So, how’s the war against ISIS going? Let’s take a look…
There’s the news according to Vox:
ISIS is losing. Watch how and why it's happening. http://t.co/qiPQmCwqmp
— Vox (@voxdotcom) April 16, 2015
The above report is by Twitchy regular Zack Beauchamp and another Voxer named Johnny Harris.
But contrary to Beauchamp’s rosy outlook, there’s the news according to everybody else:
our piece on #Ramadi. heartbreaking. #CNN 'I grabbed my children and ran' — Families flee #ISIS in #Iraq http://t.co/F9AESI8qIL
— Arwa Damon (@arwaCNN) April 16, 2015
Woman met in hospital in town close 2 #Ramadi had rocket land garden, shrapnel sliced her open “something fell out of me & i put it back in”
— Arwa Damon (@arwaCNN) April 15, 2015
#ISIS militants are on the offensive in Iraq. Fierce fighting is reported on the outskirts of Ramadi, west of Baghdad pic.twitter.com/tZhiSNeSUm
— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) April 16, 2015
Families flee ISIS onslaught in Iraq http://t.co/Ub6GIrBPHU
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) April 16, 2015
As we made are way towards #Ramadi we came across throngs of people trying to escape #ISIS – @arwaCNN in #Iraq pic.twitter.com/tLoQCSRcih
— OutFrontCNN (@OutFrontCNN) April 15, 2015
Iraqi city of #Ramadi could fall to ISIS militants within hours, a local official says. http://t.co/Y6f9DwYkv2
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) April 15, 2015
https://twitter.com/SputnikInt/status/588702149938282496
Momentum seemed to be swinging against ISIS. Then came an offensive in Iraq’s Sunni heartland http://t.co/PLN4Qx2F86 pic.twitter.com/PDEBC5X6Qo
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) April 16, 2015
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Villages near Iraqi city of Ramadi fall to ISIS http://t.co/fQiGqmqzfc pic.twitter.com/hIcLG8fhT0
— CBC News (@CBCNews) April 16, 2015
Thousands of families are fleeing Iraq's Ramadi as ISIS makes gains in the area http://t.co/hYSbIfKHfO pic.twitter.com/U2j1TlqgAA
— Mike Walker (@New_Narrative) April 16, 2015
Fun fact: Zack Beauchamp is the same guy who invented the non-existent Gaza bridge.
And he had a similar post in December on how ISIS was going away:
Three big reasons war is going away http://t.co/rnovXFHSP5
— Vox (@voxdotcom) December 19, 2014
Eventually he’ll be correct! (And this time, we hope he is.)
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