Had it in my queue for months but finally watched it last night after reading the news of Tim Hetherington's death in Libya. It follows the deployment of a platoon of guys from the 173rd Airborne into the Korengal Valley in 2007-2008.
It's totally unvarnished and, by showing nothing but raw footage and post op comments from the troops, it really illustrates the jugfuck in Afghanistan: an enemy you never see, "allies" who do nothing but complain, people who really don't want our help and the occasional American getting killed for patch of dirt that gets abandoned a few months later.
It's Vietnam all over again.
Restrepo
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Re: Restrepo
Good to see you've come around.mvscal wrote:Had it in my queue for months but finally watched it last night after reading the news of Tim Hetherington's death in Libya. It follows the deployment of a platoon of guys from the 173rd Airborne into the Korengal Valley in 2007-2008.
It's totally unvarnished and, by showing nothing but raw footage and post op comments from the troops, it really illustrates the jugfuck in Afghanistan: an enemy you never see, "allies" who do nothing but complain, people who really don't want our help and the occasional American getting killed for patch of dirt that gets abandoned a few months later.
It's Vietnam all over again.
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"I do have respect for authority even though I throw jelly dicks at them.
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Re: Restrepo
Sincerely,BSmack wrote:Good to see you've come around.
Two Years Ago
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