Posted on Dec 29, 2015
Obama: ISIS has lost 40% of its Iraqi territory - World News
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Some of the reports we are hearing may be over exaggerated boasting and need to be looked at with caution. Looking into Arabic news sources I have not found the same amount of positive declarations regarding IS loosing land.
That said, The loss of any territory by IS is a positive step in the right direction, showing a change in momentum and showing that IS is not the all defining force it projects itself to be.
That said, The loss of any territory by IS is a positive step in the right direction, showing a change in momentum and showing that IS is not the all defining force it projects itself to be.
Obama: ISIS has lost 40% of its Iraqi territory - World News
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There is only one sure way for this Administration to avoid lies and misstatements: Shut up
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CPT (Join to see) As a recovering pessimist I am optimistic however cautious at the same time. Until we eliminate all threats ISIS ISIL ETC...
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I believe its too early for a victory lap. Its questionable if Iraq forces can hold the city and I guess I don't understand the big deal about territory indicating that ISIS is losing something. That city played zero part in the shooting in CA and will play zero part in the next attack. Whats funny about the liberal media is there total failure as news. They fail to report that for the year after 9/11 there where 1000 terrorist attacks world wide and for 2015 there where 30,000. That's a big deal and is a better indicator how our war on terror is working. Based on those numbers Id have to give Obama and huge F for his so called plan to stop ISIS.
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PO2 Mark Saffell I agree. This is what I also confirmed by looking for mirror news through Arabic sources. It isn't there.
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PO2 Mark Saffell
To me the amount of land grabbed has nothing to do with the amount of terror and death they can cause around the world and measuring success by land seems to be rather short sighted to me. I guess It gives the current president supporters something to cheer about but in truth really means very little. If they want to be honest with themselves the better way to determine success or failure is to measure the amount of terrorist attacks around the world. For a starting point lets compare to the year after 9/11.=1000. 2015 = 30,000. Hmmm better or worse/ pretty easy to see there that we are losing ground. Doesn't make taking that victory lap look so good now.
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