CBC The Passionate Eye: Battlefield Afghanistan 1/5

[SpartanXIII83]

Awesome documentary, the UK deploy some of the most well trained and professional troops in the world. These guys kick ass.

[gemlikli161]

battlefiel 3 lol :D

[TheKidNamedRoland]

I agree with martynrobin or whatever his name is all western nations say the protect civillians but in reality all they want is to benefit themsleves

[MsMaximus1210]

@TheKidNamedRoland A benefit is clear is money, money on drugs, on oil, on building and simply on white-washing. As the saying goes - for one the war it is death, for other the mother native. A world game and millions of people go in her chinks on an exchange, and the real figures where that is distant and they can not be seen.

[Niche79]

Thanks for these uploading these vids, I love to see these vids showing the real life of what its like over there. I dont care what country your from, lifes rough there. So much hate toward soldiers and the wars, sad to see it. If it wasnt for these brave guys, we wouldnt have the freedoms we have today. There has always been brave men like this that were willing to go and do what they were told, no matter where or when! Good job guys

[22knowa]

This war is no longer about going after Bin Ladin it Americas perpetuating the failed drug war. There will soon be 2 billion people that hate the US and UK as we did the Nazi

[martynrobin121]

YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER NATO FORCES ARNT MAKING AFGHANISTAN BETTER! The taliban wernt supported that much at the start of the war now most of the population calls them heroes who fight the western invaders IMAGEN YOUR COUNTRY BEEN TOOK OVER AND YOUR PEOPLE MURDERD TOOK AWAY TO PRISONS YOUR LIFE DESTROYED RULED BY COUNTRYS ALL OVER THE WORLD WOULDNT YOU FIGHT FOR YOUR WAY OF LIFE??or would you let the invading forces destroy your home land and your people! are they not patriots? freedom fighters?

[ZeroOrDie0987]

@martynrobin121 thats cuz we used to many airstrikes and killed too many civies. shoulda put boots on the ground and established a more concrete presence to win over the civilian populace. its all about the civilians man

[martynrobin121]

@ZeroOrDie0987 Nobody cares about the Civilians!! The U.S and U.K have been helping nations kill millions of innocent civilians, Congo,Saudia,Yemen,Libya,Egypt­,Syria,Ivory Cast,IsraelETC ETC and its still going on today. Its ok for Israel to bomb innocent civilians, But its not ok for Gadaffi to bomb Terroists,Rebels and Civilians whitch the U.S and U.K have done in both Afghan,Iraq countries all over the world. It appears U.S,U.K Isreal,France,Germany is above the law and can do what they like!

[shellymic]

@martynrobin121 When you begin to discuss the millions upon millions of people the USA has either freed or kept safe THEN and ONLY THEN can you begin to bitch about the casualties of war. Ever hear the phrase: "war is ugly?" Well, where the hell do you think that comes from???

And, another thing, you liberal, jew-hating douche...Israel doesn't "bomb innocent civilians," they RETALIATE when THEY are ATTACKED.

[martynrobin121]

@shellymic U.S.A freed people or kept safe?? Like who?? They sit back and watch as evil regimes bomb and kill inncoent civilians, They only interfere if they have Oil!! And Israel bombs innocent civilians, Look at Gaza its illegal! Just research what the Israel has done to palestine, Its all against the law!! They have mass murdered and stole lands whitch has never been theres, Thy refuse peace with palestine and blockade of Gaza whitch is crimes against humanity, JEWISH NAZIS!!

[shellymic]

@martynrobin121 30 million inhabitants of Iraq...for starters.

As for the rest of your comment, you're just a hater. I've wasted enough time on you.

[martynrobin121]

@shellymic Iraq?? Is that a joke? The Iraqis were with the Allies when they first invaded to defeat Saddam, But then a few weeks later the Civilians turned on the Allies when they realised they were just as bad as Saddams regime. 100's of thousands of Civilians died and countless thousands tortured and humiliated by the Allies!! Maybe millions homeless! The Iraqs were freedom fighters and fought to liberate there country! YOU NEED TO RESEARCH THE IRAQ WAR! Or the Iraq enquiry?? WAR WAS A LIE!!

[sass225]

@martynrobin121 the sunnis and shia killed each other it wasn't just americans vs iraqis and in 2006 the sunni awakening happened and they turned against alkadea and started helping Americans but i doubt you have done any real reserch its easyer to asume your notions are corect and spew your opinion as fact

[sass225]

@martynrobin121 there is nothing illegal in defending your people the hamas and other terrorist stop launching missles into israel then isreal stop having to return fire. have you ever been under fire? I have been buy drug dealing thugs which is what al keda is

[MsMaximus1210]

@martynrobin121 It war and death of peaceful habitants are fully clear. In the days of a soviet union many peaceful habitants died similarly. And even you can think more than. Their death is inevitable. Or you, or you.

