The purpose of the article was not so much to explain the rise of ISIS as to help prevent the pot from calling the kettle black. I had wanted to discuss our role -- and those of other Western countries -- in the rise of ISIS in other threads, but this forum is not fertile ground for that sort of thing.
They want to kill or inslave us and all other Christians. That's enough for me.
In unison, Muslim clerics lash out against Islamic State
http://news.yahoo.com/jihadi-preacher-lashes-against-islamic-state-methods-095147477.html