The President is obviously wrong, but Al-Arabiyah is arguing out of rivalry, not logic.
Neither sub group cares how they get to the Caliphate— just that they do. Then they can deal with their rival and eliminate them.
“Not only is Iran responsible for sponsoring Shiite terrorist groups, but Sunni ones too,” he added. “In fact, according to the U.S.’s own State Department, Tehran was home to a number of Al-Qaeda facilitators and high ranking financiers. These accusations are also backed by findings of the U.S. Treasury Department as well.”
It was just released a few days ago that Osama bin Laden worked with Iran and sent some of his “brothers” there.