Middle East in Turmoil, ISIS

Kurdish fighter surveys ruins of Kobani after liberation from ISIS. 

      We've all read the stories coming out of the Middle East lately. I suppose if it doesn't happen in our own backyard we don't much about it, but that doesn't mean we should accept the Middle East for what it is today, struggling to maintain law and order. Just yesterday a car bomb exploded Egypt's Sinai District killing over 30 people. Rumors are swirling that it was ISIS, others point blame to Hamas. Who knows for sure yet? Then the day before, gunmen allegedly apart of a newly formed branch of the Islamic State attacked a hotel after killing 5. In Saudi Arabia, a blogger pleads for his life as he is sentenced to 1000 lashes for insulting the Islamic faith. His wife says she won't stop fighting until her husband, Raif Badawi (the blogger) is freed. Turkish President Erdogan states, "Muslims never guilty of terrorist massacres". In the Phillipines, 44 police commandos are brutally killed in a clash with fighters from the Islamic Liberation Front. We can all learn a vital lesson from this bloodshed being carried out by religious fanatics and the fight for power in the most religiously diverse region on the planet. The world must take responsibility for its actions. No longer can we live in a world where politicians begin wars based merely on personal vendettas or religious intent. If we are going to survive and thrive, somebody must be held to account. Blaming others has never once worked in the past. Not taking responsibility for a genocide committed during World War I is just as low as allowing an Islamic Caliphate to screech its way across the Middle East, utilizing a policy based on oppression and persecution. In Europe, Islamic homophobia is already taking roots after the mass murder of Charlie Hebo's newspaper columnists in France. I understand it's difficult to accept somebody not of your faith or racial background but believe me, it can be done and has been done before. 

       The Middle East has engulfed itself into one huge paradigm and we are the witnesses to that change. The refusal of the U.N. to step in and take any action against ISIS is yet another brutal reminder for humanity that war knows no boundaries. It can strike at any time without warrant or forehand knowledge for those on the receiving end. Even journalists are taking big hits in war zones such as the Middle East and Ukraine to an extent. Innocent civilians only get caught in the crossfire and it lets us know that we are failing as a civilization to stop these atrocities. We cannot allow ourselves to turn our heads away from the news anymore because when you see stories such as the beheading of people like James Foley and even more recently, the two hostages from Japan by ISIS; it wakes you up to the reality that we don't live in a perfect world.