President Barack Obama has ordered drone strikes over Iraq to attack the dangerous terrorist group, ISIS. The drones were targeting what is believed to be ISIS convoys and artillery units. The President is determined to get America involved with ISIS so we may help rid ISIS from their goal, controlling towns and key infrastructure of Iraq.

ISIS stands for Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. They were first established from Al Qaeda in 2006 where they announced its leader, Abu Omar. The British has confirmed that ISIS has grown in power since its earlier start and are gaining more control of the people of Iraq and gaining more attention worldwide. What has really caught the world’s attention is the recent beheading of two American journalists that were horribly posted over the web for all to see. Sources say that Al Qaeda and ISIS used to work together over a period of time until February of 2014 when Al Qaeda broke their ties from ISIS because of ideological differences.

America continues its efforts against ISIS. President Obama has deployed troops to Iraq in hopes of demolishing their organization. ISIS proves to be defiant and continues to murder dozens of people and commit public executions. They push to take over large areas of Iraq and continue to terrorize the citizens while attacking cities. Iraqi troops have fought against ISIS troops but are mostly having no luck against the terrorist group’s strong army. More and more people are joining the terrorist group including 100 Americans and also Muslim British. After ISIS’s victory in Mosul, a city northern of Iraq, ISIS has had a rapid progress taking over more and more cities of Iraq, however this is not including their territory in Syria. Altogether there territories are as large as Germany’s capital. Below is a map of areas controlled by ISIS.

President Obama did not wish to place any American troops on Iraq soil, but Joint Chief Chairman Martin Dempsey disagreed with the president and believes we should indeed send our soldiers to return to the fight in Iraq. “If we reach the point where I believe our advisors should accompany Iraqi troops on attacks against specific [ISIS] targets, I will recommend that to the president,” said Dempsey. Dempsey strongly suggests “close combat advising” is what is needed to win against ISIS.

Is our decision to get involved will be correct or not? Only the outcome will tell.