The ISIS Crisis: My Opinion on the Conflict in the Middle-East
During the last couple of months, a new terrorist group has arisen in the middle east. The group of Islamic radical militants, known as ISIS, has gained plenty of notoriety on the news recently, and for all the reasons that you would expect. The most recent thing that ISIS has done to get their face on the news was the killing of U.S. Journalist, Steven Sotloff. Mr. Sotloff was abducted and taken hostage by ISIS in Syria in 2013. About a month ago, Mr. Sotloff was seen on video, with a militant claiming that Mr. Sotloff would be killed if the U.S. did not comply with their demands. After not complying with their demands, Mr. Sotloff was killed, and ISIS claimed that they would kill another one of their captives. Now, first of all I can see how the death of Mr. Sotloff would deeply disturb some people. The guttural reaction that most people would have is that we need to go into Syria, and take the group out, or that this is all the Obama administrations fault. Now, I am not saying t...