Absurd Stories from the Afghanistan War 

This was a us marine afghanistan war 2012 not the 1980's i remember this on the CNN news

@@derekrock3563 I did not dispute the claim, please read my comment again... I said it "ALSO happened in the 80's" NOT that it ONLY happened in the 80's...

Americans take everything personally even if it's not related to them

I heard about a U.S. soldier being pinned down behind a few inch high wall on a roof by a sniper from 400 meters away That was beyond the maximum distance of his grenade launcher so he just blind fired it over the edge of the wall and hit the guy shooting at them in the chest

yeah but did the Marine survive and what injuries?

We are glass cannons.

@@Based_Gigachad_001 yep

Eat the homeless for the gains

its strong due to necessary reasons , but fragile as a con it has been shown the human body is willing to fight every inch of its own damn life if it had to but if it knows that it might not make it it will prioritize the lives around it if you can't live might aswell try to make sure others survive of course not everyone is as strong hence why leaders [in combat] tend to be carefully chosen they are the ones who care the most about you and are likely to have plenty of energy and shear human will to keep going until the last stand of human body fails, ontop of all of that we also are differently matched from who we come and what region we lived in for most of our lives the reason we make this far is because we have become very flexible over the years

whats crazy is its 2023 and we are still going to war.. How about grow up already

you should write him a letter..

Probably killed himseld. Hope not, but statistically theres a good chance. Track him down, who knows? Your call might save his life

Definitely reach out. I’m sure he is dealing with pain, mobility issues and arthritis. It all caught up with me at 47, now 50, the end of the day I’m limping and wanting a cane. Lots of arthritis throughout from small injuries. No complaints, I knew what I was getting into.

Guy I used have beer with at the VFW in traverse city was missing 1 ear, piece of the other, few finger tips, and most of his sanity according to him. He was a POW for 3 years and escaped. No telling what that old man endured.

Dude probably ruled hard

Pretty sure nobody would say it's cool. Lucky sure, but cool? Not a chance that would be said.

@@kevinyoung1185 I'm sure a five year old kid would find it cool... Let's face it... how many of us would love nothing more than to be called by our kids or nieces/nephews a "Super hero!"

got hit by and rpg to give the country back along with free equipment..pssh

​@@SpaceRanger187 yeah it's a shame trump had to make the pull out more complicated by releasing over 5000 taliban prisoners in 2020.

Republicans and democrats are the same. U are brain dead for not understanding that. Ur ruled by ur ego and the red vs blue manipulation has ur nuts in a vice grip

When I saw the thumbnail, I thought he'd definitely be in it.

Agreed I've heard stories about him what a fkn legend

probably gunned down

@@C-Farsene_5 he did die

@@Mr2greysall of the public war heros over there tended to get hunted down and taken out when they were either off duty or had their homes raided at night

idk how that's good lol

​​@@shawnfoogle920comments seams botted...

​@@shawnfoogle920so that you can watch it and churn butter without switching videos

Just seems like an excuse because they don't have anymore new content. Just reselling us the same old content. The BBC is famous for that and I really resent paying my license fee for it.

Remember when we failed in Afghanistan when we should have stayed and finished the job Pepperidge farms remembers

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Onbf98beNzs.htmlsi=_hy-s0BxmjGwNnPS

Maa chudane gaye honge paraaye desh mein? Ekto bc in angrez logon ko dusre desh mein dere daalne hai aur phir unka khoon bahe to duniya mein dhindhora pitna hai...gori chamdi kabhi na sudhre..

Not at all, they should not have invaded another country. Got what they asked for

@@marcelov4721 they didn't invade the country. the british government did.

​@@marcelov4721So you're having more sympathy for terrorists, huh?

@@jacplac97 Do you have more simpathy for the russian invaders or for the ukrainian terrorist insurgents?

Story of every EOD mission ever. Just yank, push or rotate depending on what it is :D

​@@Earthinetor just shoot it

Except it's like getting stabbed or impaled, despite what you see in movies don't remove whatever is lodged in you as that's stopping you from bleeding out and could cause further internal damage if you do

@TheOneManWhoBeatYou Yup, the medics probably knew that if they yanked out the warhead they'd have to deal with even worse bleeding, so they likely didn't consider it a viable option.

It tracks

😂😂😂 Skyrim npc

Achaemenid Empire, Mauriya Empire, Abbasid Caliphate, Mongol Empire and British Empire conquered Afghanistan.

It is a sad reality that the US military is a bureaucracy and as such is enamored with "The Book". This obsession is so great that a running joke among the NATO allies is that, at a command level, the American military is inflexible and iron bound by doctrine. Those in charge would rather see their men die following "The Book" than survive and even possibly win doing something outside of it's holy rules. Naturally if someone does break a rule and expose their incompetence that individual is crushed ruthlessly by the bureaucracy, lest their actions inspire others.

If I got reprimanded for that I'd frame the reprimand and put it on my wall. "What's that?" A memorandum signed by a general officially recognizing my brass balls.

Obama should of stepped in as the commander in Chief and outright awarded all of those heroes the Medal of Honor.

@@darthjarjar5309 yeah, that wasn't going to happen. On the subject of the regulations... the messed up thing about them is that breaking them can either end with a medal and a reprimand... or a final ride home in a box. Obviously, the men involved here had some brass balls to do what they did... but as stated repeatedly in the video... one tiny bump could have set that rocket off, and everyone would've been killed.

