Conviction. Righteousness. Ruthlessness.
War is the teacher, soldiers its students. Faith and Knowledge the the greatest weapons of war. Through stories, podcasts, books and film the hope is to reshape the narratives to strengthen our resolve, awaken the truth that we feel but can't always explain, to expand our vision beyond the limits of the Matrix and bring us closer to God. In the end, God wins.
About the Film.
Afghanistan is known as the graveyard of empires. The ruins of past occupiers litter the landscape. For a small group of Canadians, history was only a roadmap of lessons to be learned, not fate to be trapped by. Over the course of 10-days they became warriors and in the process changed a nation. When you live by conviction, fighting is everything.
The documentary film featuring Emmy Award winning footage will be available right here on our own website and through our online affiliates starting 1 October 2018.
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I must give these troops and the camera man all the props in the world good work in taking the fight to the enemy and getting it on film. Now if we can just get our governments fixed what a wonderful place we would both have.
this documentary is outstanding and should be seen by all... but that slap at 30:32 had me laughing for at least 15 miuntes
What if you people just left them to deal with their problems go back to your own countries and secure your boundaries would it help. Those people are not educated they're comfortable living in a war meanwhile Americans are losing soldiers
New subscriber bro 👊 ex Parachute Regiment and this was spot on ✌️War is War 😢RIP the ones who made the ultimate sacrifice 🙏GTC Ps my Documentary on here # Mercynaries of war 👹💥💥💥
Bottom line is the west has lost so you fought for nothing
It’s sad hearing why they’re fighting.. because of 9/11… little did they know it was an inside job. A false flag to start the wars in the Middle East and enrich the Elites. If you wanna know who was behind it… Google.. “The Dancing Israelis 9/11” …. Can You handle the truth??
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was a PMC S.OP now retired of 16years, did 3 tours in Iraq and 4 in Afghanistan, 1.5 years in Africa and soft time before the top part..
You guys must realize the ones you tell to not move don't speak English it would be a good idea that you learn to speak their language that will help less people getting killed??What do you think
A good piece of work, right up with the troops in danger and then filming their thoughts and beliefs on the war and the expectations of what will be the result of risking their lives [and taking lives] , will it make Afghanistan a better place therefore improving the world. Straight away you can see that these fighters are not like those commonly depicted in these front line units and one needs to remember that these are Canadians rather than US troops, there which is most evident by the interactions with residents of the country that they have invaded. The statements from the troops post fire fight show that these men believe that they are here to stop an evil and help the populace to improve themselves, unfortunately yet predictably they have been fed a narrative of lies and would have been misled by their superiors and leaders just as the rest of the world was post 9/11. One guy is just happy to hunt Taliban, the Taliban are responsible for opium while another guy refers to the twin towers and thus terrorism as his reason or justification to his involvement showing that they are good men doing a dangerous job to help those who need it. It's too bad that when the US helped the Mujahideen to defeat the Soviets that the Taliban were the party to rise to power and the US was among the first to recognise them as the legit rulers of Afghanistan; 9/11 was an attack by Al-Qaeda against US military involvement in the middle east and they had focused their attacks on US military bases and embassies for over a decade but were continually ignored then dismissed by the US leadership, this redirected them to scale up their targeting and aim for a wider world audience. I hope that those who served in the Iraq or Afghanistan wars manage to shift any guilt or shame of their involvement back onto the political and military leaders who once again [Vietnam] lied to their citizens and military to send them into conflict which was illegal and wrong.
Brave men , thank you for your time and life commitment, nobody understands what you went through,unless they have been in contact before. Salute.
Maybe they should try this new technique called aiming while they say good bye to the snack bar. And to the maple kings you have optics for fucks sake.
To them ylu where not welkom the us should have hyerd all bricklayers and forgot about the asshole of the world
damn these dudes we actally putting in work with that armor.
When I watch north America soldiers at war, they spend a lot of ammunition. Ineffective fire. Obviously they have lots of ammo to waste, and it cannot be supressive fire!
Hats off to my Canadian Brothers-in-Arms! Job well done!
So who lost the war? Ordinary Afghan Civilians
Every part of action in a heartbeat, this is an excellent insight to combat and ops that if I need it il take to the front line too, about keeping it real but also pro.
