Don't worry, everyone, Bernie promises that ISIS is 'retreating'

Considering the genocide, the bombings, and the crucifixions, you might be inclined to think that the United States has employed a somewhat lackluster approach to dealing with ISIS. It seems that every other day we hear some new story of the ongoing atrocities perpetrated by the planet's most horrific terrorist group. However, if it feels like their rampage is out of control, you should really just relax. ISIS is losing. They're "retreating," and they're "on the defensive."

That's the word from elderly socialist coot (and would-be President) Bernie Sanders. He's had it with Republicans claiming that the President isn't doing enough. In fact, he's almost as sick of hearing about that as he is of hearing about Hillary's emails. According to Sanders:

“I know he gets criticized a lot. You know, some of the Republicans think he hasn’t been tough enough. His job is two-fold. Number one: to destroy ISIS - and by the way, let’s be clear. We are making, on the military field, real progress. ISIS is on the defensive. They are retreating. They have lost, I think, 30, 40 percent of the territory they held in Iraq in the last year, so we keep that up.”

Phew. Less land in Iraq. We're sure our success on "the military field" will come as a tremendous comfort to the victims of their ongoing attacks.

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Pressed on what he'd do differently, Bernie offered little. Essentially, he claims we have to "improve our efforts." That's a little like someone handing you a rotten sandwich and telling you the only way to make it taste better is to make it taste better.

“We have got to do everything that we can to make sure that we do not have a continuation of attacks against our allies in Europe or even here in the United States of America. We have got to be incredibly vigilant.”

In other words, Bernie has no real ideas that we aren't already trying. Even the whole "intelligence sharing" thing is an old saw at this point. We've heard it again and again and again. So congratulations, Democrats. You get to choose between this and a woman who's currently the subject of an FBI investigation. Good times. You can hear all of Bernie's incredibly weak "non-answer" below.