Estonian reacts to the U.S. invasion of Afganistan
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The Gulf War started in 1990 when Iraq invaded Kuwait, then the USA invaded Iraq.
Basically the first war against Iraq, my dad was in the Navy during that war.
Thats a little oversimplified but it says what it needs to.
wasn't just the USA it was 35 countries overall against iraq in a coalition including countries on all continents (obviously excluding Antarctica)
@@keegansmetanko3755 well yes but mainly the US.
The US (and allies) crippled Iraq after the gulf war ended. Then the US (and allies) invaded Iraq in 2003.
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The thing about the Tomahawk missile is that it knows what a particular place looks like. And then it finds it. As in which window to fly in to explode above your desk.
No, actualy
The missile knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn't, by subtracting where it is, from where it isn't, or where it isn't, from where it is, whichever is greater, it obtains a difference, or deviation. The guidance sub-system uses deviations to generate corrective commands to drive the missile from a position where it is, to a position where it isn't, and arriving at a position where it wasn't, it now is. Consequently, the position where it is, is now the position that it wasn't, and it follows that the position where it was, is now the position that it isn't. In the event of the position that it is in is not the position that it wasn't, the system has required a variation. The variation being the difference between where the missile is, and where it wasn't. If variation is considered to be a significant factor, it too, may be corrected by the GEA. However, the missile must also know where it was. The missile guidance computance scenario works as follows: Because a variation has modified some of the information the missile has obtained, it is not sure just where it is, however it is sure where it isn't, within reason, and it knows where it was. It now subracts where it should be, from where it wasn't, or vice versa. By differentiating this from the algebraic sum og where it shouldn't be, and where it was. It is able to obtain a deviation, and a variation, which is called "error"
@Philthy McNasty It already has the target coordinates, so it can't hover. The TOW is wire guided and primarily fired from a Bradley or HMMWV.
yes I know they throw on my country enough tomahawks I wish that they can feel how is when just one explodes 10 km from home all windows blow from detonation and who is around 300m he is dead
Pearl Harbor is a "day that will live in infamy", but it was also a nation's military striking another's military target. 9-11 however, was a surprise terrorist attack that included a non-military target (World Trade Center) that killed thousands of innocent civilians. As horrific as Pearl Harbor was, it still represented a valid military target in the custom of the law of land and sea warfare. I feel 9-11 was worse because of the civilian lives lost in a purposeful attack against non-combatants.
Christoph Himmelsbach totally agree. I don’t think anyone sane would argue with that.
Bus we have people trying to shame the people who got revenge
Cyberian Wolf what
Thomas Evers what he’s trying to say is that we have people who are against the war in Afghanistan. This person obviously supports the war in Afghanistan.
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The special part about tomahawk missiles is that they usually fly up to 1,000 miles and fly very low to the ground to avoid radar.
Matthew Spears I’m pretty sure there are newer hypersonic missiles that go way faster, and are way better. The US has recently been investing in them which is good
Anthony Aiello Ik we just built some yesterday it’s my day off today
I can explain my profile pic Wait what? YOU built some or the US built some? I’m a little confused by your comment
Anthony Aiello Yea but don’t tell anyone I need this job
I can explain my profile pic ok lol wut
Man you make U.S. History so fun. People would learn so much if everyone was taught like this.
People would learn if any history was teached more. It’s not just American history. Trust me, it’s the same with English/ British history.
Yea your right
My father actually fought in Afghanistan and Iraq when he joined the U.S. Army not long after 9/11. He served for 8 years, most of that time being in active duty. I remember, he once told me that there was a day where they were going on a routine patrol of a village nearby where they were stationed. One of his friends was supposed to return home the next day, and because of this, he decided he would go on one last patrol. So he got into the vehicle in front of the one my dad was in, and as they rode through the village on patrol, they were ambushed. I can’t remember what type of explosive it was, whether it was a land mine, or a grenade, or what. But the vehicle that his friend was in, had an explosion detonated right under the vehicle(so I assume it was some sort of grenade). At the same time, another explosion occurred right in front of the vehicle my dad was in, causing the vehicle to be badly damaged and injuring many of the people in the vehicle, including my dad, who had injured his back in the explosion). After which a firefight occurred, at the end of it the U.S. soldiers came out on top, but my dad’s friend apparently didn’t make it. This really affected him afterwards, it still seems to hurt him to this day. He told me this story after I asked him why he wore a certain bracelet he had all the time, and why he never took it off. Apparently it belonged to his friend, who gave it to him shortly before they left on patrol. So he wears it to remember him.
