ISIS, the New Leader in Terrorism, Faces the Old Leaders of Defeating Terrorists



ISIS fighters carrying a belt-fed PKM machine gun
and an AK-47 patterned rifle.

According to Yahoo! News, the White House has made statements, saying that the United States of America is now at war with ISIS. White House spokesman, Josh Earnest, says, "The United States is at war with ISIL in the same way that we are at war with Al-Qaeda and its Al-Qaeda affiliates around the globe," ISIS is a terrorist group that has plagued the land of Iraq. They spread out of Al-Qaeda in April, 2013. Led by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, ISIS claims to have fighters from the Middle East, Europe, and the U.S. ISIS has become known for their beheadings of reporters in Iraq and Syria. This has led some 47 percent of Americans to feel less safe than they did after 9/11. When ISIS went into Iraq, most of the Iraqi soldiers threw down their weapons and took off their uniforms so that ISIS would not shoot at them. The Kurdish forces found these old uniforms and weapons and decided to use them to their advantage. They reclaimed territory that had long been disputed over and readied themselves if ISIS ever attacked them. The Kurdish soldiers had collected everything from Russian, Chinese, and Iraqi AKs to belt-fed machine guns to grenade launchers that they can now use to defend themselves with in case of an ISIS attack. ISIS has so far left the Kurds alone that I know of because they do not want to get involved with both the Iraqis and the Kurdish forces, who are known for their bravery and ferocity in combat. No matter what, ISIS must be stopped, even if it means the use of force by U.S. forces or even the use of private military contractors.  One way or another, ISIS cannot be left to kill innocent people.

Kurdish forces in Iraq