An Alarming Agreement

This week I am taking my blog in a different direction. As most of you know by now, this blog is supposed to highlight the difference between the media in the states and the media across the pond, but this week we are going to highlight the similarities. It is very rare that you get the United States and the majority of the continent of Europe agreeing on something in general, let alone the use of military in another country. While I have some what neglected the topic of ISIS in the blog thus far, today we will highlight its effect on the U.S. and Europe. For the first time since 9/11, both our country and the majority of Europe have decided to use military action or support the Iraqi and Kurdish people in some way. This is significant in many ways. Not only does this rarely happen, but it also means that this terrorist group is funded, armed, and networked to the point that we have gotten all of these countries to agree. The majority of the media in the U.S. and in Europe believe that this group has the capability to be more destructive and powerful than Al Qaeda. Not only that, but this group has also caused other terrorist groups to fight for relevancy again, they want to be the top dog. The fact that you are having officials and scholars from both side of the pond agreeing on how devastating this group can be is very alarming and should continued to be reported on (along with other international news) both here and abroad.