re: Its Goddamn Saudi Wahhabism and always has been

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I'm not saying the Saudis aren't a problem. I'm saying they aren't the only ones spreading a radical form of Islam.

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Well there is a massive difference between the Shia Islamists and Sunni Islamists. Shia Islamists are limited by geography, and are focused on protecting their homeland for the most part. They don't, in general, coordinate attacks very far from their base of operations. There are some notable exceptions, especially in the case of Hezbollah, but in general that is true.

The Sunni Islamists instead try to globalize a version of Islam that was isolated for a long time by the larger Hanifi and Shafi'i schools. They've funded groups that have fought all over Africa and Asia, and now Europe. This difference is essential in my view, as the Sunni Islamists have global aspirations, while the Shia have regional ones, and will probably always be limited to regional ones, seeing they make up a minority of the religion.