HardByte Yep, they knew they were signing up for a task where they would almost certainly die - something a person with normal size balls like me cannot even comprehend, hence the respect.
my respect to the Ranger Chalks and the 160th SOAR,and the 10th Mountain Division who went in after them.Those who lost their lives there are heroes in my book.
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Mr. Durant: at 24:58, you say that there were no shots fired. I am going to disagree with you as my unit was the first aircraft to land after you watched the SEALs land on the beach. My advance party drove to 'Sword Base' and took the compound. We were able to oust about 80% of the population by simply arriving with our interpreter saying something to the effect of "Ya'll need to find another place to be." The remaining 20% needed a little encouragement which came from my battalion commander firing two rounds from his service pistol into the air and demanding that the rest of them make haste. There *were* shots fired within 2 hours of those SEALs landing on the beach. My ears rang for hours because of them.
Mr Voight. Much respect. You seemed to get reaction from very little direct aggressive action. Two pistol shots fired into air and a bit of verbal encouragement. Worst thing I did was watch black hawk down dvd. Then discovered truth. Big difference. I am Ageing Hippy too old to go to war and not inclined. I do recognise bravery when I come across it though. I think I recognise good leadership as well. My pleasure to have read your direct input. Who do we trust when trying to discover what happened. Hollywood cannot be trusted. So I for one value your input. Thank you
What do you think about Durant's comment at 30:00; that law and order could be established by disarming the people, and we don't do it "because it's hard." I thought the reason the citizens of the United States weren't disarmed by their Government is because US Citizens have the right to keep and bear arms, as is enumerated in the Bill of Rights, a document Durant swore an oath to uphold. Did that oath run out when he retired?
I would really like to know what happened at the 2nd crash site - I know he is the only survivor, but what happened to the rest of his flight crew? Gordon and Shughart? Must have been an awful ordeal.
I don’t like how he was talking about banning the 2A.However,I still read his book.I admire him,I don’t agree with some of his beliefs(love the 2A). He needs to give more credit to those 2 badasses
Would YOU be able to talk about how he was beaten with their body parts and watched them drag their pieces around the streets?? Would your mind REALLY want to back there? I think he has his own business he focuses on, his 6 kids and he's trying to move on w life. God bless all of these brave men Delta, Rangers, SOAR, DEVGRU, Marines and everyone who faught with courage and love for their brothers
I only disagree at the 9:40+ about the 160th only losing 2 soldiers, but one case in point is Operation Red Wings, was that not a 160th -47 that was shot down with the seals, 16 total people? Am I not hearing "only 2 soldiers"??? In 11 years+ now??
Well what is your facts? And you should give him some respect not only that he has been in Somalia but has had many tour of duty's, so I'm little disturbed that you say something like that, specially when you're an american citizen.
@serbsmight Yes! You are awesome! You went to my profile and found out that I am 24! Well guess what! I am! And you say all members of SOG have minimum of 10 years experience? Bullshit. I was DA selected right out of AIT. I was not a pilot, I was a mechanic idiot.
freecarry is a jack ass! I can only imagine if he went through captivity what his perspective would be about Mike. I have known Mike my entire life he is from my hometown and he is a wonderful guy. Sounds like you are just jealous. Of course you will not say what you saw because you are full of SHIT!!!!!! Maybe next time it will be YOU that gets taken a P.O.W.....oh but wait you would never survive and IF you did and went through all that hell......PLEASE tell me.....WOULD YOU wanted to be treated like a hero???? Oh wait you probably don't have the ability to write a book so my guess is NO~!!!!! You Jack Ass!
Listens to interesting presentation by a war hero....scrolls down to comment section of video and sees nothing but 2nd amendment zealots.....sighs and moves on. Gee golly willikers everyone what a wonderland we'd live in if everyone from the two year old, to the 99 year old senile senior citizen had a high powered assault weapon. Aww but the EVIL gov'ment won't let us have the real strong big ones folks, so we'll have to deal with semi-auto's and less high caliber weapons. Ah man what a total let down. Fucking Christ almighty.....
and how can you support them somalians Should get beaten up, not all of them, but those who dragged U.S. soldiers through the streets and mutilated. would you like if your dad was dragged through the streets at your home town? and everyone was celebrating while they was kicking on your dads or your moms body and spitting on it or even pee on it??? you are totaly retarded. and dissrespect him? i dont know if your american. but at least respect him, your probly 12 years old and play CoD all day
Boy, this has not aged well. nearly twenty years in these wars and our strategic aims are far from realized. Most amusing about his criticisms about the war in Iraq and Afghanistan is his targeting of the media and of politicians. Similar criticisms were leveled by Westmoreland and McNamara, the oft-cited "knife in the back" excuse for losing a war. For some historical context, the Nazis also blamed the media and their politicians (as well as the jews) for their loss in WWI, ignoring the strategic landscape and decisions that led to Germany's defeat after four years of war. The 'knife in the back' theory is used so often by these kinds of people that it's usually not even worth rebuffing. But here, his analysis of the strategic shortcomings of Somalia is pretty good, especially his acknowledgment that over time the advantage of the occupiers wanes. As Napoleon once cautioned, don't fight the same enemy for too long, or they will learn everything about you. How could he, earlier in the video, say that we can defeat any enemy as long as we have the will power, and also say that the enemy gains a greater advantage the longer we are in country? It's baffling...
Well, first off, no he didn't watch. He.... -covered the rear of Shugart and Gordan -landed the chopper in the only clearing more miles in the city (this allowed himself and his whole crew to survive) -survived being dragged through the streets of Mogadishu with a broken leg, shattered spine, etc. He's a hero man, just accept it.
Thanks to Royal Malaysia Regiment ( Mechanised ) as QRF in Somalia then, who put their troopers life on the line to saves the very life of stranded American Rangers and Special Force and bring most of them out safely.Rest in peace Lance Corporal Aznan Mat Awang, the trooper driver of Malaysia condor that sacrifice his life to ensured the survival of his Malaysian troopers and US personnels in his APC.Malaysia APC stayed for hours to ensured every surviving members of Malaysian and US personnels are brought out either dead or alive for nobody will be left behind.The truth should not be reprossed or erased for the convenient of others.
Where were the Abrams tanks? Not in Mogadishu! Just garbage unarmored, barely armed HMMWV junk utility trucks which got shot to pieces. Where were the AC-130 gunships? Not over Mogadishu! They were sent home prior. Where were the Bradleys? Not in Mogadishu! Malay and Pakistani armor (the Pak armor was older American tanks which worked very nicely!) rescued the surrounded forces. Where is the accountability? No career was damaged by the waterfall of fuckups. Why the reliance on delicate, soft skinned helicopters with no fixed wing heavy air support? Wasn't losing over FIVE THOUSAND helos in SEA sufficient hint? A few Mark 84s in the right places and the mobs of Somali troops would have been a red mist.
I'd like to know if it was Clinton who had the final say on the denial of the requested Spectre and the armor. Or was it soley Aspins decision. A simple resignation and an "oops my bad" for this monumental fuck up was all the troops got.
Well, the US Constitution, in many people's minds, is written in black ink on paper that the USA is supposed to never have an army. It is supposed to have a militia only. The United States Army, Air Force, Navy, etc ... are a violation of that. They are "unconstitutional". They are necessary but unconstitutional nonetheless. You can try and write the law governing the formation of such armies in such a way that, no, they are actually militias solely controlled by the civilian government. However, militias are supposed to be citizen's formations not under formal control of the government or state. The US military is awfully proud of the fact that because it is an armed force controlled by the civilian government (the Commander in Chief is the President. In other countries, there are separate Commander in Chief. In fact, for eg, in China, the Commander in Chief of a military region has practically no direct superior. The Central General Staff in Beijing has only advisory role; they can not directly command the Region Commander. The Communist Party retains some political control over the Army; but they are not in the direct chain of command) its generals and colonels will never dream of taking a battalion, storming the White House and the Senate, and taking over in a junta. Whenever a US citizen keep complaining that its army loses this war or that war because the President limit the armed forces capability, I am always astounded by that. It is precisely the strict control of the armed forces by the civilian government that the USA has never had a coup. Nonetheless, ever since all the branches of the military of the USA become an all-volunteer, all-recruited force, they are going further and further from being a militia. They are, in effect becoming more or less a French Foreign Legion type of force. The quality of recruits, the ranks and files goes down, since usually the poorest will enlist. The quality of the officer is definitely going up; but it does breed a cadre of career officers. So it is understandable that Durant will suggest things that contradicting the Constitution; because his parent organisation is fundamentally anti-Constitutional.
