FRANCE24-EN-Reporters-Exclusive-Afghanistan under fire
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- čas přidán 1. 11. 2007
- Afghanistan: fearless under fire
FRANCE 24's, Nicolas Ransom and Mathieu Mabin spent a fortnight following the French commandoes in Afghanistan, as part of the NATO coalition and their 'war on terror'
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I'm here after 13 years
"There's also Chris, he's a mercenary."
wow
Love to our French brothers in arms. Much respect and appreciation!
Hope they all got home safe true woriours respect from the UK
@minhounou There is alot of our Australian troops buried in France after WW1.
The French people in the town and villages where our troops died pay alot of respect to the sacrifce they made.
This was some solid reporting
It would be interesting to do a follow up and see who is still alive and where in life 13 years later and after the u.s. has pulled out
They do have. You can see it in places like Djibouti. But the french woodland-like camo fits better the local landscape colors. Plus as you can see in this video, dirts and dust mixed with the green camo make them morf with the surrounding bushes and trees.
I served thirty years in the United States Army almost twenty in the Ranger Regiment I retired in 010. I worked with the French Foreign legion on a few occasions. They are great soldiers!
20 yrs in a batt... damn brother thats wild. I lost my health early on in the war, Ied, and later my career. 101st, 82nd...
@@lifeisa.smalllesson4607 I lost it shortly after throat cancer, then a neurological disorder.. Sept 2018 my wife passed that crushed me. It was 18 years in the Regiment
@@m2gjam139 sorry for your loss brother! Stay strong.....til Valhalla or heaven, my brother!
Thank you soldiers! We are all brothers with a common goal regardless of nationality! Good video...82nd AB.
Hope you’re well after all these years, brother.
Whoa this didnt age well
3:52 badass
thanks to france, GB, US and all countries for fight together against terrorisme.
correct
Life is not all beer and skittles.
RIP.
Tkanks old brother.
Rest peace usa
Okeeeey, not really thought on this but, taliban usually have RPG7 right? not heard so much about AA rockets in 2007, but, isn't it very hard to hit a helicopter flying about 300 kmh with an old rpg7? gosh he sounds so dramatic.
thanks france
I wish there were remote controlled vehicles big and heavy enough to set off landmines.
@бобр I agree, the USA military already spends millions on drones and many other things, including training the soldiers themselves, so it would seem quite worthwhile to convert or make "cheap" remote controlled vehicles and have a few in front of convoys with some operators tagging along.
@PLUME75
Thank you!
read the book "poetry for the absece Vol.1"
@minhounou
what happened in WW2 then?
... as a population centric counter insurgency. ask your commander about this if you havent already been informed by know that the2009 offensives will fought with a great emphasis placed on this method of warfare fighting.
For coalition forces : do you think that the bullet of taliban doesn't penetrating you???
0:00
In the end it meant nothing.....
@StealthBlue not really a mercenary. he's french legion.
Their in middle of a warzone
11:40 "hey look I found an apple!"
It’s the small things in life 😂
@99kashus Of course... An American talking... I hope you know the best professional soldiers are from European countries. You can't call coward to French, Germans, Portuguese, Spanish, Estonians, Brits, Italians.... Polish, Greeks, Belgians, Danish, Swedish... The list goes on and on.
Daniel Santos well ok. But history is annoying I guess.
quarry guys like me. Im from colombia, also quarry guys. Freedom for carolingian people
That is simply not true. Even if the Americans had not supported the mujahedeen the Russians would still have had a hard time.
@dpsantos1994 i have been getting responses for this post intermittently for a year now. i must have left my account logged in at a friends house and someone in their family made an ignorant comment regarding soldiers?.. please disregard. any soldier "fighting for what he believes" is honorable and cannot be viewed as a coward, my aplogies to those offended by the anonymous troll
Who is here after the defeat of NATO and America in Afghanistan.....
americans and french fighting together! how great !! :D luv it
We've been fighting alongside since the usa exist.
late reply
He loaded his machine gun with his biggest bullets? Uhh dont think that's how it works my dude.
Biggest as in most bullets idiot
Cheers French Soldiers who fight along side American Soldiers! God bless you all!
I 100% agree with you, and this is exactly what I've said to one of your american fellow in another post : since ww2, governments tend to not used total military power to win a war... public opinion, proxy wars, etc... But for Vietnam, French started not by getting kicked, mate: 1. French fought on a wider territory than did US in Nam (only south) 2. US initially approved the Vietnam Republic independance idea of Ho-Chi-Minh, but they changed their mind once China started to back the Vietminh
respect la france i'm go in legion etrangere
Are you alive? I heard 9 out of 10 die
icelandic or frenchie or from Zimbawe, it doesn't care.
It remains that you said french army was greatly appreciated. I 'm asking you who benefits from their presence in Afghanistan and what is the real reason ?
sucks to be an american in afghanistan...
"Two American tanks will never be retrieved" 14:08 ... Tanks or trucks??
