Has anyone noticed that the news media and the present administration hardly talk about ISIS any more? Trump tried to use ISIS and Obama's policy as an issue and all the while ISIS was being ejected from every area it occupied in Iraq. And just last week Iraq announced it ejected ISIS from Mosul, the largest city in northern Iraq where ISIS was dug in after being captured over 20 months ago.
Iraqi forces with U.S. air and ground support and other allies turned the tide in Iraq. Numerous ISIS top leaders have been killed by U.S. air strikes, their supplies destroyed and funds that helped ISIS recruit and procure weapons have been shut down. The ISIS threat in Iraq has been reduced to isolated bombings. ISIS is now more pre-occupied with terror more in the European nations where the targets are easier. But that will also change as other countries improve their security and learn more about fighting terror.
And President Obama's policies worked with out exposing large amounts of U.S. troops to terror attacks. It was a huge turn around from what the President inherited when he took office in 2009. The Trump administration was the beneficiary of that turn around but after almost 6 months in office, Trump still has no policy in place on the middle east or the fight against terror. Only so called tough talk.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
