Buck Sexton
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They said he in Nigeria.
So I, let's just say, linked up with some locals who were like, hey, there's this group that is like sawing people's heads off, we've heard, and like doing bad stuff up in the north.
We should go up there and talk to some, like basically do some collection.
By the way, I wasn't even, I hadn't even, you know, I was.
Absolutely.
A road trip.
So I was there, but it was actually a fascinating thing because I linked up with some guys who were obviously far more seasoned and they thought I was amusing and they happened to be kind of bright wing, which as you know, is not always the case in our.
Former employer.
And they took me around and I got to sort of see the origin story in real time of what became Boko Haram.
Like went to some of the places and talked to some of the local security.
And this is the stuff.
I get into some of the basics of this.
It was 20 years ago, right?
So the good news is, I mean, enough time has passed where, and obviously there's no names or any sort of operational details, but just the basics of like, here's why I was in this country and here's what I saw going on there.
Yeah, they actually did.
I thought they would have a heavier hand on that.
Some of the Iraq and Afghanistan stuff, which is also in the book, obviously I was in Iraq and Afghanistan.
I mean, I know you know that, but for the audience.
Uh, and, and that, uh, they weren't, they weren't rough on that stuff.
They let me talk about it.