Other people are celebrating the defeat of Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) on the battlefield and its destruction as a territorial state. Russia issued an announcement last week that ISIL has been wiped out in Syria. Iraqi prime minister Haydar al-Abadi said Saturday that Iraq had been completely liberated from the terrorists. In the US, there has been no victory parade, no official statement, nothing.
Because it is a bogeyman.
— source juancole.com 2017-12-11