WAR ON ISIS

            Understanding the history to which the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, the rationale to why it exists, its wants and demands and the rationale to which they commit terrible attacks having attacked Paris recently is important in getting knowledge on ISIS.  This group is believed to have started in the year 1999 in a different form and for the past sixteen years and has been formed and as well has helped to form the Middle East physical and ideological disagreements (Sekulow 27). The group is as a result of Syria’s civil conflict and they considers themselves as a theological empire which governs vast tracks of land both in West of  Iraq and as well as East of Syria. ISIS also consists of commitment of varying major Islamic assemblages everywhere in the world who controls own- pronounced capitals (Rasheed 2). In these areas which they governs over the group has recognized a supremacy of terror with entrenched slavery as well as rape, genocide inclusive of ethnic cleaning of territories in which the group governs. The group has further hit their revenge to other territories beyond their boundary territories. ISIS represents one of the strongest, most powerful and richest terrorist groups that have ever existed (Sekulow 27). In the present times this group gets their funding from the various extortion structures in the territories to which they govern (Rasheed 3). However in the earliest times they used to get foreign donations for funding their operations and this is what turned them to grow from the poor group into a monster organization it is currently.           

            The establishment of the ISIS took place in four stages from the branch of Al-Qaeda and ISIS in Iraq and Syria. Its first stage led to the formation of Al-Qaeda in Iraq which waged terrorist guerilla conflict against the Americans. The second stage occurred when the Islamic State in Iraq which protected several Jihadi organizations that continued conflicting with the Shiite’s population as well as with the Americans in the terrorist guerrilla conflicts (Rasheed 4). They were later weakened at the end by the invasion of the Americans. In the third stage, they were later strengthened and the creation of another stronger group that is the ISIS also took place in this stage after the United State withdrew their support from Iraq. The last stage is where the ISIS started its military success where they took over the second biggest city in Iraq, Mosul. The ISIS also established their governance over the eastern Syria and they made Al-Raqqah their capital city (Rasheed 3). Since then states such as the United States has declared widespread campaign whose aim is to wage against the ISIS and the war is currently being struggled against.

            President Barrack Obama has implemented strategies in Syria and it has thus this strategy has been the evolving process. In the beginning of his plan he did promise to bring the United States war to a completion as well as scaling back the military involvement in the Middle East.  The president therefore sought to deploy more American militants who have been trained so as to form powerful airstrike campaigns so as to curb the extremist ISIS group (Savage 9-11). He also ensured that the Americans operations are well funded and that the US militants are trained and that they are not to be positioned in the front line in Syria.

He also promised of Americans expansion and continuous support against the Islamic State and those in the battlefield should ensure that they degrade and also eventually destroy the ISIS. He also deployed American advisors who would help in the Syrian rebel training band with an objective of totally destroying the group.

            Obamas strategy to help combat the ISIS war has yielded so much fruits though the ISIS has continued to build resistance but it has in general made efforts. His strategy is way far essential as United States has really used so much of their political and economic power to ensure that they have helped in solving these wars. Any terrorist war against a given territory is a concern to the United States who has worked hard in making the world a peaceful place to be in. Obama has taken terrorists attack of the ISIS to be quite a serious issue and an immediate issue in which all seriousness in handling the issues is required. Obama has thus been able to understand the benefits that dissolving the group and destroying its totality and that’s why they are working hard in ensuring that they take part in being part of the solution. The power in which the United States has over any other nation is way much of relevance in their war as they are able to fund themselves and acquiring the required equipment powerful for war. It is so sad that the ISIS war has occurred for so long and without rest and with so much involvement but yet again so many people have died while loss of property has been witnessed. This is what has basically led to the United States involvement.

 

 

References

Rasheed, Dr A. Isis: Race to Armageddon. New Delhi: Vij Books India Private Limited,   2015. Print.

Savage, Charlie. Power Wars: Inside Obama's Post-9/11 Presidency. , 2015. Internet        resource.

Sekulow, Jay. The Rise of Isis: The Coming Massacre. , 2014. Internet resource.