ISIL direct result of US policy to destabilize Middle East: Analyst

The rise of the Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group is the direct outgrowth of US policies which were meant to “terrorize and destabilize” the Middle East region, a writer and activist in Boston says.

The US government is not telling Americans the real reason behind ISIL’s rise, Daniel Patrick Welch told Press TV on Monday.

“This kind of terrorism is the predictable outgrowth of deliberate planned result or the after-effect of a long-running campaign to terrorize and destabilize countries all over the world because the US doesn’t like its government and wants a more compliant regime to protect US economic and political interest,” Welch said.

If the West cuts its funding for Wahhabi and extremist groups, then terrorism will fade, he added.

Welch said US President Barack Obama’s latest speech on terrorism and ISIL is a useless debate that will not eradicate the terror threat around the world.

In a prime-time speech from the White House on Sunday night, Obama said the threat posed by terrorists to the United States has evolved into a dangerous "new phase."

“I know that after so much war, many Americans are asking whether we are confronted by a cancer that has no immediate cure,” he stated. “The threat from terrorism is real, but we will overcome it.”

The comments came in the aftermath of the recent deadly mass shooting in California, where 14 people were killed. The Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group has claimed that the assailants were its followers.

Republican presidential candidates reacted negatively to Obama`s address on ISIL.

"President Obama has finally been forced to abandon the political fantasy he has perpetuated for years that the threat of terrorism was receding,” Jeb Bush, former Florida governor, said in a statement.

Republican front-runner Donald Trump also expressed disappointment. He took to his Twitter account and wrote, “Is that all there is? We need a new President - FAST!”

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