ISIS: How did become the strongest terrorist organization and who can eliminate it

The ISIS is now the largest, strongest, richest and most popular terrorist organization around the world. The organization started in Syria where there is an ongoing civil war. The organization was left untouched by the Syrian government and rebels. The Syrian government and rebels focused their resources against each other. If the Syrian government battles the ISIS, then it means that it has one bullet, one rifle and one soldier less for its fight with the rebels. The same thinking goes for the rebels. During this time, ISIS is considered s single country organization. However, its leader is quite a strategic thinker. For years in Iraq, the minority Sunni Muslims were disenchanted and angry with the Shiite Muslims after the fall of Saddam Hussein. The majority Shiite Muslims hold the government. There were multiple instances where the Sunni Muslims boycotted the election or those elected Sunni Muslim legislators resigned from their positions. What the ISIS leader did next was a brilliant strategic move (Note: the adjective is for the strategic move and not to the violence that resulted from it.). He collaborated with the Sunni Muslim tribal leaders to abandon the Shiite Muslim dominated government. When the ISIS attacked the western regions of Iraq? Most of the Iraqi soldiers, who were Sunni Muslims, abandoned their posts and weapons. The ISIS seized the abandoned weapons which include artillery, tanks and even helicopters. The seized weapons tremendously increased the fighting capabilities and effectiveness of the ISIS. With these weapons and new recruits, it has the capability to attack the neighboring Iraq regions, the Kurdish region in the north and the capital of Baghdad in the center. It also gained a cash engine – oil. ISIS continued to operate the seized oil wells and refinery and sold the oil at less than 50% off the market price. With this oil production, ISIS was able to generate a stable cash flow which allows it to focus on invading other regions of the Iraq.

ISIS has shown unprecedented brutality against people who are not aligned with their ideologies. This brutality can be used against the ISIS. When the Turkish pilot was killed by the ISIS, the majority of the Turkish population clamored for revenge. It also united the different tribes in the Kurdish region when ISIS performed mass killing in some Kurdish villages. The stable Middle East governments, such as Saudi Arabia, are funding the opposition forces against the ISIS. They also fear that the ISIS might go to their country if they don’t do anything. To eliminate the ISIS, there is one missing element. The United States has been contented in providing air power and military advisory to the opposition forces. However, these supports are inadequate when the opposition forces are holding back their full fighting power (The hold back is due to the possibility that after ISIS, they will return to fighting again with each other.). If the United States wants to redeem itself from its debacle in the Iraq occupation, then this is a good opportunity. Public sentiments in the United States have risen to the level that the executive government has political capital to commit ground forces in the battle against the ISIS. 2016 is an election year in the United States. Will the new President have the conviction of the Bushes?