Man, I don't know how I felt then. I... Look, I was... At that point,looking into the...
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Man, I don't know how I felt then. I... Look, I was... At that point,
looking into the Caliphate, I was... You know, once again, the Americans
had, like, thrown it away. You know? They'd thrown it away.
I mean, I was there in 2003 when they took down Saddam -
they threw it away, you know? I was there in 2008 after the surge, and the violence had gone
to nothing. It was done. Al-Qaeda was finished. And what happens? The Americans leave,
and so Omar al-Baghdadi, he's the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, he dispatches like
half a dozen guys to Syria
looking into the Caliphate, I was... You know, once again, the Americans
had, like, thrown it away. You know? They'd thrown it away.
I mean, I was there in 2003 when they took down Saddam -
they threw it away, you know? I was there in 2008 after the surge, and the violence had gone
to nothing. It was done. Al-Qaeda was finished. And what happens? The Americans leave,
and so Omar al-Baghdadi, he's the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, he dispatches like
half a dozen guys to Syria
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Man, I don't know how I felt then.
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I... Look, I was...
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At that point,
looking into the Caliphate, I was...
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You know, once again, the Americans
had, like, thrown it away. You know?
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They'd thrown it away.
I mean, I was there in 2003
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when they took down Saddam -
they threw it away, you know?
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I was there in 2008 after the surge,
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and the violence had gone
to nothing.
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It was done. Al-Qaeda was finished.
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And what happens?
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The Americans leave,
and so Omar al-Baghdadi,
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he's the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq,
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he dispatches like
half a dozen guys to Syria.
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With unique personal archive from civilians and soldiers from both sides of the conflict, this series takes viewers closer to the realities of war and life under ISIS than they have ever been before.
