Generation Kill: The American Soldiers Raised On Video Games And War Movies

Generation Kill: What happens when those who've grown up on Hollywood war movies and graphic video games are sent to the frontline?
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"It's the ultimate rush -- you're going into the fight with a good song playing in the background," states one soldier. This is a war fought by the first playstation generation. As Rolling Stones journalist Evan Wright explains: "One thing about them is they kill very well in Iraq."
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[@splatterkat3838]

16 years later, this is getting recommended in my feed. The algorithm is crazy lol

[@billyteflon1322]

Same here. There is some truth to this. My training unit was split in to 1/4Cav in 1ID, the other half went to to 1/1Cav, which part of this Division, 1AD. Pretty sweet to see an old memory.

[@gloomyjz]

Probably because the miniseries is getting popular again

[@炎ノ]

Same dude lol

[@alexpascal5403]

imagine receiving head from an afghan only to realize that it was an afrikan.

[@da_pawz]

Same here...

[@oscarw.alcantara4459]

you heard it guys: Movies, videogames and internet porn! before all of that the world was much more peaceful... right?

[@bobcharlotte8724]

Yep. Me and most people I know would make perfect killing machines. Except all of us hate war or couldn't give a shit about it.

[@PoCTu85]

bobcharlotte no, you wont, you lil' bitches.

[@Amberussianbeauty]

Mostly

[@Amberussianbeauty]

Ростислав Цонев всмысле

[@xXsilentvatoXx]

bobcharlotte I agree with the Russian little bitch war is the mother fucking answer

[@danielknights5977]

5:16 A lot of young soldiers who fought in Vietnam were usually well brought up and joined or were drafted straight out of College. He describes them as an "Innocent generation who lost that innocence in the jungles of Vietnam". The goes on to blame "Generation Kill" on violent video games, movies, and a sex scandal. Not the lack of parenting. Generation Kill: What happens when those who've grown up on Hollywood war movies and graphic video games are sent to the front line? The same thing that happens to EVERY generation that goes to war. Horrific things that no game or film can prepare you for.

[@Matthew_Ssali]

If you listened correctly he said alot of the people were raised by single mums or household were both parents were working.

[@the_future_is_anarchy1791]

It's kind of dumb to chalk up there experience to a few things they watched or did or listened to. The environment these people are in still has a really high rate of making them suicidal and giving them ptsd. The rate of veterans who kill themselves and turn to alcohol and drugs is still really high. There is nothing glamorous about being an alcoholic who has to deal with ptsd everyday of their life. And has to live with knowing they can't just unexperience all that trauma. Some of the veterans of these wars just want a day were they feel good all day and don't have to remember those offel things they made them do. Innocence can take a seat that's not the worse thing to lose. But as for your mind that can never be undamaged. If these people want to send a message that is polarizing to the population then they should meet some of the veterans who are in and out of VA rehabilitation hospitals. They should show how much the war can take from someone. Imagine not being able to have a good time with your wife or kids because your tormented with the memories of war. It's a sad sight to see and hear what those veterans go through who have ptsd and for those who have an addiction to the only thing that makes them feel even remotely normal and happy.

[@yurgen5713]

@@the_future_is_anarchy1791Nothing about what you’ve described is sad. Those soldiers are all murderers. They deserve way more than to kill themselves, to be alcoholists, to have ptsd and to not have a good time with their wive and kids. What if I killed your whole family and told the whole wide world i’m sad because I keep getting reminded of what I did

[@Popityman]

​@xanpankarmelThe troops in Iraq sent your people to allah.

[@mihirsk5286]

yes but people today, kids are more violent and detached from civil life than previous generations cause of all these ultraviolent video games and tv shows.

[@Dylan_Goodboy]

"America is the most divided it's been since the vietnam war" oh buddy if you could see how things now.

[@matacoyo]

hehehehe ikr

[@dboy8060]

Lol u ppl are stupid, usa was more divided before the vietnam war

[@suhailmir2349]

This is all propaganda. First they fought USSR in Afghanistan. USA and its allies armed many groups there. When USSR were defeated. USA left them to fight among themselves. All the chaos and lawlessness prevalent gave birth to Taliban movement. For the first time Afghanistan saw some peace under Taliban rule. Warlords were defeated. But what did WESTERN COUNTRIES DO? Sanctions on AFGHANISTAN for TALIBAN to unite their country and bring peace to this war torn country. all these NEWS channels are puppets of Big companies who pay them for their own business benefits.

