U.S. Providing Little Information to Judge Progress Against Islamic State
U.S. Providing Little Information to Judge Progress Against Islamic State by Nancy A. Youssef , McClatchy
The American war against the Islamic State has become the most opaque conflict the United States has undertaken in more than two decades, a fight that’s so underreported that U.S. officials and their critics can make claims about progress, or lack thereof, with no definitive data available to refute or bolster their positions.
The result is that it’s unclear what impact more than 1,000 airstrikes on Iraq and Syria have had during the past four months. That confusion was on display at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing earlier this week, where the topic — “Countering ISIS: Are We Making Progress?” — proved to be a question without an answer…
