Peter Bergen is CNN's national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. He is the author of"United States of Jihad: Investigating America's Homegrown Terrorists." The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion articles at CNN.
Five years ago, ISIS reigned over 34,000 square miles in Iraq and Syria and collected billions of dollars in taxes and oil revenues as well as from looting banks. Today, its so-called caliphate is virtually gone. And yet on Sunday, the continued influence of ISIS' ideology became gruesomely apparent: A terrorist attack, one of the most lethal since 9/11, killed at least 321 people at churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka. On Tuesday Sri Lankan authorities accused a local Islamist group, National Tawheed Jamath, of carrying out the attacks.
peterbergencnn End time saga. It's been prophesized. Read bible
peterbergencnn You start to wonder if the corrupt MSM has some to do with these attacks, because of the hate and division they have on their networks now. CNN is the worst about that, and is a Deep State News Network now.
peterbergencnn God says in His Bible “My enemies, are many, and hate me with violent hatred.” (Psa 25:19) I hate the assembly of evildoers, and I will not sit with the wicked. (Psa 26:5) He repays those who hate Him. Therefore, you shall keep the commandment and the statutes” (Deu 7:10-11)
peterbergencnn ISIS has fulproof strategy. In troubld times, spred out as small indvidual moduls, capabl of carying out indepndnt isolated operatns. They are all self motivated, know what they have2 do. They don't need leadership & guidance. Trump can't finish off ISIS. Saudi money helps ISIS.
peterbergencnn And yet the left and MSM still support vile Islamists. Enemy of the people indeed!
peterbergencnn I thought CNN supported terrorism
peterbergencnn Instead of reporting on the real issue( a radical religious idealology), CNN finds a way of using a horrific terror attack to bash Trump. Nice work.
peterbergencnn Whoever they are, they have long been fed by the evil and wicked foreign policy of US and their allies.
peterbergencnn Not the “influence of the terror group’s ideology.” The terror group itself. They have claimed responsibility. It’s not merely “terrorist ideology.” It is terrorists doing this. The same hatred and intolerance that took place in Christchurch, directed against Christians.
peterbergencnn Maybe news organizations like you should stop glorifying Islamic extremism?
peterbergencnn ISIS does not require a so called 'caliphate' to spread it's terrorism. We were warned that it's loss of territory would not stop them from these type of acts.
peterbergencnn No one ever said ISIS was defeated. We have only said the calaphate was gone. fakeNewsCNN MAGA
peterbergencnn Not virtually gone : only physically or geographically, as the article itself says : 'attacks r a terrible reminder that ISIS' ideology,which treats adherents of other religions,Muslims who don't share Sunni extremist agenda as 'infidels,'wasnt extinguished with.. caliphate
peterbergencnn it's hard to punish a suicide bomber.
peterbergencnn Its actually quranic doctrine that is used to justify attacking Christians and unbelievers.
peterbergencnn Either trump is lying or Sri Lanka attack was done by someone else
peterbergencnn Like it or not.death is all around, and will be around until this world ends. To those who suffered and died. They are now at peace, those those still living, we are still in the fight. All of us are.
peterbergencnn You can destroy an entire wasp nest once you know where it is. But it is virtually impossible to eradicate scattered roaches.
Till a single Muslim is there anywhere in d world, U can't be sure what he/she is up to in the name of ALLAH/MOHAMMED,Caliphate D dream
peterbergencnn Obama’s JV team. Sad.
peterbergencnn Until there is no one left to fight, there will always be killing/war. There will always be that one person who wants the world under his thumb, and there will be thise who wont stands for it. Peace is a fictional idea because humanity craves war.
peterbergencnn Where is Omar
peterbergencnn I just think we as Americans need to handle America and leave these other Countries to fight their own battles..we can't do shit for another Country when WE f**ked up ourselves!!
peterbergencnn Its ideology rooted in Saudi Wahhabism has not eradicated yet.
peterbergencnn It's easy to kill a human but not that easy to kill an ideology.
peterbergencnn Well, of course - you d need to be naive to think you can defeat a sick ideology with weapons and military. Look at ww2 .. stomped Germany into the stoneage .. yet, plenty of Nazis around today still.. they just wont die
peterbergencnn Wahhabism is the core ideology of Saudi, Al Qaeda, and ISIS. Is Wahhabism gone?
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peterbergencnn According to the reports, the government over there allowed it to happen.
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