Appreciate the intel, Sir. Just goes even further, in detail, to prove that soldiers and operators are not necessarily heroes, despite (for the majority of them, at least at present, while the sharp tip of the spear is being reconfigured into a gender-weird self-hatred that drives away patriots, and invites even more murderous perverts), their mostly undoubted valor. Following orders and executing objectives is their main mission, but when, as is all too often, even almost always the case, they are used unwisely as expensively and easily expended pawns, it is often a waste. "Not though the soldier knew Someone had blundered. Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die." But when it's not blunder, but nasty murder? When they are used as agents of murder against noncombatants, especially children, it is an unblottable sin. When they are employed thusly, it demeans their oaths, and casts not only doubt and discouragement among their own ranks, and the civil populace that supports them, but on the whole business. Would it be such a shame, if the cashiered cadres who sensibly refused the C-19 shots, regrouped, trained auxiliaries, and deprived the current masters who so degrade us all, of their commands? Hypothetically, of course.
We might not even need a few years. With how many people were involved with the early parts of the war, and how much footage there is, people have already been piecing together early battles and engagements. I wouldn't be surprised if they could put together an episode on the war already.
Yeah it's good to see it objectively covered. Including the coverage of the murdering of a child, you know they had night vision, they just didn't want the boy to tip anyone off. Self preservation, even if it means killing a child. Not to mention the rest of the village.
@@jinniu Is that what we call war crimes nowadays? “Self preservation”? It’s straight up disgusting to see how the USA commits war crime after war crime, invades country after country, yet everything has some sort of excuse and suckers like you will do everything to defend it.
I applaud you for recognizing and respecting the lost civilians in this and not just the military casualties. I am a huge supporter of our troops and special operators but it is absolutely gut wrenching reading the ages and names of the little children that died that mission... Those are someone's babies and are the definition of the innocent lives, regardless if their parents were likely terrorists.
We, ALWAYS, ALWAYS, try our damndest to avoid civilian casualties, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN!!! That being said, however, IF THAT CHILD OR, CHILDREN take up arms, they WILL GET DISPATCHED WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE!!!
Thank you for posting this. RIP Chief Owens and the civilians who lost their lives. This sounded like a shit sandwich that everyone took a bite of. Nothing wrong with calling something off, but for this mission, it didn't seem to be in the cards that day.
Operations were being conducted before this raid as well, so all locals and terrorist in the whole region knew there was a American presence before the raid. So they the terrorist were already on edge.....
The honesty of your coverage of this operation in the loss of civilians and the way with which it was conducted. Make me even prouder to be a contributor!
"Civilians" is what they are called by the enemy after the action, another name would be illegal enemy combatants or child soldiers. In reality they were all fighting on the behalf of AQAP and were valid military targets.
What a cover-up! The mission was compromised, but SOMEBODY decided to continue anyway. Anybody ever hear those Ospreys? They are loud AF. How much intel could they gather while retreating under fire from what amounts to a pre-positioned ambush? What a crock of stuff. And the cherry on top is Spicer using the deceased hero's name to try and suppress discussion around what was actually accomplished. Despicable.
This has 45's fingerprints all over it. Ultimately he continued to give the green light hoping for his own Obama-style "we got B¡n-L@den" headlines. His administration then covered the mess-up up.
I was on the makin island that was supporting operations in that AO. Months before and after jsoc were doing operations in the area off of our ship with either recon or marine infantry platoons on stand by, ready to roll for qrf for various SOF operations.
You win some and you lose some. In a dream world every mission would be a perfect 10/10 with perfect intel and everyone goes home alive. This sounded like it was botched from the moment they hit the ground and only got worse from there.
Oof, I was at Camp Lemonier when this raid went pear shaped. My primary memory was of an operator getting chow at the mess hall. Someone in the line loudly and passive -aggresively said 'oh I see the special guys get to wear what ever they want..." Mind you, this guy had barely changed since getting back. So he had shorts and shower shoes on. You could have heard a pin drop. Definitely not someone's smartest move. Luckily the operator didn't bother responding.
