It's not about equipment's, money, power. It's about fighting religious ideology, radical Islamist extremism. Where it's clearly and plainly visible that there's no winning against extremists religious ideology....
Easy they normally only send a small team of Taliban to threaten them. Kill them bastards right then and there. Them act like you never got the message. The village stands against them.
There it was. There was the line that made clear this was a war that was never gonna be won. Europe in 1944-1945 wanted to be free, these people don’t. It has to come from them, not us.
@@csb772 sounds easy until the Taliban line your streets with IEDs in the middle of the night or just kick in your doors and blow away your whole family.
The story of Cpl Sharp really hit the bottom of my stomach. I looked him up. He was 20 years old, and engaged. The couple wanted to go to college. Instead, he went to war. He wanted to be a positive part of history for his grandchildren to be proud of, but they'll never exist, because he wasn't allowed the opportunity to have any children at all. I don't see it happening in our lifetime, but I hope someday, there won't be a need for any of this lethality.
@@olechristianhenne6583 it wasn’t his decision to go to Afghanistan. It was his decision to serve his country. Americans aren’t defending their country anymore and haven’t in a long time. Afghanistan is very resilient. But by all the wrong people. You can’t win without wanting to take it all by force. That’s how the extremists in the 60s took over, that’s how the taliban took over. Afghanistan used to look like a small America back in the 50s
It’s heartbreaking to watch this after how it all ended in Afghanistan. All those lives lost and forever affected and for what? It’s tragic, but those in power that made these decisions will be fine and never held accountable for their decisions.
@@jaymalmodhvadiya3944 yeah it made no sense from the start, that's why the afghanistan security/army just laid down their arms when the US left and the Taliban came rolling in lol
@@thelegendofner0 I feel on some level the Afghan soldiers and Afghan men in general were scared of Western-style democracy. If "their" women could get education and good jobs and have rights and walk around unscarfed, where would this new world order leave the men?
@N D You've obviously never been in combat, nor does it sound like anyone else in this thread has either. Marines, in general, are extremely organized and meticulous in the way they conduct themselves and their "operations". probably more so than any other branch. The yelling that Marines do is also part of their culture as training to be the warriors they are requires them not only be effective, but also aggressive and violent. You can look through American history and find extremely few instances where the US Marines were out fought or defeated on the battle field. What you see here is a mix of organized chaos, adrenaline, and excitement. There's plenty of NCO's, Staff NCO's, and an officer or two around that I'm sure of. But hey, what do I know. The guy on the couch probably knows better.
19:42 well there's the problem. Sending in a bunch of young arrogant soldiers to talk down to afghan elders. Then people wonder why the Afghanis end up siding with the Taliban. You can't be talking to the local population like that and expect them to support you. Specially talking down to older people while you're just a young man.
@@bertbollen His attitude doesn’t really matter. It’s deeper than that. Why would local afghani’s trust a foreign occupying force, even if they put on a nice face. Especially when compliance basically guarantees death or torture when the Taliban eventually return.
And they know that our government will just abandon them in the end smh lets face it our government is a lying piece of shit that only destroys and takes
I served in the Corps from 2011-2019 and my first two tours were in Afghanistan and they were in Helmand, specifically at Camp Leatherneck. When I got there, our CO told us to not get too friendly or close to the locals because you don't know if they could be Taliban. When he said that they expected to get attacked is spot on, because it happened a lot. To be honest, I was excited to be sent there, but that changed drastically. In my first 3 months in Afghanistan, I went from "okay, let's get these Assholes" to "I hope to make it back in piece".
The most ironic bit is when that US commander says "We'll leave under shades of grey". Its ironic because at that time, it probably would sound fairly benign, maybe even a little pessimistic. But the reality was the US left under no shades of grey - they were defeated, the same as in Vietnam War. They left with the Taliban nipping at their heels. The moment the US left, the Taliban were unequivocally in control.
They did leave on their own terms in that a decision was made to leave. The Taliban would not be in control if the US didn't remove their troops. Ultimately it was too costly, which begs the question, why start something that you can't finish. The Vietnam war is an ignorant comparison. There you could say that the US was beaten on the battlefield. That was never the case with Afghanistan, where the people were always against them. @@dynamo1796
It doesn’t take education or experience in military strategy to see that this plan to reform an entire nation is too ambitious, and the people charged with carrying out the mission don’t have the necessary skills.
Core problem is that previous government, which was mujahideen warlords that took over the soviets, were allowed to stay in power when US came in. From the start whole Afganistan government was very corrupt so progress and money was wasted in absurd amounts. That along with many issues. Other problem was allowing Osama to escape, US basically had no elite forces like SEAL deployed at the time. Aside from few CIA operatives that went with local forces. This failure basically is what really started the whole show as it gave massive amount of political ammunition for the terrorists, and which ultimately started the cat and mouse game, slowly turning them into massive problem escalating the conflict.
Clearly it does take a high level of education to believe in this idiotic view that we can invade a country and instill American western values on a foreign place. Many of these generals and politicians are highly educated yet they don’t seem to have common sense. Very sad and I feel higher education should take a look in the mirror to figure out why so many of the “leaders” they create are such out of touch nitwits that get us into these situations.
@@jeb419 I can understand why people who study war think it is possible to totally revamp another nation. The United States successfully demilitarized the culture and politics of Germany and Japan post-WWII. Clearly, something is different between now and then, be it the target country or the strategy/execution of the people charged with carrying out the task.
@@tomcotter4299 did you watch the video to see what the situation was like on the ground there? There are many other disturbing videos from journalists being embedded in Afghanistan, for instance a Vice piece showing that the local Afghan police we were propping up and assisting were using boys for sexual acts, and the US troops stationed there couldn’t do anything about it because it went against the rosy picture that the chain of command was perpetuating. Germany and Japan were completely different cultures with a population that had a firm desire to change, move on and build a functioning country. That was never the case in Afghanistan and under our directive it never would be, no matter how many troops, firepower, or humanitarian aide we give them. Perhaps like Vietnam before, the nation can rise up without our intervention and become more moderate and successful country, but this is Afghanistan. It’s a tribal place
Why try to reform a foreign country? This is deeper than to try to reform a country, it is global. War makes some people rich, endless war brings money to deep pockets.
Proud he's ill equipped/trained. Can't even talk to the people properly, no quality translation. Has so little power in the land that he can't make them go to their local market. It's all around pathetic from the US.
@sxpr33t "Your proudness is one of the main enabler for the politician to send them half the world away to kill brown people & burn dollars" Exactly. The US population needs to be much more critical of both the politicians and the soldiers who willingly serve the military industrial complex. These men are not heroes. They're pawns in a big game that benefits the few while causing untold suffering to many.
80% of the world's opium comes from Afghanistan and taliban wouldn't let us have it. No wonder there was such a vested interest in this place. No weapons of mass destruction, no osama, with dozens of countries worldwide dealing with very similar problems. This war was fought for big pharma
PBS Frontline remains one of the best weapons in the arsenal of American soft power. I mean that in a good way. 8 year old me growing up in the middle of a desert didn't stand a chance! Without firing a single shot the Americans had conquered me. I am 40 now and still hooked to this phenomenal show.
This was not Barack Hussein Obama’s war This is a George Bush war. There was no need to go into Afghanistan. We kicked Their ass in Two months we should’ve walked out. No we stayed for 20 years.
“Barry's first taste of battle was only a skirmish against a small rearguard of Frenchmen who occupied an orchard beside a road down which, a few hours later, the English main force wished to pass. Though this encounter is not recorded in any history books, it was memorable enough for those who took part.” - Barry Lyndon (Stanley Kubrick)
And ensuring no future potential ally ever will trust the US again thanks to one idiotic decision by a President whose entire platform is undoing his predecessor’s signature achievement.
We can’t afford another foreign war… we need to be worried about the welfare of our own people in America. After this I will not support foreign intervention🙏🏾
Fighting wars is actually done in the name of welfare of the citizens of America.... multi billion dollar US defence contractors are the direct benefactors and it trickles down as jobs to Americans....
Honestly, I'm really not liking China and their policies. Not only that, but their constant saber rattling isn't helping either. Other than that, I agree. We need to start investing more in America/Americans.
It’s to late for that, especially the way the world is going, it’s inevitable. When it will happen I don’t know. In the end of the day I understand your sentiment but America has so much investments worldwide that I doubt America will avoid foreign intervention.
What's your opinion on all this? Also maybe it's because I have heart problems that cause excessive sweating even in mild heat, how on earth do you manage in that climate with all that equipment?
@@KaoticReach1999 the climate question is easy you have to be in the area for about a week or two to undergo acclimatization. The equipment was a beast at times. There was this one time we were taking fire, I had to pour water on myself so I wouldn’t overheat.
One thing is certain: Afghanistan is not just a graveyard for the great powers, this whole country is A massive graveyard for everyone involved. I feel sorry for the ordinary people there having to live in this hellhole called "Afghanistan"...
"Spread the word. Tell your friends that live in other places, tell the Taliban to stay away." It's truly unbelievable that was even a thought in the mind of a soldier 8 years after the war began. Just Say No.
General David Petraeus has a long-simmering affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell, who gets jealous of Petraeus’s acquaintance Jill Kelley and sends her threatening, anonymous e-mails. Broadwell also dials in General John Allen, another acquaintance, sending him e-mails that describe Kelley “as a ‘seductress’ and warn[ing] the general about being entangled in a relationship with her,” according to The Wall Street Journal. Then Kelley gets an anonymous FBI agent on the line, intending that he only hear Broadwell’s attacks. But while he’s eavesdropping on that interaction, he overhears dirt that Kelley didn’t mean to expose - namely, that she was exchanging her own sexy e-mails with Allen. Oh, and that anonymous FBI agent was hot for Kelley and had sent her shirtless pics of himself. As the Plastics would say, “OMG.”. The Cut PENTAGON OF LOVE NOV. 15, 2012 How Mean Girls Explains the Petraeus Scandal By Ann Friedman
escape vietnam, flee afghanistan. he attacks weak countries like an aggressive dog and then runs away without looking his ass , we watched these scenes a lot vietnam iraq afghanistan . I hope if you fight CHINA you won't flee the pacific😂😂😂
The Director of Afghan Intelligence seems like an interesting character. He was so concise in his answers. He made short but sharp remarks, no space for any confusion.
I remember when this first came out a long time ago. People back then would call you a racist just because you were criticizing a black president for acting like bush.
