I think VICE should re-upload this so a lot more people will see it. This deserves so many more views.

@dinoradja242

4 жыл бұрын

They should re-upload now so everyone can see they did great work at one time

@gerrywilliams1392

2 жыл бұрын

Well especially now considering Taliban now holds all of Afghanistan.

@kurosaki0001000

2 жыл бұрын

Yup

@gmmrk35

2 жыл бұрын

Taliban defeated Invader America. if you wanna see Satan just see America. the propaganda machine of SATAN is America Western media will not tell how many people killed by Americans from native Americans to , Hiroshima and Nagasaki from Vietnam to iraq and Afghanistan?

10:46 The most British request for an airstrike in history.

@JustRockMySoul

7 жыл бұрын

it´s as satirical as the entire video

@RijuChatterjee

6 жыл бұрын

seriously

@chrispy199

6 жыл бұрын

just missed in time for tea then woulda been perfect

@joecasillas3059

6 жыл бұрын

I came to make this exact comment "that would be lovely, ova"

@edinburghgirl1

5 жыл бұрын

Was perfection, sums up the sarcastic, black humour and just Britishness exactly

"If you could put air on that it would be lovely, over." Haha, love that accent.

@samdasilva1914

3 жыл бұрын

British accent, humour, sarcasm, irony and dark humour. Fantastic stuff

@paladinsmith7050

3 жыл бұрын

@@samdasilva1914 It's an English accent not british lol

@Rmcaw

3 жыл бұрын

The captain calling in that air strike is Captain Patrick Hennessy, he wrote a fabulous book called the “Junior Officers Reading Club” it details a lot of this tour and is an excellent piece of military literature, worth a read.

@parkerprice184

2 жыл бұрын

@@samdasilva1914 you have fôoood

@samdasilva1914

2 жыл бұрын

@@paladinsmith7050 semantics.

The Brit’s have a humble outlook towards the world

Remember when Vice used to be a legitimate news source with mostly unbiased reporters? Great times. Miss this kind of reporting

@blademan6075

4 жыл бұрын

SeanDon_ 28 And CNN during the first Iraq war. Damn I was so impressed with their embedded reporters and their willingness to go in and give the world the coverage! CNN is now a low class tabloid.

@xGreenY600x

3 жыл бұрын

Pepperidge farm remembers

@meatrocket6979

3 жыл бұрын

Stop bitching vice is much much bigger now so just filter out the ones u feel are biased and watch the ones the tickle your fancy

@Litepaw

3 жыл бұрын

@Rico Imagine why, instead of just getting angry at those comments. Vice had real balls and soul back then. They still have some damn brave people, like those who went to the frontlines in syria and iraq to film the fall of isis. But they've become a bit biased instead of doing neutral journalism and it annoys the hell outta me.

@perma_bann

3 жыл бұрын

@@Litepaw did u watch their recent video on the darfur conflict, azerbaijian conflict, iraq-isis conflict, south sudan oil exploitation... etc. I agree its worse than before but they still release great things on actual world conflicts with neutrality, you just need to cherry pick which videos to watch.

15 years later and mainstream media is telling the world that the Coalition did not see this coming. Convincing...

@matt.willoughby

2 жыл бұрын

The mainstream media isn't saying that at all, stop lying.

@PowermadNavigator

2 жыл бұрын

​@@matt.willoughby Pfff, yes they have been. Maybe now they are not because the fallout has set in, but when Coalition and US forces were pulling out in 2014 (something nobody seems to remember), halfway the same scenario started happening. PBs were being emptied of ANP and ANA personnel, their commanders and inventory were disappearing, misconduct was spiraling out of control, even stations and bases were being dismantled and sold out for parts, insider attacks were on the rise etc... because they were being perpetrated by deserters and ANA and ANP operations were practically halted because of all this and more.

i watched this back in 2012 boy oh boy here we are back again

During ww2 they used to say "When the Germans bomb we take cover, when we bomb the Germans take cover and when the Americans bomb everybody takes cover"

@samualstanley8671

2 жыл бұрын

Legendary

@cliveramsbotty6077

2 жыл бұрын

the americans are second only to the israelis for coming up with excuses for bombing stuff they weren't supposed to

@mrkv4k

2 жыл бұрын

In the WWII, americans missed the factories in Ostrava and bombed the historical city center of my town, Brno. They thought that they are on Austrian soil. The only problem is that Brno is 60km north from the Austria and Ostrava is another 150km north-east from Brno.