Sad both that Chief Owens and these poor kids and civilians were killed. It's truly unfortunate when operations like this go sideways and innocents are killed, but that's the sometimes ugly reality of combatting terrorism when those groups embed themselves in civilian areas. I admire Gen Vogel admitting that errors were made and that he pushed for a comprehensive review.
Adults with any real world military experience know full well that not every mission is a success. Some simply fail to meet objectives, some are downright clusters. This is a risk taken, it's understood that operating in someone else's backyard is prone to Murphy's law. We need to acknowledge these failures along with the successes, learn from them, and craft better plans as a result of those lessons.
Thank you Chief Owens for your sacrifice. It’s also touching to see the civilian names included. They are forgotten about too often and are those hurt the most by ear.
@@codyhearne932 "Thank you Owens for protecting our Freedom. Because surely those Sheep Herders have other sorrows than trying to get anywhere near the US"
@@Chilly_Billy ....and yet you didnt say what i said was wrong....funny that. If these DEVGRU were that good, a 20 km TAB would be childs play to them. So land further away. Why go in day light? These ppl have access to the worlds best kit and they forgot their NVGs? Why were aircraft over head? Why give the village advanced notice? If the drones saw the villagers prepping to defend....why go ahead in the first place? This is basic stuff that the general in charge should have known about....yet he only "issues an apology" after 1 of his men and 25+ civvies are dead? BTW, I'm not an arm chair general, 7 tours done, 4 of them in the middle east and no i wasnt a desk jockey.
@@catlee8064 nah you're right. The senior commander in charge of this mission made boneheaded decision after boneheaded decision. I don't think landing 8 km away from the LZ was that bad, but the decision to go on ahead with the mission, despite the villagers fortifying their position was a bad call.
A strange set of circumstances. I wonder if there was a US domestic aspect to the mission in view of the family name (Al Ameri) of several of the casualties. A lot of high value assets deployed if it was meant to be an Intel probe which under regular circumstances would have a much smaller footprint.
Even though no intelligence was gathered, at least we gave cause to widespread hatred and resentment toward Americans once again. I know we are the good guys, but sometimes. . . . . .
As far as I understand, the CV-22 (special forces variant of the V-22 osprey operated and 'owned' by the Air Force) is better outfitted for special forces applications, thus the Navy Seals are using it for this instead of the Naval CMV-22 variant which is primarily used for medium range logistics.
They were using Marine Corps MV-22 Ospreys, not CMV-22s. CMV-22s were not adopted by the Navy until 2021. Also, CV-22s are Air Force Special Operations, not special forces.
@@robertsears8323 The 22 civilians were literally innocent. We lost an aircraft and had one of our own killed, all that for 14 terrorists? That isn't a win.
@Jake-rs9nq why does the western world treat the rest of the world with the same rule though? Why do Americans generalise traits about others when maybe a small percentage exhibit such traits?
Technically mission success according to those in charge, but wow, so many innocents caught in the crossfire of this one. How did so many kids get killed during this op?
@@Sirruinous Seriously? The 3 month old, the 4 year old, the 5 year old, the 7 year old, the 8 year old? All combatives huh? You monumental imbecile smdh.
Its also disgusting how American commenters in the comments section are only concerned with the loss of one American soldier but are not concerned with the 9 innocent children who were killed by these mercenaries.
Hi, “After Action Review”? About time they started doing this after the fiasco in Mogadishu. Intelligence gathering should be step one, combining it with a raid and using Saudi forces is asking for trouble. Cheers mate. Harera
Word's can't do justice at how much I truly wish we were the good guy's in this whole GWOT, but sickening shit like this just shows me how we simply are not.
Respect to General Joseph Votel. Though he was only allowed to say so much, at least he said enough to make it clear that this action was viewed as a great failure. Deepest sympathies to the soldier lost, and especially for the children. It does not matter to whom they belonged, or if they were just innocent civilians, children will never be valid targets, no matter what the nature of the mission. I wonder whether the American military will ever cease their gung-ho attitude to military conflict. Brains will always beat brawn, and superior numbers. They still have not figured this out
Good to know, theres someone reporting not just the hollywood version of special operations, but all of "the good, the bad and the ugly" (see what i did there?). Though compared to most channels it took a while to develop an ear to understand everything you say.
