And you know, we've had testifying before our committee and I've been talking to people behind the scenes that were involved in the 2007 surge. And Back then we were fighting six to 8,000 members of Al Qaeda in Iraq. And that's basically what, basically what ISIS is now. It's a form of successful organization because we didn't leave a stabilizing force behind. So they were able to rise from the ashes. (01:46–01:50)
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