Throughout history whenever leadership is missing people have been drawn to the power of a dictator. The truth is it doesn’t matter if that leader comes from the right,left, is secular or religious based the absence of true leadership will enable those with grandeur plans for themselves to take control. The dictator will gain power by enabling the masses to find blame for their problems on some “evil source” that has infiltrated their own country and must be annihilated. The individual will utilize this opportunity to consolidate power by closing all opposition press, religious institutions and political parties that might cause him/her problems. They will not only survive but strive as long as they can continue to find scape goats to blame. The reason that so many in the public will buy into this propaganda is it’s easy to digest and when the opposition is eliminated they will be no one to challenge it.
The solution is simple to make sure the United States and other Westernized countries do not shrink from their leadership role. They must make sure that even in the darkest prison the voice of freedom can be heard.Their must be a clear formulated strategy that deals with confronting the growth of dictators before their first indoctrination occurs. For without that leadership I fear groups like ISIS will not only continue to grow but eventually create avenues for a dictator to take over in our own lands.