@John Covington Yup, unfortunately, I think we are here 20 years later not because of our politicians but the lack of informed Americans to make the right decisions... The politician knows what they is doing....
@@Ddub1083 And look at Afghanistan now. Yet his ever-loyal cult followers place blame on the incumbent (Biden) for a decision he wasn’t in office to make. Ironically enough, the disgraced, seditious traitor and Q nut Michael Flynn happens to be in this doc. My, how people fall.
I would never volunteer for the US military. The most hillarious part is the "counterinsurgency strategy" of having a 19 year old shout at a village "When the Taliban come, do not work with them. When we come, you need to help us. ok got it?" What a joke.
@@novadream1184 They invaded Afghanistan, because the Taliban government were harbouring Al Quaida terrorists, responsible for the 9/11 Terror Attacks. I think joining this war and fighting for the country you love, is actually very courageous and intelligent. They have more grit than you'll likely ever have - (probably cowering behind your keyboard and eating Doritos all day long).
Rip sharp. No I didn’t go to school with him or know him while we were growing up, but he was one of our soldiers. And not every soldier needs a sob story.
Well, his grand children would not study his battle in school. They will study how the president was so wise at that time. They will study the same kind of lies that Sharp studied.
General David Petraeus has a long-simmering affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell, who gets jealous of Petraeus’s acquaintance Jill Kelley and sends her threatening, anonymous e-mails. Broadwell also dials in General John Allen, another acquaintance, sending him e-mails that describe Kelley “as a ‘seductress’ and warn[ing] the general about being entangled in a relationship with her,” according to The Wall Street Journal. Then Kelley gets an anonymous FBI agent on the line, intending that he only hear Broadwell’s attacks. But while he’s eavesdropping on that interaction, he overhears dirt that Kelley didn’t mean to expose - namely, that she was exchanging her own sexy e-mails with Allen. Oh, and that anonymous FBI agent was hot for Kelley and had sent her shirtless pics of himself. As the Plastics would say, “OMG.”. The Cut PENTAGON OF LOVE NOV. 15, 2012 How Mean Girls Explains the Petraeus Scandal By Ann Friedman
@@asaventurasderobson General David Petraeus has a long-simmering affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell, who gets jealous of Petraeus’s acquaintance Jill Kelley and sends her threatening, anonymous e-mails. Broadwell also dials in General John Allen, another acquaintance, sending him e-mails that describe Kelley “as a ‘seductress’ and warn[ing] the general about being entangled in a relationship with her,” according to The Wall Street Journal. Then Kelley gets an anonymous FBI agent on the line, intending that he only hear Broadwell’s attacks. But while he’s eavesdropping on that interaction, he overhears dirt that Kelley didn’t mean to expose - namely, that she was exchanging her own sexy e-mails with Allen. Oh, and that anonymous FBI agent was hot for Kelley and had sent her shirtless pics of himself. As the Plastics would say, “OMG.”. The Cut PENTAGON OF LOVE NOV. 15, 2012 How Mean Girls Explains the Petraeus Scandal By Ann Friedman
20 years of fighting for what? The US should feel ashamed of the mess they created and then left behind just to run like cowards in the middle of the night.
Yes ur right 20 yrs of help from u.s. not sure how many u.s. soldiers died & they 1 trillion dollars spent ovr there just to leave it a mess or run lie cowards in the mid of nite. But didnt trump announce last yr he was pullin troops out. Yes he did then he bragged that he made impossible to back out of it known fact he said himself. But that's really nothin. My main question is out of 20 yrs the afghans wouldnt couldnt or dint want to fight 4 themselves so y is evry1 cryin ovr it, their grown azz adults & if i dnt wanna defend urselves then live under the dictatorship that they just received. So quit cryin & whinning 4 nothing
@@uglyjordanuglyjordan1744 it basically means 20 years of fighting and spending almost a trillion dollars was for nothing but just to see the taliban capturing the kabul without any bloodshed. Another defeat in the books of history for u.s. saigon 2.0
I remember right as we started bombing Afghanistan in 2001 they interviewed a old afghan man who was fleeing to Pakistan to escape the bombing with his family and he said "We have defeated every country that has invaded Afghanistan now here come the Americans. We will defeat them just like we did the Russians" Boy was he right.
lol Afghanistan has been beaten many times in history. that is all mythology. the best country at beating the USA is the USA and everyone knows it. Just have to wait for the right democrats to ruin everything
@@whodat9198 Wrong, many empires have invaded Afghanistan but have never been able to control the Pashtun tribes. Just ask Alexander the Great, the Mongols and the Persians.
@@admiral2588 Most of those examples controlled the territory and the people in them for long periods of time. Many of those empires receded or ended for reasons that had nothing to do with Afghanistan. The graveyard of empires trope is just a myth. Many have controlled the area thru history when they felt it was in their interests until it wasn't for decades and centuries or even multiple times. At some point other internal issues take precedent or the effort isn't worth the bother. Using the same graveyard myth one could make the same argument about most independent nations that threw off any colonial power multiple times. I guess Brazil is the graveyard of empires too!! LOL! As for 'control' of various tribes and factions that don't even have borders or national ideology, not sure how you even care to define or try to measure that. I'm sure if any imperial power remotely cared enough they'd give the Pashtuns blankets with smallpox, kill all their goats and build railroads, forts and settlements everywhere suffocating them out of space. Been done repeatedly thru history to people who no longer exist. It's not magic.
I don't think they ever truly cared about winning as much as they did fulfilling their monetary goals. Stretch the war long-term, make money long-term.
The best part about these PBS documentaries is the manually added closed captions. It's a great accessibility feature which I feel every TH-cam channel should add.
Here is another one. Pat Tillman, turned down a three-year, multi-million-dollar deal with the NFL Arizona Cardinals and instead joined the Army. He was killed by friendly fire while serving in Afghanistan on April 22, 2004. The news that Tillman, age 27, was mistakenly gunned down by his fellow Rangers, rather than enemy forces, was initially covered up by the U.S. military.
0:13: 🔫 The documentary explores the situation in Afghanistan and the debate surrounding America's involvement in the war. 7:12: 🌍 The Marines' primary mission is to protect the people and separate them from the Taliban in Afghanistan. 13:08: 😔 The Marines face challenges in gaining the trust of the Afghan people due to ongoing violence and the influence of the Taliban. 18:04: 🔫 Marines face communication challenges and frustration while trying to gather information from locals and engage with the Taliban in a firefight. 23:37: 🔴 The political side of counterinsurgency in Afghanistan is just as important as security, but the government's corruption is a major obstacle. 29:42: 😕 The military is prioritizing fighting local Afghan corruption as a military necessity, but nation-building efforts in Afghanistan are seen as ambitious and vague. 36:57: 🔒 The US partnership with Pakistan is troubled as the government and military stance consider it more harmful than helpful, and the Pakistanis have faced a serious Taliban problem of their own. 43:07: 😕 The United States' war in Afghanistan is complicated by its relationship with Pakistan and the Taliban, and the recent Afghan election fraud has further complicated the situation. 49:32: ⚔ The debate over the way forward in Afghanistan continues, with some arguing for a larger deployment of American troops and others suggesting alternative strategies. Recap by Tammy AI
You liberals always use such stilted language when you talk about politics. How do you feel about wars? I voted for Obama because he promised to end this shit, then he broke the promise and became Bush on steroids.
Whoever is training these soldiers needs teach them how to communicate with people who's first language is not English. Not surprised the locals didn't open up
Imagine all the vaxxed and boostered people. When they they're now have an expiration date because they were lied into being scared of coof and now it's a matter of time untill whatever aliment the vax gave them will rear it's ugly head.
AMEN! To fight on the battle field, watch your Marines die and later find out that all that was for an empty political cause. That's not a good feeling.
I was a Marine platoon commander in Vietnam 1968-1969. Hard year. Lost too many good Marines killed and wounded. We operated in different types of terrain that included sandy pine forests near the coast, rice paddies, elephant grass, jungle, and the mountains. It was physically and mentally exhausting. It was stinking hot in the dry season and it rained constantly during the monsoon season. I was a company commander in Hawaii 1975-1976. Hawaii didn't have a jungle course in those days, rather it was OJT taking the company on training exercises on both Oahu and the Big Island. I can confirm that the terrain really sucked in both places, especially keeping control of a rifle company. I did nearly freeze to death at the Army's Arctic Warfare Course at Ft Greely, Alaska in 1977 while I was the 1st Marine Brigade G-4 Operations Officer because one of our contingency plans was in the event of another Korean War. The commanding general wanted me to advise him as to how to prepare for that mission in the event we had to deploy to Korea during the winter. So he sent me to the Arctic Warfare Course. I also spent two years in Latin America supporting a host nation's counter-insurgency effort. I wasn't as dangerous as Vietnam, but it was dangerous work. It was a designated combat zone and so I received combat pay and fitness reports. The country also had some serious terrain challenges. Retired after 21 years. Greatest honor in my life was leading Marines, especially in combat.
@make a wish bro a man died… your just plain evil at the point, yeah he was invading but he was just serving his country. A cog in a machine not the person who actually ordered the invasion. Your just a bad person and at this point you deserve what ever comes your way
Outcome is US army & mercenaries take control of the puppy fields to give u a reason to go to that rave party your friends are throwing. An other thing is that American armies, spies, cia etc use Afghanistan as a guard tower so that they can easily punish any state which disobeys them or refuses to pay “the protection money’. America is a godfather.
This was more about the Afghanistan country winning. But corruption and fear of the Taliban meant that there was never going to be a good outcome. I feel for the afghan people. No win for them. Poor bastards.
18:07 - It's the native English speaker that has a comprehension problem. They have not gone away from the area, to fight or otherwise. There is no destination, regardless of how many times you ask where they have *not* gone to fight. This is absolutely ridiculous, perhaps opium is involved.
@@nunyabidness976 Best "Cartoon" is Trump "still" - trying to Steal the Presidency... This ain't Hollywood or a game Show. Face it, you didn't get the VOTES? You are Fired! Live with it...deal with it! Even your cronies are embarrassed.
Absolutely amazing reporting. Incredible that journalists were embedded getting the real story on the ground, while being in a bitter war zone. Always interesting to see the out of touch generals and politicians in Washington and then see the actual story on the ground and realize how absolutely incongruous it always is in America’s idiotic wars.
We'll be in another war but sadly a Necessary one. If the CCP invades Taiwan. And you can't say no to Taiwan. They LITERALLY control most of the world's semiconductor manufacturing. China controls that, it'll affect everyone. And don't even get started on Defense deals with the Philippines and Japan.
