In this On The Media podcast "A former ISIS hostage warns that calling the Brussels attack an act of terror plays into the terrorists' game plan. Plus: an unprecedented crackdown on press freedom in Turkey."
Are we buying into ISIS's game plan?
He claims our main mistake is how we think ISIS is the problem, saying that the real problem is "the massacres against the Syrians"...which is kind of odd considering how ISIS has claimed to be the one responsible for all these massacres. He further explains that the Syrian Regime have killed more Syrians then ISIS but we only focus on ISIS because of the brutal ways they chose to kill. Thus ignoring the real problem which isn't ISIS but instead the Syrian Regime. Which from his point of view he is probably right.
From my point of view the Syrian Regime has never to infiltrated America with the goal to kill as many people as they can just because we're seen as their "infidels". Yes the Syrian Regime has done horrible things to its own people, and should be held accountable. However to take them out right now would mean taking out Syria's last-line of defense, thus basically handing ISIS the keys to the country. Plus Russia has sided with the Syrian Regime and the last thing we need right now is another conflict with Russia. Neither ISIS or the Syrian Regime are innocent but for now our best option is to allow them to fight each other. Otherwise we're looking at another Iraq war were we lose 100 of thousands of American soldiers only to end up destabilize the country, which history has shown that just leads to a more radical and desperate opponent such as ISIS. America needs to take care of itself first, right now ISIS is Nazi Germany and the Syrian Regime is the Soviet Union. In order to Germany we needed the Soviet Union. This situation is no different. In order to stop the greater threat/evil we might have no option but to temporally aid the lesser of the two evils. As a result after ISIS has been destroyed, they'll owe us and we'll be able to hold them accountable for their past actions on their people.
I feel like the U.S. needs to focus on one thing at a time because we have so much going on with our country. We've been at war for more than a decade now and we've lost so many troops. We don't need anymore conflicts with any other countries because we don't need anymore enemies.
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