Battle of Mosul - has been going on for 8 months; per semi-official history of this battle:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mosul_(2016–present)
Trump commented on the Battle of Mosul and the Mosul Offensive that preceding it by 5 months, during the campaign. He said we were pre-announcing our plans and not taking advantage of the element of surprise.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosul_offensive_(2016)
Immediately upon assuming command, President Trump put new rules of engagement into effect. This is to what I referred when I said Trump is kicking ISIS ass in Iraq. (I could say much the same thing about Syria.)
http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/us-changes-rules-of-engagement-for-mosul-fight-in-iraq
For my Republican friends who still think George W. Bush did good by getting us into Iraq; and, for my Democrat friends who still think Barack Obama did good by thinking you could treat Muslim extremists with respect, think about the trillions of dollars they have cost this country. The tens of thousands of U.S. troops dead and severely wounded physically or emotionally. The millions of casualties in the Arab world. The thousands of people subjected to torture such as we have not seen since the Middle Ages.
Then think of how much progress we have made since Trump has taken the oath of office. America First is not isolationism, but is the alternative to both isolationism and to neo-con one-world government.
My “8 month” comment was specifically about Raqqa, in Syria, because I don't think the USA should be doing anything in Syria, except target ISIS and Al Qaeda leadership with drones and carrier aircraft.
I think Trump's cruise missile attack on Assad was bizarre.
Virtually all the public evidence for Assad's alleged chemical attacks can be sourced to anti-Assad organizations.
I agree with all your sentiments about recent USA involvement in the Middle East.
However, I did support the USA involvement by G.H.W. Bush in 1990 after Saddam invaded Kuwait.
I am also a life long Friend of Israel, and I would have no problem with the USA killing Palestinian leaders and destroying Hezbollah's 40,000 missiles in Lebanon.