Said by a lot of folks who haven't even read the second amendment. "Foul to freedom." I love guns, they're my hobby, but the reverence you people enshrine in them is fucking laughable. You love your fucking totems. Be it a flag or a gun, but you don't see the big picture. More people have got their panties in a knot over that offhand comment than anything he's said with the entire video. Do you think it's impossible that a member of the military, a particular one that can be called a hero, could possibly disagree with you on the topic of gun control? That HE'S ignorant? That's just arrogance.
What I wonder is who is Hero ? Those who defend or those who attack and by the way he is alive because of Ceydid the man who kept him under his roof and feed and treated him with respect then sended him to the army base that's why he is still out here and complain anyway much respect for all
I'll tell you who _aren't_ heroes: The sort of people that would use famine as a weapon, starving women and children to death because defeating the men of their tribe in open combat was proving to be too difficult. The sort of people who would seize international aid shipments sent to relieve the suffering in order to sell them on the black market for personal profit - _those_ people will _never_ be seen as heroes.
I agree. Who *really* is a hero, these days? The word is used way too much, and too much of our voluntary military receives that distinction. Touchy subject and very debatable. A hero to me is the guy who jumps off the platform, and jumps over the third (live) rail to shield a baby before the subway kills him, or the guy who stands up to today's swarm of PC gnats. In that case, truth is heroism . . . .
George H W Bush saddled Willie with Somalia more for political reasons than any humanitarian notions. And then in the aftermath of 9/11 and initial Afghanistan bombing and light troop presences, the policy became ass-backwards. Credibility was lost when Dubya did bin Laden's bidding by investing the US military heavily in Iraq on the ground in the ME where the jihadis wanted them. Smarter applications would probably get better results like Spec Ops, aerial bombardment and CIA ground efforts within alliances.
Next time something like this happens we tell the population of the city "Fight the people fighting us and help us win, or we MOAB the entire city to dust." If the people in the city refuse to help fight then it's obvious we shouldn't waste any of our service men's lives and we should bomb the city into submission. Sucks civilians have to die but that is their choice.
God bless this guy. I cried my eyes out when I watched Black Hawk Down over him, praying he was saved... I hope he's not anti-2nd Amendment though, as one of his comments towards the beginning of this might suggest. Nevertheless, I'm so glad he made it out of that hell. God bless the United States military. I'm a proud Granddaughter of a WWII Silver Star Army Veteran. He's also a Purple Heart and just turned 96 on December 11th. Thank you for sharing this. 🇺🇸🙏🏻🇺🇸
i CONCUR WITH WHAT HE SAYS i CANT BELIEVE HOW STUPID AND SIMPLE WERE DECISIONS MADE OR MAYE BECAUSE IT IS REALLY INTENTIONAL. EVEN A 3RD WORLD CIVILIAN CAN RECOGNIZE IN THE MOVIE "BLACK HAWK DOWN" PRIOR TO THIS CLIP WATCHING THAT SUCH QUESTIONS CAME TO PEOPLE'S MINDS WHILE WATCHING IT..WHY WERE THEY APPROACHING THE TARGET SIGHT WITH JUST TRUCKS VIA LAND FROM A BORROWED HEADQUARTER IT IS OBVIOUS THAT LOOKOUTS CAN STILL OUTSMART THEM,,, WHY THEY DID NOT BRING TANKS OR SOME KIND OF IN BETWEEN TANK AND TRUCK SIZE THAT HAS ARMOR TANK SKIN ALL THE WAY UP TO SHOOTER'S LOCATION AS A PROTECTIVE BARRIER..iT IS A DOUBLE-SUICIDE MISSION GOING TO CROWDED PLACE THAT ARE NOT JUST SIMPLY CIVILIANS,,..CLEARLY THOSE HELICOPTERS ARE NO GOOD..IT NEEDS SOME AIR SUPPORT THAT CAN CARRY NOT JUST PEOPLE(THOUGH THE NO. OF MEN THAT WENT IN I GUESS WERE SHORT COMPARING OF THE NO. OF CITY- HOSTILE RESIDENTS/MILITIA??) BUT WEAPON SUPPLIES (THINKING ABOUT THIS DURING mIKE dURAN'S RESCUE BY 2 HEROES DIED PROTECTING HIM..THE 1ST AND QUESTIONABLE THING IN OUR MINDS WAS WHY THEY ARE ALL READY TO ATTACK HOVERING ABOVE BUT UP TO LAST MINUTE THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHERE IS THE TARGET HOW PATHETIC THAT THEY HAVE TO RELY ONLY TO A LOCAL GUIDES FOR INTEL..HOW RISKY THAT WAS..IT HAS GOT TO BE 100% SURE AND ACCURATE..NAVAL FORCES ALSO CAME TO MY MIND WHY THEY ARE NOT THERE THOUGH DID NOT REALLY DIG DEEPER ON THAT..KNOWING THERE IS VAST SEA WATER ON SOMALIA'S EAST..i LOOKS LIKE SOLDIERS WERE SENT TO LION'S den WITHOUT LIFELINE. HOW PATHETIC THAT WAS. I GOT UPSET/RESTLESS WATCHING THE SOLDIERS DIED AND GOT INJURED UNNECESSARILY THOUGH I AM PROUD TO ADMIT THAT THEY ARE REALLY AWESOME! DARN GREAT! 19 DIED AND 80+INJURED AGAINST THOUSANDS OF ARMED AND HOSTILE CIVILIAN/MILITIS IN LAWLESS LAND??? WOW, THE VALOR!!!
You are a true hero and your story is very interesting. Thank you for serving our county. We need more people like you out there. The only thing I don't understand is why you would suggest disarming American citizens. If you take away guns from law abiding citizens than only bad people would have guns. Don't you think?
In the beginning, George H. W. Bush thought it was a 'really neat' idea. However, the armed forces are not efficient means of delivering humanitarian aid. Nor are they good at imposing regime change. The rest is inevitable.
Actually most of the aid workers were civilians. When Aidid's forces began to attack them it led to a military deployment. The military deployment started by Bush was ended in early 1993. That is when Clinton took over. The deployment referred to in this video was his, on his orders. He could have declined if he chose, but he thought it would be easy, which is why armor and gunships were denied. He didn't think they would be needed. Clinton beat Bush by dismissing his foreign policy achievements, "It's the economy stupid!"
I am a full-on supporter of the 2nd Amendment. Gun control is useless against criminals. That said, there is only one way to eliminate all crime committed by bad people with guns, and that is to eliminate all guns. Simple fact. Another fact is that it's impossible to do so. Literally impossible. That is what the gun grabbers fail to understand: All gun control efforts are incremental, and lead to the disarming of law-abiding citizens, leaving criminals free to flourish. Or perhaps they understand it fully. CWO Durant understands that as well. It's unfortunate that his comment led people to believe he was advocating disarming American citizens.
I find it surprising and sad that at approx 29:50, Mike seems to be a proponent of violating 2nd Amendment rights. He expresses an opinion that disarming American cities should be the first step towards law and order. I couldn't disagree more with his statement and as far as I'm concerned it's not up for discussion. I would suggest anyone take the time to read the Declaration of Independence and the "right to bear arms" should become very obvious as to why it's one of the founding principles of our country. His statement is very clear and is made after stating that the first step of a military operation should be to "disarm the population" and I understand that but disarming ANY American city, RUFKM ?
The comments of the military disarmament of American cities shows where his heart lies and find it absolutely unbelievable that he would even think or speak of such a idea in direct conflict to our Constitution that so many have sacrificed to protect!! What was his motivation for making such a comment? I could never follow such an order if it was directed to me and I would immediately cross that line to protect the citizens and the 2nd admendment with my life if necessary!! In the military you swear an oath to" uphold and protect the constitution from all enemies both foreign and domestic ",
There are puppet masters, they own entire economies, governments, media, sports, entertainment, education, research, or course, all military forces, they spray the sky day/night, control weather, stage fake acts of "violence", false flags, (un) "natural" disasters, they are master strategists, manipulators, deceivers, their specialty is passing laws based on lies, creating fake history, erasing real (truth) history, and instituting, maintaining police surveillance states. Thanks to boot licking, zionist, mercenary celebrities like Durant, they will undoubtedly achieve their goal of one-world government, de-population, and totalitarian control. HW Bush stated it matter-of-fact in 1990. They are not traitors as those outside of the Order understand. Their allegiance has never been to their host nation, but to the NWO. If you haven't read the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars, the Georgia Guidestones, and watched the sky intently for days at a time, this will sound like pure insanity, however, rest assure, it's stark reality. "Give me control of a nation's money supply, and I care not who makes its laws' - Mayer Rothschild. "If my sons did not want war, there would be none." - Gutle Schnapper Rothschild.
