Attacks in France

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With all due respect, it sounds like you're the one in need of qualifiers to defend your previous statement.
Fact is, all these countries are and have been involved in actual fighting against ISIS. This, again, is demonstratively true.
It seems you want to place qualifiers on the level of and/or motivations for their involvement.

And do you truly believe that the non-Muslim countries involved (Russia, U.S., etc.) are doing it out of purely altruistic motives, or might they also have some self-interest and desire to become a dominant player in the Middle East?

Pakuni, here's a nice breakdown of the situation from Col. Jack Jacobs while talking on the Colbert show. I post this because it backs up what I have said.

http://crooksandliars.com/2015/11/colonel-jack-jacobs-brilliantly-explains