Political
Islam is our generations communism. Since 2001 the United States has tried to
eradicate Muslims who wish to force Political Islam on people; just as, the
U.S. tried to defeat communism after the Second World War. The first wars
against Political Islam started after September 11 2001 when members of Al-Qaeda,
a Political Islamic terrorist group, hijacked airplanes in the U.S. flying them
into the World Trade Center in addition to the Pentagon. The U.S. war to stop
Political Islamic terrorism has been going on for almost 20 years with no end
in sight. When Al-Qaeda weakened, the Taliban took its spot; plus, all the
other Political Islamic groups wishing to establish Shari Law. There appears to
be no end in sight for this war; however, the destruction of the Middle East by
the U.S. military and its allies directly correlates with the increased number
of Political Islamic terrorist attacks in the West. Under President Donald
Trump the U.S. military has already started to increase the numbers of U.S.
soldiers in Syria to fight ISIS. No doubt ISIS would not be able to stand up
against the military power of the United States in a conventional military
battle; however, this war is starting to have similarities to the Vietnam war.
The Vietnam war was a war which the US took part in to stop the spread of
Communism. The Vietnam war began in 1954 and ended for the US when they
withdrew their military in 1973 (http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/vietnam-war-history).
By 1975 Vietnam would be united under communist rule (www.history.com). During
this conflict millions of people were murdered to stop the spread of communism
(history.com). This war was sparked by the Vietnamese citizens desire to end
French And Japanese colonialization after the Second World War (history.com).
The US started the war campaign by performing “regular bombing raids”
(history.com). Ironically the war against ISIS started the same way. By the end
of the Vietnam war the US would have 500,000 soldiers in Vietnam and were
requesting more troops (history.com). With all that man power and bombs the US
could not eradicate the communist in South Vietnam the area were the US had the
most influence. The communist fighters in the south were referred to as Viet
Cong; and, their guerilla warfare allowed them to defeat the strongest military
in the world. The guerilla warfare is something groups like ISIS has at its
advantage, since they are not represented by a government; and have no country
colors they can be anyone. Fighting a war like this cannot be won by
conventional military tactics. If anything, Political Islam will die out just
as Communism. Better ideas will provide better alternatives. For instance, the
US never had to go to war with the Soviet Union it collapsed. The same will
happen to less tolerant versions of Political Islam. The wider its reach the
weaker it will grow crumbling from the pressure of strong willed people who will
challenge oppressive ideas.
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