‘ISIS is falling fast’: Trump says the US and its allies have Middle East terrorists on the run as Pentagon considers troop surge in Afghanistan to fight the Taliban

Thursday, July 20, 2017
By Paul Martin

Trump said Thursday as he arrived at the Pentagon for a national security briefing, ‘We’re doing very well against ISIS. ISIS is falling fast. Very fast’
Dodged a reporter’s question about the Defense Department’s consideration of a troop surge in Afghanistan, shouting, ‘We’ll see’
Pentagon is said to be on the verge of announcing its intent to send an additional 3,000 to 5,000 troops to Afghanistan to help stabilize the war-torn country
Today marks Trump’s six month anniversary in office; said earlier in the week he said he’s ‘had a lot of victories’ so far, naming the fight against ISIS as one

By Francesca Chambers, White House Correspondent
DailyMail.com
20 July 2017

President Donald Trump said Thursday as he arrived at the Pentagon for a national security briefing that the US and its allies have ISIS on the run.

‘We’re doing very well against ISIS. ISIS is falling fast. Very fast,’ he said.

Trump dodged a reporter’s question about the Defense Department’s consideration of a troop surge in Afghanistan to rescue that country from the grips of the Taliban, shouting, ‘We’ll see.’

Secretary of Defense James Mattis and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Joseph Dunford briefed lawmakers yesterday on the conflict that has stretched across three presidencies, the Washington Times reported.

The Pentagon is said to be on the verge of announcing its intent to send an additional 3,000 to 5,000 troops to Afghanistan to help stabilize the war-torn country.

Barack Obama dramatically escalated troop levels in the Middle Eastern nation at the beginning of his presidency then dropped them down to 8,400 before he left.

He had to abandon plans to bring the US troop count down to 5,500 with civil war in the country continuing to rage on.

‘We have to deal with the realities of the world as it is. We can’t forget what’s at stake in Afghanistan. This is where al Qaeda is trying to regroup, this is where ISIL continues to try to expand its presence,’ he said in remarks last July.

Afghan forces control a mere 40 percent of the nation’s territory compared to the 60 percent share that’s policed by the Taliban.

If the Pentagon moves forward with plans to increase the number of US troops in the country, forces will again top the 10,000 cap that Obama was desperately trying to avoid when he left office.

With ISIS moving in and the Taliban strengthening its grip, the Pentagon is assessing a new strategy to take on the terrorists and it’s reportedly leaning toward an additional troop deployment as a stop gap.

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