You didn't listen closely. It said it was impossible to disarm America because it would trigger mass riots and violence. By "disarming cities," he meant gangs in Chicago, Detroit.
@@corn_pop6082 ......"the first thing that needs to be done is to disarm the population. Let's face it, if we could do that in some of our U.S. cities, that would be a pretty good step toward law and order." - Michael Durant. He did not say "disarm cities", nor "gangs", he said POPULATION. You're obviously still sound asleep, at some point in the future you will not have any choice to acknowledge who rules you, and everyone, and everything else. Hint, it's the ones who coined the phrase "terrorists", and created hoax, "beheading" psyop videos.
@@UnderSprayedWhiteSkies - Rewatch the video. He clearly states using the military inside the U.S. to disarm everyone would provoke mass riots and violence and be impossible. The thing about disarming cities was a throwaway, semi-joke, and obviously referred to gang-ridden cities, just "would be nice" to do it, but never discussed feasibility.
@@UnderSprayedWhiteSkies "Coined the phrase 'terrorists'"? Are you labouring under the impression that that term was invented recently? Terrorism has been a thing longer than the United States has existed. Clearly the fact that the last four or five decades of American foreign policy have resulted in US citizens becoming victims of terrorism is one that your rather paranoid little narrative finds it difficult to accommodate. Repugnant actions beget repugnant actions; cause and effect. Oh, and "terrorists" isn't a phrase either, it's a word. Where did you learn English? Trump University?
I think he knew back then when he signed up for and what he would might be involved in. To me he isn't a hero nor any soldiers because the politicians (Right as Left-wing parties) send out soldiers to fight for some oil. This conflict in the 90's back then was with good intentions but just poorly handeled. It's my opinion though I4m not saying you're wrong nor right, neither am I.
I would think that what he's saying is in support of the constitution. The best way to control a population is to disarm them. Mike Durant is a die-hard Republican too.
+Justin Zheng They wanted to do so. They tried their very best. He talks about them frequently in his book. And he would have been torn apart by citizens of Somalia anyway if the soldiers didnt take him away as a prisoner, and could have easily been killed while in captivity. (Forgive me if you say this with respect of Randy Shughart and Gary Gordon)
Those guys requested to go down and secure the crash, and they did which saved his life. Soldiers will go back into combat for bodies, they made a choice that defined who they were as soldiers and as honorable men.
Chase Rydosz for their actions they should been promoted like Shughart is a Master Sergeant and Gordon is a Lieutenant for the actions if they have thought about it.
The actions taken by gary gordon and randy shughart were completly voluntarly. They dicided to risk their lives to save the live of one of their brothers. They knew it was very risky to Go down on the ground to try to save one of them but they did it anyway because they decided that they couldn't just simply let one of their brothers die.
No. He survived be one of Aidad's top lieutenants choose him to be captured alive to be used as a hostage. He could have done nothing and let the people beat him to death but he stepped in and ALL the people listened. During those 12 days of captivity, the US was in a complete standstill as any attack on their part could have cost Durant his life. Gary & Randy were heroes through and through and most definitely deserved their Medal of Honor's, respectively.
My full respect to soldiers who died that day in somalia ,it was a mystake going there,you can't help or change countries like somalia.I love USA and i am proud of that,USA will always be a symbol of freedom! the alternatives are russia,china,iran,serbia,somalia &Co.
mamutcg How Europe? Sweden? England? France? Germany? Switzerland? etc. What about places like where I live, Australia? There are plenty of countries where the people arguably get far more freedom than the American people do. Seriously you Americans need to wake up. America was once a brilliant symbol of freedom. The ideals that America were founded with are fantastic. But the founders of America would be rolling in their graves if they could see the state your country is now in. You are no longer a symbol of freedom. You as American people are falling into all the traps your founding fathers warned you about.
I believe Sohaib is referring to the 24 Pakistanis who were doing the initial weapon seizure. Their deaths were the impetus for the assembly of military forces.
+jaysonness No. You have to take into context WHY he said it and that context is the mission he's presenting for. When there is a major problem and that problem is pretty much everybody in the area of operations, disarming the people is a potential tactic.
+Soldier4USA2005 I looked at the context in full. He says, "From a military perspective, the first thing that needs to be done is to disarm the population. Let's face it, if we could do that in some of our US cities that would be a pretty good step toward law and order. Do you ever ask yourself; why don't we do it here? Because it's hard." He may be a hero, but he spoke some words that are truly foul to freedom.
Well, the US Constitution, in many people's minds, is written in black ink on paper that the USA is supposed to never have an army. It is supposed to have a militia only. The United States Army, Air Force, Navy, etc ... are a violation of that. They are "unconstitutional". They are a necessity but unconstitutional nonetheless. You can try and write the law governing the formation of such armies in such a way that, no, it's actually a militia solely controlled by the civilian government. The US military is awfully proud of the fact that because it is an armed force controlled by the civilian government (the Commander in Chief is the President. In other countries, there are separate Commander in Chief. In fact, for eg, in China, the Commander in Chief of a military region has practically no direct superior. The Central General Staff in Beijing has only advisory role; they can not directly command the Region Commander. The Communist Party retains some political control over the Army; but they are not in the direct chain of command) its generals and colonels will never dream of taking a battalion, storming the White House and the Senate, and taking over in a junta. Whenever a US citizen keep complaining that its army loses this war or that war because the President limit the armed forces capability, I am always astounded by that. It is precisely the strict control of the armed forces by the civilian government that the USA has never had a coup. Nonetheless, ever since all the branches of the military of the USA become an all-volunteer, all-recruited force, they are going further and further from being a militia. They are, in effect becoming more or less a French Foreign Legion type of force. The quality of recruits, the ranks and files goes down, since usually the poorest will enlist. The quality of the officer is definitely going up; but it does breed a cadre of career officers. So it is understandable that Durant will suggest things that contradicting the Constitution; because his parent organisation is fundamentally anti-Constitutional.
Said by a lot of folks who haven't even read the second amendment. "Foul to freedom." I love guns, they're my hobby, but the reverence you people enshrine in them is fucking laughable. You love your fucking totems. Be it a flag or a gun, but you don't see the big picture.
24 really died and 57 were wounded real bad. And it was the pakistani Armoured Personnel carrier which came to rescue from the second crash site alongwith US Delta Force operatives. That is a fact bro.
Retired military. The 1 thing civilians don't do is maintenance training. I have an unblemished driving record because of refresher training. annual rifle training keeps my bullets in the black. Constant training would move my group into the "V ring". The same goes with PT scores under dire conditions.
Mogadishu, Benghazi common denominator Clintons, Congress. What happens to the common person; charges. What happens to politicians; wealth, power prestige. The media laps it up.
this guy is out of line with the disarming the population bullshit. I respect what he went through in Somalia, but his gun control comments are bullshit.
Incompetent military and delusional politicians got soldiers killed..Today the delusion is even bigger..Libya, Syria refugee crisis..all political ego trips
Your comments are non sequitur. If the military was incompetent as you say, they would ALL be dead. They survived because our military IS competent, and trains it's personnel accordingly. You apparently do not comprehend, they were a force of around 200, surrounded by about ten times that much. They didn't have the fire support normally allocated to such an operation and still only suffered 18 killed. That our military is actually controlled by civilians is something many foreigners simply do not understand. It was the civilian overseers who denied the armor and gunship support. it is the civilian overseers who want to go into these places, the soldiers are stuck trying to fulfill an obligation under the constitution and their oaths.
Incompetence is when military planners don't understand the importance of adequate intelligence regarding the enemy's resources and strength. That only 2 copters were shot down.
