Al Qaeda is likely Strengthened by U.S. attacks on ISIS

The events of the middle east must be seen as a phenomenon more than anything else at this point. Though the U.S. can bomb ISIS in Kobani, for example, ISIS is attacking on multiple fronts every day from Syria, Iraq, Libya etc every day now. Though what the U.S. and the coalition are doing is limiting ISIS and Al Qaeda success in some areas, the sheer quantity of people joining these groups now from around the world has to be viewed as a Sunni Muslim Social phenomenon that is seriously starting to reduce populations in general in the Middle East in those countries where people are dying.

This is because whole infrastructures of a hundred years or more are being destroyed by groups like ISIS and Al Qaeda. Tribal leaders and whole tribes are being killed, slaughtered, crucified etc.

So, seeing this as a Muslim social phenomenon that might sweep away literally some or all Shia and Sunni governments throughout the middle east must be considered.

On one level it simply isn't our fight (the U.S. and Europe) it is something that has organically started throughout the middle east. It is primarily a war between Sunnis and Shias, 12th century style which means millions or more likely are going to die in the future on all sides.

Where this will take the middle east is unknown at this point. IN a way I see this as Russia meddling in Syria and Iran meddling in Syria. Both Russia and Iran may gravely regret trying to keep Assad in power if they don't already. This is a firestorm of pent up emotions on the part of Sunnis for centuries of more than 1000 years. It is unknown by everyone where this all ends. The world is shaken by the implications on multiple levels. One important thing to remember is that there are 1.1 billion Sunnis and only about 163 million Shia but 1.1 billion Sunnis, so the effects of ISIS which is Basically Sunni revenge upon Syria, Iraq and the middle east for what happened to Sunnis in Syria and implications of what the future could bring to the middle east are pretty scary for the world to contemplate at this point.