Fortunately, or unfortunately, depending upon your point of view, I never went to Afghanistan or Iraq, unlike my son who did two tours in Afghanistan, and I therefore don’t have any firsthand experience of the war, however I have watched a lot of documentary films about it and I still can’t get a good sense of how the Taliban operated, their tactics,strengths or weaknesses and the seemingly impossible battle that allied forces faced trying to find,fight and defeat them. I don’t really want to draw any comparisons but the best I can come up with is the Vietnam War VC, fighting an irregular war using tactics that stymied most of the allied forces sent there, and watching this documentary is reinforcing that comparison, and the fact that the war ended in a similar vein, the rapid and confused withdrawal and the rapid takeover by the Taliban, what was it all for, to many deaths and not enough self determination from the Afghanistan military/security forces, the whole thing was a disaster, both militarily and politically, militarily because the objective was never achieved and it cost lives, politically because it was a war that should not have happened, but as per usual our political masters thought that, this time, the war was going to quick and easy, but as usual the politicians got it so wrong, why do they believe that just because an enemy don’t operate like western military forces and don’t use, or even have, sophisticated weaponry that they are not a threat, what they lack, and don’t care about lacking, makes no difference, they were fighting for their own cause and they had a huge belief in that cause, whereas we, the allied forces, didn’t, we were fighting a war that we didn’t understand, were not ready for and didn’t really believe in, but we went anyway and did what we were told to do, but as with most wars the boots ended up doing whatever it took to stay alive and keep our friends/comrades alive, the end result was of little consequence, and the last time we fought a war that did have meaning and purpose was WWII, maybe Korea and the Falkland Islands, and, to my mind, the boots on the ground need to be 100% behind the cause they were being asked to fight for. My apologies for going on, I do tend to speak my mind and end up writing ✍️ an essay about topics that I have an interest and opinion about, so, I have put my soapbox away (for now, might need it again), vented my spleen and written a short article, once again my apologies. Sorry, I said it might have to come out again, but @ 12:35 the (presumably) Afghan Army guy firing his AK one handed would not lend itself to accuracy, or would it, he isn’t using the sights and the only thing stopping him from loosing control of the weapon is the wall. As I said before I don’t have any first hand experience of the war or the Afghan army so perhaps he is doing what he was supposed to do, possibly he has a physical limitation that stops him using both hands, or he is just apathetic about it and is just “spraying and praying”, praying he does actually hit the enemy or potentially hoping he does NOT hit the enemy. Perhaps someone who has first hand experience of the war (can’t ask my son, he doesn’t talk about it) and especially the Afghan Army could enlighten me, I also noticed, not just from this documentary, that none of the Afghan soldiers wear helmets 🪖, is that because they didn’t have them or for some reason particular to them. With all respect to the guys @ 18:02 saying that the Afghanistan war was linked to 9/11 is, in my opinion, just “towing the line”, 9/11 was an absolutely evil 👿 and heinous act that affected so many different nations and religions, but, it was a terrorist act that should not be linked to any particular nation, and the war in Afghanistan didn’t do anything to avenge that crime, the majority of the Afghan people, in my opinion, didn’t take part in or support that crime against the many nations that were affected by it, they were innocent of any wrongdoing, the real culprits just disappeared into places like Afghanistan, Pakistan etc and they took years and years to capture or eliminate, and the collusion they had with the countries like Pakistan was one of the biggest issues that could not be addressed by just invading Afghanistan, the culprits of 9/11 were never going to participate in a war that exposed them to a genuine conventional war, they proved that they were cowards by the attack on 9/11 and would have just gone to ground in a safe place that they knew that the coalition forces could not openly operate in, all those years of war in Afghanistan didn’t achieve the extinction of those cowardly terrorist individuals or groups, but did achieve spending trillions of dollars etc and more importantly and sadly the lives of military personnel and innocent civilians, personally speaking it was all a WASTE OF LIVES and achieved NOTHING of worth. After 9/11 I was a supporter of the war because it did affect the lives of so many and the way of life that we hold dear, but in hindsight it was a waste, I believe that we would have been better off not invading en-masse but by finding the location of the terrorists and taking them out using special forces or aerial weapons, not limiting the strikes to Afghanistan but any country giving aid or sanctuary to the terrorists, but as they say “hindsight is a wonderful thing”, and at the time I was all for the war in Afghanistan and Iraq.
