pakistanis were blaming the us for supplying weapons to the moon hatchet dean who were fighting against the soviets. mujahadin. and the pipeline going all the way to hyderabad. that is how it started and the pakistanis will have different perspective. the americans have been using pakistan since the soviet invasion but since 11th september 2001 pakistan played a role because military bases were provided and until recently went from karachi port and then by road all the way to afghanistan. it is very difficult to move heavy equipment by aso pakistan is a crucial role and an important role according to the foreign minister in bringing the taliban to the negotiating table. without pakistan it is difficult to see how any peace
weeks ago when their food ran out, leaving weapons and ammunition and more. when the americans were here, were you and your men attacking this base a lot? translator: yes. many times, we attacked this base when america was here. we did operations. we were using ieds. the americans had their helicopters, weapons, and tanks on the ground. we mujahadin resisted very well. reporter: now they roam through what s left of the tactical operations center. anything of value will be stripped down and sold. walking through what s left of these american bases, you have to ask yourself, what was it all for? america s great experiment with nation-building now vanished into dust. translator: it s our belief that one day, mujahadin will have victory and islamic law will come not to just
when the food ran out, leaving weapons, ammunition and more. when the americans were here were you and your men attacking this base a lot? translator: yes, many times, we attacked this base when america was here. we did operations. we were using ieds, the americans had their helicopters and tanks on the ground we resisted very well. reporter: now, they roam through what s left of the tactical operation center. anything of value will be stripped down and sold. walking through what s left of these american bases, you have to ask yourself what was it all for? reporter: america s great experiment with nation-building now vanished into dust. translator: it s our belief that one day mujahadin will have victory and islamic law will come not just to afghanistan, but all over the world.
charlie wilson s war, that the theme of it is, has to do with the americans walking away from the mujahadin in afghanistan, and of course, we all know what happens 20 years later. how concerned should we be about abandoning an ally like the kurds that maybe 20 years down the road this comes to bite us. i think secretary of state pompeo, the intelligence services, the foreign countries that are working with us, have it about right. that isis is not defeated. we have got to keep the pressure on isis so they don t recover. we may want a war over, we may even declare it over. you can pull your troops out as president obama learned the hard way, out of iraq, but the enemy gets a vote, we say in the military. in this case, if we don t keep the pressure on, then isis will resurge. it s absolutely a given that they will come back. is turkey an ally? turkey is a nato ally.
saddam had taken over neighboring kuwait and was poised to strike the kingdom. the presence of u.s. soldiers saved saudi arabia. but it infuriated the wahabis. this american service woman has problems dealing with saudi men here. who believed that no foreign army should ever be allowed into the land of the two holy mosques. bin laden urged the saudi royal family to let him fight saddam himself with his own army of mujahadin. they brushed him off. osama bin laden was furious. he thought that this is the unholiest thing anybody can do, bringing the infidels to the arabian peninsula. in 1996, with american troops still in the kingdom, osama bin laden issued a fatwa.