Was ISIS created by the USA?

It’s like someone started a big game of tag, and it turned into a huge race, but not everyone was in on it at first.

ISIS is like a group of kids who decided to start a big fight in a playground. They wanted to take over part of the playground and make their own rules. But the USA, along with some other countries, was like the teacher who started the game, they gave the kids the chance to play, but didn’t plan for how wild things would get.

Why the USA is like the "starter" in this game

When the USA helped a country called Iraq fight a war against another group of kids (called the Saddam Hussein group), it made some other groups of kids mad. Those kids were part of a bigger group that wanted to take over the playground too, they were like the Sunni and Shia kids who had been fighting for years.

The USA didn’t create ISIS on purpose, but giving those kids more power and letting them start their own fight was like handing them a megaphone in the middle of a loud game. It helped make ISIS grow bigger, just like how you might get more excited when someone starts a new game near you.

So it’s not that the USA made ISIS, it’s like they started the game, and ISIS took over part of the playground from there. It’s like someone started a big game of tag, and it turned into a huge race, but not everyone was in on it at first.

ISIS is like a group of kids who decided to start a big fight in a playground. They wanted to take over part of the playground and make their own rules. But the USA, along with some other countries, was like the teacher who started the game, they gave the kids the chance to play, but didn’t plan for how wild things would get.

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  2. A student wonders how wars can lead to new groups.
  3. A parent explains that the Iraq War helped create a powerful group.

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