John McCain actually said...

Our success in preventing further terrorist attacks is owed largely to our own intensive intelligence collection efforts worldwide and at home.

Highlights the importance of intelligence in preventing terrorism post-9/11.

07/10/2012

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That withdrawal of United States power created a vacuum that was filled by all of the worst actors in the region.

I have no doubt that ISIL will eventually be expelled from its strongholds in Mosul and Raqqa.

it's been an unmitigated disaster.

The rise of ISIL and the threat it poses has made al Qaeda appear modest by comparison.