Just a story I thought I should tell, we often forget about the people who fought in these wars, and I think it’s important to remember that the soldiers who fight aren’t machines, they’re people
yes your dads friend was a human and didn’t deserve to die that’s why the usa should not get involved in all of foreign conflicts.
@Marwa Tughra my dad never forgot about those people, he still suffers from PTSD due to the stuff he witnessed, and the stuff he did, you also have to understand, my dad joined shortly after 9/11 occurred, it wasn’t like how it is now, my dad joined at a time where there were a lot of uncertainties about everything that was going on. Also, you shouldn’t blame the soldiers for the orders given by their leaders.
@@jaydengray4015 and yes, I do agree with you on that. I mean, George Washington himself even said that we should stay out of the affairs of foreign nations, and I still think that way
@@ExotickDesigns Yes. I’m a firm believer of ”Every nation for themselves.”, and wish Finland (my country) stopped getting involved with all the drama the EU likes to drag us into. 🇫🇮
Artur Rehi: “I don’t know what the outcome of this war was.”
Me: “Outcome? We have an outcome now?”
Honestly it's so pointless we don't need to bomb some isis foot soldiers ensure another 911 doesn't happen
ikr. it seems this war has gone on forever
I mean, the issue is, terrorism will just grow if we leave, it sucks, but if we dont keep pressuring them, they will likly just grow back up
@Tim Burm1 Afghanistan is a strategic location. It shares a border with China and Iran, it's not far from Russia. All of our adversaries are within reach if we can set up a permanent base in Afghanistan. That's one of the reasons why we're still in there.
@@tomp329 it's been twice as long as Vietnam. I don't think we have a set objective there. I think we're just going to keep a continual presence in the middle east as a whole.
Artur: I don't know the backstory or the outcome.
Americans: You'll know when WE know...
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@@najlepszekiwi8761 _He has such a way with words~..._
Goes as far back as the cold war. We supported A group that wanted the soviets gone. Supplying them with advanced arms, and equipment. They beat back the Soviets, and Afghanistan had a little bit of peace. But Osama decided it was a time for a rebranding . They became the Taliban, and they assassinated a very prominent pro-western leader, and siezed control. But this was shadowed, and not really heard of because we were in the Gulf war. Also known as the first war against Iraq. Because Saddam was going around gassing the Kurd's.
Shortly after 9-11 The Taliban actually condemned the attack, but Bush demanded them to turn over Osama, and all terrorist leaders. They refused, and so we went to prop up our pro-western allies.With the Afghanistan government in exile, to try to bring in a terrorist leader who initially refused involvement, but said he actually directed the attacks in 04.
9/11...
Tim Noland the Kiwi I just can’t with this comment,it’s just too good
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why
@@corrupthazard7520 it's boring
"You cant just build a beautiful democracy after a war" Tell that to the United States.
Except we literally only did it once, and that was with ourselves.
@@Lorebreaker989 Just off the top of my head ...what about Japan?
After cleaning their clock in the Big One, MacArthur's secretaries (or some-such) wrote their new constitution: successfully building a beautiful democracy after a war.
Yeah, I know they still have a monarchy, but that's just ceremonial.
@@b-sidevideos45 you're right. Sorry. Failed several other times.
What about Japan. McArthur saved the country hell he made it better than it was before.
What do you mean by beautiful democracy?
