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"I know more about ISIS than the generals do," declared Donald Trump on November 13, 2015. "ISIS is defeated," declared Donald Trump on October 16, 2018. "We have won against ISIS. We have beaten them and we've beaten them badly," declared Donald Trump on December 19, 2018.
Really?
A scathing new Pentagon report blames Trump for the return of ISIS in Syria and Iraq
https://www.businessinsider.com/pent...nd-iraq-2019-8
Two Americans were among the dead in last month's attack. For those of you who speak Somali: Argaggixisadu way waalan yihiin. Dunida oo dhan waa waalan!
Islamic extremist attack on Somali hotel leaves 26 dead, 56 injured
https://abcnews.go.com/International...el-18-64310927
James Kiras, author and professor of warfare tactics at Maxwell Air Force Base, explains the motivations for young men to become suicide bombers. We tend to think of them as crazy and psychotic – but they aren't.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/suicide-bombing
Yesterday a suicide bomber attacked a wedding party in Afghanistan. If you rank all the terrorist attacks since 1979 by the number of fatalities, this one is only #43 on the list:
Islamic State suicide bomber kills 63, injures 182 at wedding in Kabul
https://beta.washingtonpost.com/worl...a93_story.html
ISIS members continue to carry out bombings, suicide attacks, kidnappings, ambushes and assassinations. And Donald Trump says they're defeated? He was obviously giving fake news.
ISIS is regaining strength in Iraq and Syria
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...ria/ar-AAG24HA
What kind of sick world are we living in when American women look to ISIS terrorists as role models?
Two Queens women plead guilty in ISIS-inspired bomb plot
https://www.newsweek.com/siddiqui-ve...queens-1456031
In Trumpworld, ISIS has been "defeated" and "beaten badly." Thus decreed Emperor Trump. Now let's look at the real world:
America's top ally in Syria warns ISIS is resurging and asks for more US support
https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/09/07/pol...ort/index.html
Last October, al-Baghdadi detonated a suicide vest as US troops closed in on him. King Donald the First believed al-Baghdadi's death would slow the resurgence of ISIS. King Donald was wrong. And ordering the assassination of Qassem Suleimani? That didn't help either.
Killing of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has not hurt group's operations, says Iraqi Kurdish Prime Minister
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...er/ar-BB102dBH