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The US Navy is back in the Gulf of Sidra to challenge Muammar Gaddafi's "Line of Death" in a Freedom of Navigation Exercise. When a pair of F-14 Tomcats are fired on by Libyan surface to air missiles, Operation Prairie Fire is launched - an air assault against Libyan SAM batteries. The Libyan Navy moves out to challenge the US Surface Action Group.
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@thorguff Год назад

"Top Gun" just happened to open right after this, so the public was familiar with F-14 fighters and aircraft carriers in the news. It surely helped the movie's popularity.

@scallywag1716 Год назад

The volleyball scene in Top Gun is what really helped the movie’s popularity.

@DokturProfesur Год назад

@@scallywag1716 Everyone loves playing with the boys.

@Plavushan Год назад

CIA trying to bolster popularity while they bomb children and a nation into the Stone Age for money

@JamieBainbridge Год назад

tfw the USN risk war with Libya just to improve box office ratings of a Tom Cruise movie

@scallywag1716 Год назад

@@JamieBainbridge yup…that Muammar Gaddafi was a good dude. Tragic he was assassinated. Pol Pot even looked up to him.

@harmstrongg Год назад

It's kind of insane how much of US military doctrine--from Naval navigation to infantry operations--boils down to "We're just gonna move around in this area and see if you feel like tryin shit."

@TheModelGuy Год назад

I was just thinking that. "We're going to fly bomb-laden aircraft on patrol just outside your international waters limit. Just fuck around and find-out boys."

@chaosXP3RT Год назад

It's like fishing! "Oh, they took the bait!"

@MarcosElMalo2 Год назад

That’s not military doctrine, that’s policy set from the civilian leaders. The reason that there is a thing called “Freedom of Movement Operations” is because countries think that they can supersede international agreements about territorial waters by proclaiming “kill lines” and what-not. What is insane is how many tin pot dictators think that they can unilaterally declare something is theirs.

@huntclanhunt9697 Год назад

I mean, if it works, it works.

@contrapasta2454 Год назад

"I'm not touching you. I'm not touching you. Does this bug you?"

@lteht6919 Год назад

The animations are getting better and better, love the banking airplanes.

@GeneralThargor Год назад

I liked how the radar flickered before it finally died, agreed, this was another great video.

@davidty2006 Год назад

Yeah them details are neat.

@jonslg240 Год назад

*GAADAAFIIIII* 😂😂 *punches you in the taint

@VivaCityVideos Год назад

0000

@mustang1912 Год назад

So the navy spent all day hammering ships and barely sank 1 patrol boat

@spacewalrus999 Год назад

When I saw the title, for whatever reason I was reminded of Back to the Future when Doc shouts "The Libyans!"

@mullahgaming9446 Год назад

I get reminded of Hillary laughing on video as she laughs at Libya burning

@54032Zepol Год назад

It's true though

@johnronald6115 Год назад

Operation attain documents...definitely not a Clinton mission

@robertsees25 Год назад

Reddit moment

@JackAsh2081 Год назад

"holy shit"

@Del_S Год назад

Americans: Blow up the radar. Libyans: Fix it Americans: *Sorry, did we stutter?*

@jasonanalco542 Год назад

In '86 I was deployed to an Engineer Battalion in Germany. When this happened, we were ordered to harden gate security. So, like any good Combat Engineers, we took our M728 CEVs (basically a M60 tank with a bulldozer blade) and parked them in the gates entrance. Dropped the blade and locked and loaded the Ma Deuce. A German national turned in fast, saw a 60 ton roadblock and promptly reversed. It was funny as hell in a tense moment

@huntclanhunt9697 Год назад

I met a cavalryman who used a CEV's main gun to score a kill on an Apache in a wargame. He showed us pictures of his tank and ever since me and my friends have called it the "Beachball Gun" because of how big it is.

@jasonanalco542 Год назад

That 165mm Demo gun was fun though. The rounds were short range and so slow you could watch them go down range like a wobbly football.

