For my analysis, I want to pursue the current rise of ISIS, the Islamic State or Syria and Iraq, and discuss the current arguments of the threat level ISIS offers, their origin and current workings in the middle east, what is currently being done to combat them and what may need to be done, and finally discuss some insight of terrorism. ISIS has been deemed by some as being even worse than Al Qaeda or the Taliban, and are currently known to be on a mission of mass genocide and are the cause of hundreds of crucifixions and piles of bodies throughout Syria and Iraq.  What makes ISIS even worse is not only their size but that their leadership is not as important as it was to Al Qaeda, so assassinating one man will not bring them down. On a global scale the planet looks to the United States to combat such a threat, however, the biggest questions are who will back the U.S, if the U.S. should be the world’s policeman again, and how long is the U.S. willing to wage another war for that many either are or will question. I love my military and will support it to its end, and ISIS is a serious threat that stands against the pursuit of happiness and the freedom of life itself, and as a New Yorker I have every reason to be concerned about what ISIS may do or are currently doing. I am also brought to want to argue this topic because I want to shed light on it and create arguments that will allow people to learn more and see the weight of what it is ISIS stands for and how it cannot be ignored.