Tony Blinken: ISIS Terror Attacks ‘a Measure of the Success We’re Having’ Against Them

‘What we’re seeing is ISIS actually lashing out’

BLINKEN: "You know, John, what we’re seeing I think is ISIS actually lashing out. Because, against every way we measure this, the territory they control, the number of foreign fighters and fighters overall, the money, the propaganda, they are down against every single measure. And unfortunately, one of the things that they do in response is to lash out with these indiscriminate terrorist attacks, suicide bombers, car bombs, you name it, going back to the more traditional model of terrorism. And it’s horrific. And if you have someone willing to blow themselves up, it’s awfully difficult. But, in a strange way, this is a measure of the success we’re having in taking territory away from taking the foreign fighters away, taking the resources away."
 

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