![]() ![]() When ISIS entered the Syrian theatre of conflict in 2013, it turned an already complex situation into an intractable knot. For all of Trump’s bravado, ISIS never received a knock-out punch. Yet, recent events suggest that, as with other Trump utterances, his declaration of the defeat of ISIS was premature and overly optimistic. Announcing that American troops would be coming home, he asserted, “We have won against ISIS.” In December 2018, US President Donald Trump declared that the Islamic State had been defeated in Syria. Now it is emerging from the Syrian desert to fight on. ![]() The knock-out punch was never delivered in the international campaign against Islamic State.
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