American Guardsman REACTS: Irish Defense Force

Today I'm learning about Irelands international influence!

[@oisinburke1989]

Stop at 2:19... My uncle, Peter Burke. ❤

[@thequietman760]

My uncle Anthony Browne fell in the Congo. R.I.P Uncle Anto 🇮🇪☘️

[@larryoconnor7094]

Did you pick him up?

[@72mossy]

@@larryoconnor7094 Have a bit of respect, the man died serving his country, killed in the Niemba, my own Dad served out there as well but came home, a very hostile country towards them at the time. Have a bit of respect for the fallen.

[@darragh3407]

@@larryoconnor7094 shut up have some respect

[@garyhutton2654]

@@72mossy he's just a baiter forget him your from a hero's family ☘️

[@irishrebel374]

Was that while the Brits occupied the north of Ireland?.

[@djbillybopdjbillybop2817]

At 1.40 the Soldier with the Mustache is Patrick Quinlan an Irish Army officer who commanded the Irish UN force that fought at the Siege of Jadotville in Katanga in 1961 and surrendered when they ran out of ammunition and other supplies. Jamie Dornan played him in the movie The Siege of Jadotville Brilliant Movie.

[@tconnolly9820]

Thank you for your very positive and sincere reaction to this video. This video was part of a campaign from Ireland to be elected for a two year term as a temporary member of the UN Security Council. There are only five permanent members of the Security Council who also have the power of veto to ignore any majority decisions they don't agree with and we all know who they are so nuff sed about that! Ireland was in competition with Canada and Norway. We won a seat and the two year term began on the 1st of January 2021. The campaign had three themes; empathy, partnership and independence. It was also heartening to listen to the positive words of the late JFK regarding the UN while he was addressing the Dàil (Irish parliament, Dàil {dawl} meaning "Assembly") These days, the UN seems to be much more widely disparaged. But it can only reflect the same integrity and commitment - or lack thereof, that it's own member nations bring into it's halls and chambers.

[@garyhutton2654]

I'm always fascinated by your videos , Ireland is now a very rich country and it still looks for peace in this our world that belongs to all of us ☘️

[@C00sanb0y]

Well done , thanks for sharing, fills me with pride for my country.

[@pjmoseley243]

Interesting how the Kennedy speech has been mixed in with modern pictures.

[@user-gf2us5kh2y]

Jfk really knew how to grab ur ear 🇮🇪

[@avidpix]

Thank you for your reaction, as noted by many, we got our seat on the Council, and it’s with real pride that we can look back at our sixty plus years of contribution to maintaining peace is some of the most troubled regions of the World 🇮🇪

[@bigmartin]

We’re peace makers, we’ve no axe to grind with another nation. We don’t carry colonial baggage or have aggressive foreign policies.. Wherever we go we go in peace.

[@fitzstv8506]

Well said, you summed up the Irish nation in a couple of sentences.

[@bigmartin]

@@fitzstv8506 Cheers, thanks for that. I’ve served on a number of peacekeeping tours of duty, and I’m proud of my countries contributions to world peace

[@fitzstv8506]

@@bigmartin Fair play, you are among the best of us.

[@fitzstv8506]

@@akka5249 Please do enlighten us!.

[@fitzstv8506]

@@akka5249 An Irish United Nations peace keeping force helped prevent an nations independence....you sure have an interesting but flawed perspective.

[@josephinemonahan915]

Thank you for this…we have a Defence Force rather than an army

[@Irish780]

Thank you for the uploading this and yes Ireland now is president of the European Council

[@jimmccormack7507]

The best of the best 😊

[@72mossy]

My father served in the Congo with the 34th Battalion, very hostile out there towards the peacekeepers, he was out there between Jan to June 61.

[@daviddanagher4392]

In tears

[@user-pt5vy1uu6j]

Thank you for the way in which you reviewed the video and waiting to speak until the end, it did it justice. They were so poorly equipped in the Congo and yet did a brilliant job, did you see the film that was made on the siege of jadotville, worth a watch. I served in lebanon in the 70s and 80s, when we first went in the rules of engagement were crazy, if fired upon we had to wait for permission from UN HQ before we could return fire. That remained until the battle of At Tiri, three of our men were murdered by the DFF, at that point we no longer required permission and the Irish showed them what they were made of, preventing a Muslim village from being slaughtered by the Christian DFF backed by the IDF and Israel. Dont get me wrong as many were murdered by the PLO, neither group had any value on life but then terrorists don't. The strangest thing, the PLO were backed by our own country men the IRA, who translated our tactics and intentions for the PLO and colluded in the killing of their country men.

[@juscoz3167]

You should react to the Irish army ranger wing (special forces)

[@user-pt5vy1uu6j]

He did and did a fantastic job on that as well

[@darthvoidus66]

My granda and his 3 brothers served in Lebanon back in the 80s

[@bmc5075]

Our daught our sons misshim he died as he did with some of hisfriends in Eritrea i also was a soldier that ....

[@Brandon2016.]

My grandad served in the navy

[@finbarrcoffey8059]

Just to let you know the Irish Soldiers have beening on Peace keeping duties in all parts of the world and haven't missed one Day in 6Oyrs of United Nations Peace Keeping Duties even as I Send this Information on the 12 of January 2023 they are in the Lebanon on Duties for Peace we are very proud of our Defence Forces in Ireland Finbarr coffey cork Ireland

[@josephinemonahan915]

Great reaction...yes we did get our seat on the Security Council😊

[@blackhammer7066]

Im an irish man born a bread in dublin my application to join the irish army twice was declined because i have 2 no insureance charges which makes me a criminal but i joined the british army whit my irish buddy and i am now a sargent in the royal irish regiment wasnt my goal i just wanted to prove these idiots wrong when they said i wasnt good enough i proved the pen pushers wrong

[@owenmccullagh3462]

The Irish have been taking part in world conflicts for as long as we have existed then there’s the big one against the English which sadly in my view seems to have another 400 years to go yet. The conflict over ownership and political rights over our own land is the longest currently active fight in the western world . Itstarted in about the year 1160. Pity they couldn’t just have left us alone - greed is an awful thing. Millions have died in the name of Ireland and its freedom- sadly.

[@seancunningham2935]

Loved it til varadkar came on

[@user-pt5vy1uu6j]

Larryoconnor7094 No he didn't but I would be happy to put you down for him. What a sad individual, have you nothing better to do while you draw the dole.