Among Trump's first year accomplishments finally beating ISIS, but where is the MSM?

[healthmyths]

We are finally beating ISIS, but media won't give Trump credit

"As many of you will recall, one of President Trump's core campaign promises was to defeat ISIS. With the stunning fall of Mosul in June, and now with ISIS nearly eradicated from Raqqa, it is clear that ISIS's so-called caliphate is crumbling across Iraq and Syria," Sanders said.

Topic most covered: controversy over President Trump's delay in contacting service members killed in action after an ambush in Niger/feud with Democratic congresswoman over remarks made to one KIA soldier's family.
That got 25 questions total out of 48 total questions asked.

Coming in second were questions on tax reform/tax cuts (6 questions), followed by health care (3), California wildfires (2), James Comey (2), 20-week abortion ban (1), Fed chair appointment (1), opioid epidemic (1), renewable fuel standards during conversation with Iowa governor (1), NFL anthem protests (1), bump-stock ban (1), Puerto Rico (1), NAFTA (1), Kurdish plan for independence from Iraq (1).

The 48th and final question concerned the ISIS fall in Raqqa. It came from Trey Yingst of One America News Network, a right-leaning cable news network headquartered in San Diego.

"You opened up at the top discussing the liberation of Raqqa," Yingst noted. "So my question for you is: How does the president envision future U.S. involvement in both Syria and Iraq, post-ISIS?"

Add it all up, and 52 percent of the questions asked of the press secretary focused on the president's calls to fallen soldiers and a fight with a Democratic congresswoman over one call where both sides dispute what was said.
We are finally beating ISIS, but media won't give Trump credit

Where with such emphasis on ISIS in the past has this monumental accomplishment gone unnoticed?
936 stories in the News!
While Trump's calls to fallen soldiers?
over 368 results!

 

[danielpalos]

We are finally beating ISIS, but media won't give Trump credit

"As many of you will recall, one of President Trump's core campaign promises was to defeat ISIS. With the stunning fall of Mosul in June, and now with ISIS nearly eradicated from Raqqa, it is clear that ISIS's so-called caliphate is crumbling across Iraq and Syria," Sanders said.

Topic most covered: controversy over President Trump's delay in contacting service members killed in action after an ambush in Niger/feud with Democratic congresswoman over remarks made to one KIA soldier's family.
That got 25 questions total out of 48 total questions asked.

Coming in second were questions on tax reform/tax cuts (6 questions), followed by health care (3), California wildfires (2), James Comey (2), 20-week abortion ban (1), Fed chair appointment (1), opioid epidemic (1), renewable fuel standards during conversation with Iowa governor (1), NFL anthem protests (1), bump-stock ban (1), Puerto Rico (1), NAFTA (1), Kurdish plan for independence from Iraq (1).

The 48th and final question concerned the ISIS fall in Raqqa. It came from Trey Yingst of One America News Network, a right-leaning cable news network headquartered in San Diego.

"You opened up at the top discussing the liberation of Raqqa," Yingst noted. "So my question for you is: How does the president envision future U.S. involvement in both Syria and Iraq, post-ISIS?"

Add it all up, and 52 percent of the questions asked of the press secretary focused on the president's calls to fallen soldiers and a fight with a Democratic congresswoman over one call where both sides dispute what was said.
We are finally beating ISIS, but media won't give Trump credit

Where with such emphasis on ISIS in the past has this monumental accomplishment gone unnoticed?
936 stories in the News!
While Trump's calls to fallen soldiers?
over 368 results!View attachment 167736
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Means nothing. They just change management and their names.

 

[MarathonMike]

How many times did the Media show us the enormous 'Caliphate' that ISIS controlled across the M.E.? Now that the Caliphate has been obliterated, I haven't seen ONE reference to the Caliphate. The Media has no journalistic credibility at this point. They are totally in the tank (sans Fox) for the Impeach Trump movement. They are un-American and should be called out at every opportunity.

 

[OldLady]

We are finally beating ISIS, but media won't give Trump credit

"As many of you will recall, one of President Trump's core campaign promises was to defeat ISIS. With the stunning fall of Mosul in June, and now with ISIS nearly eradicated from Raqqa, it is clear that ISIS's so-called caliphate is crumbling across Iraq and Syria," Sanders said.

Topic most covered: controversy over President Trump's delay in contacting service members killed in action after an ambush in Niger/feud with Democratic congresswoman over remarks made to one KIA soldier's family.
That got 25 questions total out of 48 total questions asked.

