In a story that remained relatively below the radar this past week, seven American service members were injured trying to take out members of a terrorist organization that former President Trump had essentially eliminated during his first term.
At least fourteen ISIS fighters were killed in a joint operation between the United States and Iraqi commandos in one of the largest counterterrorism operations in Iraq in years.
The mission involved 200 troops from both countries (though the vast majority were American), an operation of such scale that officials warn it is an indication of the Islamic State’s “resurgence in recent months.”
So the question becomes: Why did seven U.S. soldiers almost lose their lives fighting a terrorist organization that had largely been decimated under Trump?
At a campaign stop in Asheboro, North Carolina, late last month, the former president reminded…
