Fitting in is the most important thing to most teenagers. Do I look good? Do I have enough friends? However, fitting in extends way beyond those mundane problems. Sometimes, it extends all the way to religion.
It’s everywhere in schools, Catholics don’t fit in with Protestants, Muslims and other religions don’t fit in at all. What if this social problem extended to entire countries? Of course it does.
In the Middle East, religion is something that all of the citizens are very passionate, even radical, about. Of course, the religion of the region is Islam. Most of the time, Muslims are not very tolerant of other religions, and severely persecute others, and even each other, based on religion.
Religious conflict is not a new concept to the world. In fact, according to the New York Times, in the last 3,400 years of world history, only 268 of those years have been completely peaceful.
Sad as that seems, watching the news recently would prove to anyone why that is, people just cannot have religious tolerance.
The most prime example would be in the Middle East. For thousands of years, religious groups have been belligerent towards each other for control of their countries. Now, the Middle East faces the threat of a new Islamist group, the Islamist State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS.
Who is ISIS attacking? Well, right now it is their own kind. Iraqi turns on Iraqi, Syrian turns on Syrian. However, there is much conflict between different Muslim groups like the Sunnis and Shiites. Which is one of the reasons that ISIS was able to gain power so quickly, the Middle East was (and remains) in chaos.
“Iraq would no longer be a stable country, which would have a domino effect causing the Middle East to become unstable. Terrorism would increase, with the U.S. as a likely first target,” Katy Dorrell, avid debater, said.
Dorrell believes that the rise of terrorism would provide the world with a new source of civil responsibilities. People all over the ISIS reign would be massacred, and the U.S. and United Nations would have to step in to protect humanity.
Until recently, one of Dorrell’s teammates, Nathan Enserro, believed that ISIS was originally not as much of a threat. “They are so insane that al Qaeda said “hell no” to supporting them,” he said, “that’s a big sign that they are too crazy to keep their ideals alive,”
After more research, Enserro has negated his previous thought and now says that “they are very rich and it wouldn’t surprise me if they tried [to take India]. There would be a huge international response if India was attacked. The U.N. would end it,”
And now for the real question; how will America be affected? Enserro says that “the U.S. may get involved because of [Secretary of State] John Kerry in a CNN article saying that the U.S. will support Iraqis if they get together to fight ISIS,”
According to the Qur'an, the Muslim holy book, revelation will be in commencement when "the east and the west belong to Allah," which is exactly what ISIS is planning on doing. World domination, the key that ISIS and other Islamists believe is the key to Allah's grace.
So that's what they want, and ISIS knows that the way to success is to take Iraq under their control. Once ISIS has Iraq, they have the power, influence, and resources to take over other Middle Eastern countries, all while providing America with a huge terrorist threat.
F.India, a popular Indian newspaper, said that ISIS has many connections inside of India because of oil influences and the fact that 10,000 of India's workers are in Iraq. Not to mention their neighbor, Pakistan, which is very jihadist and would help support ISIS's advancements.
If ISIS is able to take over India, they would have more than enough human resources to have a sufficient army to take over the world.
Not only are there threats in India, but also across northern Africa. Countries like Egypt and Libya are easy targets for ISIS because they are currently so unstable. Taking those countries would give ISIS a good foothold to take over parts of Europe just like Hitler did in World War II.
It has also been rumored that their third target will be in the Pacific in the countries of Malaysia and Indonesia. This just gets ISIS that much closer to America, and we have another WWII scenario of island hopping in the Pacific.
On twitter a user who calls himself Joseph Al-Qaeda @JihadistJoe tweeted a joke, “What is the difference between Nazis and ISIS? One is very modern and has color photographs of their work.”
Many people believe many different things when it comes to this situation. Some people do not take the threat very seriously, while others freak out about this quite a lot.
This would mean another war, which some would probably argue is “illegal” or “misled” and a war needs troops. Men would probably be drafted, and the country would be in deep trouble.
A third world war is rather unlikely, but possible if the circumstances are right. If ISIS is able to complete its plan above, take Iraq, India, Africa and the Pacific, a global conflict is nearly inevitable.
It’s everywhere in schools, Catholics don’t fit in with Protestants, Muslims and other religions don’t fit in at all. What if this social problem extended to entire countries? Of course it does.
In the Middle East, religion is something that all of the citizens are very passionate, even radical, about. Of course, the religion of the region is Islam. Most of the time, Muslims are not very tolerant of other religions, and severely persecute others, and even each other, based on religion.
Religious conflict is not a new concept to the world. In fact, according to the New York Times, in the last 3,400 years of world history, only 268 of those years have been completely peaceful.
Sad as that seems, watching the news recently would prove to anyone why that is, people just cannot have religious tolerance.
The most prime example would be in the Middle East. For thousands of years, religious groups have been belligerent towards each other for control of their countries. Now, the Middle East faces the threat of a new Islamist group, the Islamist State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS.