Coming in second were questions on tax reform/tax cuts (6 questions), followed by health care (3), California wildfires (2), James Comey (2), 20-week abortion ban (1), Fed chair appointment (1), opioid epidemic (1), renewable fuel standards during conversation with Iowa governor (1), NFL anthem protests (1), bump-stock ban (1), Puerto Rico (1), NAFTA (1), Kurdish plan for independence from Iraq (1).

The 48th and final question concerned the ISIS fall in Raqqa. It came from Trey Yingst of One America News Network, a right-leaning cable news network headquartered in San Diego.

"You opened up at the top discussing the liberation of Raqqa," Yingst noted. "So my question for you is: How does the president envision future U.S. involvement in both Syria and Iraq, post-ISIS?"

Add it all up, and 52 percent of the questions asked of the press secretary focused on the president's calls to fallen soldiers and a fight with a Democratic congresswoman over one call where both sides dispute what was said.
We are finally beating ISIS, but media won't give Trump credit

Where with such emphasis on ISIS in the past has this monumental accomplishment gone unnoticed?
936 stories in the News!
While Trump's calls to fallen soldiers?
over 368 results!View attachment 167736
View attachment 167735

We've not "beaten ISIS" by a long shot. It is good that soldiers from the Middle East have pushed ISIS out of it's claimed territory. They couldn't have done it without our support and bombs, and it is a big deal, but we're nowhere close to shutting those fuckers down.

 

[Thinker101]

We are finally beating ISIS, but media won't give Trump credit

"As many of you will recall, one of President Trump's core campaign promises was to defeat ISIS. With the stunning fall of Mosul in June, and now with ISIS nearly eradicated from Raqqa, it is clear that ISIS's so-called caliphate is crumbling across Iraq and Syria," Sanders said.

Topic most covered: controversy over President Trump's delay in contacting service members killed in action after an ambush in Niger/feud with Democratic congresswoman over remarks made to one KIA soldier's family.
That got 25 questions total out of 48 total questions asked.

Coming in second were questions on tax reform/tax cuts (6 questions), followed by health care (3), California wildfires (2), James Comey (2), 20-week abortion ban (1), Fed chair appointment (1), opioid epidemic (1), renewable fuel standards during conversation with Iowa governor (1), NFL anthem protests (1), bump-stock ban (1), Puerto Rico (1), NAFTA (1), Kurdish plan for independence from Iraq (1).

The 48th and final question concerned the ISIS fall in Raqqa. It came from Trey Yingst of One America News Network, a right-leaning cable news network headquartered in San Diego.

"You opened up at the top discussing the liberation of Raqqa," Yingst noted. "So my question for you is: How does the president envision future U.S. involvement in both Syria and Iraq, post-ISIS?"

Add it all up, and 52 percent of the questions asked of the press secretary focused on the president's calls to fallen soldiers and a fight with a Democratic congresswoman over one call where both sides dispute what was said.
We are finally beating ISIS, but media won't give Trump credit

Where with such emphasis on ISIS in the past has this monumental accomplishment gone unnoticed?
936 stories in the News!
While Trump's calls to fallen soldiers?
over 368 results!View attachment 167736
View attachment 167735

We've not "beaten ISIS" by a long shot. It is good that soldiers from the Middle East have pushed ISIS out of it's claimed territory. They couldn't have done it without our support and bombs, and it is a big deal, but we're nowhere close to shutting those fuckers down.

Hmmm...it says "beating ISIS", meaning in process, unlike Obama's BS efforts.

 

[healthmyths]

We are finally beating ISIS, but media won't give Trump credit

"As many of you will recall, one of President Trump's core campaign promises was to defeat ISIS. With the stunning fall of Mosul in June, and now with ISIS nearly eradicated from Raqqa, it is clear that ISIS's so-called caliphate is crumbling across Iraq and Syria," Sanders said.

Topic most covered: controversy over President Trump's delay in contacting service members killed in action after an ambush in Niger/feud with Democratic congresswoman over remarks made to one KIA soldier's family.
That got 25 questions total out of 48 total questions asked.

Coming in second were questions on tax reform/tax cuts (6 questions), followed by health care (3), California wildfires (2), James Comey (2), 20-week abortion ban (1), Fed chair appointment (1), opioid epidemic (1), renewable fuel standards during conversation with Iowa governor (1), NFL anthem protests (1), bump-stock ban (1), Puerto Rico (1), NAFTA (1), Kurdish plan for independence from Iraq (1).

The 48th and final question concerned the ISIS fall in Raqqa. It came from Trey Yingst of One America News Network, a right-leaning cable news network headquartered in San Diego.