I completely agree with you. The recent fall of the US implemented Afghanistan government came as no surprise to people who payed attention to the real boots on the ground reporting. I was honestly shocked at how surprised the average person was to its inevitable outcome.
General David Petraeus has a long-simmering affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell, who gets jealous of Petraeus’s acquaintance Jill Kelley and sends her threatening, anonymous e-mails. Broadwell also dials in General John Allen, another acquaintance, sending him e-mails that describe Kelley “as a ‘seductress’ and warn[ing] the general about being entangled in a relationship with her,” according to The Wall Street Journal. Then Kelley gets an anonymous FBI agent on the line, intending that he only hear Broadwell’s attacks. But while he’s eavesdropping on that interaction, he overhears dirt that Kelley didn’t mean to expose - namely, that she was exchanging her own sexy e-mails with Allen. Oh, and that anonymous FBI agent was hot for Kelley and had sent her shirtless pics of himself. As the Plastics would say, “OMG.”. The Cut PENTAGON OF LOVE NOV. 15, 2012 How Mean Girls Explains the Petraeus Scandal By Ann Friedman
I have never been in the military but I am a victim of a civil war. In my opinion, nothing good ever comes out of war except more devastation, distraction, poverty, hunger, and ultimately overwhelming refugee flow no country wants to take. I really hope this is the last war we engage. The word “American Project” stuck with me the most. Judging from our exit, this was indeed a project.
@@stansmith4054 Both wars you used as a example where bullsh*t The American Revolutionary led to a better what? Independent from who? What about the people who where kidnapped? the native Americans who country was stolen? Did the war help them? Ended slavery then what?What did the Civil War seriously change for the kidnapped African American? Neither one of those wars helped the majority of people in America.
@@stansmith4054 In genral, I agree with your assessment. The American victory in 1783 over Imperial Britian didn't just give rise to a new Nation, but changed the History of the world for the better. The World War victories were also positve [but costly] for humanity. Korea led to the free state of South Korea, an Asian success story. It also gave the World as fair a contrast between two systems as ever there has been; the Communist state in the North is a dismal failure. Kosovo, Kuwait, and hopefully Ukraine are NOT wasted Wars. Finally, my opinion of the Civil War differs from almost anyone I know. If it had never been faught slavery would have ended with the cotton gin and the invention of farm machinery, which was all only a decade or two away. We may have had two searate Americas, but we virtually do, anyway. We'd still be incredibly strong. . . So I question if this, the bloodiest American War [the loss of ~ 650,000 lives] was worth the trouble. Your thoughts?
@@davidflitcroft7101 ....Your opinion - assumes 'everything else would have NOT changed'... However it neglects that "western" expansion would likely would not have been possible without the fallout from repression of "Slavery"! Spanish interests were much further advanced than you realism: California, New Mexico, the whole Pacific coast - would not so easily been "Stolen" nor would Alaska been sold to the USA at such a discount - if the aftermath of remnants of slavery made it possible for Yankee;s to pull up stakes and "Go West" - because US soldiers were massacring, Indians or putting them on shrinking "Reservations"! The Plains Indians had seen what happened to East coast "Civilized Indian".... there was rising consolidation ...by Indians... to organize resistance. against "Encroachment" by Americans. "Sea to shining Sea" was beginning to be plainly viable. What if the Indians had become "Woke"?, joined together...made a treaty with Mexico, Spain, "France",China, Japan - America was a prize, waiting to be divided - By The "Entire Old World Order"! Keeping de facto "Slavery" allowed USA government to concentrate. on "Indian Fighting"... Consolidation - instead of being distracted by Nation Building. Once again...no Full credit is assigned to the true "Debt" This country owes the unsung presence of "African-Americans"! Whether they were "Legally" Enslaved or Not".
Did he lose his life for a good cause? Was his relatives´ sorrow worth anything? Does the American people still believe that the US Army should fight other countries civil wars? Wasn`t Vietnam enough of a lesson learned? Rest in Peace Corporal Sharp. May his relatives find peace and strenght. I bet right now they must feel very dissapointed with the result. I`ll believe in the war effort the same day when warmongers stop fighting until the last drop of other people`s blood... and grab the assault rifles and do the job themselves. Sorry Jerry... I`m not even American... just can`t accept how evil mankind can get in order to sacrifice young people like Corporal Sharp and secure the Military Industrial Complex gains.
The marine that screams at the translator in the afghans eyes looks like an unstable person. He screams at his guy that is helping he has no respect they will never connect with that guy that has no respect. Respect is a big thing in Afghanistan, in their culture. He definitely did not learn how to connect, fast talking, shaking his arms body,raising the voice that’s not the body language to connect with afghans!
This really opens viewers eyes on how things look like on ground,. How it's like you're walking down fields, villages, speaking to locals who don't understand your language. The situation is so messed up 😒
"They have money for war's but can't feed the poor" -Tupac 🌷💚 I remember being 10 years old and Bush scaring the shit out of me, not the terrorism but the fact he was using the war to get away with murder and total authoritarian actions without any fight! He fear mongered the people and placed his cabinet into power, money and resources are always the reason for "Democracy"!! Bush is a huge reason I observe politics!
These brave soldiers and Marines deserve our thanks and honor. A decade out from this report and it’s clear that our leaders deserve blame and derision. Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Obama, Petrarus, McChrysyal, Flynn, et al., all deserve blame for the pointless waste of human life and national treasure. We see all these military neocons-even the Democrats-going to great lengths justifying a war the only reason for was feeding the military-industrial complex. I liked Obama as a person, but this was a huge failure on his part.
You do know? The military follows orders from the politicians, right? And the business people are buying anyone who is will to sell out. Military was taking orders from Cheney, who was cornering the Oil markets. Biggest show on Earth. financed by endless wars. Anyone remember the defective mil issued "Body-Armor" or how about the down-level HumVees no one wanted to drive. Corrupt Pakistan???? ... just keep sending money.
Stop with the BS. Obama inherited BUSH'S problem. Those 911 terrorists were Saudi citizens. Bush should not have invaded Afghanistan. Those generals should have advised Obama to pullout. You don't appreciate Obama for ending Bin Laden or pulling the troops out.
My jaw dropped when I saw that US Marine talking down to Afghans about cooperating with implied threats. For me, that offered a snapshot into the colossal failures of America's mission in Afghanistan. US forces need to learn from what Ugandan troops did in Somalia: the peacekeeping mission in Somalia led by Ugandan is an eye-opening experiment of what winning over hearts and minds of people is about.
American soldiers have always been their own worst enemy. Easy to invade countries, then they treat the locals as sub human animals. Create an insurgency they can't win
The Marine who's trying to communicate with the locals at 18:01, and God bless him for serving, but he needed to be more articulate with his phrasing. He's speaking as if he's talking with buddy's from High school which makes his words and phrases very informal. That in turn makes it harder for the interpreter to understand and translate. He looks older but he sounds like a 17 year old.
I mean it depends on what you consider a war. We beat Isis, we beat Iraq’s army, we beat the Taliban originally. Our military has done a great job fighting since the gulf war. The problems came from our government wanting to overstay their welcome, and trying to make marines act like teachers and construction workers.
-33:52 What this Afghan man says about being simple people, and if the Americans can’t beat them with huge tanks and planes, then how could they. What a brilliant reply…
facepalm.... because obama GREATLY increased our involvement in Afghanistan and promised 3 separate times to bring all troops home and failed. Its not mind-boggling if you paid any attention to what was happening in 2009-2010. He multiplied our forces in afghanistan by nearly 6x reaching well over 150,000. it changed from a peace mission done with our allies... to an american war. Its been known since 2010 that whenever we pulled out, the country would fall to the Taliban... it was so well known that that is probably what made Obama stay. He knew that whatever sucker was President when the war ended, they would get the blame for the unmitigated disaster that would follow... so he stayed in long enough to hopefully have trump do it. Trump cared too much about his political image to ever be that sucker... so he promised to pull out and then stayed 4 more years only to attempt to pull out at the last second for a poll bump in 2020. The eventual pullout was under Biden and not surprisingly biden is eating the shit over it. Everyone knew it was coming... no one wanted to be the one that has to answer questions about it.
There was an obvious communication barrier, which was causing frustration amongst Marines and confusion amongst local Afghans. This created a huge problem. Trying to communicate through a translator is tricky because not all words and sentiments are so easily translated between the languages. On many occasions, this made the translators seem incompetent. All in all, it was just one more thing that made our soldiers and Marines jobs, along with the everyday lives of Afghans that much more difficult.
that marine officer was especially poor at keeping his composure and came across ignorant and rude , the complete wrong way to try win hearts and minds of these locals
@@mrgman_gaming well.. that was a major part of it, yes. But just being able to communicate effectively made a huge difference. There were some officers and even higher ranked enlisted that took language courses before being deployed and it helped immensely. These individuals tended to be well liked by the local Afghan population, it goes without saying as to why this was.
Ridiculous But the war mongers made money 💰💰 I💰💰💲💰💲💲💲💰💰to much to see the truth. Our government and all of the special interest and lobbiest, and the military industrial complex is that greedy, what other reason did we stay there so long?
This aired 12 years ago. How many have died since then in this wasted, worthless cause? How would you like it if some foreign invader patted you down every few minutes and told you if they saw you stuffing something in your pocket they'd shoot you? And these were the guys who were supposed to win hearts and minds! Hopeless from the start.
@@CaptainMctavish-y7h At the expense of soldiers' lives! I understand the commitment of these soldiers. But those people in power (and their cohorts) that brought them there, I will never, ever forget their greed that ultimately caused US soldiers to risk & give their lives.
Your shady government hasn’t . Oil , money , political power & natural resources , but they’ll tell you and the soldiers their fighting for your freedom . Brainwashing 101 🇺🇸
"I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death." - Thomas Paine
0:50 he’s words will come back to haunt America, can’t imagine the reaction many vetrens & family’s had seeing the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban. It must’ve been so disillusioning.
Martin Smith 🙏 PBS🙏. Thank you for this documentary. What my take to this war is it's hard to win. Because you don't know who is really an ally. Even the biggest player that you're helping cannot be trusted. Even in the tribes with the common people, you will never know who are friendly or else you are talking with the enemy ready to take the fall. It is just the sad part falls to thr demise of the people who wants peace. 😢
What is the US military doing in Afghanistan? You are occupying! Go to your country and do not interfere in the affairs of other countries!! Is it permissible for another country to enter America and impose control on the American people?????
