almost all of the leaders of the Islamic State are former Iraqi officers of Hussain's reign.

[JonLP24]

19. Your first sentence below the title is the point I was trying to make

especially politically. In how it relates to ISIS or Bin Laden -- Saudi Arabia petrodollars were very helpful in expanding Wahabbism with religious schools & propaganda. Saudi Arabia was with us in Afghanistan helping out with the financing. I'm pretty certain (though I'd have to double check) Bin Laden was taught at a Saudi Arabian religious university

I'm certainly aware that aren't the only ones. Assad is a world class human rights violator who is an Alawite (sect of Shia Islam) & the brutal oppression from the Shia dominated Iraqi government -- especially when it comes to unregulated Shia militias -- created the factors in how it relates to the current situation which led to the 2014 ISIS offensive.

I certainly wasn't disagreeing but further expanding on your point by adding partnering with Saudi Arabia is the root of the Bin Laden, ISIS, or any similar group problems which mostly effect the civilians living under the dominate minority than us but if you include Israel, the 1954 Iran coup, & countless other things have led to blow back in how it relates to Southwest Asia.