ISIS is not eradicated. Severely diminished? Absolutely. Thank god.
But this isn’t a cancer we want growing back.
Remember when Obama called them JV? Fucking stupid. I’m all for bringing troops home. At the same time - you can’t give them a chance to re-establish themselves.
The Califphate no longer exists. Trump did as promised, and did it rapidly.
Trump always advocated keeping Americans out of Middle Eastern wars. He was marvelously successful in his Middle East diplomacy, especially considering what an egregious failure Obama was in handling Middle Eastern concerns.
100% a lie. Again, 100%. How ridiculous
Here’s 2019 alone
2019 Terrorist Incidents: According to the Federal Intelligence and Investigation Agency within Iraq’s Ministry of Interior, acts of terrorism, violence, and armed conflict with ISIS killed more than 534 civilians and injured more than 1,121 in 2019 as of December 1. This was a decrease from 2018, when roughly 900 civilians died and 1,600 were injured. ISIS continued to carry out suicide and hit-and-run attacks throughout the country with 844 attacks during the year. The most significant of these was a bus bombing in September that killed 12 Iraqis near the major pilgrimage site of Karbala. In addition, Iran-backed Shia militia groups are believed to be responsible for more than a dozen rocket or indirect fire attacks targeting U.S. or Coalition targets in Iraq in 2019, including the December 27 attack in which KH launched more than 30 rockets at an Iraqi base hosting U.S. forces in Kirkuk, killing one American contractor and wounding several American and Iraqi service members. Other prominent terrorist attacks included:
On January 11, a VBIED detonated in a market in al-Qa’im, on the Syrian border in western Anbar, killing two civilians and injuring 25 others.
ISIS targeted truffle hunters mostly in Anbar province, kidnapping more than 44. On June 1, nine bodies were found west of the town of Rutba, some 300 kilometers west of Anbar’s provincial capital Ramadi.
On November 8, a car bomb exploded near a restaurant in Mosul, Ninewa governorate, killing 13 people and wounding 23 others.
On November 16, an IED exploded in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square where anti-government protesters gathered. There were no reported casualties.
On November 29, ISIS attacked Kurdish security force (Kulajo Asayish) headquarters in Kifri district, Diyala governorate, killing three Asayish members, including the unit’s director.
On December 4, an ISIS tactical element comprising 10 to 15 members conducted an attack against the Ministry of Peshmerga’s 3rd Regional Guard Brigade, killing three and wounding two others.
On December 31, Iran-backed Shia militia groups, including KH, participated in an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, which resulted in significant damage to embassy property. There were no embassy casualties and security personnel used less-than-lethal countermeasures to repulse intruders.
These numbers decreased year over year during trumps presidency. One need only look at the Wikipedia list you’ve sent yourself and compare 2017 to 2019 and see the complete difference in fatalities and attempts. On day one of Biden is a ministration they sent a message.
Let’s make a bet smart guy… I bet that Isys and other terrorist group attacks will increase sharply from this point on do you want to take the opposite of that bet?
Seems like moving the goal posts. Could it be the numbers decreased year over year in general? First, he wiped it out and then he didn’t and your response is, yeah but MORE will happen with your guys.
Get real, dude
How’s this? You don’t invade Iraq, you don’t have either. I believe that was YOUR guys. I marched in the streets against it
No - you just read my words much too literally. This isn’t a court of law. We’re allowed to use generalizations and hyperbole without punishment. You do it as well.
The fact is - ISIS and Islamic terrorism used to be too 5 issue. Before this inauguration, it wasn’t too 50.
You know it. I know it. Everyone knows it. Stop being technical and see it for what it is.
Trump solved the problem. It was under control. It was trending in the right direction.