Who else is binging through these Afghanistan themed docs and looking back to see how it all went horribly wrong in the aftermath of the Fall of Kabul?
I see Good morning Afganistan in Democracy Now with Amy Goodman day after day in life ,was horrible wat happened with Afganistanies oveder was disgusting how many people was killing in side of the train cars or something like barc containers !🥺
Watching this after the fall of Afghanistan, we should have left the country when we figured OBL was no longer there. As soon as conventional troops hit the ground it was Vietnam all over again
Looking back on this now it’s absolutely mind blowing how some of “the best and brightest” US military minds thought that “nation building” the way they were doing it was even remotely appropriate. And these people made millions doing it. Criminal
1:59 “And remember your measure’s not found in how much time you have on this earth but what you do with the time that you have.” -US Marine quotes Gandalf from Lord of the Rings
Do you really think the author of that garbage came up with that on his own? The commander addressing his troops has likely never seen or heard of Lord of the rings when this was filmed. The quote was from WW2.
48:50 “Are more troops the answer?…or should our focus shift eastward toward the tribal nations of Pakistan?” …notice how “stop spending money to influence politics in this region” is never listed as an option
How can you win their hearts and minds if you cant even understand their culture. The U.S needs to do a better job ag establishing real relations, but that will never happen
20 year old Marines, who barely speak understandable English, question uneducated villagers who speak no English at all. A sure way to "win over their hearts and minds".
Suggestions for those who think they want to sign up for the united states military. Don't do it. You're not getting a cut of the money flowing through the military industrial complex. If you want to fight for America start in your community first and help your neighbors. The military is for the benefit of industry.
5 of the 10 richest counties in America are in Virginia where the military industrial complex resides. Full of lobbyists and defense contractors with access to D.C. politicians. Ask yourself why that is the case. 1. Loudoun, County, Virginia 2. Falls Church city, Virginia 3. Fairfax County, Virginia 4. Santa Clara County, California 5. San Mateo County, California 6. Los Alamos County, New Mexico 7. Howard County, Maryland 8. Arlington County, Virginia 9. Douglas County, Colorado 10. Fairfax city, Virginia
I'm almost 4 minutes in and I love the utter confusion. There's no Line of Sight, you got one guy yelling about "I told y'all not to cross here" or whatever, one guy just trying to empty his mag, his squad leader or whomever telling him to get down, and with the glory of hindsight, NONE of it made the SLIGHTEST bit of difference
"you have planes, tanks and guns. If you can't win, how can we?"
the local guy is on point.
Logic isn’t bound to any race, gender, religion, or creed
And it was such a simple way to state it the translator had no problems on that one
It's not about equipment's, money, power. It's about fighting religious ideology, radical Islamist extremism. Where it's clearly and plainly visible that there's no winning against extremists religious ideology....
Ask Vietnam
@@mwngtombing4970 these tribal regions been acting the same long before Islam
“You cannot defeat a enemy which looks at the scope of a rifle and sees paradise.” - Soviet saying about Afghanistan
Lord, deliver you from :-
the teeth of the tiger,
Venom of cobra , and the
Vengeance of Afghans
(Old Afghani proverb)
*an *into
We were there to help people that didn't want our help. Only after complete chaos did some accept our help.
Yes you can
@@starter47990 You can not.
20:52 "If you can't win, how can we?"
I don't know why, but that line stuck with me.
It was the finality in how he said it...
Easy they normally only send a small team of Taliban to threaten them. Kill them bastards right then and there. Them act like you never got the message. The village stands against them.
Because it's the solid truth
There it was. There was the line that made clear this was a war that was never gonna be won. Europe in 1944-1945 wanted to be free, these people don’t. It has to come from them, not us.
@@csb772 sounds easy until the Taliban line your streets with IEDs in the middle of the night or just kick in your doors and blow away your whole family.
The story of Cpl Sharp really hit the bottom of my stomach. I looked him up. He was 20 years old, and engaged. The couple wanted to go to college. Instead, he went to war. He wanted to be a positive part of history for his grandchildren to be proud of, but they'll never exist, because he wasn't allowed the opportunity to have any children at all. I don't see it happening in our lifetime, but I hope someday, there won't be a need for any of this lethality.
pshhh he made that choice ah long time ago and besides its not his country afghanistan isnt His!!!!!!!!!
He was one of the best men I’ve ever met.
Thank god for Obama's war, where would we be without it
@@olechristianhenne6583 Fool.
@@olechristianhenne6583 it wasn’t his decision to go to Afghanistan. It was his decision to serve his country.
Americans aren’t defending their country anymore and haven’t in a long time.
Afghanistan is very resilient. But by all the wrong people. You can’t win without wanting to take it all by force.
That’s how the extremists in the 60s took over, that’s how the taliban took over.
Afghanistan used to look like a small America back in the 50s
It’s heartbreaking to watch this after how it all ended in Afghanistan. All those lives lost and forever affected and for what? It’s tragic, but those in power that made these decisions will be fine and never held accountable for their decisions.
You should think again🤔, i mean asking Islamic country to help fight Islamic extrimists which are try to make Islamic nation 👀🙄😵
@@jaymalmodhvadiya3944 yeah it made no sense from the start, that's why the afghanistan security/army just laid down their arms when the US left and the Taliban came rolling in lol
US felt threatened then gave up lmao
A total waste, dick chenny and bush got rich though, Haliburton
@@thelegendofner0 I feel on some level the Afghan soldiers and Afghan men in general were scared of Western-style democracy. If "their" women could get education and good jobs and have rights and walk around unscarfed, where would this new world order leave the men?
I feel sorry for the US marines. They were dragged into the battlefield with zero understanding of local customs & values. How unfortunate
I thought I was watching a Vietnam documentary with updated tools...
that's what happens when you decide to sign up to kill for a living. i mean to protect people.
@@kadmd03 really nothings changed. Just upgraded armor and weapons. Sad.
You went there to change the customs and values and you lost.
So what ?
@N D You've obviously never been in combat, nor does it sound like anyone else in this thread has either. Marines, in general, are extremely organized and meticulous in the way they conduct themselves and their "operations". probably more so than any other branch. The yelling that Marines do is also part of their culture as training to be the warriors they are requires them not only be effective, but also aggressive and violent. You can look through American history and find extremely few instances where the US Marines were out fought or defeated on the battle field.
What you see here is a mix of organized chaos, adrenaline, and excitement. There's plenty of NCO's, Staff NCO's, and an officer or two around that I'm sure of. But hey, what do I know. The guy on the couch probably knows better.
19:42 well there's the problem. Sending in a bunch of young arrogant soldiers to talk down to afghan elders. Then people wonder why the Afghanis end up siding with the Taliban. You can't be talking to the local population like that and expect them to support you. Specially talking down to older people while you're just a young man.
Arrogant? I saw frustration and misunderstanding. He was told those Afghans wanted his help.
@@bertbollen His attitude doesn’t really matter. It’s deeper than that. Why would local afghani’s trust a foreign occupying force, even if they put on a nice face. Especially when compliance basically guarantees death or torture when the Taliban eventually return.
@@theycallmeGUN I totally agree.
And they know that our government will just abandon them in the end smh lets face it our government is a lying piece of shit that only destroys and takes
Yea he didnt do a good job at all
I served in the Corps from 2011-2019 and my first two tours were in Afghanistan and they were in Helmand, specifically at Camp Leatherneck. When I got there, our CO told us to not get too friendly or close to the locals because you don't know if they could be Taliban. When he said that they expected to get attacked is spot on, because it happened a lot. To be honest, I was excited to be sent there, but that changed drastically. In my first 3 months in Afghanistan, I went from "okay, let's get these Assholes" to "I hope to make it back in piece".
Thanks for ur service man!
In one piece? Or in peace?
Glad you made it. Hope you didn't shoot any non Taliban civilians.
The most ironic bit is when that US commander says "We'll leave under shades of grey". Its ironic because at that time, it probably would sound fairly benign, maybe even a little pessimistic. But the reality was the US left under no shades of grey - they were defeated, the same as in Vietnam War. They left with the Taliban nipping at their heels. The moment the US left, the Taliban were unequivocally in control.
They did leave on their own terms in that a decision was made to leave. The Taliban would not be in control if the US didn't remove their troops. Ultimately it was too costly, which begs the question, why start something that you can't finish.
The Vietnam war is an ignorant comparison. There you could say that the US was beaten on the battlefield. That was never the case with Afghanistan, where the people were always against them. @@dynamo1796
@@bhall4996For who? 😏 You dont livein Afghanistan .so for what reason he fought for
It doesn’t take education or experience in military strategy to see that this plan to reform an entire nation is too ambitious, and the people charged with carrying out the mission don’t have the necessary skills.
Core problem is that previous government, which was mujahideen warlords that took over the soviets, were allowed to stay in power when US came in. From the start whole Afganistan government was very corrupt so progress and money was wasted in absurd amounts.
That along with many issues. Other problem was allowing Osama to escape, US basically had no elite forces like SEAL deployed at the time. Aside from few CIA operatives that went with local forces. This failure basically is what really started the whole show as it gave massive amount of political ammunition for the terrorists, and which ultimately started the cat and mouse game, slowly turning them into massive problem escalating the conflict.
Clearly it does take a high level of education to believe in this idiotic view that we can invade a country and instill American western values on a foreign place. Many of these generals and politicians are highly educated yet they don’t seem to have common sense. Very sad and I feel higher education should take a look in the mirror to figure out why so many of the “leaders” they create are such out of touch nitwits that get us into these situations.
@@jeb419
I can understand why people who study war think it is possible to totally revamp another nation. The United States successfully demilitarized the culture and politics of Germany and Japan post-WWII.
Clearly, something is different between now and then, be it the target country or the strategy/execution of the people charged with carrying out the task.
@@tomcotter4299 did you watch the video to see what the situation was like on the ground there? There are many other disturbing videos from journalists being embedded in Afghanistan, for instance a Vice piece showing that the local Afghan police we were propping up and assisting were using boys for sexual acts, and the US troops stationed there couldn’t do anything about it because it went against the rosy picture that the chain of command was perpetuating. Germany and Japan were completely different cultures with a population that had a firm desire to change, move on and build a functioning country. That was never the case in Afghanistan and under our directive it never would be, no matter how many troops, firepower, or humanitarian aide we give them. Perhaps like Vietnam before, the nation can rise up without our intervention and become more moderate and successful country, but this is Afghanistan. It’s a tribal place
Why try to reform a foreign country? This is deeper than to try to reform a country, it is global. War makes some people rich, endless war brings money to deep pockets.
