Does isolationism truly solves a nation’s problem? During the year of two thousand and fourteen interactions between the U.S. and ISIS have resulted in hostage based deaths, civilian distress, and a government that’s diminishing by the hands of these power crazed savages. With the idea of power and control, it can relate to a common theme from William Golding’s novel “Lord of the Flies” which I used as a reference. This theme is when a government can get corrupt by human nature or instinct. As a potential threat arising from Al Qaeda and growing from recent events occurring today, ISIS can cause another form of war with the U.S., unless the U.S. resolves this problem with politics and non-violence. The term terrorism is known worldwide, but lacks a true universal meaning. In the article called Definition of Terrorism-Social and Political Effects as described by the United Nations terrorism “is an intimidation of a population to abstain from doing any act.” (Gregor), but in terms of how people in the U.S. depicts terrorism contradicts the definition provided by the United …show more content…
As stated by Isaac Castellano’s “Seeking Political Solutions to the ISIS Crisis” “The overall solution to end terrorism is to use politics to our advantage.” (Castellano). The reason for this is that any form of aggression would provoke growth for these groups and potential warfare. So with a political solution violence wouldn’t be an issue and bonds might be formed. This is similar to Martin Luther King’s speeches, sit-ins, and numerous non-violence freedom marches. Dr. King’s voice would be considered as a symbol that resembles the use of a political to solve a nationwide problem. So as America being a leader among the nations we should use “The Voice” to persuade this group, but the recent actions of this group has provoked a more brash approach to eliminating this grouped based off of recent reports about ISIS in the year of