Those 2 snipers going in always makes me so emotional. Can’t imagine the courage it takes to run into certain death just so one of your soldiers don’t alone.
During the real battle, there was a third Delta sniper named Brad Hallings who lost part of his left leg(?) when he replaced a wounded Crew Chief on one of the miniguns when Super 6-2 was hit by an RPG
Badasses like them don't think about their own survival. They fight for the men to their left and right and about getting their battle buddies home. What was changed in that scene is that initially, all four crew members on Super 6-4 survived the crash and Randy and Gary set them up in a defensive position. They were outright murdered when the Somalis overran the crash site.
@@YG-kk4ey so the story here is there is a civil war going on. America entered the war out of nowhere but the war had already existed before America entered Somalia. Tribal warfare.
@@YG-kk4ey its because they entered the side of the city under UN control and the tribes in that part of the city were being protected from adis militias so they where friendly to the US
According to the Somalis many of them didn't realise the American mission and assumed the Americans had come to wipe them out. Many of the non militia people then started to fight like that lady who picks up the gun. A man also tried to stop people dragging the bodies around.
Enjoyed listening to your comments. Former US Special Forces soldier here. I trained with Egyptian special forces in Egypt. Good guys. Best wishes to you and your dad.
The whole "Skinny" thing came from the book Starship Troopers. It was a popular book amongst the men of Task Force Ranger and featured an alien species nicknamed Skinnies. It had nothing to do with the fact that the Somalis were so thin. They also called them Sammies
I remembered when this happened I was so upset over the incident that I could never watch the movie when it came out. But I decided to watch with you both cause I felt like it was watching with my dad and brother.
Great movie! I love the movies you guys have reacted to so far and have also enjoyed you and your father's appreciation for the films and actors. Some other great classics that I'd recommend that I'd know you guys would really enjoy, if you haven't seen them already, are "The Patriot" (2000), "The Last Samurai" (2003), "Dances with Wolves" (1990), "Braveheart" (1995), "Forrest Gump" (1994). Earned a new subscriber from me, keep up the great content!
8:53 you are the only reactor I’ve seen that pointed that out. My faith in humanity has been restored. 😏 Seriously though I’m not even Somali and get distracted by the casting. Instead of spending all that time looking for the darkest people of West African descent they could find-which isn’t accurate anyway-they should have spent it finding Somali actors.
@Dayspring It’s not about the actors’ national origin, it’s about their look. I mean if one ascribes to the misguided belief that all black people look the same, it would make sense - but they don’t. When one’s ethnicity is part of the storyline I tend to think they should cast accordingly. British actors playing Americans work here bc their looks are similar enough and accents are done well. Somali people played by non-Somali actors would be comparable to Mexican people being played by central/south Asian actors…. Both might have a medium complexion and straight/wavy black hair - but their look is different and their accents are different, unless of course the actor has the skill, as the Brits in this movie do… and the random West Africans in this movie really don’t. And nobody outside Africa would notice? I’m a 2nd generation Scandinavian American and clearly I did… and the son of this duo pointed it out. I’m going to respectfully stand by my assertion that it was lazy and ignorant casting. This movie came out in when, early 2000s? There were plenty of Somali people living in the US at that time…. and a mere what, 12-ish years later? The people who cast “Captain Phillips” figured it out.
@@headstrong4203 uh no… those words don’t appear in my comments or my brain. I’m open to correction however - is there enough of a physical difference between typical white American vs typical white Brit, for someone to look at say this cast and think “Damn they didn’t even cast the correct ethnicity?” Bc I don’t see any physical differences there. Somali people look absolutely nothing like people of West African descent. If you want to see an example of how they SHOULD be cast, watch Captain Phillips. As believe I said to the last person who argued with me, the creator said it first. There’s another video here on UA-cam titled “history vs screen” or something like that… the thumbnail is literally a picture of Black Hawk Down Somali characters next to a picture of Captain Phillips Somali characters - and the aspect of the casting is a major part of the video. I’m not the only one who has ever brought it up. Im curious if you don’t mind me asking, what do you find so good about the casting that you would take the time to argue with me?
