For others, there are theater limitations where they can't go and go beyond their immediate theater, which hinders the strategy of our messaging. But again, messaging is all about reality, and the reality is the caliphate remains. Sure, we've been nibbling away at it, as has been described. The network is growing. They're actually gone from inspiring to directing. So the reality is they're not losing yet or they haven't lost. They have not lost yet. Oh, absolutely. I would argue that until they are overtly losing, where the reality is such they're going to continue to inspire, the continued direct. The threat continues to grow. (19:59–20:22)
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Asserts that the ISIS caliphate remains, and the network is growing from inspiring to directing.
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