[poxflaza]

ladies and gentlemen meet the new modern day vietnam....afghanistan.

[Allanlegacy43]

Nelson Rockefellar to movie producer and film maker Aron Russo 9 months before 9 11. Something major is going to happen in the US and out of this we are going to invade Afghanistan and Iraq. You will see soldiers going into caves and in the desert looking for the enemy however its a war that can't be won. It will just go on and on. Russo: how will you convince the public to go along, Rockefellar: the media we control it and we will constantly bombard the people with the war and the enemy, sad.

[tigerfedor]

siiiiiiiiiiick tattoo

[beltran954]

"If war was hell and only hell and there were no other colors in the palate... I don't think people would continue to make war," -Michael Herr

[imbaby420]

get out of there/you forgot 3 war with afghan and you come to start new

[marco6981]

God I love how BBC makes documentaries like they're movies.

[mils2211]

filthy US lose this war unless more troops.....

they created taliban fighters and now they are there killing unarmed innocents

the kind of financial aid they are providing pakistan with, few years later theres going to be another war against the same Pakistan

well done afgan fighters

[t3chn04eva]

More troops will do nothing. As it said in the beginning of the video, they use the guerrilla tactic. That means that one u.s troops does not equal to one Taliban. Talibans are savages. They use suicide bombers, US will never stoop that low.

[mavrick790]

More troops will do a lot for the villages. If troops are positioned in the villages taleban will be restricted to where they can hide. Its just as the elder said, as soon as coalition troops leave, the taleban come in.

[Vamavid]

@t3chn04eva "US will never stoop that low. " If you knew any history you'd know that's not true.

[Bogwasha]

You are a piece of shit. Your afghan fighters suck more cock then a hooker on the street. Your a bunch of pussies, using popshots and IED's. Fucking faggot, I would beat your face in if I saw you.

[rangers11000]

the afghan army will never be able to take over after we leave,hundreds desert evrey week,and thy are so unprofessional,they dont even wear helmets or body armour.

[utepstudent12]

damn it. orders out of iraq. i think im done but i cant help but feel like ill be sent some where there soon...fuck it.

[kev1nphoen1x]

have a listen to my tribute song Gentle Hearts for all our soldiers British/American - UN.

Let me know what you think on kev1nphoen1x Thankyou Takecare.

.Aug 2009

[nffclclare]

Wow,did anybody see that guys tatoo at 1:54

[Chelseaboy30000]

Yeah its pretty big aint it

[sabbathsnp]

cannon fodder. wheres Bin Ladden ???

[abcnoman01]

conquering aghanistan ? wow , that a big statement !!!! , NO ONE ever done it , never and ever !!!!!!!!

[mikeeed]

nato has not ever tried to conquer afghanistan.. that statement is ludicris.. the war has been funded by a likely 10-20% of nato's resources.. troop levels are so low, anyone who calls it an attempt to conquer is mad.. we are not trying to oppress afghans either

[preaacstal]

not even the taliban, evidently. Cant really class afghanistan as a country, but lots of sub areas in which ideology differs completely from each area to the other.

[mikemanners11]

Looks like these British Soldiers are using a Browning .50 caliber mounted on a vehicle....

[soldier42095]

stfu

[ai9014]

forget about conquering aghanistan.................

[grunneger89]

Who want's to conquer Afghanistan? I don't know any country ...

[soreno32]

no one has ever succeeded in conquering afghanistan. how do you think the soviet union fell apart.

[cavaliergaze]

Economics?

[RichardDdog]

soviet union was alone...

[kentan2202]

u can never win with such a small force u need at least a hundred thousand troops

[worlok0666]

i was on a passionate eye episode called devil plays hardball , its about mentors helping the homeless , because of them i have got off drugs back into school graduated and now im on my way to afghanistan to fight with the canadian army , i also have a wife now who is pregnant with a child on the way im no longer with Amanda , but i would like to thank Passionate eye for helping me

thanks , Adrian Grootveld

[artistdigital]

I belong to that belt n will be happy to hear bout ur beheading rather will enjoy watching it

[area51er6]

ya right what regiment?

[BlesamaSoul]

Its about time Alistair Leithhead was made Sir Alistair, he has proven his ability as a superb journalist and reporter, getting right into the thick of the action with our chaps and not coming over as many others do with too much emotion and chavvie sensations, a real professional and someone who presents the good the bad and the very ugly for those of us at home who suppport our troops. If only the BBC could produce more people of this calibre.

[area51er6]

I hate this narrator, he sounds way to subjective...