"You opened up at the top discussing the liberation of Raqqa," Yingst noted. "So my question for you is: How does the president envision future U.S. involvement in both Syria and Iraq, post-ISIS?"

Add it all up, and 52 percent of the questions asked of the press secretary focused on the president's calls to fallen soldiers and a fight with a Democratic congresswoman over one call where both sides dispute what was said.
We are finally beating ISIS, but media won't give Trump credit

Where with such emphasis on ISIS in the past has this monumental accomplishment gone unnoticed?
936 stories in the News!
While Trump's calls to fallen soldiers?
over 368 results!View attachment 167736
View attachment 167735

We've not "beaten ISIS" by a long shot. It is good that soldiers from the Middle East have pushed ISIS out of it's claimed territory. They couldn't have done it without our support and bombs, and it is a big deal, but we're nowhere close to shutting those fuckers down.

Who in the hell said WE"VE Beaten ISIS" except YOU!
More importantly the dumb...k Obama and his stupid ass ROEs kept ISIS (as he called them then "JV") in power until Trump the smart boss that knows to let the experts run the battles,
relaxed some of the really dumb ass ROEs like this ONE!
A laminated card with the following text was distributed to all U.S. Army and Marine personnel in Iraq.
Policies about limiting civilian casualties have soldiers complaining they can't effectively fight;
one showed author Michael Hastings a card with regulations including:
"Patrol only in areas that you are reasonably certain that you will not have to defend yourselves with lethal force."
For a soldier who has traveled halfway around the world to fight, that’s like telling a cop he should only patrol in areas where he knows he won’t have to make arrests.
“Does that make any f–king sense?” Pfc. Jared Pautsch.
In Afghanistan, a New General -- But An Old Strategy

Dumb ass ROEs that were drawn up for "political correctness" rather than military expediency is what got our troops killed!

Or how about this DUMB ass ROE:

Shades of Vietnam: Spike in U.S. troop deaths tied to stricter rules of engagement

“In Afghanistan, the [rules of engagement] that were put in place in 2009 and 2010 have created hesitation and confusion for our war fighters,” said Wayne Simmons, a retired U.S. intelligence officer who worked in NATO headquarters in Kabul as the rules took effect, first under Army Gen. Stanley M. McChrystal, then Army Gen. David H. Petraeus.

“It is no accident nor a coincidence that from January 2009 to August of 2010, coinciding with the Obama/McChrystal radical change of the [rules of engagement], casualties more than doubled,” Mr. Simmons said. “The carnage will certainly continue as the already fragile and ineffective [rules] have been further weakened by the Obama administration as if they were playground rules.”

As President Obama’s troop surge began in 2009, so did new rules of engagement demanded by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who was responding to local elders angry over the deaths of civilians from NATO airstrikes and ground operations.

Even before the president’s edict, commanders since 2009 had to insure that a Taliban fighter was carrying a weapon before they could authorize direct fire.
A unit engaged in combat on the ground and requesting airstrikes must convince commanders — and lawyers — back at headquarters that no civilians would be harmed.
Spike in battlefield deaths linked to restrictive rules of engagement

 

[OldLady]

We are finally beating ISIS, but media won't give Trump credit

"As many of you will recall, one of President Trump's core campaign promises was to defeat ISIS. With the stunning fall of Mosul in June, and now with ISIS nearly eradicated from Raqqa, it is clear that ISIS's so-called caliphate is crumbling across Iraq and Syria," Sanders said.

Topic most covered: controversy over President Trump's delay in contacting service members killed in action after an ambush in Niger/feud with Democratic congresswoman over remarks made to one KIA soldier's family.
That got 25 questions total out of 48 total questions asked.

Coming in second were questions on tax reform/tax cuts (6 questions), followed by health care (3), California wildfires (2), James Comey (2), 20-week abortion ban (1), Fed chair appointment (1), opioid epidemic (1), renewable fuel standards during conversation with Iowa governor (1), NFL anthem protests (1), bump-stock ban (1), Puerto Rico (1), NAFTA (1), Kurdish plan for independence from Iraq (1).

The 48th and final question concerned the ISIS fall in Raqqa. It came from Trey Yingst of One America News Network, a right-leaning cable news network headquartered in San Diego.

"You opened up at the top discussing the liberation of Raqqa," Yingst noted. "So my question for you is: How does the president envision future U.S. involvement in both Syria and Iraq, post-ISIS?"

