into western Iraq, they overtook many major cities and declared themselves a caliphate ("Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)." n.p.) With their growing reach, power and size, their threat becomes greater to the american public. Before the cold war, the US had little to no military inside the middle east and quickly in 1990 the US had over 700,00 troops sent over to stop Saddam. Before this the US wasn’t the target for terrorism. After the US began to occupy Iraq the number of terrorist attacks increased against the United States. From 1980 - 2003, the US was the target …show more content…
An issue that will prove extremely difficult for any opposing party to abolish. Only with time will they grow larger and become more difficult to contain. Currently they’re spread throughout the world with support from many young muslims that aspire to one day travel to Syria and fight for what they think is right. Knowledge is power and what they don’t know is that ISIS will use anyone to get what they want. The citizens that live in the controlled land in parts of Syria and Iraq live under Islamic law and women are oppressed heavily. How to take on ISIS is becoming a perplexing issue that seems to have no good way of approaching it. If we attempt to destroy them militarily, they will only increase the frequency of attacks on american citizens and if we don’t do anything they will continue to reach out to young lonely people across the world and oppress those who live under their control. We know that ISIS is an issue but how to take them on is a different