Who is ISIS attacking? Well, right now it is their own kind. Iraqi turns on Iraqi, Syrian turns on Syrian. However, there is much conflict between different Muslim groups like the Sunnis and Shiites. Which is one of the reasons that ISIS was able to gain power so quickly, the Middle East was (and remains) in chaos.
“Iraq would no longer be a stable country, which would have a domino effect causing the Middle East to become unstable. Terrorism would increase, with the U.S. as a likely first target,” Katy Dorrell, avid debater, said.
Dorrell believes that the rise of terrorism would provide the world with a new source of civil responsibilities. People all over the ISIS reign would be massacred, and the U.S. and United Nations would have to step in to protect humanity.
Until recently, one of Dorrell’s teammates, Nathan Enserro, believed that ISIS was originally not as much of a threat. “They are so insane that al Qaeda said “hell no” to supporting them,” he said, “that’s a big sign that they are too crazy to keep their ideals alive,”
After more research, Enserro has negated his previous thought and now says that “they are very rich and it wouldn’t surprise me if they tried [to take India]. There would be a huge international response if India was attacked. The U.N. would end it,”
And now for the real question; how will America be affected? Enserro says that “the U.S. may get involved because of [Secretary of State] John Kerry in a CNN article saying that the U.S. will support Iraqis if they get together to fight ISIS,”
According to the Qur'an, the Muslim holy book, revelation will be in commencement when "the east and the west belong to Allah," which is exactly what ISIS is planning on doing. World domination, the key that ISIS and other Islamists believe is the key to Allah's grace.
So that's what they want, and ISIS knows that the way to success is to take Iraq under their control. Once ISIS has Iraq, they have the power, influence, and resources to take over other Middle Eastern countries, all while providing America with a huge terrorist threat.
F.India, a popular Indian newspaper, said that ISIS has many connections inside of India because of oil influences and the fact that 10,000 of India's workers are in Iraq. Not to mention their neighbor, Pakistan, which is very jihadist and would help support ISIS's advancements.
If ISIS is able to take over India, they would have more than enough human resources to have a sufficient army to take over the world.
Not only are there threats in India, but also across northern Africa. Countries like Egypt and Libya are easy targets for ISIS because they are currently so unstable. Taking those countries would give ISIS a good foothold to take over parts of Europe just like Hitler did in World War II.
It has also been rumored that their third target will be in the Pacific in the countries of Malaysia and Indonesia. This just gets ISIS that much closer to America, and we have another WWII scenario of island hopping in the Pacific.
On twitter a user who calls himself Joseph Al-Qaeda @JihadistJoe tweeted a joke, “What is the difference between Nazis and ISIS? One is very modern and has color photographs of their work.”
Many people believe many different things when it comes to this situation. Some people do not take the threat very seriously, while others freak out about this quite a lot.
This would mean another war, which some would probably argue is “illegal” or “misled” and a war needs troops. Men would probably be drafted, and the country would be in deep trouble.
A third world war is rather unlikely, but possible if the circumstances are right. If ISIS is able to complete its plan above, take Iraq, India, Africa and the Pacific, a global conflict is nearly inevitable.
I think that the European powers totally messed up when designing the borders of the Mid-East. People should be allowed to form their own borders without the US and UN coming in and enforcing the terribly drawn lines in the sand from almost 100 years ago. We completely misunderstood the intricacies of Islam and denied these people the right to self-determination (forming your own government) that we so cherished early on in our history.
ReplyDeleteI think that a WWIII is a huge over-exaggeration. It's like saying that this ( http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/06/25/north-korea-threatens-merciless-retaliation-over-james-franco-and-seth-rogen-assassination-comedy/ ) will cause a world war. For a third world war to break out someone of major power (Russia, China, US etc.) would have to be on ISIS' side. Fortunately, with India's tenure on the UN Security Council just ending in 2012 and nations like Nigeria, and Jordan just being added in 2013 the international response would be large. Take the worlds super powers and put them up against a radical upstart group and you get a slaughter.
The most likely scenario is that the US steps in early and stops it. (The following is from a CNN article dated June 23, 2014 at 7:43 Eastern Time titled "Kerry assures Iraqis of U.S. support if the unite against militants") "The U.S. will have a greater presence in Iraq aside from Kerry's visit this week. About 300 U.S. military advisers will arrive, a senior defense official said." Secretary of State John Kerry said the "diplomatic and MILITARY" support would be "Intense, sustained, and imminent" and that "the President has put the assets in place". Granted, Kerry didn't specify the assets, but the CNN video played a clip of a F-22 Super hornet taking off from a carrier implying that these are military assets.
Prediction: The US and Iraqi governments get it together and end this before it becomes extensive. We will learn from the mistakes of the 1991 and 2003 invasions.