I have re-read your comment carefully and I think you are not understanding the relationship between the military and civilian government. The initial plan was for armored vehicles and a gunship (AC-130). This was denied by the civilian leadership. If the civilian leaders ignore the plan drawn up by the military, there is no recourse. The plan gets executed under the constraints of the civilian authority. It was these constraints that forced the use of the Blackhawks as pseudo-gunships. The Blackhawks used by 160th were equipped with 2 General Electric 7.62mm Miniguns which fire around 3,000 rounds per minute. To supplement them snipers were used provide additional cover from angles that the aircraft could not turn fast enough to, or the minigun could not slew to. These were the constraints set by the civilian government (politicians or their appointees). Our military has no authority to override civilian control, so there was no way to correct this problem. It seems that you do not fully appreciate that the civilian authorities in my country really do decide how and what our military does.
You can argue over and over that the civilian government limits the capacity of the military, denying them armor and gunships. However, that is precisely how the military-civilian relationship in the USA works; and that's how it should be. If the military is given a free rein, the Cold War would have been very hot, followed by Nuclear Winter. There are enough American generals after the fall of Berlin that were gung-ho enough to want to go to war with the Soviets. The Soviets Communist Party, government, and STAVKA retains strict, very strict control of the military; and that's how we did not have a nuclear war. Another benefit of a strict civilian control of the the US military is the fact that no US general, colonel, or other will even dream of staging a coup against the civilian government. The US military is awfully proud of that fact. Remember, your President is the Commander in Chief of all of the USA armed forces. In other countries, the Commander in Chief is a separate person. In China, there is no effective Commander in Chief. The Military Region Commanders have no direct superior in the chain-of-command. The Central General Staff can only advise the Regional Commander. The Communist Party and acting government can only have informal, political control, not a direct in the chain of command. Anyway, Somalia is a society mired in tribal politics. Very few people read what happens before Mogadishu. The usual sequence of events in Somalia is a bunch of gangster-like blokes carrying AKs would start a firefight, sometimes for no reasons, and then his friends would join, also with AKs, then a messy battle. Now, before this battle, there was an ambush of a UN convoy that led to 24 dead Pakistani soldiers. Admiral Jonathan Howe, the UN Special Representative to Somalia mission, initially wanting to turn Somalia into a Jeffersonian democracy, but then realised that Aidid and his clan wanted no power-sharing. The decision was made to cut off Aidid's clan head. There was a helicopter attack on a meeting of Aidid's clan elders and leaders. They are in a political and social spectrum: engineers, poet, civil administrators, some actually advocated accepting aid, developing trade and normalcy with the UN, and of course there are hard-liners. The helicopter attack fired 16 missiles and 20mm cannon into a building shredding everyone. Think about it, a bunch of foreigners coming into your city, machinegunning down your elders, what would you do the next time they roll in? Then Jonathan Howe advocated a Ranger/Delta led raid that is supposed to go in, grab Aidid, and out. And that's how we have Mogadishu. It might end up with fewer American casualties, but the political fallout would have been the same. The UN adventure into Somalia would have failed regardless.
I f we disarm the population in the U S criminals will run wild in the streets. They will NOT turn in their guns. The second amendment was created to protect the citizens from a tyrannical government and so people would be able to protect themselves.
@serbsmight Are you kidding me? Neither one of those guys went to Korea. If you are referring to Gary L Gordon or Randall D Shugart. And you are talking to a former Night Stalker of 2nd Battalion Dco. And lastly, DELTA does not recruit, you apply. DELTA doesnt waste their time looking for prospects. Prospects find DELTA. You "sir" are full of shit and need to stay away from wikipedia.. And Durant is NOT a coward and is not at fault for the death of his comrades.
This puke lost me at 30:00... When I listen to former military, I wonder how many would stand-up for America, instead of politicians??? The wrong guy survived...
The military is just like the population. A portion would and a portion would not. Not much different than the war between the states. A portion stood up for states rights.. a portion didnt. The Didn'ts won and the Constitution died.
daww aren't you adorable, why don't you just get off your cute youtube account and go play risk and talk about how much of a communist obama is with you ignorant buddies. I'm sure there is some new third world issue you cant think of a solution too so you just say "bomb them", that should entertain you for a while apparently
Hey Slim, I don't know what Hiroshima has to do with anything...? I simply stated, you must be kidding. As in the USN and USMC could have pulled that mission off without a problem. I just enjoy how completely blinded by ego some folks get to be. You, kind Sir, being one of them. Fast rope in and SPIE Rig your way out of that.
@serbsmight Seems like you and InspiredYouViewer would have better things too do. I am not a soldier and don't claim to be one but based on my observations real people who serve in your "professions" would not be arguing over youtube. Anyway everyone of those soldiers who were in the battle actually fighting, getting shot or shot at, and getting killed are NOT cowards, that took guts to go into a city with only a hand full of soldiers against a city wide militia that is bravery at it's finest.
the U.S army tells people that they dont exist because they are so secrative and they are one of the most elite. most americans know they exist but the army doesnt like to talk about their best guys
codiersklave, you are a angry and ignorant person. How can you talk that smack about Mike Durant and the men whom died and survived in that October 3rd choas. GOD BLESS our soldiers!
Thank you for posting this video of Mr. Durant's speech. As a Canadian, my knowledge of Mr. Durant is limited to the film, which is not entirely accurate. I appreciated hearing his first hand account of his experiences and his views on the good, the bad, and the ugly of the fight he was involved in. Those in the audience at this speech were very lucky to have the chance to speak with Mr. Durant.
That's not the military's call. It's our job as voters to elect the Command authority that doesn't waste good men like Michael Durant. If we do our job these guys won't be a problem.
"what the videogames and mogadishu has in comom? i dont see..." It hasn't been made, to my knowledge, but think Left 4 Dead but all the zombies have AK-47s and know how to use them.
Mike wrote a book called 'In the company of hero's' in describes what happened to him after the crash and what happened to the rest of his crew. Fantastic read!
R.I.P. MSG Gary Gordon and SFC Randy Shughart. Your actions will not be forgotten.
What they did has gone down as one of the most famous and courageous Last Stands in military history, stop making yourself look stupid.
You dishonor them that is for sure.
HardByte Yep, they knew they were signing up for a task where they would almost certainly die - something a person with normal size balls like me cannot even comprehend, hence the respect.
legba eshu Keyboard warriors these days are upping their games :D
The Kapo Yeah, he is. Talks a lot of trash to a computer screen but will never have the sack to back it up. Don't waste your time Devil Dog!
Wow. This guy went through so much and to come out on the other side mentally ok is amazing. What an amazing guy.
He is my hockey coach
+Brother Hammer lol rly? i envy you
my respect to the Ranger Chalks and the 160th SOAR,and the 10th Mountain Division who went in after them.Those who lost their lives there are heroes in my book.
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Mr. Durant: at 24:58, you say that there were no shots fired. I am going to disagree with you as my unit was the first aircraft to land after you watched the SEALs land on the beach. My advance party drove to 'Sword Base' and took the compound. We were able to oust about 80% of the population by simply arriving with our interpreter saying something to the effect of "Ya'll need to find another place to be."
The remaining 20% needed a little encouragement which came from my battalion commander firing two rounds from his service pistol into the air and demanding that the rest of them make haste.
There *were* shots fired within 2 hours of those SEALs landing on the beach. My ears rang for hours because of them.
Mr Voight. Much respect. You seemed to get reaction from very little direct aggressive action. Two pistol shots fired into air and a bit of verbal encouragement. Worst thing I did was watch black hawk down dvd. Then discovered truth. Big difference. I am Ageing Hippy too old to go to war and not inclined. I do recognise bravery when I come across it though. I think I recognise good leadership as well. My pleasure to have read your direct input. Who do we trust when trying to discover what happened. Hollywood cannot be trusted. So I for one value your input. Thank you
What do you think about Durant's comment at 30:00; that law and order could be established by disarming the people, and we don't do it "because it's hard."
I thought the reason the citizens of the United States weren't disarmed by their Government is because US Citizens have the right to keep and bear arms, as is enumerated in the Bill of Rights, a document Durant swore an oath to uphold. Did that oath run out when he retired?
Jeff Voight how you gonna say seals, you mean Delta Force?
It was incredible survival and I was one of those who gave him help while he was in the hand of the great African lion General Mohamed farah Aidid
Hawiye naga aamus
160th SOAR is an amazing unit!
Randy and Gary were the true heroes in that war. Also, does anyone know where Eversmann
disappeared to?
I'm not 100% sure, but I think he is an ordained minister somewhere
Anyone else think he was going to fall through that notch on the floor?
