I've heard Armadillo was better, but you have to read subtitles.
Great documentary. First hand look at the boredom, frustration, love, and fear our guys go through.
As for the ending...many, including folks who've BTDT, think they were dying for nothing while they were there anyway. So pulling out was the right thing to do. You don't throw good money after bad. Resources being what they are, it is arguable that the Korengal was an untenable situation.
As for the ending...many, including folks who've BTDT, think they were dying for nothing while they were there anyway. So pulling out was the right thing to do. You don't throw good money after bad. Resources being what they are, it is arguable that the Korengal was an untenable situation.
Great documentary, I usually have it playing on the big screen when customers come over.
It makes me emotional, in every way.
God bless all of our military.
It makes me emotional, in every way.
God bless all of our military.
Sawr it on netflix instant queue. I'll have to check it out.
Just added it to my Netflix queue to watch later today. Thanks for bringing this up. I hadn't known about it.
God bless our men and women over there.
God bless our men and women over there.
Watched it earlier this year when it was first broadcast.
Pretty good. Sure brought back some emotions though.
Pretty good. Sure brought back some emotions though.
Saw it this weekend. It is a must see. Growing up in the 70s, the military was not portrayed well in the media, but these latest documentaries on the war in Afganistan and Iraq have done well. Amazed at the intelligence of our fighting men. They have my respect.
Those dudes have my utmost respect, but I didn't come away with a sense of their intelligence at all. Rather, how they were forced to perform inside utterly stupid parameters.
The solders were (are) bound by rules of conflict that put their lives in great danger, and is very costly to maintain.
For example, when they finally take the ropes off, the airforces collateralize a bunch of non-combatants (via poor intelligence), and turn the entire region against our force. Then they decide to go back out among those same angry afganis and try to smooth things over. Not the role of a combat solder, poor bastards.
Killing farmer's cows, kicking down doors, etc... and then asking them to 'win hearts and minds' as part of the mission. Stupidity.
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