@spencenaz Год назад

I was stationed in southern Germany (Neu Ulm) when this took place. We were restricted to our base for a couple of days for fear of reprisals against service members. Roughly a month later the Chernobyl incident occurred. Definitely a crazy time for an 18 year old.

@NATO32Nations Год назад

Reading about a battle is one thing. But being able to see how it actually went down is another. Always appreciate your videos for my research. Keep up the good work. Gaddafi was not wrong. It was definitely the Line of Death. Only more so for the Libyans than for the Americans.

@dylandarnell3657 Год назад

Gaddafi: "This is the Line of Death!" America: "Thank you for clearly marking the space where we get a free excuse to kill you. That's going to be very helpful."

@RossOneEyed Год назад

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@Niclaas1999 Год назад

@HVAC Quality Assurance To be fair to him, there wasn't really a good course of action for Libya to take. They could either let America invade them unopposed, or they could make a disasterous counter-attack. Both bad options.

@fortusvictus8297 Год назад

The USA paid for this dearly. There was a lot of pecker measuring in all of this, but the end result is Gadaffi doubled down and formed financial connections with groups advocating terrorist tactics to circumvent these military showdowns. For further information, check out the 'Lockerbie Bombing' and later 'Benghazi'. These flexing exercises on both sides did cost American lives, for no demonstrable gain.

@pspsppsps8660 Год назад

I mean surrendering a fight you know you can't win isn't exactly the worse option in the world

@kennykreitz538 Год назад

I was on the Saratoga when this took place. Launched all most of the air craft for the strikes

@michaelhall8943 Год назад

I was on the Saratoga as well. I remember the pilots being very excited about getting to use the Harpoons.

@pontiacGXPfan 6 месяцев назад

back then they had the A7 Corsair then in 90 they got the F18 Legacy

@scottgoens7575 Год назад

I was aboard the USS Puget Sound during this incident. Vice Admiral Kelso (Comsixthflt) was embarked on our ship. (We were ComSixthFlt flagship.) I can remember vividly the preparation leading up to this day. Vice Admiral Kelso was a very likeable officer to all of us enlisted.

@ground_news Год назад

It was great working with you! Well done on the rest of the video as well - once again, you’ve turned a seemingly niche issue into something we’ll be googling in the weeks to come.

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@ground_news Год назад

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@DrSmallarms Год назад

Are we getting a part 2 for the 2 weeks later? This was really good and I’d like to know what happened later

@webby2275 Год назад

2 months later.

@ASR84922 Год назад

Definitely. See “Operation El Dorado Canyon”

@bobtank6318 Год назад

Look up Operation El Dorado Canyon. The US flew in F-111s from Britain in one of the largest refueling operations conducted

@icefamily1 Год назад

They all lived happily ever after.

@fortusvictus8297 Год назад

@@icefamily1 Except those folks over Lockerbie...and Benghazi... and some others I am probably forgetting. These flexes led ole Gadafi to switch tactics and begin funding groups advocating for strikes on soft targets. Terrorists we call them. The group affiliated with Benghazi was such a group with ties and some bitter loose ends they were apparently trying to tie up. TL;DR of it is Americans DID die as a result of all of this. It is not our greatest moment.

@UselessFodder Год назад

Another amazing video, Ops Room! I'm a bit perplexed by the Libyan strategic thinking in this operation, especially on the water. It seems likely to me that sending individual small ships one at a time against the group is in no way playing to the strengths of Libya and is just destined to allow the CSG to devastate each one with their aircraft. Why not strike from multiple angles simultaneously? Bizarre actions.

@p0xus Год назад

I was wondering this myself. I guess thats what happens when the strong man is the one making the tactical decisions, and not well educated and trained military professionals.

@padorupadoru4477 Год назад

Gaddafi was advised (wrongly) that the single sorties had great success, so of course he'd send out another and another.

@JakeCWolf Год назад

@@padorupadoru4477 I wonder, how many people lost their heads when he found out said sorties where anything *but* successful?