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That's odd
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Oh yeah, it’s all coming together
The Soviet’s lost Afghanistan because the US CIA sold the Afghanis Stinger surface to air missiles that took away USSR’s technological advantage.
eastindies
Because Pakistan and SA didn’t give them surface to air stinger missiles. USSR went from only loosing a few attack helicopters per year to loosing hundreds in their last year. You have to get close to take out a helicopter with an RPG, but a stinger can take them out from anywhere in the valley. The US also United the northern alliance with US cash.
No I heard Osama bin laden was also in that war
and they were helped by Pakistan and USA
THen Ronald Reagan gave them respect in the white house as freedom fighter for defeating USSR
and now they are against USA
Now they are terrorists
US logic
Consider it payback for the SA-2 SAM systems they sold to North Vietnam.
eastindies
They were insignificant on the larger global scene but not insignificant on the ground. I was answering Arthur’s questions, not trying to educate everyone on everything. Comments are comments, not educated dialogue.
eastindies
Beside Saudi Arabia didn’t even have an army to stop Sadam Hussein from conquering them in 1990, very unlikely that they were more capable in the 1980s.
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TheMikemg2 😂😂😂 This had me dying so hard....
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That... sounds like something he'd do, honestly.
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"I feel like US is flexing here, or they're taking it very seriously".
Yes. To both.
I don’t think you ever reacted to the second part of the Iranian embassy siege
He didnt nd if he did he didnt post it
did they release the second part already?
@@evill01 they did right after the first
He didint
The “gulf war” is a generic term for the 1990 war US vs Iraq. It can also be used to describe current operations in the Middle East; specifically the region of the Persian Gulf.
Iraq vs a western coalision lead by the US
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Sometimes it’s hard for me to look past my American exceptionalism but your exactly right, it was a coalition.
@@prizrak-br3332 So the US vs Iraq
Oh okay it makes sense to me now, so the Gulf war covers the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq and the coalition retaliation and invasion of Iraq
Operation Desert Storm
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America during Soviet-Afghan war: “Here’s 10,000 anti-aircraft Stinger missiles to fight the Russians!”
America in Afghanistan in 2001: “Why are our aircraft being shot down?”
Yeah...not the CIA's best moment.
hahaha😂
@puppy gaming That is literally what happened. Yes, our goverment is.
This is what happens when you spend more on military than education
@puppy gaming
As a a fellow American myself, I can confirm that our government can be stupid at times
US in 1979-1989 : Lets support Afghanistan to fight against the commie's
US now : Where the hell did they get those weapons
Because the Avtomat Kalashnikovas Afghan insurgents mainly use are so American.
@@C2-J0 they're not American made but are supplied by Americans and other countries who buy them off other countries. Its not hard for example to go buy Chinese AK knockoffs, Pakistani or Egyptian AKs. The countries selling them often don't even know what the buying country will do with them. The world is full of old Soviet mass produced hardware. Most of the small arms supplied to Afghanistan by all countries was Soviet technology with things like the stinger being an exception. Other than stingers they also had british SA-7 anti-aircraft missiles. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Cyclone
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@@AsfSnipez Fast and Furious:)
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25:40 the tomahawk is a sea launched cruise missile that causes deviation on a whole new level ahniliating buildings vehicles and most other targets
It's so crazy to me that everything starts because someone basically says, "If you hang out with them, then we aren't friends anymore"
trilary cumpton huh 😂
@trilary cumpton "them" and "we" could easily also refer to religious groups, not just political ones
Tomahawk missile can be thrown by a Cruiser, mutiplte Launcher ,and even some Air fighters. It has a unique property that makes It si lethal,that is a múltiple division of smaller warheads. NOBODY CAN BE SAFE WITH THIS MISSILE.
Artur: Mountains, you can't do much.
MOAB: Am I a joke to you?
Ah yes the M.O.A.B. , the non nuclear bomb that will level an area of 9+ city blocks. But Congress would never allow us to use it because of collateral damage.
