from that interview in hindsight I think its easy to say "I told you so" but if I were to get informed from this interview for the first time without knowing what would happen for the next decade in syria I would have thought cooper was the more reliable source. he did not explain why all of the sudden these terrorists sprung up 10 years after iraq, and when he said they were "protecting" reporters it sounded like they actually were prevented to do their job...