Research Essay Example 4

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the world* and how each nation chooses to res0ond and 0lan out their defenses for further

terrorist attac$s! Since the recent attac$s on 0owerful #ilitaries and #a%or cultural cities* #ore

and #ore indi)iduals are shouting out 2uestions to the nations of the world to act on this #a%or

terrorist threat! The United States of A#erica is so#ewhat to la#e for the outrage of the 0ulic

ecause of the nation7s lac$ of willingness to act on the terrorist grou0! 8ther nations* including

the United ingdo# ha)e already chosen the stand:y a00roach A#erica has ado0ted so far!

Regardless of the world7s targeting of A#erica7s lac$ of initiati)e* this is a gloal issue and the

nations of the world cannot stand y while ISIS roa#s free and tries to ta$e o)er the Middle

;ast! If ISIS defeats Ira2 and #o)es into Iran there could e a #a%or nuclear threat that has not

een seen since the last days of the essica

?ewis @&+1, fro# the Institute for the Study of War ta$es the 0osition of sto00ing ISIS in her

article BThe Isla#ic State3 A


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?ewis also in0uts that while nations should o0erate against the actions of ISIS* the countries

should e worried aout 0reser)ing the security of their ho#eland fro# any senseless retaliation

fro# others and its 0o0ulation!

8ther authors e0ress that attac$ing ISIS isn7t a good idea or shouldn7t e)en e a

suggestion* at least for the U!S! =ruce (ewso#e* a 0rofessional logger for U< =er$eley* ta$es a

uni2ue o0inion y stating how ISIS can e defeated ut will 0roaly will not ha00en! In the

log The Berkeley Blog RSS * (ewso#e outlines why ISIS will not e sto00ed des0ite huge

0ulic ac$ing for the leaders of the free world to act! (ewso#e e0lores #ulti0le angles of

a00roach and showcases to his audiences the 0ros and cons to each section of a #ilitary

o0eration that would ta$e 0lace to ta$e on defeating ISIS! or instance* the reach and )ersatility

of ISIS7s attac$s on other nations* why an aerial o#ing ca#0aign would not e effecti)e due to

the terrain of the Middle ;ast* why sending in ground forces will lead to lots of casualties due to

the ene#y7s #ilitary strength and $nowledge of the terrain* and how the Isla#ic states is a

terrile threshold for other nations to collide and 0ossily start other conflicts! (ewso#e does

stress his i#0ortance towards the 0lan of defeating ISIS* ut also e0resses fears as to why so#e

actions ta$en #ight now ode well for A#erica and that other courses of action #ust e ta$en

into account efore a head first attac$ is conducted!

(ewso#e elie)es that the U!S! are not ca0ale of ta$ing action u0on ISIS at this ti#e*

and he is not incorrect! Mar$ Tho#0son* writer and 0ulisher for Time #againe re0orted that

des0ite the United States7 #ilitary leaders leading us to elie)e that the war in Syria and against

ISIS is going according to 0lan* is actually not going in the right direction! Tho#0son re)eals to

his audience that high ran$ing officers in the U!S! #ilitary ha)e een changing the re0orts on the

war against ISIS to #a$e it see# as if the war is eing won against ISIS! Tho#0son also


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highlights how the reel war in Syria 0lays a #a%or role in the war! Tho#0son identifies $ey

0oints of interests to his audience such as the reels are at a stale#ate with the o00ressi)e

go)ern#ent and that ISIS7s #o)e against Middle ;astern countries es0ecially Ira2 ha)e changed

the ga#e and ha)e force the A#erican #ilitary leadershi0 to change its attle strategy ti#e and

ti#e again!

Ces0ite (ewso#e7s 0oint of )iew action and the current aility to act* action #ust e

ta$en in order to 0re)ent #ass ci)ilian casualties to occur li$e on the night of (o)e#er 1.th*

&+1, when ISIS launched se)eral well:coordinated terrorist attac$s across the city of Paris!

(ancy Dis* a writer and 0ulisher for Time #againe wrote an article su##ariing the e)ents

and effects on the attac$ on Paris! Dis discusses )arious re0orts fro# eye witnesses aout the

terrorist attac$s and how ISIS followers were ale to carry out the attac$! The author di)es

further into the incident as well y analying why the attac$ atte#0t on the Pri#e Minister of

rance during a national soccer ga#e was foiled! Paris had already e0erience what it was li$e

when an unwelco#e ene#y entered its li#its during 4itler7s (ai reign in World War II! I

#ention this to show the 0otential i#0act that ISIS could ha)e can e ri)aled to a 0ast

dictatorshi0 that $illed #illions in war and in the holocaust! If ISIS continues to roa# free* a

re0eat in history to this etent can and will ha00en!

