Nicholas Godfrey Period 8: "There's a 9/11 coming"

Summary: Presidential candidate Lindsay Graham has spoken out his opinions about the recent attacks in Paris, France. He claims that if we don't do something to change our strategy against ISIS then a terrorist attack is going to be coming to America soon. His plan is to deploy 10,000 troops into Syria to help with the efforts against ISIS and plans to take them down. He believes that any presidential candidate who doesn't want to change the current strategy against ISIS is definitely not fit to hold the position of Commander-In-Chief.

Analysis: ISIS is definitely a problem and we see what they are capable of due to this devastating Paris attack. I do not think that it is appropriate to be throwing around 9/11 just to use it as a tool to instill fear in the hearts of Americans. I do agree, however, that we need to take some kind of action against ISIS. There is reason enough to take action. I could see us not taking part if it wasn't affecting us or our allies, but it has. Americans have been killed by ISIS. In fact, they've now identified that there was an American student that was murdered at the concert in Paris. It's frightening to look at how much terrorism has evolved over time. We look back and, at least from what I've learned so far, the closest thing I've seen to terrorism is war and rebellions such as the Boston Massacre, the beginning of the War of 1812 where Britain was convincing Native American tribes to attack the Americans. I connect today with that example of the War of 1812 since ISIS is convincing people in their countries to infiltrate it from the inside to achieve their goals.

Link:http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/15/politics/lindsey-graham-u-s-troops-9-11/index.html