U.S. President Donald Trump signs a memorandum to security services directing them to defeat the Islamic State in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Jan. 28, 2017.
Andrew Exum, The Atlantic: Donald Trump Will Defeat ISIS
And it will be mostly due to the work of his predecessor.
The dysfunction at the highest levels of the American government right now obscures a dramatic reality: Donald Trump is going to defeat the Islamic State, and Americans need to be fine with that.
Like most of the people reading this, I have been so completely absorbed by the drama at the White House over the past week that its been easy to lose track of what’s taking place on the ground in the Middle East, where U.S. troops, diplomats, and intelligence professionals continue to work by, with, and through local forces to destroy the Islamic State.
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WNU Editor: President's always take the claim when there is a victory or a success .... especially on the battlefield. President Obama took credit for the withdrawal of U.S. forces out of Iraq during the first term of his Presidency .... and he took credit for the take-down of Osama Bin Laden. I expect the same will be coming from President Trump .... such is the Office of the Presidency. But the big war .... the war against radical Islam that preaches violence and intolerance .... that is going to be a decades long conflict. And when that war is finally over .... it will probably end with a whimper that will only be noticed by a few. And will a future U.S. President take credit for that .... I would not bet against it.