@padorupadoru4477 Год назад

@@JakeCWolf idk you ask him

@lecygnenoir4313 Год назад

Khadafi has never been accused of excessive military competence...His staff might have had better ideas, but he would never have allowed anyone to take charge of operations beside him. You can't have two commanders in a military dictatorship, in case people start having interesting ideas about making it a single commander again...

@DecidedlyNinja Год назад

The sheer balls it must take to attack three aircraft carriers with a lone corvette.

@jeffreythomas7499 Год назад

I was 14 years old on the 15th of April 1986 and I remember being woken in the middle of the night by the thundering sound of about 30 refuelling tankers and 30 F1-11's flying overhead on their way to bomb Libya. They were not given permission to fly over France, Spain or Portugal, so they had to fly west over Wales from their base in England, before flying down the Atlantic around Southern Europe into the Med before attacking Libya. It was called Operation El Dorado Canyon.

@a8495turtle Год назад

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@fortusvictus8297 Год назад

A 250k fine? As a 67-year-old retired captain he came out ahead I'd say. Such is the way of 'justice' in the US military.

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Coral Sea had a 3 degree list to port from the weight of the angle deck. Couldn’t swear to it, but at sea it seemed to stay downhill that way longer.

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Yes, she had a port side list, most likely because she had a third catapult unlike her sister ship midway having only two. Wayne Newton was doing a uSO show while ported in Cannes. He says “ is it just me? Or is this ship leaning?” The place roared with laughter..

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@coolersmoke Год назад

Yes! Another Op Room vid. My evening is complete :)

@TheOperationsRoom Год назад

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@benm2072 Год назад

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@eliteofthe9136 Год назад

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@Chrischi4598 Год назад

Would love to see Operation El Dorado canyon next in this series on Libyan-American confrontations

@absoluteunit3885 Год назад

@@grapefruitsimmons Gadaffi sponsored terrorism

@brushnit9212 Год назад

@@grapefruitsimmons bro he is making apolitical videos about the facts that occurred, not him condoning of them.

@Orangefan77 Год назад

@@grapefruitsimmons You're right, Gaddafi was unjustified in closing off international waters.

@cm275 Год назад

@@grapefruitsimmons Imagine thinking Gaddafi is a victim of anything but his own hubris.

@MarcosElMalo2 Год назад

@@Orangefan77 Gape-fruit loves his terrorism, his dictators, and his communists.

@daniellucas1494 Год назад

Another job well done sir! I anxiously await your next posting! I recall this time very well - 19 and considering joining the Navy - had been for about two years. Never signed the papers as I felt military life was just not for me as I was enjoying my time in college - biggest mistake of my life! Sometimes our regrets are at the center of out lives. I did major in History - and still teach it to this day and I think I do a good job. I just wish I had your technical skills - you do such a wonderful and meaningful job at bringing history back to the limelight! Again - well done sir!

@Timelost_Techpriest Год назад

"How many times do we have to teach you this lesson, old man?" vibes from this series of operations.

@vyros.3234 Год назад

"Old man let me just destroy all your military installations " vibes

@A407RAC Год назад

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@Bootneck-RMC Год назад

Yet again, we receive another well documented and produced video from The Operations Room. 👍

@BarcelPL Год назад

It's very interesting that US uses cluster bombs on ships - I'd think that they were made stricly for bombing large swathes of light armor or infantry. Wonder how effecttive would those be on bigger ships (eg Udaloys or La Fayettes)

@MapleShrimp Год назад

Pretty sure the use of cluster bombs on land violates the Geneva Convention

@justsomemainer1384 Год назад

Wild Weasels love them for killing SAMs

@ndx6779 Год назад

@@justsomemainer1384 Although, wouldn't a wild weasel just be redundant if an attack plane gets close enough to drop bombs anyways? not to mention that it would also do the wild weasel's job for them (it doesn't just take out the SAMs but also the radar dishes/antennas/other sensors).