@@LlamaLlamaMamaJamaac You literally state brits playing americans work because they sound and look close enough? while arguing about how not all black people look the same and they should have cast actual somalians. And for my opinion about the casting i dont really care cuz if they didn't cast americans to play actual americans i don't have a problem with them casting non somalians to play somalians as long as you keep the same energy it doesn't bother me
Dude you're judging how many children a family has and also when you say the music doesn't fit the same you do understand this is an American movie it's a different culture over here.
George H. W. Bush ordered 28,000 US troops into Somalia on December 4, 1992. This was one month after he had lost his reelection bid to Clinton, but the month before he left office. He created this mess and left it for Clinton to deal with. But, conservatives blame it all on Bill.
@@fionnmaccumhaill3257 Except I didn't want this car. It's more like you left our company, but bought an unsafe work car for your replacement as you walked out the door. But you're changing the subject. The point was, you called it "Clinton's boondoggle" like it was a plot by Clinton. It wasn't. If anything, it was a plot by Bush.
@@dwaneanderson8039 Your ability to screw up a metaphor makes me question if your IQ even reaches triple digits. The fact that you're trying to blame Bush for what happened under Clinton is very telling in that regard. Bush and THE REST OF THE UNITED NATIONS had bases there to try to stop a starvation genocide of the Somalis by a warlord. The rest of what happened was all under Clinton. You're logic is extremely faulty. If you just want to suck up Bill Clinton, you'd have much better luck blaming it on the directing the the American generals than a president that is no longer in charge. This isn't about me defending Bush (I have zero affinity for him), this is about accountability and Bush had nothing to do work this giant screw up! That just makes you look very, very unintelligent. Just go to work...never mind, you're a Democrat.
Clinton assigned a mission without giving the ground commander what he asked for to complete the mission WITH.. NO ARMOR.. NO Spectre Gunships.. had he gave the General the assets which asked for, this disaster might not have happened, or at least might not have been so bad. BUSH had nothing to do with it. The whole US participation and intervention were Clinton’s plans.. I was frickin THERE! Although General Garrison took full responsibility, as any good Officer does.. the root problem was Clinton, as Commander in Chief was assigning difficult missions without providing the resources to accomplish the mission in the first place! 🤬🤬🤬
You do realize the movie is written off of articles and book by Mark Bowden in which he interviewed US soldiers involved before, during, and after it happened. It's meant to be from their perspective, not the Malaysian or UN soldiers
Is weird to watch this movies, as a somali.😂I would never have though this movies was about us, if They had not mentioned Somalia, Mogadishu. Because the people playing somalis are not somali, They spoke awful somali, They did not act somali😅it hard to explain to a non somali what I mean. But it was the opposit when I watch Captain Phillips. The people playing somalis were somali, spoke somali, looked somalis, their demeanor was somali
I'm American, I never cared much for this movie. Always seems like propaganda and it isn't coincidence it was released when it was. War is never this one dimensional. That being said I wouldnt say Americans were in Somalia only for American interests. It was a multinational UN operation with humanitarian intention. I agree some of our wars were not just. I personally protested against the Iraq War for years. Afghanistan initially was justified, Bin Laden needed to be eliminated, but occupying the country for 20 years was not. I have many questions about how involved Pakistani military intelligence was in helping him escape Afghanistan and hiding him. I had a traumatic head injury and for a few months I had 7 seizures while i was recovering. Mine didn't hurt, i had no control over my body and just blacked out when it happened. Thankfully my neurologist kept it under control and it was a temporary condition. Also I went to Egypt in 2008 and I was very impressed by the low cost high quality hashish every taxi driver, waiter, bazaar stall, boat operator, hotel staff, etc. sold. "My friend, my friend, I have what you are looking for my friend. You want hashish my friend" "yes, yes i do". I asked an Iraqi woman in my tour group why everyone wants to sell me hash and she replied "because you are American and everyone knows Americans love drugs". She's not wrong, lol.
@@joshwall4263 Wrong about what? Most of what i wrote was personal experience and opinion. If by research you mean google stuff and click on random websites, um no, im not gonna do that. lots of straight up bullish on the internet.
