How much do you know about Iraq and the US Army??

woodoo · 01-12-2012 02:24AM #1

I must admit i knew very little but i have been watching a few youtube videos about it. Have a look at this and watch a few others after it. Its a sick world we live in and the US army are a disgrace, or more accurately the top brass are.

Max Power · 01-12-2012 02:26AM

Didn't know it snowed that much in Iraq

B.A._Baracus · 01-12-2012 02:27AM

Here you go op

squod · 01-12-2012 02:27AM

FionnMcCool87 wrote: »

Didn't know it snowed that much in Iraq

I've been watching some youtube videos about it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dae85DK_uu0

donvito99 · 01-12-2012 02:29AM

Very, very, very little OP

woodoo · 01-12-2012 02:33AM

donvito99 wrote: »

Very, very, very little OP

I was the same and wasn't really interested but i started to watch a few videos. Its monstrous what was going on. Some sick people in the us army. Some of the testimonials are grim.

Pottler · 01-12-2012 02:34AM

I know that a US attack helicopter pilot considers it funny to shoot up a TV crew, then shoot up their rescuers, then laugh at the APC that attends the scene running over the victims. Which is pretty much all I need to know to know that the US have not covered themselves in glory in Iraq. I'm also thankful I don't live there and have to endure their murderous sh1te..Luckily we gave our natural rescources to Shell, so now Shell have to watch their back. Best case description is delegation of responsibility..

13spanner · 01-12-2012 02:35AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGQaH3-LK54

Wacker The Attacker · 01-12-2012 02:36AM

Bad guys

Mr. Rager · 01-12-2012 02:36AM

You watched a view videos, now suddenly you're an expert and it's ok to generalise the US Army as a whole as "sick"?

B.A._Baracus · 01-12-2012 02:45AM

Its interesting what that guy says (part 2 video of that guy speaking in front of others)

Being honest, i'm not shocked. All this "rules of engagement" (etc) are total lies. Its A versus B. No rules. Its sad but true.

Pottler · 01-12-2012 02:48AM

Mr. Rager wrote: »

You watched a view videos, now suddenly you're an expert and it's ok to generalise the US Army as a whole as "sick"?

What's your own point of view? Honestly?

Mr. Rager · 01-12-2012 03:01AM

Pottler wrote: »

What's your own point of view? Honestly?

Yeah they're sick, I'm just being a cúnt tbh

Witcher · 01-12-2012 03:02AM

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Being honest, i'm not shocked. All this "rules of engagement" (etc) are total lies. Its A versus B. No rules. Its sad but true. [/SIZE]

That's due to the nature of the war, you can't wait to respond to the first shots because given how the enemy operate..you won't know until it's too late and an IED has gone off, a suicide bomber has blown themselves up or someone hanging out a window with a rifle has shot the man in the jeep's turret...they have to preempt it a lot of the time....not excusing it just commenting on how the rules of engagement can't always be followed given the fact it was a counter-insurgency.

woodoo · 01-12-2012 03:04AM

The soldiers seem to become brutes out there, maybe the army attracts them or maybe they become brutes during war.

im invisible · 01-12-2012 03:07AM

Oil, thats about all i know,

B.A._Baracus · 01-12-2012 03:11AM

Blay wrote: »

That's due to the nature of the war, you can't wait to respond to the first shots because given how the enemy operate..you won't know until it's too late and an IED has gone off, a suicide bomber has blown themselves up or someone hanging out a window with a rifle has shot the man in the jeep's turret...they have to preempt it a lot of the time....not excusing it just commenting on how the rules of engagement can't always be followed given the fact it was a counter-insurgency.

Totally agree.
So when you bring that into play, the "rules of engagement" are just a load of bullshit.

Witcher · 01-12-2012 03:11AM

woodoo wrote: »

The soldiers seem to become brutes out there, maybe the army attracts them or maybe they become brutes during war.

Seeing your friends being blown to smithereens by IED's and suicide bombers will do that to ya. Plus there's the guys who would do it just for the 'fun' of it.

tdv123 · 01-12-2012 03:23AM

It helped provide Stephen Colbert with some great material for his show.

Killer Wench · 01-12-2012 03:28AM

I don't know much about Iraq, but I know a bit about the Army, and quite a bit about the US military.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 01-12-2012 03:36AM

Why did the USA illegally invade Iraq again? Also why don't they pay reparations to Vietnam, they were the losing side afterall. Germany never failed in this regard.

Where To · 01-12-2012 03:39AM

Got into a cab with a vet last week.

He chats away, 'Oh you're from Ireland, yeah I love the Guinness in Shannon, was there a few times on stopovers, we were doing in tours in . . . . . where the hell was it?. . . . . . Middle?. . . . . . . Britain?. . . . . '

'Iraq?' I says.

