Quote Originally Posted by Sarmatian View Post
So you naturally assumed that the opposite must be true.
Or, it could just possibly be based on the news item right there.

...how would you even know if they're on the back foot or not?
When no news reports say that they are on the back foot, chances are it is because they are not on the back foot.

Oh, please do share...
These seem pretty moderate..

Of course, just because people join islamist groups doesn't mean that they are islamists. If the US can extract non-islamist elements from such groups, they'd have more people to provide arms to.