How is this success occurring that you note? Is it just the firmness of Russia not allowing?
The turning point in the Islamic civil war was when ISIS was unable to take Baghdad and the Syrians retook Aleppo. ISIS cannot achieve its goal. The issue of dealing with fundamentalist Islamic barbarism and terrorism is a separate issue and that responsibility lies with the skill,insight commitment and perseverance of Western leaders which frankly has been lacking over the past decade.
Also would hope that you would recognize the criminal hypocrisy in American policy over the last eight years. While Obama swore that he would destroy “ISIL’, and some very brave young Americans died or were maimed forever fighting them, he did virtually nothing to stop NATO ally Turkey from being the conduit by which recruits, supplies, funds and trade sustained them. Nor did he put a stop to the obvious funding the corrupt and vile Saudis were providing.