past few years, iraq was stable, things change, it s not his fault, nothing s his fault. just because something s stable two years ago or four years ago, doesn t mean it s stable right now. and what we have in this situation in which in part because of growing mistrust between sunni and shiite, some of the forces that have always possibly pulled iraq apart are stronger now. those forces that could keep the country united are weaker. here with reaction, a special in studio appearance, the former vice president of the united states, how are you? good, sean. glad to be on the show again many. all of the blood, sweat, tears and sacrifice, the surge, all of this goes into getting iraq, not a perfect democracy, certainly better off than it was. certainly. and an ally in the region of the united states. you see now city after city falling. the president says he s not responsible.
past few years, iraq was stable, things change, it s not his fault, nothing s his fault. just because something s stable two years ago or four years ago, doesn t mean it s stable right now. and what we have in this situation in which in part because of growing mistrust between sunni and shiite, some of the forces that have always possibly pulled iraq apart are stronger now. those forces that could keep the country united are weaker. here with reaction, a special in studio appearance, the former vice president of the united states, how are you? good, sean. glad to be on the show again many. all of the blood, sweat, tears and sacrifice, the surge, all of this goes into getting iraq, not a perfect democracy, certainly better off than it was. certainly. and an ally in the region of the united states. you see now city after city falling. the president says he s not
administration to plan what they want to do. a lot of the inroads, the fast movement that isis forces and sunni supporters have been able to make are predominantly sunni areas in the north and elsewhere, even in the weren t part of baqubah. but as you get closer to baghdad, more shia-controlled areas, there are more motivated fighters here certainly in the iraqi military, shia fighters and also now tens of thousands of vol tuunteevolunteers, some training over the last several years fighting for bashar al assad in syria who have returned to fight isis. you don t hear people in baghdad itself worrying about this city falling. nevertheless, the situation is very tense here, jake. anderson, the last time i was in baghdad, there was a big debate in the american media whether to call what was going on in iraq a civil war since the sectarian conflicts between shiite and sunni and kurd was so