ISIS is disappearing. According to intelligence estimates, ISIS forces in Iraq and Syria which used to number just under 50,000 soldiers, are now around 1000 fighters in total. Coalition forces have killed something like 70,000 ISIS fighters in the last two years while only a few thousand escaped Iraq and Syria and went home. Roughly 98% of the land previously controlled by ISIS has been liberated. In other words, ISIS is moving into the past tense. ISIS should be renamed WASWAS.
It's key to remember that the majority of all this destruction of ISIS has happened in the eleven months since President Trump took office. The president got the White House out of the tactical military decisions. While under Obama, the White House had to approve essentially every military move, that changed under President Trump. There is much greater flexibility for the troops in the field today than there ever was under Obama.
The mainstream media has basically ignored this victory over ISIS. The slow movements against ISIS under Obama accelerated to major victories for the US and its allies under Trump. As a result, the media can't report the success or it will reveal that the Obama policy was a failure that Trump corrected.
It's key to remember that the majority of all this destruction of ISIS has happened in the eleven months since President Trump took office. The president got the White House out of the tactical military decisions. While under Obama, the White House had to approve essentially every military move, that changed under President Trump. There is much greater flexibility for the troops in the field today than there ever was under Obama.
The mainstream media has basically ignored this victory over ISIS. The slow movements against ISIS under Obama accelerated to major victories for the US and its allies under Trump. As a result, the media can't report the success or it will reveal that the Obama policy was a failure that Trump corrected.
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