I would really like to know what happened at the 2nd crash site - I know he is the only survivor, but what happened to the rest of his flight crew? Gordon and Shughart? Must have been an awful ordeal.
brave man
I don’t like how he was talking about banning the 2A.However,I still read his book.I admire him,I don’t agree with some of his beliefs(love the 2A). He needs to give more credit to those 2 badasses
He doesn't really give Shughart and Gordon much credit
He really should talk about them a lot more, A lot more
Would YOU be able to talk about how he was beaten with their body parts and watched them drag their pieces around the streets?? Would your mind REALLY want to back there? I think he has his own business he focuses on, his 6 kids and he's trying to move on w life. God bless all of these brave men Delta, Rangers, SOAR, DEVGRU, Marines and everyone who faught with courage and love for their brothers
4 dislikes - must be the taliban!
He mentioned it at 31:11.
Amen
What balls!
Hooah!
I only disagree at the 9:40+ about the 160th only losing 2 soldiers, but one case in point is Operation Red Wings, was that not a 160th -47 that was shot down with the seals, 16 total people? Am I not hearing "only 2 soldiers"??? In 11 years+ now??
+333PanteraFan I know its been a whole year and I'm sure you've heard this but I think he meant two pilots.
Mark I think that happened after he gave this speech
0:31:10
Well what is your facts? And you should give him some respect not only that he has been in Somalia but has had many tour of duty's, so I'm little disturbed that you say something like that, specially when you're an american citizen.
NSDQ!
We can’t disarm Americans because they will fight back. But let’s go to somalia and disarm them. What??
NSDQ
@serbsmight Yes! You are awesome! You went to my profile and found out that I am 24! Well guess what! I am! And you say all members of SOG have minimum of 10 years experience? Bullshit. I was DA selected right out of AIT. I was not a pilot, I was a mechanic idiot.
What year was this,? He said only two loses ???? I personally know two who were killed with six others on Redwing. Plus six Devgru guys.
Well, at 3:29, he said he's been talking about it for 17 yrs. 2010ish? He's got his own business and that's his main focus.
freecarry is a jack ass! I can only imagine if he went through captivity what his perspective would be about Mike. I have known Mike my entire life he is from my hometown and he is a wonderful guy. Sounds like you are just jealous. Of course you will not say what you saw because you are full of SHIT!!!!!! Maybe next time it will be YOU that gets taken a P.O.W.....oh but wait you would never survive and IF you did and went through all that hell......PLEASE tell me.....WOULD YOU wanted to be treated like a hero???? Oh wait you probably don't have the ability to write a book so my guess is NO~!!!!! You Jack Ass!
calm down k thanks
Listens to interesting presentation by a war hero....scrolls down to comment section of video and sees nothing but 2nd amendment zealots.....sighs and moves on.
Gee golly willikers everyone what a wonderland we'd live in if everyone from the two year old, to the 99 year old senile senior citizen had a high powered assault weapon. Aww but the EVIL gov'ment won't let us have the real strong big ones folks, so we'll have to deal with semi-auto's and less high caliber weapons. Ah man what a total let down.
Fucking Christ almighty.....
It's been 2 years are you still a jackass or have you matured yet.
Yes child, mommy and daddy government will protect you from all the bad people. Now run along and play
and how can you support them somalians Should get beaten up, not all of them, but those who dragged U.S. soldiers through the streets and mutilated.
would you like if your dad was dragged through the streets at your home town? and everyone was celebrating while they was kicking on your dads or your moms body and spitting on it or even pee on it??? you are totaly retarded. and dissrespect him? i dont know if your american. but at least respect him, your probly 12 years old and play CoD all day
Boy, this has not aged well. nearly twenty years in these wars and our strategic aims are far from realized. Most amusing about his criticisms about the war in Iraq and Afghanistan is his targeting of the media and of politicians. Similar criticisms were leveled by Westmoreland and McNamara, the oft-cited "knife in the back" excuse for losing a war. For some historical context, the Nazis also blamed the media and their politicians (as well as the jews) for their loss in WWI, ignoring the strategic landscape and decisions that led to Germany's defeat after four years of war. The 'knife in the back' theory is used so often by these kinds of people that it's usually not even worth rebuffing. But here, his analysis of the strategic shortcomings of Somalia is pretty good, especially his acknowledgment that over time the advantage of the occupiers wanes. As Napoleon once cautioned, don't fight the same enemy for too long, or they will learn everything about you. How could he, earlier in the video, say that we can defeat any enemy as long as we have the will power, and also say that the enemy gains a greater advantage the longer we are in country? It's baffling...
Well, first off, no he didn't watch.
He....
-covered the rear of Shugart and Gordan
-landed the chopper in the only clearing more miles in the city (this allowed himself and his whole crew to survive)
-survived being dragged through the streets of Mogadishu with a broken leg, shattered spine, etc.
He's a hero man, just accept it.
Great men that saved this pilot. Two me that won the medal of honor. They gave their lives to save this man.
steve hale you don’t “win” the MOH
Thanks to Royal Malaysia Regiment ( Mechanised ) as QRF in Somalia then, who put their troopers life on the line to saves the very life of stranded American Rangers and Special Force and bring most of them out safely.Rest in peace Lance Corporal Aznan Mat Awang, the trooper driver of Malaysia condor that sacrifice his life to ensured the survival of his Malaysian troopers and US personnels in his APC.Malaysia APC stayed for hours to ensured every surviving members of Malaysian and US personnels are brought out either dead or alive for nobody will be left behind.The truth should not be reprossed or erased for the convenient of others.
RIP......rangers
Where were the Abrams tanks? Not in Mogadishu! Just garbage unarmored, barely armed HMMWV junk utility trucks which got shot to pieces.
Where were the AC-130 gunships? Not over Mogadishu! They were sent home prior.
Where were the Bradleys? Not in Mogadishu! Malay and Pakistani armor (the Pak armor was older American tanks which worked very nicely!) rescued the surrounded forces.
Where is the accountability? No career was damaged by the waterfall of fuckups.
Why the reliance on delicate, soft skinned helicopters with no fixed wing heavy air support? Wasn't losing over FIVE THOUSAND helos in SEA sufficient hint? A few Mark 84s in the right places and the mobs of Somali troops would have been a red mist.
I'd like to know if it was Clinton who had the final say on the denial of the requested Spectre and the armor. Or was it soley Aspins decision. A simple resignation and an "oops my bad" for this monumental fuck up was all the troops got.
If you think cities would be safer without guns please give yours up. I'm keeping mine!
+Michael Altemus Try Tokyo, Shanghai, Seoul, and Osaka sometime for huge safe cities without guns.
The disarming Americans thing was a bit troubling....... Guess Durant hasn't read The Second Amendment...
Jason Smith Because Americans are making such great use of the Second Amendment...
We sure are. Gun crime down. Self-defense uses are common. If Durant thinks they will take them from us he is dreaming in technicolor.
Well, the US Constitution, in many people's minds, is written in black ink on paper that the USA is supposed to never have an army. It is supposed to have a militia only. The United States Army, Air Force, Navy, etc ... are a violation of that. They are "unconstitutional". They are necessary but unconstitutional nonetheless. You can try and write the law governing the formation of such armies in such a way that, no, they are actually militias solely controlled by the civilian government. However, militias are supposed to be citizen's formations not under formal control of the government or state. The US military is awfully proud of the fact that because it is an armed force controlled by the civilian government (the Commander in Chief is the President. In other countries, there are separate Commander in Chief. In fact, for eg, in China, the Commander in Chief of a military region has practically no direct superior. The Central General Staff in Beijing has only advisory role; they can not directly command the Region Commander. The Communist Party retains some political control over the Army; but they are not in the direct chain of command) its generals and colonels will never dream of taking a battalion, storming the White House and the Senate, and taking over in a junta. Whenever a US citizen keep complaining that its army loses this war or that war because the President limit the armed forces capability, I am always astounded by that. It is precisely the strict control of the armed forces by the civilian government that the USA has never had a coup.
Nonetheless, ever since all the branches of the military of the USA become an all-volunteer, all-recruited force, they are going further and further from being a militia. They are, in effect becoming more or less a French Foreign Legion type of force. The quality of recruits, the ranks and files goes down, since usually the poorest will enlist. The quality of the officer is definitely going up; but it does breed a cadre of career officers.
So it is understandable that Durant will suggest things that contradicting the Constitution; because his parent organisation is fundamentally anti-Constitutional.