7:25 “I think anybody who undermines the success of that raid owes an apology and disservice to the life of chief petty officer William Owens.” What about the tragic loss of child lives, no apology to them.
Tributes to the maker of this vid for posting the real cost of these missions at the end,costs that aren't published by the US Government & it's Media spin.
A UAE Drone crashed while watching the compound before the raid alerting the people in the village to take up fighting positions with PKMs even the women were strapped up. This cell was no joke
How do people feel about this? American as well as allied lives are invaluable. If you don't know this guy is there absolutely, don't go. Little kids got killed as well as members of the teams. I don't like this. It's not worth it. I applaud the General for his accepting responsibility.
Im glad I saw the writing on the wall of bullshit early in my military career, I did my enlistment in the Marine Corps infantry, went to the various warfare schools, got the training I wanted then dipped out after my enlistment. Not fighting any of Americas bullshit wars.
It’s not at all confusing as to why The White House would describe this failure as an “overwhelming success” when you consider that Sean Spicer was the press secretary for the Trump administration. He described everything he ever did as “the best ever”.
Wait, the US and Emiratis came in, got caught, mission failed, botched the rescue and murdered Yemenis in the process. I fail to see the success in this.
Stark contrast between Press Secretory Spicer's horsesh*t response and Commander Votel's admission and ownership of the situation. Take note potential politicians
Special Ops are extremely dangerous. That's why we have specially trained personnel. Because of t.v. and movies, people think they are always successful. For the trivial reasons, things can go south in a moment. The injury and deaths of so many kids is terrible. The thing that bothers me the most, however, is why we lost the Osprey. For a pilot, who lands on a heaving flight deck, it seems strange that he crashed during a pick up. I think there is some information that has not been released. In so many of these instances, it seems there is a failure of the air assets. Why is that?q
@Logan_Star_69 I don't deny that at all. My question is what went wrong in this case? I'm pretty sure the military doesn't expect 50% failure on a mission because they are difficult to fly. There wasn't anything said about they plane being under fire, or the pickup spot was very difficult. I just think something seems to be missing.
@@TML340 That’d be my guess. There’s really no way to counter the wash from all of the dirt that kicks up. It’s gonna happen. However, there’s a level of training there that should take hold & prevent an accident. Either way, we don’t have the full story. Many of these ops are washed in one way or another. Sadly, we’ll never get the full story of most ops conducted. They don’t want embarrassment, they’ll give us a nibble and leave the rest beneath the sand. I feel bad for these guys having to go out there and get these jobs done and bare all of that weight.
I have a sneaking suspicion that the raid was not a "great success" and that it was not worth the loss of life, including that of innocent civilian children.
Just a note that AQAP = Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
Appreciate the intel, Sir. Just goes even further, in detail, to prove that soldiers and operators are not necessarily heroes, despite (for the majority of them, at least at present, while the sharp tip of the spear is being reconfigured into a gender-weird self-hatred that drives away patriots, and invites even more murderous perverts), their mostly undoubted valor.
Following orders and executing objectives is their main mission, but when, as is all too often, even almost always the case, they are used unwisely as expensively and easily expended pawns, it is often a waste.
"Not though the soldier knew
Someone had blundered.
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die."
But when it's not blunder, but nasty murder?
When they are used as agents of murder against noncombatants, especially children, it is an unblottable sin. When they are employed thusly, it demeans their oaths, and casts not only doubt and discouragement among their own ranks, and the civil populace that supports them, but on the whole business.
Would it be such a shame, if the cashiered cadres who sensibly refused the C-19 shots, regrouped, trained auxiliaries, and deprived the current masters who so degrade us all, of their commands?
Hypothetically, of course.
No shit 😂
All Qops are Peaceful
You just learned about it 😂
I can see when a few years after the ukranian war ends this channel is going to post lots of operations that happened there and we ddint even know
It’s free real estate!
Their should be many more from early to mid GWOT coming out soon too
Start with the operation where the US blew up the nordstream pipeline
We might not even need a few years. With how many people were involved with the early parts of the war, and how much footage there is, people have already been piecing together early battles and engagements. I wouldn't be surprised if they could put together an episode on the war already.