@joe18425

2 жыл бұрын

@@pierreemerickalprazolam i heard this quote in some other documentary and it was implied with light hearted humour. I thought it was quite satirical so I borrowed it. I should have said. I have no idea who was the biggest culprits of ww2 bombing. I can say that I'm pretty sure that atrocities were committed by Axis & allied sides. The part to keep in mind is If you are on the ground when the bombs fall It's quite insignificant in the scale of your situation who is dropping them.

“This guy lives for firing his RPG” lol

@SkyNinja759

2 жыл бұрын

Jamshed incarnate.

2:00 "when these guys can stand up and provide security on their own we can leave" 😬

@crimsonstrykr

2 жыл бұрын

Well - Saigon 2: Electric Boogaloo is here so......

Excellent sound quality, must be some expensive ass mics.

@HazyJ28

4 жыл бұрын

Even some of the worst mics can sound decent with good mixing and better mastering :) Post processing is a beautiful thing.

@Michael-lg4wz

2 жыл бұрын

Alot of it is just having a decent cardoid mic with the right gain at the right time/good AGC. No clipping but also picking up talking

"It's all fun and games so.." most badass war quote I've ever heard.

It's funny hearing them talk about the futility of the Western powers' "Exit strategy", 10 years ago.

@johnwallen5719

2 жыл бұрын

Came to say the same thing. Watching this in 2021 is ... interesting.

@FlintF

2 жыл бұрын

"Funny" .. .

@MrChadonne

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah this crazy I watched this years ago knowing the us couldn’t defeat the taliban or isis . But they gotta do what they gotta do .

@Misitheus

2 жыл бұрын

"Exit strategy".....Monty Python style....Run away....Run Away....

@hp2084

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrChadonne US could have but they didnt had the real political will after 2-3 years and when they had in 2001 they were very high on the opium of their supremacy.

I've been watching Afghanistan/Iraq war documentaries. I'd have to say the UK soldiers execute sarcasm on a whole different level. Cheers lads, stay safe!

@jordanfrancisco27

3 жыл бұрын

@Duner250R yessir. Great story. Great group of guys. 👊👊👊

@leemiles3975

Жыл бұрын

We are all sarcastic in the uk 😂😂

Ben: seems like quite a chaotic start Dead serious British soldiers: this is fucking squared away

Vice is just awesome! I love the fact that they show people really how life is in some parts of the World and that they are so real. So far I've seen all the Toxic episodes and the other ones based on actuality. I hope they keep up with the good work and that they will post more episodes soon!!!

I love how the British speak to the Helicopter: That would be "lovely", lol. I don't see US soldiers being that poetic...

@blademan6075

4 жыл бұрын

Polo Player Amen to that!

@pauljones796

3 жыл бұрын

@@dr.questionaccount7379 how?

@samisavage891

3 жыл бұрын

@@dr.questionaccount7379 us soldiers are more arrogant

@wikihowfrog9034

3 жыл бұрын

@@dr.questionaccount7379 Do you mind explaining how?

@skollmemes9960

2 жыл бұрын

well that may change soon now that attack helicopters can join

And Afghan soldier lied about having six friendly casualties just to get us ambushed!

That incomming fire at the end made me jump. I was a U.S. marine for 4 years. Somethings you never get used to.

