Frontline 'The War Briefing'

[cahillgreg]

Editors decided not to broadcast recorded footage of Marines being ambushed and butchered - before ultimately being forced to withdraw completely in 2010.

Do we really need to dress a loss up in a Hollywood hero storyline.

[MrSplashcakes]

good luck lads. get some of those dirty cunts !!

[MrDaleaaaa]

these guys could make good wildland fire fighters when thry get done there .drive on my young worriers.

[nolexakabigfliplol]

Is that OP Restrepo at the start? it looks familiar because I saw the documentary

[kattjohnr]

@nolexakabigfliplol Yes it is.

[kattjohnr]

@nolexakabigfliplol Yes it is.



[blavallee4]

Restrepo.

[SMF13los]

American and talibasn are same shit.Noz zica srebrenica.SRBIJA

[360Nomad]

@SMF13los Things Americans and Afghans share in common: -We're very diverse -We can't read -We both love guns -We can't get along with anyone -Everyone's scared shitless of us. Because we're fucking crazy -We're too damn stuborn -We spend more time killing our own peoples than anyone else Things Americans and Afghan don't share in common: -Baby fucking is not okay in America -American women are hotter -Americans have better beer. -In Afghanistan, stoning isn't against the law. IT IS THE LAW!

[SMF13los]

@360Nomad Came to Serbia pusy

[360Nomad]

@SMF13los I wasn't slandering your country. I was slandering my own.

[SMF13los]

@360Nomad .i.

[360Nomad]

@SMF13los You're gay.

[ShpongledMantra]

relied on airstrikes to fight the war.......pussies!

[sga86]

@ShpongledMantra do you suggest calvary charges?

[WatISayGoes1]

Just recently watched Restrepo...crazy valley that was!! Thnks to the guys who were brave enought to handle tha bullshit!!

[SteU4IA]

@WatISayGoes1 Yea same, crazy how people can survive 15 months of that. 

[IronPriest82]

It's creepy when the insurgents actully send messages in the radio. Gotta respect those guys, I would be shitting in my pants 24/7.

[29manchu]

:50 Artillery!?!?! You don't ever call an 11C a gun bunny. Artillery WTF. 11M gone, 11H gone, 11D gone, 11F all gone and all the other weird ass Infantry MOSes. No one can do are job, thats why there is still 11C. 11C the grunts of grunts.

[killercrabcake]

@29manchu Call me a bubble chaser, that's fine... but never call me a gun bunny!! GUNS UP!

[RasheemH]

RIP to all my battle buddies and everyone whos lost their lives in country

[me3214966101]

scared pussies=americans they all knew they been thrown here to get killed...lol

[SanderTheNinja]

@me3214966101 It is truely disgusting that someone who sits at home typing on his computer can put down men and women of any nation who fight to keep your fucking peace . Utterly Disgusting.

[krysis01]

@me3214966101 scared pussies? how many wars have you fought in? or do you just sit behind your safe little computer and talk shit?

[sietepeo1]

Well fucking idiot since the taliban change it name from freedon heros to a cowards terrorist I realize the kind of crap is the US politic and idealism, and yeah you think you superman because you are backet for the air power, but all that will change when the iranian give to the afghan a couple of S-300 for waste you shit out ,furthermore those raghead as you call them will give you lesson how to defeat a superpower.

[brandlee1985]

if usa whant to win in afganistan she need 10000000000000000000000 soldiers. afganistan is soooo . fuck

[EllisFitz1995]

at the end of the day, the Taliban can't expect to keep fighting, they're loosing large numbers by the days, their commanders are getting killed an their being flushed out of every part of Afghanistan. they cant keep up, soon the US, British and NATO are going to hunt them down and send them hiding in underground caves like Al Queda did so its not long before they are all wiped out.

[Moseleytheawesome]

Fuck that 4,500 currently available? If were gonna win this we need to get some more guy's over there and kick there fucking durka ass's back to the stone age.

[NikeBOY9769]

My dad was in the army. My cousin is in the army, my step brothers in da army too! My step sister in da navy!! Next is mi, I'll be in the airforce!! I'll do anything 2 protect this country!!

[sietepeo1]

Do you say that taliban are a bunch of cowards but you dont like go outside of you bases without airsupport neither. the same the russians

[21usarmy21]

@sietepeo1 um maybe because were fucking smart in having air support you fucking idiot fight smart not dumb so since you want to be an idiot and leave stupid ass comments such as your own please side with the taliban so we can gun run your ass to hell you fucking piece of worthless shit....out

[sietepeo1]

@21usarmy21 it is a matter of time when you will be the target of you own american guns captured by taliban, you f.... ignorant , do you really think those taliban do not know how to manage a fight with a superpower regular army? you are wrong folk.