Add it all up, and 52 percent of the questions asked of the press secretary focused on the president's calls to fallen soldiers and a fight with a Democratic congresswoman over one call where both sides dispute what was said.
We are finally beating ISIS, but media won't give Trump credit

Where with such emphasis on ISIS in the past has this monumental accomplishment gone unnoticed?
936 stories in the News!
While Trump's calls to fallen soldiers?
over 368 results!View attachment 167736
View attachment 167735

We've not "beaten ISIS" by a long shot. It is good that soldiers from the Middle East have pushed ISIS out of it's claimed territory. They couldn't have done it without our support and bombs, and it is a big deal, but we're nowhere close to shutting those fuckers down.

Hmmm...it says "beating ISIS", meaning in process, unlike Obama's BS efforts.

Obama's "BS" efforts set the stage and had taken back 40% of ISIS held territory in Iraq before Trump took office, and it was done by Muslims, not Americans.
Obama was also "beating ISIS."
Glad they're out of the caliphate, but you're politicizing this way too much. Try being reasonable for once.

 

[Thinker101]

We are finally beating ISIS, but media won't give Trump credit

"As many of you will recall, one of President Trump's core campaign promises was to defeat ISIS. With the stunning fall of Mosul in June, and now with ISIS nearly eradicated from Raqqa, it is clear that ISIS's so-called caliphate is crumbling across Iraq and Syria," Sanders said.

Topic most covered: controversy over President Trump's delay in contacting service members killed in action after an ambush in Niger/feud with Democratic congresswoman over remarks made to one KIA soldier's family.
That got 25 questions total out of 48 total questions asked.

Coming in second were questions on tax reform/tax cuts (6 questions), followed by health care (3), California wildfires (2), James Comey (2), 20-week abortion ban (1), Fed chair appointment (1), opioid epidemic (1), renewable fuel standards during conversation with Iowa governor (1), NFL anthem protests (1), bump-stock ban (1), Puerto Rico (1), NAFTA (1), Kurdish plan for independence from Iraq (1).

The 48th and final question concerned the ISIS fall in Raqqa. It came from Trey Yingst of One America News Network, a right-leaning cable news network headquartered in San Diego.

"You opened up at the top discussing the liberation of Raqqa," Yingst noted. "So my question for you is: How does the president envision future U.S. involvement in both Syria and Iraq, post-ISIS?"

Add it all up, and 52 percent of the questions asked of the press secretary focused on the president's calls to fallen soldiers and a fight with a Democratic congresswoman over one call where both sides dispute what was said.
We are finally beating ISIS, but media won't give Trump credit

Where with such emphasis on ISIS in the past has this monumental accomplishment gone unnoticed?
936 stories in the News!
While Trump's calls to fallen soldiers?
over 368 results!View attachment 167736
View attachment 167735

We've not "beaten ISIS" by a long shot. It is good that soldiers from the Middle East have pushed ISIS out of it's claimed territory. They couldn't have done it without our support and bombs, and it is a big deal, but we're nowhere close to shutting those fuckers down.

Hmmm...it says "beating ISIS", meaning in process, unlike Obama's BS efforts.

Obama's "BS" efforts set the stage and had taken back 40% of ISIS held territory in Iraq before Trump took office, and it was done by Muslims, not Americans.
Obama was also "beating ISIS."
Glad they're out of the caliphate, but you're politicizing this way too much. Try being reasonable for once.

Sounds like some of that Obama BS, let ISIS (the JV team) grow by 150% then reduce them by 40%...yup we're making headway.

 

[OldLady]

We are finally beating ISIS, but media won't give Trump credit

"As many of you will recall, one of President Trump's core campaign promises was to defeat ISIS. With the stunning fall of Mosul in June, and now with ISIS nearly eradicated from Raqqa, it is clear that ISIS's so-called caliphate is crumbling across Iraq and Syria," Sanders said.

Topic most covered: controversy over President Trump's delay in contacting service members killed in action after an ambush in Niger/feud with Democratic congresswoman over remarks made to one KIA soldier's family.
That got 25 questions total out of 48 total questions asked.

Coming in second were questions on tax reform/tax cuts (6 questions), followed by health care (3), California wildfires (2), James Comey (2), 20-week abortion ban (1), Fed chair appointment (1), opioid epidemic (1), renewable fuel standards during conversation with Iowa governor (1), NFL anthem protests (1), bump-stock ban (1), Puerto Rico (1), NAFTA (1), Kurdish plan for independence from Iraq (1).

The 48th and final question concerned the ISIS fall in Raqqa. It came from Trey Yingst of One America News Network, a right-leaning cable news network headquartered in San Diego.

"You opened up at the top discussing the liberation of Raqqa," Yingst noted. "So my question for you is: How does the president envision future U.S. involvement in both Syria and Iraq, post-ISIS?"

