{"id":35696,"date":"2019-03-22T12:04:30","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T16:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=35696"},"modified":"2019-03-22T12:04:30","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T16:04:30","slug":"good-news-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=35696","title":{"rendered":"Good News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday Fox News<\/a> reported the following:<\/p>\n

The caliphate has crumbled, and the final offensive is over. While the official announcement hasn\u2019t yet been made \u2013 Fox News has been told that this village, the last ISIS <\/a>stronghold, is liberated.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s the first time since we\u2019ve been here in Syria<\/a> for five days that the bombs have stopped dropping and the gunfire has disappeared. We have witnessed the end of the caliphate <\/a>\u2013 the brutal empire that once ruled over 8 million people \u2013 is gone.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Troops here are now bringing down the black flags of ISIS. The flags no longer fly over the town, instilling fear.<\/strong><\/p>\n

…None of the main surviving ISIS leaders have been caught inside Baghouz. Instead, they left their men to fight alone. It\u2019s thought they prepared ahead for the insurgency.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The scale of the devastation here is incredible. And everyone acknowledges that without U.S. support, it would have taken far longer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For four-and-a-half years, ISIS held this territory, ruling over it with an iron fist. It was the terrorist group\u2019s heartland \u2013 and they were so dug in that the only way to push them back was to flatten whole villages. The devastation here goes on for miles \u2013 and craters like this are a reminder of the critical role played by U.S. airpower. Military jets still fly overhead.<\/strong><\/p>\n

SDF fighters are all so grateful to the U.S., not just for their help in the battle, but now for its decision to leave troops here when it\u2019s done. Reports now suggest the figure may be around 1,000 staying.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We need to leave enough of a force to prevent ISIS from reassembling. As the article stated, the leaders fled and left the lower ranking members to fight. That means the leaders are still somewhere, possibly plotting how to take power again. I don’t want to fight the battles for all of the people in the Middle East, but if our assistance means that the bad guys will lose power,\u00a0 I think we need to be ready to assist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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