Prelude to Black Hawk Down: Raw Footage Documentary on Battle of Mogadishu (1993) 

Trump probaply would say SHTHLE cantry

Random question , what are your general thoughts on Somalia’s current sate , having been deployed there ??

@BobMuffin-dt8jp *State

​@@BobMuffin-dt8jpGood question

Me too, brother. Sword Base from May to Sep 93.

I was deployed to ISAF in 07 and 09 , I still feel positively ancient now..lol

Me too

Download it. There are so many videos that were taken down especially pre 2010

They don’t want you to know the truth. Somalia was an embarrassment to us foreign policy, and was directly responsible for The UN doing nothing to stop the genocide in rawanda and pretty much every crisis and situation involving war crimes for the rest of history

​@@Heegooat how?

​@@planetcaravan2925ever heard of Google?

That is a fucking crazy ass Fun Fact!

Wild that after looking him up, he returned to Somalia after his service to succeed his father

@@Pantone268Plus Yeah, he actually took over his father position after he returned to Somalia. Kind of want to know what was he thinking when that battle happened? He was never interviewed (as far as I know) on his time in Somalia.

That is NOT him...just google him and compare faces. Doesn't sound like him either. The only similarity I can possibly seen is skin tone?

@buurarchives that's him, it's well documented he is the ONLY marine translating for the colonel for the Marine

My friend was in C co 1/87 10th Mountain, they went to the first wreck Courage 53 a week before BHD. They didn't get any medals while rangers they rescued got their medals upgraded. Forgotten Bastards of BHD 🇺🇲

@@johngillespie3409 They're not forgotten, My brother was in the 75th and talks about the role the 10th played in BHD and believe me there is much respect for the !0th and what they did over there from the guys it matters to.

@@scottcampbell7249 tell your brother thank you. Jeff Struecker brought a painting as a thank you and is always mentioning their help. SF Medic Ricord built a memorial Harley and had the task force sign it, starting with my friend's platoon. Army Times has a few new articles from Nov about the both instances and they are crazy the amount of fighting they did. Taking out the roadblocks to get to them. The motorcycle is at the 10th Mountain museum so they have to remember 🤣 I was in 7th ID lightfighter and it was shut down and I didn't go anywhere. I got an honorable, my friend got an OTH and gets no benefits while I do. Crazy thanks 🇺🇲 Lightfighter

Irrelevant, it's Americans destroying and dividing. Always.

Sappers Forward

That Delta Force

Steele's character was *based.* _"I didn't see you in church on Sunday, soldier. You got something better to do?"_

"This is your safety, well this is my boot son and it will fit up your ass with the proper amount of force!" - sgt. Dominick Pilla RIP

He was certainly weighing every word he spoke.

A warlord trying to represent on behalf of all Somalis is a sad history when he contributed to the destruction and caused suffering of the people. Somalis went from warlord to extremism.

Level headed for the camera; on the field he was really a ruthless dictator causing destruction in Somalia. Thankfully now he is gone and Somalia returns to normal life, the armed forces of Somalia is also back & now being trained by Turkiye.

Posing for the camera yes the man looks well spoken but behind the scene, he was one of the reason why Somalia was chaotic & needed UN intervention.

Anyone with half a brain can do well on an interview.

It’s British news footage.

Pretty much sums up what happens in New York, Chicago, LA

@@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606 Completely, completely incomparable circumstances.

@@ThePhillkillv2 very comparable, you take away people’s ability to defend themselves and they become victims

​@@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606no point talking reason with gun grabbers

@@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606at least the Somalis have rights. Just look at that marine whose going to spend the rest of his life at rikers for saving a woman on the subway

They weren't as useless as the US soldiers in this incident though.

@@99ron30 yes TF they were. It was UN soldiers that started the armed conflict. Until then the militia was peaceful and cooperative with US forces. Did you not watch the video?

@@99ron30 if you're going to be dumb, at least do it in private

​@@ryanoglesbee1075what do you mean UN started the conflict, when they told Pakistani UN troops were ambushed by doing their duty? At least 20 were killed by Somali combatants, apparently connected to Aidi... Any relevant clarification appreciated

@@OmmerSyssel by intelligence failure, by failing to address rumors that UNOSOM planned to take control over Radio Mogadishu, and reassure the populace that it wasn't a goal of UNOSOM to do so. And when they did show up to inspect a weapons cache, they failed to address the intentions of what they were doing there at the time. This led to confusion among the locals (locals who were not necessarily connected to Aidid but possibly at least partially so), who thought the foreigners were there to take control of the radio broadcasts, which were the predominant medium of Somalia. And when the violence did break out, the UN body involved was tactically inept, and suffered massive casualties. And while there were Americans and even Italians present, the failure to have unit cohesion amongst such a diverse contingent, and the difficulty to communicate with each other on the battlefield could possibly have been the catalyst that caused such tactical ineptitude.