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"The enemy of my enemy is my friend"
Artur there's a movie about invasion of Afghanistan
Called 12 strong
It's good
@csikkeszmen ifj i like it i dont know if propaganda is correct but might be
Karlis Ulmanis yeah
it was 12 strong men last year where did the men go did they just erase it?
@@maryjoygelizon4268 I have no clue
Just watch the documentary about it there much better than the movie the documentaries show the green Berets and their unconventional warfare tactics I would recommend the documentary name the house of war and the documentary profiles from the front lines
Hey man love the videos
Bro, diggin’ the shirt 👍
gulf war was when iraq under sadam hussein invaded kuwait in 1991, and a coalition of nearly 30 countries pushed iraq back to iraq.
Rohan R. That push back was Desert Storm
Aaron Mocha that was just the operation name right?
The U.S. Government doesn't want to just go out and say that they're funding them, because then that could constitute a way. CIA keeps it all secret etc.
Great video by the way, stay safe
Dude I love his videos I’m going to buy a mug and drink tea every time I watch him.
Artur-sees any reason to insult soviets-
Artur"you know when the soviets invaded..."😂
yeah he is kinda baiased
@@yoridyse5411 what his country does the best is exporting russophobia and importing donations from the EU and NATO.
@@AndreyYeltsov yeah he has the same vibe as the Kuwaitis who hate Iraq its like that was a part of that country's history NOT its identity does artur think all russians are bad guys ? AND THEY DONT CARE ABOUT ESTONIA ANYMORE Iraq and Saudi Arabia cared about kuwait because of its oil the russians care more about Ukraine than Estonia
@@yoridyse5411 we don't care about Ukraine. It's a poor nearly failed state. We do care about oppressed Russians in Ukraine.
@@AndreyYeltsov yeah thats what i meant Ukraine is more important to Russians than estonia
16:50 Some of the Northern alliance were extremists, but some of them weren't. They had made an alliance against the Taliban, but they had fought amongst themselves a lot.
Here's a suggestion of a reaction
"invasion of poland from the polish perspective " also from the Armchair historian
LOL. Love the shirt, dude.
Cool shirt Artur, at first I thought it was camo.
15:40 “Allah Akbar, then boom, its raining bombs...that’s what Allah gives you” 😂😂😂😂😂
At the end the americans are making peace agreements with the Taliban.....
@@ansur9890 If you call a surrender peace agreements, than yes. It was an overwhelming victory for America.
@@carters1209 overwhelming victory ??? hahaha who are you kidding you spent trillions of dollars and lost thousands of men in order to destroy a shitty terrorist organisation and failed to do so in over 20 years lol. Talibans power became stronger in Afghanistan and America and the Afghan government have weakened their hold in the region
was dying when he said that
Well America had to fight a couple pretty bad wars to gain our freedom. There was the French and Indian war then Revolutionary war with Britain and then we fought ourselves. Unfortunately I have never seen or heard of a peaceful way of gaining independence and land. Freedom looks great but a lot of blood gets shed. The further the years go people forget what it took to get where we are. It wasn’t pretty.
The tomahawk missile is a weapon that can be launched by ships , submarines,aircraft and others it’s a GPS guided and hit a target within a few feet of there target. I lived in North Dakota right before the gulf war in 1990 it’s fairly flat and it has a huge oil field and ranch and farm land and the western end of the state around Williston North Dakota is the start of bad lands that go all the way down into South Dakota and the people are very friendly. The state is also where general Custer was stationed before the famous battle of the little big horn between the US 7th Calvary and the Chief Sitting Bull of the Sioux nation. That would be a good video
Custer was a bloodthirsty f#@%up who did horribly in the civil war and saw this as a way to "redeem himself". It's d@&^ shame he had loyal men that he got killed. He is NO hero. I knew that the first time i heard of this.
