ISIS is losing badly. Should Trump or Obama get the credit?

By Jamie McIntyre

Published October 7, 2017 4:01am ET

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ISIS is losing badly. Should Trump or Obama get the credit? — A view of what was a shariah law court run by Islamic State militants is seen in the town of Okeirbat, northern Hama province, Syria, Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. Syrian government forces recaptured the strategic town in the northern Hama province earlier this month. | (AP Photo/Nataliya Vasilyeva)

It is becoming increasingly clear that the Islamic State is on the ropes in Iraq and Syria, and its defeat is just a matter of time.

What is less clear is whose strategy produced the victory.

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