After a Pentagon briefing about ISIS, President Obama gave a news conference to assure the American people that the terrorist threat from the “JV team” he once said was “contained” that later became uncontained, has been re-contained and may soon be finished for good:
.@POTUS: "Even ISIL's leaders know they're going to keep losing." https://t.co/SOdDDwABSY pic.twitter.com/3mxSFA0cc4
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 4, 2016
Pres. Obama: "ISIL turns out not to be invincible. They are in fact inevitability going to be defeated." https://t.co/O9oTw1daKO
— ABC News (@ABC) August 4, 2016
And if there are more high profile attacks around the world, it’s only because ISIS is losing, or something:
.@POTUS: Decline of ISIS in Syria and Iraq is causing them to further encourage high-profile terrorist attacks. https://t.co/RRvFSVIwkB
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) August 4, 2016
Is the president correct that ISIS is losing strength and reach? Confidence is low:
https://twitter.com/Remus_Redbone/status/761306229578706945
…obama has ISIS right where they want us.
— NYC EMS Watch (@NYCEMSwatch) August 4, 2016