Operation Double Bush: Iraq Invasion Documentary

In 2003 me and a few of my friends took a United Airlines flight to the Middle East and were asked by George W. Bush to invade Iraq and overthrow a dictator. My friends and I happend to be US Marines. Politicks and personal views aside, this is a documentary that my friend David Baummer videotaped and we produced and edited from our barracks room following our return to Camp LeJeune. We were both corporals with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance battalion and this is our story.

The narrative is a little choppy. We were at war after all and only had one video camera, so telling a coherent story was a little tough. I hope you enjoy the overall vibe and can appreciate our situation. Speaking only for myself, I never intended to be serving in the Marine Corps during wartime. I enlisted in 1999 and got out in 2004. I did the best I could.

I'd also like to confess that I used some music without permission and would like to apologize for that. This is a non-commercial project and if you're the copyright owner, please pardon my usage. I don't have the source material anymore, so it's impossible to remove anything individually, but if you'd like me to remove the entire video from YouTube then I will. Artists used were The Causey Way, Bjork, Death of Marat, Elliott Smith, Helms, The Jealous Sound, John Vanderslice, The Blood Brothers, Jets to Brazil, and Joy Division.

Thank you for watching,
Brian McKinney

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• iraq
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[TheSteffen1223]

Bush is not the only one responsible for the war in iraq. You have cheney, rumsfeld, bill and hilary clinton, joe biden, john kerry. YOu have a combination of democrats and republicans.

[oneuppr]

@TheSteffen1223 True enough. But Bush was at the top of my chain of command, so that's why I said he asked us to go. I wasn't trying to make claims that nobody else was responsible.

[oneuppr]

hollywood special effects, skydayang. actually it was an MRE chocolate bar with some peanuts.

[oneuppr]

Ooh... that person who disliked this video must hate America and veterans. Or my slap-dash approach to "filmmaking." ;)

[oneuppr]

Time flies when you're not wasting away in a dusty hell. ;)

[gtfonow1]

good footage but the music sucks

[wmdesigns21]

@RazaAli33 You got that right!!!!!

[Jessehammondmusic]

loved it. it was the the real Generation Kill. Ive been there twice and to afghanistan. I could watch Marines act like retards for hours. It makes me miss it all. And reminds me of all the bullshit at the same time. Stop and go, waiting all the time, etc.. My CO wouldve murdered me if I had a camera all the time.

[TheVitalact]

@britishareawesome69 totally lost....Irak...a bunch of guy with old aks 47...america ohhh all the technology ever imagined....YOU LOST IT.

[britishareawesome69]

@TheVitalact lost? we didnt loose it

[TheVitalact]

now i understand why america lost the war

[TheTavarusf1]

@nosnosco1 yea i can do it wile im still chunky lol so i can join if i can do that rite

[nosnosco1]

@TheTavarusf1 Man. If u was able to do alla that why ya still chunky? Any way. SEMPER FI Marines lead the way!!!!

[TheTavarusf1]

hey man, im 14 yrs. old and 5'3 183 lbs. (mostly chubby). can i join at 18 at that height and weight because meeting the requirements is easy. i can run 3 miles in about 23 mins. do about 5 pullups and do tons of pushups and also can do 50 crunches in 1 minute. so can i? be fo real. hopefully no bad news. lol