Add it all up, and 52 percent of the questions asked of the press secretary focused on the president's calls to fallen soldiers and a fight with a Democratic congresswoman over one call where both sides dispute what was said.
We are finally beating ISIS, but media won't give Trump credit

Where with such emphasis on ISIS in the past has this monumental accomplishment gone unnoticed?
936 stories in the News!
While Trump's calls to fallen soldiers?
over 368 results!View attachment 167736
View attachment 167735

We've not "beaten ISIS" by a long shot. It is good that soldiers from the Middle East have pushed ISIS out of it's claimed territory. They couldn't have done it without our support and bombs, and it is a big deal, but we're nowhere close to shutting those fuckers down.

Hmmm...it says "beating ISIS", meaning in process, unlike Obama's BS efforts.

Obama's "BS" efforts set the stage and had taken back 40% of ISIS held territory in Iraq before Trump took office, and it was done by Muslims, not Americans.
Obama was also "beating ISIS."
Glad they're out of the caliphate, but you're politicizing this way too much. Try being reasonable for once.

Sounds like some of that Obama BS, let ISIS (the JV team) grow by 150% then reduce them by 40%...yup we're making headway.

Obama made mistakes, no doubt about it. However, Trump needs to share the glory.

 

[Timmy]

What did trump do to beat isis!?

 

[Norman]

Too busy bitching about how he ate two cones of ice cream.

 

[NYcarbineer]

ISIS was mopped up during Trump's first year after the Obama plan defeated them.

 

[healthmyths]

What did trump do to beat isis!?

Pretty DAMN simple!!!

Let the military make local decisions!
One example!

More importantly the dumb...k Obama and his stupid ass ROEs kept ISIS (as he called the the "JV") in power until Trump the smart boss that knows to let the experts run the battles,
relaxed some of the really dumb ass ROEs like this ONE!

A laminated card with the following text was distributed to all U.S. Army and Marine personnel in Iraq.
Policies about limiting civilian casualties have soldiers complaining they can't effectively fight;
one showed author Michael Hastings a card with regulations including:
"Patrol only in areas that you are reasonably certain that you will not have to defend yourselves with lethal force."
For a soldier who has traveled halfway around the world to fight, that’s like telling a cop he should only patrol in areas where he knows he won’t have to make arrests.
“Does that make any f–king sense?” Pfc. Jared Pautsch.
In Afghanistan, a New General -- But An Old Strategy

Just think about it! When a soldier CAN'T go into an area where there may be a need to use "LETHAL FORCE"... where the hell do you think the bad guys are?

 

[healthmyths]

ISIS was mopped up during Trump's first year after the Obama plan defeated them.

They couldn't defeat them with this kind of Rule of ENGAGEMENT!!!


More importantly the dumb...k Obama and his stupid ass ROEs kept ISIS (as he called the the "JV") in power until Trump the smart boss that knows to let the experts run the battles,
relaxed some of the really dumb ass ROEs like this ONE!
A laminated card with the following text was distributed to all U.S. Army and Marine personnel in Iraq.
Policies about limiting civilian casualties have soldiers complaining they can't effectively fight;
one showed author Michael Hastings a card with regulations including:
"Patrol only in areas that you are reasonably certain that you will not have to defend yourselves with lethal force."
For a soldier who has traveled halfway around the world to fight, that’s like telling a cop he should only patrol in areas where he knows he won’t have to make arrests.
“Does that make any f–king sense?” Pfc. Jared Pautsch.
In Afghanistan, a New General -- But An Old Strategy

 

[healthmyths]

I don't know how many times I've written that the military was hamstrung by the stupid as political correctness ROEs Obama's military had to deal with in battles with ISIS,et.al.!
“U.S. forces shall not enter Afghan homes for the purposes of military operations, except under extraordinary circumstances involving urgent risk to life and limb of U.S. nationals,” Mr. Obama pledged in a letter to the Afghan leader.

The rules of engagement today also place restrictions on dwelling assaults, but Mr. Obama’s language of “extraordinary circumstances involving urgent risk of life and limb” sets the bar much higher.

Said retired Army Col. Ken Allard, now a military analyst: “Call me crazy, but what on earth is the point of remaining there under these [rules of engagement], much less subjecting American soldiers to another set of restrictions that make sense only in proportion to your distance from the combat zone?”

Mr. Zinke, the former SEAL, said he talks to guys coming back home who are frustrated because the rules of engagement “are too restrictive.”

“I’ve always been a champion of, if we are going to fight, fight to win,” said Mr. Zinke, a candidate in the Republican primary for a House seat in Montana. “And you’ve got to give our troops that are in harm’s way every tool and every advantage that is possible.

