No one said they were a state. It is part of their title, but that doesn’t mean a literal state. Duh. They see themselves as a state. Maybe a better comparison would have been to say “If ISIS is a state then Bruce Jenner really is a woman.” People pretend. But truth is truth.
And in another statement, Kerry said “If the earth is flat I am a genius.”
ISIS at the very least is a very dangerous STATE of mind.
We have already lost the war of propaganda and frankly that is always the most costly battle.