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Sure it does. Its actually a straight line from leaving with no residual troops to now.
I strongly disagree. Not leaving a residual force behind may explain how ISIS managed to gain traction IN Iraq and subsequently spread OUTSIDE of Iraq, but it does NOT explain HOW ISIS came to be, how it formed, what are its origins, its genesis. That's the issue at hand that most posters get confused - ISIS' origin story -vs- its expansion story.