It was about the control of opium. Once fentanyl came on the scene it was no longer needed so they ended the operation.
Thank You All!!
These guys are gungie as FCK!👍👍✍️
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Ich war dort 3x. Habe selbst viele Aufnahmen und Bilder. Warum waren wir dort? Keine Ahnung.
I was there too, 2010-2011. It was about heroin/opium. Once fentanyl came on the scene they no longer needed it so they collapsed the war and retreated.
Politicians, civies and human rights groups have no right to judge soldiers. May God always watch over them and bring them home safe.
I did 5 deployments, 3 to Iraq and 2 to Afghanistan, was there in 2010 in the Helmand Province running operations in the Garmisr District Koshtay and Safar regions was with 3/1 India CO
We fought in Garmser about a week after these TICs. Spent a week or so mucking them out of that town. ( chuck )
Thank you man thanks for your service and sacrifice I sincerely mean that you and all the guys that went out there with you have my deepest respect and gratitude...
There was no Soviet graveyard, Afghanistan is graveyard for Afghans.
1:12:30 Nobody should be allowed to make you answer questions about the Battles and the unavoidable fact that you have killed. It’s not their right to ask. They should absolutely never do that. God Bless you who have been through this and have to be home and dealing with all the idiots and self serving entitled fools. I’m sorry you had to deal with that after going through everything else. ❤️😌🖖🏼🇺🇸
God Bless you Hard Hitting Tough Awesome Baddass Canadian 🇨🇦Brothers and Sisters! I love you guys so much thank you for being there and supporting Freedom! God Bless all those who Served and those who gave the ultimate sacrifice. 🥲❤️🖖🏼🇺🇸
Gosh that summer was a hot one
Defending your way of life by invading another country that had nothing to do with 9/11 billions of dollars, massive coalitions,20+ years of war and you couldn't defeat a rag tag militia that didn't even own 1 tank or fighter plane 👎🤪
Government gets to decide which part of the society is expendable therefore a soldier can only commit to the oat of defending his or her country the soldiers of the Taliban are no different than those of the coalition force
The Afghans didn't attack America 🤦 But I think everyone knows that by now right.
The Afghan Taliban did by housing AQ
Neither did the iraqis
By far, the best insight I have seen about this conflict. Aussie Afghanistan Vet.
The lesson you should have learnt: Don’t import the 3rd world into Canada!
Americans when an APC needs to get friendly infantry out the way: "GET THE FUCK OUT MY WAY" Canadians: "Comin through boys"
To all the men and woman of the Canadian Forces who decide to stand on a wall to protect. Thank You! The price you pay for freedom is brave and honourable. Respect to the Max.
What's disturbing us you thinking our deployment was for the protection of our western nations. Wake the fk up
I trained with ppcli in wainwright cfb for 6 weeks very professionally trained and carried out by great people im born Australian raised British 🇬🇧 and fiercely proud to have served with such a great regt in the 80s Proud allegiance 🇨🇦🇬🇧
Also I’m now 56 and am still proud of my service but age gives wisdom and I know that you have to be brainwashed/ trained to take a life and you can live with that but even justified it’s your waking thoughts just the fact you will kill for someone else’s who’s gained from the death. We should only fight to defend our country not for gains or to install our puppet government Stop abusing the military they deserve respect and covenant 👍 I salute all soldiers worldwide past and present
Early comments aside this is quite intense combat where you all realise the ammunition is running low and you can’t sustain the fight and momentum even when you’re kicking ass Respect
I fought in the horn of panjwai in 2011. Place was a hell hole
watching from UAE
I did 2 tours of Afghanistan, both in Helmand province, my first stint I was also partnered with the Afghan Security Forces in Nad E Ali and my second stint I was in an elite unit that did Brigade level strikes and Reconnaissance partnered with the Afghan Special Forces.. I saw Americans of course but I also saw Canadians, Australians, and more, I couldn't help but think how strange it was to have so many commonwealth troops in one place! So many royal subjects from across the globe fighting together again.. It reminded me of Crete during the 2nd World War.. History just repeats and ties us together.
