With the fall of Ramadi in Iraq and Palmyra in Syria, fingers are pointing faster than you can say “Preemptive War.” John McCain thinks the crazy Islamic extremists of ISIS wouldn’t be causing the world all this trouble if only Obama hadn’t spent so much time worrying about global warming. Jeb Bush says Al Qaeda in Iraq was wiped out and ISIS didn’t exist when his dear ol’ brother was president.
I know our memories are short, but does anyone remember a certain rush to war that resulted in mayhem throughout Iraq and the Middle East? I seem to remember something happened in 2003-ish. Granted, George W. Bush didn’t personally found ISIS and pitch the idea to scores of jihadists, but methinks the disaster that was the Iraq War may have had a tiny bit to do with the creation of ISIS. (By the way, the National Counterterrorism Center points out that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant was established in 2004.)
Pundits and politicians are blaming the chaos in the Middle East on Barack Obama, as if crazed extremists didn’t exist in the region until Barry took the oath of office. It makes perfect logical sense to distract voters from the fact that it was the invasion of Iraq, the disastrous occupation and the destabilizing sectarian political structure that helped give rise to ISIS. Obama isn’t perfect but there are plenty of other culprits who contributed to the current mess. Be sure to like, comment, share and all that good social stuff—and check out the links behind the cartoon.
[scare, hit piece voice]
Now that Ramadi and Palmyra have fallen, everyone wants to know: Who created ISIS?
Jeb Bush knows, you did, when you elected a softie president who promised to bring the troops home from Iraq.
Nice going, terror-lover!
ISIS didn’t even exist in Iraq when Jeb’s brother invaded . . . neither did WMDs or Al Qaeda, but we digress.
So who created ISIS?
Well, if you’ve talked about global warming recently, chances are you did!
Just ask John McCain.
All that time you spent fretting about sea level rise and mass casualties should’ve been spent . . . bombing ISIS!
If you supported health care reform, you supported ISIS.
Countless hours spent bringing health coverage to seventeen million Americans clearly should’ve been spent decimating ISIS!
If you’re healthy, so is ISIS.
Planted a garden? Did the dishes? Picnicked with the kids?
Clearly all misguided distractions that led to the rise of ISIS!
It’s time you and your ISIS-loving pals stopped creating these killers, who are clearly your fault and are not in any way connected to the triumphant US invasion, blissful occupation and glorious political reconciliation of Iraq, all of which went just swimmingly.