CSPAN2 Hearing On Middle East Strategy January 27, 2016
Now, more than a year into the campaigns rollback and destroy isis, it is impossible to assert that isis is losing or that we are winning. To be sure, sure, there has been some tactical progress in putting a recent rick capture of romani. This is a testament to our leaders, but serious challenges remain. Isis has lost some territory but has consolidated power in its core territories in both iraq and syria. It maintains control of key iraq cities and art military commanders estimate that this key terrain will not be retaken this year. The un reports that since isis invasion of iraq in 2014, nea...