The Pros And Cons Of ISIS

The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been in control over a large amount of territory in the Middle East in recent months. Along with being a terrorist group, some say worse than Al-Qaeda, they are also in process of becoming the leaders to a possible World War III. The terror they have caused in recent months has never been witnessed before in history. ISIS is a different terrorist group than any other, being responsible for kidnappings, beheadings and deaths of thousands of innocent civilians. Although Obama has a plan in which ISIS shall be completely eliminated in a process of 3 years, most citizens do not agree with this. Factual statements and reports have proved that ISIS is no were near losing in this war. Many citizens such as me

Throughout the interview he criticized President Obama in his handling of fighting ISIS. Romney gave his opinion on how he considered Obama being wrong for ruling out ground troops. He as many other Republicans argued that President Obama should have never allowed the ground troops that were stationed in Iraq return. In the interview he stated, “I think the president’s wrong in saying that under no circumstances will he consider ground troops. No one wants to see our own ground troops there, but if you’re going to defeat something you don’t tell the enemy exactly what you plan on doing or what you won’t do, you say, ‘We’re going to defeat you regardless of the consequence’”(Kaplan). He later added that we as a country hope to see ISIS destroyed with Iraqi troops along with troops from surrounding nation. Along with this he stated that if this was not to work, the U.S. would have to do everything in their power to destroy ISIS. By the end of the year the U.S is expected to have more than 3,000 forces in Iraq. Although these troops wouldn’t be combat forces; the 3,000 soldiers will serve as advisers, security personnel and

With a production between 300-500 barrels of petroleum, the estimated revenue generated is close to $2M per day in these refineries (BBC). By destroying these sources of money, it limits ISIS to have control and be able to lead or even conduct operations in the Middle-East. These strikes are part of U.S. plans to make ISIS lose power and eventually destroy them. After nearly 5 beheadings all from citizens of different countries President Obama gave a speech at the United Nations General Assembly. In the speech President Obama asked more American allies to join fight this network of death. According to American plans, the first and most important objective is to calm the situation with airstrikes. Although this is a great first step, U.S. planes still need spotters in the ground to accurately guide pilots and drones to enemy stations. Here is where ground troops will come in handy, without spotters in the ground the U.S. is being forced to make an estimate where enemy stations are located. Without accuracy not only are we wasting artillery but we are wasting time as well. According to sources, Kurdish agents guided pilots to their targets during the early airstrikes in August. A broader, sustained bombing campaign is probably beyond their capabilities. It has also been stated that to put U.S. military people for weeks with a spotter position is a