ISIS has released a video of a surviving hostage, Kenji Goto, holding a photo of what seems to be the beheaded compatriot Haruna Yukawa. The killed this other hostage because Japan did not make the deadline of 72 hours to pay $200 million for both of the hostages. ISIS made a new demand for a prisoner swap between the living hostage and a “sister” in prison, Sajida al-Rishawi. The US sent its condolences to Japan and assured the perpetrators will be taken to justice and ultimately defeated.
I think this article is compelling because it is yet another move from ISIS to get the things it wants. It goes along with the reading about the four functions of force. They are trying to compel countries to pay them and release prisoners to ISIS. This organization has become a problem because they have gained a lot of power over some time and the US can do very little about it. It’s not so easy as to just declare war on them because they do not reside in a single country. How would a country declare war on an organization? It cannot possibly declare war on all of the countries that ISIS resides in. Being an organization, ISIS has an advantage of mobility, lack of morality, and fast action. The US and other countries around the world need to do something about ISIS without getting involved in other countries that don’t want outside involvement, a seemingly impossible task.
Brad Munson
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