The theoretically "unexpected" rise of ISIL - ISIS - Now Islamic State, had the U.S. State Department contemplating coordination with Iran to formulate a regional "response". Yes, the same Iran that is developing nuclear weapons, is engaged in a cold war with Israel, and is under economic sanctions imposed by the U.N. The same country that the U.S. government intentionally attacked with the Stuxnet virus in 2010, to impair its nuclear facilities. The same Iran that funds Hezbollah in Lebanon against Israel. And of course way back in 1953, the CIA and British Intelligence orchestrated the coup that led to the installation of the Shah of Iran puppet government which held power until the Islamic revolution in 1979.
Now, in a similar vein, the U.S. state department is considering partnering with the Syrian Assad regime to orchestrate a similar "counter-response" to Islamic State. Yes, the same Assad regime that the U.N. estimates has killed 191,000 of its own civilians. On CNN, Neocons were recently questioning (again) if the Obama administration had made a mistake by not more adequately arming the rebels against Assad, apparently not realizing that Islamic State is one of multiple rebel groups operating against the Assad regime. Lest we forget that the U.S. government armed Saddam Hussein during the 1980s, Al Qaeda in the late 1980s, and cooperated with the Taliban during the late 1990s. It's an unbroken history of never knowing what side to be on at any given time and then regretting the decision about :15 minutes later. Islamic State is currently parading around with all of the weapons it took from the Iraqi military which literally dropped everything and fled en masse. All of whom were "well trained" by U.S. taxpayer dollars.