@@Tank50us As much as people criticize the top brass, and they DO have a lot to criticize them for to be fair, a lot of these regulations are in place because the goals on a military level and the goals of an individual level do not always align, such as in that situation. You are risking a LOT of lives to possibly save one. On a human level that's wonderful, but on a strategic level it makes no sense, it's not worth possibly losing 10+ lives and a millions of dollars of materiel to POSSIBLY save an individual. In a case like that I have no problem with what the soldiers chose to do and I have no problem with them getting a reprimand (as long as it isn't TOO harsh). Autonomy and willingness to disobey regulation is a very careful balancing act in a military, where on some level it is highly beneficial (Just look at Russia's failures on the battlefield because of it's utter lack of agency among lower level officers) but too much of it threatens to destroy the discipline and command structure.

Me too. It's really cool

Shoulder firing a recoilless 73mm calibre rifle? They must really dislike being able to hear to do that.

Wonder how the Taliban were able to take the country back so quickly...

From Heroes to Discriminations

@@TheOneManWhoBeatYou The Afghans surrendered

LoL was SPG-9 recoiled from the front like RPG😅

lol just like a Irish Belgian who ripped off his own finger so he can get back into the fight in ww1.

Or the cap wasn't removed. Still probably sucks to have something that big stuck in your leg though.

Could’ve also been +50 years old and became a dud.

​@@LeCharles07not a war vet myself but I've heard highly mixed feelings about the little blue caps 😂

So true

You're literally from Westland

I’ve seen it. As an American I found it odd that a war movie wouldn’t have much fighting in it. I guess we’re just programmed to see violence.

@@dinoflagella4185 That's why you Americans always have to save us Germans these days when we get into a combat situation!

They were Scottish, not English.

@@randommadness1021 Yeah, Scotts! No Englishmen, no Welsh! Sorry about that! 👍

the tragic story of the afghan soilders who died defending their country? where is it?

Is surviving an RPG to the leg possible?

@@CristianMonserrate-wo2rk Literally watch the video?

@@CristianMonserrate-wo2rk probably, however this RPG round did not go off

@@CristianMonserrate-wo2rk😂 you didn’t watch the video did you? 🙄

@@jessehachey2732 Yeah I did

Pretty different in the details though. The Soviet response to suspicions of a militant being in a town was to flatten the whole town with artillery.

​@@ToastyMozartcompared to the US precision striking hospitals

Well, it IS an American channel. At least Simple History is less biased compared to average American channels.

and in 40 000 years they should make one about the horus heresy😅

Real?

@@orianaroneh1127nigga really

@@1Loftwing1bro chill bro

@@Lynx_cinematics.mp4😂

they are suppose to be protected by the geneva convention but i'm sure the insurgents did not follow that.

@@sheilaolfieway1885 How does the Geneva convention, a piece of paper, protect you from a landmine?

Unfortunately, yes.

absolutely, medics are true heroes. They selflessly put their lives on the line to save others.

They were invading another country. If they were russians in ukraine I bet you would all be saying "good ridance"

as if those british terrorist didn't kill afghan children, only reason they're there

Why? Invaders getting karma is just beautyful

Sems like you care about your fewer towsnds falling brits and you don't give a dom about millions of dead afgans cityzens is it's true?

​@@marcelov4721 Because that's how war is. Although Britain may have been the invader. All that Britain wanted to do was to make sure the Afghans stop killing eachother like they normally do.

​@@marcelov4721sticking up for terrorists is not a good look

Me too

Rocky

The Afghan government actually request the Soviets to come in

​@@meatiest1989 Just like they did with the USA.

@@Based_Gigachad_001 no we didn’t!!! You are technically saying the Taliban requested an American intervention!!!

@@meatiest1989 I'm talking about the pre fall of Kabul Afghanistan government.

There are some sowjet Storys witch are similar. My dad told me them.

I remember seeing the second story uncensored when they first posted it as its own standalone video; Not sure about their newest videos, but I think they are simply adding the censorship now over the drawn wounds to comply with RU-vid's demands (they had to reupload a censored version of their Malayan Emergency video due to that)

Prob bullshit Cause the idf is bunch of pus s juice that only kill kids and woman

The idf are getting wrecked by hamas right now.

Thankfully America's Afghan war is also history now

BMA There are more crazy stories in Afghan US war! And don't forget about Anglo British war!! Poor brits lost twise in Afghanistan (M.A)!!!

Utmost Respect and Appreciation for your service for your homeland! Hope you’re well both body and mind. Stay strong because you need to tell ur children about this story, think about their jaw dropping after you tell your story and Keep moving!

Tu e brasileiro?

R the Taliban tough for fighting?

God saved you from dying while fighting His people and going to punishment. Please repent and look into the truth that is Islam. God is Forgiving and Merciful. But those who die as disbelievers with have a painful punishment

Cool and the new then let's follow it up with the part two, with the mass amount of crimes Afghanistan and Iraq insurgents, and soldiers committed against its own people, different races, and religions.

@@senatorarmstrong6886 I think its funny how Americans actually belive that bullshit. Do you guys think you should have been in Iraq or Afganistan in the first place ? Iraq was a free and developed country before you guys fucked it up and made "insurgents" for every civilian you killed, 5 more of that persons family became "insurgents"

@@tron6121 perfect! And then we can follow it up with, Why those countries have travel bans? Prior to the Afghanistan and the Iraq War. I mean it's not like they did suicide bombings, terror attacks some places like France, Germany, places in Europe.

​@@senatorarmstrong6886and maybe we should do some on jap warcrime too

And got medals for doing it

Let's go Brandon

@@NightKnight347 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏

then you're father is just as evil as hitler

thall the west did in afghanistan was terrorism, the west is worse than the nazis

And the Viet Cong.

​@@fredherbert7920Is this really you?

So did the soviet union.

@@fredherbert7920 but didn't

@@GigaChadh976 no

The way the warheads work is you need a really hard surface so the front of the RPG can be pressured into itself to denote sending an explosive charge forward. The human body is pretty squishy so it's not unheard of a rocket simply not working, simply penetrate from the sheer propellant alone.