Holy shit this documentary is fucking incredible

Holy shit this documentary is fucking incredible


also please dont post spoilers im about half done it looks like America is really turning this around and going to win this thing

uh oh...

Look at Isis. They ran rampant. Why? Rules of engagement that Obama laid out. The one thing trump has absolutely done right was let the military do what a military does. Isis was destroyed in less then a year. The same shit happened in Vietnam. Nixon's biggest fault wasn't watergate. It was not having the balls to lift the rules of engagement that Kennedy (who started the war) and Johnson( who escalated it) put in place. Military's destroy. That's what they do. Don't want that then don't send them in. Same shit happened in iraq. Bush was stupid enough to believe the same shit Kennedy did

yeah who cares if tons of civilians die in the process, just keep bombing the areas until no one is left alive. therefore the enemy is dead

That's how it's been done in the entire human history previously my man

America did everything it fucking could in Vietnam short of nuking everything anyway.

> Isis was destroyed in less then a year.
Yeah, by based Trump.

screencapping this for an Ameribear meme. thanks :)

yeah we used to enslave and rape the people we conquered too

when is trump going to put that policy in

This is a genuine Dumb Take. The rules of engagement haven't been relaxed (except a minor thing in October from Mattis for the express use in Afghan space, which is irrelevant for the struggle against ISIS, Mattis had previously been very clear that no express changes had been made to ROE) and ISIS has always been a relative bit player except in that they decided to hold land. Which was their downfall in Iraq and will be in Syria. They're virulent and evil, but by the standards of civil wars around the world, ISIS is a joke.

They were on a downturn for years, though it is very clear that the only reason they gained ground is because of the Obama admin and the Iraqi admin being poorly prepared for their post-pull out sweep.

Nigger do you know nothing about the Vietnam War? Do you think we ran about the rice paddies passing out chocolates and planting trees? "Hearts and minds" played a role in South Vietnam because that was the base of guerilla fighters (and even then, free fire zones were liberally used in very questionable ways), but the bulk of the hardcore fighting always came from the ARVN at the border zones.

America bitches out in the end

>Kennedy endorsing a coup of a democratically elected leader in favor of absolutely retarded generals


wow what a great president

Hillary lost, Sweetie

Take your (You), sweaty.

All shitposting aside this is on my watch list, its so damn long though its going to take me a few weeks to get through it.

its great

some people hate on it because there are some 'boring' parts, especially towards the beginning. But imo those 'boring' parts help frame the overall context for the war. The entire build up to the war wasnt just hardcore action and political intrigue. There were real, human lives caught up in it and giving those people some screen time helps keep you focused on what the real tragedy was: the millions of civilians dead for next to no reason

>dont post spoilers
did you get to the part when Colonel Striker used the giant cat dude and the midget with bone blades in his hand?

I SAID DONT SPOIL

Colonel Kurtz is just a mumbling fat guy.

Fuck ken burns.

I am not even going to bother with what will obviously be slanted.

>there are "people" who unironically still like Kennedy

If only Gonald Dlorf could be so great as to spend all day in drug fueled orgies before starting the worst war of all time then get domed in comical fashion.

>Look at Isis. They ran rampant. Why? Rules of engagement that Obama laid out. The one thing trump has absolutely done right was let the military do what a military does. Isis was destroyed in less then a year. The same shit happened in Vietnam. Nixon's biggest fault wasn't watergate. It was not having the balls to lift the rules of engagement that Kennedy (who started the war) and Johnson( who escalated it) put in place. Military's destroy. That's what they do. Don't want that then don't send them in. Same shit happened in iraq. Bush was stupid enough to believe the same shit Kennedy did

It's not what you think it is at all desu, mostly interview-centric with some great side stories about individual soldiers. Only thing they never bother to get into is what a cocksucking piece of shit LBJ is, but nothing mainstream ever will.

Definitely worth a watch.