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You've been deployed to Mogadishu?

The US has a habit of doing business with terrorists. I’m looking at you Saudi Arabia.

YeS, the un do assist the real world terrorists USA

lol I was thinking the exact same thing. Dudes following road laws when there isn’t even a road.

Not a BMW then

😂😂😂😂😂

...yeah, man!!!

No doubt.

💯

Why

Don't be a warlord then.....?

@@ptrekboxbreaks5198 If you treat your mob boss like cattle....

They had no vehicles dude. A 5 ton truck was a limousine to those guys. I guess you’ve never been to a third world nation, huh?

That was the most Neocon thing you could ever do lol Packing esteemed elders like that was disgusting and highlighted the US's contempt for Somalis/Africans.

Bullshit

Bullshit

Bro I just came here to write this exact comment, with the same timestamp.

You know some of them were a part of October 3rd

The last war that was worth fighting for was ww2. Vietnam up until 2001 was a waste. The 9/11 attacks are tricky and as time goes on, the evidence is starting to look like some very wealthy elites wanted to invade afghanistan and iraq for monetary gain. Not for freedom, we were fed all these years.

That's what war is. Soldiers being lied to about their purpose and dying for nothing. I still amazed military me still fall for it.

All war is waste.

can you see the difference from Hamas and Hezbollah when they talk to reporters and when they cut others heads of and rape children bet not

More like they don't have intelligence today

@@AwesomeAngryBiker You are fake news.

Non somalis ade there country that way to then come in and help it's called divide conquer so get the facts and most ppl in western countries who uplift the wealth are foreigners so please 🙏🏾 for your people with no culture or real land of there own.

That’s because they are all related

An elegant weapon for a more civilized age:P

@@Ulyssestnttalking about “the pig” M-60E Machinegun. I used to carry the pig. It was like half of the Platoon’s firepower. You become a major asset in the field and others carry your ammo, barrels, food, pogey bait. I loved being a MG gunner.

Yep, there's always something to complain about.

Thanks that there is, what else is there to talk about

who's complaining?

Were they able to continue food delivery once the priority changed to kill or capture Aideed? ALSO NO. 🤷‍♂️

its ITV News so even though it was 90s it was actually a good TV grade camera and this footage would have been archived and stored correctly.

totally

yes you are wrong

this was filmed with studio quality equipment, that's why.

Tetris

What does he know?. That sometimes black skinned people fight back, despite your overwhelming weapons superiority?. Not just that, SA/Rhodesia made massive use of chemical and biological agents on livestock and clothing. Then you have Project Coast, and including Aids if you watch the documentary movie Cold Case Hammarskjöld. The ANC and Mugabe's lot, suck too ofcourse though.

What do you mean? They've been everywhere

Disregard...read your comment incorrectly

So they dont go to chicago or detroit, now its too late

@@mikkodoria4778 hahahaha yup, that plan imploded spectacularly. Gaddafi is laughing in his grave at us all. He tried to warn us about our “elite”

Americans aren't war mongers, the politicians and Defense Contractors love to invade 3rd world countries on false pretentious. The Citizens are lied to and by design there only doing what they think is right.

The UN backed this one which is more than can be said for Iraq.

LOL. I'm not an American or westerners. But Somalia was UN's priority problem, especially after the Rwanda civil war & genocide which shocked the world. Are you saying that no country should not stop violences in Somalia? Today Somali piracy is still a problem but back then in the 1990s it was uncontrollable!

Yeah the US has a bad track record when it comes to "stabilizing" countries. They excell at destabilizing them however.

Maybe it's just the people,the Somali majority areas in America aren't exactly known as crime free safe zones. Sure there are fine one but overall they just seem to want to live law abiding productive lives. Minnesota has more people leave America to join foreign terror groups than any other state.

Maybe it's just the people,the Somali majority areas in America aren't exactly known as crime free safe zones. Sure there are fine one but overall they just seem to want to live law abiding productive lives. Minnesota has more people leave America to join foreign terror groups than any other state.

