<p>Although many Democrats have been quick to point the finger to Republicans, declaring that George W. Bush is responsible for the havoc in the Middle East, a new statement from the CIA director proves otherwise.</p>
<p>When President Obama decided to prematurely pull troops from Iraq, he created a ripple effect that led to the rapid growth of terrorist groups including ISIS.</p>
<p>CIA director John Brennan said in a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies that ISIS was &ldquo;decimated&rdquo; under George W. Bush and only had around &ldquo;700 or so adherents left.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Brennan stated, &ldquo;[ISIS] was, you know, pretty much decimated when US forces were there in Iraq. It had maybe 700-or-so adherents left. And then it grew quite a bit in the last several years, when it split then from al-Qaida in Syria, and set up its own organization.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Current data shows that ISIS is made up of between 20,000 and 31,500 fighters in the Middle East, meaning that even the CIA is admitting Obama has caused between a 2700 and 4400% increase in ISIS fighters.</p>
<p>Is this the change that voters were hoping for when they chose to elect Obama twice?</p>