Many Iranians, the ‘Evidence’ Is Clear: ISIS Is an American Invention
TEHRAN Iranians are as obsessed as Americans these days with the black-clad gangs roaming Iraq and Syria and killing Shiites and other infidels in the name of Sunni Islam. At the supermarket, in a shared taxi or at a family gathering, conversations often turn to the mysterious group, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, and how it came to be.
And for most Iranians, the answer is obvious: the United States.
Come on, you know who has created ISIS, said the supermarket owner, winking his right eye. Admit it, demanded the taxi driver, hitting his steering wheel to make his point. It is so obvious! concluded the talkative uncle at the birthday party.
ISIS, Iranian leaders have been saying for a long time, is made-in-the-U.S.A., a tool of terror intended by the worlds superpower to divide and conquer the energy-rich Middle East and to counter the growing influence of Iran in the region.
Irans supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has often said that he believes ISIS was created by the United States as a way to regain a foothold in Iraq and to fight President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, an ally of Iran.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/11/world/middleeast/isis-many-in-iran-believe-is-an-american-invention.html
grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)with the help of Mcain.
RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)by us, before they became adversaries?
This goes all the way back to the days of Ronnie Rat Raygun.
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)global1
(25,168 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)take it personally.
But no, USA did not create ISIS. Hell, it's only been the last six years that we've had people in the cabinet who even knew there was more than one flavor of Islam.
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)When are we going to wake up about what is really going on vs what we are being told?
SolutionisSolidarity
(606 posts)Instead Obama's going full Hillary. Apparently his only mistake was not arming ISIS fast enough. Oh, my mistake, I meant arming the "moderate Syrian rebels" fast enough. What a joke American foreign policy is. Democrat or Republican we finance Wahabbist terrorism that we claim to be at war with.
KoKo
(84,711 posts)on MSNBC for interview this a.m. She finally got her wish. Her husband will profit nicely, also.