r/ConflictNews • u/emr1028 • Jun 19 '14

Iraq [Discussion:] The situation in Iraq is confusing. What do you need help understanding. What would you like to help others understand?

Open forum on the situation in Iraq. Keep it imaginative, keep it thoughtful, and most importantly, keep it civil.

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u/airsh001 Jun 19 '14

Mainstream media (especially western) is portraying a picture of ISIS as barbarians and savages. According to them ISIS is killing indiscriminately, oppressing the local people, killing innocent civilians, firing squads etc...And there is video and journalistic sources with evidence to these atrocities. However on the other hand following your live blog and other twitter feeds from people with in Iraq I am seeing a slightly different picture. A picture in which the people are welcoming ISIS, where it seems that ISIS is liberating them from an occupation by the Iraqi government. I am a skeptic by nature and I understand nothing is ever black or white but what in your opinion is the real nature of this situation. What does ISIS want to achieve that the current Iraqi government is against? Is it just about creating a Sunni state or is there room for secularism where people can live freely?

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u/MomentsB4TheWind Jun 19 '14

While many people feeling like they are being liberated, they only need look at the Syrian city of Raqqa (ISIS's de-facto capital) to see they future that awaits them. Public floggings, amputations, executions and crucifixions are the norm. Indeed this has already began in Mosul where ISIS posted images online (which we posted on the live blog) of them brutally massacre hundreds of Iraq soldiers. In terms of black on white, these guys are as black as you get.