Analysis Of The Article What Should The U.s. Do About...

The article â€Å"What should the U.S. do about ISIS? Show Sunnis we care† by Charles Lister is about what Charles Lister thinks the United States should do to combat ISIS. It has a prescriptive issue and a conclusion. A prescriptive issue is a question about how the world should be. A conclusion is an answer to the question asked by the issue that the author wants the reader to accept. Some significant ambiguity is also present in Lister’s article. Significant ambiguity is a word or statement that is unclear, and the word’s meaning affects the reader’s ability to accept the conclusion. I will prove that I have found the correct issue and conclusion and some significant ambiguity using text from Lister’s article. The issue in the article â€Å"What should the U.S. do about ISIS? Show Sunnis we care† by Charles Lister is â€Å"How should the United States respond to ISIS.† Proof of this issue can be found in Lister’s writing. In the first paragraph he states that the United States cannot defeat ISIS militarily. The U.S. must help improve the sociopolitical issues in the Middle East. These two statements answer the issue I put forth. The second and third paragraphs discuss how ISIS has not only attracted foreigners to fight in its jihad; it has also befriended the oppressed Sunni Muslims. The Sunnis, consequently, are allowing ISIS to work freely in their territory. Paragraph three asks the question are the Sunnis still loyal to their country, or are they only loyal to their religion