I wrote a blog entry yesterday about ISIS, and mostly, it focused on their brutality.
However, I decided to write an article about it on the Guardian Liberty Voice and, in the process of doing so, while researching the subject, I was actually quite surprised to see that things were even worse than they seemed to be!
These guys are not only killing people, which was pretty widely reported, but they were doing so in a particularly gruesome manner (and with obvious religious symbolism to the methods) - by crucifying people!
Simply unbelievable!
Also, quite typically, the tyrants in charge have secured live of privilege and plenty for themselves, and those among their ranks. Of course, this comes at the expense of everyone else.
In that sense, they are a very typical fascist organization, and have stripped locals of their rights, confiscating passports and executing those who are captured trying to escape. They are forcing hundreds of women into forced marriages to ISIS fighters, and other women and girls are being taken as sex slaves.
The book burning (it was actually the entire public library of Mosul) destroyed thousands of books and manuscripts of historical significance, and there is no reason to believe that ISIS will simply stop there. It reminded me a little of the historical case of Nazis burning books in Germany decades ago, but there are also similarities to when the Taliban destroyed the Bamiyan Buddha statues, which were many centuries old.
It's scary to even think about what else might happen that might draw more negative comparisons to historical tragedies of the past, although my suspicions are that, one way or the other, ISIS will be on their way out very shortly.
This was never built to last.
In the meantime, however, the people of northern Syria and parts of Iraq are suffering tremendously, which means that unfortunate headlines will continue to be made, like the ones that came out of the region this past weekend.
Here is the link to my article on Guardian Liberty Voice. Please take a look, and much appreciated!
ISIS Brutality Continues to Spread
http://guardianlv.com/2015/02/isis-brutality-continues-to-spread/
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