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    Under Trump, gains against ISIS have 'dramatically accelerated'


    Under Trump, gains against ISIS have 'dramatically accelerated'
    By Karen DeYoung August 4
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...304_story.html

    Nearly a third of territory reclaimed from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria since 2014 has been won in the past six months, due to new policies adopted by the Trump administration, a senior State Department official said Friday.

    Brett McGurk, the State Department's senior envoy to the anti-Islamic State coalition, said that steps President Trump has taken, including delegating decision-making authority down from the White House to commanders in the field, have "dramatically accelerated" gains against the militants....




    ...Although the Trump administration has yet to announce its new strategy for the campaign against the Islamic State, McGurk cited "key changes" under Trump. In addition to the delegation of decision-making authority, which he said has allowed much greater responsiveness to opportunities and changing circumstances, he cited a "campaign of annihilation" that has concentrated on surrounding cities held by the militants before launching offensives, to ensure that no militants will escape....



    ...McGurk, who held the same job in the Obama administration, also cited renewed administration efforts to "increase burden sharing from the coalition" among what he said were 73 countries. Most of them do not contribute to the warfighting but are expected to help with stabilization efforts in cleared areas, including in the Iraqi city of Mosul, where U.S.-backed Iraq security forces declared victory over the Islamic State last month.

    Some U.S. lawmakers have criticized what they have said is a lack of post-conflict plans, while others have said — as Trump emphasized during his presidential campaign — that the United States should not be involved in "nation-building" overseas.

    McGurk described extensive preparations, while emphasizing that the United States is not interested in reconstruction or nation-building. Instead, he said, U.S. and partner nations are removing mines, clearing rubble and making sure that basic services — electricity, sewage and water — are operational to allow displaced residents to return under the leadership of local councils....






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    The problem with this stuff is that the Dems and media are so intent on bringing Trump down that you never hear any of the good stuff. The Dems and liberal media are really doing this country a disservice with their obsession on removing Trump from office simply because they lost the election. It's ridiculous.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fuego View Post
    The problem with this stuff is that the Dems and media are so intent on bringing Trump down that you never hear any of the good stuff. The Dems and liberal media are really doing this country a disservice with their obsession on removing Trump from office simply because they lost the election. It's ridiculous.
    Or....it's the usual phenomenon where those out of office blame the ones in office for every ill and pat themselves on the back for having set up the current admin for all the good things that are happening. Battling ISIS is one of those agendas where they have common ground in terms of goals. This phenomenon works the same way here in Norway and I expect, pretty much everywhere. So expect them to think of it in terms of Trump "not failing to continue the job started by the previous admin"

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    Trumps plan to stop arming "moderate" rebels is the long term solution.

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    Trump has been unable to eradicate the corrupt elite D.C. "swamp creatures" and continues be plagued by the fake news media and the "Deep State" intelligence agencies.
    His inability to pass tax reform, building the wall, reform the IRS, repeal ObamaCare, etc. is held in check because of Trumps continuing conflict with the corrupt political establishment, and the (Dark) Deep State.

    I thought Trump was our elected President. He's got the Constitutional power. Why hasn't he gotten rid (fire) of the Obama political hacks still lingering in the FBI, NSA, CIA, and other agencies? Why does he not expose the corrupt Republican so-called 'leaders,' like Congressman Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell? Why hasn't Trump drained the swamp? What is he waiting for?

    Well, here is my opinion to the above questions! "Donald Trump has little or no power. He has been told what he can and cannot do. He is very limited. He is controlled. The Constitution has ended. There are no real laws. Americans now face an unnamed, ruthless tyranny of evil. The President is just a figurehead, a puppet, enshrouded by evil. The Congress is also told what to do, and when, and the Supreme Court blankly carries out the desires and whims of those who rule over them. I believe there is no Republican and no Democrat Party. Just one corrupt evil entity bent on world domination. Trump is not our leader. There are powerful dark forces working behind the curtain that are writing the script. Their goal is to enslave us all to their final one world global empire. They have worked for decades upon decades to install a New World Order.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Smitty View Post
    Trump has been unable to eradicate the corrupt elite D.C. "swamp creatures" and continues be plagued by the fake news media and the "Deep State" intelligence agencies.
    His inability to pass tax reform, building the wall, reform the IRS, repeal ObamaCare, etc. is held in check because of Trumps continuing conflict with the corrupt political establishment, and the (Dark) Deep State.

    I thought Trump was our elected President. He's got the Constitutional power. Why hasn't he gotten rid (fire) of the Obama political hacks still lingering in the FBI, NSA, CIA, and other agencies? Why does he not expose the corrupt Republican so-called 'leaders,' like Congressman Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell? Why hasn't Trump drained the swamp? What is he waiting for?

    Well, here is my opinion to the above questions! "Donald Trump has little or no power. He has been told what he can and cannot do. He is very limited. He is controlled. The Constitution has ended. There are no real laws. Americans now face an unnamed, ruthless tyranny of evil. The President is just a figurehead, a puppet, enshrouded by evil. The Congress is also told what to do, and when, and the Supreme Court blankly carries out the desires and whims of those who rule over them. I believe there is no Republican and no Democrat Party. Just one corrupt evil entity bent on world domination. Trump is not our leader. There are powerful dark forces working behind the curtain that are writing the script. Their goal is to enslave us all to their final one world global empire. They have worked for decades upon decades to install a New World Order.
    The jury is out on Trump and it will largely be up to the American people as to how this is handled. A few short years ago you would be met with ridicule, scorn and contempt for suggesting that there was a "hidden hand" controlling our country. Most were content to self delude themselves, engaging in willful ignorance, defending the false notion of a "two party" system, a system where the will of the people would (eventually) be expressed via policy decisions. No more. The globalist/babylonian puppet masters have been exposed for all to see. Fake republicans, fake democrats, fake "representatives" who represent only their masters, not the citizens of this country. It's been a bi-partisan war on the will of the people, a grand illusion/delusion carefully crafted and nurtured for decades by old slew foot himself.

    What will the people do now?

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