Trump, Mattis turn military loose on ISIS, leaving terror caliphate in tatters

Trump, Mattis turn military loose on ISIS, leaving terror caliphate in tatters
…President Trump gave a free hand to Mattis, who in May stressed military commanders were no longer being slowed by Washington “decision cycles,” or by the White House micromanaging that existed President Obama. As a result of the new approach, the fall of ISIS in Iraq came even more swiftly than hardened U.S. military leaders expected