[grania]

Th US funded, armed and trained them in Syria, to dethrone a dictator Saudi Arabia doesn't like. Now that ISIS has stolen a very rich bank and a disloyal army the US trained, funded, and armed, ISIS doesn't need us anymore. So, you've got two groups the US funded, trained, and armed in a death-match with each other that only Iran can stop. There are US citizens learning from ISIS who can return to the US. Even CBS is saying it could get weird when the Kurds want to unite to form a nation that includes part of Turkey. And all of this in prime oil-producing country. Meanwhile, Kiev which must translate to "land of self-destructive leaders" won't pay its fuel bills, causing potentially another crisis the US created. African terrorists are still at it, and still no mention of the girls. Brazilians are really, really upset about the gov favoring world soccer over people. What a great time for China to get frisky about its land claims.

Just one question....what could possibly go RIGHT with this global mess?

[bert]

All it takes is a different point of view. The unfolding events are actually good.

In the long run, the bad guy Iran is being contained. The powers in Turkey and the GCC are taking control. They are not going to let their business interests be destroyed by bad actors in Syria and Iran

There is a strong tendency here on Free Republic to completely overlook business and commercial interests. In my view, such interests prevail over religious fanatics. That fact was proven in Egypt

[yldstrk]

How do you steal a bank? Do they have the money piled up in stacks?

[Justa]

The US funded the Syrian FSA not ISIS. ISIS essentially destroyed the FSA in internecine warfare. Then the Syrian Al Qaeda rejected ISIS initiating the ISIS attack on Iraq.