@justsomemainer1384 Год назад

@@ndx6779 When Weasels drop CBUs on SAMs they aren’t always inactive. Depending on the system itself and how quickly it can acquire and launch, less maneuverable attackers won’t always be able to kill it with bombs. It’s easier to have a dedicated fighter that is faster and can more reliably dodge SAMs than attackers that might carry more ordnance.

@ReptilianLepton Год назад

Something to remember is that most modern ships have very limited armor, perhaps some splinter protection but not much more. Rockeyes were top-attack anti-tank cluster bombs, so I can certainly see their bomblets penetrating the superstructure, bridge, and deck of small surface combatants (to say nothing of our aluminium-wonder LCSs). I would be unsurprised if more modern guided anti-armor CBUs are easily capable of, for example, penetrating VLS cell doors with their bomblets' explosively-formed penetrators.

@rockelino Год назад

Would love to see PART-2 (what happened 2 weeks later). I'm hooked now...

@timf2279 Год назад

Outstanding thank you for another quality video. Looking forward to part 2.

@TheOperationsRoom Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@theirishhammer9108 Год назад

Operation Eldorado Canyon included these actions, yes? Or was this after? I remember it well. My photo is the aircraft that I flew in while in the Air Force. It's the RC-135. I flew into the Gulf of Sidra many times after the initial bombings. I few MIGs tried coming out after us, but the US Navy put a quick end to those foolish thoughts. Gained an Expeditionary Medal from this.

@SideComment24 Год назад

France isn't spineless, they are pretty much selfish. They don't care about anyone but their own agenda. Sure other countries do as well but not as blatant as the French government does.

@benbaselet2026 Год назад

@@SideComment24 How does that relate with the comment you responded to?

@timf2279 Год назад

@@benbaselet2026 just agree and thank him for the useful information.

@XMysticHerox Год назад

@@SideComment24 Everyone is selfish on the international stage.

@bryonslatten3147 Год назад

My grandfather gained an Expeditionary Medal in Africa too but it was for killing Germans in his Sherman tank.

@angelarch5352 Год назад

Great video, thank you for making it! I find these mini military history lessons very fascinating!

@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 Год назад

"Colonel, there is an American armada off shore!" _Good, send out our war canoes -- ONE at a time_

@GeneralThargor Год назад

so, this is part one? Excellent video again sir, many thanks and keep 'em coming.

@TheOperationsRoom Год назад

Part 2 i guess - Gulf of Sidra 81 is unofficially part 1?

@aighti Год назад

Yes! Another video! Thank, you always deliver quality

@28ebdh3udnav Год назад

Thank you! I was waiting for this!

@johnparsons1573 Год назад

I absolutely love this channel. It is one of my favorite channels. Fantastic information. Thank you very much for these videos

@ChrisGuzmanS Год назад

More effective than traditional history classes

@fortawesome1974 Год назад

I always get excited when I see anew video from you!!

@McShaggswell Год назад

My dad was aboard the Saratoga during this event. They played "Hair of the Dog" by Nazereth over the 1MC during the raid.

@williamlydon2554 Год назад

I'd never heard of this incident, odd considering how interesting I've found reading up on the Tanker War. I'd give credit to the skipper of the Ean Mara, forcing the A6s to disengage by being close to that container carrier saved his ship, and made him the sole surface combatant to survive engagement with the American Navy.

@LordRambo Год назад

Id give points for unconventional tactics, but id take points for committing a war crime in the process.

@williamlydon2554 Год назад

@@LordRambo Considering the alternative the Ean Mara faced, it was use the ship as a shield or a long swim back to Tripoli.

@Regolith86 Год назад

@@williamlydon2554 Surrendering was also an option.

@LordRambo Год назад

@@williamlydon2554 Many would consider it very dishonorable to use civilians as cover, but that appears to be SOP for Arab militaries going by modern history.

@fortusvictus8297 Год назад

@@LordRambo like dropping cluster bombs on a corvette that was just hit by 4 harpoons and burning down fast...at night? Make no mistake, those clusters had nothing to do with warfare, that was just killing the crew before they could abandon ship.