You know where you can stick your commonwealth don’t you
Thank you for your service and sacrifice I sincerely mean that you and all the guys that went out there with you have my deepest respect and gratitude
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@noname2-190 Oh wow.. Thank you so much for saying that, I've obviously heard it said or seen it on the TV but no-one ever said that to me before.. I really appreciate that, but please if you are gonne thank anyone, thank my mates: John King Gregg Thomas Stone Recce Miller and Rab McAvoy They were either killed in action in Afghanistan or took their lives after returning home.. If there is any thanks needed or glory that has come from the war in Afghanistan, let it rest on the shoulders of men like them. Thanks again.
At the end of the day Taliban governed🤣🤣🤣
What and who for did you kill all these innocent people? For sure you guys don't\ didn’t' know our language and culture! 53:15 The innocent guy who was deliberately shot was unarmed, he had his tool for cutting grass which is called LOOR or ARA in Pashto which is only for cutting grass. this is the real face of your humanity. shame on you!
Listen I love the forces that represented the true Canadian warriors in Afghanistan. I served in ACO 1-17 INF 5TH Stryker Brigade Combat Team (Counter Guerilla). The area that these guys are dealing with is the very same that my unit would inherit when we came to the fight. We took our first posting when we took our base in FOB FRONTENAC. Listen, any Canadian knows there really is not a more Canadian name for something than that. The FOB was a Canadian base forever but I want to say this. We inherited that vase and the area from a French Canadian unit. They were absolutely shameful and honestly blurred the line between coward and traitors. They simply were manning a vacation spot and had an agreement with the Taliban that they would not leave the write and they did not make waves for them and in return they would depend on their word to not attack them. So not only that they were arrogant and entitled they simply seemed to love to show their superiority and control over the FOB didn't take part in any operation to do the hand off or teach us about this area and also they demanded we not be near them. They banned us from even eating in their plywood hut of a chow hall and left the FOB when they left their intelligence in French and simply ran off. They are not these warriors. I have battled in Argandab, Sha Wali Kot, and every area you would all know. Wounded twice in two IED strikes. My brigade lost 38 of our men. So not all who served are warriors but I love you all who did the work of the warrior and made it an easier route for us when you arrived. Much love.
I want to thank you for your service I have a high respect and gratitude for what you all do i sincerely mean that and i also want to thank your brothers that didn't make it back for their service and the sacrifice that they and their families ultimately made we owe them a debt that words can not describe
That unit would of been the Royal 22nd Regiment Van Doos. They're Canada's French regiment from Quebec. They're Canada's largest infantry regiment with 5 battalions. They have a well deserved reputation from their time in Korea and WW2. It's a shame that you got the assholes of the bunch.
U.S.A here love how the Canadians talk and they are true warriors!! THANK YOU SOLDIERS
I have been listening to your podcast for the last 2 years. I agree with everything you have to say and I have used decrement and scripture to see where you are coming from. It’s so sad the state that our country is in. Praying for all of us that stand with Jesus! We know He wins in the end but we still need to be prepared because we are in a mighty battle! You have an amazing testimony and thank you for all that you are doing to prepare Gods people for what’s to come. I’m hoping that I will be able to come to one of the bards festivals in the near future.
This is history! Thank you for your survice.
The invitation for coffee still stands.
What a waste. Dying for capitalism.
We're both in Barrie pal, I absolutely would love to hear you call our combat veterans "wastes" in person yea?
I'll meet you anytime.
By the way, the war was a waste, not the soldiers. Dying for capitalism is never a good idea.
So coffee downtown then?
@@linmikwoodworks3019 If you said the soldiers were wastes, we'd be throwing hands today downtown lmao. I caught a knife to the face on mary st in 2016, I'm not new to it The war wasn't for "capitalism", our country was asked by the Afghanistan government to come install infrastructure, like roads and phone lines, which we did. It was a completely different war for our soldiers, we were there to help, and the Americans were not. Just happens that us being there required some military presence fyi "Waste" is up there with "Goof" now, appreciate the clarification pal.
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