US Marines facing "Hell of Fight" in Afghanistan - ABC 03 Jul 09

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[ScreamingAirborne]

"If they want to fight, we'll fight them, we'll make their day" i love that

[jab7805]

Marines don't die, they just regroup to protect the gates of heaven.

[1111hola]

@sass225 ok.

[1111hola]

@04GUITARPLAYER04 "Against war it may be said that it makes the victor stupid and the vanquished revengeful"

[JackDaniels224]

It may be a "hell of a fight" but that's what most of these guys sign up for anyway, the chance to be in that kind of fight. Marines are a different breed to say the least. It was fascinating to watch the documentary Hell and Back Again the other day and basically get dropped off into a warzone with a platoon of them. The director was in the middle of the firefights with them and everything, an extremely personal and realistic film worth watching. hellandbackagain(dot)com

[sass225]

@1111hola your farmers have been at war the last 32 years. I grew up on a farm myself afgani have a martial tradition american boys right of passage is 16 getting his drivers lic an afganis is at 12 he gets a rifle and gets to learn how to protect his tribe,warlord the ak-47 is easy to learn how to maintain and use I dont like the iron sights on them but a red dot fixes that problem.

[USAYTRB]

@jab7805 To be honest, a lot of Marines are atheist.

[hockeykid30b]

@ScreamingAirborne it will be the enemies last day.

[04GUITARPLAYER04]

@AA91DPU dont even bother responding to hola. that shit hole fucking trolls on all sort of war vids. i would love to find that bastard and beat the living shit out of him. sitting on a computer typing negative bull shit comments. he is filled up with all sorts of war bull shit. and if the US stops getting involved then the US will still get bull shitted for it. with great responsibility (if the US has any) comes great criticism...unfortunately

[1111hola]

@AA91DPU 50% your top scientist doctors are from other countries, as well as most of "your" knowledge. And the countries you invaded or destroyed economically need help, and if you dont help them, theyll ask anyone else. As far as I know neither my country or any sorrounding country has ever asked america for anything. Actually, the less you are, the best for us. ww2 in 1945 argentina was not in war with hitler, and you blockaded us of your products. Then we developed an industry did MUCH better

[AA91DPU]

@1111hola They fight with good equipment so they are in less danger and because our country is not a shithole and has actually had some success, they might have some too if they didnt fight each other all the time. Governments in all countries have done terrible things. I wish the US would stop getting involved with others, that includes humaniterian aid, lets try that for a year and see how many other countries come back begging for some money, or help from our top scientist/ doctors

[McDogginified]

@ScreamingAirborne Thats an officer for ya. :)