Collin T if you want to learn about the real history of an area you gave to know both side of a battle or war and the history of little big horn is history that changed the USA on both sides. Custer was the only body that wasn’t cut up in pieces by the Sioux they believed that a warrior would come back in another life to attack then if the body was left whole the reason Custer wasn’t cut up is he was secretly married to sitting bulls daughter and the biggest reason why he lost is that traders sold the newest guns to the Sioux and the Calvary was still using civil war guns with copper cartridges and the Sioux also had brass cartridges like we have today so Custer lost before he left fort Mandan in Bismark North Dakota on this prior civil war history I really don’t give a shit because terrible things where done on both sides to civilians and POWs what I’m looking at is one battle in the west after the civil war. If you are not interested in looking at both side in a war or time frame in history civilization will repeat it over and over again.the last thing is to throw a country under the bus for things a few people did in the past is not fair to that country in the current age do we treat the German people badly today for the way hitler was back then ? No we don’t
Collin T need to study history. Custer was anything but a fuck up in the Civil war. He was essential to the Union victory. His fuck ups came after, but he was scapegoated as well. Try reading “Custer’s Trials” and “Why wasn’t Custer Warned”.
A Tomohawk can engage 49 different targets at the same time. Very effective.
You should react to “Making a sailor” there’s a playlist of 11 videos or 1 hour video
The Armchair Historian team makes history videos fun, the maps for example are amazing
24:36 anyone else notice the Star Wars BattleFront easter egg?
HazelJupiter961 haaaahaaaa good days
Love the blackhawk down song in the background
Awesome intro music. RIP Rachid Taha.
Artur! You should react to a video by caspianreport called: "What if Russia invaded the Baltics?"
Would be really interesting to hear your perspective, since you are estonian and have a background in the army
Other countries walk into a armory: I’ll take the ak 47
How Americans walk into a armory: it’s Walmart they should have the m4
@Adolf Hitler who said I was buying it legally
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@Adolf Hitler but you can give your AR15 to an SOT who'll bestow onto it the wonderous giggle switch.
“I always thought Minnesota was one of the- you know, smaller states.” Never underestimate a Minnesotan. Jk love your content tho, much love from Minnesota!
I love north dakota its winter is cold but beautiful. It stays in the negative for a few months out the year i live on the border on north Dakota and Minnesota
As an Afghan who loves your channel: There is a huge misunderstanding about USA invasion of Afghanistan. There never was an invasion, USA helped afghanistan to battle Taliban, and Alqaida the 2 terrorist groups. Afghanistan was and is an independent country, and the battle against taliban is still happening, but there are far few number of foriegner soldiers, mostly Afghans themselves. USA started the war againsts taliban when 9 11 happened. I am not sure I think gulf war was against Saddam Hussain The Dictator in Iraq.
You also misspelled Afghanistan.
You said Mujahedin were terrorist, no they were freedom fighters. Some of them turned on afghanistan when Russia came and join forces with russia.
Another point: USA, England, Russia, Pakistan all of them want afghanistan due to the amazing geographical advantages, and yes Pakistan supports the taliban.
Exactly, the USA didn’t invade anyone, we are simply helping a country fight off these nasty pests that just so happened to fuck with us. Most people don’t know that the Afghans are actually doing most of the fighting, yes the US fights too but Afghanistan has been overrun with these extremist groups. The country is being invaded and we are simply helping to take it back. Although in my honest opinion, I feel like it’s not necessarily our job to do it. We kinda have to because who else will? Russia? They just want to take Afghanistan over and claim it as their own. Afghanistan has so much potential if they can just reclaim their homeland from these “extremists”.
@@treymcfarland9076 I do believe the fact it isn't USA's job to help afghanistan, and I appreciate every single american soldier that came, and fought in afghanistan.
@@treymcfarland9076 just like you did to Iraq yeah right
@@treymcfarland9076 I hope, it was a joke
@Hammody Ahmed I'm reminded of Roosevelt's "Man in the Arena" speech when people comment like that. Less than a 100 years ago the world suffered from massive wars that killed millions and was fought across the world. America's diplomacy and military actions has for better or worse resulted in perhaps one of the most stable periods in recent history. I often hear about "How dare America invade Iraq!" but very rarely hear anymore mourn the loss of Saddim's political state. And that I think says more than any of the critiques.
you should watch napoleonic wars series by epic history tv, im sure you will enjoy
You should watch the highway of death when Iraq left Kuwait. It was ugly. I've gone back and forth on whether it was necessary. It definitely sent a message of don't f with us. I had buddies that were in commo vans that had dozens of 🇮🇶 soldiers surrendering in droves. They knew they were beat. The highway of death?! Yeah, maybe not our greatest moment.