@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- Год назад

Operation Compass is worth doing a video about. British Armour working in conjuction with Australian Infantry supported by the RAF advanced some 800km taking over 133,000 Prisoners in 2 months. A future suggestion 😉

@DirtyMikeandTheBoys69 Год назад

Lots of other Commonwealth forces were involved, and even some free French forces as well. Otherwise, awesome suggestion!

@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- Год назад

@@DirtyMikeandTheBoys69 True, it was the North African "blitzkrieg" O Connor was a brilliant commander.

@DirtyMikeandTheBoys69 Год назад

@@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- indeed he was! Hopefully we'll see it here soon 🤘

@jmctajmcta Год назад

Your content is amazing. Your voice is amazing. Well done sir

@tangofrown3352 Год назад

very nice addition to your other uploads, thx

@CrayogenicDeath Год назад

Always a good day when The Ops Room releases a new video. Great job as usual!

@tamarakepreyeomgbuayakimi.1379 Год назад

Pls do you have an idea and software on how operations room create their animation's pls , wanna learn.

@augl2702 Год назад

Look forward to every video.

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Nice, another Ops room video!

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Man that Ground News app is actually supercool. Exactly the kind of news-media browser I would envision!

@Pwn3dbyth3n00b Год назад

The MiG to SAM fog of war reveal is some good stuff.

@71ARTUS Год назад

Another fantastic job Very educational Thank you

@TheOperationsRoom Год назад

Thanks again!

@alexanderleach3365 Год назад

ANother awesome video! Well done, can't wait for the next one.

@dhiskeywick1776 Год назад

Thanks for another great video.

@jockbutt3762 Год назад

i love what u do man

@scrafter1752 Год назад

Great video as always!

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@daveskimmer 7 месяцев назад

Another good post. Thanks

@tripple3473 Год назад

Thanks for the great content. I havent missed a single video

@TheOperationsRoom Год назад

Legend, thanks!

@YouTubeUpdatesKeepGettingWorse Год назад

Dude your voice is honestly perfect

@uncreativename826 Год назад

El Dorado Canyon next? Amazing job on this one by the way!

@NineteenEighty8 Год назад

AMAZING WORK! Thanks.

@jamesbednar8625 Год назад

Awesome video!! Was in US Army stationed in West Germany during this time frame. CAn remember reading about this event in STars & Stripes. THANKS!! for the memories!!

@oldfrend Год назад

had no idea this was such a naval battle, nor that harpoons have been fired in anger this much.

@fortusvictus8297 Год назад

This was their official test. They didn't call it an 'exercise' for nothing.

@TK-fk4po Год назад

Excellent video as usual. I remember this happening when I was in high school but I was completely unfamiliar with this kind of detail. I thought we only destroyed the sam battery and damaged a ship. I did not realize there were this many encounters. Not really sure what those Libyan ships were thinking charging straight at the fleet…..

@MotoroidARFC Год назад

Get shot by the USN or get shot by their government. At least going up against the USN gets you glory points assuming you survive. The other result will likely include your family as well.

@fortusvictus8297 Год назад

Remember in every naval story after about 1950 or so there is SIGINT and COMINT that is never discussed. It is unlikely they had any radio communication that was not a US Arab speaker trying to pass as their commander.

@13thravenpurple94 Год назад

Great work 🥳🥳🥳 Thank you 💜💜💜

@davidt3563 Год назад

I can't believe he tried military action. It was like watching him just burn 10 million dollars. Excellent video, I look forward to these!

@718Insomniac Год назад

Ahh finally! Another one. Thank you sir =]

@TheOperationsRoom Год назад

Enjoy!

@mopsymane Год назад

I'm usually on my phone but I break out the laptop and appleTV for this channel.

@carloscampo9119 Год назад

Great job! As always. Keep it up.

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@ttrestle Год назад

Crazy how your vids tend to come out same day as Liveth Evermore. That’s cool.