[21usarmy21]

@sietepeo1 well god damn guess im taking lessons from some mother fucker whos never been at war with anyone shit your sorry ass is probaby 30 whos probably sitten at home all day living off mommy and daddy still lol before you talk about war and who were fightin go and experience it you piece of shit i wish there was a draft so they could draft all you sorry pussys to war maybe it teach you a thing or two on growing some balls faggot

[sietepeo1]

@21usarmy21 yeah mother fucker you are the only soldier in the only army in the damn world, so you fell so special for been in the fucking war, get out of your fucking vehicle and climb the f.... hill and fight like a man. IoI

[21usarmy21]

@sietepeo1 um and where the fuck did this bitch come from and wants to have his to sense in this shit get the fuck outta here dumb ass lol i wont even argue with your faggot ass bitch lol this mother fucker trust me i dont need some cock sucker to tell me about being special since you wanna suck your buddies dick and shit lol

[sietepeo1]

@21usarmy21 the only thing you can probably teach to somebody is how get pregnant IoI

[21usarmy21]

@sietepeo1 hahahaha man i dont know where that came from but that is funny im no girl but guess i will agree with that females in the us army get knocked up like theres no tomorrow haha i personally dont think females should be in the military but hell thats just me good one though

[sietepeo1]

@21usarmy21 THAT IS RIGHT SOLDIER

[walkertexasranger33]

heh ya its just like vietnam.. impossible force to track down that is being supplied with weapons and logistics and man power from a neighbouring country

[oneirishpoet]

yeah, I'm sure it's worth every human life destroyed because the war criminal Bush decided to attack the wrong country...of course almost all the 9/11 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia but those guys are his Dad's business partners, along with the Bin Laden family, so I guess he wouldn't attack them....bloody freakin' shame that all this killing continues for NOTHING!

[21usarmy21]

@oneirishpoet who the fuck fed you that bull shit your professor i assume hahaha your retarded if you believe that horse shit mother fucker

[goodnightChesty1775]

120mm!!!! oh yeah!!

[Mobbin01]

@horeslayer go to wikipedia and type "List of countries by military expenditures" we are 1in all areas, don't know what your argument is about comparing us to BURMA?? Countries easily destroying our bases has NOTHING to do with it. Go research the CIA and what they do to keep America" free" then take a class in Geo-politics. This war will drag on because the root cause of it is not being discussed.

[Sekter12]

damn we either send more troops over there or we can just leave there country in a shithole!!

[horeslayer]

have any of you seen what it was like before we came? there was a pre-war documentary and it was horrifying. I'm glad we're fighting over there, before we came they were slaughtering women and children in soccer stadiums if they broke a law. They stuck tank barrels through windows and houses and killed families. Women were beaten for being beautiful, and men for being clean shaven. It's easy to forget that when we sleep in beds every night, wake up and read about the war over our coffee.

[Mobbin01]

@horeslayer Right. If I have learned anything about history, its that you can change people and a culture, especially when you use guns! Long live the Afghan!

[horeslayer]

@Mobbin01 they weren't slaughtering women and children before the Taliban took control though. and There were multiple Afghan resistance groups such as the Northern Alliance that our CIA paramilitary and Green berets worked with successfully . In other words, many Afghans hate the Taliban, so long live them and down with oppressive regimes like the one we're fighting now.

[Mobbin01]

@horeslayer You need to do a little more historical research...Guess who created and funded the Taliban? We did, to fight the Russians when they invaded Afghanistan. And we use groups like the northern alliance, only when it is in our own interest. The American government (CIA) does not care if a country is ruled by despots or oppressive regimes, as long as they are inline with OUR interests. We need to get out of the middle east entirely and let them hash out their own problems.

[horeslayer]

@Mobbin01 no, the Afghan guerrillas we funded in the 80's were an entirely different organization than the Taliban. The Taliban were a Muslim revival that took control using left over Soviet arms from the war. (ZPU anti-air turrets that angled to turn into anti-personnel weapons and old Soviet tanks, AK-47's etc.) all of the weapons we gave them like stinger missiles are all used up now and they are mostly self funded through opiate sales.

[horeslayer]

@Mobbin01 and they never will hash out their own problems, they'll just continue to commit humanitarian atrocities like we have been seeing, and the international community will scream "DO SOMETHING!" and then complain that we do a shitty job. I think a correspondent from Time magazine put it best, "you people want out of Afghanistan because we can't do good every where, but we can still do good some places."

