Wednesday night, President Obama addressed the nation on the ever growing threat of the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria, or ISIS. Zeke Miller wrote an article in TIME Magazine discussing the president's national address. Obama asserts that the US will go on the offensive and continue airstrikes on the ISIS government. He did not give a time frame for the war, saying "it will take time to eradicate a cancer like ISIS." Obama clarified that ground troops will not be fighting in Syria, but will implement more airstrikes and help train Iraqi rebels.
Americans have been waiting for action to take place after several threats had been made on the country, including the beheading of two Americans. Some have referred to ISIS's actions in Syria and Iraq as a genocide, attacking and killing the innocent people in Iraq and Syria. Throughout its history, the United States has defended the innocent and the minorities in repressive countries. Obama now asserts that The United States will go to war with ISIS.
American's actions on ISIS illustrates similar beliefs to Eric Greitens' The Warrior's Heart. Greitens urges his readers to take action and serve others. After helping relief efforts in Rwanda after the Rwandan genocide and other struggling countries, Greitens insisted action must be take to protect others. This is what President Obama and the United States must do with ISIS. America must not only defend its people, but the innocent people in Syria and Iraq as well.
Meg, I liked how you connected Eric Greitens and used his message of taking action and serving others and applied it to things that are going today.
ReplyDeleteMeg, your connection to Greitens is very strong and clear-cut. I think America's next actions can also be affiliated with the idea of greatness discussed in the book.
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job on emphasizing the actual reality of the events happening between America and ISIS and even opened up my eyes and helped me understand the situation better.Great job using active verbs too
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