@sledgehammerk35 Год назад

Give me all of that F-14 Tomcat content 😎

@Ragingmaja Год назад

Those sailors in the Libyan navy had some gall trying to attack an entire carrier fleet by themselves.

@Ragingmaja Год назад

@Z80 For sure, still takes a lot of bravery.. or desperation.

@FULANODETAL Год назад

@@Ragingmaja or ignorance

@ontheroids3517 Год назад

We need more of these type of videos🔥🔥🔥

@kylegendreau1801 Год назад

Love the videos! Definitely gatta do Taffy 3/ Johnston

@RookFett Год назад

I was stationed aboard the USS Coral Sea when this all went down, CIC was pretty intense during it all.

@thefrustratedtheologian6238 Год назад

And I was on the Caron. This video has errors.

@Lintary Год назад

Amazing how it is always French equipment showing up.

@oneshotme Год назад

Enjoyed your video so I gave it a Thumbs Up

@alexsmith5501 Год назад

Enthralling stuff, thank you!

@Whatisthisstupidfinghandle Год назад

Little SAM Battery on the Prairie. I must have missed this episode.

@billrich9722 Год назад

Oh shit. This is not the bombing of Libya I was expecting.

@clarencehopkins7832 Год назад

Excellent stuff bro

@rickharold7884 Год назад

Cool narration. Thx!!

@TheOperationsRoom Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@Italianplayercvu Год назад

Thus was a fun time in italy. We kinda had standing agreements with geddafi and we were 'pissed of' of other nations interfering with our sphere of influence, regarless of what lybia was actually doing, even if sometimes they skirmished with us (a crashed lybian mig 23 was found in 1980 in italy for example, a still enigmatic crash also). More or less due to these events and a SCUD launch to lampedusa island (crashed well away from the island and interpreted as informal communications from lybia) when US bombed gheddafi palace gheddafi was apparently informed the strike was imminent by the italian PM which learnt it from US contacts. Also the previus year the sigonella crisis had took place, with some lybian terrorist taken by american military which were surrounded by italian police forces which were surrounded by american special forces which were surrounded by italian army forces. Or something of that lines i'm unsure right now.

@surplusbus9269 Год назад

Ah Sigonella The good old days when us italians would not accept foreign intervention on our land.

@Italianplayercvu Год назад

@@surplusbus9269 copa più duro stavamo letteralmente difendendo dei cazzo di terroristi

@scorpio6587 Год назад

My uncle, Richard Allen, was the captain of the USS America at this time. It was awesome to be able to watch one of your videos about a conflict he was in.

@godgunzndrumz 7 месяцев назад

Your Uncle was my skipper. I was on the America back then.

@scorpio6587 6 месяцев назад

@@godgunzndrumz Very cool. I still have his captain's helmet.

@godgunzndrumz 6 месяцев назад

@@scorpio6587 That is a real treasure. His launch survives to this day and is in private hands in the Virgina Beach area.

@scorpio6587 6 месяцев назад

@@godgunzndrumz I am very glad to hear that. It makes sense, as he and his wife lived in Virginia Beach.

@kennyflannery779 3 месяца назад

This is the best channel ever

@Mickmooreable Год назад

Thanks!

@patrickwolff2727 Год назад

The “Line of Death” was meant for the Libyan military

@fortusvictus8297 Год назад

To be fair, 'proving their point' cost us in the USA several hundred civilian lives over the years. Lockerbie, Benghazi, and countless others, they all point to these pecker measuring 'exercises' (weapon tests) both sides were doing in the early 80's.

@desmondd1984 Год назад

What on Earth were the Libyans even trying to accomplish? Attacking a carrier battlegroup with inferior corvettes? One at a time???

@ThePilot3332 Год назад

An idiot in charge usually leads to shit like this.

@anuvisraa5786 Год назад

They were trying to protect their sovereing territori from their point of view. And don't bring up the sea limit argument because the United States will not accept it.

@desmondd1984 Год назад

@@anuvisraa5786 I'm not questioning their motives but their tactics.