@@zgSH4DOW I have read books thank you, and if you are trying to gaslight me, it didnt work. Maybe next time explain what you took issue with and then i can respond. This isn't about the book, this is about the movie.
@@imnotyourfriendbuddy1883 I liked your view, did not entirely agree but liked how honest you were about it. I was involved in this operation, it was a CF from beginning to end, the OIC knew it would be and did all he could to get advanced support before the raid but the raid was ordered directly from DC, no support given, and DC washed their hands quickly when it went south and hung the General out to dry. What they fail to mention is how DC had directed the army to abandon the ROE the Navy/USMC used for the months they were there (if it has a gun shoot it). That one decision cost so many lives on that day, the weakness of the Clinton WH to act, their stupidity in dealing with real threats - Revealing we could track OBL via his sat phone at all times led to 9/11. Everything from this event forward including the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan were directly due to actions taken by that administration. I left the military in 2002 because I could not in good faith take part in the wars that I knew were coming.
Dad said it best; I feel badly for the Somalis AND the Americans. This was a misguided effort by politicians who did not understand the nature of Somali life.
Poor to 100 Malay royal regimen That come to saving a.k.a pivate Ryan trap American Soldier Not in movie,,,That captain only say 1 word only Malay That all
You’re right. The Americans should have stayed home and sat back watching Somalia consume themselves in genocide and war until they wiped themselves off the face of the earth. It’d be a much better world then🤗
@@romainlettuce118 that's the official story they give the American public. That was all lies. America is not the big Hero’s of the world that they want other people to think they are. They only go into countries to steal their resources and occupy the land. Never to help.
Very brave indeed. Especially the massacre on civilians is amazingly heroic,aside from cutting girl's "personal part" of with rusty scissors. My Somali neighbors told me, also in1992. But enjoy your own freedom.
@@dennishendrikx3228 😂😂😂another mad american! We did not Ask for your help. And as a somali woman, stop speaking for us and try to victimize us. U alway mention the woman in muslim countries😂u want to be our savior so mad, stop embarrasing yourself.
I agree no amount of starving civilians are worth US military lives unless US interests are at stake. Should have left the "lions" to continue starving each other, if that's what they enjoy.
Those 2 snipers going in always makes me so emotional. Can’t imagine the courage it takes to run into certain death just so one of your soldiers don’t alone.
They both received the Medal of Honor posthumously
During the real battle, there was a third Delta sniper named Brad Hallings who lost part of his left leg(?) when he replaced a wounded Crew Chief on one of the miniguns when Super 6-2 was hit by an RPG
Badasses like them don't think about their own survival. They fight for the men to their left and right and about getting their battle buddies home. What was changed in that scene is that initially, all four crew members on Super 6-4 survived the crash and Randy and Gary set them up in a defensive position. They were outright murdered when the Somalis overran the crash site.
In the end, the mob stopped chasing the soldiers because the soldiers entered the enemy tribes territory
Never understood that part
@@YG-kk4ey so the story here is there is a civil war going on. America entered the war out of nowhere but the war had already existed before America entered Somalia. Tribal warfare.
Source?
@@YG-kk4ey its because they entered the side of the city under UN control and the tribes in that part of the city were being protected from adis militias so they where friendly to the US
According to the Somalis many of them didn't realise the American mission and assumed the Americans had come to wipe them out. Many of the non militia people then started to fight like that lady who picks up the gun. A man also tried to stop people dragging the bodies around.
Two Delta Force were legendary they are true warriors...
Enjoyed listening to your comments. Former US Special Forces soldier here. I trained with Egyptian special forces in Egypt. Good guys. Best wishes to you and your dad.
Great reaction, greets from Croatia, Europe to you and your great dad.
Great reaction, your dad’s story about being at the Cairo airport was very interesting.
Sometimes soldiers are 2 dimensional, that's what make them good soldiers.
