Honest of you. Thank you. Add anything else you want to share. My respects

Yeah. What was the killing for?

Nothing? Who is taking the oil from iraq 🇮🇶. American companies

@@midwesttraveler2674 you didn't bury friends there. I repeat. NOTHING

@@Fatherofheroesandheroines I was there at the same time my friend. We were all there because we thought terrorists had attacked America and we wanted to get rid of terrorism and make the world a better place. We were all brainwashed fools. Still respect to you for doing your bit 👍

Is that all you can think about, _’dude’..!?_ A 5000 year old civilisation (also mentioned in the bible) gets illegally and unnecessarily obliterated by a barely 250 year old state half way around the world. Baby sitting civvies and journalists..!? SMDH

@@chibuo4733 "A 5000 year old civilisation (also mentioned in the bible) gets illegally and unnecessarily obliterated by a barely 250 year old state half way around the world." Real great fuckin civilization.

The one embedded on Syrian border with the S.F. OP. We wrote EVIL MEDIA CHICK on her helmet. She was a liability.

Fair enough but she didn’t go to far in that direction

Esteban Uyarra what about you? Weren’t you there as well?

Wow man. Thanks for your comment

Esteban Uyarra no thank you for your reporting. I want people to know what we all went through. I don’t want people to forget. Don’t let them forget

@Niel Mesa I'm one of those soldiers, you got a problem with me too?

Same I was with 1st Cav

Would of??? Wtf is that Mr. Journalist

Thanks for watching and taking the interest

Really? Many are mercs in every sense of the word.

Some are. Some are not. It’s not always black and white.

@@manatee2500 to be or not to be ?:D

They had to. If you're too emotional and cry every single time you encounter something that normal people would get horrified at, you can't accomplish anything.

Very true

I don’t talk to my dogs that way

Well no one can ever win the hearts of others if being treated like a dog for the oppressed will see them as animals and not liberator

No way you’re American you sound like a Russian boy or an Iraqi pretending to be American, you can’t even spell right

Esteban Uyarra Thank you. As soon as the Americans shelled the Palestinian Hotel in the middle of the day, just pulled that tank into the middle of the bridge, stopped, took careful aim and lobbed shells directly into that building, how could anyone doubt this was gonna be a shitfest.

Esteban Uyarra see my comment above pls ..but thank u so much for ur brave soul to make this historical documentary.

That journalist saying you should never get used to dead bodies.. STFU.

I didnt come here to die, nobody did, moron.

Thanks for filming this shit man

Wow. Someone writing politely. Thanks

صح احسنت القول

Cierto.

Can we judge that the war was sold as a truck load of lies and as a result 200k Iraqi civilians died which makes America a terrorist state ?

@@jacobjorgenson9285 I will agree that this war was not done correctly. I don’t blame the troops for the political parties moves. I don’t think all govt is in the right. People don’t make the correct call but that doesn’t mean we don’t have them doing good as well.

Thanks for taking the interest

Great comment. Thanks

@@estebanuyarra652 A few years back I suggested Quora. You asked if I could help, so I described it as best I could. I just noticed that you have 106 followers -- following an empty account - waiting for you to either paste a video , write a line , or a link or even ask or answer a question. If you upload a documentary or film , and Ill share it , you can check the meta-data to see how many extra views it gets. If you have 106 followers there for practically nothing (or maybe by seeing something here) then imagine how many you,ll have if you do something ? Give me a question that allows you to load a film, and Ill ask it and send it. Its very easy and its a force multiplier. Its hard to believe that youd neglect that last forum on the internet which encourages free thinking and has not been spoilt by financial interests (yet).

This stuff has to be filmed even though it seems our leaders never learn from past mistakes the world needs to be shown the realities of both the best and worst of what goes on in our world

Very true

Thanks for watching it

@Leopard Boas In fact it was an independent production paid by me. But when I returned from Iraq the BBC got behind and bought it.

Thanks for watching and leaving a nice comment.

