[dwoozle]

Nobody who has read anything serious about ISIS would think that. They were a nascent nation state, installing their own civil servants to run schools, infrastructure, etc. Their propaganda videos were nearly Hollywood level in production quality. They were barbarians in values, not capabilities. They were a massively serious organization and we got Mattis just in time to exterminate them.

[th0ma5]

Since when are they exterminated?

[mieseratte]

I suppose that depends on if you're defining ISIS as a caliphate / nation-state, or as an organization / ideology.

[th0ma5]

I was under the impression that neither definition was exterminated.

[ceejayoz]

ISIS lost virtually all of its territory as quickly as it took it.