Love the videos Artur.
I'll buy a cup or hat in the next couple of months.
I,like many have had a very rough 2020.
Hope you're doing better.
You're never alone.
Artur.....You Love America and America loves you!!!...Cheers my brother
I just thought that how small Estonia is. Im from Finland and i know that Finland has a small population. But 1.7 million finns live abroad. And the population of Estonia is 1.3 million. And Finland has a province called Uusimaa where lives 1.7 million people.
I live in CT which is a tiny state and 3.5 million people live here
@@simplifiednews4235 Is the population of New york like 9 million ?
Wow so estonia is 4 times smaller than the population of city of Athens
@@Feffdc Estonia is small
The us had brought democracy to broken nations before, look at what happened right after ww2. They especially helped Germany and Japan recover.
South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Germany are all democracies that the US played a major role in helping building
The enemy of my enemy is my friend, famous quote.
Cover the black hawk down incident a big outnumbered case in Somalia.
The tomahawk missiles are freaking awesome! They use GPS and ground guilded Terrain like mountain lines and rivers to guild itself to Target. It also could use bomb doors and drop bombs before releasing the main war head. It also has several heads to give massive effect
8:40 the reason the USA uses the CIA is under international law, if the US used a military force (army) it would be an act of war. while on the other hand the CIA if under a different set of rules.
The USA supports a faction in a region they have an interest in, just like the Soviet Union did and Russia does. It doesn't always backfire. In fact, (at least for the USA) I am pretty sure that is usually a success to varying degrees. It didn't work out in Afghanistan or Vietnam that well, but it worked out just fine in plenty of other places. South Korea exists as it does today because of the USA, as does several other middle eastern countries, the Philippines, and so on. The story wasn't quite the same for Japan, but it was occupied by the USA and turned out much better because of it in my opinion. It would probably be part of China by now, if not at least under Chinese control. Anyway, you get the idea. Either NATO and EU type countries (usually mostly the USA) let communist type countries take over and/or influence an area, or they do it first. I'm just hoping the USA supports Taiwan more in the future and continues to cut business with China. With no substantial business from the USA, they will be severely slowed. If Europe joined in, they would likely slowly shrivel back into an unstable implosion waiting to happen. They rely on our money to thrive.
South and Central America is where I'd say the US failed more in trying to create supportive regimes. But yeah, it's a battle for spheres of influence
*Pinochet*
Artur Rehi:
The movie "Charlie Wilson's War" may give you some insight you were asking about the CIA etc... It was also featuring some A-list actors, and was a pretty good film.
Cursory research on Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles (TLAM):
Non-nuclear missiles have a range of 1300 Km (on the low end), flying at roughly 890 Km/h to deliver a 450Kg warhead of either High Explosive or Submunition (cluster bomb) types.
To clarify, the cluster bomb type generally used is the BLU-97/B Combined Effects Bomb, which contains mixed munitions of shaped charges, fragmentation charges and incendiary charges.
The longest range I've found so far for these things was about 2500Km, and the trick is they can be launched from submarines, meaning they are, theoretically, anywhere and everywhere.
The things are effective, long-range cruise missiles that can come at anytime and anywhere.
Plus, as is typical here in America, if our military uses it and it goes boom its hard to NOT like as a general rule.
The Gulf War was against Iraq, hence being connected to the persian gulf
The gulf war was started due to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. American forces pushed through Kuwait with a more modern version of Blitzkrieg on the initial invasion, then pushed the Iraqi military back into Iraq and toppled Saddam Hussein's regime.
