11-18-2015, 09:17 AM -
It is absolutely ridiculously complex. Daesh are also in Libya, they're in Iraq, they're in Syria. Syria has Assad forces, Daesh, Syrian Free Army and other aligned militias, some of whom are religious, then there is the Iranian involvement, Hezbollah, on the border with Lebanon, throw in the Kurdish question, the Turkish fears, Iraq, Iranian involvement in Iraq, Al Qaeda...it's an absolute mess. That's before you get to Israel, and probably one of the biggest drivers of arab/muslim grievance - Palestine - and a huge factor in muslim anti-west sentiment which can be used to radicalise.