In order to co#e u0 with a 0lan to sto0 ISIS* the leaders of the free world should handle

this delicate situation not as an o0eration to sto0 a terrorist organiation ut #ore to defeat a

#a$e shift city state! Ste0hen Walt identifies ISIS as so#ething si#ilar to #y %udge#ent of the

Isla#ic State of Ira2 and Syria* ut #ore along the lines of a Ere)olutionary state!F Walt goes into

detail as to how and why ISIS eca#e the first regular terrorist organiation to estalish itself as

a 0er#anent 0resence on the world stage and how its influence of terror is affecting the nations it


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o00oses! Walt7s article also showcases the grou07s aility to turn the tales on greater nations

such as the United States and Russia y re)ealing that it is ecause of these nations and their rule

that re)olutionary 0rinci0les can eist! The article also connects ISIS to the traditional radical

re)olutionary ca#eo that they la#e a certain 0art of the world and that the current go)ern#ents

of nations should e urned down and started fro# scratch!

Another ig tactic ISIS li$es to use is ta$ing ad)antage of .rd world countries trying to

ad)ance to the &nd world! Ira2 is ISIS7s #ain target oth for le)erage and for the 0ur0ose of

ta$ing o)er the territory! Ali hedery7s article goes through a general history of how the late &+th

century and the &1st century so far has changed Ira2 and what could e in store for the nation in

the not so distant future! The article starts with the Persian Dulf War and transitions into the reign

of the nation7s 0ast dictator Sadda# 4ussein! urther#ore* the article tal$s aout the effect the

war in Ira2 had on its econo#y and #ilitary 0ower and adds the current issue of 0ushing ac$

ISIS fro# o)erta$ing the country! The article also goes into other eternal factors as to why the

nation has suffered so #uch* fro# unnecessary outside #ilitary in)ol)e#ent* to an unalanced

econo#ic syste#* and its harsh desert cli#ates! This tactic is also seen in the continent of Africa*

where a tragic e)ent that occur on A0ril &* &+1, at the enya Darissa Uni)ersity- that $illed 1'&

students and si 0olice officers in retaliation towards the enyan go)ern#ent for sending troo0s

and su00lies to su00ort neighoring African countries under threat fro# ISIS! ISIS is also

attac$ing different nations in Africa to $ee0 the country of So#alia fro# reestalishing a

functional go)ern#ent!

In conclusion* ISIS7s 0resence as a growing issue not only for the United States ut also

for the world is a delicate 0rocedure that re2uires careful coordination and 0lanning ut also


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#ust e carried out at so#e ti#e soon! Russia has reacted to the situation with coordinated air

stri$es in reaction to the attac$ ISIS conducted when they shot down one of Russia7s fighter %ets!

The Paris attac$s where se)eral coordinated attac$s occurred within the city li#its is %ust another

reason to act as 2uic$ly as 0ossile! Pressure on the U!S! to attac$ ISIS has een fierce and ut so

far nothing #uch has occurred on the U!S"s 0art! In order to fi that issue the following #ust e

ta$en into account due to ISIS eing a co#0licated force of nature! 4ow should the nations of

the world coordinate with each other5 What is the 0lan of eecution to sto0 ISIS5 And what

0ro)isions and laws should e i#0le#ented after ISIS had een eli#inated5 The solution that I

ha)e researched y answering the ao)e 2uestions follows li$e this! (o one country can sto0 a

terrorist organiation the sie that ISIS has currently estalished! The nations of the world will

need to co#e together and sto0 these ani#als once and for all! Through coordination in the

United (ations* an allied force using large a#ounts of contriution fro# each ar#y will egin a

#ilitary ca#0aign to eli#inate the threat! The 0lan will need co##unication to e constant

etween each nations and unified goals #ust e estalish in order for the o0eration to e

co#0leted! ollowing the ca#0aign7s co#0letion* the United (ations will create 0rocedures and

a new unified organiation that will e li$e an u0date fro# the United (ations! This new alliance

will allow nations to act u0on terroris# 2uic$ly and with unified force* allowing for any threats

to e nullified co#0letely!

The way the facts are 0resented* this course of action is the only )iale o0tion where

e)eryone can agree and the threat of ISIS will e gone! I strongly su00ort the 0oint of )iew for

ta$ing down ISIS* ut to such a drastic #easure that could cause a igger issue than the situation

already is! This situation should e treated li$e an e0ide#ic ecause of ISIS7s direct influence

with other nations li$e Ira2 and Africa- along with their reach of terror attac$s in Paris* the U!S!*


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and other areas of the 1st world! The religious ac$ground that ISIS has hea)ily contriutes to

this and gi)es good reason to #y one ste0 at a ti#e hy0othesis! While others li$e (ewso#e do

not thin$ ISIS will e sto00ed* the sa#e thing was said aout other organiations li$e the Talian

and aout diseases* so there are reasons to stay in the fight and focus on how to nullify ISIS!

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