ISIL is a terrorist group located in the Middle East. ISIL stands for Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant so why are more and more Western people joining them?  Why are young kids in the Middle East joining? Why are many European and American teens? How does a small group turn into 30,000+ by beheading people? I will be looking into all of the factors and highlighting some main events.

                First let’s start with the kids, why are the joining, what makes ISIL so appealing? Ice-cream, ice-cream is used as a bait to lure impressionable kids to join them. Kids are very impressionable because their mind is still being molded and then ISIL makes changes, forcing the kids to thing the way they want it, much like a potter and his/her clay. By being lured and bribed with ice-cream and then having all of these ideas forced into their mind they become terror. They become ISIL.

                Now let’s talk about everyone’s favorite website Facebook. The media gets a bad rap for being bad and spreading propaganda, well there is some truth behind that. Facebook has over half a million people on their site on a daily basis, so spreading some propaganda over that just makes sense. Many companies make lots of money over it so many terrorist groups could get a lot of support from it.

                Many people from other countries are running to join the fight but they are fighting for ISIL. The Austrian girls who left are pregnant according to Wn.com. These girls have been recruiting people to ISIL by using social media. It has been a very effective campaign and has recruited many to ISIL. If just a few people and maybe a cool kid people will fallow and then then there is a snow ball effect and many people have joined ISIL.

                So it seems to be just people being tricked, brainwashed, and tiring to fit in. Ice-cream socials used to lure kids. Social networking was used as propaganda. Two girls from Austria that are now the face of ISIL are recruiting people by the hundreds. ISIL will continue to grow unless we do something NOW.

Last week in class we watched Lincoln and we were told to wright about if Lincoln and Obama abused their presidential powers. Abraham Lincoln is accused of suspending habeas corpus and freeing the slaves without state consent. Obama is accused of using his executive orders to much. So I will be putting them on a trial of my own. I will decide if Lincoln and Obama are innocent or guilty, the answer may surprise you. 

First is our 16^th president Abraham Lincoln, I feel that he had the power to end slavery in America. Why I think this is because I feel big decisions like this are best solved with the federal government. I believe in a strong federal government but states get their say in what happens on 98% of the issues. Ones that concern entire races should be for the federal government. If the states have too much power I feel we would be divided rather than united. States will just pass laws to be different because they can and then people will go there for that reason. An example of this is recreational use of marijuana. As long as you are in that state you can do it but put one baby toe over the line and you are in trouble. States around them now have to deal with people buying it over there and bringing it into their state where it is illegal and could buy and then later sell it at a higher price than paid, also illegal but that is everywhere. So I feel he did the RIGHT THING and HAD THE RIGHT.

In the part about habeas corpus I feel he did not have the right to suspend that. I believe in a fair trial for every man, woman, and child. I see why he did it but he did not have the right to do that. That is in the constitution he can’t do that so he can’t do it. The constitution talks about freedom so yes freeing the slaves was ok. Traitors need to be punished for their crimes agents this great country of ours.

Obama abused his power by banning guns I fell that is a state power but the federal government can say no huge weapons of destruction. What he has done it is almost impossible to get a gun and if you do ammo prices are through the roof. So I feel that Obama has abused his executive powers here.

Lastly I will be talking about if Obama abused his executive powers to spy on Americans. I don’t feel he abused his powers here because it is to keep us safe. If you are texting terroristic threats to people the government should be able to see that and stop you. When I text people it is just a “Hi” or “K” 50% of the time, and I don’t post on Facebook, and I don’t have a Twitter. I don’t care if the government reads mine because I am not worried about what I post. If some people are scared then they are probably trying to hide something. So Obama did not go too far here.