“And when you start restricting [rules of engagement] — when you limit our ability to fight at night, where you restrict the ground commanders’ ability to react quickly without having to go up the chain of command and also when you’re forced to bring along the Afghan forces who are notorious for the lack of security — then I think it puts troops in greater risk.”

Mr. Kerry said last week that the security deal demonstrates to Mr. Karzai that Washington is listening to his concerns about civilian deaths.

“It’s very important for President Karzai to know that the issues that he’s raised with us for many years have been properly addressed, and it’s very important for us to know that issues we have raised with him for a number of years are properly addressed,” the secretary of state said.
Rules of engagement bind U.S. troops’ actions in Afghanistan
Dumb ass rules put into place by politicians from USA and Afghanistan that KILLED US TROOPS!

In April 2011, a roadside bomb exploded under an armored vehicle carrying Iowa National Guard troops as they patrolled north of Kabul.
Almost immediately after the explosion — which destroyed the vehicle's front half but resulted in no injuries —
the Iowa soldiers spotted a man sprinting away from where they believed the blast had been triggered.
“We've got a triggerman running towards the valley,” reported an Iowa voice over the radio.
The gunner frantically and forcefully asked for permission to shoot — he had the runner in his sights —
but that permission was denied after a quick and heated back-and-forth with the truck commander.
The incident left the gunner and others in the convoy suspecting that they had just let an insurgent scamper away after trying to kill them.

At some point, the order came down: Stop shooting at night unless you can positively identify an insurgent. “We knew what that person was doing ... burying an IED for sure,” said Wimer.... “But the command would say, ‘You can't be positive. They might be a farmer.' Ridiculous.”

In 2012, Breitbart.com reported that:
"The rules of engagement (ROEs) governing a U.S. soldier's response to enemy fighters in Afghanistan has made that country more dangerous for U.S. soldiers under the Obama administration."
The report quoted some members of a Cavalry Scout Platoon that was on the ground near Camp Wright in Kunar Province, Afghanistan:

• "During the Bush administration, we were able to engage terrorists planting IEDs with greater ease. Now, if we see two guys on the side of the road and it looks like they're planting an IED, we are told to wait -- because they might be farmers. It's like our goal is to kill them with kindness. We're going to win Afghans over with money, clinics, roads, etc., instead of winning their confidence by killing the Taliban or the Hezb-i-Islami Gulbuddin (HIG)."
• "We have certain counter-insurgency (COIN) techniques that support the Afghan population by removing the terrorists from their midst. COIN involves clearing the enemy out, keeping the enemy out, and helping the people get on their feet once the threat is removed (clear, hold, develop). However, under the current ROEs, while we hold the area we've cleared, redlines are set beyond which we can't venture. This creates a perimeter beyond which the enemy remains untouchable. The enemy literally sits outside those lines and waits for us leave so they can move back in. Another problem is that once we've cleared a place, we only hold it for a short time before we move on to the next place in order to show 'progress.' The bad news is that this 'progress' might look good on paper, but it doesn't involve the aggressive killing of the enemy which is necessary if COIN is to be carried out the way it was designed."
• "[W]e have Escalation of Force Kits. These keep people away in a non-lethal manner. To do that, they used to contain 'KEEP BACK' signs we'd put on our trucks during a convoy and the kits also had small flares we could fire. These things were taken away and instead we were told to drive with the same courtesy we would use if driving in the U.S. That means if cars get backed up behind us, we are to pull over and let them pass. This takes our buffer -- our zone of safety -- completely away. Because once we pull over, the cars get to pass right up against us and that opens the door for suicide bombers, suicide bombs, and gun fire. We allow people to get so close to our vehicles that we have no time to react should they try to do something."

Politically Correct Rules of Engagement - Discover the Networks

 

[Thinker101]

What did trump do to beat isis!?

He let the military do what they do. None of that leading from behind BS.

 

[healthmyths]

We are finally beating ISIS, but media won't give Trump credit

"As many of you will recall, one of President Trump's core campaign promises was to defeat ISIS. With the stunning fall of Mosul in June, and now with ISIS nearly eradicated from Raqqa, it is clear that ISIS's so-called caliphate is crumbling across Iraq and Syria," Sanders said.

Topic most covered: controversy over President Trump's delay in contacting service members killed in action after an ambush in Niger/feud with Democratic congresswoman over remarks made to one KIA soldier's family.
That got 25 questions total out of 48 total questions asked.