RIP Tom Sizemore
The whole "Skinny" thing came from the book Starship Troopers. It was a popular book amongst the men of Task Force Ranger and featured an alien species nicknamed Skinnies. It had nothing to do with the fact that the Somalis were so thin. They also called them Sammies
Really? Lol
@@ChadSimpson-ft7yzactually yeah, that was in the book but a detail left out of the movie
@@ChadSimpson-ft7yzactually yeah, that was in the book but a detail left out of the movie
Your dad is very pragmatic, like older people tend to. You will understand :D
You can’t invest in a place controlled by warlords. You need a stable environment.
08:52 if I remember right, he's an english theater actor with an london accent
I’d have to look that actor up… I think you’re right but not 100% sure…. But in any case he’s definitely not Somali
@@LlamaLlamaMamaJamaac Meanwhile I made a little investigation. (Wikipedia and google) He's english of nigerian descent
@@kaypirinha1982 makes sense… he has a more West African look
I remembered when this happened I was so upset over the incident that I could never watch the movie when it came out. But I decided to watch with you both cause I felt like it was watching with my dad and brother.
Love the conversation after the movie
No body gets left behind!!!!!! Howrah!!!!!
Son looks exactly like the real black hawk down pilot Michael J. Durant .Is it a coincident.
Great movie! I love the movies you guys have reacted to so far and have also enjoyed you and your father's appreciation for the films and actors. Some other great classics that I'd recommend that I'd know you guys would really enjoy, if you haven't seen them already, are "The Patriot" (2000), "The Last Samurai" (2003), "Dances with Wolves" (1990), "Braveheart" (1995), "Forrest Gump" (1994). Earned a new subscriber from me, keep up the great content!
8:53 you are the only reactor I’ve seen that pointed that out. My faith in humanity has been restored. 😏
Seriously though I’m not even Somali and get distracted by the casting. Instead of spending all that time looking for the darkest people of West African descent they could find-which isn’t accurate anyway-they should have spent it finding Somali actors.
@Dayspring It’s not about the actors’ national origin, it’s about their look. I mean if one ascribes to the misguided belief that all black people look the same, it would make sense - but they don’t.
When one’s ethnicity is part of the storyline I tend to think they should cast accordingly. British actors playing Americans work here bc their looks are similar enough and accents are done well. Somali people played by non-Somali actors would be comparable to Mexican people being played by central/south Asian actors…. Both might have a medium complexion and straight/wavy black hair - but their look is different and their accents are different, unless of course the actor has the skill, as the Brits in this movie do… and the random West Africans in this movie really don’t.
And nobody outside Africa would notice? I’m a 2nd generation Scandinavian American and clearly I did… and the son of this duo pointed it out.
I’m going to respectfully stand by my assertion that it was lazy and ignorant casting. This movie came out in when, early 2000s? There were plenty of Somali people living in the US at that time…. and a mere what, 12-ish years later? The people who cast “Captain Phillips” figured it out.
@@LlamaLlamaMamaJamaac you couldn't be more racist if you tried
@@LlamaLlamaMamaJamaac Aren't you saying all white people look alike then? if british actors playing americans work?
@@headstrong4203 uh no… those words don’t appear in my comments or my brain. I’m open to correction however - is there enough of a physical difference between typical white American vs typical white Brit, for someone to look at say this cast and think “Damn they didn’t even cast the correct ethnicity?” Bc I don’t see any physical differences there.
Somali people look absolutely nothing like people of West African descent. If you want to see an example of how they SHOULD be cast, watch Captain Phillips.
As believe I said to the last person who argued with me, the creator said it first. There’s another video here on UA-cam titled “history vs screen” or something like that… the thumbnail is literally a picture of Black Hawk Down Somali characters next to a picture of Captain Phillips Somali characters - and the aspect of the casting is a major part of the video. I’m not the only one who has ever brought it up.
Im curious if you don’t mind me asking, what do you find so good about the casting that you would take the time to argue with me?
@@LlamaLlamaMamaJamaac You literally state brits playing americans work because they sound and look close enough? while arguing about how not all black people look the same and they should have cast actual somalians.