As long as the irrefutable evidence exists, he will cover it! Just hope it ends soon so we can be done with this war BS
thank you for telling it how it is and sticking with the facts and thank you for covering the fuck ups as well as the successes.
Yeah it's good to see it objectively covered. Including the coverage of the murdering of a child, you know they had night vision, they just didn't want the boy to tip anyone off. Self preservation, even if it means killing a child. Not to mention the rest of the village.
Sounds like a similar dilemma with Operation Redwing when they ran into the village man.
@@jinniu Is that what we call war crimes nowadays? “Self preservation”? It’s straight up disgusting to see how the USA commits war crime after war crime, invades country after country, yet everything has some sort of excuse and suckers like you will do everything to defend it.
Sucesses??
@@cigscwb they mean the channel in general, covering both successful and unsuccessful operations
I applaud you for recognizing and respecting the lost civilians in this and not just the military casualties. I am a huge supporter of our troops and special operators but it is absolutely gut wrenching reading the ages and names of the little children that died that mission... Those are someone's babies and are the definition of the innocent lives, regardless if their parents were likely terrorists.
Likely terrorists lol, tell that to 11 year old Ahmed with the bullet in his chest. You guys are DEFINETLY terrorists.
Just denying the enemy future recruits. > Seals, probably.
They just took out the trash before it started to stink.
We, ALWAYS, ALWAYS, try our damndest to avoid civilian casualties, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN!!! That being said, however, IF THAT CHILD OR, CHILDREN take up arms, they WILL GET DISPATCHED WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE!!!
Thank you for posting this. RIP Chief Owens and the civilians who lost their lives.
This sounded like a shit sandwich that everyone took a bite of. Nothing wrong with calling something off, but for this mission, it didn't seem to be in the cards that day.
Yeah...
Operations were being conducted before this raid as well, so all locals and terrorist in the whole region knew there was a American presence before the raid. So they the terrorist were already on edge.....
With very little bread....
Yeah you missed the point shooting unarmed children cannot be excused with it was just a bad situation these DEVGRU monsters should be locked up
Yeah…it seemed like a clusterfu- from the get-go!
The honesty of your coverage of this operation in the loss of civilians and the way with which it was conducted. Make me even prouder to be a contributor!
"Civilians" is what they are called by the enemy after the action, another name would be illegal enemy combatants or child soldiers. In reality they were all fighting on the behalf of AQAP and were valid military targets.
@@DickCheneyXX killing innocent children
@@DickCheneyXX Typical Yanky response.
@@magnacarta9364 Typical and correct.
@@DickCheneyXX 🧢
I don't think I've seen civilian names included at the end of something like this before. Well done on even finding them
Most of the time civilians are just numbers on a paper that contribute towards a statistic
What a cover-up! The mission was compromised, but SOMEBODY decided to continue anyway. Anybody ever hear those Ospreys? They are loud AF. How much intel could they gather while retreating under fire from what amounts to a pre-positioned ambush? What a crock of stuff. And the cherry on top is Spicer using the deceased hero's name to try and suppress discussion around what was actually accomplished. Despicable.
Sounds about right for that administration.
@@andrewallason4530the operation being called off or not isn’t something the president can decide unless he is directly supervising the operation
This has 45's fingerprints all over it.
Ultimately he continued to give the green light hoping for his own Obama-style "we got B¡n-L@den" headlines. His administration then covered the mess-up up.
Politicritters doing their thing.
@@andrewallason4530 Orange Man bad
Thx for putting tbe names of the civilians killed, the poor kids caught in the middle of this madness.
Damn, this is a really sad story.
I was on the makin island that was supporting operations in that AO. Months before and after jsoc were doing operations in the area off of our ship with either recon or marine infantry platoons on stand by, ready to roll for qrf for various SOF operations.
Great video. Those Sean Spicer comments were absolutely vile.
Oikophobic rage-porn addicts like yourself prove that Spicer was right to say that.
You win some and you lose some. In a dream world every mission would be a perfect 10/10 with perfect intel and everyone goes home alive. This sounded like it was botched from the moment they hit the ground and only got worse from there.
