what a load of self-aggrandising guff. when providing military aid (a meager amount there was) to the Free Syrian Army, you were just being an Assad apologist, arguing that he wasn't really dropping chemicals. likewise, Gaddafi fell as a result of civil war, and you couldn't claim to foresee...
quite probably not. people can sign up to any banner to give them a higher profile for their actions. think of it as a loose franchise. ISIL are fighting an actual war in Syria and Iraq, they dont have the man power to opening front in western nations or elsewhere. however anyone local who...