[Mobbin01]

@horeslayer Um...your assuming a lot. Your the one yelling do something and your the one who is SO GLAD we are there. And I am not saying that "they" are doing a shitty job, because the whole ideas of "winning" Afghanistan is ridiculous. I am saying end the American empire. Or its going to end us.

[horeslayer]

@Mobbin01 I don't think winning over there is ridiculous. we came damn close in 2001 and we've now freed up our resources from Iraq to the war we should've focused on all along. And how are we an Empire? we're not planing on annexing Afghanistan, we just want to kill the Taliban and Bin Laden before we try to get the GDP per capita up to $2000 so that people have something to lose so that they don't throw their lives away in extremist groups like the Taliban.

[Mobbin01]

@horeslayer We are an Empire because we spend more on defense than every other country in the world combined. Our bases spread all across the globe. We have been an empire since the end of WW2. What about the Pakistani ISI? It is all an endless game, and we are the suckers. Who would pulling our bases bankrupt? Not spending our money on policing the world, how could it be better spent at home?

[horeslayer]

@Mobbin01 we may spend more, but we don't spend the highest percent of our GDP on defense, look at North Korea, Burma, and China. We may spend the most, but that's because we have more money than a lot of other countries. And we are not an empire. We have bases on foreign soil, but those countries can easily destroy those bases if they really deem us a threat. But about Afghanistan, I still think we can win there, but I doubt I can convince you otherwise. We'll just have to wait and see I guess.

[himynameissudip]

if the american ppl dont want to fight this war, then fine stay home like usual. but send me, again. i have seen the faces of the afghan boys that will be lopped off if/when we abandon them. vote for "pro war" politicians or at least educate yourself before you start say "bring the troops home". i dont want to be home, i want to do my job. you can go back to your burgers and fries, civilians, but dont stop me from doing my job.

[Tockyard]

Korengal stands for the armpit of the world. What the hell are we doing there?

[probot65]

Air support is crucial

[RIDETHESNAIL]

at 4:50 tht guy got hella scared

[annbluvd828]

is religion really the cause of this? if that's the case, how I wish no more religions exist and that all peoples on earth will only believe in the One and True God who created heavens and earth! The God of Abraham, Isaac, Ishmael, and Jacob. The God who only desires to redeem human kind from the slavery and punishment of sin and that His creation will love and worship Him in Spirit and in Truth

[probot65]

I would hope these Heros hava nice stone BBQ

[alphafirstoneyou]

any volcanoes in afganistan?

[wilie123]

hallo dear reader

I am an afghan non muslim so you can't put me in any catagories

the question is

why is the u s efforts not yelding !

the answer is

the efforts are not co ordinated

just imagine u s says pakistan is our friend but pakistan is training and arming the insurgency

so what kind of friendship is this ?

[nachospole1]

u can see the fear in some off there eys sends shivas down my spine i kinda have an idea now of what my dad went through in iraq with australian army it probably wasnt as bad as these guys because of the job he was doing im proud of what my family has done over the years iraq ww2 ww1 with australian and brittish forces good luck guys hope u are all safe

[alex10186]

i find it hard to believe these random fuckers that claim there in the service, saying they just came back from a tour..like this faggot below me. all of your a just a bunch of kids who play to many video games.

[FrankDeSonia11B]

Not saying that he is in the military dude, but what if he actually is? Then you look like a dick.

[alex10186]

@FrankDeSonia11B ahah, I'll take the walk of shame if i'am wrong. but without proof, like their mos, where they where posted that kind of b.s. but i know what your sayin

[FrankDeSonia11B]

ya i do agree with you. I can tell a lot of people do that, which pisses me off. lol

[kokosz33]

it is so beatifull in there.Shame that I cant go there to see it all

[Jackofalltrades16]

Join the army

[Westergren86]

This war is like vietnam

[panzergeneral1939]

we could end all this shit with 4 dozen nukes i tea bag the taliban and all other enemies of the free world!!!!!!!!!!!!!and the russians need to stop giving those assholes state of the art weapons to shoot at us!!!!! fuck the commies to!!!

[corcaighrebel]

stunning opening sequence, but yes a tad dramatic, the US troops look like old Roman soliders on Hadrian's wall, patrolling the outer reaches of Empire, incidentally Roman power once stretched into the Middle East, right down to the port of Basra, the Romans discovered it was unsustainable and gradually withdrew, little remains now bar a few ruins..............the sands of time.................

[michamus]

@corcaighrebel

You were around when roman soldiers stood on Hadrian's Wall?

Man, you're so cool...

