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  • Опубликовано: 25 окт 2011
  • The BBC's Ben Anderson spends 24 hours in Afghanistan's bloody Helmand Province and walks into a firefight. For more, visit vice.com/vice-news
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Комментарии • 843

  • @fynnab
    @fynnab 11 лет назад +192

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

    • @dinoradja242
      @dinoradja242 4 года назад +13

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

    • @gerrywilliams1392
      @gerrywilliams1392 2 года назад +8

      Well especially now considering Taliban now holds all of Afghanistan.

    • @kurosaki0001000
      @kurosaki0001000 2 года назад +1

      Yup

    • @gmmrk35
      @gmmrk35 2 года назад +1

      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?

  • @6darkness6eternal6
    @6darkness6eternal6 7 лет назад +831

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

    • @JustRockMySoul
      @JustRockMySoul 7 лет назад +24

      it´s as satirical as the entire video

    • @RijuChatterjee
      @RijuChatterjee 6 лет назад +2

      seriously

    • @chrispy199
      @chrispy199 6 лет назад +4

      just missed in time for tea then woulda been perfect

    • @joecasillas3059
      @joecasillas3059 6 лет назад +39

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

    • @edinburghgirl1
      @edinburghgirl1 5 лет назад +12

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

  • @PowermadNavigator
    @PowermadNavigator 2 года назад +59

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

    • @matt.willoughby
      @matt.willoughby 2 года назад +3

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

    • @PowermadNavigator
      @PowermadNavigator 2 года назад +1

      ​@@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.

  • @dust1310
    @dust1310 4 года назад +327

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

    • @blademan6075
      @blademan6075 4 года назад +35

      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
      @xGreenY600x 3 года назад +9

      Pepperidge farm remembers

    • @meatrocket6979
      @meatrocket6979 3 года назад +10

      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
      @Litepaw 3 года назад +17

      @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
      @perma_bann 3 года назад +10

      @@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.

  • @MrBuzzzzz
    @MrBuzzzzz 6 лет назад +617

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

    • @samdasilva1914
      @samdasilva1914 3 года назад +9

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

    • @paladinsmith7050
      @paladinsmith7050 3 года назад +5

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

    • @Rmcaw
      @Rmcaw 3 года назад +4

      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
      @parkerprice184 3 года назад

      @@samdasilva1914 you have fôoood

    • @samdasilva1914
      @samdasilva1914 3 года назад

      @@paladinsmith7050 semantics.

  • @raiderrichard7291
    @raiderrichard7291 4 года назад +82

    The Brit’s have a humble outlook towards the world

  • @joe18425
    @joe18425 2 года назад +31

    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
      @samualstanley8671 2 года назад +2

      Legendary

    • @cliveramsbotty6077
      @cliveramsbotty6077 2 года назад +6

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

    • @mrkv4k
      @mrkv4k 2 года назад +4

      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
      @joe18425 2 года назад

      @@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.

  • @queenform
    @queenform 2 года назад +15

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

  • @leilaan9344
    @leilaan9344 2 года назад +33

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

    • @crimsonstrykr
      @crimsonstrykr 2 года назад +3

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

  • @CuttySobz
    @CuttySobz 4 года назад +38

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

  • @bradleyborg9889
    @bradleyborg9889 2 года назад +164

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

    • @johnwallen5719
      @johnwallen5719 2 года назад +12

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

    • @FlintF
      @FlintF 2 года назад +2

      "Funny" .. .

    • @MrChadonne
      @MrChadonne 2 года назад +2

      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
      @Misitheus 2 года назад +4

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

    • @hp2084
      @hp2084 2 года назад +1

      @@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.

  • @Jonathan_Camps
    @Jonathan_Camps 3 года назад +41

    “This guy lives for firing his RPG”
    lol

  • @EvaSDFan
    @EvaSDFan 12 лет назад +10

    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!!!

  • @JudgeLazar
    @JudgeLazar 7 лет назад +117

    Excellent sound quality, must be some expensive ass mics.

    • @HazyJ28
      @HazyJ28 4 года назад +12

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

    • @Michael-lg4wz
      @Michael-lg4wz 2 года назад +1

      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

  • @jordanfrancisco27
    @jordanfrancisco27 3 года назад +37

    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
      @jordanfrancisco27 3 года назад

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

    • @leemiles3975
      @leemiles3975 Год назад

      We are all sarcastic in the uk 😂😂

  • @mmagar5754
    @mmagar5754 11 лет назад +140

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

    • @blademan6075
      @blademan6075 4 года назад +2

      Polo Player Amen to that!

    • @pauljones796
      @pauljones796 3 года назад

      @@dr.questionaccount7379 how?