Yeah you are watching bunch fucking white journalists laugh and hug each other while photographing dying Iraqis. Fucking bunch heartless capitalists. 💔

Amen

Thanks for commenting a rational take. Seems like a lot of hate for journalists these days. But by the same coin, a lot of "journalists" today wouldn't know integrity if they were doing an op ed on it. Regardless of how it is today, I really respect these journalists for being in this place during the war. They were under incredible stress a lot of us probably have no idea of. (Obviously there are a lot of veterans here who have of course faced way scarier things in combat here.) No disrespect for them at all. Sadly human nature seems geared towards self aggrandizement whenever possible.

Thanks so much dude

Raw documentaries, best documentaries. Fuck History channel, fuck discovery channel period.

The best plan would of course have been to stay away completely. Tell me, what did west have to offer them besides death, destruction and defraud dollars? All talk about wmd's and democracy was of course the set up for the whole scam. We see that now, don't we? But still, next stop is Iran because "they have wmd's and they are dangerous". In fact, there is one country in the world that's both unstable, unreliable and dangerous and I will state the obvious in case someone has gone blind due to the normality of its aggression: It's the USA! That country could be a leading star for all of us, but it has fallen in the wrong hands. Vested interests took power over the country after WW2 and they have only tighten the grip. Nowadays the US is constantly harassing some poor people somewhere. But what a country wins in brutal force, they lack in respect!

And in Syria, and In Libya, and soon...Afghanistan

They didn't conquer it to make it a better place anyway ... they told you 1 million time... its the oil ... this is the reason ... you can see the same situation in lybia

Bush was really religious and he sincerely wanted a stable ally in the region to close in on Iran to limit their influence to move away from Saudi Arabia because he knew that Wahhabi Islam was where people were radicalized. The problem was he and the coalition severely underestimated the situation in Iraq and animosity between the religious groups. When the initial invasion was over their wasn’t enough troops to shut down the re-armament by insurgencies after Saddam let the Sunni militias arm themselves. The problem was that Sunnis were a minority but Saddam consolidated power around Sunnis. So when we invaded, the Shias started harassing Sunnis, and the insurgency followed. If the coalition had Gulf War level troops, around 750,000-1,000,000, they could’ve pushed before re-armament, and increased patrol to prevent violence between the Shias and Sunnis, but it would’ve taken to long to build up that much troops, equipment, and supplies. Plus the cost of it would’ve been way higher than the 200,000 troop invasion we ended up doing. But I would rather pay $50 billion more for an invasion than $2 trillion dollars in trying to keep it stable.

@Johnny T That's not a very strong argument... it was shit before so who cares we just made it a little more shitty. Sorry, but that's really not a good argument. As far as I remember, the Iraqis seemed to welcome the coalition forces and were not too sad to get rid of Saddam's regime. And that really is not the problem. The problem is that the country was utterly destabilized and then, after fighting a fight that cannot be won, left to it's own devices.Simply accepting that this entire region will not stabilize again for decades to come and life would be even harder for the people there than it was before the Americans invaded the country. That was and is the problem.

Thanks for watching it

Facts man and I hate how they feel they are entitled to film anywhere, like it’s the states.

@@12jesuso They ARE entitled to film anywhere you div. Thank fuck for journalists like these, otherwise we would only ever get your side of the story.

True...mostly highly paid narcissists who endanger others.

@@AuthurFoxache You don't see them chasing after ISIS or the Taliban and filming their atrocities do you. So you do only get one side...the side the journalists want you to see, in the way they film it, with their spin.

@@eleveneleven572 yes you do, there are plenty of documentaries with embedded journalists in Taliban.

Iraqis say that they were better fed back then than they are today, so much for American Freedom and Democracy. The War to take down the regime was a war of American aggression, but Saddam wasn’t innocent either. I think you have a very skewed understanding of history my friend

The reason the people were not being fed was do to US policy. It was the sanctions that destroyed Iraq is economy. The US a was not even allowing medicine into the country. Prior to the sanctions Iraq was the most prosperous nation in the region. An Iraq without sanctions and without the invasion would probably look more like Dubai. Instead the nation is destroyed all because of American corporate greed and Israeli lobbyists. The blood is in the hands of the United States. Same as in Lybia and Syria. All were prosperous nations before the United States destroyed them.

