Nick Burns: We ‘Will See More Terrorist Attacks’ and It’s the Way ISIS Will ‘Make Its Presence Felt’

‘I think we will see unfortunately more of these terrorist attacks’

BURNS: “Donald Trump spoke very forcefully in the campaign against the Islamic State, he wants to strengthen the American military effort against the Islamic State. So does President Erdogan  because the Islamic state, as you know, has carried out a number of terrorists attacks in Turkey, including just last week against Turkish security forces in Ankara. So that might be a meeting point. It might be a common issue that both Erdogan and Donald Trump can work on. That's another issue that Donald Trump should present early on, 'I can help you; we can help each other in this fight against the Islamic State.'And, Joe, I know you referred to Richard Haass before. Richard is a friend of mine as well and I think Richard is right. I think we are going to see, as Islamic State is repealed from Mosul and hopefully Raqqa, northern Syria in the future, I think we're going to see unfortunately more of these terrorist attacks. It’s the only way -- well, it's the way the Islamic State might choose to make its presence felt.”

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