Delta Force WIPES OUT 400 Iraqi Special Forces

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[@ChiIeboy]

Great interview. What's up with your mic? _Keep up the good work, David._

[@HomeMadeBoards]

Chris looks like the cool maths teacher everyone had at one stage. Black Hawk Linear Regression.

[@BurnerTurner]

Part time math teacher, full time ninja. 🤙🏻

[@Frank-uw5xq]

You saw Indiana Jones 😂

[@sanandreasX]

Spot on😂

[@ramtron1775]

Crazy. My HS math teacher was a Ranger and fought in Somalia during "Black Hawk Down" . I only found out after watching a documentary and seeing him interviewed. Mr. Goodall.

[@Frank-uw5xq]

@@ramtron1775 crazy

[@S4flynlow]

Love the Delta interviews.

[@Mikejones011990]

Love this guy. Strikes me as very intelligent and understated. He looks more athletic than most, but if you saw him on the street you wouldn't have a clue he's one of the most elite warriors in history. He seems very capable and down to earth. None of that is surprising, but notice how the most humble people have the least reason to be. Being understated and straight up is hard to do, but you'll win more respect than by exaggerating.

[@henryvandeventer2457]

There's a philosophy that resolves around "the most dangerous guy in the room is usually the most unassuming". Kinda ties in with the gray man concept. Most people will look at the brash, aggressive 6'3" guy with tats and an attitude as a threat and will operate accordingly, but they won't look twice at the quiet, calm, slightly balding guy in his 40s wearing jeans, a pole shirt and New Balance shoes... they also won't notice him watching every thing in the room, observing behavior and constantly scanning.

[@ryanfitzgerald1050]

Chris is definitely my guy in the special operations community.

[@Jake-jd7bd]

Imagine this dude is your neighbor in a suburban cul-de-sac, you see him walking his dog and mowing his lawn. One day a home invasion hits his house and he's on the news explaining in general terms "yeah three guys broken in with guns, and, well, the coroner is showing up with three bags."

[@bigliss9040]

Lol

[@jg5875]

This guy also has a long interview on the Shawn Ryan show - worth a listen. This dude has been through a lot.

[@Slcm02]

Thank you for your service. Be safe.

[@tomahawkelf]

Thanks for posting these stories.

[@Watchman-At-The-Gate]

Navy SEALS are like a Master Built Katana... Delta Force is a Super Laser.

[@voidseesaw]

I am curious if they were near Ar Rutbah. I was there in 2006.

[@Rich_7755]

This title was a little misleading. It sounds like he’s saying that the bombs from air support is what wiped them out. Also a hopefully constructive critique…. Play it cooler. It’s such a stark contrast on what you hear from the a civilian vs a war vet when they are interviewing a tier 1 operator and he tells a battle story. Your response was so stereotypical for a civilian. No offense but it sounds cringe when people say anything like woah cool that’s incredible or wow unbelievable etc. I’m sure he’s thinking like not really that incredible because A) we got shot up B) the huge advantage of air support and C) of course we kept going forward after that. What choice did we have and it’s literally our job.

[@chrisdaniel2759]

This is a dumb unconstructive comment. Absolutely do not ever ‘play it cooler.’ That is the most cringeworthy thing ever written in a comment section. It is entirely cool to geek out on a Delta guy talking early GWOT engagements.

[@j8k3d18]

If you haven’t read it, Colonel Charlie Beckwith’s book on Delta Force is wonderful. Not always the easiest read (he and the “co-author” are not ones for spinning tales), but provides some awesome insight into the formation of Delta. Much respect to SAS - the Brits were the foundation for the most elite unit in any military right now. SAS bros are legit. No question about it.

[@matthewpople9639]

Heard Chris on Shawn Ryan Show, what a guy.

[@96war1]

That thumbnail pic made me laugh. Only dude with hands in his pockets LOL

[@matthewpople9639]

Is there more of this interview or a podcast please?