Proud of those marines ....disgusted how politicians use them for their ambitions.......
My sentiments exactly
Proud he's ill equipped/trained. Can't even talk to the people properly, no quality translation. Has so little power in the land that he can't make them go to their local market. It's all around pathetic from the US.
Proud that they killed civilians and inspired new generations of jihadists?
Nice...
@@t33nyplaysp0p get off cnn
@sxpr33t "Your proudness is one of the main enabler for the politician to send them half the world away to kill brown people & burn dollars"
Exactly.
The US population needs to be much more critical of both the politicians and the soldiers who willingly serve the military industrial complex.
These men are not heroes. They're pawns in a big game that benefits the few while causing untold suffering to many.
Year 2060
"Grandpa, what did you do in the summer of decision in Afghan?"; Gramps: "We wasted time, money and lives."
Sadly this sh*t is cemented into the future.
"We fought an unseen enemy running around on sandals"
Grandson: what..
Ha
@@hectorrosado7400u left out the mines and LMGs and Aks and rpgs. I wonder why hmmm
@@hectorrosado7400 "Grandson: oh, you mean Vietnam?" "no no, that was my grandpa I meant Afghanistan"
80% of the world's opium comes from Afghanistan and taliban wouldn't let us have it. No wonder there was such a vested interest in this place. No weapons of mass destruction, no osama, with dozens of countries worldwide dealing with very similar problems. This war was fought for big pharma
They let everyone else have it lol
Man Frontline never fails to provide quality content. I've been watching them since I was 10 now I'm 25.
I've been watching them since I was 23. Now I'm 60.
I remember my first episode, “The Hunt for Howard Marks”. I’ve been a avid and constant viewer ever since.
Me too am from uganda 🇺🇬 some love
Yeah. Yeah.
PBS Frontline remains one of the best weapons in the arsenal of American soft power. I mean that in a good way. 8 year old me growing up in the middle of a desert didn't stand a chance! Without firing a single shot the Americans had conquered me. I am 40 now and still hooked to this phenomenal show.
34:50 "in the end you'll have an Afghan solution. To an Afghan problem." Who would have thought.
Welldone sir in few word you described whole things
and that’ll be good enough.
@@izharulhaqmardan sama as SOMALIA.
I am not an American, I hate how politicians play with soldiers lives. I have respect for these soldiers!
This was not Barack Hussein Obama’s war This is a George Bush war. There was no need to go into Afghanistan. We kicked Their ass in Two months we should’ve walked out. No we stayed for 20 years.
I used to think that way, but alot of the American soldier WANT to be there....theyre dying to enter combat....its why they join.
@@scorch4299 bingo😁 thats y im choosing infantry
@@scorch4299 exactly. They love to kill and rape. But they'll all meet their Waterloo.
This is TH-cam comments bud no one is American anymore
“Barry's first taste of battle was only a skirmish against a small rearguard of Frenchmen who occupied an orchard beside a road down which, a few hours later, the English main force wished to pass. Though this encounter is not recorded in any history books, it was memorable enough for those who took part.”
- Barry Lyndon (Stanley Kubrick)
We accomplished our mission: making Raytheon rich 🇺🇲🌎🦅
And ensuring no future potential ally ever will trust the US again thanks to one idiotic decision by a President whose entire platform is undoing his predecessor’s signature achievement.
@@Mortimer_Duke bush should’ve never invaded the middle east at all, if you gonna blame one blame them all.
@@Devinn504 Colin Powell with his vile of mustard powder...WMD's ..knowingly lied to the world.
@@FJTx10 once again blame bush and every other president and cabinet members, not just one.
@@Mortimer_Duke - What” signature achievement “are you referring to ?
We can’t afford another foreign war… we need to be worried about the welfare of our own people in America. After this I will not support foreign intervention🙏🏾
I'm almost willing to bet that within the next 6 months the US will be in another country waging war, its an economy of its own.
@@nemesis1291 10 bucks it will be Venezuela or Cuba
Fighting wars is actually done in the name of welfare of the citizens of America.... multi billion dollar US defence contractors are the direct benefactors and it trickles down as jobs to Americans....
Honestly, I'm really not liking China and their policies. Not only that, but their constant saber rattling isn't helping either. Other than that, I agree. We need to start investing more in America/Americans.
It’s to late for that, especially the way the world is going, it’s inevitable. When it will happen I don’t know. In the end of the day I understand your sentiment but America has so much investments worldwide that I doubt America will avoid foreign intervention.
I feel sick watching the news about Afghanistan. All those years, all that investment in lives and treasure... for nothing.
Not for nothing depends who u ask
Hey I am the Marine looking at the camera behind the lieutenant @ 23:11. Yay 5 seconds of fame.
What's your opinion on all this?
Also maybe it's because I have heart problems that cause excessive sweating even in mild heat, how on earth do you manage in that climate with all that equipment?
@@KaoticReach1999 the climate question is easy you have to be in the area for about a week or two to undergo acclimatization. The equipment was a beast at times. There was this one time we were taking fire, I had to pour water on myself so I wouldn’t overheat.
@@mysticswordsmanThank you for your service!!! 🇺🇸
thanks for all , great respect from Naples,Italy
Sweeping for mines...while goats graze in the same area.AMERICANS ARE SO SMART!
One thing is certain: Afghanistan is not just a graveyard for the great powers, this whole country is A massive graveyard for everyone involved. I feel sorry for the ordinary people there having to live in this hellhole called "Afghanistan"...
It's also a massive graveyard for its own people
There are a lot of people who's life is about to change for the worst because of the US withdrawal so we must have done some good but at what cost?
But exception of pakistan . They win from Soviet union and also US
No, a couple of WW2 style firebomb would have ended the war. War is not fought for total destruction as per now
@@destroyerarmor2846 no it wouldn't... stop living in fantasy land and start living in the real world.
"Spread the word. Tell your friends that live in other places, tell the Taliban to stay away." It's truly unbelievable that was even a thought in the mind of a soldier 8 years after the war began. Just Say No.
In order words, the people accepted the Taliban. Now they will suffer Taliban rule.
Say no to drugs
@@carknower say yess to weed & no to drugs!🤣😂 lmao
General David Petraeus has a long-simmering affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell, who gets jealous of Petraeus’s acquaintance Jill Kelley and sends her threatening, anonymous e-mails. Broadwell also dials in General John Allen, another acquaintance, sending him e-mails that describe Kelley “as a ‘seductress’ and warn[ing] the general about being entangled in a relationship with her,” according to The Wall Street Journal. Then Kelley gets an anonymous FBI agent on the line, intending that he only hear Broadwell’s attacks. But while he’s eavesdropping on that interaction, he overhears dirt that Kelley didn’t mean to expose - namely, that she was exchanging her own sexy e-mails with Allen. Oh, and that anonymous FBI agent was hot for Kelley and had sent her shirtless pics of himself. As the Plastics would say, “OMG.”.
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PENTAGON OF LOVE NOV. 15, 2012
How Mean Girls Explains the Petraeus Scandal
By Ann Friedman
escape vietnam, flee afghanistan.
he attacks weak countries like an aggressive dog and then runs away without looking his ass , we watched these scenes a lot vietnam iraq afghanistan .
I hope if you fight CHINA you won't flee the pacific😂😂😂
Best part of Frontline is they don't beat you over the head with it They just ask good questions trust the viewer to judge for themselves.
Sure, but there's an over-arching liberal guidance to the questions.
It's not a bad thing, but to pretend there's no bias is naive.
@@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 Yeah, but I guess it's better than most.
@old man doing high kicks only in black socks. Thank you, couldn’t have put it better myself.
@@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 true we all have biases but I give Frontline credit it keeps their particular bias in check.
Really, this is so biased
The Director of Afghan Intelligence seems like an interesting character.
He was so concise in his answers. He made short but sharp remarks, no space for any confusion.
I remember when this first came out a long time ago. People back then would call you a racist just because you were criticizing a black president for acting like bush.
I spoke of the same thing this evening.
@John Covington Yup, unfortunately, I think we are here 20 years later not because of our politicians but the lack of informed Americans to make the right decisions... The politician knows what they is doing....
@@juanvasquez8616 and the military and private contractors profit off of this greatly. They need to be highly examined
If you knew anything about history the afghan war was going on long before bush and Obama and can be traced back to carter.
It is amazing, how many people would have thought that the Taliban would be the best cooperation for the people and the U.S.
The generals will all have fine retirement homes.
And the politicians who are sending young men and women to never-ending wars
Yep America is 🗑 never flight always cutting and 🏃♀️
"I know much more than all of the generals" Trump
@@Ddub1083 And look at Afghanistan now. Yet his ever-loyal cult followers place blame on the incumbent (Biden) for a decision he wasn’t in office to make.
Ironically enough, the disgraced, seditious traitor and Q nut Michael Flynn happens to be in this doc. My, how people fall.
including every president, Obama as well...
I would never volunteer for the US military. The most hillarious part is the "counterinsurgency strategy" of having a 19 year old shout at a village "When the Taliban come, do not work with them. When we come, you need to help us. ok got it?" What a joke.
Agreed, it’s fucking insulting.
I mean you have to be of a certain type of intellect to join a pointless war
Amazing how you guys speak on shit you know absolutely nothing about. You're absolutely right, fucking insulting.
Local farmers know the BS !
@@novadream1184 They invaded Afghanistan, because the Taliban government were harbouring Al Quaida terrorists, responsible for the 9/11 Terror Attacks. I think joining this war and fighting for the country you love, is actually very courageous and intelligent. They have more grit than you'll likely ever have - (probably cowering behind your keyboard and eating Doritos all day long).
i think the main issue and what I gathered from all these recordings and shows is that the US strategy assumed the locals were stupid...
Rip sharp. No I didn’t go to school with him or know him while we were growing up, but he was one of our soldiers. And not every soldier needs a sob story.
Well, his grand children would not study his battle in school. They will study how the president was so wise at that time. They will study the same kind of lies that Sharp studied.
Straight to hell pal.
