“The U.S. military presented evidence that it was beating back the so-called Islamic State but it doesn’t even count coalition setbacks. The Defense Department released a map last week showing territory where it is has pushed ISIS back, claiming that the terrorist group is ‘no longer able to operate freely in roughly 25 to 30 percent of populated areas of Iraqi territory where it once could.’ This was touted as evidence of success by numerous news outlets.”
Source: Exclusive: Pentagon Map Hides ISIS Gains – The Daily Beast
