Coming Home: Soldiers from Iraq Go Sideways

[Limnades99]

Very nicely done. I have never been in the military but have had serveral people very close to me that have (my Dad, cousins, and a couple friends: Korea, Vietnam, Persian Gulf) they may all joke and tell stories about the funny side of what they went through, but there are times I could see some of the bad stuff come back too. lt is important to be patient and when they actually do start to talk, listen.

[aviomaster]

@enlightened1ish -- of COURSE I am not brainwashed dumb ass who believes in Santa Claus. 

[lesdoyle2000]

2010 Aug 20 Iraq War vet Pfc. Matthew Magdzas kills pregnant wife, daughter, self

The Iraq War veteran shot and killed his eight-and-a-half month pregnant wife, their 13-month-old daughter Lila, and their three dogs before turning the gun on himself. "He must have had a flashback or something.” Said his former colleague.

[aviomaster]

INVASION of IRAQ is criminal work of the SATAN



[enlightened1ish]

@aviomaster Iraq was wrong but it wasn't the troops fault. The blame lies with who sent them there.

[lesdoyle2000]

2006 Dec 7 Karzai dismisses anti-drugs Mohammed Daud (Helmand Governor). British sources have blamed pressure from the CIA and drug mafia for President Hamid Karzai's decision to dismiss him.

[lesdoyle2000]

1841 First British Afghan war. 9,500 British invaded then suffered the most complete defeat in military history with only one survivor to escape dressed as a woman.

[thusarix121]

u don't seem to reallize that USA has to police the middle east, USA got to have the control of that part of the world, as that is a rich oil resources land and USA is enourmous oil consumer...if not someone else will have the control there and deprive u from that esencial oil....so bottom line yeah those soldiers r dying to preserve the americans way of live

[comeontheramseys]

well i might not be american but i really support you guys you are doing a great job just like our own troops

i am joining the RAF REGIMENT GUNNERS this august i will be 16 then

well wish me luck and good luck to all the troops

great video iit really opened my eyes on what we take for granted

[dilweeed]

im a soldier and this video is 99% true see american soldiers may b proud but they care not to express it pride in the feild can get you killed by gettin to much into yourself u can brag and run out onto the field and never return

[tarashel]

Proud to be american ? Proud of what ? Proud of Iraq war who kills soldiers for G.W Bush and Texaco oil ? Proud of subprimes and fucking traders ? Proud of National Riffle Association ? Proud to see your kids buying war weapons in every U.S stores ? Proud to have stolen that land to indians ? Proud to be the country of obesity ? The only thing you can be proud of, is Obama... Maybe you will be better in a few years. Until that moment you suck ! That's real. Sorry ! PROUD TO BE FRENCH !!!!

[buffaloSabrespommy]

Proud to be french ahaahahhaha I`m surprised you guys havent surrendered yet proud to be french wat a crock of shit

[coheedatreyu]

lol your ignorance kills me......your country would still be raped and oppressed if it wasn't for soldiers like us....are you forgetting world war II?....i rather you said thank you and keep your fucking mouth shut. are you proud your country is full of cowards? oh and what's real is you would say that to any of us soldiers or else you would get your fucking teeth kicked in. put on the boots and then talk moron

[lesdoyle2000]

2008 Aug 22 US marines airstrike kills between 78 - 92 civilians including 60 children and 15 women in Azizabad, Herat.

maybe it's karma that so many vets kill themselves.

[coheedatreyu]

@lesdoyle2000 war will have collateral damage.....thats just war....no what would be your alternative......not go to war? so if we don't go to war then the collateral damage stops? but then if we stop the collateral damage and we are not there........those 78-92 civilians get raped or tortured and oppressed anyway with countless others.......so your logic makes zero sense.......your a fucking moron.......go to college and get educated lesdyle2000

[lesdoyle2000]

@coheedatreyu

It is the US soldiers who are doing the raping.

30% of female US soldiers are raped by colleagues in 2003

[coheedatreyu]

@lesdoyle2000 my point is nothing is perfect.....fort hood is a rough base alone.....and that's my point....the us military isn't perfect but it saves much more lives than it destroys

[lesdoyle2000]

A British poll interviewed 450 Afghans found that many people are satisfied with the security and justice the Taliban provide. More than half the respondents called them "completely trustworthy and fair". They did not demand bribes. The government justice system was heavily criticised for bribery and favouritism and was trusted by only 7% of men and women. Only 2 people opposed reconciliation with the Taliban.

