Our world is moulded by acts of governments, societies, and even the doings of single human beings. We as human beings have come to the ultimate consensus that what is happening currently should be focused on and that we should strive to come to solutions for these issues. Due to this, we must be aware as well as sensitive to current events.
Unit Four of Humanities revolved around how people are changed by conflict. The goal of the unit summative was to research about a topic. My partner, Abigail and I chose to research about the conflict that dominated newspaper headlines, ISIS. We decided to address this topic because, unlike past conflicts, ISIS is a significant current event. Knowing about the history of this terrorist organisation allowed me to understand the root and interesting perspectives on the topic.
In my eyes, people are changed by conflict because their perspectives are changed. By way of example, the American Led Coalition has had to expand their ideas about why this has happened and what was the root of the Sunni's actions. Additionally, the Coalition has had to understand the Shia's perspective and the Kurdish standpoint as well. "Terrorism is nothing new. It's been with us for years," President of France, François Hollande confidently stated in the Security Council meeting. "But it has taken on another dimension, and it wants to conquer territory now." Gradually, certain modern-day terrorist groups have pushed boundaries of our ideas of terrorism. Particularly ISIS, an organisation who has been attempting to add a legal Islamic state. Contrary to Al-Qaeda, ISIS has been slowly expanding by raiding Shia towns and cities, taking them over. In addition, the terrorist factions been executing many Western hostages whereas Al-Qaeda's terrorist acts included more large-scale attacks, including the infamous, attacks of September 11th.
Based on the research and information that I have collected over the past weeks, my predictions for this conflict include the American Led Coalition continuing to bomb ISIS territory until the group either surrenders or stops growing and being as violent. If the group began to threaten other countries, the United States or even the Gulf States may try to make a treaty with the faction. ISIS may not be open to agree to an agreement, in which case the Coalition would have to compromise and continue to bomb the territory. If the group were to get air transportation and posed even more a threat, the United States may have to send extremely experienced militias, for example the SEALS. If this were to not work, the country may even have to start a full scale draft in which all citizens would have to fight.
I could not have asked for a better experience in learning about this subject. Due to this, I was am know able to comprehend and analyse articles whilst taking into account different perspectives about the topic, in addition to be able to have the fundamental knowledge about this crisis.
