On CNN: Michael Weiss: Co-Author of "Isis: Inside the Army of Terror"

Some of the points he made:
1. given the current strategy ISIS cannot be eliminated.
2. ISIS soldiers say "We prefer to be heard from rather than about"
3. They appeal to an audience that believes the western world is a vast conspiracy.
4. Upper echelons of ISIS are Iraqi officers trained by the Soviets in operational warfare
and information warfare KGB style.


Also, still ISIS is still winning on the propaganda front just because of their videos killing people and blowing up stuff. The western world is not winning the propaganda war or the military war that is going on with ISIS.

All this information was reported on CNN News Today with Poppi Harlow around 7pm Eastern time.

President Obama quote from same CNN program: "Standing together with a broad coalition of allies and partners, the U.S. will continue taking decisive action to degrade and ultimately destroy ISIL.