&gt; This kind of thinking is exactly why Mid-east is in its current state and that is exactly the reason why ISIS was born.<p>ISIS was born out of the Salafist&#x2F;Wahhabi ideology that the Saudi state has been exporting from the beginning of its existence.  This is why terrorism is almost the exclusive domain of this one sect.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.huffingtonpost.com&#x2F;alastair-crooke&#x2F;isis-wahhabism-saudi-arabia_b_5717157.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.huffingtonpost.com&#x2F;alastair-crooke&#x2F;isis-wahhabism...</a><p>As another poster said, if every disenfranchised person in the world turned to terrorism, we&#x27;d have complete and utter chaos.  But most don&#x27;t.<p>As for you argument, Mali was in the grips of an Islamist army.  They aren&#x27;t any more.  Thanks to French intervention.