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I bolded the last part as a "no shit".
The CIA gave weapons to the FSA, who eventually joined ISIS. However, the amount of weapons were relatively small in scope. They were basically provided to shut up the bleeding hearts that were calling for an intervention in Syria. It wasn't until they started seizing weapons from the Iraqi's that they got their hands on some real hardware.
The US holds some blame indirectly, but that hardly absolves the Syrian people and the Assad regime from what's happening now. People are always so quick to point fingers at the west, but come on...the people in the ME could choose NOT to kill each other.
The rise of jihadists and radical elements in Iraq is directly caused by the aftermath of American invasion. ISIS started as Al-Qaeda in Iraq, which was well suppressed by Saddam's Baathist regime. To say US only holds some blames indirectly is an understatement of the century. In addition, US led intervention in Libya has also fractured the country into a playground for Islamic militants, which large quantities of military equipment flooding into the black market. If you look across all three of the most chaotic states in Middle East currently, all of them have American footprint.