Love this channel. Binged the whole thing when I discovered it ❤
Oof, I was at Camp Lemonier when this raid went pear shaped. My primary memory was of an operator getting chow at the mess hall. Someone in the line loudly and passive -aggresively said 'oh I see the special guys get to wear what ever they want..." Mind you, this guy had barely changed since getting back. So he had shorts and shower shoes on. You could have heard a pin drop. Definitely not someone's smartest move. Luckily the operator didn't bother responding.
Sad both that Chief Owens and these poor kids and civilians were killed. It's truly unfortunate when operations like this go sideways and innocents are killed, but that's the sometimes ugly reality of combatting terrorism when those groups embed themselves in civilian areas. I admire Gen Vogel admitting that errors were made and that he pushed for a comprehensive review.
“When those groups embed themselves”
They live there. That’s their home.
Adults with any real world military experience know full well that not every mission is a success. Some simply fail to meet objectives, some are downright clusters. This is a risk taken, it's understood that operating in someone else's backyard is prone to Murphy's law.
We need to acknowledge these failures along with the successes, learn from them, and craft better plans as a result of those lessons.
These videos of Spec ops always hit home especially knowing I will be heading to BUD/S soon it’s fascinating.
Thank you Chief Owens for your sacrifice.
It’s also touching to see the civilian names included. They are forgotten about too often and are those hurt the most by ear.
what service was that? shooting at civilians including an 11-year-old
@@codyhearne932 "Thank you Owens for protecting our Freedom. Because surely those Sheep Herders have other sorrows than trying to get anywhere near the US"
Chief Owens sacrifice? No no.. he was sacrificed by his govt for greeds
fubar mission
Fascinating and well balanced reporting, I look forward to seeing more of your work
LZ around 8 kms away? Too close. Aircraft over head giving warning to the village? Stupid. Killing a child? Unforgivable.
So you were there and saw exactly what the commandos saw and experienced? It's easy to call something unforgivable when you weren't there.
@@Chilly_Billy ....and yet you didnt say what i said was wrong....funny that.
If these DEVGRU were that good, a 20 km TAB would be childs play to them. So land further away.
Why go in day light? These ppl have access to the worlds best kit and they forgot their NVGs?
Why were aircraft over head? Why give the village advanced notice?
If the drones saw the villagers prepping to defend....why go ahead in the first place?
This is basic stuff that the general in charge should have known about....yet he only "issues an apology" after 1 of his men and 25+ civvies are dead?
BTW, I'm not an arm chair general, 7 tours done, 4 of them in the middle east and no i wasnt a desk jockey.
@@Chilly_Billy psycho
@@catlee8064 nah you're right. The senior commander in charge of this mission made boneheaded decision after boneheaded decision. I don't think landing 8 km away from the LZ was that bad, but the decision to go on ahead with the mission, despite the villagers fortifying their position was a bad call.
@@Chilly_Billy you were there? Killing a kid is pretty messed up.
A strange set of circumstances. I wonder if there was a US domestic aspect to the mission in view of the family name (Al Ameri) of several of the casualties. A lot of high value assets deployed if it was meant to be an Intel probe which under regular circumstances would have a much smaller footprint.
That is an excessive amount of civilian and children casualties.
Even though no intelligence was gathered, at least we gave cause to widespread hatred and resentment toward Americans once again. I know we are the good guys, but sometimes. . . . . .
Man these videos are so good I think I've watched every video on your channel
Thank you also for the respect shown to children and adults who lost their lives
Fair play for posting this as you did.
"Anyone who runs, is a terrorist. Anyone who stands still, is a well disciplined terrorist."
- US and Emirates operators.
Should have had an OP going for a few days prior. Great video again mate.
Spicer was like Comical Ali. Tosser. RiP Frogman. And the young lad.
Thanks for a very informative and balanced video
Overwhelmingly successful killing random armed civilians protecting their homes. this has to be a Pyrrhic success
As far as I understand, the CV-22 (special forces variant of the V-22 osprey operated and 'owned' by the Air Force) is better outfitted for special forces applications, thus the Navy Seals are using it for this instead of the Naval CMV-22 variant which is primarily used for medium range logistics.
They were using Marine Corps MV-22 Ospreys, not CMV-22s. CMV-22s were not adopted by the Navy until 2021. Also, CV-22s are Air Force Special Operations, not special forces.
