ISIS’s army of psychopaths and adventurers was launched as a “startup” by Sunni magnates in the Gulf who envied Iran’s success with its Lebanese Shia proxy, Hezbollah. It was the combination of an idea and the money to propagate it that created this monster and nurtured its ambition to forge a totalitarian caliphate.
羡慕伊朗成功及其黎巴嫩什叶派代理——真主党的海湾逊尼派巨头最初“组建”了由精神病患者和冒险家组成的伊斯兰国。极端理念和宣传极端理念的资本共同缔造了这个怪物，滋长了它打造极权哈里发政权的野心。