PBS (Frontline) airs "The Secret History of ISIS" (aka "Daesh") on 5.17.16, link

[Peter Lemkin]

It is certainly worth watching. I found some parts I don't agree with the spin on...but that was to be expected. They are mostly interviewing CIA, Military, State Dept, and other such persons, and takes an 'official version' investigative journalistic look into the matter...but it does have its good points, especially if you know something of the background of the events and personalities mentioned from a 'non-official' viewpoint. Even via the 'official version' we created 'the monster'....as we did in the 'non-official version', if by some other levers and motives. They didn't dwell much on it, but it hints that we totally fucked up in Iraq....beyond the fact we had no reason to ever invade.....once we invaded we destroyed the country, set it on a course of ethnic division and fomented [if not encouraged] terrorist groups inside and outside with our actions and as a reaction to what we did. Even some of the groups we formed as 'ours' turned against us. It is the usual mess when America invades to bring Liberty and Freedom...we do neither - in fact the opposite; and we continue this long tradition. I can't think of one American invasion or government overthrow that didn't make the country and its people much worse in the short run and in the long run. Now, the Blowback is getting quite strong from centuries of this - and a more aggressive approach since WWII and again an upstep of pace with the False-Flag 9-11-01. We have certainly, along with the British and our other European friends, kept the Middle East off balance and in a constant state of chaos, death, wars, divisions and more.......ISIS is just the latest Frankenstein to emerge from a long line of such created in one form or another out of colonialism, outside control and meddling. We certainly are 'exceptional'.