I can see many people are having trouble grappling with the fact that yes, our government did in fact create an enemy for it to scare us with.
We noted here years ago that Obama/Hillary were arming the terrorists either inadvertently or deliberately.
The main reason Iraq turned out as badly as it did was because of the unrelenting attacks by the Fake News outlets.
Remember the creation of the problem at Abu Grab, as big a Nothing Burger as the Russian Collusion story? Every night for months there were stories about our mistreatment of the poor, murderous terrorists. Meanwhile W just stood there and let them take their shots. That day is over.
Getting rid of Saddam was a good thing, not a bad thing.