Dem Sen. Chris Murphy Blames Bush for Radicalization of Hebdo Terrorists
RACHEL MADDOW: Do you see a meaningful connection between the military fight against ISIS on the ground in Iraq and Syria and the international threat posed by ISIS both through propaganda, perhaps through directly organizing foreign attacks and inspiring the kind of fighters who we saw strike last week in France? CHRIS MURPHY: I clearly think that you're seeing a flow of foreign fighters back and forth into Syria and Iraq that's presenting real problems and threats to our allies in Europe and potentially here to the United States. But I think it is important just to recognize that the individuals who carried out these attacks in Paris were originally radicalized not by ISIS but in coordination against the United States' invasion and occupation of Iraq. That's what initially brought them into this fight, and it's worth repeating that those who would call for another insertion of U.S. ground troops to fight ISIS would be essentially repeating the very mistake that r...