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In a press conference upon his arrival Mattis made the following points:
ISIS will not retake territory and cannot stand up to American forces: “[ISIS] have been shown to be unable to stand up to our team in combat and they have not retaken one inch of ground that they’ve lost.”
ISIS is trapped: “You see, ISIS is now caught in-between converging forces. So ISIS’s days are certainly numbered, but it’s not over yet and it’s not going to be over any time soon.”
ISIS is a bunch of cowards: “An enemy that hides behind women and children are showing who are the people violating every standard of decency and fills us with conviction [for] what we have to do about this enemy.”
Mattis named the fight: “ISIS’s last stand.”