And for my opinion about the casting i dont really care cuz if they didn't cast americans to play actual americans i don't have a problem with them casting non somalians to play somalians as long as you keep the same energy it doesn't bother me
Oh nice choice! This is a great watch! 👏👏👏
You guys should watch "Body of Lies".. I think your dad would like it!
Dude you're judging how many children a family has and also when you say the music doesn't fit the same you do understand this is an American movie it's a different culture over here.
I was still judging the music by American movie standards
@@myegyptiandadreacts4824 How do you feel about Hans Zimmer's work, in general? He's composed for many big movies
Miniguns aren't 3 or 4 rounds per second, they're 100 rounds per second
Since you and your Dad like to watch war movies, May I suggest The Dirty Dozen. It is a great WW2 movie. Patton is good too.
I've never seen in my life somalis that look like these guys😂. And I have lived in somalia my whole life.
This DAY shall never be forgotten!
You must watch Ricky Schroeder movie, The Lost Battalion? It’s a very strong and powerful war movie!!!
i knew a few of these guys . All great dudes.
This was Bill Clinton's boondoggle.
George H. W. Bush ordered 28,000 US troops into Somalia on December 4, 1992. This was one month after he had lost his reelection bid to Clinton, but the month before he left office. He created this mess and left it for Clinton to deal with. But, conservatives blame it all on Bill.
@@dwaneanderson8039
That's like me selling you a car, you crashing it and telling me it's my fault because you got the car from me.
@@fionnmaccumhaill3257 Except I didn't want this car. It's more like you left our company, but bought an unsafe work car for your replacement as you walked out the door.
But you're changing the subject. The point was, you called it "Clinton's boondoggle" like it was a plot by Clinton. It wasn't. If anything, it was a plot by Bush.
@@dwaneanderson8039
Your ability to screw up a metaphor makes me question if your IQ even reaches triple digits. The fact that you're trying to blame Bush for what happened under Clinton is very telling in that regard. Bush and THE REST OF THE UNITED NATIONS had bases there to try to stop a starvation genocide of the Somalis by a warlord. The rest of what happened was all under Clinton. You're logic is extremely faulty. If you just want to suck up Bill Clinton, you'd have much better luck blaming it on the directing the the American generals than a president that is no longer in charge. This isn't about me defending Bush (I have zero affinity for him), this is about accountability and Bush had nothing to do work this giant screw up! That just makes you look very, very unintelligent. Just go to work...never mind, you're a Democrat.
Clinton assigned a mission without giving the ground commander what he asked for to complete the mission WITH.. NO ARMOR.. NO Spectre Gunships.. had he gave the General the assets which asked for, this disaster might not have happened, or at least might not have been so bad. BUSH had nothing to do with it. The whole US participation and intervention were Clinton’s plans.. I was frickin THERE! Although General Garrison took full responsibility, as any good Officer does.. the root problem was Clinton, as Commander in Chief was assigning difficult missions without providing the resources to accomplish the mission in the first place! 🤬🤬🤬
Love you guys!
gj for you and your father comments ...Jesus Christ bless you
I would really appreciate English subtitles when you speak with your dad. That would open doors
Yeah, thats movie hide the brave malaysia army... 😢
You do realize the movie is written off of articles and book by Mark Bowden in which he interviewed US soldiers involved before, during, and after it happened. It's meant to be from their perspective, not the Malaysian or UN soldiers
This is based off somebodys interviews with US soldiers, even then Malaysians were placed at the border and not in regions of the US soldiers.
Rangers are always cheesy like that...
Is weird to watch this movies, as a somali.😂I would never have though this movies was about us, if They had not mentioned Somalia, Mogadishu. Because the people playing somalis are not somali, They spoke awful somali, They did not act somali😅it hard to explain to a non somali what I mean. But it was the opposit when I watch Captain Phillips. The people playing somalis were somali, spoke somali, looked somalis, their demeanor was somali
please react to blood diamond
I'm American, I never cared much for this movie. Always seems like propaganda and it isn't coincidence it was released when it was. War is never this one dimensional. That being said I wouldnt say Americans were in Somalia only for American interests. It was a multinational UN operation with humanitarian intention.
