Understanding the ISIS Militant Group

ISIS took the world by surprise when they appear all over northern Iraq in June 2014. They attempted to set up an extremist state in Syria and Iraq. They believe that they could bring the apocalypse. There is a possibility that this group remains a threat and may resurge and once again threaten the stability of the world. What follows are facts to understand ISIS, including the reputation of the group in Iraq, their goals and the ideological consequences in certain countries.

To have a better understanding of the ISIS is important to know that they used to have a different name: al-Qaeda in Iraq. The US government declared the group in 2010 as down. In 2011, they started to rebuild, and a few years later, the Iraqi government freed a number of prisoners, who join ISIS. The group saw an opportunity in Syria, where they supported the protests against the regime at the time. Thanks to their presence, they gained more men to expand their ranks. In 2013, the group known as al-Qaeda, established in Syria and Iraq as ISIS, more brutal than al-Qaeda.

The goal of ISIS has always been: establish a caliphate on its Syrian and Iraqi properties. As a US general said: “They want the ruin of Iraq’s government with their caliphate. ” After weakening over the years, they lost the chance to achieve their goal. They became weaker, even to overthrow small Syrian or Iraqi armies. Due to his ambition, his futuristic vision, and his seriousness, his ideology always remained firm.

There was a big social debate over Obama’s government for the blame of the rise of ISIS. Some Americans say Barack Obama didn’t negotiate correctly with the Iraqi government to find a way to stop this group. A question arose: Could a small group of US troops have controlled and protected the communities influenced by this group? If we think: if the United States couldn’t defeat ISIS during the war in Iraq, could any army have done it?

Is able to conclude that this militant group is difficult to understand, but with short and important data, is possible to give an idea of how it was. Understanding their ideology and objective we can get into the minds of these people and imagine what it would be like to be in their place. Also, imagine what it was to control a lot of territories, and the reasons why the group decreased without ending. ISIS wasn’t forming killers, they were gathering desperate people, who seek to vent and fit in somewhere that allows them.