lemureater
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Far better? Bro ISIS was VERY good at fighting and recruiting- probally the best destabilising insurgency group the 21th century has seen and will ever see. But yeh i doubt the americans 'spent' money on ISIS- but its not a hot take to question if the CIA expected a ISIS to emerge from the rubbles of a ravaged Iraq following the american invasion
leaks happen. Maybe early on the americans alligned themselves with the movement but soon after they switched sides. They helped the YPG for a reason
u understand now? Im not saying they directly supported ISIS but its nuancedthe cia primarily tried to bring the middle east back to normalities because assad was the most predictable player. the united states was bombing thousands of isis targets, supported their enemies, yet at the same time supported them because of internal confusion? how does this make sense?
qatar uae and saudi arabia supported sahwat groups that fought isis, the united states supported SLA which fought isis. isis gained weapons from stockpiles plundered in iraq and syria. tawheed and jihad front and other orgs were constantly fighting in iraq. people like al zarqawi fought in reaction to shiite forces joining the united states and persecuting sunni muslims.
isis would not exist if there was no persecution of sunni muslims after the western occupation in the middle east.