In addition to the shock of this gruesome act, another shocking element was that ISIS blatantly claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing in an online statement circulated through its supporters (CBS /ISIS, 2016). The suicide bomber who is willing to risk his own life and take the lives of other innocent people is what we fear and what the people of these countries fear on a daily basis. Even if this doesn't happen on American soil, we still fear what the other side might do if they want to attack the United States. After the incidents in Paris, and after ISIS claimed responsibility, no country is truly safe. Iraq and Syria have seen a spike in violence over the past month, with suicide attacks claimed by ISIS killing more than 170 people (CBS/ISIS, 2016). These attacks follow a series of developments by US-backed Iraqi forces