Last Wednesday Donald Trump said: "It should be announced, probably some time next week, that we will have 100% of the [Islamic State[ caliphate." Well, it is next week now, and by the weekend Mr Trump will probably have made exactly that announcement. Mr Trump, of course, will claim that it is his victory and only his, although he was actually only carrying through with the strategy laid down by Barack Obama. Bin Laden disagreed, so they defied him and created "Islamic State" anyway. Various armies duly did just that, and now the IS is gone -- while al-Qaeda, the parent organisation, carries on.

Source: Bangkok Post February 13, 2019 21:45 UTC