ISIS didn’t exist during George W Bush’s presidency.
wow. someone actually told the truth about the bushies’ track record against terrorism.
I’m sure it won’t fly here on FR. my prediction is that someone posts obamite talking points in 3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . .
Bush made mistakes but during his presidency, the dominant power in the Middle East was the United States. We could react to any threat in the region. We were respected and were the dominant voice in any debate. Within 8 years, Obama squandered it and in doing so, he created such a vacuum that evil, savage powers like ISIS were allowed to blossom and grow into regional threats. And Obama’s response has been to either minimize the threat or clumsily try to handle it with actions that were ineffective and that further diminished our standing. Now we are sidelined and no one takes us seriously. For the first time in probably 60 or 70 years, no one in the Middle East takes the US seriously. That’s quite an accomplishment for Obama and his two Secretaries of State — money-grubbing Hillary and arrogant, stupid John Kerry.
In other words... an important Key Performance Indicator for Barack Hussein has been achieved!
They were still there.
They’ve been there for centuries (read history)
They will always still be there.
At various times in history they were suppressed ... by dictators or foreign powers .... but at no point were they ever gone.
” The Islamic State was “decimated” under George W. Bush and had just “700-or-so adherents left” “
If I.S. were “decimated”, it’s numbers would only have been reduced by ten percent. Based on the rest of the article, it seems that I.S. was “demolished”, or “devastated” or “nearly destroyed”. I realize this is a lost cause; but, the word “decimated” no longer means anything. I guess you could say it’s been decimated.