So what if this IS thing is all mythical?
Some are saying that the US as in all things had a hand in creating the IS (ISIS, ISIL) outfit.
Problem though, is that I wonder if these 'terrorists' arent that, but more like savvy criminals. I think there is a possibility that they are criminal, and not all terrorist. If true, then there is a problem, because criminals know how to hide, and this they will be surely doing as the US first talked about getting them, and now announces an effort to do so. So, these criminals have had a substantial warning time to disappear back into society, where they will never be found.
It just strike me that they are gagging criminals lusting after a lifestyle that they can only dream of in some countries. Like Australia. Yet, the criminal justice system here is run by dolts in as far as criminals can expect a smooth ride before the judge. Imagine a country with a feel-good justice system, trying to cope with committed criminals such as are found in IS. We have no hope because as examples prove, killers usually get a fair go and a slap on the head. If one commits a financial crime, or some other kind of bother against the State (Commonwealth or state), one can expect a very stern response and substantial time, even as much as a decade.
So, that is why our local criminals have escaped the security dragnet and have been found doing damage in the ME.
It is fair to suspect that we will have our share of the criminal 'jihadist' problem here.