There would be no Islamic State [if not for Obama].
You can’t possibly be that naive. Islamic extremism has existed for well over a thousand years.
ISIS is just the latest iteration of it.
That’s why I said there would be no Islamic State, and I did not say there would be no Islamic extremism.
Clearly there is a difference between terrorist groups who are not quasi-nation states, and Islamic State, which has their own sovereign territory and economy, and the perception of legitimacy that those things confer.