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> which I think they did.

They did not. ISIS was a direct consequence of the US invasion of Iraq. Instead of stomping out terrorists, they created a whole bunch of new terrorist cells and inspired the arab spring uprisings.



Speaking of the US invasion of Iraq.. Here is Netanyahu advising the US to do it:

https://www.c-span.org/clip/house-committee/user-clip-netany...

And more for Israel itself "Israeli intelligence officials had new evidence that Iraq was speeding up efforts to produce biological and chemical weapons"

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/aug/17/iraq.israel1




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