Too Soon to Say We're 'Winning' Against ISIS, Admits Pentagon
No shit
The Pentagon said on Thursday it is too early to say that the U.S.-led coalition is "winning" against ISIS, pointing to the group's continued access to financing, volunteers and weapons even after being bombed in Syria and Iraq.
"Your question gets at … How do you know you're winning? And what I'm telling you is, it's going to take us a while to be able to say that," Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby told reporters.
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Who the f*ck asked that question? Regardless of the merits of actually doing these airstrikes and forgetting for a moment whether they can actually result in a "win", they've been going on for -- what? -- two days?
Look, if you can't encapsulate a war in a single twit tweet, then you're so 20th century.
Is it Groundhog Day again already?
You know what else was too soon?
Majordomo Executus?
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Are we winning in Libya?