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>> prime minister maliki shares a lot of the blame here by getting rid of his senior army commanders the ones who were competent. unfortunately most of them were sunni and they were let go at the expense of shia cronies of the prime minister. >> reporter: then came the withdrawal of u.s. forces in 2011. leaving the iraqis with no military infrastructure no equivalent of west point, a national guard, or pentagon to train and lead the troops. morale is said to be terrible. corruption rife. many soldiers say they go unpaid for long periods of time. others are stealing what pay there is. last year...

Sector. it's economy is tanking. gdp was half, more than 2012, 3.2. there's corruption rife within the country, labor supply, premature mortality rates. you add security in terms of the north caucusus region, corruption, no reform going on whatever and reliance on natural gas and oil, russia is not in a great place. >> gianni, nobody wants to be seen with putin or don't feel safe over there. very few of the western world leaders are going to the olympics this time. >> i don't plame them. i found out what happened to the ring. putin is wearing it. >> come on now, you're a dapper guy. what do yo...

We're just see corruption rife throughout the system? >> anybody that took advantage of it should be prosecuted. but let's not throw the attention. bp made them spillonaires. they set the rate. if they paid it and it was wrong, someone should be prosecuted. but let's look at the attention on what the coast guard wasted. money that was spent, and i'll bet you there was more money wasted by the coast guard than was ever spent to recover the oil or build the berms. it's easy to throw rocks after the fact. but let's disclose how much the coast guard spent, and nobody in the coast guard has oil on ...