Marine
General David Petraeus has a long-simmering affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell, who gets jealous of Petraeus’s acquaintance Jill Kelley and sends her threatening, anonymous e-mails. Broadwell also dials in General John Allen, another acquaintance, sending him e-mails that describe Kelley “as a ‘seductress’ and warn[ing] the general about being entangled in a relationship with her,” according to The Wall Street Journal. Then Kelley gets an anonymous FBI agent on the line, intending that he only hear Broadwell’s attacks. But while he’s eavesdropping on that interaction, he overhears dirt that Kelley didn’t mean to expose - namely, that she was exchanging her own sexy e-mails with Allen. Oh, and that anonymous FBI agent was hot for Kelley and had sent her shirtless pics of himself. As the Plastics would say, “OMG.”.
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PENTAGON OF LOVE NOV. 15, 2012
How Mean Girls Explains the Petraeus Scandal
By Ann Friedman
@@asaventurasderobson General David Petraeus has a long-simmering affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell, who gets jealous of Petraeus’s acquaintance Jill Kelley and sends her threatening, anonymous e-mails. Broadwell also dials in General John Allen, another acquaintance, sending him e-mails that describe Kelley “as a ‘seductress’ and warn[ing] the general about being entangled in a relationship with her,” according to The Wall Street Journal. Then Kelley gets an anonymous FBI agent on the line, intending that he only hear Broadwell’s attacks. But while he’s eavesdropping on that interaction, he overhears dirt that Kelley didn’t mean to expose - namely, that she was exchanging her own sexy e-mails with Allen. Oh, and that anonymous FBI agent was hot for Kelley and had sent her shirtless pics of himself. As the Plastics would say, “OMG.”.
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PENTAGON OF LOVE NOV. 15, 2012
How Mean Girls Explains the Petraeus Scandal
By Ann Friedman
20 years of fighting for what? The US should feel ashamed of the mess they created and then left behind just to run like cowards in the middle of the night.
The silence to vote for this purpose, allowed it.
Yes ur right 20 yrs of help from u.s. not sure how many u.s. soldiers died & they 1 trillion dollars spent ovr there just to leave it a mess or run lie cowards in the mid of nite. But didnt trump announce last yr he was pullin troops out. Yes he did then he bragged that he made impossible to back out of it known fact he said himself. But that's really nothin. My main question is out of 20 yrs the afghans wouldnt couldnt or dint want to fight 4 themselves so y is evry1 cryin ovr it, their grown azz adults & if i dnt wanna defend urselves then live under the dictatorship that they just received. So quit cryin & whinning 4 nothing
Cowards? The Afghan army should be the ones to call cowards since they decided to not fight back and let the Taliban do whatever they want.
@@uglyjordanuglyjordan1744 it basically means 20 years of fighting and spending almost a trillion dollars was for nothing but just to see the taliban capturing the kabul without any bloodshed. Another defeat in the books of history for u.s. saigon 2.0
@@beachesandhose2374 i guess it were americans who "trained & thought" them how to fight and use their weapons only to be seen in taliban hands later.
20 years, a waste of life, man & woman’s lives. Money is behind this.
Oil too
Don't forget Iran/Contra, the Clowns In Action use drug trafficking to fund their hidden agendas. Poppy fields galore.
Greed is a demon
@@FJTx100
You mean Donald Trump and Don Regen
Sucks for the vets... especially if their reading mean comments. They are.
" you have planes , tanks and guns . if you can't win , how can we ? "
My advice for them , ask Vietnam .
I remember right as we started bombing Afghanistan in 2001 they interviewed a old afghan man who was fleeing to Pakistan to escape the bombing with his family and he said "We have defeated every country that has invaded Afghanistan now here come the Americans. We will defeat them just like we did the Russians" Boy was he right.
Bullshit! Pakistan had defeated Afghanistan and install their allies as rulers (Taliban)
lol Afghanistan has been beaten many times in history. that is all mythology. the best country at beating the USA is the USA and everyone knows it. Just have to wait for the right democrats to ruin everything
@@amolkhobaragade u must be living under the rock for 20 years
@@whodat9198 Wrong, many empires have invaded Afghanistan but have never been able to control the Pashtun tribes. Just ask Alexander the Great, the Mongols and the Persians.
@@admiral2588 Most of those examples controlled the territory and the people in them for long periods of time. Many of those empires receded or ended for reasons that had nothing to do with Afghanistan. The graveyard of empires trope is just a myth. Many have controlled the area thru history when they felt it was in their interests until it wasn't for decades and centuries or even multiple times. At some point other internal issues take precedent or the effort isn't worth the bother. Using the same graveyard myth one could make the same argument about most independent nations that threw off any colonial power multiple times. I guess Brazil is the graveyard of empires too!! LOL!
As for 'control' of various tribes and factions that don't even have borders or national ideology, not sure how you even care to define or try to measure that. I'm sure if any imperial power remotely cared enough they'd give the Pashtuns blankets with smallpox, kill all their goats and build railroads, forts and settlements everywhere suffocating them out of space. Been done repeatedly thru history to people who no longer exist. It's not magic.
Well, USA and NATO fought 20 years in Afghanistan to replace Taliban with Taliban.
Pakistan should stop interfering with Afghanistan's affairs.
I don't think they ever truly cared about winning as much as they did fulfilling their monetary goals. Stretch the war long-term, make money long-term.
Oh stop, America invaded and occupied Afghanistan
And then invaded and occupied Iraq, causing yet another insurgency
And the Russians for 10 years from 79-89
Hey what song was playing around 7:30
Stone Sour-Through Glass
The best part about these PBS documentaries is the manually added closed captions. It's a great accessibility feature which I feel every TH-cam channel should add.
Rest in peace Lance Corporal Sharp. Thinking about this guys bravery and selflessness here in Sydney in 2022. You will never be forgotten.
Here is another one. Pat Tillman, turned down a three-year, multi-million-dollar deal with the NFL Arizona Cardinals and instead joined the Army. He was killed by friendly fire while serving in Afghanistan on April 22, 2004. The news that Tillman, age 27, was mistakenly gunned down by his fellow Rangers, rather than enemy forces, was initially covered up by the U.S. military.
What's brave about invading other people's countries turning them to war zones?
@@crand20033Friendly fire is a cost of war, sadly
the sad part is those deaths were pointless. We shoulda never been there to begin with.
and the band played waltzing matilda
"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger."
Thats what happened with Taliban, today they are stronger than ever.
0:13: 🔫 The documentary explores the situation in Afghanistan and the debate surrounding America's involvement in the war.
7:12: 🌍 The Marines' primary mission is to protect the people and separate them from the Taliban in Afghanistan.
13:08: 😔 The Marines face challenges in gaining the trust of the Afghan people due to ongoing violence and the influence of the Taliban.
18:04: 🔫 Marines face communication challenges and frustration while trying to gather information from locals and engage with the Taliban in a firefight.
23:37: 🔴 The political side of counterinsurgency in Afghanistan is just as important as security, but the government's corruption is a major obstacle.
29:42: 😕 The military is prioritizing fighting local Afghan corruption as a military necessity, but nation-building efforts in Afghanistan are seen as ambitious and vague.
36:57: 🔒 The US partnership with Pakistan is troubled as the government and military stance consider it more harmful than helpful, and the Pakistanis have faced a serious Taliban problem of their own.
43:07: 😕 The United States' war in Afghanistan is complicated by its relationship with Pakistan and the Taliban, and the recent Afghan election fraud has further complicated the situation.
49:32: ⚔ The debate over the way forward in Afghanistan continues, with some arguing for a larger deployment of American troops and others suggesting alternative strategies.
Recap by Tammy AI
The combat journalist is basically a soldier filming American history and I think that's galant and courageous
You liberals always use such stilted language when you talk about politics. How do you feel about wars? I voted for Obama because he promised to end this shit, then he broke the promise and became Bush on steroids.
Afghan history
Whoever is training these soldiers needs teach them how to communicate with people who's first language is not English. Not surprised the locals didn't open up
No, they need to shoot first and let the people know to respect the guy with the best gear.
Soldiers talk using bullets...they not politicians
Apparently American soldiers thinks that everybody speaks English, even remote afghan farmers that don't even speak Afghani.
@@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 Lol, thats why the stereotypes for americans are "Americans love War".
@@ChessNoobX Lol, thats why the stereotypes for americans are "Americans love War".
How does a man that lived to come back home cope with the realization It was all for nothing... I can't imagine.
Ask all the Vietnam veterans that question you 💩
Imagine all the vaxxed and boostered people. When they they're now have an expiration date because they were lied into being scared of coof and now it's a matter of time untill whatever aliment the vax gave them will rear it's ugly head.
AMEN! To fight on the battle field, watch your Marines die and later find out that all that was for an empty political cause. That's not a good feeling.
Just like every American illegal war so
@@Truthbomb918 Unfortunately it is true starting from Vietnam War an on.
I was a Marine platoon commander in Vietnam 1968-1969. Hard year. Lost too many good Marines killed and wounded. We operated in different types of terrain that included sandy pine forests near the coast, rice paddies, elephant grass, jungle, and the mountains. It was physically and mentally exhausting. It was stinking hot in the dry season and it rained constantly during the monsoon season. I was a company commander in Hawaii 1975-1976. Hawaii didn't have a jungle course in those days, rather it was OJT taking the company on training exercises on both Oahu and the Big Island. I can confirm that the terrain really sucked in both places, especially keeping control of a rifle company.
I did nearly freeze to death at the Army's Arctic Warfare Course at Ft Greely, Alaska in 1977 while I was the 1st Marine Brigade G-4 Operations Officer because one of our contingency plans was in the event of another Korean War. The commanding general wanted me to advise him as to how to prepare for that mission in the event we had to deploy to Korea during the winter. So he sent me to the Arctic Warfare Course.
I also spent two years in Latin America supporting a host nation's counter-insurgency effort. I wasn't as dangerous as Vietnam, but it was dangerous work. It was a designated combat zone and so I received combat pay and fitness reports. The country also had some serious terrain challenges.
Retired after 21 years. Greatest honor in my life was leading Marines, especially in combat.
Thanks for your service boss ~ glad you made it out.
@@reza_dc2 thx
And u all killed too many civilians the world wont forget
You volunteered so quit bitchin
Brazil?
Just after 5 min, my heart already breaking apart. RIP Corporal Sharp.
*shrug*
@@t33nyplaysp0p So you'll move to the taliban run Afghanistan ?
@@MrTripsJ so you'll go fight them to live your way? How did that go?
@@whotube88 I’m not American lol
@make a wish bro a man died… your just plain evil at the point, yeah he was invading but he was just serving his country. A cog in a machine not the person who actually ordered the invasion. Your just a bad person and at this point you deserve what ever comes your way
Love documentaries that make you think in hindsight about the outcome.
