MSNBC Morning Joe August 19, 2021 10:50:00
The withdrawal from iraq in 2011, under the obama administration, the vacuum that left, which, of course, led to the rise of isis and then sucked the united states back into the region, into iraq and syria, is kind -- as a parallel, if anything, a better situation than what we face today. because iraq at least had a sovereign stable, semi-legitimate government. the afghan and taliban are not going to behave in the sort of international actor norms that we've seen from iraq. so i think the situation and the potential vacuum is worse. >> jessica, we've got a question for you from david ignatius....
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