SYRIA. 135KM EAST OF ALEPPO, IN A THOROUGHLY BOMBARDED TOWN. AT ONE TIME IT HAD A NAME, BUT NO LONGER. ANYTHING OF VALUE HAD LONG BEEN REMOVED FROM WHATEVER COULD BE FOUND IN THE RUBBLE OF FORMER RESIDENCES. PARTS OF BUILDINGS, OLD CLOTHES, AND OTHER UNKNOWN CONCRETE, WOOD AND PLASTIC PIECES ARE PUSHED ASIDE TO CREATE MAKE-SHIFT ROADS. THIS, THE FIRST HINT OF REBUILDING. ON ONE OF THOSE STEETS LIES THE FORWARD OPERATING BASE OF THE DURING THE COLD WAR, THE UNITED STATES WOULD NOT ATTACK THEIR LOCAL ISIS FACTION. ENEMY, THE SOVIET UNION DIRECTLY. THEY DID NOT WANT TO RISK ESCALATING TENSIONS WITH NATIONS THAT HAD NUCLEAR ARSENALS. THE CIA HAD A GREAT IDEA. THE US COULD STILL ATTACK THEIR ENEMIES, BUT THROUGH PROXIES. HENCE THE TERM PROXY WAR. THE CIA ARMED AND TRAINED MUJAHADEEN WARRIORS IN AFGHANISTAN WHO LAUNCHED ATTACKS AGAINST THE SOVIET UNION. IT WAS A GREAT DEAL UNTIL THE SOVIET UNION WITHDREW FROM AFGANISTAN. THE AFGHANIS SOON LEARNED THAT THE US WAS NOT MUCH BETTER THAN THE SOVIETS AND THE MUJAHADEEN TURNED AGAINST THEIR ONCE ALLY, AMERICA. WHEN THIS BLOWBACK OCCURED, THE CIA WAS IN THE BAD BOOKS. RESPOSIBILITIES WERE TRANSFERED TO DIFFERENT AGENCIES, AND ALL IMPORTANT FUNDING WAS CURTAILED AND HAD NEW OVERSIGHT. SO THE CIA CAME UP WITH A NEW IDEA, THEY WOULD STILL FIGHT PROXY WARS, BUT INSTEAD OF USING FOREIGN FIGHTERS TO DO THE DIRTY WORK, THEY WOULD USE US TROOPS DISGUISED AS FOREIGNERS. THESE TROOPS COULD BE DISAVOWED IF ANYTHING BAD HAPPENED. AND SO WAS BORN ISIS AND THE FICTICIOUS NATION OF THE ISLAMIC CALIPHATE. WHAT DO YOU SEE SARGEANT? LETS GO INSIDE. BUT FIRST A HISTORY LESSON. AND HERE IS WHERE WE FIND RETIRED US MARINE GENERAL THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING! AN ARMORED COLUMN FROM THE EAST. TERRANCE GALGREEN AS LEADER OF ISIS IN SYRIA. AND SOON... - ALL RIGHT MEN! IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE GOING TO BE IN THE FIGHT OF OUR LIVES HERE! WE HAVE TO AMBUSH THE LOT OF THESE TANKS. SUCH A GREAT NUMBER ENTERING THE THEATRE HERE WILL CHANGE THE WHOLE DYNAMIC OF THE WAR THE ISIS BATTALION GEAR UP WITH THEIR KALISHNIKOV RIFLES AND THE RUSSIAN TANKS ADVANCED... ANTI-TANK WEAPONARY.