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ISIS War Essay

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The War with ISIS The war against ISIS is well known in every part of world, and everyone is concerned about how it will end. They have terrorized tons countries in their existence, leaving a trail of blood wherever they go. They massacre families, sell women as sex slaves, abduct children to become child soldiers, burn people in cages, hurl gay men from roofs, traffic black market organs, destroy ancient artifacts, and even execute their own soldiers. They claim that their goal is to re-establish a caliphate and create one huge Islamic State, which they have done, but it seems like their real focus is on terrorizing the globe as much as possible. For this reason, they must be eliminated, period. ISIS didn’t just form out of nowhere, …show more content…

For example, “an estimated 20,000 foreigners from 80 countries have made similar journeys. About 4,000 of them have come from the West, and as many as 130 from the U.S.” (Brown “5 Things” 8). Their total population was 35,000 fighters as of April, 2015. One can only assume that they have grown even more since then and are now even stronger in number. Some of the Muslims recruited by ISIS come from the Sunni Muslims who oppose the Shia Muslim’s government. Others join due to their beliefs that the Islamic State offers a welcoming environment to those who become a part of it, especially those who feel out of place in other non-muslim based countries. Also, some of the Muslims joining are women, who view this community as the perfect place for Muslim women to be faithful and caring to their jihadi husband. In addition to all the Muslims joining ISIS, there are also thousands of people from other religions converting to become a part of the Islamic State. They have people of all different races, countries, and languages. For this reason, many ISIS members can’t understand each other. This may be a detriments to the system they run, but hasn't seems to have little impact on their

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