US created ISIL when Syria war began

“They spent quite a bit of money creating ISIS (ISIL) and its counterparts at the beginning of the Syria war,” Charles Glass, author of Tribes with Flags said.
 
“ISIS (ISIL) wouldn’t be there, if it hadn’t been for Western and Turkish, and Saudi, and Qatari support from the beginning,” he added.
 
“So all they’re now doing is spending money to counteract the effect of the money that they spent at the beginning of the war,” he continued.
 
The author made the remarks after House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon called on President Barack Obama on Friday to reconsider his strategy against ISIL.
 
McKeon said that Obama should clearly explain how the funding supports a new direction.
 
The Obama administration has so far requested $5 billion for a counterterrorism partnership fund and $500 million for the training and equipping of the so-called “moderate” Syrian militants.
 
“We don’t know how that money is going to spend,” Glass said. “There are a lot of unanswered questions and whoever says that the strategy isn’t clear is speaking the truth.”
 
Since early August, the US military has been conducting airstrikes against ISIL positions in Iraq. Some Western states have also participated in some of the air raids in Iraq.
 
The US and some of its Arab allies have been carrying out airstrikes against ISIL inside Syria since late September without any authorization from Damascus or a UN mandate.