Didn't quite topple Saddam's regime during the gulf war only crippled his army and economy. It wasn't till the second Iraq invasion that his regime was toppled.
The Gulf War was in 1990/1991 Operation Desert Shield/Storm, the liberation of Kuwait. ODS Vet here.
The Tomahawk cruise missile is an all weather precision weapon that can be fired from airplanes, submarines, ships, and can strike targets precisely from 1000 miles away even in heavily defended airspace. It can also be redirected in flight if the target changes or moves. Its joint multi-effects warhead allows the commander to control its blast.
"cannot bring democracy to broken nations" japan, germany....
Would you prefer: Can't bring democracy to a society that is not nationalistic?
Germany already had democracy before Hitler, and Japan was allowed to keep their emperor, which made the new government style much more tolerable.
Please react to The Armchair Historian's "Raid on Osama Bin Laden". Thanks
It's a good followup, yeah.
The Armchair Historian *hMmmMm*
Dude (Californian for "sir"), what is that beautiful angelic music in the background? 20:44 ish.
Tomahawks is a cruise missel that has a LONG range missel (exact range is classified). Tomahawk is fired from a navy ships vertical launcher. Once fired and in the air the operators of the missel can control and direct it like a suicide drone with an absolutely devastating selections of warheads. Tomahawk flies very low to the ground to avoid detection and lowers the enemies reaction time. Tomahawk is capable of "evasive maneuvers" to avoid missel defense systems. These features are amazing require a whole bunch of other equipment such as a special navy ship to control them and satellite and gps links to guide it to its final target. All and all its an amazing missel and gives the us a very unique advantage in many situations. The downside as you mentioned is they are extremely expensive. But... AWESOME
"you gotta be a mountain person to fight in the mountains and US soldiers are not"- we have a entire mountain division....... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10th_Mountain_Division
The US army as a whole are not trained for mountains as far as I know, whereas local fighters obviously are.
@@Joe2033 That's true, but to say we can't train or put out soldiers who can deal with rugged hills and terrain is incorrect when we have a whole division centered around just that. It's just the U.S governments own interest that hinders the capability of our soldiers to fight in such conditions.
@@grunkythegrandpaofcheese5241 Yes, but in more mountainous regions the entire army will have more mountain training. The average US army soldier probably is not trained for that.
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The gulf wars were the two wars in iraq which is on the Persian gulf which although they typically get grouped together with the war on afghanistan started from very different positions but devolved into very similar wars
I did two rotations in Afghanistan; the first right after the invasion, and the next almost a decade later. We are just continuing the "Great Game", and we could have ended all the trouble after the initial invasion by simply reinstating the Monarchy. I spoke with a lot of our Terps during both rotations, as well as a few Pashtun here in the States; and they all pretty much agreed. Everybody was happier with the Monarchy and the Constitution (if you will) that they had to begin with. To use their words; "Everyone knew who they were, and what they were and were not allowed to do by Custom, and Law".
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Afghanistan is America's longest and most pointless war.
Right it is
It's technically not a war thou
Longest yes pointless no that was veitnam
Pointless?, Al-qaeda's top leadership has been wipeout and they have no nowhere near the capability that used to have to attack in United States.
@@jjosephs6521 you forget, the war destabilize the region leading to an age of terror and many new groups.
I have watched you ever since my brother ,Brett, joined the navy as a nuclear engineer.
Tomahawk Cruise Missiles are fire and forget and have a great range so they can be fired from many platforms (planes, ships, subs). They also have many different munitions/warheads. Also they are precise. If your address is 21 Baker Street, they can deliver it to your front door.
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Hey Artur, check out " The Tiger King" on Netflix. Watch the whole thing. Trust me.
Artur you are exactly right. The Soviets created the environment in the 80s. Unfortunately the US fell into the same trap. Love your interest in our History!
Tomahawk missiles are usually ship fired missiles that come from cruisers/ destroyers. Non-nuclear
The CIA because that would be covert involvement, avoiding a Declaration of War, Congressional Involvement.
