Videos from the New York Times

There are two videos from the New York Times which I placed on Facebook tonight. One is about a young Egyptian man who became a body builder and then finally seems to have ended up joining ISIS since his hopes and dreams have not been realized in Egypt.  He wanted to find girls and enjoy life but instead found religion which appears to have changed him so that now he is in the army of ISIS.  The ideals of these youth seem to want Sharia Law to become the law of the Universe.  That is what I gleaned from watching this video.

A more powerful video followed this tale of the young Egyptian to tell the story about the Iraqi soldier who had joined the army since he had no job, no salary, nothing at all but sheer desperation to raise his family in Iraq.  The plight of the Iraqi's is that they do need jobs and a life.  But while in the army, his troop or group was tricked by ISIS.  They had tried to escape by changing into civilian clothes but ISIS trucks and troops caught up with them to lead them to become the first casualties in this Iraq  takeover.

This man was left for dead and he tells his story of how he managed to survive and escape on his own, though starving.  It is a miraculous story of how Sunni Muslims actually helped this young Shia muslim.  It is a must see to realize the truth of how these ISIS militants are treating all the people in their path.

I hope that as many people as possible will see this video because it helps to explain how even the simplest story in that wretched land can affect you.  These poor people in that part of the world need help desperately.