http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/13/politics/mcgurk-isis-terrror-threat/
Recently, the Obama administration's lead man in the ISIS attacks, Brett McGurk, has said that the problem is "off the charts historically" and that the US is heading into "uncharted territory." This has been one of the most definitive comments made on this battle so far, at least on the American front. According to McGurk, ISIS is beyond all past historic terrorist threats. 20,000 foreign soldiers have gone into Syria, twice the number that were in Afghanistan for 10 years in the 1980's. These remarks have been made after a meeting of a coalition of nations in Jordan. This coalition was created by Obama in this past year, and includes 62 countries. Canada has been the last to conduct drone strikes, again, led by the United States. This coalition had been concentrating on Iraq and Syria, but every day ISIS is expanding into more countries such as Libya and Yemen. They have plans to reach even further.
Drone strikes in the Middle East have been lead by the United States, just as we led the introduction to nuclear warfare. Recently, the United States has not been lucky in the war against terrorism. The 9/11 attacks led to increased domestic security and increased tensions, especially with nations in the Middle East. I think that the US is making great strides in acknowledging that this is a problem. This might help in balancing the fine line between another World War and being too isolationist and passive. This is especially difficult, as the United States is coming to the end of the Obama administration.
A war on ISIS will only increase tensions, and that's the last thing we need right now. however, if this can somehow lead to something better, I think that we should continue with this. -Destiny Ramirez
ReplyDeleteIt is good to know that we have finally set the semantics aside. Though I am not for war in most cases, especially considering the state of our economy, I believe that ISIS is a threat that could be easily pushed back with a little effort. We must remember that we are not fighting terrorist, like Al Quida, but a regimented and corporeal army, which we could steamroll as easily as Saddam Hussein's forces during the attack on Kuwait.
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