Coming in second were questions on tax reform/tax cuts (6 questions), followed by health care (3), California wildfires (2), James Comey (2), 20-week abortion ban (1), Fed chair appointment (1), opioid epidemic (1), renewable fuel standards during conversation with Iowa governor (1), NFL anthem protests (1), bump-stock ban (1), Puerto Rico (1), NAFTA (1), Kurdish plan for independence from Iraq (1).

The 48th and final question concerned the ISIS fall in Raqqa. It came from Trey Yingst of One America News Network, a right-leaning cable news network headquartered in San Diego.

"You opened up at the top discussing the liberation of Raqqa," Yingst noted. "So my question for you is: How does the president envision future U.S. involvement in both Syria and Iraq, post-ISIS?"

Add it all up, and 52 percent of the questions asked of the press secretary focused on the president's calls to fallen soldiers and a fight with a Democratic congresswoman over one call where both sides dispute what was said.
We are finally beating ISIS, but media won't give Trump credit

Where with such emphasis on ISIS in the past has this monumental accomplishment gone unnoticed?
936 stories in the News!
While Trump's calls to fallen soldiers?
over 368 results!View attachment 167736
View attachment 167735

We've not "beaten ISIS" by a long shot. It is good that soldiers from the Middle East have pushed ISIS out of it's claimed territory. They couldn't have done it without our support and bombs, and it is a big deal, but we're nowhere close to shutting those fuckers down.

Hmmm...it says "beating ISIS", meaning in process, unlike Obama's BS efforts.

Obama's "BS" efforts set the stage and had taken back 40% of ISIS held territory in Iraq before Trump took office, and it was done by Muslims, not Americans.
Obama was also "beating ISIS."
Glad they're out of the caliphate, but you're politicizing this way too much. Try being reasonable for once.

Where did you come up with the figure 40% ISIS territory by Obama?
In 2014 ISIS controlled 35,000 sq. miles.
End of 2016 ISIS controlled 23,000 sq. miles meaning 12,000 miles less under ISIS or 34%
But by end of 2017 ISIS controlled is down to 4%
Analysis | Trump’s claim that he’s done more ‘by far’ than Obama in the fight against ISIS

With new losses Friday, the Islamic State group has been driven from more than 96 percent of the large parts of Iraq and Syria it once held, crushing its goal of establishing a “caliphate” in the region. http://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/04112017
So sq miles down to less then 4% or 1,400 sq. miles at the end of 2017 a loss then in 2017 of 93% of the 23,000 miles at the start of 2017.
http://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/04112017

So tell me you still hold on to "40%" when in fact it was less then 34% AND over 3 years to wrest back from ISIS by the bumbling never had military experience Obama...while
Trump in his first year and a military school graduate, was able to take back in less then a year over 60% of the original 35,000 sq. miles!

Again... Obama with NO military experience wanted to be so politically correct that the military had one arm always tied behind their back...Trump knowing that it is always
best to let people trained for what they are to do...let them do it! Stupid ROEs among other reasons helped untie the military's restraints and in less then a year almost all the
ISIS caliphate is gone!

 

[Doc1]

We are finally beating ISIS, but media won't give Trump credit

"As many of you will recall, one of President Trump's core campaign promises was to defeat ISIS. With the stunning fall of Mosul in June, and now with ISIS nearly eradicated from Raqqa, it is clear that ISIS's so-called caliphate is crumbling across Iraq and Syria," Sanders said.

Topic most covered: controversy over President Trump's delay in contacting service members killed in action after an ambush in Niger/feud with Democratic congresswoman over remarks made to one KIA soldier's family.
That got 25 questions total out of 48 total questions asked.

Coming in second were questions on tax reform/tax cuts (6 questions), followed by health care (3), California wildfires (2), James Comey (2), 20-week abortion ban (1), Fed chair appointment (1), opioid epidemic (1), renewable fuel standards during conversation with Iowa governor (1), NFL anthem protests (1), bump-stock ban (1), Puerto Rico (1), NAFTA (1), Kurdish plan for independence from Iraq (1).

The 48th and final question concerned the ISIS fall in Raqqa. It came from Trey Yingst of One America News Network, a right-leaning cable news network headquartered in San Diego.

"You opened up at the top discussing the liberation of Raqqa," Yingst noted. "So my question for you is: How does the president envision future U.S. involvement in both Syria and Iraq, post-ISIS?"

Add it all up, and 52 percent of the questions asked of the press secretary focused on the president's calls to fallen soldiers and a fight with a Democratic congresswoman over one call where both sides dispute what was said.
We are finally beating ISIS, but media won't give Trump credit

Where with such emphasis on ISIS in the past has this monumental accomplishment gone unnoticed?
936 stories in the News!
While Trump's calls to fallen soldiers?
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We've not "beaten ISIS" by a long shot. It is good that soldiers from the Middle East have pushed ISIS out of it's claimed territory. They couldn't have done it without our support and bombs, and it is a big deal, but we're nowhere close to shutting those fuckers down.

