#argumentativepaper

King, Shaun. "KING: Police Brutality Hasn't Subsided, but Outrage Has." NY Daily News. 26 Feb. 2016. Web. 14 Mar. 2016.

Have you noticed that terrorist groups are gaining power in regions like the Middle East? Or how much influence they have on people in various other countries? The Islamic State of Iraq (ISIS), in particular, has been growing in their number of recruits across the globe. ISIS has enlisted people from Great Britain, the United States, and many other nations. Some countries, such as Jordan, Germany, and Turkey have been vehemently fighting these threatening militants within and outside of their own territories, forming anti-ISIS coalitions as well as participating in an airstrike campaign in Syria. The growing number of people the militant group, ISIS, has recruited is becoming of increasing concern and threatening to the world’s safety. The U.S. should be doing more to stop this terrorist group in relations to its own people. This could include monitoring the flights to specific countries, providing more information to young people about the dangers of ISIS, and tracking the communications American citizens are having over the Internet with suspicious people. First, by monitoring these flights, the United States would also be raising awareness of the dangers of this particular terrorist group— within our country, as well as internationally. If our government made such efforts, people would regard ISIS as a more serious and authentic problem than previously considered. Worldwide, people need to see this terrorist group as not just a coalition in the Middle East that commits depressing crimes daily, but as a problem that must be prioritized highly because we, as people of the human race, cannot allow for any more basic human rights to be violated. In addition, by taking measures such as monitoring planes destined for certain countries, we could lessen the number of recruits traveling across the globe, thereby weakening the strength and influence of ISIS.  As an added bonus, America would be further protecting people throughout the world— those that are on monitored flights, and others, at their own homes. The perils of radicalization and its potential impacts are tremendous. In addition, the U.S. government should be providing more information to young people concerning the dangers of ISIS, and its affect on other, innocent people. If such a measure was taken, America’s next generation would be more knowledgeable about militant groups, such as Al-Qaeda, ISIS, or the Taliban. As a result, these Americans would be more educated in the ways that they should go about responding to such global threats. It would have good long-term effects on these young citizens because they would be the generation that knew how to best deal with terrorist groups, as well as have the real-life experiences of fighting militant groups’ power over them, within their own country. Similarly, people who were young teenagers during the Great Depression became the generation who learned from what was going on around them. Such events leave a distinct impression of nationalism on an individual.   Finally, by tracking the communications American citizens are having over the Internet with people suspected of being affiliated with ISIS, or another terrorist coalition, the government could determine potentially radicalized people within our own country. More specifically, taking such an iniative, would result in federal agencies, like the CIA, having more intelligence about the progression and reach of influence that ISIS has on the United States. With this additional information, the U.S. and allies could productively discuss the next steps to be taken in order to dismantle the organization of ISIS. As it is often said, “It takes two to tango”, and in the same way, ISIS would not be thriving as they are if they didn’t have people around the world succumbing to be a part of their coalition. It is important that we protect this country, the people in it, all the while being aware of the dangers around us. In addition, we must be aware of those who are being tempted to join these terrorist groups. So, in this line of thinking, monitoring communications also sends a sign to other countries that we are serious about taking out ISIS. Rather than taking lives ourselves the route America is taking is of peace, starting within the nation. Although, I recognize that these solutions are not fool-proof, they are taking a step in the right direction. I realize that in monitoring flights, radicalized people will manage to get past security to their destination. However, this percentage decreases substantially from what it is now, where we as a country are doing little to prevent Americans from radicalizing. Though, yes, some young people will only want to be a part of it even more, if the government raises awareness of the dangers of this militant group, it is a process. In the same way, we cannot realistically expect to capture and kill all of the ISIS participants tomorrow, nor can we expect to immediately stop all recruits from joining the terrorist group. In regards to following the communications of American citizens over the Internet, some pieces of information will inevitably slip by, some U.S. inhabitants will be enraged about further invasions of their privacy, and some of the communications caught will be completely useless. However, each one of these resolutions is an example that America, as a nation, is attempting to minimize and control the influence of ISIS, as well as other militant coalitions. In conclusion, I think the United States government should take measures to suppress ISIS and protect the people within this country, as well as those outside of it. This regime— and every regime— has responsibilities to its people; to protect them, to provide good government, and to allow them to speak freely. So what could we do? Common Americans could form websites against this injustice, write letters to the White House, or hold debates about how to approach ISIS, and other terrorist groups, in your own city. We could even do the simplest act of taking the time to talk the subject over with friends and family; in doing so, you could generate new ideas about ways to resolve it. What will our country do in response?