Video of how this US soldier drove his convoy in Iraq

Yeah. That’s how we did it. Get one chance to get out the way before you’re run off the road. What you’re seeing is nerves and survival mode. Lucky they were given a chance at all.

I wonder how pissed the locals were everytime y’all came behind them lol

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would be a nervous wreck over there Also, I wonder how pissed the locals were everytime y’all came behind them lol

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I was surprised at how many of them didn’t realize it was coming until they got the love tap.

Also, Iraqi baw in the tractor at the end of the video.

Those military Hummers seem like they are running in low gear all the time. That transmission was humming.

Roadside IED's and car bombs made this a different war. I can't imagine facing that every day.

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I wonder how pissed the locals were everytime y’all came behind them lol

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That’s why they were given a chance. Still had to maintain good relations with locals. That video was from early on before they understood to get out the way or else.

When else has dreams of driving like this on I-12?

I remember rolling through traffic like that in like 2006, but by the end of the surge, say 2008-2009, we were dismounting to clear traffic to get vehicles through.

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When else has dreams of driving like this on I-12?

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That would just be one hell of a good day.

And people wonder why people in other countries hate Americans. Could you imagine some douche from another country doing that here? All for access to some natural resources and occupying an area that hasn't been occupiable in the history or man. If this is the only exposure they get to "real" Americans it is no wonder why people hate America.