Study the History of Afghanistan and you would find foreign involvement from the 'Major Powers' going back hundreds of years.
Original reason was that Afghanistan was the gateway to the Indian Continent and access to deepwater ports.
The most involved Country being Russia starting in it's Tsarist Era.
In more modern times, Communist Russia spreading Communism and military presence in Afghanistan.
Then the Taliban using it as their base. American involvement in reaction to the former and the latter.
Afghanistan also is a major producer of heroin which is another irritation to the United States Anti Drug Enforcement efforts.
The discovery of the World's Largest deposits of Lithium has made Afghanistan a center of attention to a energy hungry World.
Good observations. A couple of things:
You forgot to mention that the British fought three wars against sovereign Afghan goverments in the 19th & 20th centuries and occupied Afghanistan for several decades.
Also, the idea that the heroin coming out of Afghanistan is an irritation to the US-DEA overlooks the fact that the US drug companies are the #1 purchaser of Afghan poppy. In fact, the US Gov't made it illegal for Afghan farmers to grow anything that might compete with US agriculture companies. Which pretty much leaves poppy. Far from being an irritation it seems more like it was the primary objective of the war was to provide an abundant source of low cost opiates.
The gulf war was when we killed Iraq not Afghanistan
The tomahawk is so good because it has a good range, speed, ability to get through heavily defended air space and still precisely hit its target.
I didn't mention I'm the proud father of two boys. A lot of my family has been in the military and my oldest son just enlisted in the Marines. His ultimate goal is to be a seal. He has physically trained with me and he was a high school wrestler then moved on to Jiu-Jitsu and MMA training. Recently started training in Pekoti-Tirsia. He will set out for basic in August (depending on current state of the world due to COVID19 pandemic) which may change that date.
Pearl Harbor by far: most of the navy ships destroyed, many more killed, and had a far greater impact igniting the American industrial engine.
North and South Dakota should really just be one state.
I don't see unification of the Dakota's a reality in the near future. Due to Canada and CSA backing the North. And Jeb Bush's USA and Serbia backing the south. RIP people who died the the Dakota wars of 2069-2420 ):
dvwegner make em both a state and make Puerto Rico a state so we still have 50 states
MOAB is also nicknamed "Daisy Cutter" (The original "Daisy Cutter" was a different bomb that was similar and developed during the Vietnam War.)
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Artur Rehi I have one for you on simplified history. It's about " Mad Jack Churchill ", A British soldier who fought in WW2 using a Scottish broadsword and English Longbow, and played the bagpipes. He is one crazy character with a crazy war record. Please Please please.
The Northern Alliance is less radical/strict than the Taliban at that time. For example, hijab is required for women, while some NA areas don't force the use of burkas.
One year later your perspective on the fateful attempt to install a democracy in a war torn society like Afghanistan has been spot on. Your instincts are very good. Keep up the good work!
Artur, how are you? What initiated your curiosity for wanting to know more about the US military? I'd be more than glad to help you to understand. If you have any questions let me know.
Hello sir I've watched alot of your videos. I wonder if we could speak I'm a U.S. Army vet. Infantry 11B 3 tours in Afghanistan. I enjoy your content.
Tomahawk is a GPS guided missile accurate within six meters. It can be armed with either a conventional warhead or small nuclear device (non MIRV). It is part of the family of “cruise missiles”. It is said that a tomahawk can be programmed to fly thru the front door of specific buildings.MOAB was used in Vietnam. Other nickname is “daisey cutter”. its outward blast power was used to knock down trees to create instant LZ’s.
Tomahawks are a rocket that after initial launch has small wings and essentially become a maneuverable kamikaze drone that can travel long distances very low to the ground to avoid radar. They are slower than most missiles but are able to essentially able to hit a target 4"x4" with easy. Very smart weapon.
as someone who has been in war, i strongly recommend you buy a scope for your gun. you cant see anything past 100 meters with out it in a fire fight, and you being coms you will almost always be fighting from 300+ meters away.