@@HPCAT88 Can't stabilize nations who have a population that's not very peaceful, civilized and are always prone to violence and leaders who are incompetent, corrupt and are completely incapable of having what it takes to run a country properly. If many of these failed nations had even a mostly peaceful population that was willing to work hard and leaders that had some humility and were willing to learn from people that were smarter than them that would be a solid foundation to build upon, but far too many countries have neither and then end up becoming crapholes that can't really ever be saved outside of a miracle happening.

​@@HPCAT88The whole world would be third world if it weren't for America.

I dont think you appriciate how mindnumbingly boring these deployments can be.

@@Ulyssestnt You're right. I don't. Never been to a war and don't want to. Just wonder why someone would pray for war.

@@Atitlan1222 call it gallows humour:)

@@Ulyssestnt got it.

Pretty sure that’s an old quote taken out of context 99% of the time

The problem is the west has a savior complex where they believe they can help people and fix nations when more often than not they're beyond help and that we should just let them live how they want to live and DO NOT bring them into your own countries in any large numbers.

Scope creep and hubris are like nitro and glycerine as the US found out and _keeps_ having to find out. On paper, the Somali factions should’ve been a walkover, but like other “sports,” the game’s not played on paper… 🤷‍♂️

I believe you meant UN. That was entirely a UN op. The military part of it was US led during Restore Hope (and that mission was a success). Continue Hope was under the command of a Turkish General, Bier (sp?) as I recall. That’s when BHD happened.

@@garywillford what are you talking about? It was US OP, not UN OP. UN had to go in to rescue the surrounded US.

@@khalifazarulizwan5196 That MISSION was, but Task Force Ranger was there as part of Operation Continue Hope which was a UN Op led by General Bier, a Turkish general. And the UN forces HELPED extract US forces. 10th Mountain Division went in there as well. Of course, it wouldn’t have been necessary had Clinton not denied the armor and Specter gunship requests, but that’s a different thing.

Allow me to educate you. It's pretty hard to manage a country when you have neighbours who have historically meddled in your affairs continuing to do so. Now you even have Turkey/UAE/Egypt staking its claim. Just like in 1992 the world will never let Somalis solve their own problems.

You can say the same about Murika, they cant win anything alone either, always get their asses handed to them till someone helps them..

It's the liquor randy.. makes ya see things..

It's officer Jim lahey

They didn't have elections until 2012...he was a warlord

Some countries simply need to be left alone and forgotten about until they actually want to change and join the modern world. There will be a day if we as a planet survivor long enough where I'm sure Somalia may one day progress but it will likely never manage to catch up to the modern nations of the world

The US and Ethiopia destroyed the only stable government in 2006 on the grounds that it was Islamist only for their intervention to create terrorist controlled areas of Somalia. US and terrorists colluding once again

After the warlord era finished comes Al shabab finally Al shabaab is being defeated and Somalia is mostly making progress albeit slow

@dariot707 Well if you actually knew, you would know that the US-backed Ethiopian invasion destroyed the Islamic Courts Union that came to power in 2006. Somalia was recovering in 2006. Do research next time.

@fuoco1365 if Somalia was left alone, it would have recovered as the Islamic Courts Union were returning stability. George Bush gave the green light to Ethiopia to invade and destroy it based on alleged links to terror. The CIA also funded warlords against the union. The US-backed Ethiopian invasion completely destroyed stability and led to the famous piracy incidents. Remember that next time you hear about it

Land Cruiser

depends which UN truck you are talking about. Could be KZJ Land Cruiser or Toyota Hilux

Yea that’s a sweet truck.

Definitely land cruiser

FFS, it’s not about _you!_ 🤬 It was about ensuring the locals had equitable access to food aid, not some crusading “police” action to make your bent politicians look tough back in murKKKa. Don’t you get it?! Being used as pawns in someone _else’s_ country/games cost your colleagues everything. I won’t mention the loss and destruction to the locals you were ostensibly there to “protect.” _They_ clearly don’t rate a mention - _right_ “Rambo?” It’s all about you, and _only_ you _(as usual)…_ 😐

@@mychannel3774 *It was about ensuring the locals had equitable access to food aid, not some crusading “police” action to make your bent politicians look tough back in murKKKa.* As we all expected it was a wasted effort to try and even when you do your best to help these people they're rarely if ever grateful and they certainly don't bother coming together to even try and help themselves. You're right the world should stop meddling in African affairs and allow themselves to figure it out on their own. Just don't come begging for help everytime you screw yourselves up and don't know how to fix things.