That is 0.004% of Afghans opposed to Taliban freedom fighters. AMAZING

[coheedatreyu]

@lesdoyle2000 and without a doubt this information is 100% correct?....i love how you used broad words like "many" people.....your an idiot. when are you gonna learn the difference between fact and rumor....haven't you ever heard the phrase don't believe everything you hear or read?.......i feel sorry for your ignorance

[PA1NK1LLER]

To all the haters out there that insists on ruining these beautiful tribures for the families: GET A LIFE! If you dont like it than why are you watching it? Make your own videos. Become another little Michael Moore...but you probably dont know how to make one, But seriously...if you dont support the troops then dont watch videos that are made to tribute the troops. I certaintly dont waist my time vvatching anit-usa videos on this site. I guess you guys just need to ruin a nice tribute.

[greenbike11]

why did you go to iraq for??? lame,lame,lame,lame,lame! 911 was an inside job. and then you go to iraq cause they said to. how bout this, I say jump and you say how high. or you can start thinking for yourself!!!

[PA1NK1LLER]

I went to Iraq because Saddam Hussein raped, murdered, and terrorized the people of his own land. I was thanked dailey for being there. We we hugged offered food and most people cried when we liberated them. . We are not wild gunmen who dont care who we kill. We are held 100% accountable for every round we fire. What people dont understand is that we dont enjoy killing. It haunts us every day of our lives. You are entitled to your opinion but your facts are wrong. I WAS THERE!

[JimmyR1rider]

Hey green you just proved the point against yourself. Soldiers do think for themselves--was in the ARMY was never deployed but while on a mission you don't think for yourself because if you did youd be thinking ABOUT yourself. Ask any vet we all know at that point you think about the guy next to you because hes doing the same for you. Military is about teamwork and protecting your brothers in arms, about sacrifice for ur fellow man not selfishness, till you think like that just once FUCK OFF

[ANewStateofTrance]

eat a dick

[ANewStateofTrance]

fuck iraq veterans straight up motherfucker.

[JimmyR1rider]

Hey LittleMan--perfect user name for you AMERICA love it or leave it motherfucker. Go live in a desert now that we backed out of Iraq go live there this way it will be the Taliban killing you and others not American soldiers FUCK YOU!!! If the Trade Center why was there not 1 taxi or arab owned food cart that day? I know there were none because me and my crew LADDER 8 were first on scene after the first plane flew over us and hit Tower 1.

[JimmyR1rider]

I survived by the skin of my teeth so I guess all the arabs found out from the government leak that the towers were gonna be hit by Americans. Thats why the planes were hijacked by arabs thats why the FAA recordings of the douschebags tryin to talk on the planes PA system were talkin about a bomb being on the plane but transmitting on air. Thats why the plane in Shanksville had calls by americans talking about arab hijackers REMEMBER THE PHRASE? "LETS ROLL"

[JimmyR1rider]

Whether you agree with the war or not these are videos to support our troops that answer their call to duty, follow their orders and complete their assigned tasks no questions asked.

You obviously werent in NY during 9/11 also happened in Paterson NJ pakistanis iraqis etc living here were jumping around and cheering in the streets. Not all of them but for the ones that did should have been deported to live in the caves with bin laden scumbags

[PA1NK1LLER]

God Bless You JimmyR`rider...Finally, someone who was there! Im tired of hearing people blab their mouth about 9/11, Iraq, & Afghanistan and the only think they know about is what the Bush-hating media feeds to them. They are entitled to their opinion because people like you and I actually put our lives on the line to defend that right and they are ungrateful. Its sad that I lost brothers in Iraq and I have PTSD and they dont realize the sacrafices we made. Here's to ya bro!

[LittleManKB]

The attack on the world trade center is an inside job pass it on.

If your fighting for freedom then fight for the real truth of murder at a mass lvl

[zulfitareen]

all retarded people believe it was inside job, they are the same people who believe man never landed on moon or there are aleins living among us.

and a man can be born to a virgin and come back after death or guy can split sea or a guy can fly on a horasback into clouds to meet his god.

[ISTARMAN1]

Maybe I shall do a inside job in your head, because you act like an idiot!!!!!

[leotakesleo]

anglos gonna burn in hell...a collective scoundrel(however the fck it spells),thugs,theif race.....the cheapest of the european ape gene..!!

[tonypeters69]

Support our war economy!

[sastath]

Know what. Those men and women over there shouldn't even be there. Just like those before us. You included. Don't blame the American people. Blame the SOB who sent you. We fought the war to end all wars. Why the Fuck are we still fighting?

[truedriftgodatwar]

we are actually a police force trying to help restore order back to the iraqi people,

[assassininthestyx]

This is true its so fucken true. Yall all cozey at home in the states dont know how good you got it. I laphed my ass off when I came home and siten in traffic and people started whineing about it. I realy did. Its hard for me to control myself when people dont know how good they got it.

[Jason526466]

My brothers been in the army for about 6 years. trip to iraq. He just resigned for 7 more years. This video is the best military video i have ever seen. God bless our troops!