It was back then clear on that press conference that Spicey was talking out of his backside, just as he had learned from his master...
What makes that a highly successful raid??
We killed a lot if evil terrorists and only one life was lost so or was a great success and no innocent life was lost
They managed to keep the fuck ups to a minimum at each stage of the fuck up.
@@robertsears8323 The 22 civilians were literally innocent. We lost an aircraft and had one of our own killed, all that for 14 terrorists? That isn't a win.
@@isaiah1975 You didn't detect my subtle sarcasm I see.
I guess they’re referring to the objectives being achieved.
Well done on making yet another excellent video, on this absolute clownshow from the US
Jesus that's so many kids
Really enjoy your videos sir
It was devasting. Speechless..
Absolutely horrific
And then they wonder why people become aggressive towards the "free world"
Proceeding after the obvious compromise was stupid.
And this is why that part of the world hates us. Why the fuck did they shoot an 11 year old boy?! I can’t get down with that.
Could've been the Emirati commandos. Even if it wasn't, the actions of one do not speak for 330 million others.
Interesting how you have nothing harsh to say about the jihadists who put that 11-year old boy in the line of fire.
@Jake-rs9nq why does the western world treat the rest of the world with the same rule though? Why do Americans generalise traits about others when maybe a small percentage exhibit such traits?
"Overwhelmingly successful" very noice
Great video
Exactly why is the US in Yemen at the first place?
Stop complaining and figure it out
Captain Bonespurs had to have his little seal team fuck up!
Technically mission success according to those in charge, but wow, so many innocents caught in the crossfire of this one. How did so many kids get killed during this op?
Dont forget to ask how many of those kids were combatives
@@Sirruinous For real ?
@@Sirruinous Seriously? The 3 month old, the 4 year old, the 5 year old, the 7 year old, the 8 year old? All combatives huh? You monumental imbecile smdh.
@@Angel.Diez.Ovelar Civilian Casualties do not matter if they are from a hostile nation. Don't forget that.
@@nou712 That’s false.
What a mess
Its also disgusting how American commenters in the comments section are only concerned with the loss of one American soldier but are not concerned with the 9 innocent children who were killed by these mercenaries.
So in reality it was a failure and they killed civilians 🤦♂️
So basically a less fucked up version of black hawk down and the US chalked it as a win. Really setting the bar low there.
Nice piece, thanks.
Love your vids!
Man. What a tragedy.
Hi, “After Action Review”? About time they started doing this after the fiasco in Mogadishu. Intelligence gathering should be step one, combining it with a raid and using Saudi forces is asking for trouble. Cheers mate. Harera
Word's can't do justice at how much I truly wish we were the good guy's in this whole GWOT, but sickening shit like this just shows me how we simply are not.
Nonsense! Yes. We f*"k up. But yes, we were the good guys. You wouldn't even question that if you knew how depraved these f*"ks really are.
a world view of good and bad guys is a childish world view
Respect to General Joseph Votel. Though he was only allowed to say so much, at least he said enough to make it clear that this action was viewed as a great failure. Deepest sympathies to the soldier lost, and especially for the children. It does not matter to whom they belonged, or if they were just innocent civilians, children will never be valid targets, no matter what the nature of the mission. I wonder whether the American military will ever cease their gung-ho attitude to military conflict. Brains will always beat brawn, and superior numbers. They still have not figured this out
I love Liveth tell a story.
What a total train wreck! Well done video, though.
RIP to Navy seal petty officer First class William Owens(feburary 3rd 1980-January 29 2017)
That looks like a complete failure operation if you ask me.
Those $84 Mil Ospreys and crashes.
I have a strong emotions...❤️
Why would they fly over the village, after dropping off the operators?
You should cover operations by other Armed Forces as well .
A mess that may not have accomplished a damn thing. Goes to show the necessarily very high bar isn't always reached.
What about Operation Red Wings and how it really happened?
That's something that they don't talk about in the States. It's a tabu topic. Just like covering up the real "Operation Lone Survivor". 🤡
Good to know, theres someone reporting not just the hollywood version of special operations, but all of "the good, the bad and the ugly" (see what i did there?). Though compared to most channels it took a while to develop an ear to understand everything you say.
