HOST BOB SCHIEFFER: Years after we came through Vietnam experience, I remember thinking, you know, we kept asking during that period, ‘Are we winning?’ And when you have to ask the question, generally you’re not winning because victory is always obvious. Do you think we’re winning now?
SCHIFF: I wouldn’t say that we’re winning. I don’t think we’re losing either, but I think we’re seeing an ebb and flow, and largely a stalemate situation in thewar against ISIS.
I get concerned when I hear the administration use metric of how many sorties, how many bombing runs we’re doing. I think the more important metrics are how are we doing stopping foreign fighters entering the country, how are we doing in drying up ISIS’ resources, how are we doing in working with Gulf allies on fighting the ideological fight within Islam that we’re not positioned to fight ourselves, and how are
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