Chris Rossini, on EPJ (Economic Policy Journal):
It's now a well established fact, that the U.S. government wants the world to be one big democratic wonderland. Democracy out of the barrel of a U.S. gun.
It's also now a well-known fact, that once democracy is adopted in another country, those who are elected must be approved by the U.S. government. If the U.S. government does not like the results, then you can count on a coup of some sort to 'fix' it. This stretches back many decades, and leads to our modern times (e.g., Egypt and Ukraine to name just two).
So it's Democracy The Empire's Way....Or The Highway.
Let's now move to conquering the boogeymen.
Amongst the U.S. government's boogeymen are Syria, Hezbollah, Iran & Russia. There are of course more (like North Korea for example), but we'll focus on these right now. It just so happens that ISIS is a threat to Syria, Hezbollah, Iran (and indirectly) Russia.
Ironically, this is a problem for the Empire.
An outsider would rightly think: "Hey, the Empire and ISIS have mutual enemies." As a matter of fact, the Empire and its friends (Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar) helped to arm, train, and foment what would become ISIS.
Rest of article:
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/search/label/Chris Rossini