[@factbeaglesarebest]

Thankfully Trumpster is gone!

[@dirkdigler595]

Sadly Biden is in😆

[@TASTV22]

You can find videos of Vietname troops saying similar things, and even interviews from soldiers in WW2. This is no different than what war has always been.

[@Bravo-Too-Much]

Soldiers have done this in every war since the technology to do so was available.

[@andrewharrod8604]

every war is different. every war is the same

[@shivshankredemption5024]

@Keith Busch Their fighting video game was actually beating each other up

[@kennysboat4432]

"war, war never changes"

[@arcanondrum6543]

I was going to type something longer but he summarizes it well here: 5:18 I would add that in World Wars One and Two American fighters were young men, from farms and/or families but led by older Veterans. WW1 was the first War for Oil, Vietnam was for Rubber and Tin. If it were against Communism then your jobs wouldn't have been shipped to Communist China. After Nixon Opened China, Reagan cut corporate Taxes (so did Dubya and Trump) and every guy permitted to be in the Oval Office since Reagan has modified Tarrifs to permit foreign products to "compete" with wages in the USA. In other words, it coincides with the period when profit growth slowed inside the USA so mega corporations expanded to keep growing profits (because THAT'S what makes a stock Price Climb and THAT is why Reagan cut the Capital Gains Tax). So what about corporations' fair share"? Well "60 Fortune 500 Companies Paid No Tax" kzbin.info/www/bejne/qabbiGV5mLCsoM0 Oh and Iraq? Oil and the fact that "Saddam Turns His Back On Greenbacks" - Google that.

[@hamstergirl4444]

Damn....so THAT's why gladiatorial combat was so big back in the days of ancient Rome - too much Playstation and gangsta rap....right? * facepalm* Humans are bloodthirsty, period. It's hardwired to our DNA and needs no high tech digital wizardry to bring it out in the open.

[@zipper978]

Loyal to none: you have no fucking idea what you are talking about. I went to Iraq. How about you go over seas before you open your dumbass mouth again

[@wezmarauder2754]

***** "Humans are bloodthirsty, period. " Good, then the day you're on the receiving end of that I'll say the same. Speak for yourself. Home Sapiens means *thinking* human and those who think don't retort to violence whenever they feel like it or worse try to justify it as if we're still all troglodytes. Well, some of us clearly still are. Here's something which has been proven by social scientists. A steady stream of violence from childhood *desensitises* a person to violence and murder. Gladiators were slaves and a slave killing another slave didn't bother those who watched at a time a slave was seen as property you could do whatever hell you pleased with as long as you owned one. Eventually these games were banned even before Rome came to an end.

[@user-ck3jd4ie6m]

gladiators was a slaves smart ass...rich citizens byu them as animals for fight...it is MONEY...in PAST...NOW and in the future what is WAR ABOUT...think more

[@busterbeagle2167]

hamstergirl4444 msm is blood thirsty.

[@busterbeagle2167]

wantafanta01 Don’t you have a terrorist to pay $11 million. Silly Canadian. Beat it

[@clutch5011]

After 5 years of youtube sporadically recommending me this i've decided to watch it.

[@ladylioness06]

Same here

[@vaqmnrg1688]

and its full of shit, it was the same in vietnam and as far back as weve had radios. as if braIndead murded didnt occur before tech came about.

[@epicentreofvideos2571]

Even Vikings sang war songs

[@CarTorqSA]

Bro foreal just caved in

[@mrpissed]

can't really call it "your" decision then

[@democritusabdera7900]

Thank Zeus someone made this video, because men totally didn't kill each other before video games, rap, rock music, and internet porn!

[@blakagots1775]

Hey! Zeus does not exist! The only true and one powerful God is Osiris!

[@razorburns8651]

+Blaka Gots ..........you nutbar....lol.

[@Xceles618]

+Democritus Abdera Played only hunting mode in Oregon Trail while listening to Tupac age 14. Never once felt the urge to pick up a firearm and shoot at humans. Zeus was a rapist. Worse than 99% of American otaku. Thank Muhammad too he liked raping 9 year old's.

[@itsreallyhairy3555]

He's explaining that we did it well. Don't let the death tolls fool you of us casualties. We also have body armor and top medical treatment. None did before. Nothing even similar.

