Our War: Ten Years In Afghanistan
07 June 2011, 10:40 PM
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Just watched it very thought provoking. All the more so as my mum rang me yesterday to say her friend and neighbours grandson was killed on sunday in Afghanistan.
07 June 2011, 10:50 PM
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very humbling and powerful.................................can also recommend
http://restrepothemovie.com/
which also makes you sit back and think, hopefully when the new armed forces covenant gets enshrined in law we might get a bit more respect/understanding in light of what is asked of us all.
http://restrepothemovie.com/
which also makes you sit back and think, hopefully when the new armed forces covenant gets enshrined in law we might get a bit more respect/understanding in light of what is asked of us all.
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08 June 2011, 08:43 AM
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I am out here at the moment. Rang the wife to ask her to 'tape' the series. Should make for difficult viewing, but will give an insight from another angle.
Baz, I saw restrepo and that was unbelievable. Just shows how 'the other half' live. (I am not in their half, am working Navaids by the way, before anyone asks if I have *****, I have none)
Baz, I saw restrepo and that was unbelievable. Just shows how 'the other half' live. (I am not in their half, am working Navaids by the way, before anyone asks if I have *****, I have none)
08 June 2011, 12:44 PM
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Who classes this as an occupation?
There was some spokesman for a muslim 'moderate organisation' on TV the other day - an organisation supposedly involved with preventing radicalisation in the young - and I noticed he was using the same language as the radicals; calling in a 'occupation'.
There was some spokesman for a muslim 'moderate organisation' on TV the other day - an organisation supposedly involved with preventing radicalisation in the young - and I noticed he was using the same language as the radicals; calling in a 'occupation'.
08 June 2011, 12:54 PM
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Who classes this as an occupation?
There was some spokesman for a muslim 'moderate organisation' on TV the other day - an organisation supposedly involved with preventing radicalisation in the young - and I noticed he was using the same language as the radicals; calling in a 'occupation'.
There was some spokesman for a muslim 'moderate organisation' on TV the other day - an organisation supposedly involved with preventing radicalisation in the young - and I noticed he was using the same language as the radicals; calling in a 'occupation'.
so that you guys can muslim bash
but you have plently of threads for that surely,
08 June 2011, 01:11 PM
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08 June 2011, 02:23 PM
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This is not a political thread but about a TV programme made without spin, politics or an agenda.
It's real life and not what everyone wants to see.
As we say "If the **** fits......................wear it".
Loved the joke about Team Medics thoughts on what Now Zad looked like, gotta love East Anglia.
It's real life and not what everyone wants to see.
As we say "If the **** fits......................wear it".
Loved the joke about Team Medics thoughts on what Now Zad looked like, gotta love East Anglia.
08 June 2011, 02:53 PM
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I watched this program and have great respect for the people who are out there. It was interesting to here the COs comments about how much they hard learned from that first engagement and how they had improved their techniques.
08 June 2011, 03:00 PM
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My missus sisters husband lol is out there now, me and the missus watched it but her sister couldnt, i dont blame her tbh I bet she hardly gets any sleep as it is, 2 of his platoon got killed last week and one blinded by IEDs , it was in the SUN paper apparantely but i didnt see it.
08 June 2011, 03:20 PM
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Trouble is,the Taliban is endemic in that country. The moment the allies moved out, it would regenerate immediately.
The British army could not win the first time we occupied the country, neither could the Russian army who just gave up, so what do people think our chances are nowadays?
Les
The British army could not win the first time we occupied the country, neither could the Russian army who just gave up, so what do people think our chances are nowadays?
Les
08 June 2011, 03:22 PM
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Trouble is,the Taliban is endemic in that country. The moment the allies moved out, it would regenerate immediately.
The British army could not win the first time we occupied the country, neither could the Russian army who just gave up, so what do people think our chances are nowadays?
Les
The British army could not win the first time we occupied the country, neither could the Russian army who just gave up, so what do people think our chances are nowadays?
Les
FWIW I semi-agree. We need to ask what is the political objective of what we are trying to do.
We never 'lost' in Afghanistan during the Imperial period BTW just after the 2nd Anglo-Afghan war the idea of having a British presence/residence in Kabul was given up. It just wasn't worth it in the end given the lack or resources and wealth in the country....it was enough to have it contained and subdued leaving the North-West of India secure.
Afghanistan as is now was a bestial place in many ways. Of course now though we don't live in the 19th century, now we have Pakistan and also the rise of International Islamism. Much as changed but also much is the same.
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Hard thing to watch especially when they were trying to keep him alive.
08 June 2011, 06:33 PM
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Done 2 tours but the hardest time I had was when my boy went out he's combat medic and was in a hot area and unfortuatlt had to deal with casualties including terrys sorry Taliban ,And sitting st home waiting for that phone call to say hi dad I'm doing ok to me was harder than Any tour I ever done .
08 June 2011, 09:44 PM
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We lost two guys on our last tour there, one was quite close to me as i had trained him and was on my crew for a couple of years.
still hard to take sometimes.
Got to love squaddie humour though.priceless
Mac
still hard to take sometimes.
Got to love squaddie humour though.priceless
Mac
08 June 2011, 10:18 PM
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