    • @samisavage891
      @samisavage891 3 года назад +2

      @@dr.questionaccount7379 us soldiers are more arrogant

    • @wikihowfrog9034
      @wikihowfrog9034 3 года назад

      @@dr.questionaccount7379 Do you mind explaining how?

    • @skollmemes9960
      @skollmemes9960 2 года назад

      well that may change soon now that attack helicopters can join

  • @natsirt116
    @natsirt116 11 лет назад +15

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

  • @raulperez6683
    @raulperez6683 2 года назад +24

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

  • @MartenElectric
    @MartenElectric 2 года назад +4

    This video aged really well. Stunning report.

  • @honchohuze169
    @honchohuze169 2 года назад +4

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

  • @foodforthought2180
    @foodforthought2180 2 года назад +20

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

  • @tannerstull6490
    @tannerstull6490 Год назад +1

    Ahhhh old vice you are a treasure

  • @ItsJakeTheBrake
    @ItsJakeTheBrake 11 лет назад +8

    "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.

  • @abduldon6976
    @abduldon6976 9 месяцев назад

    gem of a video

  • @samrexroat8473
    @samrexroat8473 7 лет назад +113

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

    • @paulieheydrich9772
      @paulieheydrich9772 5 лет назад

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

    • @sofakingwhat4798
      @sofakingwhat4798 5 лет назад +15

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

  • @Jstoney127
    @Jstoney127 12 лет назад +4

    this stuff is amazing!

  • @kariuki6644
    @kariuki6644 9 лет назад +142

    "it's all fun and games"

    • @sammaxwell8362
      @sammaxwell8362 9 лет назад +7

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

    • @gentleeyes
      @gentleeyes 8 лет назад

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

    • @unholydudetx
      @unholydudetx 2 года назад

      Read this just as he said it.

  • @zsreich
    @zsreich 12 лет назад +1

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

  • @ARCHIBALDHAX
    @ARCHIBALDHAX 11 лет назад +24

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

  • @Gerbs1913
    @Gerbs1913 4 года назад +19

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

  • @Jonathan-tz7ss
    @Jonathan-tz7ss 4 года назад +5

    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

  • @maltedneon
    @maltedneon 11 лет назад +39

    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
      @vkingcaesar 2 года назад

      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
      @leafster1337 Год назад

      no

  • @Thesvyatful
    @Thesvyatful 2 года назад +8

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

    • @robertkennion9020
      @robertkennion9020 2 года назад +2

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

  • @davidoyekale9841
    @davidoyekale9841 2 года назад +1

    the vice i love.

  • @Frosty3047
    @Frosty3047 2 года назад +1

    Sad to see this a decade later pulled out

  • @Miller_Time
    @Miller_Time 2 года назад

    Thanks for the info, Chumlee

  • @AGenericFool
    @AGenericFool 2 года назад +16

    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

  • @Plastpackad
    @Plastpackad 4 года назад +23

    when VICE was good.

  • @erikmorgan5583
    @erikmorgan5583 2 года назад +7

    back when vice had actual journalists

  • @TheReaper1oo
    @TheReaper1oo 12 лет назад

    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

  • @j_dav
    @j_dav 2 года назад +8

    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.

  • @imanebasraoui4619
    @imanebasraoui4619 4 года назад

    miss this vice

  • @TiktokDoctor
    @TiktokDoctor 2 года назад +3

    This Aged Really Well.

  • @curtisfrench8294
    @curtisfrench8294 11 лет назад +2

    Thank you Ben and vice for showing people the unbiased truth

  • @Rooot-username
    @Rooot-username 4 года назад +4

    Imagine being told causally they’re about to attack

  • @dipsylogic1715
    @dipsylogic1715 2 года назад +9

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

    • @infantiltinferno
      @infantiltinferno 2 года назад

      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
      @danielpincu6030 2 года назад

      What was it about and tell me if you find it

  • @knlii
    @knlii 4 года назад +1

    Ben is legend

  • @serendipitousslim1529
    @serendipitousslim1529 4 года назад +14

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

  • @123basshead
    @123basshead 12 лет назад +1

    steady as she goes

  • @MrKfq269
    @MrKfq269 3 года назад +4

    The side that makes the least amount of mistakes wins.

  • @jr13227
    @jr13227 3 года назад +1

    13 years and not much has changed

  • @45Malo
    @45Malo 11 лет назад

    I love Vice

  • @lw3894
    @lw3894 4 года назад

    Ben Anderson is a beast

  • @BostonsF1nest
    @BostonsF1nest Месяц назад

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

  • @bherb7962
    @bherb7962 2 года назад +1

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

  • @steelkirby100
    @steelkirby100 11 лет назад

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

  • @bradenhatch2495
    @bradenhatch2495 5 лет назад +18

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

  • @Chris-mg3hi
    @Chris-mg3hi 3 года назад +1

    Go Ben Andersson!

