What Is ISIS?

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What is ISIS? What does ISIS stand for? Why are they executing people? Where do they get their power from? What are their beliefs? 

“You can be pretty confident that as conflicts develop, they will become more extremist. The most brutal, harshest groups will take over. That’s what happens when violence becomes the means of interaction. It’s almost automatic. That’s true in neighborhoods, it’s true in international affairs. That’s…”

— Noam Chomsky, chomsky.info

Tagged: ISIS, The Extremism of ISIS, Extremism, Violence as Communication, On Violence

“America is unpopular in the Middle East, but if we had ISIS's approval rating, we would see that as a very, very serious strategic problem. They have a terrible brand. So part of what we need to do is simply avoid making mistakes that will let them present themselves as a defender of Muslims. We nee…”

— Gartenstein-Ross, vox.com