The above episode (The Lost Generation of Iraqi Youth) is from Season 5 of VICE on HBO and examines the state of Iraq’s youth generation as ISIS is finally driven out from the country. For the young Iraqis on the other side of the conflict, whether Sunni or Shia, it is not so different. With few opportunities in education or employment, many young men—and as we found out, many children—see enlisting with sectarian militias as the best course of action, even if it means death. While Islamic State’s days in Iraq may be over, the conditions that gave rise to it haven’t changed.