This clip does not make sense lol anyone who's been there knows this wasn't a firefight lol
That reporter has such an annoying voice...
Another job well done by the Americans, French and Chris (he’s a mercenary). 🇺🇸 🇫🇷
As far as your comments on the American Revolutionary war, America had no real Army and we still took care of business, we have heart and always will. The French again came into this war because they new we took control and they wanted a alliance. You see the French never start wars they go to side that is winning. (that's something to be proud of, way to go) LOL
I know this is a 10 year old comment, but I really hope you are more educated now.
What an excellent report. France24 is proving to be a great source for high quality journalism. Thanks.
Oh last thing to back your point (proof that history never ends to repeat): when it was clear that the Dien Bien Phu situation was desesperate, we asked Ike's support to use nuke on the Vietminh. There even was a US plan for that, dont remember the name, but I think this consisted to give France 4 A-bombs. Well finally Ike refused, public opinion again. And the funny thing is that the very same option was considered during the US Nam war, by Nixon (who was Ike's V-P during 1st Vietnam war).
All seems a bit pointless now. But job well done. That's what soldiers do.
i am a british sodier, and i can only say we are fighting a real war,so please come together on pray 4 al sodiers who take part in this struggle, why r u ppl fighting at home? we dont see colour r nationality wen we r working, al we see an feel is brother hood,so plz stop d non sense
@PLUME75 LOL, it's rude, but you are so right!
What about Napoleon, Louis XIV, Joann of Arc, C.Martel, Vercingetorix... France is the 3rd nuclear power behind the US and Russia, we do better in this domain than China or UK
the military budget of France is one of the highest in the world, and was always on the top 5 since 1950
it's FRANCE who took the initiative to built the EU, Germany and the others countries follow us, according to the World Bank and IMF France is the 5th largest economy in the world in 2010.
we r proud of our history!
India is
💪 fight 💪 👍 👈
@Nogger86Germany And so??? What has Germany militarily achieved since you've been crushed by the russians in 1945? Very few compared to the French military since 60 years, no doubt...
God bless these soldiers for sacrificing their lives for an unjust war and genocide of the afghan people.
Yeah! I know the French didn't have any full military victory, but they helped the American soldiers in the American Revolution big time!
Jay Barnewold indeed they did, and we appreciate them very much for that. One would like to think the French are very thankful as well for us helping them big time during WW2.
iconic americano. Towns/villages where Allied forces hero’s are buried are to this day taken care of by families whom have each “adopted” a soldier ...their grave has flowers on it and its well cared for in honour of the sacrifices made to liberate them during WWII. These are people who were not alive during that war who are still caring for those soldiers so they are very grateful and to imply they aren’t is ignorant
Ms Kirk I didn't nor was I trying to imply that they aren't
@@Capkirk that’s beautiful
only cuz they arent affraid of death, theyre under no ones command, they are allmost mercenaries
Shame on you ...At last you ran away waggling your tails🤣🤣🤣🤣
what your facing in afghanistan is a full blow insurgency therefore to be victorous you must complete a successfull counterinsurgency which effectively combines the develolpment of improved local, provincial and disctrict security, improved and more effective governance and energetic information operations. Afghanistan can not be won by abdonening the rules of engagement and using our full conventional warfare capacity for this is an enemy centric approach to combat, afghanistan must be fought..
French troopz helpin american troopz
He sangwria, in Afghanistan it`s pott and poppy plantations. The greatest producer, of poppy in the world.
It``s a hungry and poor land, without mineral resources or oil or whatever. Besides, it`s a cultural problem with drugs in Afghanistan.
And the war against the dulness is an endless war against the own incompetence. For all of us. Moslems, Christians, Jews, Hindu, Buddhists,etc. or whatever group you wanna call. In the 70th it was a beautiful countryside. International and tough. Today!?!
This is not a victory for allied forces. American tanks destroyed, yoir forces injured. What did you accomplish? 1 destroyed house. You guys are being drawn into a protracted guerilla war. Did you not learn anything from vietnam?
Hi sangleap, freedom of speech on youtube. You love that democratic arrangement, wow. That`s what this soldiers fightin for. Not against your culture, this war ends in the moment the people of Afghanistan can protect her land alone. But i understand your feelins about war. War isn`t it intelligent and no one can rule the world only with guns alone. You must have the right ideas to rule the world, together.
That`s my soldiers. They make a good job. But it is a war, that`s hurts!
Anyway, sure France's army wasnt at its best - It was in 1946 pal, just right after the end of war. we were just recovering Indochina from Japanese, and our economy was stilll extinguished, so to deal with an anemy backed by China... Anyhow, if you're interested I advise you to check for "Battlefield Vietnam - Dien Bien Phu legacy" videos on youtube. Dont know if it comes from US or English media, but this clearly explains the whole Vietnam war, from 1946 to 1975, with good old footages...
because they dont have to its a war between us and afghan. Us is even lucky we send our troops to afghan.