Said by a lot of folks who haven't even read the second amendment. "Foul to freedom." I love guns, they're my hobby, but the reverence you people enshrine in them is fucking laughable. You love your fucking totems. Be it a flag or a gun, but you don't see the big picture. More people have got their panties in a knot over that offhand comment than anything he's said with the entire video. Do you think it's impossible that a member of the military, a particular one that can be called a hero, could possibly disagree with you on the topic of gun control? That HE'S ignorant? That's just arrogance.
God has a special place in heaven for men and women who serve their country. they are truly super heros.
What I wonder is who is Hero ? Those who defend or those who attack and by the way he is alive because of Ceydid the man who kept him under his roof and feed and treated him with respect then sended him to the army base that's why he is still out here and complain anyway much respect for all
I'll tell you who _aren't_ heroes: The sort of people that would use famine as a weapon, starving women and children to death because defeating the men of their tribe in open combat was proving to be too difficult. The sort of people who would seize international aid shipments sent to relieve the suffering in order to sell them on the black market for personal profit - _those_ people will _never_ be seen as heroes.
I agree. Who *really* is a hero, these days? The word is used way too much, and too much of our voluntary military receives that distinction. Touchy subject and very debatable. A hero to me is the guy who jumps off the platform, and jumps over the third (live) rail to shield a baby before the subway kills him, or the guy who stands up to today's swarm of PC gnats. In that case, truth is heroism . . . .
George H W Bush saddled Willie with Somalia more for political reasons than any humanitarian notions. And then in the aftermath of 9/11 and initial Afghanistan bombing and light troop presences, the policy became ass-backwards. Credibility was lost when Dubya did bin Laden's bidding by investing the US military heavily in Iraq on the ground in the ME where the jihadis wanted them. Smarter applications would probably get better results like Spec Ops, aerial bombardment and CIA ground efforts within alliances.
I'm from somalia I wanna
Remind Mike
Do you still remember when you get kidnappet by
17 years somalian boys
And help you out when you was shot by leg
Next time something like this happens we tell the population of the city "Fight the people fighting us and help us win, or we MOAB the entire city to dust." If the people in the city refuse to help fight then it's obvious we shouldn't waste any of our service men's lives and we should bomb the city into submission. Sucks civilians have to die but that is their choice.
How is he a war monger? The US was trying to help the Somali people get food and supplies which were being denied to them by warlords.
Oh course the best way to control a population is to disarm them. Why do you want the Government controlling you?
Idiot.
God bless this guy. I cried my eyes out when I watched Black Hawk Down over him, praying he was saved... I hope he's not anti-2nd Amendment though, as one of his comments towards the beginning of this might suggest. Nevertheless, I'm so glad he made it out of that hell. God bless the United States military. I'm a proud Granddaughter of a WWII Silver Star Army Veteran. He's also a Purple Heart and just turned 96 on December 11th. Thank you for sharing this.
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"Sorry your injuries are not service related ..."
i CONCUR WITH WHAT HE SAYS i CANT BELIEVE HOW STUPID AND SIMPLE WERE DECISIONS MADE OR MAYE BECAUSE IT IS REALLY INTENTIONAL. EVEN A 3RD WORLD CIVILIAN CAN RECOGNIZE IN THE MOVIE "BLACK HAWK DOWN" PRIOR TO THIS CLIP WATCHING THAT SUCH QUESTIONS CAME TO PEOPLE'S MINDS WHILE WATCHING IT..WHY WERE THEY APPROACHING THE TARGET SIGHT WITH JUST TRUCKS VIA LAND FROM A BORROWED HEADQUARTER IT IS OBVIOUS THAT LOOKOUTS CAN STILL OUTSMART THEM,,, WHY THEY DID NOT BRING TANKS OR SOME KIND OF IN BETWEEN TANK AND TRUCK SIZE THAT HAS ARMOR TANK SKIN ALL THE WAY UP TO SHOOTER'S LOCATION AS A PROTECTIVE BARRIER..iT IS A DOUBLE-SUICIDE MISSION GOING TO CROWDED PLACE THAT ARE NOT JUST SIMPLY CIVILIANS,,..CLEARLY THOSE HELICOPTERS ARE NO GOOD..IT NEEDS SOME AIR SUPPORT THAT CAN CARRY NOT JUST PEOPLE(THOUGH THE NO. OF MEN THAT WENT IN I GUESS WERE SHORT COMPARING OF THE NO. OF CITY- HOSTILE RESIDENTS/MILITIA??) BUT WEAPON SUPPLIES (THINKING ABOUT THIS DURING mIKE dURAN'S RESCUE BY 2 HEROES DIED PROTECTING HIM..THE 1ST AND QUESTIONABLE THING IN OUR MINDS WAS WHY THEY ARE ALL READY TO ATTACK HOVERING ABOVE BUT UP TO LAST MINUTE THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHERE IS THE TARGET HOW PATHETIC THAT THEY HAVE TO RELY ONLY TO A LOCAL GUIDES FOR INTEL..HOW RISKY THAT WAS..IT HAS GOT TO BE 100% SURE AND ACCURATE..NAVAL FORCES ALSO CAME TO MY MIND WHY THEY ARE NOT THERE THOUGH DID NOT REALLY DIG DEEPER ON THAT..KNOWING THERE IS VAST SEA WATER ON SOMALIA'S EAST..i LOOKS LIKE SOLDIERS WERE SENT TO LION'S den WITHOUT LIFELINE. HOW PATHETIC THAT WAS. I GOT UPSET/RESTLESS WATCHING THE SOLDIERS DIED AND GOT INJURED UNNECESSARILY THOUGH I AM PROUD TO ADMIT THAT THEY ARE REALLY AWESOME! DARN GREAT! 19 DIED AND 80+INJURED AGAINST THOUSANDS OF ARMED AND HOSTILE CIVILIAN/MILITIS IN LAWLESS LAND??? WOW, THE VALOR!!!
You are a true hero and your story is very interesting. Thank you for serving our county. We need more people like you out there. The only thing I don't understand is why you would suggest disarming American citizens. If you take away guns from law abiding citizens than only bad people would have guns. Don't you think?
I'm surprised by his comments. Just... wow. He sounds like a card-carrying commie.
In the beginning, George H. W. Bush thought it was a 'really neat' idea. However, the armed forces are not efficient means of delivering humanitarian aid. Nor are they good at imposing regime change. The rest is inevitable.
Actually most of the aid workers were civilians. When Aidid's forces began to attack them it led to a military deployment. The military deployment started by Bush was ended in early 1993. That is when Clinton took over. The deployment referred to in this video was his, on his orders. He could have declined if he chose, but he thought it would be easy, which is why armor and gunships were denied. He didn't think they would be needed. Clinton beat Bush by dismissing his foreign policy achievements, "It's the economy stupid!"
I am a full-on supporter of the 2nd Amendment. Gun control is useless against criminals. That said, there is only one way to eliminate all crime committed by bad people with guns, and that is to eliminate all guns. Simple fact. Another fact is that it's impossible to do so. Literally impossible. That is what the gun grabbers fail to understand: All gun control efforts are incremental, and lead to the disarming of law-abiding citizens, leaving criminals free to flourish. Or perhaps they understand it fully. CWO Durant understands that as well. It's unfortunate that his comment led people to believe he was advocating disarming American citizens.
grande Mike Durant, exemplo de guerreiro e humildade, sempre pondo o Randy e Gary Gordon em primeiro lugar, deve sua vida aos dois da força Delta.
Daum, doesen't seem to have any PTSD. ...incredible survival, I would have just wanted to dissappear after his experience. he is one tough aviator!!
I find it surprising and sad that at approx 29:50, Mike seems to be a proponent of violating 2nd Amendment rights. He expresses an opinion that disarming American cities should be the first step towards law and order. I couldn't disagree more with his statement and as far as I'm concerned it's not up for discussion. I would suggest anyone take the time to read the Declaration of Independence and the "right to bear arms" should become very obvious as to why it's one of the founding principles of our country. His statement is very clear and is made after stating that the first step of a military operation should be to "disarm the population" and I understand that but disarming ANY American city, RUFKM ?
