“Killing off ISIS was a national interest”
That ignores the reality that the CIA/State/USAID created them in cooperation with the Saudis and Gulf States. The idea was to remove Assad and install another sunni theocracy.
ISIS got out of control, but you dont get credit for killing something you created in the first place. That’s like lighting a fire, then bragging that you put it out.
obama created them, Trump destroyed them... what’s your point?
Exactly right, and it started with us aiding the Mujahideen, we created the monster we fight now.
It was “Charlie Wilson’s war” that started it.