[@russellwhite8890]

And he had 18 months to dispose of the weapons he had we know we had them because he had already used them on his own people

[@abdoulayeball9903]

Wrong

[@AL95621]

3:00 in this exactly how any other country would fair against 🇺🇸 even todays era the technology factor is main factor. Look at Ukraine vs Russia.

[@MassAveStriker]

I want to know if Delta Force for once met a worthy opponent.

[@6172crew1]

He did have wmd, we tracked 12 scuds in the late 90s. No idea where they went but we even knew of the fake ones.

[@olijames7321]

Scuds were only rockets! It’s the warhead that makes it a WMD you whopper

[@6172crew1]

@@olijames7321 hey genius, you can’t delete bet them without the rocket. Moron

[@robmills7611]

I thought that the SAS had already gone in or went in at the same time in a different area of Iraq

[@joehavin1]

Oh they went in all right lol.. and then came right back out lol.. Left behind all their vehicles and comms gear.

[@CMHandle]

Have a look at what the SASR (Australian) did, when also embedded beforehand to hunt scuds. Also took out a small airbase.

[@RY74229]

@@joehavin1That was the SBS!

[@Ry43deck]

They did

[@Kouvaa]

@@joehavin1that definitely wasn’t the SAS

[@jovanlopez1660]

Cool! 😎

[@luischavez-tk5lw]

Basheer is smiling down right now.. (from the Shawn Ryan podcast)..

[@manuellabor2759]

Wasn't he with Pete Blaber ?

[@joesgotya9930]

Pete was a colonel in this time frame doing more command and control tasking for the Unit.

[@Sean85Laney]

Did anybody see that special operators wife, she was shooting yaba in the club bathroom in pattaya.

[@dragonman96]

@@Sean85Laney proof?

[@Sean85Laney]

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[@phillamoore157]

That “compromise” story reminds me a lot of what happened with the SAS guys. They went to rest, and were compromised by a goat herder (seems to be a theme with bad days in the SF community….always a goat herder involved. How ironic).

[@ammar.1979]

So those are note special forces? Some random militia

[@robertfons9998]

Correct. He says they were Fedayeen Saddam; who were a paramilitary organization outside of the traditional Iraqi military structure.

[@PK-vs9ss]

Sadly, he has and still is violating every NDA he signed while assigned to them. As a reminder those NDA'S have no exporation date.

[@johnhansen8272]

Gee, I wonder why?

[@stephenclark3535]

If the mission isn't top secret he can talk an nda only covers top secret i had to sign an nda when I was with jsoc

[@Josue-411]

Only 400? I heard it was 4000 and they did it just with their hands and blindfolded.

[@iamdarkvader]

Bait click title. On Ignore.

[@wroot1]

Word

[@SpookyFow]

"Iraqi Special Forces"? HAHAHA! What they found the 400 guys who could actually do jumping jacks and that qualifies them as "Special Forces"?

[@lisaroberts8556]

The Iraqis were better equipped and trained than the Afghans. But I get your meaning 😂 💦

[@joehavin1]

Saddams Fedayeen were not regular Iraqi soldiers moron. They had the authority and the autonomy to operate outside the command and control of the conventional Iraqi Army, rather they reported directly to Saddam's Presidential Palace. These were the hunter/killer units that were tasked with offensive missions and were far more committed and loyal to the regime. Even after the fall and capture of Saddam, many of the surviving Fedayeen joined the Sunni insurgencies which would later become AQI.

[@dannyt4663]

Can’t take host seriously lol… looks like deer in headlights and never closes mouth 😅

[@Bhulk79]

Lol nobody in the intel community especially cia thought saddam had wmd

[@newjack1982]

It’s always a goat herder smh

[@cwr8618]

All for what? How much money and lives wasted in Iraq

[@joesgotya9930]

Why are you asking that kind of question here? Soldiers don’t start or even win wars dude. They win small battles and it’s up to Generals and Politicians to decide the end state. Stupid comment

[@lisaroberts8556]

@@joesgotya9930So true American Soldiers always win the battles. It’s the politicians who lose the war and the peace.

