DISINFO: The West encouraged the creation of the Islamic State, who are its mercenaries
SUMMARY
The West wants to be the standard bearer of freedom and democracy, but they are the same people who encouraged the creation of ISIS. The US created the monster of the Islamic State, which was neither Islamic nor a State but a group of mercenaries led by the West.
RESPONSE
Recurrent pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about the West’s alleged support for terrorism in the Middle East.
The claim that the West created the Islamic State is false. In fact, both the US and most EU members, as well as Canada and Australia, have taken part in the counter-terrorism mission Operation Inherent Resolve, while the EU established its own set of actions to counter Daesh.
See other examples of this disinformation narrative, such as claims that the West is supporting terrorists to encircle Russia; that the EU is supporting terrorism against the Syrian state; that instead of killing ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, the US may have evacuated him; that the US is transporting ISIS members to Afghanistan; or that extremists and Nazis are being trained in Ukraine to act in Belarus.
This disinformation message appeared in the same TV programme than the claim that “Joe Bidenwill use US allies as tools or useful idiots”