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Originally Posted by AcGold
This is flawed reasoning considering the US track record in being involved with terrorist organizations, drug cartels puppet dictators. Over and over the alphabet agencies have had their hands in shady business all over the world, drug trafficking, human trafficking, military coups, assassinations, weapon supply to terrorists and dictators.
To sit here and say no they definitely have no involvement is shortsighted and frankly illogical. We don't live in a segregated global environment anymore and the see eye eh is every these days. You can't just say nope, ISIS is independent, with certainty when history suggests the possibility of some form of US involvement is much greater than zero.
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He's not saying the US didn't do anything. They certainly did.
What he is saying is that we can't just sit there blaming US foreign policy for ISIS. ISIS is the blame. Sure, there may have been circumstances, but the fact remains that ISIS is the problem.
Was the foreign policy of major powers after WWI a direct contributor to Germany's rise to power in WWII? Absolutely. Do we sit here blaming France and other nations for the atrocities committed by Germany in WWII? No. Germany is at fault for what Germany did. Period.
(PS: Not saying Russia and other DIDN'T commit atrocities, just stating Germany is responsible for Germany's actions. Isis is responsible for Isis actions)