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Today Is The 30th Anniversary Of The Battle of Mogadishu. AKA Blackhawk Down
Posted on 10/3/23 at 8:34 pm
Posted on 10/3/23 at 8:34 pm
Shawn Ryan has a great long form two part interview with a ex Delta Force guy who was right in the middle of ir
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Tom Slatterly
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Posted on 10/3/23 at 8:38 pm to 14&Counting
Les Aspin should’ve been impeached as SecDef for that fiasco.
Posted on 10/3/23 at 8:40 pm to 14&Counting
A tragedy those guys were sent out without proper support.
Clinton, Aspin and Powell should have resigned in disgrace. Or faced justice, or both.
Clinton, Aspin and Powell should have resigned in disgrace. Or faced justice, or both.
Posted on 10/3/23 at 8:41 pm to Godfather1
Black Hawk Down remains one of the only movies that genuinely sticks with me after.
I feel anger after seeing what they did to the bodies of the soldiers.
I feel anger after seeing what they did to the bodies of the soldiers.
Posted on 10/3/23 at 8:48 pm to StTiger
I messed up and took a date to that movie. When she started crying I knew the mission was a failure
Posted on 10/3/23 at 8:52 pm to 14&Counting
Just another world police action that ended with egg on our face and our servicemen in body bags.
Posted on 10/3/23 at 8:53 pm to 14&Counting
Gwen Stefani was a tender 24 years old.
Posted on 10/3/23 at 8:59 pm to 14&Counting
Americans died because people in the government didn’t have the balls to do what needed to be done. They didn’t have a problem sending Americans to a 3rd World shithole, yet they lacked the balls to nip it in the bud. Now 30 years later China is all over the continent of Africa spreading communist BS to a lot of people that don’t know any better. What happened in Somalia opened the door to China to come in and do what their currently doing.
Posted on 10/3/23 at 8:59 pm to 14&Counting
I walked out of that movie wishing we’d nuked Mogadishu off the face of the planet.
My opinion hasn’t changed.
My opinion hasn’t changed.
Posted on 10/3/23 at 9:06 pm to Death Before Disco
Absolutely fantastic movie.
And it legit has like 25-30 now-famous actors in it, most of whom were not famous when they were in it.
And it legit has like 25-30 now-famous actors in it, most of whom were not famous when they were in it.
This post was edited on 10/3/23 at 9:07 pm
Posted on 10/3/23 at 9:08 pm to 14&Counting
I’m on part two!
Posted on 10/3/23 at 9:30 pm to sledgehammer
Shughart and Gordon were as brave as it gets. frick the skinnies and our government for what happened to them
Posted on 10/3/23 at 9:30 pm to 14&Counting
If you really want to understand the situation on the ground The Operations Room has a great 2 part animated series:
Part 1 on Youtube
Part 1 on Youtube
Posted on 10/3/23 at 9:38 pm to Obtuse1
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If you really want to understand the situation on the ground The Operations Room has a great 2 part animated series:
That’s my favorite channel on YouTube. Great stuff
Posted on 10/3/23 at 9:41 pm to 14&Counting
The part where Satterly talks about Gordon's or Shughart's wife not being taken care of really pissed me off.
Posted on 10/3/23 at 9:41 pm to gizmothepug
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Americans died because people in the government didn’t have the balls to do what needed to be done. They didn’t have a problem sending Americans to a 3rd World shithole, yet they lacked the balls to nip it in the bud.
Same shite different day.
I mean that cynically toward the GOVT not toward the troops obviously.
This post was edited on 10/3/23 at 9:43 pm
Posted on 10/3/23 at 9:45 pm to 14&Counting
Watched that movie once and just can't watch it again.
Posted on 10/3/23 at 9:52 pm to 14&Counting
Has anyone read the book on the event? Black Hawk Down - Mark Bowden
If it is anything as good as a book by Bowden I'm reading now, it's next for me. It's really well done, highly recommend.
Hue 1968 - Turning Point of the American War
If it is anything as good as a book by Bowden I'm reading now, it's next for me. It's really well done, highly recommend.
Hue 1968 - Turning Point of the American War
Posted on 10/3/23 at 10:15 pm to chrome_daddy
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Has anyone read the book on the event? Black Hawk Down - Mark Bowden
Yes, excellent. Highly recommend.
Posted on 10/3/23 at 10:18 pm to grizzlylongcut
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Just another world police action that ended with egg on our face and our servicemen in body bags.
I like to think that we get involved in the Rwanda Genocide if the Somalia mission doesn’t go to shite
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