@@Ruder6163 _'The reason the people were not being fed was do to US policy. It was the sanctions that destroyed Iraq is economy. The US a was not even allowing medicine into the country.'_ Incorrect. Wildly so. An international trade embargo was imposed on Iraq by U.N. Security Council Resolution 661, adopted on 6 August 1990, after Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait on 2 August 1990. U.N. Security Council Resolution 687 (3 April 1991) provided for the international embargo on Iraq’s exportation of oil to end once Iraq had _fully complied_ with U.N. efforts to end its weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programs. The Gulf War ceasefire required Saddam to fulfill several obligations, which he agreed to. 1) Account for the Kuwaitis the Iraq military abducted and disappeared. Saddam failed to comply. 2) Pay compensation to Kuwait for the destruction on the country. Saddam refused to compl; the only compensation Kuwait received was from the UN, earned from proceeds of the oil-for-food programme Compensation paid by Iraq was not paid until after Saddam was toppled. 3) Allow UN weapons inspectors free and unfettered access to any place to investigate Iraq's WMD programme. Saddam frequently violated this, including expelling the investigators. Saddam was not fully complying with his obligations. 'Throughout 1991, with growing concern over the humanitarian situation in the country, the United Nations proposed measures to enable Iraq to sell limited quantities of oil to meet its people's needs. *The Government of Iraq declined these offers* , contained in particular, in resolutions 706 (1991) and 712 (1991), adopted, respectively, in August and September 1991.' 'Resolution 986: On 14 April 1995, acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, the Security Council adopted resolution 986, establishing the "oil-for-food" (OFFP) programme, providing Iraq with another opportunity to sell oil to finance the purchase of humanitarian goods, and various mandated United Nations activities concerning Iraq.' 'In the initial stages of the programme, Iraq was permitted to sell $2 billion worth of oil every six months, with two-thirds of that amount to be used to meet Iraq’s humanitarian needs. In 1998, the limit on the level of Iraqi oil exports under the programme was raised to $5.26 billion every six months, again with two-thirds of the oil proceeds earmarked to meet the humanitarian needs of the Iraqi people. In December 1999, the ceiling on Iraqi oil exports under the programme was removed by the Security Council.' 'Seventy two per cent of Iraqi oil export proceeds funded the humanitarian programme, of which 59% was earmarked for the contracting of supplies and equipment by the Government of Iraq for the 15 central and southern governorates and 13% for the three northern governorates, where the United Nations implemented the programme on behalf of the Government of Iraq.' www.un.org/Depts/oip/background/index.html However, Saddam also endeavoured to evade the oil-for-food programme. 'Saddam Hussein used two distinct illicit methods to generate funds following the imposition of sanctions on Iraq by the United Nations Security Council. First, Iraq illicitly sold oil to some neighboring countries from 1990 to 2003 in violation of U.N. sanctions that predated and remained outside of the auspices or control of the U.N. OFFP.' 'Second, Iraq allegedly exploited loopholes in U.N. OFFP regulations to impose surcharges on buyers purchasing OFFP-approved oil shipments and to solicit kickbacks from suppliers of humanitarian and other civilian goods purchased with funds from the U.N. OFFP escrow account. Some of those illicit funds were used to procure military supplies and commodities banned under the U.N. sanctions regime.' fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL30472.pdf The conditions that befell Iraq's people were entirely due to Saddam's decisions and actions.

@@gagamba9198 So basically you agree that without US Sanctions/invasion, Iraq would be a prosperous nation. The USA is the reason Iraq had “WMDs” at one point to begin with. You are aware Iraq went to seek the permission of the US prior to the invasion of Kuwait in which the US gave them the green light. It was all a set up from the start. The US was 100% aware that Iraq did not have chemical/nuclear weapons otherwise they wouldn’t have invaded. I’ll defer you to North Korea to prove that point. They propped up and used Iraq to overthrow Iran. The US even behaved as Saddam a Navy during the war. When it didn’t work, the US decided to overthrow the government in which they propped up to begin with. We might as well talk about the issue of Iran while we are at it. Iran had a secular democracy prior to the US overthrowing their government as well in the 50s and replacing it with a dictatorship. The minute the Iranians overthrew that US proxy in the 70s and developed a independent nation the US invaders through proxy using Iraq. Now your sons will be killed in Iran as they were in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Libya, etc. All at the benefit of big oil lobbyists, military industrial complex lobbyists, Israeli lobbyist, and Arab gulf state lobbyists.All on the tax payer dime. Enjoy being brainwashed by a system that is bankrupting your country and is killing your sons in countries 99% of Americans can’t even point to on a map. Think about that honestly, the US has been at war in Afghanistan for 20 years yet 99% of Americans couldn’t even point to the nation on a map yet are so proud of their country men for fighting there. That and they are totally unaware who they are even fighting . Most Americans still think it’s Al-Qaeda. It’s embarrassing.

