'Degrade and Destroy': One Year & $4 Billion Later, ISIL Still Defies Obama
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On September 10, 2014, US President Barack Obama unveiled a "comprehensive and sustained counterterrorism strategy" to "degrade, and ultimately destroy" ISIL. However, 12 months on, it seems the US-led attack on the jihadist group is struggling to cripple the Islamists.