The comments of the military disarmament of American cities shows where his heart lies and find it absolutely unbelievable that he would even think or speak of such a idea in direct conflict to our Constitution that so many have sacrificed to protect!! What was his motivation for making such a comment? I could never follow such an order if it was directed to me and I would immediately cross that line to protect the citizens and the 2nd admendment with my life if necessary!! In the military you swear an oath to" uphold and protect the constitution from all enemies both foreign and domestic ",
There are puppet masters, they own entire economies, governments, media, sports, entertainment, education, research, or course, all military forces, they spray the sky day/night, control weather, stage fake acts of "violence", false flags, (un) "natural" disasters, they are master strategists, manipulators, deceivers, their specialty is passing laws based on lies, creating fake history, erasing real (truth) history, and instituting, maintaining police surveillance states. Thanks to boot licking, zionist, mercenary celebrities like Durant, they will undoubtedly achieve their goal of one-world government, de-population, and totalitarian control. HW Bush stated it matter-of-fact in 1990. They are not traitors as those outside of the Order understand. Their allegiance has never been to their host nation, but to the NWO. If you haven't read the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars, the Georgia Guidestones, and watched the sky intently for days at a time, this will sound like pure insanity, however, rest assure, it's stark reality. "Give me control of a nation's money supply, and I care not who makes its laws' - Mayer Rothschild. "If my sons did not want war, there would be none." - Gutle Schnapper Rothschild.
You didn't listen closely. It said it was impossible to disarm America because it would trigger mass riots and violence. By "disarming cities," he meant gangs in Chicago, Detroit.
@@corn_pop6082 ......"the first thing that needs to be done is to disarm the population. Let's face it, if we could do that in some of our U.S. cities, that would be a pretty good step toward law and order." - Michael Durant. He did not say "disarm cities", nor "gangs", he said POPULATION. You're obviously still sound asleep, at some point in the future you will not have any choice to acknowledge who rules you, and everyone, and everything else. Hint, it's the ones who coined the phrase "terrorists", and created hoax, "beheading" psyop videos.
@@UnderSprayedWhiteSkies - Rewatch the video. He clearly states using the military inside the U.S. to disarm everyone would provoke mass riots and violence and be impossible. The thing about disarming cities was a throwaway, semi-joke, and obviously referred to gang-ridden cities, just "would be nice" to do it, but never discussed feasibility.
@@UnderSprayedWhiteSkies "Coined the phrase 'terrorists'"? Are you labouring under the impression that that term was invented recently? Terrorism has been a thing longer than the United States has existed. Clearly the fact that the last four or five decades of American foreign policy have resulted in US citizens becoming victims of terrorism is one that your rather paranoid little narrative finds it difficult to accommodate. Repugnant actions beget repugnant actions; cause and effect.
Oh, and "terrorists" isn't a phrase either, it's a word. Where did you learn English? Trump University?
Very interesting presentation! Seems like a great guy, incredible what he went through
NSQD
I think he knew back then when he signed up for and what he would might be involved in. To me he isn't a hero nor any soldiers because the politicians (Right as Left-wing parties) send out soldiers to fight for some oil. This conflict in the 90's back then was with good intentions but just poorly handeled. It's my opinion though I4m not saying you're wrong nor right, neither am I.
FUCK ALL OF YOU COCKSUCKERS!! And FUCK THE AIR PIRATES ...COWARDS !!
Their is Only 1 true God
Just listened to this bastard say he would like to disarm the U.S.Hmmm,FUCK THIS TURD
I would think that what he's saying is in support of the constitution. The best way to control a population is to disarm them.
Mike Durant is a die-hard Republican too.
A very honest talk the comments about disarming American cities has some value.
He survived because 2 soldiers had to give up their lives
+Justin Zheng They wanted to do so. They tried their very best. He talks about them frequently in his book. And he would have been torn apart by citizens of Somalia anyway if the soldiers didnt take him away as a prisoner, and could have easily been killed while in captivity. (Forgive me if you say this with respect of Randy Shughart and Gary Gordon)
Those guys requested to go down and secure the crash, and they did which saved his life. Soldiers will go back into combat for bodies, they made a choice that defined who they were as soldiers and as honorable men.
Chase Rydosz for their actions they should been promoted like Shughart is a Master Sergeant and Gordon is a Lieutenant for the actions if they have thought about it.
The actions taken by gary gordon and randy shughart were completly voluntarly. They dicided to risk their lives to save the live of one of their brothers. They knew it was very risky to Go down on the ground to try to save one of them but they did it anyway because they decided that they couldn't just simply let one of their brothers die.
No. He survived be one of Aidad's top lieutenants choose him to be captured alive to be used as a hostage. He could have done nothing and let the people beat him to death but he stepped in and ALL the people listened. During those 12 days of captivity, the US was in a complete standstill as any attack on their part could have cost Durant his life.
Gary & Randy were heroes through and through and most definitely deserved their Medal of Honor's, respectively.
Check Battle of Mogadishu 1993 on wikipidea. Don't say they didn't die when you don't know.
R.I.P. Gary Gordon and Randy Shughart bless their souls and families.
Well, he's right about the U.S. losing credibility.
+J Curio unfortunately that started much earlier in that theater, most notably in Beirut.
My full respect to soldiers who died that day in somalia ,it was a mystake going there,you can't help or change countries like somalia.I love USA and i am proud of that,USA will always be a symbol of freedom! the alternatives are russia,china,iran,serbia,somalia &Co.
mamutcg How Europe? Sweden? England? France? Germany? Switzerland? etc.
What about places like where I live, Australia?
There are plenty of countries where the people arguably get far more freedom than the American people do.
Seriously you Americans need to wake up. America was once a brilliant symbol of freedom. The ideals that America were founded with are fantastic. But the founders of America would be rolling in their graves if they could see the state your country is now in. You are no longer a symbol of freedom. You as American people are falling into all the traps your founding fathers warned you about.
mamutcg LOL So basically any country that confronts USA is bad, and the rest of the world is irrelevant. Your post is as ignorant as it is patriotic.
And i am supposed to love somalia and iran?? no thanx......
uegvdczuVF I particularly like the fact he can't spell mistake.
@@mamutcg we don't need ur love 🤬 where u see little oil oh let's give them democracy! In Somalia ur shitty democracy is dragged on the streets
He is alive so he could tell why his friends died. That fight was not important for USA, thats why they left soon.
I believe Sohaib is referring to the 24 Pakistanis who were doing the initial weapon seizure. Their deaths were the impetus for the assembly of military forces.
It doesn't matter, they deserve to be honored regardless.
29:50. Does this man suggest disarming the free American people? I find this interesting.
+jaysonness No. You have to take into context WHY he said it and that context is the mission he's presenting for. When there is a major problem and that problem is pretty much everybody in the area of operations, disarming the people is a potential tactic.
+Soldier4USA2005 I looked at the context in full. He says, "From a military perspective, the first thing that needs to be done is to disarm the population. Let's face it, if we could do that in some of our US cities that would be a pretty good step toward law and order. Do you ever ask yourself; why don't we do it here? Because it's hard." He may be a hero, but he spoke some words that are truly foul to freedom.
Well, the US Constitution, in many people's minds, is written in black ink on paper that the USA is supposed to never have an army. It is supposed to have a militia only. The United States Army, Air Force, Navy, etc ... are a violation of that. They are "unconstitutional". They are a necessity but unconstitutional nonetheless. You can try and write the law governing the formation of such armies in such a way that, no, it's actually a militia solely controlled by the civilian government. The US military is awfully proud of the fact that because it is an armed force controlled by the civilian government (the Commander in Chief is the President. In other countries, there are separate Commander in Chief. In fact, for eg, in China, the Commander in Chief of a military region has practically no direct superior. The Central General Staff in Beijing has only advisory role; they can not directly command the Region Commander. The Communist Party retains some political control over the Army; but they are not in the direct chain of command) its generals and colonels will never dream of taking a battalion, storming the White House and the Senate, and taking over in a junta. Whenever a US citizen keep complaining that its army loses this war or that war because the President limit the armed forces capability, I am always astounded by that. It is precisely the strict control of the armed forces by the civilian government that the USA has never had a coup.
Nonetheless, ever since all the branches of the military of the USA become an all-volunteer, all-recruited force, they are going further and further from being a militia. They are, in effect becoming more or less a French Foreign Legion type of force. The quality of recruits, the ranks and files goes down, since usually the poorest will enlist. The quality of the officer is definitely going up; but it does breed a cadre of career officers.
So it is understandable that Durant will suggest things that contradicting the Constitution; because his parent organisation is fundamentally anti-Constitutional.
Said by a lot of folks who haven't even read the second amendment. "Foul to freedom." I love guns, they're my hobby, but the reverence you people enshrine in them is fucking laughable. You love your fucking totems. Be it a flag or a gun, but you don't see the big picture.
