US Strategy in Middle East Created a 'Black Hole' Leading to Emergence of ISIL

Rasa - Brutal murders in Syria and Iraq recently conducted by the ISIL terrorists have once again shown the weakness of the US President Barack Obama's doctrine, journalist Oliver Grimm wrote for Austrian newspaper Die Presse.

News ID: 423180

Date: 03 September 2016 - 18:20

RNA - The war in Iraq has shaken the fragile balance in the Middle East and also has been a great harm to the United States, the journalist wrote, Sputnik reported.

Thus, when Obama developed a military strategy for Syria, he primarily was guided by the principle: "anything, just not another Iraq."

According to Grimm, the US military retreat in the Middle East, the underestimation of the enemy and controversial alliances provoked the emergence of a "black hole" in the region which enabled the creation of such brutal organization as Daesh.

"In Iraq, scattered terrorists of Al-Qaeda along with military intelligence officers of Saddam Hussein formed the core of the ISIL," the journalist noted.

The ISIL has executed thousands of Iraqi and Syrian civilians over the last few years. Earlier this week, a geographical survey found up to 72 mass graves across Syria and Iraq, containing between 5,200-15,000 victims of the Takfiri terrorists.

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