ISIS created/trained by big powers...revealed Snowden.

So what's your explaination for the rise of Islamic extremists in Nigeria?

What's your explaination of Islamic extremists in Somalia?

What's your explaination for the rise of Islamic extremists in China?

What's your explaination for the rise of Islamic extremists in the Phillipines?

What's your explaination for the rise of Islamic extremists in Indonesia?

I'm getting a bit sick of all these "US/the west created and trained ISIS" conspiracy theories. They're often based on factual inaccuracies and huge gaps in knowledge.

The US trained and supplied the Iraqi army, which later fled from places like Mosul and Tikrit, leaving large quantities of weapons in ISIS hands, including artillery and armoured vehicles and the like. This was widely reported around the time of ISIS' summer 2014 offensive across northern Iraq, so it's not like this is obscure knowledge you can understand someone overlooking. And it wasn't just US weapons either - older Russian tanks and BMPs were captured as well.

You have a point. But those are not the same as the USA deliberately creating and supporting ISIS, which some deluded conspiracy theorists like to claim.

What's the reason behind the religious crazies in Nigeria, Indonesia, China and the phillipines?

ISIS have gained ground in Syria and Iraq not helped by the weakens security situation. However radical Islamists have also gained ground in Nigeria, Indonesia, China and the phillipines that don't have a weakened security situation.

I've answered your question. I merely pointed out that radicalised Islamic terrorist groups appear in other country's both inside and outside the Middle East that haven't seen western involvement.

The real answer is that it's on the rise.

In fact, when you look into the issue at hand, a lot of the key Isis fighters who are highly experienced are the ones that went into Bosnia due to a lack of western involvement.

You're finding evidence to fit your narrative rather than looking at the bigger picture.

Interesting...

I've not said anything like that.

The civil war in Syria has allowed Isis to take a foothold in Syria who in turn have spread across the border into northern Iraq.

I have also pointed out that similar radical islamise groups have gained a foothold without the back drop of a civil war.

Most ISIS fighters are pond life. The high end Jihadis however have learnt their trade in places like Bosnia and Chechnya. The high end guys train and lead the pond life.

No it didn't create ISIS. They were already there.

Out of interest, what's your take on Iran and Russia's involvement? After all they have been instrumental in causing the Syrian civil war to drag on.

When the 'uprising' against Bashar of Syria started, I remember him going on tv stating these rebels were actually mercenaries and terrorists , and did not represent Syrian general population. I will put my hand up and admit that I, alongwith many, thought it was just propaganda from the dictator.

Fast forward to today, now these terrorists have taken over big parts of old Mesopotamia, and are killing people mercilessly. So much so that even Al qaeda, another evil terrorist group, have condemned them when they blew up a mosque in July, with fellow Muslims dying from the explosion. Then came the Paris attack - which is beyond anything group of human are capable of.

We know certain big powers created Al Qaeda and gave them guns to fight against USSR in the 90s. Now that they have become self aware, was there a vacuum created that needed to be filled with another group, that will overthrow governments at the direction of certain big powers.

How else can you explain the reluctance of some big powers in destroying this brand with drones once and for all, and the emergence of heavy artillary, armoured vehicles within the arsenal of this group. Are there super powers who do not wish their 'investments' to be harmed?

We want the truth- we smell lies just like the lie to get us into Iraq.