[corcaighrebel]

ha ha, if only, think you take me a bit literally, was basing my observation on literary/historical account as well as recent archaeological excavations, one of which uncovered thousands of slates which were the 'post/mail' in Roman times, one Roman soldier asked his mother for woolly socks because standing on Hadrian's wall was freezing his toes :-) - I find the parallels interesting, definitely think it is military overstretch, costing a fortune as well, not good

[gman2152]

Seriously, we can do without the Fucking Music, and the Melodramatic introduction. The Narrator needs to be behind the story, about how we are there to Fuck them Up. Fuck them.

[KOONKILL]

you gotta hand it 2 the troops over there they gotta have testicles bigger than female afghan breasticles

[JAMOCU07]

Navy SEALs where the first in afghanistan, them and SFOD-D.

[mxpunker10]

its 10th ass fuck we did a hell of a better job and thats not the 10th cuz i was in the K.O.P at that time

[michamus]

@mxpunker10

Your "better job" is the reason things were horrible when we got there. They sure got a lot better when we were getting ready to leave though.

[kfx400660]

I was in the korengal 2004 2005 3rd bn 3rd marines and iraq 06 07 haditha 2bn 3rd marine i think the 11th mnt. unit took over when the marines pulled out of there

[GHOSTSHADOW1]

what the fuck is blue spaders if your ngoing to say it make sure everybody understands i hate people  like u

[notimeforcash]

iraq is easy street compared to afghanistan, its always been overshadowed by fucking politics and the media, its about time we start putting men where it actully counts for something

[Susanna052288]

God bless all the men over there.. exspecailly my husband i love you baby and cant wait till u come home.. ur my hero i am so proud of u.. fuck all this taliban mother fuckers and war bullshit...

[Ezzedeen01]

My cousin is trying to kill your husband :)

[JLozano1963]

get out of canada and we will all hunt you and your family tree, extremist muslims all suck camel cock!

[CaptainAmerica322]

1st ID is bad ass.

[11Bulletstopper]

God damn yall need to shut the fuck up and watch the video and pray for 1/26. Tired of reading all these posts of fuckin cherries who have no idea what in the FLYING FUCK they are talking about.

[steelreserves1]

marines were there, then 10th mountain, then 173rd, now fort hood i think.....I was 10th mountain

[Italllianranger17695]

I'm joining next summer. 11X airborne infantry contract. Hopefully i'll be placed in the 173rd! Thanks for the service bro!

[ciskokidd21]

Marines are still there. They are all spread out through out Konar, Nuristan ect... in small 2 or 3 man teams training the ANA. And yes 3rd Mar Regt still has its footprint in the area. Shaka baby!!!

[ipts5i]

Wow, this vid is so good and high def compared to other news clips I've seen. This korengal valley affair conjures up dangerous similarities with Vietnam, especially the wild terrain, plenty of spots to hide for ambush, and American soldiers sticking their necks out and being exposed as they wander through hostile territory from village to village. We need more troops in there NOW....Obama had better hurry, before the Talib drive the soldiers out of the mountains.

[YourBodyGod]

Well I've watched this the other day in a Class im currently enlisted in the Marine corps and this has motivated me to go over and kill we leave pretty soon and I CANT WAIT. Those fuckers cant handle us Marines

OORAH

[indiakimachodipakne]

haha you idiot !! in that region its impossible to win ! cant you hear what they say? they feel ghost are shooting at them!! in history noooo power cud ever win there but only tribes living there. Its impossible to get rid of talibans in that region !! americans soldier not matter how much in quantity gnna die if they try to push further in !! didnt you see there faces ?? so scared the proud of marine is shatterd by them !! they looked exhausted and gt earily pinned down by talibs !! haha

[GHOSTSHADOW1]

thats bull shit..thats what marines train for ...they train to fight and take down names..fucken idiot..

[11Bulletstopper]

You can't even spell. You sound like a stupid fuck.

[indiakimachodipakne]

thats called slang you stupid piece of shit !!

ask your mum who your daddy is !! she will tell you that this fuck fucked her in her fucking bed in fucking doggystyle way in her ass and your result of that sex you fucking ass born piece of crap

[11Bulletstopper]

My "mum" HAHAHA.... You are a misguided 30 year old who has done nothing in you're life and have no idea wha you are talking about. Run along now and go suck start a shotgun

[indiakimachodipakne]

oo i have done alot good in my life !! fuckingup your mum was one of them ;)

[11Bulletstopper]

you have done "alot"!?!?!...wow! high five! Well I'm done talking with you so you better get off the computer at the public library and go back to you're old folks home.