[BlesamaSoul]

its called having an education and getting the message over without the chavvie emotional crap we have to suffer too often these days, this chap is excellent, perhaps you prefer Graham Norton?

[area51er6]

All I'm saying is is tone is too subjective, almost to the point of being of being unsupportive of the war on terror. I'm in the Infantry regular force, and am deploying to Afghanistan in about a years time.

[BlesamaSoul]

think it might be the fact we are devided by a common language, i understand where you are coming from now! Canada good troops, one of your vets worked with me here in london some time ago good chap, bloody huge hockey jock! Good luck with your posting next year

[TajProductionsLtd]

Fail... why should he be supportive? He's supposed to give you an approach that covers the war without taking a side; Thematic Frames. Stop with your BS and undemocratic conduct. Good luck in Afghanistan, and fight the war no Canadian wanted to be in.

[area51er6]

oh we do and we're pissed that Canada is pulling out in two years...

[LostEmpires]

fuckin douche. stop your bullshit and support them. its better for us to think your behind us and were dying for a reason tahn youu saying this bull shit. ass hole.

[Ezzedeen01]

your user name is ironic lol

[LostEmpires]

lol a lil eh :)

[Daelusprime]

how do you mean? Which side is he favoring?

[zigsauer]

Afghanistan Opium Production Center

Kosovo Opium Distribution Center

Both protected by Nato

[mattd59]

The weapon at 1:45 is a .50 Heavy Machine Gun but it doesn't have the barrel fitted hence why it looks a little strange and may not be easily recognisable.

[LtGenAile]

I'm sorry if I'm being an idiot, but what is that weapon on 1:45?

[NefariousEquivocator]

9/11 WAS AN INSIDE JOB!

9/11 TRUTH NOW!

[xtinyxkaosx]

Im a us marine and I give it to these guys. There dirty grunts doing there job. Give them a break all you peace freaks.

[VikingDane666]

The Danes have effectively defeated any Talibans throwing rocks at them. Our casualties are very small yet our victories against Taliban many. Anyway maybe we should reconsider. I am not sure this is our war, this was too damn easy! I patiently await what America will do towards the missile threat of Iran.

[Thatbritishlad1]

the danish casualt to personell ratio is worse than the british and australian rates and there both in more hostile terotory

[Donner91]

We're also the country that have most personal there ratio to citizen of Denmark, so it kind of make sense.

[huricane868]

WTF IS 3 COMMANDO ROYAL MARINES?!?!?!??!?!?

3rd COMMANDO BRIGADE, it was 42 commando this not the rest of the BRIGADE.

although the support units were sent, the fronliners were 42.

[LtGenAile]

Maybe they're from the Brigade Patrol Troop.

[thunderflash82]

It's too bad that British forces are poorly equipped. They shouldn't be driving around Afghanistan in unarmored land rovers.

[civicmike01]

they do have armoured land rovers, but for recon purposes they have to be light and nimble! watch it again the program even tells you.

[mwjmccarthy]

Since this is recorded from a CBC program, I would like to know if there have been more Canadian casualties than any other NATO country? Are our Canadians getting the respect from the international community that they should? I certainly hope so...

[thunderflash82]

Canadians have suffered the third highest death toll among NATO in Afghanistan, after the Americans and the British.

Yes, NATO countries do respect what Canadians are doing and so do people from those countries. I heard a lot of good things about Canadians coming from the Dutch, the Danes, the Brits, and others.

[AegisLow]

The Canadian effort is recognised & respected by pretty much everyone who knows something about the current wars. Same goes for WW2, plenty of Europeans acknowledge the substantial sacrifices made by the Canucks.

[bigtimecommando]

Get your head down.

[daveisgrate]

he ses in the video that they are brf and i recognise those lads from bpt

[olliemillz]

Woo ive got my PRMC for the Royals tomorrow!

Wish me luck!

[MAVERICKxGB]

Good luck!

[moof556]

Good luck mate, all the best :)

[gangstamillion]

gd luck give 100000000000000000% and you'll make it

[agapitovv]

i might be going to 3 commandos after i complete pioneer training.

[malootchky]

Good luck to all of them, Royal Marines I mean :)

[JDHyatt1989]

cool i seen this on panorama a while back

[RMCDOXX0]

Cool mate, cheers. Im sure they are the Royal Marines Brigade Patrol Troop or Recce Force. They are tough buggers, very similar to the PARAS Pathfinders. Cheers for the docu mate :)

[JohnSmithTheSecond]

I'm uploading the rest of the parts as we speak.

[NewYankee01]

i remember watching that programme in uk. theyre doing a job which isn't special forces stuff but there was that many different regiments in such a small area working together they must have been.