[@paultremblay4836]

Democritus Abdera I think you probably too young to get it . In the older wars people didn't have a war culture before going to war. The video games youth of today were programmed for war with music and Video Games

[@kaneburger23]

and the next generation has access to detailed combat footage and even less censorship then we have never seen before

[@iamstewpit6740]

And that's why we don't want to join the military. Seems like a bit of a good thing, if Imma be honest.

[@spenny8233]

@@iamstewpit6740exactly being able to see real combat footage in high definition you can see that if hell is real it is not something after death it is war

[@JoshP-zb8qr]

"War itself is heavy metal, yes" What a god damn badass lol

[@loligotnodon8511]

what a god damn badass, hiding in a tank, shooting the "enemy" which he doesn't have a single idea on why he's fighting, in a land where he must likely doesn't know where its location, gets fucked by "insurgents" then cries about PTSD when he's back home. a god damn badass. lol.

[@Harry-tm3ck]

Terrible take rate it 3 outa ten ​@@loligotnodon8511

[@chrisreds4691]

@@loligotnodon8511you sound like a party pooper bucko

[@Obscure_1992]

​​@@loligotnodon8511$tfu you yuppie fvkn id!0t. They didn't know what they know now back then but one thing remains steady.. They had the testicular fortitude to perform their task. Remember 9/11? Everyone thought they were doing a good thing because of that. Go back to your anime and protesting for the diminishment of your own freedom. I bet you're pro war when it comes to ukraine or palestine but wouldn't ever involve yourself directly. You're a bad joke bud.

[@THEBIGMEOW]

Tru tru ​@@loligotnodon8511

[@ZombiesAteMyGF]

WW2 was because of internet porn. You know it and I know it.

[@EPWillard]

i mean if you look at it, 1890s/00s -> wilhelmine germany starts developing internet pornography ww1 -> valiant britain fights against the germans and the americans eventually show up too. interwar period -> internet porn is allowed to flourish in order to numb people from the pain of the great depression ww2 -> britain and france and the ussr are forced to confront german pornographers once again. americans help after several years profiteering off the nazi porn-industrial complex. post-war period -> internet is destroyed and buried and the american golden age begins 1980s - >darpa begins developing internet again and ronald reagan destroys the entire social safety net 80s-present -> all united states presidents have just been updated versions of reagan and internet porn is at it's peak.

[@qw1626]

pornography was one of the things he said was degenerating society, so you aren't wrong

[@johnherbert1431]

I know it

[@7poboy]

Vietnam: music good Iraq: music bad Journeymen: trash propaganda

[@Kampfwageneer]

Driving into combat listening to Slayer has gotta be an ecstasy

[@ChannelMath]

As a member of this generation (not a soldier, though), I found that this story about us being "pre-jaded" has the ring of truth. These soldiers seem entirely typical of my generation, both the good and the bad, and it was interesting to hear them talk honestly about their experience.

[@Tomdelongpenis]

At least to me it kinda seemed like pearl clutching and with the music thing what would you expect them listen to gangster rap was the most popular genre with kids at the time and heavy metal makes a lot of sense for war (not comparing this to war at all but I listen to metal and gangster rap when I skate because it feel you feel tough and ready to fall) I do get the pre jaded thing tho i don't how much of it is media and how much of it is that the perfect image of picket fence America was gone in the post civil rights/vietnam era

[@LivebythecodeVJLEE]

@@Tomdelongpenis lol cringe

[@REV-1]

⁠@@LivebythecodeVJLEENah bro Having a bio on YT is pretty cringe

[@captainbrickhead4226]

The song is Angel of Death by Slayer.

[@Antizombie2000]

FUCKING SLAYYAAAAAAAAAA

[@sesnaffaout9528]

SLAAAYYYEEER

[@anthonyvigil7567]

Raining blood

[@hanklesacks]

Trash

[@dxmanforlife]

@@hanklesacks cool.

[@VelvetSwine]

It's not the quantity of violence that has changed, but part of the ongoing cultural shift in the quality of the human experience of violence and the aesthetic around it. It's a change to human psychology where murder is somewhat more realistically and continuously shown in media, and it means the experience of killing is and being killed can no longer be quite the same.

[@razorburns8651]

+CEAA HUH?WHO SAID WHAT NOW?

