With wall to wall news we know more, but remember less. Lost in the 24 hour news cycle is the simple truth that the president's strategy is working. Just a year ago, with only token opposition, ISIS was devouring land, just a bite or two away from Bagdad. The blitzkrieg was unstoppable, and their caliphate within reach.
Large scale movement of men and machines is susceptible to air power. The air strikes ended the advance. Like a shark, when ISIS is not advancing it is dying. The second part of the president's campaign was to arm and train locals. Although not yet taking root in Syria, the Kurds and to a lesser extent the Iraqi army, are reclaiming much of Iraq.
With the dream of the Caliphate fading, ISIS has turned to Al Qaeda style terrorism, albeit with a better media presence. The Paris attacks are a sign of weakness. The land war is morphing into a war of ideas. ISIS depends on radicalizing western Muslims.
ISIS has been more successful with the marginalized Muslim community in Paris than with the more successful communities in America. Unwittingly, Republicans are aiding and abetting ISIS. Presidential candidates are falling all over one another trying to radicalize American Muslims.
Trump wants us to shut down mosques. Cruz proposes only accepting Christian refugees from Syria. Even Kasich, who like most of the GOP wants to limit government and shut down agencies, proposes a new agency to spread Judeo Christian values. Not to be out done, Republican governors are taking (unconstitutional) steps to preclude relocation of Syrian refugees to their states.
Home grown terrorists are being fertilized with Republican bullshit.
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