@@fuzzydunlop7928 and I guess you do HA.
24 really died and 57 were wounded real bad. And it was the pakistani Armoured Personnel carrier which came to rescue from the second crash site alongwith US Delta Force operatives. That is a fact bro.
Retired military. The 1 thing civilians don't do is maintenance training. I have an unblemished driving record because of refresher training. annual rifle training keeps my bullets in the black. Constant training would move my group into the "V ring". The same goes with PT scores under dire conditions.
hm....no?
Thousands of people are born every-day.
I would ask Mike Durant if the Commander in the field was right not to use the NGFS that was available to him.
Mogadishu, Benghazi common denominator Clintons, Congress. What happens to the common person; charges. What happens to politicians; wealth, power prestige. The media laps it up.
Bollocks, you were unlucky and got shot down. I get you are trying to making a living, if these civies fall for this, they deserve it.
He's speaking to the Army War College, genius...
I am watching Black Hawk Down
that's one badass dude right there
Nightstalkers don't quit!
Did they really fly above head saying, “Mike Durant, we won’t leave you behind!” over a loudspeaker?
this guy is out of line with the disarming the population bullshit. I respect what he went through in Somalia, but his gun control comments are bullshit.
Incompetent military and delusional politicians got soldiers killed..Today the delusion is even bigger..Libya, Syria refugee crisis..all political ego trips
Your comments are non sequitur. If the military was incompetent as you say, they would ALL be dead. They survived because our military IS competent, and trains it's personnel accordingly. You apparently do not comprehend, they were a force of around 200, surrounded by about ten times that much. They didn't have the fire support normally allocated to such an operation and still only suffered 18 killed. That our military is actually controlled by civilians is something many foreigners simply do not understand. It was the civilian overseers who denied the armor and gunship support. it is the civilian overseers who want to go into these places, the soldiers are stuck trying to fulfill an obligation under the constitution and their oaths.
Incompetence is when military planners don't understand the importance of adequate intelligence regarding the enemy's resources and strength. That only 2 copters were shot down.
I have re-read your comment carefully and I think you are not understanding the relationship between the military and civilian government. The initial plan was for armored vehicles and a gunship (AC-130). This was denied by the civilian leadership. If the civilian leaders ignore the plan drawn up by the military, there is no recourse. The plan gets executed under the constraints of the civilian authority. It was these constraints that forced the use of the Blackhawks as pseudo-gunships. The Blackhawks used by 160th were equipped with 2 General Electric 7.62mm Miniguns which fire around 3,000 rounds per minute. To supplement them snipers were used provide additional cover from angles that the aircraft could not turn fast enough to, or the minigun could not slew to. These were the constraints set by the civilian government (politicians or their appointees). Our military has no authority to override civilian control, so there was no way to correct this problem. It seems that you do not fully appreciate that the civilian authorities in my country really do decide how and what our military does.
You can argue over and over that the civilian government limits the capacity of the military, denying them armor and gunships. However, that is precisely how the military-civilian relationship in the USA works; and that's how it should be. If the military is given a free rein, the Cold War would have been very hot, followed by Nuclear Winter. There are enough American generals after the fall of Berlin that were gung-ho enough to want to go to war with the Soviets. The Soviets Communist Party, government, and STAVKA retains strict, very strict control of the military; and that's how we did not have a nuclear war.
Another benefit of a strict civilian control of the the US military is the fact that no US general, colonel, or other will even dream of staging a coup against the civilian government. The US military is awfully proud of that fact. Remember, your President is the Commander in Chief of all of the USA armed forces. In other countries, the Commander in Chief is a separate person. In China, there is no effective Commander in Chief. The Military Region Commanders have no direct superior in the chain-of-command. The Central General Staff can only advise the Regional Commander. The Communist Party and acting government can only have informal, political control, not a direct in the chain of command.
Anyway, Somalia is a society mired in tribal politics. Very few people read what happens before Mogadishu. The usual sequence of events in Somalia is a bunch of gangster-like blokes carrying AKs would start a firefight, sometimes for no reasons, and then his friends would join, also with AKs, then a messy battle. Now, before this battle, there was an ambush of a UN convoy that led to 24 dead Pakistani soldiers. Admiral Jonathan Howe, the UN Special Representative to Somalia mission, initially wanting to turn Somalia into a Jeffersonian democracy, but then realised that Aidid and his clan wanted no power-sharing. The decision was made to cut off Aidid's clan head. There was a helicopter attack on a meeting of Aidid's clan elders and leaders. They are in a political and social spectrum: engineers, poet, civil administrators, some actually advocated accepting aid, developing trade and normalcy with the UN, and of course there are hard-liners. The helicopter attack fired 16 missiles and 20mm cannon into a building shredding everyone. Think about it, a bunch of foreigners coming into your city, machinegunning down your elders, what would you do the next time they roll in?
Then Jonathan Howe advocated a Ranger/Delta led raid that is supposed to go in, grab Aidid, and out. And that's how we have Mogadishu. It might end up with fewer American casualties, but the political fallout would have been the same. The UN adventure into Somalia would have failed regardless.
I f we disarm the population in the U S criminals will run wild in the streets. They
will NOT turn in their guns. The second amendment was created to protect the citizens from a tyrannical government and so people would be able to protect themselves.
@serbsmight Are you kidding me? Neither one of those guys went to Korea. If you are referring to Gary L Gordon or Randall D Shugart. And you are talking to a former Night Stalker of 2nd Battalion Dco. And lastly, DELTA does not recruit, you apply. DELTA doesnt waste their time looking for prospects. Prospects find DELTA. You "sir" are full of shit and need to stay away from wikipedia.. And Durant is NOT a coward and is not at fault for the death of his comrades.
This puke lost me at 30:00... When I listen to former military, I wonder how many would stand-up for America, instead of politicians??? The wrong guy survived...
The military is just like the population. A portion would and a portion would not.
Not much different than the war between the states. A portion stood up for states rights.. a portion didnt. The Didn'ts won and the Constitution died.
I wish Mike knew that shugart and gordon defended his crash site.
daww aren't you adorable, why don't you just get off your cute youtube account and go play risk and talk about how much of a communist obama is with you ignorant buddies. I'm sure there is some new third world issue you cant think of a solution too so you just say "bomb them", that should entertain you for a while apparently
Hey Slim, I don't know what Hiroshima has to do with anything...? I simply stated, you must be kidding. As in the USN and USMC could have pulled that mission off without a problem. I just enjoy how completely blinded by ego some folks get to be. You, kind Sir, being one of them. Fast rope in and SPIE Rig your way out of that.
@serbsmight Seems like you and InspiredYouViewer would have better things too do. I am not a soldier and don't claim to be one but based on my observations real people who serve in your "professions" would not be arguing over youtube. Anyway everyone of those soldiers who were in the battle actually fighting, getting shot or shot at, and getting killed are NOT cowards, that took guts to go into a city with only a hand full of soldiers against a city wide militia that is bravery at it's finest.
the U.S army tells people that they dont exist because they are so secrative and they are one of the most elite. most americans know they exist but the army doesnt like to talk about their best guys
codiersklave, you are a angry and ignorant person. How can you talk that smack about Mike Durant and the men whom died and survived in that October 3rd choas. GOD BLESS our soldiers!
Thank you for posting this video of Mr. Durant's speech. As a Canadian, my knowledge of Mr. Durant is limited to the film, which is not entirely accurate. I appreciated hearing his first hand account of his experiences and his views on the good, the bad, and the ugly of the fight he was involved in. Those in the audience at this speech were very lucky to have the chance to speak with Mr. Durant.
Badass level 17
Street credibility : over 9000
That's not the military's call. It's our job as voters to elect the Command authority that doesn't waste good men like Michael Durant. If we do our job these guys won't be a problem.
"what the videogames and mogadishu has in comom? i dont see..."
It hasn't been made, to my knowledge, but think Left 4 Dead but all the zombies have AK-47s and know how to use them.
Hundreds if not thousands of kens died that day vs. 18 American deaths. I'd say some of ya got it backwards.
I thank all the men and women who put their bodies and minds in harms way to defend the freedoms that we seem to take for granted.
Mike wrote a book called 'In the company of hero's' in describes what happened to him after the crash and what happened to the rest of his crew. Fantastic read!
When in war everything is game, throw the political correctness out the building!