7:25 “I think anybody who undermines the success of that raid owes an apology and disservice to the life of chief petty officer William Owens.” What about the tragic loss of child lives, no apology to them.
RIP Ahmed al-Dahab 🤦♂️☯️ Only 11 and a cycle that has no end in sight with no new solutions it just keeps going in a circle
Tributes to the maker of this vid for posting the real cost of these missions at the end,costs that aren't published by the US Government & it's Media spin.
FUBAR mission.
All those children killed, horrible
A UAE Drone crashed while watching the compound before the raid alerting the people in the village to take up fighting positions with PKMs even the women were strapped up. This cell was no joke
Source: trust me bro
How do people feel about this? American as well as allied lives are invaluable.
If you don't know this guy is there absolutely, don't go. Little kids got killed as well as members of the teams. I don't like this. It's not worth it. I applaud the General for his accepting responsibility.
also den Seal habe ich heute an der Big C Kasse hinter mir gesehen war ihr Typ der dabei war Spezialkräfte Araber?
So a costly and seemingly failed mission and not worth the lives lost.
Im glad I saw the writing on the wall of bullshit early in my military career, I did my enlistment in the Marine Corps infantry, went to the various warfare schools, got the training I wanted then dipped out after my enlistment. Not fighting any of Americas bullshit wars.
Rip Warrior Owens
It’s not at all confusing as to why The White House would describe this failure as an “overwhelming success” when you consider that Sean Spicer was the press secretary for the Trump administration. He described everything he ever did as “the best ever”.
Wait, the US and Emiratis came in, got caught, mission failed, botched the rescue and murdered Yemenis in the process. I fail to see the success in this.
Stark contrast between Press Secretory Spicer's horsesh*t response and Commander Votel's admission and ownership of the situation. Take note potential politicians
Special Ops are extremely dangerous. That's why we have specially trained personnel. Because of t.v. and movies, people think they are always successful. For the trivial reasons, things can go south in a moment. The injury and deaths of so many kids is terrible. The thing that bothers me the most, however, is why we lost the Osprey. For a pilot, who lands on a heaving flight deck, it seems strange that he crashed during a pick up. I think there is some information that has not been released. In so many of these instances, it seems there is a failure of the air assets. Why is that?q
The Osprey bothered you more than the kids? Truly an American moment
@Logan_Star_69 I don't deny that at all. My question is what went wrong in this case? I'm pretty sure the military doesn't expect 50% failure on a mission because they are difficult to fly. There wasn't anything said about they plane being under fire, or the pickup spot was very difficult. I just think something seems to be missing.
probably a brown out.
@@TML340 That’d be my guess. There’s really no way to counter the wash from all of the dirt that kicks up. It’s gonna happen. However, there’s a level of training there that should take hold & prevent an accident. Either way, we don’t have the full story. Many of these ops are washed in one way or another. Sadly, we’ll never get the full story of most ops conducted. They don’t want embarrassment, they’ll give us a nibble and leave the rest beneath the sand. I feel bad for these guys having to go out there and get these jobs done and bare all of that weight.
Some time those ospreys just fall, that was a problem 20 years ago.
We’re all going to die , and will have to answer for our actions.
Expensive failure by any other name.
Bless the innocent.
Seems like a FUBAR to me and one that claimed the life of a SOF soldier and many civilians
Look how many innocent kids died as well what a fkn disgrace
Sometimes I imagine we will forever be stuck in the stone age.
Stone age is just the tools we use. We are well past the stone, bronze, and iron ages, but that doesn't mean human nature magically changes.
I HIGHLY doubt DEVGRU operators opened fire on an 11 year old civilian...
Yeah American lives saved (1 soldier dead) and local lives taken. Definition of success
Sounds like an absolute shitshow
I have a sneaking suspicion that the raid was not a "great success" and that it was not worth the loss of life, including that of innocent civilian children.
The BRITISH SAS would have accomplished the mission if they were deployed no questions
11 kids dead and they call it op success.
I want more information about what really happened. Something isn't right about this.
What a mess. At least they didn't crash any helicopters this time.
Regrettable mission