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Except that ISIS came from the Syrian civil war that was a product, not of the Iraq War, but of the Arab Spring. So no, Bush had nothing to do with it. And, frankly, neither did Obama. Not everything that happens in the globe can be traced back to our action or inaction. ISIS is the product of a religion that has yet to emerge from the Dark Ages.
In an interview with Vice News, President Obama said the rise of Islamic State (IS, also known as ISIS/ISIL) can be directly linked to America’s excursion into Iraq under Bush.
The group originated as Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad in 1999, which pledged allegiance to al-Qaeda in 2004. The group participated in the Iraqi insurgency, which had followed the March 2003 invasion of Iraq. In January 2006, it joined other Sunni insurgent groups to form the Mujahideen Shura Council, which in October 2006 proclaimed the formation of the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI).
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant