The Russians trained ISIS’ first leader, Zarqawi, according to one of the people Putin had poisoned. The idea that the Russians and Syria had nothing to do with the formation and growth of ISIS is complete nonsense. You can argue Obama helped but he’s always had a greater affinity for the other side than for his country.
Zarqawi was in Baghdad with one of the three terror cells he formed in Iraq in 2002, before the US invasion, at a time the Democrats were claiming there was no connection between Zarqawi’s terrorist forces and al Qaeda because Zarqawi had not [yet] sworn an oath of allegiance to bin Laden and therefore Zarqawi and his Baathist buddies could not be held responsible for AQ’s 9/11... at least not if it helped Bush get reelected.
And then there is this ISIS timeline....
https://archives.frontpagemag.com/fpm/us-didnt-create-isis-assad-and-saddam-did-daniel-greenfield/
Zarqawi was killed in June 2006. He was long dead when Isis reared it ugly head. More Lobby for Perpetual War disinformation.
Here is an article for you. To give you some background on the topic
Hillary Clinton’s Benghazi Debacle: Arming Jihadists in Libya . . . and Syria
By ANDREW C. MCCARTHY
August 2, 2016 6:01 PM