@ThePilot3332 Год назад

@@anuvisraa5786 protection means they at least had a chance of success and a somewhat coherent plan. Gaddafi squandered the lives of his men for a petty political gesture.

@tommyscott9085 11 месяцев назад

@@ThePilot3332Gaddafi did great things to Liby what are you on about?

@brokenbridge6316 Год назад

it sounded like this operation was a mini-war. Nice job with the video.

@robbabcock_ Год назад

Great video!

@LawatheMEid Год назад

I expect a video about sixth fleet role in Lebanon war during early 80s.

@Azreal20 Год назад

Is it just me...or is the entire "Libya can suck it" thing basically the "how many times do we have to teach you this lesson old man"-spongebob meme?

@fengollc3765 Год назад

Outstanding video

@isldstormhawaii4084 Год назад

Awesome work

@thehoff1793 Год назад

I remember this happening… I was in high school and the whole school was called to assembly. The principal made an announcement that the Americans had bombed Libya.. I don’t know why they thought they needed to tell us kids..

@Franfran2424 Год назад

Kids, you may be going to die there for the next 20 years, better to tell you now.

@pontiacGXPfan 6 месяцев назад

Because this is the kind of world you have to grow up in where bad things can and will happen

@gmangaming3072 Год назад

I’m Libyan and i miss gaddafi, although brutal, my country under his rule was a helluva lot better than how it is now. It’s like sadam and iraq in a way.

@Plavushan Год назад

Most people do regret his fall, even many westerners. However whatever the military industry wants the military industry gets with our governments, we don’t need any justification as long as economic interests are threatened

@FULANODETAL Год назад

he gadaffi could have bring libia with all that oil money ,to tunr into a modern thing like abu dabhi... but instead spend all money in military spending. enfuriating egypth..support a maniac genocidal like IDI AMIN...Invading the azawad region,than ended in a very humillating defeat.. supporting all terror groups in europe cuz URSS said so.... putting bombs in US planes like in lockerville for reason ,,well EGO and URSS said do it... and keeping the country poor as showed in his fall...

@FULANODETAL Год назад

@@Plavushan well not ,,gadaffi pissed soo much people in europe with his stupid acts,than he didnt realize he got no friends...

@vyros.3234 Год назад

Iraqi now that's it beat ISIS is doing better than Saddam Iraq. American companies are starting to invest in it now that ISIS is mainly out of play. But Libya is another story. The lesson to learn from Ghaddafi and Saddam is hope your leader isn't absolute shit at geopolitics and relations. Like Saddam was disliked by every government in the world.

@copter2000 Год назад

@@vyros.3234 I don't know how he manage to make everyone hate him.

@pheonix6321 Год назад

Good video. I don't know if you are looking for more material or taking suggestions, but if so may I suggest The Battle of Hamburger Hill (Hill 937,) The Battle of Hue, The Battle of Khe Sanh, The Battle of Chosen Reservoir, The Battle of Pork Chop Hill, The Battle of Bloody Ridge, and The Battle of Heartbreak Ridge.

@adamatch9624 Год назад

It’s a good day when livith for evermore and the operation room and yarnhub all upload on the same day

@The3rKo Год назад

Ground news sounds super useful

@EchosTackyTiki Год назад

Gaddafi: *gets his ass kicked so hard he's wearing it as a hat Also Gaddafi: I totally won that fight. 6th Fleet: Are you high? Excellent video. Looking forward to seeing the breakdown of round two. Keep up the good work man.

@jamesharris9816 Год назад

Qaddafi sent those ships in to be hit. He wanted to show the world American aggression, which he claimed he was the victim, justifying his line of death narrative and he now needed it to protect his coastline. As usual the americans fell right into the trap and helped the dictator out.

@fortusvictus8297 Год назад

Lockerbie victims don't get to enter the chat. Or countless others from the 80s and 90s. Or Benghazi which was tied to groups that gained support from Gadhafi after all of this mess. There are no winners in this story, that's why we don't ever discuss these events and they are not taught in military training or history classes.