@@Ruder6163 _'So basically you agree...'_ Are you Cathy Newman? I note that you have moved the goalpost because your earlier comment didn't have a leg to stand on. Either you're ignorant or a fabricator of lies. _'US sanctions'_ Wrong. *UN* sanctions voted for by the world community after Iraq invaded Kuwait. I gave you the facts. Disregard them at your peril. _' Iraq would be a prosperous nation.'_ It ought to be, but it invaded Iran to attain sole control of the Shatt Al-Arab waterway and to seize its oil fields in Khuzestan Province, which was a costly mistake. Then it invaded Kuwait after trying to extort $10 billion (about $21 billion in today's money) from the gov't, which was an even costlier mistake. _'The USA is the reason Iraq had “WMDs” at one point to begin with'_ Wrong again. Iraq's WMD programmed was called Project 922. German firms helped build Iraqi chemical weapons facilities such as laboratories, bunkers, an administrative building, and first production buildings in the early 1980s under the cover of a pesticide plant. Other German firms sent 1,027 tons of precursors of mustard gas, sarin, tabun, and tear gases in all. This work allowed Iraq to produce 150 tons of mustard agent and 60 tons of Tabun in 1983 and 1984 respectively, continuing throughout the decade. All told, 52% of Iraq's international chemical weapon equipment was of German origin. One of the contributions was a £14m chlorine plant known as 'Falluja 2', built by Uhde Ltd, a UK subsidiary of a German company. In 1994 and 1996 three people were convicted in Germany of export offenses. In 1986, Project 922 became Al Muthanna. During the early years, Egyptian scientists provided consultation, technology, and oversight allowing rapid advances and technological leaps in weaponization. With the Iran-Iraq war well underway, Egypt assisted Iraq in chemical weapons production. Of course, having chemical weapons is one thing. Many countries do - at least 26 nations have chemical weapons and 20 have biological. _Using_ chemical weapons is an altogether more severe act. Saddam _chose_ to use his weapons. The responsibility for this is on him. Al Muthanna’s ability to produce chemical weapons ended with the Gulf War, and soon afterwards the UN resolution proscribed Iraq’s ability to produce chemical weapons. The Fallujah satellite facilities (damaged during the Gulf War and not destroyed by UN Special Commission), were repaired with the exception of Fallujah I which was not operational and operated as dual-use capable facilities. The majority of the Al Muthanna complex was bombed during the Gulf War, completely incapacitating Iraq’s chemical weapon production capabilities, however, large stockpiles of chemical weapons and bulk agent survived. From 1992 to 1994, United Nations Special Commission's Chemical Destruction Group (CDG) oversaw destruction operations. A portion of the facility was transformed into a chemical weapon agent destruction facility. An incinerator was constructed in the summer of 1992 for the destruction of mustard agent at the munitions filling location. Chemical munitions stored throughout Iraq were to be gathered and destroyed at Al Muthanna. _'You are aware Iraq went to seek the permission of the US prior to the invasion of Kuwait in which the US gave them the green light'._ This is a utter lie. The US does not get involved by taking sides (pre-war) in territorial disputes over claims of ownership - see Canada-Denmark, Korea-Japan, Japan-Russia, much of ASEAN and China in the South China Sea, India-Pakistan over Kashmir. The common statement coming from the State Department is something like: 'The long-standing US position on %name of disputed territory% is that the territory's status should be settled through _negotiations_ between A and B (the two or more claimants).' On 19 JulySec Defence Dick Cheaney told the press the American commitment made during the Iran-Iraq War to come to Kuwait's defense if it were attacked was still valid. On 26 July '90 Bush the elder sent a cable ot Saddam stating improved relations was a desire but Saddam had to cease threatening his neighbours with the use of force. As Saddam massed forces near Kuwait's border the US warned Kuwait of the threat and offered to send aid. Kuwait's ruler declined, stating that he thought Saddam was bluffing to squeeze Kuwait for money and that the Arab world would solve an Arab problem in house. President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and King Fahd of Saudi Arabia assured the Bush Administration that Saddam would not invade, arguing that the best way to resolve an inter-Arab squabble was for the United States to avoid inflammatory words and actions. I invite you to exit the realm of fantasy.

