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[–] Joe_McCarthy [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

ISIS becoming what it did was made possible by the Syrian civil war. Radicals can charge to the forefront in a shooting war. As an aside that is where white nationalists have their best chance to be a player here. This was facilitated by Russia and Iran propping up Assad in the early stages when more moderate alternatives were still possible.

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[–] siberyak ago 

Isis orginated as an off shoot of al qaeda in iraq. An off shoot of a group that was brutally put down by saddams intelligence services

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[–] Joe_McCarthy [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Yeah, it originated as an anti-coalition insurgency. It was pretty moribund after Fallujah though. Hopping the border to take on Assad is what revitalized them.