The repugicans have gone silent after the news broke
that ISIL is suffering heavy losses in Iraq, and what has turned the
tide is the U.S. bombing campaign against the terrorists.
According to The Fiscal Times,
“Over the last 24 hours, ISIL has been defeated in every front in Iraq
in unprecedented way. From Mosul to the north to Anbar to the west and
Diyala to the east, Iraqi government forces, Shiite militias, Sunni
tribes and Kurdish forces were all victorious in battle. Since the start
of the U.S.-led air campaign, ISIL has lost its momentum in Iraq and
lost some of the cities and towns that it captured in June 2014. It
still controls the provincial capitals Mosul and Tikrit as well as the
city of Fallujah west of Baghdad, and many other small towns
throughout.”
Sec. of State John Kerry said today that thousands of ISIL fighters have been killed,
“Two days after President Obama told Congress that Islamic State’s
advances in Syria and Iraq were being halted, Secretary of State John
Kerry offered specifics Thursday, saying thousands of the fighters had
been killed and 270 square miles recaptured in Iraq.”
The repugicans immediately criticized President Obama’s
strategy for combating ISIL after the Paris terror attacks, but it
appears that Obama’s strategy is working. Sec. of State Kerry stated
that it would take a year or two to get ISIL out of Iraq, but repugicans were wrong. The repugicn cabal calls for more war and boots on the
ground have been wrong. The repugicans are stuck in their shrub era war on
terror mindset.
The “war on terror” was a failure, but repugicans
continue to insist that a return to the past is the proper policy for
the future. President Obama is proving them wrong. ISIL is being
defeated Iraq without U.S. boots on the ground. President Obama’s
policies are working, and the results are visible in Iraq. The best way
to guarantee a successful foreign policy future is to avoid returning to
the repugican mistakes of the past.
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