👍 🎵 Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see. 🎶 John Lennon.

For real.

Well said👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👌👌👌👌👌👌Perfect👍

@Kristie C its not hypocritical to have a distaste for someone taking pictures of a dead girl in front of her grieving mother or for journalists storming a funeral. That's a perfectly normal human reaction. Anyone who has family can empathize with that kind of situation. If someone took pictures of my dead daughter right in front of me I would want to hurt them badlly

Not really....It's more a problem of "journalists" projecting themselves onto the situations they cover. All I hear is.."look at me! look at me! look where I am everyone! hopefully this will progress my career by exploiting other peoples lives! yay!"

Nothing wrong. It’s called historical memory. Very recommended

Lol, me too, I can’t stop either

@@estebanuyarra652 That's good to hear. There's so much there to wonder about. Your video answers a lot of questions as it covers the invasion from such a different perspective. I wish there were videos of the Thunder runs other than the 2 short ones on YT. Thanks again Steve!

@@estebanuyarra652 I wonder what happened to the girl that went in with you. I think you mentioned she stayed at the end of the video..

@@Softail77us Thanks a lot for watching and being polite. My respects

Should try being in their boots then comment. All these people talking about how bad we treated them. One minute they smile at you and as soon as you turn your back to walk away they shoot at you. It’s war not tea time

Thanks to you for watching it and being polite

To you for watching and being polite on this platform. A rarity

Then go and show us

Political advocacy? Advocating for what exactly? There's no bias in profit at least. Yeh maybe it's a bit self centered but it's as real as it gets in terms of what is shown.

Exactly! They are laughing and hugging each other while Iraqis are dying. Disgusting. They care because those are not white. They don't see Iraqis as human beings. Its Disgusting. Every day I hate the west even more.

Shut up you dope if you believe that you live in a fantasy land we all should be shown the horrors of war not just to know what goes on in our world but it's also a part of history and weather or not we learn from it we have to know exactly what goes on otherwise we just get told a one sided watered down version that's not the truth so wake up and get over it these people have a job to do and they're doing it the best they can weather you like it or not

Appreciated. Thanks

@@estebanuyarra652 I appreciate you for the good watch

I am sorry. That was never my intend. I should have made sure someone in the film explained that the Iraqis wanted the cameras present in all those situations as they wanted someone to bear witness. This war was pre-mobile with cameras era. But clearly I failed. Thanks for your comment

@@estebanuyarra652 you havent failed with this film at all, remember one can not please them all. Its an incredible look into what went on behind the lights and camera, a look into what poeple feel see and expiriance. Thank you for this footage. Thank you for your journey and for taking the risk to get this footage. Might not be a masterpeice but is still art.

@@estebanuyarra652 ThankYou for sharing this amazing documentary. 💯❤️

Thanks man

Thanks for watching and thanks for caring. Sorry about your loss

@@estebanuyarra652 On Quora , Id end an answer with the phrase "share if you care" You have 106 followers on Quora - following an empty account-- waiting for you to do something.

we are so fucking dumb it's sad

I felt the same when I was there filming.

Why can't the troops have any basic language training? Dealing with civilians would be so much better if they had.

True

What is really funny is that you're describing yourself in your silly rant. *Edited to clarify I was replying to frosztbyte.

Thanks a lot

I thought the same thing 😂 like what a savage guy.

Beautiful

Thanks to you for watching and leaving a polite comment

Thanks so much

Only the dead have seen the end of war! There is no war currently where I live but still there is a real war in the inside of me that goes on very difficult but I am fighting it daily!

They were happy as they wanted the outside world to know. This is prior to mobiles with cameras, etc. Important to remember this. No witnesses of the atrocities otherwise.

But hey it made say something. War is like that, life is life

Thanks a kind and polite comment. An oddity these days. Much appreciated

Was yours a good or bad experience?

@@estebanuyarra652 Both.

