07-25-2019, 06:41 AM
They decimated ISIS.
ISIS as a Caliphate? Gone.
ISIS as an army? Gone
ISIS as a transnational threat? Gone.
Does that mean that there are not any disenfranchised ex-Army ISIS army members in that area? No
Does that mean that here are not people who hold sympathies with ISIS ideologically? No
Does that mean that there are not ISIS like gangs or what not? No.
Saying he defeated it and that ISIS is gone as above can mean two separate things. Where is the ISIS army if he has not defeated them/ Nowhere. It does not mean that ever ISIS member was killed in action. Or that every ISIS member that escaped immediately converted to Mormon the moment they arrived home. They kept their ideology
ISIS as a Caliphate? Gone.
ISIS as an army? Gone
ISIS as a transnational threat? Gone.
Does that mean that there are not any disenfranchised ex-Army ISIS army members in that area? No
Does that mean that here are not people who hold sympathies with ISIS ideologically? No
Does that mean that there are not ISIS like gangs or what not? No.
Saying he defeated it and that ISIS is gone as above can mean two separate things. Where is the ISIS army if he has not defeated them/ Nowhere. It does not mean that ever ISIS member was killed in action. Or that every ISIS member that escaped immediately converted to Mormon the moment they arrived home. They kept their ideology