Hmmm...it says "beating ISIS", meaning in process, unlike Obama's BS efforts.

Obama's "BS" efforts set the stage and had taken back 40% of ISIS held territory in Iraq before Trump took office, and it was done by Muslims, not Americans.
Obama was also "beating ISIS."
Glad they're out of the caliphate, but you're politicizing this way too much. Try being reasonable for once.

Obama ARMED ISIS in Syria, Al Qaeda too.

 

[John Shaw]

They have talked about it, actually. Maybe you just haven't been paying attention.

They just don't give ALL the credit to Donald Trump, since he doesn't deserve all the credit.

 

[NYcarbineer]

We are finally beating ISIS, but media won't give Trump credit

"As many of you will recall, one of President Trump's core campaign promises was to defeat ISIS. With the stunning fall of Mosul in June, and now with ISIS nearly eradicated from Raqqa, it is clear that ISIS's so-called caliphate is crumbling across Iraq and Syria," Sanders said.

Topic most covered: controversy over President Trump's delay in contacting service members killed in action after an ambush in Niger/feud with Democratic congresswoman over remarks made to one KIA soldier's family.
That got 25 questions total out of 48 total questions asked.

Coming in second were questions on tax reform/tax cuts (6 questions), followed by health care (3), California wildfires (2), James Comey (2), 20-week abortion ban (1), Fed chair appointment (1), opioid epidemic (1), renewable fuel standards during conversation with Iowa governor (1), NFL anthem protests (1), bump-stock ban (1), Puerto Rico (1), NAFTA (1), Kurdish plan for independence from Iraq (1).

The 48th and final question concerned the ISIS fall in Raqqa. It came from Trey Yingst of One America News Network, a right-leaning cable news network headquartered in San Diego.

"You opened up at the top discussing the liberation of Raqqa," Yingst noted. "So my question for you is: How does the president envision future U.S. involvement in both Syria and Iraq, post-ISIS?"

Add it all up, and 52 percent of the questions asked of the press secretary focused on the president's calls to fallen soldiers and a fight with a Democratic congresswoman over one call where both sides dispute what was said.
We are finally beating ISIS, but media won't give Trump credit

Where with such emphasis on ISIS in the past has this monumental accomplishment gone unnoticed?
936 stories in the News!
While Trump's calls to fallen soldiers?
over 368 results!View attachment 167736
View attachment 167735

We've not "beaten ISIS" by a long shot. It is good that soldiers from the Middle East have pushed ISIS out of it's claimed territory. They couldn't have done it without our support and bombs, and it is a big deal, but we're nowhere close to shutting those fuckers down.

Hmmm...it says "beating ISIS", meaning in process, unlike Obama's BS efforts.

Obama's "BS" efforts set the stage and had taken back 40% of ISIS held territory in Iraq before Trump took office, and it was done by Muslims, not Americans.
Obama was also "beating ISIS."
Glad they're out of the caliphate, but you're politicizing this way too much. Try being reasonable for once.

Where did you come up with the figure 40% ISIS territory by Obama?
In 2014 ISIS controlled 35,000 sq. miles.
End of 2016 ISIS controlled 23,000 sq. miles meaning 12,000 miles less under ISIS or 34%
But by end of 2017 ISIS controlled is down to 4%
Analysis | Trump’s claim that he’s done more ‘by far’ than Obama in the fight against ISIS

With new losses Friday, the Islamic State group has been driven from more than 96 percent of the large parts of Iraq and Syria it once held, crushing its goal of establishing a “caliphate” in the region. http://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/04112017
So sq miles down to less then 4% or 1,400 sq. miles at the end of 2017 a loss then in 2017 of 93% of the 23,000 miles at the start of 2017.
http://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/04112017

So tell me you still hold on to "40%" when in fact it was less then 34% AND over 3 years to wrest back from ISIS by the bumbling never had military experience Obama...while
Trump in his first year and a military school graduate, was able to take back in less then a year over 60% of the original 35,000 sq. miles!

Again... Obama with NO military experience wanted to be so politically correct that the military had one arm always tied behind their back...Trump knowing that it is always
best to let people trained for what they are to do...let them do it! Stupid ROEs among other reasons helped untie the military's restraints and in less then a year almost all the
ISIS caliphate is gone!

The Iraqis beat ISIS with some help from the US. Thanks to Obama.