@@UzumakiNaruto_ Knowing is one thing, having the opportunity to, is something else. Unfortunately, everything seems to be contingent on how much profit US then western corporations stand to gain - sovereignty/“democracy” be damned. Why are there so many lobbyists in the Washington beltway, what do you think they do to your so-called “representatives?” Why are they allowed to draft your legislation, budgets, speeches and foreign policies? Why don’t politicians leave with modest assets commensurate to their salaries? In the past, impoverished, naïve, nominally “independent” Africa may have begged. The US and its vassal just invade and _take._ Like the difference between a hopeful date and a prolific, sadistic rapist - on anabolic steroids. Look at Syria. I don’t recall _anyone_ asking for regime change outside of Langley, Virginia, the beltway, or your oil company boardrooms. Yet America is stealing thousands of barrels of Syrian oil, *to this very day!* No one in their right mind would invite a psychotic rapist for dinner, I think we can all be grateful Africa has shown enough comparative civility to ask - for now. Pretty soon, America will have to learn to enjoy not only Africa’s marginalisation, but Africa’s poverty, just like France - western -interference- - _“services”_ are not required. Thanks to your _fantastically_ corrupt regime, Africa’s begging days may be over, muriKKKa’s may have just began _especially_ as the dollar is being dumped - en masse. _And all they needed to do, was make nice with the world, instead of attempting to bully, dictate and subjugate it._ Oh well, 87% beats 13% eventually, it’s the law of nature not man…

Well there are weapons defense companies that get paid by our tax dollars and they are more influential than us taxpayers We are nothing but an ATM machine for the government and their friends

This was a humanitarian mission. I agree we need to stop being the world police but this wasn’t meant to escalate into a conflict.

People said the same ignorant things in the late 1930s/early '40s when that Hitler fellow was running wild annexing and invading countries in Europe: "It's not an American problem, that's a European problem. We shouldn't send American boys to die in European Wars." You history and political science experts want to tell me how that turned out again? You people think we can just sit back and watch countries, including our allies that we have strong economic and cultural ties with, be endangered or even overrun by either hostile nations or terrorist factions? Are we supposed to sit back and say "boy, it sure sucks they were overrun by that neighboring tyrannical dictator, but it's not our problem. Too bad about all those people being executed, murdered and starved to death. Starbucks, anyone?" You people really think we can isolate ourselves behind two oceans while the world rips itself apart? Didn't work 80 years ago, sure as hell won't work now. Domestic and international issues can be handled at the same time, but not by the career do- nothing politicians in both political parties currently infesting Washington now--and especially not with that mumbling, self-soiling, imbecile of a president we have sitting in the white house.

A humanitarian mission is basic human decency. How selfish can you be?

It started out as humanitarian, but soon turned into a typical “overcompensating” western dick measuring contest for “the folks back home.” Careerism, cynicism and opportunism will combine to _end_ America if people don’t restore the balance of power. They were only supposed to distribute food, _not_ pick sides…

Funny, we came across a book when I was there showing how nice it actually was in the 70s and 80s in Mogadishu. It was actually a vacation spot for Europeans. Some our compounds were once beautiful hotels.

@@91bravic12 My dad used to live in Mogadishu. And he lived near an international school with many among others American kids. So yeah it used to be a pretty decent capital but now everyone agrees that the ones in charge there right now utterly fucked it over.

😂😂😂😂 cool joke as if Somalis cared about marines or rangers .

​@Internut1985 They think this is Hollywood 😂 when reality hits them like in Afghanistan,Vietnam they start running like the cowards they are only fighting from the air is their way.

That is absolutely ridiculous. The “Army” requested armor and continued air support. Les Aspen, then SecDef, DENIED both requests. They sent no armor and actually took the AC-130s off station that had been there before October 3rd. If anyone screwed it up it was the Clinton administration.

Mission Accomplish !

From this event they learned it hard way not to underestimate any mission, ever. Better safe than sorry.

UN fucked it

@@Cyan_Nightingale YES! Lessons learned, all the way at the top / Delta Level!! I cant believe more Soldiers didnt get K.I..A. If it wasn't for UH-1 Littlebirds and their Gau Miniguns...they'd all of been overrun!

The Haitians themselves “acted like true warriors,” and have been consistently punished but the international community ever since. From Napoleon through the Clintons to Biden today… 🤷‍♂️

Somalis