georgephillip
Diamond Member
Thirteen months after Americans made it clear they would not tolerate another Libya in Syria, IS has risen just in time for the mid-terms.
"Only those who watch the news and ignore history" are surprised:
"Much like Al Qaeda, the Islamic State (ISIS) is made-in-the-USA, an instrument of terror designed to divide and conquer the oil-rich Middle East and to counter Iran’s growing influence in the region..."
"America’s relationship with Al Qaeda has always been a love-hate affair.
"Depending on whether a particular Al Qaeda terrorist group in a given region furthers American interests or not, the U.S. State Department either funds or aggressively targets that terrorist group.
"Even as American foreign policy makers claim to oppose Muslim extremism, they knowingly foment it as a weapon of foreign policy.
"The Islamic State is its latest weapon that, much like Al Qaeda, is certainly backfiring.
"ISIS recently rose to international prominence after its thugs began beheading American journalists.
"Now the terrorist group controls an area the size of the United Kingdom."
The so-called "War on Terror" is primarily a pretext for maintaining an oversized US military; IS only exists because it serves that purpose.
How the US Helped Create Al Qaeda and ISIS CounterPunch Tells the Facts Names the Names
"Only those who watch the news and ignore history" are surprised:
"Much like Al Qaeda, the Islamic State (ISIS) is made-in-the-USA, an instrument of terror designed to divide and conquer the oil-rich Middle East and to counter Iran’s growing influence in the region..."
"America’s relationship with Al Qaeda has always been a love-hate affair.
"Depending on whether a particular Al Qaeda terrorist group in a given region furthers American interests or not, the U.S. State Department either funds or aggressively targets that terrorist group.
"Even as American foreign policy makers claim to oppose Muslim extremism, they knowingly foment it as a weapon of foreign policy.
"The Islamic State is its latest weapon that, much like Al Qaeda, is certainly backfiring.
"ISIS recently rose to international prominence after its thugs began beheading American journalists.
"Now the terrorist group controls an area the size of the United Kingdom."
The so-called "War on Terror" is primarily a pretext for maintaining an oversized US military; IS only exists because it serves that purpose.
How the US Helped Create Al Qaeda and ISIS CounterPunch Tells the Facts Names the Names