Let’s see. ISIL is an international Sunni fighting force trying to establish an Arabic speaking Sunni confederation composed of large parts of Syria and Iraq to counter Iran. Hugely expensive endeavor to recruit, train, equip, deploy and pay all those fighters. If they were successful the prime beneficiary would be the Saudis. The Saudis fear Iran. It may sound silly to most Americans but when the mullahs preach that the Saudi royals are decadent and not fit custodians of the Muslim sacred sites, it really frightens them. This is the same Saudi Arabia that 15 of the 9/11 terrorists called home and the same Saudi government that funds the Wahhabi. Fairly obvious the Saudis are funding ISIL.
Amusing that you have the insight to pose this important question on a forum like FR. Funny that our crack White House and State Department journalists don’t ask.
One thing I noticed.
These ISIS fighters went and located the Judge who sentenced Saddam to death and killed him.
He was on their list. The ISIS militants said they sentenced him to death for killing Saddam, who was a Sunni.
That’s another thing.
These ISIS militants had a LIST of people they wanted to kill in Iraq.