What would you think would constitute success in the fight against ISIS? Maybe . . . dead jihadists from ISIS? That would likely be what most normal people would look for as an indication we're getting somewhere. A creature of Washington, on the other hand, would look to something entirely different. For people in this bizarre culture, the key is not so much that you destroy ISIS as that you get pieces of paper signed by people saying ISIS is icky and should please stop.
And there is no more dyed-in-the-wool creature of the Washington culture than Hillary Clinton, which is why she actually said with a straight face during Saturday's Democrat debate (yeah, they apparently have those) that we are "where we need to be" in the fight against ISIS because the United Nations recently passed a resolution opposing ISIS.