Some of the Westerners who have joined the Iraqi Christian militia Dwekh Nawsha. Photo: Ari Jalal/Reuters
SUMMARY: An article from News Middle East states that there are Westerners who want to join the fight against ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant). Westerners like, army veteran, Brett have gone over to Iraq to join Christian militias fighting against ISIL.Brett and other foreigners have joined a militia group called Dwekh Nawsha where they operate alongside Kurdish peshmerga forces to protect Christian villages in Nineveh province in Iraq.To protect his family from harm harm, Brett has kept his last name confidential. According to Brett, he is in Iraq “fighting for a people and for a faith, and the enemy is much bigger and more brutal." Many volunteers, such as Brett, are frustrated that their governments are not doing more to combat the ultra-radical Islamist groups.
ANALYSIS: I believe that this article is somewhat of a wake up call to western governments that they need to get more involved in the situation in the Middle East. This situation is completely different from the Vietnam war, as in that civilians are going on their own to fight for their belief. The Vietnam war had little to no supporters and yet we still stayed in Vietnam for a long time. If the situation in the Middle East is backed by the people of western governments, then it would be the best time to take action. If we don’t hit the Islamic terrorist groups now then they will eventually spread further and cause more destruction like they are currently doing. Brett is a symbol that we should follow as a country. He is doing what he, and almost the rest of the world, believes is the right thing to do when faced with these dangerous terrorist groups, which is to take action now while we still can.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
Do you think we should get involved in the situation in the Middle East? Why?
Do you think getting involved will increase the utility of the middle eastern people?
I think this was an interesting article. I like that Brett is taking action against these terrorist groups. It is about time someone steps up and starts taking action to stop further expansion of these groups. I think we should get involved because these terrorists groups have already gone to far, killing many people. We need to crush these terrorist like a bug and show them whose boss. America.
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