The story of Kurds, Turks and ISIL in Syria is complicated but the root
cause of all the twists and turns is an old and very simple story. The
United States under president Barack Obama used ISIL and al-Qaeda
terrorists in an attempt to overthrow the Syrian government. The project
was a completely bipartisan affair, with the supposed political rivals
in the republican and democratic parties on board with using Baghdadi
and his forces for their own purposes.
-- Margaret Kimberley, "The Baghdadi Scam" (BLACK AGENDA REPORT).