'Yeah that's the one buddy'

Says it all really.

Piliger · 01-12-2012 04:24AM

woodoo wrote: »

I must admit i knew very little but i have been watching a few youtube videos about it. [/YOUTUBE]

Oh yeah ... Youtube. Quality education :rolleyes:

FanadMan · 01-12-2012 04:29AM

woodoo wrote: »

i have been watching a few youtube videos......

I've been watching a few youtube videos too. But most of them are people getting freaked out in lifts or funny pets running into things

enfant terrible · 01-12-2012 04:35AM

Piliger wrote: »

Oh yeah ... Youtube. Quality education :rolleyes:

Ya I saw a video about the Nazi reaching the Moon before Neil Armstrong and now I'm a believer.

Killer Wench · 01-12-2012 04:56AM

FanadMan wrote: »

I've been watching a few youtube videos too. But most of them are people getting freaked out in lifts or funny pets running into things

I've been going through this strange twerk video phase. They're hypnotic.

Charlie19 · 01-12-2012 05:05AM

All I know is that USA is here $ and Iraq is

here

Why cant they get along?

FanadMan · 01-12-2012 05:08AM

Killer Wench wrote: »

I've been going through this strange twerk video phase. They're hypnotic.

Urrgh! Think would rather watch US/Iraq conspiracy vids

Killer Wench · 01-12-2012 05:46AM

FanadMan wrote: »

Urrgh! Think would rather watch US/Iraq conspiracy vids

Coward!

Manic Moran · 01-12-2012 07:30AM

I would be rather concerned about drawing conclusions of commonality from a search. Whilst certainly there were instances of questionable behaviour, that does not imply that they were necessarily common. Might I suggest a truly random sample? There are going to be people you know or have access to who have first-hand experience of what went on in Iraq, from their perspective. Perhaps you should sample and poll them for their thoughts, experiences, and so on. Since you already know them, there is no chance of any bias coming into your sample from searching terminology, or trending results.

By way of such random sample, I offer the photographs ( http://data.primeportal.net/iraq/pictures.htm ) and videos ( http://data.primeportal.net/iraq/videos.htm ) that I took in Iraq 2004-2005. I am also more than happy to answer any direct questions you may have within the limits of my knowledge. If you're really interested, I can probably post up my diary for the year, which I updated as and when I could get to a computer, usually every three days or so.

Examples include...

Interrogating locals http://data.primeportal.net/iraq/chai1.JPG
Soldier telling kids not to report US soldiers abusing their families, or else http://data.primeportal.net/iraq/wiltseykids.JPG
Reaction to a wedding (Video) http://data.primeportal.net/videos/nlm/wedding.MOV
Panic at being surrounded in close proximity by locals http://data.primeportal.net/iraq/kidsfollow.jpg
Driving through the city with no regard for other road users (Video) http://data.primeportal.net/videos/nlm/Mosuldrv.MOV
Running over children with a tank http://data.primeportal.net/iraq/tankkids.JPG
Iraqi attempt to poison us http://data.primeportal.net/iraq/teatank3.JPG
Raiding a house following discovery of an AK-47 on the ground http://data.primeportal.net/iraq/socialcall.jpg
Iraqis chasing our tank away http://data.primeportal.net/iraq/popular.JPG
Young girl faces down a tank. http://data.primeportal.net/iraq/usaftank3.JPG
Angry kids giving us the finger. http://data.primeportal.net/iraq/mosulfam.JPG
Stealing what little food the Iraqis had from them. http://data.primeportal.net/iraq/groceries.JPG
Shooting up the local market http://data.primeportal.net/iraq/market1.JPG
Tieing up Iraqi man. http://data.primeportal.net/iraq/bandaid.JPG
Physical assault on an Iraqi http://data.primeportal.net/iraq/Morrowkid2.JPG
Another attempt at poisoning. This time we tried to poison them back. http://data.primeportal.net/iraq/localmre.JPG
Iraqis rush our trucks. http://data.primeportal.net/iraq/popular1.jpg

Or, you could ignore the sources closest to you....

NTM

MadsL · 01-12-2012 07:47AM

Where To wrote: »

Got into a cab with a vet last week.

He chats away, 'Oh you're from Ireland, yeah I love the Guinness in Shannon, was there a few times on stopovers, we were doing in tours in . . . . . where the hell was it?. . . . . . Middle?. . . . . . . Britain?. . . . . '

'Iraq?' I says.

'Yeah that's the one buddy'

Says it all really.

Says what exactly? Post Traumatic Stress Disorder causing Amnesia or you thought he was an idiot?

How much do you know about Iraq and the US Army??

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