Here's the biggest reason why American airstrikes against ISIS aren't working

We're missing one of the most overlooked components that make airstrikes effective: a few boots on the ground

ISIS airstrikes
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda))

Poor Barack Obama. With his many problems sending his approval ratings to record lows, the one thing it seemed he could take solace in was that he'd go down in history as the president who got us out of Iraq.

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