My prediction about the rise of ISIS in the wake of US invasion of Iraq

I wrote yesterday about my former student, Neil Swidey of the Boston Globe. He reminded me of my words about the repercussions of US invasion of Iraq: " ''The Soviet occupation of Afghanistan gave us the Taliban,'' AbuKhalil says. ''The American occupation of Saudi Arabia gave us bin Laden and Al Qaeda. The Israeli occupation of Lebanon gave us Hezbollah. Let us see what the American occupation of Iraq is going to give us.''"