[@coachb530]

Odd to brag about invading country for reason that turned out to be complete lie...

[@jinka6171]

Not

[@pmh1nic]

They went in with the information they had. Every intelligence agency on the planet claimed Iraq had WMDs. We knew he had and was willing to use chemical weapons. There was credible evidence of a nuclear program. It wasn't anywhere near developing a useable weapon

[@imuzdalo]

Yeah sure Lol

[@Sean85Laney]

Pogs

[@enyskept]

First-ish

[@deathfire096]

This was against Iraq. Come on people, they make it sound like the enemy was a super power. LOL

[@niweshlekhak9646]

They were 16 vs 400. That’s what they are talking about.

[@deathfire096]

@@niweshlekhak9646 Yeah, the U.S. will invade IRAQ with all of it's forces and allies so they could be 16 to 400 disadvantage. Yeah right. Propaganda on b.s.

[@kenfresno1711]

A lot of foreign fighters.

[@terryduffield5860]

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[@Sean85Laney]

I do not believe this

[@russellridge8623]

Who cares? You’re nobody.

[@Sean85Laney]

@russellridge8623 I'm stuck in pattaya with no debt card, little less than 1/2 ounce of the reefer and a few thousand baht. Usaa said they mailed me one but I aint seen the new card come.

[@sanandreasX]

​@@Sean85Laney Not impressed

[@Sean85Laney]

@sanandreasX can you commit on operation chinese finger trap, the largest docking mission in military history.

[@evansmurithi1559]

400 Iraqi special forces , buuuuulll shit

[@sultoon16289]

Just like every story lol!

[@joesgotya9930]

So I guess Chris VanSant, Tom Satterly, Brad Thomas, Jesse Boetcher, Kyle Lamb and multiple other C Squadron members are just making this sit up? Lol They all had told this story using the same details. Your comment is BS.

[@tex-do1wm]

Iraq doesn’t have special forces.

[@stephenclark3535]

Wrong

[@donovankelly7723]

Republican Guard (a joke, but…)

[@Sean85Laney]

Let's talk about delta force showing up late to the saddam capture high on steroids. We're they busy at the sex parties on liberty?

[@joehavin1]

They had just left your moms house prior to the capture of Saddam. And that wasn't steroids, that was Viagra

[@John-mf1sz]

Dafuq are you on about?

[@markf3229]

Talking crap

[@Sean85Laney]

@@markf3229 cappy-tan

[@Sean85Laney]

@@John-mf1sz the truth

[@Yada_EL]

400?? Not buying that

[@Akusfriendemy]

with air support apparently

[@joehavin1]

With a embedded Combat Controller from 24sts and stacked air assets? Dude 400 is easy work lol. In the 1st Gulf War a CCT named Bruce Barry was attached to Delta Force and he talked on over 30 CAS runs on enemy targets and eliminated an entire division strength of Iraqi troops.

[@ssvd91]

@@joehavin1 Exactly yeah but JTAC/Air is literally the only way to get those numbers yet this leads you to believe it was just Delta shooters hole punching 400 dudes.

[@joesgotya9930]

@@ssvd91LOL If a Unit like Delta Force was in a position where they had to gun fight with 400 dudes, then something went horribly wrong.. That would be like a Black Hawk Down type of thing.

[@Ry43deck]

​@@joesgotya9930exactly. Would be a pretty impossible feat to achieve

[@stevenregul6335]

Ok crooks

[@jasonturcotte3797]

The Army's special forces teams get green berets. Delta Force gets those lame rectangle sunglasses... 😎

[@leftlimelight]

Why not ask the question... How did that work out for you when you realized you were lied to and Saddam didn't have any WMD?