The amount of knowledge you give on this part of the worlds conflicts is amazing and so underrated.

@user-fn8le5cm8p

6 ай бұрын

Bro how did I like your comment twice .-.

@FOXKING01

6 ай бұрын

Magic

I swore in to the Marine Corps on September 18th, 2001 a few months after graduating high school and turning 18. This is my generation's war, and it really turned into a massive boondoggle.

@Kivist1

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for your service devil dog.

@Cplblue

6 ай бұрын

Indeed. I was just about to graduate SOI when Bush gave Iraq the ultimatum. Joined at a crazy time

@dfresh93086

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for your service. I lost a good friend of mine who joined the USMC in 2002 after graduating. Fallujah took so many good men and sadly LCpl Justin McLeese from Covington, LA was one along with so many others.

@robert48044

6 ай бұрын

I was already serving. One of the things that always stuck with me was the two different attitudes. Those who were serving before 9/11 and those who joined immediately after. The group before had a sorta shock like, "oh shit, we're going to war. We already knew what the military was like, and now our chances at death just dramatically increased. The group after was all piss and vinegar, not realizing what they signed up for. Its not like we weren't ready for war. It's just different when one day you're serving peace time and the next something somewhere is about to meet you in battle.

@imeize

6 ай бұрын

Boondoggle is putting it mildly. I really miss pre-9/11.

You got Jose Pavli on for this?!? Holy shit! I can’t wait for this. Good luck y’all!

@thekhoifish0146

6 ай бұрын

My heart skipped multiple beats reading the thumbnail

@ManOfAnswers

6 ай бұрын

Wait the Project Wingman composer?

@mayonotes9849

6 ай бұрын

​@@ManOfAnswersYes, it's him.

@Glamrock993

6 ай бұрын

@@mayonotes9849He’s just the like the pilot.. from the last war!

@frozennorth3426

6 ай бұрын

For the trailer, yes.

Can't wait to watch through this series. I'm stationed in Kuwait right now, too. I'm always curious to know more about how we got here and how we pushed into Iraq.

@realWARPIG

6 ай бұрын

Simple bro, Saddam used to be friends with NATO and the West and we supported him in the Iran Iraq War in the 80s, after he didn't win it, he got fussy and demanded shit he wasn't entitled to and eventually ended up invading Kuwait and the Coalition of Nations led by America beat his ass back into Iraq in 100hrs. Then in 2003 we went back in and Bush Jr. finished what his daddy Bush Sr. couldn't in 1991.

@briangriffith3985

6 ай бұрын

​@@realWARPIG in a nutshell yea

@josephshreeves8192

6 ай бұрын

The Bush Jr administration lied that Sadam still had chemical weapons as justification in 2003. Turns out the program was actually dismantled in the 90's like it was supposed to.

@DiviAugusti

6 ай бұрын

@@realWARPIGHis father was wise to leave Saddam to his little kingdom. Just as he was wise to stay quiet as the eastern block threw off the yoke of communism. He was criticized for both of those things at the time they happened but was proven to be correct by future events.

@JackRabbitSlim

6 ай бұрын

@@DiviAugusti I call total BS on the first bit about it being wise to leave Saddam in place after the Kuwait war, he should have been removed from power then. The failure to do so reverberated down the years & it left a genocidal dictator in charge of one of the most important nations in the Middle East, allowing him to continue to torture, rape, murder, enslave & oppress civilians, harbour international terrorists, butcher & systematically persecute the Kurds, restart an illegal nuclear development, consort to facilitate terrorist operations against the West...

I'm always astounded by the quality in every new video you release- from the concise commentary to the clear and captivating visuals to the historical first-hand accounts. This is a one of a kind channel and I can't wait to see this next major project. Thank you to everyone on The Operations Room team for your hard work and dedication; we appreciate you!

After 23 years of service in the United States Air Force, my father retired in 1994. I grew up a military brat of the Cold War. By this time I was 14 years old and already enrolled in my High School's JROTC program which, due to its proximity to the Air Force base was also Air Force. I was determined to continue with ROTC into college and enter the same branch of service as an officer. Long story short, after a year of college my whole life fell apart putting me in a position where enlisting was my only real way out. So, at the age of 20, in May of 2000, I instead enlisted in the USAF. I didn't know it yet, but the rest of my entire military career was going to best spent "at war" in a year and four months from then... this was my war, as was Afghanistan. I'm now 43 years old and long since out of the service... I am both looking forward to this series and a little apprehensive to watch it.

@seth1422

6 ай бұрын

The run up to and start of that war remains so painful. The slow motion stupidity, the clumsy diplomacy, and the rejection of the international order that had been crafted by every President back to Wilson to reject unprovoked aggressive war. I feel like we didn’t exorcise the pain of this until the diplomacy (and accurate intelligence releases) around the 2022 war in Ukraine.

