Well, bottom line is the historic blunder. This administration was not leaving a stabilizing force behind in Iraq. I think. I do not believe Syria would have spun out of control. Certainly ISIS rose from the defeated ashes of what was Al Qaeda in Iraq again, because President Obama did not take the historic opportunity to leave the stabilizing force behind. So bottom line is his strategy of peace through withdrawal has been a miserable. A miserable failure, and we're seeing the consequences of that failure. Senator Johnson, Senator Murphy, thank you both. (10:03–10:13)
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Asserts that ISIS emerged due to the absence of a stabilizing force in Iraq after Al Qaeda's defeat.
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