DOING THE JOB AMERICAN POLITICIANS WON’T DO: The Media May Ignore Them, But They’re Fighting ISIS and WINNING. “While we in the west were regaled with stories of Europeans and Americans rushing to Syria to join the jihad, no one mentioned that there were also men and women from the west who were rushing to fight against it. It wasn’t until I began following them on social media that I saw just how many there were. These were not young kids looking for adventure, but seasoned veterans who were resolute in their determination to fight evil.”