Despite what happened in Paris, ISIS is not ascendant

[Ex Lurker]

Their strategic position in the territory they claim is worse than it was last year, or six months ago:

The Syrian Army, with lots of Russian help, broke the siege of the Aleppo airbase last week.

Lost in yesterday's chaos was that the Kurds took back the town of Sinjar, cutting off the main supply route to Mosul. The expected house to house fighting didn't materialize, as IS fighters broke and ran.

Jihadi John is dead, as well as the top IS leader in Libya.

None of that makes Paris any better, and it won't stop things like this from happening again. As we've seen, it's nearly impossible to stop every splinter cell, and some of them get through. And new leaders will rise to replace the old ones. This fight will be ongoing for some time to come, probably years if not decades. But they are failing in their attempt to establish a Caliphate. Keep that in mind.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

2. Pardon me for asking but

Surely, you can't be serious?

[lame54]

4. I'm for Bernie...

and I think that is ridiculous

[cantbeserious]

6. Neocons Caused The War - The War Caused ISIS - HRC Voted For The War

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[lame54]

9. Trump or Carson had nothing to do with any of those things...

should we give it to one of them

[cantbeserious]

13. This Is About A Neocon - HRC

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[randome]

11. ISIS started way back in 1989.

https://www.quora.com/How-did-ISIS-form-When-and-where-did-ISIS-begin

The group began more than two decades ago as a fervid fantasy in the mind of a Jordanian named Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. A onetime street thug, he arrived in Afghanistan as a mujahideen wannabe in 1989, too late to fight the Soviet Union. He went back home to Jordan, and remained a fringe figure in the international violent “jihad” for much of the following decade. He returned to Afghanistan to set up a training camp for terrorists, and met Osama bin Laden in 1999, but chose not to join al-Qaeda.

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[cantbeserious]

14. So One Is Claiming That The Neocons Did Not Enable Them

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[randome]

16. We made things worse but we did not 'create' ISIS.

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[Agschmid]

8. +1

[herding cats]

15. Yep.

I wondered about what goes on in people's minds at times that makes them say some of the things they do on the internet. Luckily most still know how to talk rationally in person.

[cantbeserious]

5. Ad Hominem Attacks - Sure Sign Of Nothing Better To Say

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[muriel_volestrangler]

12. That was not an 'ad hominem attack' - it just thought your idea wasn't serious

and I think I agree with that. "ISIS is losing some battles", therefore "Hillary must step down" is the worst non sequitur I've seen in months.

[Agschmid]

7. It's so tempting isn't it...

I haven't yet but I've certainly wanted to.

[herding cats]

10. Appropriate user name for your comment. nt

[Throd]

3. That's the thing about death cults. They die.