It may also be just a piece of propaganda, especially since it's written by Spiegel. Somehow all opponents to the pro-US mainstream opinion end up there being

It may also be just a piece of propaganda, especially since it's written by Spiegel. Somehow all opponents to the pro-US mainstream opinion end up there being narcissists (IS), evil dictators (Putin, Assad) and weak governments (Iraq, Afghanistan, just recently Greece), usually ridiculing them without asking for their motives. A few months ago Spiegel even had to defend itself openly because people cancelled their subscriptions due to what was perceived as warmongering (Kriegshetze) My own opinion is that unless media reports positive and negative aspects from both parties (because there is never only one culprit, neither in politics nor in marriage), they cannot be taken seriously.