  • @dailydoseofrips8482
    @dailydoseofrips8482 3 года назад

    Omggggg this is vice 9 years ago

  • @highlife96
    @highlife96 11 лет назад

    so true, wish people would realize this

  • @samrexroat8473
    @samrexroat8473 7 лет назад +51

    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....😕

  • @BAZZROISKY
    @BAZZROISKY 10 лет назад +16

    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.

  • @whatman6199
    @whatman6199 3 года назад +4

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

  • @SkyNinja759
    @SkyNinja759 2 года назад +1

    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.

  • @noajurisic6439
    @noajurisic6439 5 лет назад +5

    16:42 my man

  • @Tom-uv7ry
    @Tom-uv7ry 3 года назад

    He's made some good doc's Ben Anderson

  • @Sachin-xy7yz
    @Sachin-xy7yz 2 года назад +3

    "lately afghanistan has been in the news"

  • @Romanoff.Kalashnikov
    @Romanoff.Kalashnikov 3 года назад +3

    When VICE still had balls to goes real journalism!

  • @kingcrimson5615
    @kingcrimson5615 2 года назад

    Deja vu on the "Exit strategy." 😂

  • @lowbrainpower1753
    @lowbrainpower1753 11 лет назад

    Damn straight!

  • @JeoJetsonmusic
    @JeoJetsonmusic 2 года назад +3

    No wonder they lost so quickly

  • @petripernu1568
    @petripernu1568 3 года назад +4

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

    • @strbst2075
      @strbst2075 2 года назад

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

  • @SkandiaAUS
    @SkandiaAUS 8 лет назад +6

    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
      @TheDeepSeaCreature 8 лет назад

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

  • @brandaoz
    @brandaoz 3 года назад +3

    Can't have an army without discipline.

  • @LegoReviewsAndMor312
    @LegoReviewsAndMor312 11 лет назад +1

    Except the fact that in Vietnam there were firefights everyday, minimal supplies, minimal ammo, and the enemy would hide in underground tunnels.

  • @traumaaofficialpage
    @traumaaofficialpage 11 лет назад

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

  • @najibnoor2624
    @najibnoor2624 5 лет назад

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

  • @jackarlos1
    @jackarlos1 11 лет назад

    haha the poster in the beginning "metal in baghad"

  • @jimnorris3276
    @jimnorris3276 3 года назад +10

    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.

  • @algore7
    @algore7 9 лет назад +1

    Wow this is a older episode

  • @ahmadillo4959
    @ahmadillo4959 5 лет назад +2

    2:42 is that the former ASM Glenn Haughton?

  • @zombiehackBo
    @zombiehackBo 11 лет назад

    I.love your vids

  • @MaJoSch22
    @MaJoSch22 4 года назад +2

    The reporter is going in a battle zone with a red backpack 😂😂

  • @charlesadams2103
    @charlesadams2103 5 лет назад +3

    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

  • @ukironman1
    @ukironman1 2 года назад +1

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

  • @blumenthal7528
    @blumenthal7528 2 года назад +4

    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.

  • @aidan9416
    @aidan9416 5 лет назад +3

    I like how the Ana guy has like 10 RPGs

  • @miduv82
    @miduv82 3 года назад

    Whoever called in the fire mission messed up. Especially a slow flying Apache.

  • @famousgirl9x9
    @famousgirl9x9 12 лет назад +3

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

  • @tsarrite
    @tsarrite 12 лет назад +12

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

  • @rustydante31
    @rustydante31 2 года назад +3

    Waiting for "Inside Afghanistan under Taliban Rule 2021"

  • @rubyridge4696
    @rubyridge4696 2 года назад

    Sad to see that now

  • @SuperMilkshakeify
    @SuperMilkshakeify 12 лет назад

    This war is so messed up

  • @lowbrainpower1753
    @lowbrainpower1753 11 лет назад

    Yes, I did. I went there.

  • @1vigorousdragon
    @1vigorousdragon 4 года назад

    If that was the worst that reporter has seen is dust covered children it just shows how sanitized he is.

  • @ItsMe-xt1bi
    @ItsMe-xt1bi 2 года назад +1

    That song at 09:07!! Lol 😂😂

  • @bradthelad8180
    @bradthelad8180 2 года назад

    Afghanistan has been in the news alright

  • @Zirc0nium69
    @Zirc0nium69 12 лет назад

    the footage of the firefight is so unreal. its weird how even that looks completely casual when people do it every day. banality of war indeed

  • @American1clickout
    @American1clickout Год назад

    This unit is doing what is called “move to contact” meaning keep pushing forward until you get shot at. find where they’re shooting from and use deadly force

  • @nextblain
    @nextblain 12 лет назад

    damm dude these guys got some huge balls