Watch Part 2: Nick Turse Tracks U.S. Special Operations Forces from Africa to Syria

As President Obama deploys special operation forces to Syria, breaking his pledge not to put U.S. troops on the ground, we continue our conversation with journalist Nick Turse, who has been tracking the expansion of global U.S. militarism for the website TomDispatch and The Intercept. Turse also discusses his new book, Tomorrow's Battlefield: U.S. Proxy Wars and Secret Ops in Africa. "Africa Command claims they only have one base on the continent, Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti," Turse says. "Within a 10-mile radius there is actually another base." Watch Part 1 of this interview.

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2015-11-13T13:26:00