So many of my students come from ISIS controlled villages in Syria, or who were policail activists who protestsed Assad and who lost half of their entire families in the war, who were forced to fight for the Assad regime, who went to prison for demonstrating for democracy...

The first thing they all tell me about the war is that the USA created ISIS, created al Queda, and coopted the Arab Spring and the result of their intervention has been utter chaos with no smooth transition of power away from these dictators.

Just wanted to remind y'all that the USA created ISIS and "fighting ISIS" is bullshit empty rhetoric so everything you heard is a lie.