War against ISIS and adolescence
The problems in the Middle East seem to be getting more tragic and more complicated, year by year. The approach has been to adopt a "power and control" methodology which usually means starting a war. It is interesting to note if not sad, that it was the invasion of IRAQ in 2003 that set off the events that have led to the success of ISIS. In fact the Iraq War was meant to help minimize the threat from al-Qaeda, amongst other things. Yet in the last 4 years attacks by al-Qaeda and its affiliates - and that does not include ISIS - have tripled even though Osama Bin Laden was killed. It can seem like the "War on Terror" may work but not when you have a better model of human nature and reality....
Why was the War on Terror always doomed to failure?
Over the last few decades various American governments have declared various wars; on poverty in the mid-1960s, cancer in the 1970s, drugs in the 1970s, and terrorism, as it was coined by President Bush in 2001.There has been very little, if any, success so far and all have been officially declared failures or just avoided, and President Obama’s administration no longer uses the term “war on terrorism”. The British government recently started a war on sugar (as if sugar ever meant to hurt anyone).
War only works as a response to the relatively uncomplicated situation such as being invaded. But when complicated health or psychological issues, or diverse social aspects are involved it requires a much wiser approach. As Abraham Lincoln said, "power always conquers but it is a short term victory."
A good model on human nature helps us understand the reality of the situation and so make better decisions on how to address them. The seven fundamental human motivations explain why adopting this sort of level 3 (power) approach will fail with complicated problems. Power motivation is the motivation manifested primarily at the "adolescent" stage of brain development.
It is no surprise that ISIS has attracted so many males in the adolescent stage of life (the male brain only matures at about 25 years old). It would seem better to adopt an adult approach to deal with such difficult problems. Our model shows that a higher level/adult approach is based on wisdom (and compassion) and, perhaps surprisingly, it will have more chance of success.
So to succeed we must live up to our name; Homo sapiens (which means ‘wise ones’) and meet these and other great challenges from this higher level.
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"Power always conquers but it is a short term victory" - Abraham Lincoln