Two sets of highly regarded experts warn we are losing our fight against the Islamic State in Iraq. Meanwhile, the Islamic state’s grip on Libya hardens . So naturally the press wants to talk about 2003. Kim and Fred Kagan, who were instrument in the successful Iraq surge write, “The seizure of Ramadi on Sunday leaves President Obama’s strategy against the Islamic State in ruins not only in Iraq but also throughout the Muslim world. It means that the Iraqi security forces will almost certainly not be able to recapture Mosul this year and, therefore, that the Islamic State will retain its largest city in Iraq. Worse, it gives the group momentum again in Iraq even as it gains ground in Syria and expands in the Sinai, Yemen, Afghanistan and elsewhere. This defeat was avoidable.” They argue, “Neither the Islamic State nor any other al-Qaeda offshoot has ever taken […]