Yeah. EASY to pre forecast when you know the outcome..
Outcome is US army & mercenaries take control of the puppy fields to give u a reason to go to that rave party your friends are throwing. An other thing is that American armies, spies, cia etc use Afghanistan as a guard tower so that they can easily punish any state which disobeys them or refuses to pay “the protection money’. America is a godfather.
Ok
Hits a blunt:
@@TheJimprez BuT trUmP knEw iT BefOrE tHIs!
"Can America win?"
Well, I guess that question has been settled...
Huzzah indeed
Was there ever any doubt?
Sleepy Joe
This was more about the Afghanistan country winning.
But corruption and fear of the Taliban meant that there was never going to be a good outcome.
I feel for the afghan people.
No win for them.
Poor bastards.
The politicians and big corps won. Always.
18:07 - It's the native English speaker that has a comprehension problem. They have not gone away from the area, to fight or otherwise.
There is no destination, regardless of how many times you ask where they have *not* gone to fight.
This is absolutely ridiculous, perhaps opium is involved.
Shout out to the journalists & camera man for bringing us all of this.
Us Army: we have man power, modern warfare machinery, top notch technology etc.
Taliban: we have time
U.S Marines not army
And the truth is America lost it. Now Afghanistan is ruled by Taliban only.
талиби говорять. с нами время и Аллах. 😁😁😁
талиби говорять. с нами время и Аллах. 😁😁😁
The saying is, you have the watch but we have the time
Obama: "the American people deserve a straight forward answer on our purpose there." Proceeds to not give an answer at all
He did better than Trump!
@@geraldboykin6159 OMG
Best joke Ive seen today.
Bush's war
@@nunyabidness976 Best "Cartoon" is Trump "still" - trying to Steal the Presidency...
This ain't Hollywood or a game Show. Face it, you didn't get the VOTES?
You are Fired! Live with it...deal with it! Even your cronies are embarrassed.
@@JustinAEgan
He's only got a couple more years to be on par with Democrats denying the election for 3 years...
but hey...
4d chess is a biscuit.
Wonder why they gave a "nobel *peace* prize" to a dude who continued and extended a war
Absolutely amazing reporting. Incredible that journalists were embedded getting the real story on the ground, while being in a bitter war zone. Always interesting to see the out of touch generals and politicians in Washington and then see the actual story on the ground and realize how absolutely incongruous it always is in America’s idiotic wars.
We'll be in another war but sadly a Necessary one.
If the CCP invades Taiwan.
And you can't say no to Taiwan. They LITERALLY control most of the world's semiconductor manufacturing.
China controls that, it'll affect everyone.
And don't even get started on Defense deals with the Philippines and Japan.
I completely agree with you. The recent fall of the US implemented Afghanistan government came as no surprise to people who payed attention to the real boots on the ground reporting. I was honestly shocked at how surprised the average person was to its inevitable outcome.
General David Petraeus has a long-simmering affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell, who gets jealous of Petraeus’s acquaintance Jill Kelley and sends her threatening, anonymous e-mails. Broadwell also dials in General John Allen, another acquaintance, sending him e-mails that describe Kelley “as a ‘seductress’ and warn[ing] the general about being entangled in a relationship with her,” according to The Wall Street Journal. Then Kelley gets an anonymous FBI agent on the line, intending that he only hear Broadwell’s attacks. But while he’s eavesdropping on that interaction, he overhears dirt that Kelley didn’t mean to expose - namely, that she was exchanging her own sexy e-mails with Allen. Oh, and that anonymous FBI agent was hot for Kelley and had sent her shirtless pics of himself. As the Plastics would say, “OMG.”.
The Cut
PENTAGON OF LOVE NOV. 15, 2012
How Mean Girls Explains the Petraeus Scandal
By Ann Friedman
Not to support any countries when there is a war better to stay neutral.
If it comes to your country then not to leave that countries.
The real story is Uncle Sam is the Worlds No 1 terrorist organisation if Wasters Losers💩💩💩
I have never been in the military but I am a victim of a civil war. In my opinion, nothing good ever comes out of war except more devastation, distraction, poverty, hunger, and ultimately overwhelming refugee flow no country wants to take. I really hope this is the last war we engage.
The word “American Project” stuck with me the most. Judging from our exit, this was indeed a project.
Not always. The American Revolution led to a better independent country, the U.S. Civil War led to the abolishing of slavery, etc.
@@stansmith4054 Both wars you used as a example where bullsh*t The American Revolutionary led to a better what? Independent from who? What about the people who where kidnapped? the native Americans who country was stolen? Did the war help them? Ended slavery then what?What did the Civil War seriously change for the kidnapped African American? Neither one of those wars helped the majority of people in America.
@@stansmith4054 In genral, I agree with your assessment. The American victory in 1783 over Imperial Britian didn't just give rise to a new Nation, but changed the History of the world for the better. The World War victories were also positve [but costly] for humanity. Korea led to the free state of South Korea, an Asian success story. It also gave the World as fair a contrast between two systems as ever there has been; the Communist state in the North is a dismal failure. Kosovo, Kuwait, and hopefully Ukraine are NOT wasted Wars.
Finally, my opinion of the Civil War differs from almost anyone I know. If it had never been faught slavery would have ended with the cotton gin and the invention of farm machinery, which was all only a decade or two away. We may have had two searate Americas, but we virtually do, anyway. We'd still be incredibly strong. . . So I question if this, the bloodiest American War [the loss of ~ 650,000 lives] was worth the trouble. Your thoughts?
@@davidflitcroft7101 ....Your opinion - assumes 'everything else would have NOT changed'...
However it neglects that "western" expansion would likely would not have been possible without the fallout from repression of "Slavery"!
Spanish interests were much further advanced than you realism: California, New Mexico, the whole Pacific coast - would not so easily been "Stolen" nor would Alaska been sold to the USA at such a discount - if the aftermath of remnants of slavery made it possible for Yankee;s to pull up stakes and "Go West" - because US soldiers were massacring, Indians or putting them on shrinking "Reservations"! The Plains Indians had seen what happened to East coast "Civilized Indian".... there was rising consolidation ...by Indians... to organize resistance. against "Encroachment" by Americans. "Sea to shining Sea" was beginning to be plainly viable.
What if the Indians had become "Woke"?, joined together...made a treaty with Mexico, Spain, "France",China, Japan - America was a prize, waiting to be divided - By The "Entire Old World Order"!
Keeping de facto "Slavery" allowed USA government to concentrate. on "Indian Fighting"... Consolidation - instead of being distracted by Nation Building.
Once again...no Full credit is assigned to the true "Debt" This country owes the unsung presence of "African-Americans"! Whether they were "Legally" Enslaved or Not".
99% of the time I agree.
Rip..corporal Sharp. (God bless his fellow marines, and his family.) 😢
Did he lose his life for a good cause? Was his relatives´ sorrow worth anything?
Does the American people still believe that the US Army should fight other countries civil wars?
Wasn`t Vietnam enough of a lesson learned?
Rest in Peace Corporal Sharp. May his relatives find peace and strenght.
I bet right now they must feel very dissapointed with the result.
I`ll believe in the war effort the same day when warmongers stop fighting until the last drop of other people`s blood... and grab the assault rifles and do the job themselves.
Sorry Jerry... I`m not even American... just can`t accept how evil mankind can get in order to sacrifice young people like Corporal Sharp and secure the Military Industrial Complex gains.
That's why the USMC pays so well...
@@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 has ductape ever saved a life in the afghan war ?
Keep your fake sentiments to yourself.
😂😂😂
The marine that screams at the translator in the afghans eyes looks like an unstable person. He screams at his guy that is helping he has no respect they will never connect with that guy that has no respect. Respect is a big thing in Afghanistan, in their culture. He definitely did not learn how to connect, fast talking, shaking his arms body,raising the voice that’s not the body language to connect with afghans!
This really opens viewers eyes on how things look like on ground,. How it's like you're walking down fields, villages, speaking to locals who don't understand your language. The situation is so messed up 😒
PBS is the best reporting group of all time. Always insightful because of where they report from. Inside the lines !!!
That's called "embedded journalism". Google the term. They are basically embedded journalists
LCPL Charles S. Sharp, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment - Thank You For Your Brave Service And Ultimate Sacrifice.
I am pleased to see this posting. John. Seller To Marines
"They have money for war's but can't feed the poor" -Tupac 🌷💚
I remember being 10 years old and Bush scaring the shit out of me, not the terrorism but the fact he was using the war to get away with murder and total authoritarian actions without any fight! He fear mongered the people and placed his cabinet into power, money and resources are always the reason for "Democracy"!! Bush is a huge reason I observe politics!
Defense Authorization act, spying on the entire world with impunity..including every single American.
@@FJTx11 Yup! Get "invaluable" data from AMERICANS while distracting them with shinny things, while taking all the resources in Afghanistan!
Bush -yeah- how bout Biden? --Drain the swamp
These brave soldiers and Marines deserve our thanks and honor. A decade out from this report and it’s clear that our leaders deserve blame and derision. Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Obama, Petrarus, McChrysyal, Flynn, et al., all deserve blame for the pointless waste of human life and national treasure. We see all these military neocons-even the Democrats-going to great lengths justifying a war the only reason for was feeding the military-industrial complex. I liked Obama as a person, but this was a huge failure on his part.
You do know? The military follows orders from the politicians, right? And the business people are buying anyone who is will to sell out.
Military was taking orders from Cheney, who was cornering the Oil markets. Biggest show on Earth. financed by endless wars.
Anyone remember the defective mil issued "Body-Armor" or how about the down-level HumVees no one wanted to drive.
Corrupt Pakistan???? ... just keep sending money.
And the truth is America lost it. Now Afghanistan is ruled by Taliban only.
Stop with the BS. Obama inherited BUSH'S problem. Those 911 terrorists were Saudi citizens.
Bush should not have invaded Afghanistan. Those generals should have advised Obama to pullout.
You don't appreciate Obama for ending Bin Laden or pulling the troops out.
My jaw dropped when I saw that US Marine talking down to Afghans about cooperating with implied threats. For me, that offered a snapshot into the colossal failures of America's mission in Afghanistan. US forces need to learn from what Ugandan troops did in Somalia: the peacekeeping mission in Somalia led by Ugandan is an eye-opening experiment of what winning over hearts and minds of people is about.
