You're an equivocating SOB, eatbibeau. "Decimate" and "defeated" have the same synonyms, eatbibeau.
Originally Posted by I B Hankering
You mean they
are synonyms, but you are still wrong. They are close in definition, but they don't mean the same thing. But even if we pretend that they have the same meaning, he said this about their
leadership, not the outfit as a whole. So even if we treat them as the same word
you're still wrong.
And "on the run" means "in retreat", and "retreats" in military parlance follow "defeats", eatbibeau.
You think any time you retreat in the military means you are defeated? You know nothing about military strategy. Especially guerrilla strategy.
You can keep desperately attempting to twist his words so you can pretend that Obama said they were defeated. Not only has he never actually said this, he has repeatedly stated during these same time frames that they still pose a threat. He, at no point, said they were no longer a threat to us and
has explicitly said the opposite.
Once again, you are believing what some talking heads have intentionally led you to believe, not something that accurately reflects the reality of what Obama has said. Think for yourself.