You have a great point. I think Putin is betting Europe will align with him rather than ISIS.
The joke is on Europe:
From Alexander Litvinenko, FSB defector who was poisoned with Polonium 210 awhile back in London. His poisoner is still at large. The Russians refuse to extradite the only suspect. He talks about international terrorism, including the claim that Al-Qaeda’s number 2 (now number 1, with Osama’s death) is an agent of the FSB:
A. Litvinenko: The bloodiest terrorists in the world were or are agents of the KGB-FSB. These are well-known, like Carlos Ilyich Ramiros, nicknamed “the Jackal,” the late Yassir Arafat, Saddam Hussein, Adjalan (he is condemned in Turkey), Wadi Haddad, the head of the service of external operations of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Hauyi, the head of the communist party of Lebanon, Mr. Papaionnu from the Cyprus, Sean Garland from Ireland and many others. All of them were trained by the KGB, received money from there, weapons and explosives, counterfeit documents and a communication equipment for carrying out of acts of terrorism worldwide.
FAKT: Some may object that each of the listed figures, and the forces supporting them, were engaged in solving their own political problems.
A. Litvinenko: Certainly, all these figures and movements operated under their own slogans; however, none of them especially hid their “intimate” ... relationship with the Kremlin and Lubyanka. There is a simple question: whether the Russian special services would train and finance people and groups that were not supervised by Lubyanka and did not serve the interests of the Kremlin? You understand perfectly, they would not. Each act of terrorism made by these people was carried out as an assignment and under the rigid control of the KGB of the USSR. And [the terrorism] ... is not casual after the disintegration of the USSR and [reform of the KGB]....
FAKT: Every terrorist you have named is from ‘the old staff’ of the KGB. Could you name someone from recent history?
A. Litvinenko: Certainly, here it is. The number two person in the terrorist organization al Qaeda, who they are crediting with the series of explosions in London, Ayman al-Zawahiri, is an old agent of the FSB. Being sentenced to death in Egypt for terrorism and hunted by Interpol, Ayman al-Zawahiri, in 1998, was in the territory of Dagestan, where for half a year he received special training at one of the educational bases of the FSB. After this training he was transferred to Afghanistan, where he had never been before and where, following the recommendation of his Lubyanka chiefs, he at once ... penetrated the milieu of bin Laden and soon became his assistant in al Qaeda.
FAKT: Could you hint at least, where this data comes from?
A. Litvinenko: I can. During my service in one of the most secret departments of the FSB, top officials from the UFSB of Dagestan, who had directly worked with Ayman al-Zawahiri ... were called to Moscow and received high posts.”
http://www.jrnyquist.com/nyquist_2005_0813.htm
From Lt. Gen. Ion Mihai Pacepa, highest ranking defector to ever come over to the west. Says much the same, linking Russia with Islamic terrorism. Click link to know more:
http://www.wnd.com/2012/09/a-brand-new-cold-war/#xlJa1vQ9XhuPd84d.99
More from Pacepa:
http://pamelageller.com/2007/08/how-the-kgb-cre.html/#sthash.NYLkqtDR.dpuf
From KGB defector Anatoliy Golitsyn and an anecdote from General Alexander Sakharovsky, discussing Russian plans to use terrorism as a new weapon against the West.
http://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/asia/item/13069-russian-red-jihad
Finally, modern use of terrorism in Russia against Russian citizens. The apartment bombings used to justify invasion of Chechnya (the reason why state run Russian media pushes 9/11 truther conspiracies is clear: it’s projection of their own guilt.)
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2012/nov/22/finally-we-know-about-moscow-bombings/
Perhaps that was the whole plan and agenda after all.
Just like the Soviet Union sided with Nazi Germany at the beginning of WWII then Nazi Germany turned on the Soviet Union.... A ploy that worked..
A Russia-ISIS Coalition could be in the works
Well, the USA won’t be an option. Obama has already destroyed the USA... WITH HIS MARXISM!!!!