… in the financial sphere, and ultimately how we want to deal with them in the information sphere. And all of those together will constitute the defeat of isil. You mentioned The establishment of the caliphate...is a draw. That...establishes a certain benchmark, a certain motivation for people being recruited. It relies on territorial gains and...holding onto territory. and. Or holding onto territory. Is that part of defeat is deny them all territory? Absolutely. Destroy that so that caliphate no longer exists. So we're talking about pretty much decimation, correct? (04:06–04:25)
CLAIM
Asserts that the caliphate's establishment is a recruitment draw and relies on territorial gains.
This is an excerpt from a raw transcript. The assertions have not been audited or verified. Tap the video to view the source footage and understand the context.