American soldiers have always been their own worst enemy. Easy to invade countries, then they treat the locals as sub human animals. Create an insurgency they can't win
Can you lead me to further information concerning that peacekeeping mission?
Because Somalia is so peaceful lmao
@@andypoon8176lol
The Marine who's trying to communicate with the locals at 18:01, and God bless him for serving, but he needed to be more articulate with his phrasing.
He's speaking as if he's talking with buddy's from High school which makes his words and phrases very informal.
That in turn makes it harder for the interpreter to understand and translate. He looks older but he sounds like a 17 year old.
Watching this after that embarrassing run away, gave me the same feeling my dad felt after Vietnam , we've lost everything since Desert Storm !
I mean it depends on what you consider a war. We beat Isis, we beat Iraq’s army, we beat the Taliban originally. Our military has done a great job fighting since the gulf war. The problems came from our government wanting to overstay their welcome, and trying to make marines act like teachers and construction workers.
@@RyanChavez-bs1en I spent 25 years in the U.S. Army, I know all about the government and what we have won and lost.
-33:52 What this Afghan man says about being simple people, and if the Americans can’t beat them with huge tanks and planes, then how could they. What a brilliant reply…
You should think again🤔, i mean asking Islamic country to help fight Islamic extrimists which are try to make Islamic nation 👀🙄😵
@@jaymalmodhvadiya3944 No. more like, we ought to mind our own business and stay out of affairs 5,000 miles away from us.
11:45 wow, remember when Mike Flynn was respected?
Too bad he lost his marbales to wild conspiracy theories, and also ended up advocating for a military-coup in the US.
The most farcical reality show of all time. Very disturbing. Salute to FRONTLINE for good, informative, dangerous reporting.
Really nice style
How is it someone’s war when they’re not the person that started the war?
Mind-boggling
It's America's war
He inherited it
@@LghTsKnJames Exactly! On the campaign promise that he would end it.
facepalm.... because obama GREATLY increased our involvement in Afghanistan and promised 3 separate times to bring all troops home and failed. Its not mind-boggling if you paid any attention to what was happening in 2009-2010. He multiplied our forces in afghanistan by nearly 6x reaching well over 150,000. it changed from a peace mission done with our allies... to an american war.
Its been known since 2010 that whenever we pulled out, the country would fall to the Taliban... it was so well known that that is probably what made Obama stay. He knew that whatever sucker was President when the war ended, they would get the blame for the unmitigated disaster that would follow... so he stayed in long enough to hopefully have trump do it.
Trump cared too much about his political image to ever be that sucker... so he promised to pull out and then stayed 4 more years only to attempt to pull out at the last second for a poll bump in 2020. The eventual pullout was under Biden and not surprisingly biden is eating the shit over it. Everyone knew it was coming... no one wanted to be the one that has to answer questions about it.
@@Ddub1083 crazy that You don’t mention Biden’s name until the end of your rant.
There was an obvious communication barrier, which was causing frustration amongst Marines and confusion amongst local Afghans. This created a huge problem. Trying to communicate through a translator is tricky because not all words and sentiments are so easily translated between the languages. On many occasions, this made the translators seem incompetent. All in all, it was just one more thing that made our soldiers and Marines jobs, along with the everyday lives of Afghans that much more difficult.
Because you do not understand the Afghan culture 😀
that marine officer was especially poor at keeping his composure and came across ignorant and rude , the complete wrong way to try win hearts and minds of these locals
@@mrgman_gaming well.. that was a major part of it, yes. But just being able to communicate effectively made a huge difference. There were some officers and even higher ranked enlisted that took language courses before being deployed and it helped immensely. These individuals tended to be well liked by the local Afghan population, it goes without saying as to why this was.
The marines at the very least should've been taught rudimentary Pashto or whatever languages they might need. It might've saved some lives
Ridiculous
But the war mongers made money 💰💰 I💰💰💲💰💲💲💲💰💰to much to see the truth.
Our government and all of the special interest and lobbiest, and the military industrial complex is that greedy, what other reason did we stay there so long?
This aired 12 years ago. How many have died since then in this wasted, worthless cause? How would you like it if some foreign invader patted you down every few minutes and told you if they saw you stuffing something in your pocket they'd shoot you? And these were the guys who were supposed to win hearts and minds! Hopeless from the start.
Never again
@@CaptainMctavish-y7h At the expense of soldiers' lives! I understand the commitment of these soldiers. But those people in power (and their cohorts) that brought them there, I will never, ever forget their greed that ultimately caused US soldiers to risk & give their lives.
Great video
I’m beginning to understand that these rebroadcasts are actually reaction videos
Important reflection on how we got to where we are currently.
@@ClockinLoot hind sight 20-20
Love the American Marines!!! So proud to be American 🇺🇲!!!!
THIS War Needs To END
Everyone Forgot Why
They Were FIGHTING
Your shady government hasn’t . Oil , money , political power & natural resources , but they’ll tell you and the soldiers their fighting for your freedom . Brainwashing 101 🇺🇸
CIA and Taliban have the poppy fields now. China has their rare earth minerals.
It has ended dummies
@@dognoodle87 - trust it’s another being finalized Smart guy
This is incredible war reporting
"I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death."
- Thomas Paine
Bs 💩💩💩💩💩 turd
It’s strange to think that the young children seen here are now the same age as the soldiers were then.
Yup, and are probably Taliban fighters themselves.
Frontline does the best docs.
0:50 he’s words will come back to haunt America, can’t imagine the reaction many vetrens & family’s had seeing the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban. It must’ve been so disillusioning.
Martin Smith 🙏 PBS🙏. Thank you for this documentary. What my take to this war is it's hard to win. Because you don't know who is really an ally. Even the biggest player that you're helping cannot be trusted. Even in the tribes with the common people, you will never know who are friendly or else you are talking with the enemy ready to take the fall. It is just the sad part falls to thr demise of the people who wants peace. 😢
What is the US military doing in Afghanistan? You are occupying! Go to your country and do not interfere in the affairs of other countries!! Is it permissible for another country to enter America and impose control on the American people?????
Who else is binging through these Afghanistan themed docs and looking back to see how it all went horribly wrong in the aftermath of the Fall of Kabul?
I see Good morning Afganistan in Democracy Now with Amy Goodman day after day in life ,was horrible wat happened with Afganistanies oveder was disgusting how many people was killing in side of the train cars or something like barc containers !🥺
Do you mean the liberation of Kabul?
Frontline! Please never quit your passion for journalism and politics. Direct and to the point. 👍❤️
16:39 - Why would you willingly expose yourself like this? The only target visible should as a max be the from the chin up.
Probably, in fact, absolutely the best documentary ive seen on the subject!! It all makes perfect sense now, in 2022!
Lmfao. This is pure propaganda. And bullshit. I hope you're being sarcastic.
@@Jeremy-kq5bs LOL. 'MERICA does not do propaganda! We have FREE press!
@@camorraII1rusbot. Does putin allow free media in your country? Thought so
Watching this after the fall of Afghanistan, we should have left the country when we figured OBL was no longer there. As soon as conventional troops hit the ground it was Vietnam all over again
More people need to watch this style of news
Nostalgia.
Providing exclusive documentarys as always.
Looking back on this now it’s absolutely mind blowing how some of “the best and brightest” US military minds thought that “nation building” the way they were doing it was even remotely appropriate. And these people made millions doing it. Criminal
Obama the Traitor...Trump 2024 !!
Dubya and Donaldict Arnold Tyrump didn't come up with anything better ..
this has to be the lamest troll ever
@@RobBCactive may Trump live in your mind forever.
@@gaylebordeaux7632 Traitor Tyrump is going to live in a cell!
@jamesrkarolchyk1440what about it? Without US help russia would have invaded deeper in...youre into genocide, ivan?
In a war there is no victory at all. There is no winner. There are just only pain, suffering and loses.
Taliban found victory and America tasted another defeat
1:59 “And remember your measure’s not found in how much time you have on this earth but what you do with the time that you have.”
-US Marine quotes Gandalf from Lord of the Rings
Do you really think the author of that garbage came up with that on his own?
The commander addressing his troops has likely never seen or heard of Lord of the rings when this was filmed.
The quote was from WW2.
@@benniethejew ''That Garbage'' says a lot about you lol
48:50
“Are more troops the answer?…or should our focus shift eastward toward the tribal nations of Pakistan?”
…notice how “stop spending money to influence politics in this region” is never listed as an option
How can you win their hearts and minds if you cant even understand their culture. The U.S needs to do a better job ag establishing real relations, but that will never happen
20 year old Marines, who barely speak understandable English, question uneducated villagers who speak no English at all.
A sure way to "win over their hearts and minds".
Suggestions for those who think they want to sign up for the united states military. Don't do it. You're not getting a cut of the money flowing through the military industrial complex. If you want to fight for America start in your community first and help your neighbors. The military is for the benefit of industry.
5 of the 10 richest counties in America are in Virginia where the military industrial complex resides. Full of lobbyists and defense contractors with access to D.C. politicians. Ask yourself why that is the case.
1. Loudoun, County, Virginia
2. Falls Church city, Virginia
3. Fairfax County, Virginia
4. Santa Clara County, California
5. San Mateo County, California
6. Los Alamos County, New Mexico
7. Howard County, Maryland
8. Arlington County, Virginia
9. Douglas County, Colorado
10. Fairfax city, Virginia
Eh true, but military teaches you a lot
@@thebigstiffy6297 Try to apply for a university
Those citizens spittin🔥
I wasn't expecting to cry in the first 5 minutes. RIP Lance Cpl. Sharp!
I'm almost 4 minutes in and I love the utter confusion. There's no Line of Sight, you got one guy yelling about "I told y'all not to cross here" or whatever, one guy just trying to empty his mag, his squad leader or whomever telling him to get down, and with the glory of hindsight, NONE of it made the SLIGHTEST bit of difference
Those are US Marines. They use weapons to kill enemies.
@@vatomalo68 yeah, I'm aware of who they are. I'm also aware of them firing blind isn't killing anyone. They're just shooting into the horizon.
Cover fire to assess the situation and account for everyone. That's my guess.
Lol and you learned how to be a warfighter on Netflix or COD? Gimme a break, real combat is never as organized as you’d hope it to be.
TH-camrs: I just watched a 1 hr documentary and now I know everything about an issue that has plagued this part of the world for thousands of years.
Check that, they thought that after 10 mins.
America
Great documentary, but why and how did they go in the first place? Missed off.