War

Pentagon exaggerating ISIS casualties because they're not really waging war on ISIS.

"This assessment of progress against the Islamic State differs sharply from public statements by top Obama administration officials as recently as last month, including Secretary of State John Kerry and retired General John Allen, the president's special coordinator for the coalition against the Islamic State. In February, Allen said that half the group's leaders in Iraq had been killed."

They're waging war on Syria alongside ISIS. This is why the Iraqis teamed up with Iranians to retake Tikrit, not US forces.