"it's all fun and games"

@sammaxwell8362

9 жыл бұрын

Kariuki Ke I was about to comment on that, guess I'll add a time. 18:52

@gentleeyes

8 жыл бұрын

+Kariuki Ke or when he asks for air support and says that'll be lovely or something likethat lol

@unholydudetx

2 жыл бұрын

Read this just as he said it.

This video aged really well. Stunning report.

I Wana hear the story about how Johnny Knoxville apparently had to save him from from a fight?!?!

@paulieheydrich9772

5 жыл бұрын

Sam Rexroat that's what I thought.where TF was he

@sofakingwhat4798

4 жыл бұрын

@@paulieheydrich9772 "Hi I'm Johnny Knoxville welcome to Jackass, this is 'Taking Point'"

this stuff is amazing!

Hell yeah Vice news has some great stuff. Very educational and entertaining.

Ahhhh old vice you are a treasure

gem of a video

"It's all fun and games." Holy shit the brittish army is amazing.

I love the huge piles of poppy straw all over the place. A great piece by Vice, you can learn more about the war from these two videos than you would from a year's worth of cable news coverage of Afghanistan.

@vkingcaesar

2 жыл бұрын

That’s because our news doesn’t go to the source lol they report on stuff thousands of miles away these men risk their lives for the true story and we need more like this

@leafster1337

Жыл бұрын

no

Thanks for the info, Chumlee

"being engaged by RPG and small arms from kilo...if you could put air on there that would be lovely" The most polite air support request ever heard.

fun fact, these are grenadier guards. If you've ever visited london and seen "those funny soldiers with the red tunics and tall fluffy hats" it may have been these guys

"How many RPG's do we need?" "Yes."

the vice i love.

Damn. VICE NEWS used to be so respectable. They lost it so bad.

Watching this after US and Brits leaved Afghanistan so sad for that Soldiers that put a lot of efforts in that war.

@robertkennion9020

2 жыл бұрын

Sadly even when this video was taken..it was clear ...very clear that the afghan army wouldnt stand a chance.

when VICE was good.

People on Twitter : "You Monster, you deserve to die" at the slightest accidental trigger Soldier at 18:56 : "But you know, it´s all fun and games" while describing possibly being killed by allied support fire accidentally

8:21- (listening to the taliban) "what are they saying?" "that they are getting ready to attack" "where?" "here" "do we know own where they are?" "no" that look on Bens face....😕

miss this vice

This is the most accurate bit of film on Afghanistan and what Coalition Forces have to do/go through that was produced by Media source I've yet seen! I love VICE News now

back when vice had actual journalists

Sad to see this a decade later pulled out

Thank you Ben and vice for showing people the unbiased truth

Who else is here revisiting these docs now that the taliban is on a full send warpath? 🤚🏼

@infantiltinferno

2 жыл бұрын

Where the hell is "Obama's war"? That's like _the_ piece of the entire conflict. I'm getting paranoid that it's lost media by this point.

@danielpincu6030

2 жыл бұрын

What was it about and tell me if you find it

I love Vice

I think Non British may misunderstand "it's all fun and games..." Because the rest of the quote is "... until someone looses an eye" Its a common saying adults will tell children to warn them against dangerous play. He is acknowledging the risks they are all taking. But he also says it in a way that he has accepted that these risks are just part of the job.

@winstonchurchill586

Жыл бұрын

Loses*

@user-tx3xy7lw6w

7 ай бұрын

Yes thank you we all understood that. You brits are painfully obvious.

Lol, I love the attitudes of the British soldiers. So nonchalant and aware of the futility of the task at hand

steady as she goes

Ben is legend

holy shit that was amazing so far. how does this not have more views?

I.love your vids

We need to have more videos of the war for our children

The side that makes the least amount of mistakes wins.

Ben Anderson is a beast

He's made some good doc's Ben Anderson

Damn straight!

1:50 I like how ten years ago they're talking about ANA being the "exit strategy". Yeah, like no one could see this coming from a mile away.