[indiakimachodipakne]

who wants to go home when you have a bitch in your home which is your mum i fuck when your in your school my son

[michamus]

india. GROW UP.

[YourBodyGod]

Your probably fucking Taliban yourself. I just got back from Afghanistan. We didnt have a problem pushing into the south. Killed a bunch of you disgusting towel heads you piece of shit!

[indiakimachodipakne]

am prob the biggest taliban hater on earth !! i wud nuke em today only if can !!

buh i noo you fuckin faggot americans are no less thn taliban !! you both are terrorists !! same to me !! you both will kill each other and die !! thats wot i want !!! i see how you pushin to the south !! seems more like you are gettin ur head pushed up in ur asses hahaha die fucken americans dieee you sobs

[Mobbin01]

@YourBodyGod No doubt! Praise Jesus you killed them...People need to be more like this guy! And not question their own beliefs...Hey, don't you ever tell feel bed that those people you killed could have been just like you.

[ukrainiaNManiak]

@YourBodyGod do you know why you were in Afghanistan?

[Austin393]

@YourBodyGod With your M4?

[lucky70duce]

@YourBodyGod your full of shit

[Ievolovel]

@YourBodyGod Nice, stereotypical racist jar head.

[0515524847]

@YourBodyGod hahhaa keyboard crusaders is so like OLD STORY. I wonder why do u have to lie so much. ~ROFL~

[0515524847]

@YourBodyGod PS: Why should any one give a fuck to what u say when we can see it all to know who is getting fucked up. LOL

[kattjohnr]

I disagree about the better technology.

[21usarmy21]

@kattjohnr and what the taliban has better? lol

[MrJasonSmarts]

Marines are just the same as soldiers except they use better technology.

[CaptainAmerica322]

army uses better techonolgy, marines get hand me downs, although that is starting to change. but i agree, soldiers and marines are equal when it comes to killing

[SS13E3]

Dammit...send the Marines in

They wont fuck around

[mikindani71]

dont be dumb, the terrain there counters whatever technology, or kick ass force you send in. Were fighting on their turf, against a enemy that disapears into the population. On top of the fact that there really isnt an established front line. It's Nam again and our policy makers better figure a way out of quick because we just wasting lives in that hole in the world.

[kattjohnr]

Yes, we are throwing lives away, like they don't matter.

[SS13E3]

Did you hear what 2/7 recently did?

some major general came out to thank them for being the only battalion to be the most successful, doing the most with little.

[mikindani71]

no, honestly i didnt here about that, what happend? dont get me wrong, im behind our troops 110%, i just hate to see us waste lives on winless situation. i truly dont think we will ever completely destroy the taliban. not taking anything away from 2/7 or any other unit that kicks ass, but one battle dosent win the war. our guys are doing a great job, but the odds are really stacked against them, just a simple fact.

[SS13E3]

I hate hearing that whole civilian belief about being able to win a war.

All we can get out of todays wars is a good combat action. Young men join to see if they could hack it in a firefight...its about the small things to us...combat action ribbon...winning the war is up to the politicians and the media.

we could never win that

[mikindani71]

first of all, just 4 the record, im not a civilian, im 4 years active duty Navy, and im currently in the Navy Reserves, but thats neither here nor there. True, guys join to "get in on the action" , see how they stack up, and put all that training to use, but after that then what? Dont fool yourself into thinking there is some sort of romance, glamor, or honor in war. Its mankind at his worst. Soldiers fight for each other and not an agenda, but dont think for one second they dont want to win

[DDIISSEE]

Marines were already there...back in like 05-06

do some research buddy

[SS13E3]

yeah no shit as if Marines would sit out the opportunity to be on point after 9/11

[Italllianranger17695]

If in not mistaken Rangers were the first combat troops deployed. They did an airborne drop. I could be wrong, but it would make sense for rangers to be first

[thatrednosepit]

in reality ... our SF - Psyc Ops - Civil Affairs guys are "the real first to fight" not marines or rangers

[CaptainAmerica322]

Rangers are Special Operations. They jumped into Afghanistan before Marines went in.

[thatrednosepit]

rangers arent "exactly" Special Ops troops... not exactly there just a bad ass hardcore infantry unit ... our SF guys were the very first in Afghanistan "Operation Detachment Alpha 574" they went in i think october of 01 .. WAYYYYY before rangers or marines ... HOOAH!!!

[CaptainAmerica322]

Yes, I know that, my point was Rangers jumped into A'stan before Marines went in. But yeah, I know SF went in first. They went in and did what they were trained to do, raise a guerrilla force, and fight with them. Pretty cools shit.