HOW AMERICA Helped ISIS.

There were 26,000 detainees at the height of the war, and over 100,000 individuals passed through the gates of Camps Bucca, Cropper and Taji. Quite a few were dangerous insurgents; many others were innocent.

Small-time criminals, violent terrorists and unknown personalities were separated only along sectarian lines. This provided a space for extremists to spread their message. The detainees who rejected the radicals in their cells faced retribution from other prisoners through “Shariah courts” that infested the facilities.

The radicalization of the prison population was evident to anyone who paid attention. Unfortunately, few military leaders did.

I hear that there are a lot of other places where “extremists” teach “moderates.” They’re called mosques.