MATTIS MAKES IT CLEAR – AT 12:33 P.M. ET:   President Trump said he would destroy ISIS.  His secretary of defense is making it clear that destruction is indeed the mission.  From Fox: 

Defense Secretary James Mattis said Sunday the U.S. has switched to “annihilation tactics” against the Islamic State and is focused on completely surrounding the militants instead of moving them from place to place.

“Our strategy right now is to accelerate the campaign against ISIS. It is a threat to all civilized nations. And the bottom line is we are going to move in an accelerated and reinforced manner, throw them on their back foot,” Mattis said in a televised interview on CBS News’ “Face the Nation.”

He said the goal was to take out the militants before they could flee to neighboring countries.

“Our intention is that the foreign fighters do not survive the fight to return home to North Africa, to Europe, to America, to Asia, to Africa. We’re not going to allow them to do so. We’re going to stop them there and take apart the caliphate,” Mattis said.

COMMENT:  A grim subject, but a breath of fresh air.  We haven't had that kind of resolve in this country in years.  Destroying ISIS, not simply moving it around, clearly should be the goal. 

And it will send the right kind of message to other would-be builders of the caliphate.

May 30, 2017