I agree some of our wars were not just. I personally protested against the Iraq War for years. Afghanistan initially was justified, Bin Laden needed to be eliminated, but occupying the country for 20 years was not. I have many questions about how involved Pakistani military intelligence was in helping him escape Afghanistan and hiding him.
I had a traumatic head injury and for a few months I had 7 seizures while i was recovering. Mine didn't hurt, i had no control over my body and just blacked out when it happened. Thankfully my neurologist kept it under control and it was a temporary condition.
Also I went to Egypt in 2008 and I was very impressed by the low cost high quality hashish every taxi driver, waiter, bazaar stall, boat operator, hotel staff, etc. sold. "My friend, my friend, I have what you are looking for my friend. You want hashish my friend" "yes, yes i do". I asked an Iraqi woman in my tour group why everyone wants to sell me hash and she replied "because you are American and everyone knows Americans love drugs". She's not wrong, lol.
If only you read a book--the book even
Yeah you're pretty wrong about that. Maybe you should do some deep diving research.
@@joshwall4263
Wrong about what? Most of what i wrote was personal experience and opinion. If by research you mean google stuff and click on random websites, um no, im not gonna do that. lots of straight up bullish on the internet.
@@zgSH4DOW
I have read books thank you, and if you are trying to gaslight me, it didnt work. Maybe next time explain what you took issue with and then i can respond. This isn't about the book, this is about the movie.
@@imnotyourfriendbuddy1883 I liked your view, did not entirely agree but liked how honest you were about it. I was involved in this operation, it was a CF from beginning to end, the OIC knew it would be and did all he could to get advanced support before the raid but the raid was ordered directly from DC, no support given, and DC washed their hands quickly when it went south and hung the General out to dry. What they fail to mention is how DC had directed the army to abandon the ROE the Navy/USMC used for the months they were there (if it has a gun shoot it). That one decision cost so many lives on that day, the weakness of the Clinton WH to act, their stupidity in dealing with real threats - Revealing we could track OBL via his sat phone at all times led to 9/11. Everything from this event forward including the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan were directly due to actions taken by that administration. I left the military in 2002 because I could not in good faith take part in the wars that I knew were coming.
Are you guys in Egypt?
Dad said it best; I feel badly for the Somalis AND the Americans. This was a misguided effort by politicians who did not understand the nature of Somali life.
And apparently never Learn
Yeap, Somali life is very savage like and them following a religion that believes a warmongering p*dophile is a prophet of peace is beyond ridiculous.
WOW SOMALIA IS NOT ESY🇸🇴😎
Dammm bro your dad look like Maurizio Sarri is that sarri
Poor to 100 Malay royal regimen That come to saving a.k.a pivate Ryan trap American Soldier Not in movie,,,That captain only say 1 word only Malay That all
This movie not accurate at all., dont u know that malaysian army was sent to help the ranger ? Shouldn’t u give us some credit ? Thats who u are!
The Americans had no business being in Somalia. Long live Somalia 🇸🇴 the true brave lions of Africa! ❤️❤️
You’re right. The Americans should have stayed home and sat back watching Somalia consume themselves in genocide and war until they wiped themselves off the face of the earth. It’d be a much better world then🤗
@@romainlettuce118 that's the official story they give the American public. That was all lies. America is not the big Hero’s of the world that they want other people to think they are. They only go into countries to steal their resources and occupy the land. Never to help.
Very brave indeed. Especially the massacre on civilians is amazingly heroic,aside from cutting girl's "personal part" of with rusty scissors. My Somali neighbors told me, also in1992. But enjoy your own freedom.
@@dennishendrikx3228 😂😂😂another mad american! We did not Ask for your help. And as a somali woman, stop speaking for us and try to victimize us. U alway mention the woman in muslim countries😂u want to be our savior so mad, stop embarrasing yourself.
I agree no amount of starving civilians are worth US military lives unless US interests are at stake. Should have left the "lions" to continue starving each other, if that's what they enjoy.
Find out who the real heroes were. The Americans would not have made it out alive if not for them. 🇲🇾