Looks like a 13-part series. I look forward to it. What'll it be, about one a week? The details you guys provide are incredible, often down to the actions of individual servicemen. Been really enjoying the recent Battle of Leyte Gulf mini-series.

@khurramzafar

6 ай бұрын

Seems like weekly uploads, they did the same thing with the Battle of the Bulge and it was a hit

I wasn’t expecting to see Jose Pavli on the Operations Room, but I’m certainly not complaining!

@thekhoifish0146

6 ай бұрын

Mercenary composers sure do get around

@clarkrovin8241

6 ай бұрын

@@thekhoifish0146 "Unsurprising...They always return to the scene of the crime."

@yucczucc1401

6 ай бұрын

He's been collaborating with him for at least a year now. He actually composed the music for the Series Announcement last year.

this is gonna be sick

I imagine this series will be just as awesome as Battle of the Bulge… I know I’m not a Patreon user, but I do view & click “like” on every video, plus I’ve subscribed to both channels… If I could make a conflict suggestion, a Vietnam era major series would be amazing… love all your videos, keep up the great work…

@sleepingbee8997

6 ай бұрын

They’ve got one on the battle of Ia Drang, if I recall.

@joemic7981

6 ай бұрын

I agree with a vietnam miniseries, that would be cool. It would be cool if they did it on the battle of Hue city or hamburger hill.

@Dipp182

6 ай бұрын

Band of Brothers but in Korea and Vietnam

You got your own soundtrack for this? Right when I thought that bringing the content to another level isn't possible anymore, tOR delivers. It's awesome!

@iansum1268

6 ай бұрын

Better yet, he got Project Wingman's composer

@cjhackattack2375

6 ай бұрын

I want the song ):

@theNoelshow

6 ай бұрын

facts need to add it to my playlist@@cjhackattack2375

Praying we get a full version of the song released on spotify.

*checks notes* Holy shit its November 2023 NOW It’s crazy that you’re covering a conflict that I have a pretty good memory of, watching it unfold in real time when I was young

When I saw the music was made by Jose Pavli I was surprised. THE Jose Pavli? The one that made stellar soundtracks for Project Wingman, PW Frontline 59 and his own series? I'm glad to see he's producing tracks for channels like yours!

@beatthegreat7020

6 ай бұрын

He's also gonna be doing the music for Blight: Survival. He's been having an incredible year career-wise.

@yucczucc1401

6 ай бұрын

He's been collaborating with him for at least a year now. He actually composed the music for the Series Announcement last year.

@oddursigurdsson9637

6 ай бұрын

I swear the music in the giant battle in project wingman launched me into another dimension if thats the guy then we are in for a treat

@beatthegreat7020

6 ай бұрын

Showdown or Kings? Everything Pavli touches turns to gold.

I'm sure KZread will love this series and won't demonetize it at all! Also yooooo Jose Pavli!

As a vet of iraq and Afghanistan I look forward to hearing our stories told in you unique and detailed way this will be a journey

Not gonna lie, the opening segment that was flicking between the TV channels reminded me of the opening of the original Command & Conquer, I love it

@SteveJB

6 ай бұрын

You're not alone in that thinking. "At least your mother tipped well..."

You picked the right man with Jose Pavli. His music is top notch.

You ask & you shall receive. Thank you Ops. I’ve been waiting for this. 🖤

1:47 Baseball hat, t-shirt, directing fire over a stadium-ish place somewhere in the middle-east. Certified america fuck yeah moment.

Oh man, super excited for this one! Keep up the wonderful work y’all!

Oh my! I love all of your works and Jose Pavli works, this is the best collab of all time. Super excited for this series Ops Room team!

@yucczucc1401

6 ай бұрын

He's been collaborating with him for at least a year now. He actually composed the music for the Series Announcement last year.

I was an eighteen year old baby grunt in 2003, I can't wait to see this.

Sure to be a great series, especially considering the fact that so many people know Iraqi Freedom veterans.

great to see Jose Pavli part of this

Came for the teaser, got hyped by the song. Cannot understate how much I need it in my playlist, so good. Can't wait for the videos tho, y'all always do fantastic work.

Started watching this channel very early on for the historical / WWII content. Absolutely blown away with what it's become and can't wait to see this series! Your team's dedication to quality really shows off in the final product and you're gaining exactly the right type of attention for it.

Jose pavli did an excellent job as usual. Predictable.

Lets gooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Documentaries and other videos detailing specific events from this war are hard to come by, so I'm really excited to see the events you listed at the end covered to your degree of quality. Especially the air war and thunder runs.

Huge 'Generation Kill'-vibes with this one! Loved that series!

