left a trail of death and destruction in its wake. what made isis unique was its ma nigh cal pen maniacal penchant for fame and to attract followers from near and far. it boasted its barbarity with high production value videos, the beheadings of american journalists, james foley and others. the burning alive in a cave of jordanian air force pilot. the murder of more than a thousand iraqi soldiers in this camp outside tikrit. it took equally perverse pressure and pride in the wanton treasures of archeological treasures and religious shrines, the persecution of the
the olympics sis unique. it can protest peacefully and powerfully. the olympics were banned from 1942 to 1952 because of aparthe apartheid. but the ioc is clear. it bans any form of discrimination affecting the olympic movement. afghanistan was banned from the 2000 sydney games not only for afghanistan s oppression of women but forbidding them to play sports at all. women cannot play sports in any arab countries except saudi arabia where it bans all women because of a systematic organization. most women are obese.