Trump says may declare Islamic State (ISIS) defeated in Syria next week, as "the coalition fighting Islamic State militants has reclaimed all of the territory previously held by the extremist group."

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[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

All I can think of is the "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED" banner with George Bush, for the war that ended up going on for another 5 years... hopefully not this time though.

I do wonder about the people who wanted to use ISIS as leverage to overthrow Assad and take Syria... what're they thinking now? What's their new game plan? Does this mean they'll be forced to do the "Assad gassed his own people, we must intervene and overthrow the government for humanitarian reasons" ploy they've already tried 3 times over the last 10 years?

I guess we will have to see.

[–]Mnemonic 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

another 5 years

It's not too big of leap to call ISIS the continuation of the Iraq war into today. I fear your thought is spot on, it's easy to say something is over.

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

it's easy to say something is over.

True, especially when it's a super-popular PR move, there's a lot of incentive to jump the gun to get the credit, unfortunately

[–]Mnemonic 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Indeed.

Semi-related, I looked it up and yes, there is a whole wiki article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_Accomplished_speech

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah it was a really big deal at the time. American comedians made fun of that moment for years and years after