I don't know how you continually manage to improve and impress, but you somehow do with every series. Keep up the stellar work at the ops room.

When’s the song coming to Spotify or Apple Music, it goes hard

I can't wait for this to come out, however I did notice one issue with the footage used in the video. I'm hoping that the footage of the Panavia Tornado @2:04 will be used to show the background to the lead up to Operation Iraqi Freedom and not from the actual conflict itself. I was still in the RAF, specifically based at RAF Marham, the home of the ground attack Tornado fleet at the time. All our Tornados were painted grey by this point and not the the old green and grey scheme as seen in this footage. As a bonus fact, in the lead up to the Afghanistan campaign in 2001 Tornados still had their black radomes. They were not allowed to go on Ops to Afghanistan until the radomes had been re-painted in grey. At the time the UK fleet (i.e. those that did not leave) still had black radomes while the Afghan ones had grey. I really love watching your channel and I'm just providing you with this so that you can make it even better :).

@Anakin_Sandy_High_Ground

6 ай бұрын

Bring back RAF wrap around camoflage 🗿

So excited to watch this series. This channel is the absolute best!

You guys got Jose Pavli? Of Project wingman? The GUY WHO MADE "KINGS" ON A MACBOOK? This is gunna be great

@thekhoifish0146

6 ай бұрын

“You’re a slave to history”

Thanks!

Oh boy oh boy, this is gonna be great fun (to watch)!

Would love to see a series on Market garden on your channel

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!!

Can't wait!

Just finished watching Generation Kill, this will be an awesome follow-up!

@ohmygoshitscole

6 ай бұрын

I just started reading it!

"oh shut the fu-" best line that the tOR has said

@thekhoifish0146

6 ай бұрын

Obscenely based opsroom

Looking forward to this. I watched this Lie unfold in real time.

Let’s Go!!!! Can’t wait!

Anywhere to listen to the trailer music separately? Love the early 2000s rock era vibes it gives

I can't wait! Y'all make such amazing content!

Oh hell yeah! Can't wait!

thanks! cannot wait to see it!

Looking forward to this!

Great work!

Looking forward to this !!!

This shits gonna be awesome

HELL YEA LETS GO!!

Awesome! Can't wait, your videos are so informative.

Let's Goooo! another mega series !

Can't wait super excited.

Yes! Finally! Having lived through that, I've been waiting for you to cover the 2003 war since I first found your channel :)

Looking forward to this.

Wow! That’s a lot of different topics covered in what should be excellent videos and animations. I can’t wait!

If hype was a video, this was a vibe indeed!

This is brilliant

Here we goooooo!

This trailer is so awesome. Amazingly done

Oooh, can't wait to see what this yields.

Here we go!

Holy sheeeet yes!!!!

This video vibes so hard. There's something magical about starting videos with channel surfing in the 90s, then suddenly transitioning to upbeat punk rock being played over real war footage from the 2000s. There are so many references to memorable moments from that time, set to the beat of gunfire. It's beautifully dystopian, especially after knowing how much of a disaster the invasion was. The contrast is poetic.

@danemail6184

6 ай бұрын

The opening montage looks straight out of the original Command & Conquer game. HUGE 90s vibes for sure.

Cool. Can't wait!

I love this channel yet somehow have never been a subscriber. Now I am! Bravo.

So excited for this!

Can’t wait

I want to see this song on Spotify!!!

Stellar!

Looking forward to this! Should be amazing, like all of your videos.

AWESOME !

I have been waiting for this one! Thank you ever so much!

Cant wait for this! Also Jose, you've outdone yourself!

We lit boys. Can’t wait!

absolutely can not wait!

This is so hype!!!

Looking forward to this

Very excited to see this!!

I need this song!

Oh nice, modern warfare! And that trailer was awesome!

This is going to be big. Very excited.

Let's GO!!!!!!

Looking forward to it, cheers

Awesome :D

This is gonna be a really interesting series to watch. I loved the multi part videos for the Battle of the Bulge and Iwo Jima.

Splendid

The list of videos looks awesome. I'm there! Looking forward to it.

Oh boy, this will be an extremely interesting series! I can’t wait!

Here we go. Looks like another banger. Let's hope we get some videos on fallujah.

Looking forward to it!

Whoa! Can't wait... ✌️

I might still have the front page of the day this began, very interested to follow this!

Whatever angle the series takes, this is a well done introduction.

Great trailer! I'm looking forward to learning more of the details of a conflict I'm not as well-read on.

Oh dam! I’m hyped!

Looking forward to a fantastic series, again. Especially curious to see how you'll cover this war and everything leading up to it, plus the attempts at justification afterwards.

@MrCantStopTheRobot

6 ай бұрын

Can't get out of my mind that image of the muppet Colin Powell, waggling a little vial of salt in the UN chamber.