I wouldn't say lucky cause if France got invaded in these days we would help y'all like y'all helped us in the revolutionary war
Us and France = 💪
I would take a flank position over the front position any day of the week, thank you brave French soldiers.
Good soldiers come from every nationality. Stereotypes are a waste of time and a sign of shortsightedness not to mention poor judgement. Every soldier fighting the taliban, regardless of origin, deserve our respect and support. Feeling pride for your own country does not require that you disrespect another.
@5362079A
god don't take side when men fight each other fool
US then realized that there was a danger for all southern Asia do be contaminated by communism, and decided to back France whilst officilally stayin neutral, provided us money & equipment (80% of war's budget at the end), and China did the same for the Vietminh. But we had military control of Indochina 'til the end, and left on political decision motivated by public opinion (like US in Nam later, and like us in Algeria). At the end of Indo war, there still were french soldiers to North Vietnam
by the way the below comments are directed at use bjvad1.
@69musclecars France weak in WW1? Wake up dude, we did all the fighting, were present in every battle, had the highest death toll, did the most. No direspect to the US allies but you came late and you were even equipped with full French stuff. France made the allied victory in WW1 Western Front. But we were bleed white and eventually about to collapse when WW2 broke out. Anyway, I agree we should fight now and stop disputing about past :-)
haha "frenchement c'est de la merde ce village " haha
respect pour nos morts au combat , vive la france , vive le monde civilisé à mort les téroristes .........
Americans trained them good in gurrilla warefare
@thencounter79. La France est un pays indépendants qui ne reçoit d'ordre de personne, de plus c'est la troisième puissance Thermonucléaire du monde. Nous somme en Afghanistan car la cause est juste et que Massoud nous a demandé de venir l'aider lui et le peuple Afghan. Nous ne somme pas aller en Irak car le prétexte de l'intervention était un mensonge. La France est une des plus grandes nations sur terre et si tu n'est pas content c'est pareil. Vive la France et Respect à nos soldats.
Go home guys....
They should just get rid of the red and blue in the French flag.
French are real professional when they do wars, I guess they get used to !
the narrator's voice is like of Bear Grylls
Don't lose you time with him, you can find thousands hundred guys like this, anglo-saxon ppl especially British and American love the "French bashing", these ppl sum up the military history of France only with the WW2, France lost this war it's a fact ,
but they forget than in whole history France won more wars than any Europeans countries, with of the highest ratio of victories, in the WW1 France did the most effort in the war, UK was in bad situation and the US fought only less than 4 months
Это не война, мультфильм
Toy helicopters. Help
right on brutha! the root of ALL evil
I hate say it but the french did save us from the british in 1812 and revolution so we thank the french for that.But that was when they were a powerful country now we have been doing the saving(ww2)
Mister/miss bjvad1,
How can you compare french and us army in the 50's? don't forget taht france was rebuilding everything when us got no damages in WWII.
your question: How did we win WW2? Ruthless victory!
answer: ussr did it. us could land in normandy at the last moment cause german army was engaged at thes eastern front. In fact, usa got just a few of casualties on the western front, less than uk or french, and no comparaison with russian losts. But usa got marshall plan... buiseness...
@69musclecars Vietnam War what? We are speaking og WWs.
@submartynx Fuck that, respect to France from the UNITED KINGDOM.
Americans payed the most lives and what the frenvh or uk did is less then what america considers a alie
I prefered to heard that than french bashing ... but things are not so simple that you pretend.How can you win against terrorists in a foreign contry, that could be a regular afghanistan soldier, a simple man in a village...
a child ... and the foreigh polics of our courties have not always the same goal.For example USA want that Turkey are in European Union and they are NOT european people, they are muslim!
shame on u
did you guys hear about the problem with German troops in Afghanistan? i know it sounds crazy but they have a problem because as the war drags on the morale goes down and each German Soldier drinks an average of one liter of beer a day!! which is starting to cost for the German Military.. haha isnt that kind of funny? Germans and their beers..
there must be sitting duck to taliban only seals will survive
I totally agree, that's why I went really bored of the French army, despite I remain loyal to my country. Besides the silly France's politics, there is so lack of means... All our politics since the 70s should be slapped for letting our military get in the state it is now. Outdated assault riffles, outdated airplanes, outdated choppers, poor logistic support. That makes me sick and regret that there isnt an American Foreign Legion...
There is an American foreign legion. They're called Blackwater, Triple Canopy, etc. Probably make a lot more than the foreign legion though. $500 to$1500 per day, depending on the mission, not bad. Not that they don't work hard and die at rates greater than many conventional forces.
I alwasy tgought that French people have big nouse but Afghans have bigger
Ackbar. Who's. That
lol no
@IndoAtheist oui decor
Lies
silly
Did that yank say are you blind to French office 10.50
He said "I'll be right behind you" but kinda mumbled it.
Taliban activity is right for defending their own land... But coalition forces france, USA should out from Afghanistan...
DO you guys know what we need???
WE NEED AIMBOTS !!!! HAXOR FTW!!
lawl... just kidding..