[laughingponygina]

All we are sa6ying is GIVE PEACE A CHANCE!!!!! sad facts i know reentry to this country is difficult, soldiers do learn after war they fought for a country of spoiled people who can not do much more but whine and complain and support the War machine, Suck it up buy gas I will not, and i heat a house by wood stove, so i have been doing my part, I do not want or need Bodies for OIL! so take your oil and shove it I personaly do not want it anymore

[PA1NK1LLER]

Very nice tribute...I am in the 82nd Airborne and I served in Iraq and let me tell you that everyone takes life for granted until they are at risk of losing it. If you ever see a soldier in uniform while you are out doing things please take the time to shake his/her hand and tell them how much their hard work is appreciated...even if you don't agree with the war.

[Tobias8164]

PA1NK1LLER.

fuck u piece of shit terrorist...

u want me to shake hand to an terrorist who has and is killing innocent ppl in iraq and afg. R U MOTHER FUCKER STUPID.

was based on a lie killing innocent ppl based on a lie. admitted by the ppl who provoked the war.

man this is not fair. how come a son of bitch like u came back ALIVE. kill ur self pathetic excuse of an human.

[PA1NK1LLER]

Tobias-what have you done to make a difference in this world. As for me...being thanked by Iraqi's for liberating them from an evil dictator, and make no mistak about it, Saddam was a true weapon of mass destruction. He had a beautiful land and destroyed it. If Im a piece of shit for doing that then you must be a real evil bastard. Wishing that I died in Iraq is INEXCUSABLE! Everyone who agrees with me please email this bastard and tell him to fuck off! Flood his account with hate mail!

[poodlepink]

But then he remembers he JOINED the armed forces, and having no empathy for other people's gonna make everyday AT HOME war for him instead of the life,iberty and pursuit of happiness he was fighting for. Like an old Grandpa man who can tell you it was uphill both ways to school with no shoes, be thankful you made it and don't discount other people's struggles, because you might gripe about your spoiled daughter until she thinks you don't love her, and she gets on drugs to kill the pain, an dies

[hbrookie]

haha youre stupid poodlepink. get a life and realize how unbelievably ignorant your comment is.

[fished64]

awesome thank you

[ahmedaliraqi1979]

God bless our soilder

[AlexBrasil123123]

man, this forum is wierd, why don't half of my comments appear???

[AlexBrasil123123]

and to the maker of the video: good stuff!

[askquestionslater]

If coming home is such a dissapointment that this is all you see then you have no business being a soldier. Losing touch with your country, it's freedoms and your own family is nothing to ask praise for.

[AlexBrasil123123]

wow, you have to be the most ignorant person on this planet. how can you not understand what this video is trying to say?? it's foolish people like you that this video is talking about. people who don't know anything about life or appreciate it for what it is. I think YOU're the one who has lost touch with reality. I'd love to see how you'd come out of a battlefield, if you come out at all...

[askquestionslater]

I got news for ya. I spent 15 months as an intern doing paperwork in a state funded facility in W. Texas to "help" these men reset their gears after coming home. Before I left in 06, 4 out of 180 registered ate a bullet and a large remainder took their aggressive postal skills out on the family. Don't tell ME I don't know what this is about. It runs a hell of a lot deeper than any fluffy youtube video or what you care to ever acknowledge.

[AlexBrasil123123]

umm...ok?? whatever position you had for 15 months doesn't mean shit and doesn't mean you've experienced shit for yourself. the point of the matter is you have no clue about people who have SEEN things and are very bad at putting yourself in people's shoes. you are the last person on earth who should be helping ANYBODY with traumatic life experiences...is this the fucking advice you gave them, you piece of shit??? all the shit you're telling me???

[AlexBrasil123123]

you're dumb as hell, you obviously don't know anything about life or appreciate it if you can't understand the message of this video...

[askquestionslater]

...and YOU are about as nieve as a 5 yr old.

Enjoy the patriotic ignorant bliss numbnuts!

[AlexBrasil123123]

nah, not really you douche bag, it's that I have an open mind and have experienced and seen 10 times than you ever have and will. i don't know you, but i can tell this is so just by hearing the worthless shit that comes out of your mouth.....and now, i'm done with your ass.....jus wanna say, you're one pathetic mother fucker and feel sorry for you...

[oakstorm]

thats a real good video really good

[foxeylady22]

wow great video my older brother just got home from iraq it was hard seeing him in iraq God bless the troops my thoughts and prayers are with them all God bless the troops

[hand2handcontact]

Thank you for keeping the last slide on this PPT and giving me credit for it. (Some people have posted it as if it is their's.) I created this and sent it out to 20 people in January of 2007. To my astonishment, it's gone all over the world since then. But I like your choice of music to it.

The best way to support our Service Members is to become aware. To learn more, check out the educational nonprofit, HAND2HAND CONTACT.

Thanks.

CPT Alison Crane