Does ISIS have a lot of redeeming qualities that we&#x27;re overlooking? If not, I&#x27;m not sure I can agree with the suggestion that its just a matter of framing whether ISIS is the villian or the United States. Say what you will about the U.S., but one would be hard pressed to say that it does <i>no</i> good around the world and only does things like bomb hospitals. But I&#x27;m not sure the same can be said of ISIS, unfortunately.<p>That said, I agree with omarish in this respect: my own feeling of helplessness upon reading this article is probably akin in some ways to the feeling that drives people to take up arms with ISIS in Syria and Iraq. The important distinction, though, is that the source of the outrage that drives ISIS fighters to act is precisely the opposite of what one ought to be outraged about. (Or, at any rate, pretty much the opposite of what actually outrages me.)