@@pjkicks7510 Same here

War may be about politics but combat has nothing to do with it at all.

Heh,!! Yea don't try to be no hero. Just do your job. Get everybody back in one piece. Leave all that thinking for some other fk face. Lol it ain't complicated, it's just war.

Best kind of stories about things

Most Iraqis if not all I recall welcome and demanded we show their fate. But it is true some journalist respect the situation better than others

Read this and then say field journalists aren't important. They are. newrepublic.com/article/119850/1934-report-dachau-concentration-camp

Nope

Bush Jr and his thugs duped the world.

@@ihs51 don’t forget Tony Blair and his donkey Whitch wife

Shit loads of oil though!! Also the complete destabilisation of that region, Libya, Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq. Never to be a threat again. Sad but true

Yeah, that was a moment which was difficult to understand for me too as I witnessed it

This is 2003, when there were no mobiles with cameras. Someone had to bear witness

@@estebanuyarra652 some people don't want witnesses for their dirty works , sir, it was amazing to see this documentary, I am from India you can't believe the level of propaganda is spread by our govt all big media houses except one NDTV has been sold out, recently NDTV's journalist RAVISH KUMAR won the pullitzer prize, the 4th piller of democracy is no more.

Tremendous accomplishment, Esteban. No narration, and subjects tell the story themselves - and that takes a lot of work & skill. I share this with my partner of many years who covered this war from another country taking a different angle on the war. Thank you for making this available online for the public.

Thanks sincerely

Esteban Uyarra Was talking with a photographer friend (Alfredo D.) I had not spoken to in many years and mentioned this documentary and he immediately said I know him and hung out with him in Baghdad and mentioned the great work you did on this.

Yes, once there it is a bit addictive. To get closer and closer and for many to tell a good story. There is bad and good in that lot. Like in most professions

Thanks so much. I’m so happy you like it so much

Also my favourite bit in the film

That's nice dear

Eh, I'd agree with you but some people think I should be beheaded for my beliefs so I'm going to have to say no, that's stupid.

I agree with you. It is a balance one must find between the importance of an image and some kind of respect for the situation one is involved in. Thanks for your comment

You may find this fascinating then: www.ted.com/talks/james_nachtwey_s_searing_pictures_of_war?language=en

@@estebanuyarra652 In reference to that man who had lost his arm and leg in a train accident "It was a story that wasn't trying to sell anything. Journalism had provided a channel for the people's natural sense of generosity, and the readers responded." Journalism, like most everything else, is a reflection of who we are.

@@bushwhakked Wonderful

Thanks. Finally some sense and intellectual honesty. Much appreciated

Thanks for thoughtful comments

@@estebanuyarra652 can’t thank you enough sir for showing the truth. 🙏

Journalist go to war to make money and make their media house famous. It’s all about business and that is the truth.

Thanks so much. The original idea came from reading several books on War Hotels. I am glad you find it of value.

Thanks to you for caring. Share if you have time. Thanks

Thanks for watching. And please if you find a minute share it. Thanks

For real

Thanks for watching it

Thanks to you

Oh he was your step dad??? Thats wild,

Im reading soldier 5 at the moment, written by the new zealand sas soldier who was on your dad's patrol

Osama Bin Mohammed Bin Awad Bin Laden thank you for your guidance and knowledge. You sir are a saint

Together we can stop this

Never!

I cry everytime

@undercover gamer. Saint? Lol. Your “saint” is where he should be. The last person he saw was an American navy seal. One to the head and two to the chest. Get some! While he was hiding behind his wife and child, what a man😂 I wish I could have seen his face when he saw the devil, no a bunch of virgins. Rot in hell.

Thanks for the thoughtful observation

I am a filmmaker, not a journalist traditionally speaking. I don't think the journalists come across glorified at all. Most comments suggest the opposite.

@@estebanuyarra652 a journal is a record of something, be that words, photos or video. So that would make you a videographer/video journalist.

Most Journalists never make so act like its do or die to get their moment. Glorifying at its best by BBC

They were actualy getting in the way of the soldiers movements. Not that the soldiers were complaing about a flesh shield , ofcourse 🙂

Yet here you are, hungry for journalism. Information is brain fuel and without journalist you'd have none.

So true