Well, that's hardly surprising Weoo. One man's terrorist is another's freedom fighter. In the geopolitical climate of the time, it must have been very beneficial to frame ISIS as freedom fighters. It's hardly news that the US has a proclivity for overthrowing and supporting resistance to political entities that it does not like. I read (parts of) a book that listed and detailed all the times since WW2 that the CIA has intervened in another country's politics and interfered with their right to self-determination (I.e. overthrew the government). There were over 50 entries in it (closer to 70, I think). This interventionist, coup-creating, bloodsucking foreign policy has been the US's hallmark for decades.