Frontline Diary - Iraq

April 2003
An exclusive embedded report reveals the trigger happy attitude of young US marines in their push into Baghdad. And captures one of the most shocking 'battles' of the war.

Produced by ABC Australia
Distributed by Journeyman Pictures

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Trigger
• Happy
• US
• Marines
• Iraq
• Push
• Surge
• Baghdad
• news
• documentary
• current affairs
• journeyman
• journeyman pictures

[therizzza]

its funny how americans hate themselves and always fight with each others, until you hear their anthem and see them touch their chest and feel proud of each others and love their neighbors they wanted dead the past minute.

[ShiverShadow777]

right ear feels lonely 

[terajasoos]

fucking occupierz

[sniperquasi]

@sniperRobert no fuck you, they're likely citizens too

[nissanlover]

@therizzza that goes for anyone....look at the Taliban for example they were all warlords killing each other for provincial control till the jihad comes then there all about fighting the foreigners

[jlosinski]

Yeah.... It took them awhile to get it to us Grunts...

[yesiamawizardjonny]

@laf98z Haha. Your recruiter is a massive POG to be with these guys.

[yesiamawizardjonny]

HAHA You're back with the POGs, pog reporter. Take a lesson from Evan Wright and get your ass with Recon up in the line. Fucking POG.

[thedailyconnect]

@therizzza The real laugh is your critical thinking. The majority of nations that have internal conflicts proceed to kill each other in long drawn out civil war. Despite how much Americans may hate one another they are not blowing each other up. Expressing your personal opinion is inevitability going to upset someone. In the United States citizens have the luxury of personal opinion. This may a difficult concept for you to wrap your head around as you find personal restraint funny.

[Ebsteins31653]

@truffyt Hi truffyt. I absolutely agree with you. It's all semantics for the media in the end so to to speak. Whislt (military) lives are expended, certain media 'attachments' are looking for the 'money shot' it appears. But, whilst embedded, it is only rational to 'monitor' their output for operational reasons. Yet, to then hear the banter (from them) afterwards throws sanity out of the window! Its all about ratings. Nudge nudge...which one's 22R and all that I'm told. Best wishes.

[truffyt]

@Ebsteins31653 No. Embedded media means reporting the war from the military's point of view. The military doesn't force reporters to embed if they want to go to Iraq, they can go there without the military. But for some reason most journalists don't want to take any risks in their attempts to rocket boost their careers, so they opt for military embedment, and then critizise those who feed them and keep them alive.