Religious zealots press the Obama administration to label, brand and or create a religious war narrative out of ISIS' evil inspired conflict, the President would be wise to reject the notion. Changing the narrative to that of a religious conflict could have devastating consequences, the world would have to live with for eons. Remember, America has religious fanatics chomping at the bit too.
This conflict has nothing to do with religion and everything to do with unmitigated evil. This is a conflict being fueled and sustained by Evil. The concept may be difficult to accept, because evil is a difficult enemy to recognize. Evil is not a person or persons, its an ever-present force, lurking about seeking opportunity to exploit weakness. Simply put, those fighting for ISIS are merely weak minds being exploited by Evil.
Currently, many are arguing, those attracted to or influenced by groups like ISIS, Al Qaeda, Boko Haram, et al, can be characterized as disaffected disfranchised directionless youth that have been disowned and deemed outcast in they're own countries. If only educational and gainful employment opportunities were available, many of these so-called foreign fighters, jihadist, Islamic militant wannabes would be walking the straight and narrow. From this observers perspective, nothing could be further from the truth.
More often than not, the average willing recruit for cult-like groups such as ISIS are simply the world's human waste. These are murders, thugs, criminally insane, sadist, sexual deviants, psychotics, misfits and of course, your garden variety losers. Weak-minded degenerates to the core, they're psyches are often fertile ground for Evil to flourish.
After Evil has sown the seeds of a distorted message, the twisted militant finds himself convinced, his perversions are an asset to the cause. The depraved jihadist has found a space on the planet where he can be all he's ever wanted to be; Evil. He can not only kill, maim, rape and pillage with total impunity here on earth, but be further rewarded in heaven after death. One should be able to understand how that illogic would appeal to a maniac.
Bottom line: In many cases, Evil has taken full possession of these minds bodies and souls and is orchestrating a proxy war against humanity itself. If Evil is successful in baiting humanity into the trap of a religious war, Evil will win. Its imperative the Obama administration resist radical fanatics on the Right, by identifying and framing ISIS and like-minded offshoots for what they are. ISIS, by any other name is still nothing but Evil.
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