"I was being lied to about Middle Eastern culture the entire time," he says. "They're very kind people with high standards of civility that don't tolerate any bullshit" In Afghanistan, men and women stayed behind; in Ukraine it's kids who are left out. The U.S. has a long way to go when it comes to getting rid of ISIS-linked terror groups like al Qaeda but there is hope for the future if we keep working on issues such as climate change.