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While ISIS can, and must, be defeated as soon as possible, it is wrong to suggest that America should lead the fight. In fact, it must be done without further U.S. ground units as even the threat of intervention by American troops plays directly into the enemy’s strategy. Psychologically attuned and media savvy, ISIS employs tactics specifically designed to push Western emotional hot-buttons and are used with the sole purpose to draw us further into the fray. Unfortunately, we continually play their game thus exacerbating the situation and assisting in their sophisticated recruitment efforts.
The first step is to acknowledge that this is a religious war, albeit predominantly intra-Islamic in nature. It is most important to note that it is those nations in the region that have the most to lose if ISIS continues its barbaric aggression. Thousands of Muslims have been ruthlessly slaughtered while only a handful of foreigners have died, albeit in very high profile cases. Therefore, this war must be fought by the Islamic nations of the Middle East. Strategically, there is both a long and short […]
I totally disagree with this article. I disagree that it is an Islamic war. It is actually a vacuum a power that we created by invading Iraq and disrupting the balance of power within the Middle East.
That being said, I do think that the assessment that boots on the ground is not the way to go about it. I do think that we have to allow the Arab world to take the lead on this process and support them in anyway we can. Let’s be honest, there is no winning this war. There is no winning this process. It is a battle of ideals that must find its natural leveling process. However, whenever the process is reached and if it is not contained within the middle East, then we will have a problem. So the real issue right now is not should we or should we not have ground troops, is when should we decide that we need to cut out the tumor before it overwhelms the rest the world.