This Aged Really Well.

Go Ben Andersson!

Imagine being told causally they’re about to attack

“If you could put air on that it would be lovely” *Chopper proceeds to bomb friendlies* 🤦‍♂️

@jeff6199

4 жыл бұрын

Britainsthan

@ianfrank8480

4 жыл бұрын

You know that? Were you there?

@iaincollins5743

4 жыл бұрын

Yeh he's soooo not there

so true, wish people would realize this

Watching this again in 2021. It says October 2011, but it's a re-upload as I can find clips uploaded in 2009. Does anyone know when it was first published?

@killer_bro_empireitsme3613

2 жыл бұрын

Good luck 🤞

@VictoryorAkhira

2 жыл бұрын

2007

13 years and not much has changed

Omggggg this is vice 9 years ago

If Vice stayed doing content like this- they would never have gone bankrupt

16:42 my man

5:40 they refuse to wear the uniform so they can be identified by the Taliban when they are paid for information. Mandatory uniforms would have seriously helped this situation.

Ben Anderson lad why you with vice man, I mean I enjoy vice docs, but Ben your a cut above.. Vice docs equal fairly interesting not very poignant and above all hipster targeted docs, Ben Anderson's docs equal food for thought.

2:42 is that the former ASM Glenn Haughton?

Wow this is a older episode

@jasongreen1595

5 жыл бұрын

LOL I KNOW RIGHT

what song is playing at 2:40? omg I have to know!

@joj4096

3 жыл бұрын

What are you talking about?

"Very bright colours" and "they are a very visual army" im no expert but that doesnt sound like a good thing

Can anybody provide a link to a different documentary from Ben Anderson. Its more based on Jack. Its called Jack A Soldiers Story. I cant find any links?

When VICE still had balls to goes real journalism!

Why has the footage been squashed horizontally?

No wonder they lost so quickly

"lately afghanistan has been in the news"

In the documentary the a.n.a actually have uniform and look somewhat respectable and organized but I recently watched one from 2014 from when we (the u.s) were pulling out and they had completely fallen apart in a matter of what 3 years it just looks to me like they've given up they just got care

Can't have an army without discipline.

Sad to see that now

the documentry the reporter done was called 'our war' on bbc three its good give it a watch

haha the poster in the beginning "metal in baghad"

11:35 It's funny that they take cover behind a wall of poppy plants xD

@strbst2075

2 жыл бұрын

Concealment is cover normally if you can't be seen you can't be shot

I love how the real battle is very very different from video any fps shooter games, in real battle you mostly shoot at nothing because no one want to expose themselves easily. And when you actually see them hundreds of bullets you fired missed the target because of the recoils.

Great to see Jack M, I hope he doing great, I think he is....

This war is so messed up

Ben Anderson probably wondered why he joined the Vice pre school. He made this before he joined Vice so I don't know how Ben wins from joining them.

@TheDeepSeaCreature

7 жыл бұрын

targeting a youngins with his style and freedom to do what he wants.

I like how the Ana guy has like 10 RPGs

Back before Vice sold out! Makes me sad and nostalgic...

Gotta love the Britt soldiers. "all fun and games" WTF? lol

Deja vu on the "Exit strategy." 😂

Haha thanks. I'm from the West coast. Southern California to be specific. :)

How can i get a copy of his latest book?

Yes, I did. I went there.

Where's 1080p Vice ??????

@ 7:00 the soldier is talking about an ambush happening when everyone leaves. This new device called the SpotterRF M600 "in all weather conditions regardless of visibility, The android tablet and 2 radars provides more than 150 acres and 90 degrees of wide area intrusion detection." = no ambush. Sets up in 3 min.

Wow, this is fucking awesome.

"It's all fun and games." The fuck it is! I've been there, done that and that, ladies and gentlemen, is not a game.

"Babies covered in dust and absolutely petrified" that sums up what this war is all about...