[@user-tv1qd6wq5p]

！Σ(×_×;)!和やす６ら利るよかえさあ１つぬくくら

[@operator2855]

Nobody gives a flying fuck you intellectual tweaker

[@abbundanz]

@@operator2855 For that matter, nobody really cares about your strong commitment to stay obtuse Brayden.

[@rylanruffles7106]

I feel like this is the one comment that finally explained it perfectly

[@YugoM92]

I grew up playing violent video games, listened to rap and heavy metal and watched platoon kid. I never killed anyone, and i never want to kill anyone.

[@theCosmicQueen]

and yet you use some name like Fix Bayonets. which is for KILLING PEOPLE.

[@YugoM92]

@@theCosmicQueen and the AR15 Bayonets I own irl is only used for opening Amazon boxes.

[@mikeferguson1833]

@@theCosmicQueen you are a complete weirdo “kNiFe kIlL pEoPlE”

[@YugoM92]

@UCR_-hAKwgxlsa7PboBe9ocw apparently cutting a piece of cake with a kitchen knife, is no different than slitting someones throat. Smh this guys a idiot.

[@mikeferguson1833]

@@YugoM92 right mate

[@roddydykes7053]

I honestly think this generation will be less violent, seeing as their only real exposure to violence being on a screen, rather than in real life

[@diannewilliams1953]

Still in a war they are killing real persons....and in latency this will eventually weigh out as more tormented minds.bodys soul.

[@ostapbendervan7874]

Be more rapist for sure Can they put phone down to help instead taping

[@samuraijackoff5354]

@BxxDxx Hoodoo If everyone are cowards then no one are cowards.

[@mistervanwyk7405]

@BxxDxx Hoodoo These men in this video aren't "Zoomers"....

[@samuraijackoff5354]

@BxxDxx Hoodoo And you're god damn right about it.

[@charlesswadlesworth4144]

In war...You want the craziest dudes on your side...end of discussion..

[@eddyvideostar]

To Charles: In South Central LA or NY, etc, are they all not Americans fighting each other. Who is on who's side then? To whom does one choose? You obviously would select the craziest ones to affiliate yourself with, would you not? Would this be the way to groom a soldier? The bigger the gang the more inclined you would be to appreciate and join. If they had lost their potency, you would drift. America is just a bandwagon: if it had lost all its planes bombs, and financial resources, etc, lets see who would turn tail and depart.

[@charlesswadlesworth4144]

The same could be said about any affiliation anywhere in the world...so whats your point

[@charlesswadlesworth4144]

Oh and check our track record...if youre european the chances of us having to save your ass in the early 20th century are very high

[@jjthomas2297]

They aren't crazy, just not that bright

[@esfitnesspro2455]

Charles Swadlesworth wrong. That type of guy is a liability and will get you a d your friends killed.

[@enclavesoldier769]

Wow this is quite inaccurate....old people blaming technology for violence

[@1-4-johnny.cash.fan-8-8]

You're Enclave, you'd know a lot about that, wouldn't you?

[@Ben-lx5kj]

Nope all of this is part of The military industrial complex so kids can love war and when they grow up to be a soldier

[@iamstewpit6740]

@@Ben-lx5kj Well obviously it's having some undesired affects, cause as video game consumption amongst the younger generation goes up, desire to enlist in the military keeps going down. So obviously it ain't turnin out that great for them.

[@JR-zi9vj]

@@Ben-lx5kj despite the fact that recruiting has gone down and lots of young generation know about the us failure in middle east. So obviously playing a fucking game didnt change that much.

[@rtawte]

You also have to realize this guy was here for 18 months from what i heard, he just picked parts that he wanted to portray in this video, he didnt put in parts that contradict his story. Also think about it, when you are playing a contact sport like rugby football or hockey, everyone listens to music to pump them up cause if you go in to a game not pumped up you are basically screwed this is just like a war, if you arent pumped up you are screwed.

[@KwyattCreations]

A painter blames war on Violent Video Games and Internet Porn. Pretty sure there was another painter that started a fairly big war.

[@bwc-chvd]

Was it an Austrian painter by any chance?

[@B.D.E.]

When this first came out I thought it was poignant. Now it just seems like utter shite.

[@yogasounds1]

WAR: People killing each other but don't know each other for people that know each other but don't kill each other.

[@gkelectrical1]

So sad

[@theworkethic]

War is for morons

[@mrdinjemek]

"The pioneers of a warless world are the young men who refuse military service." - Albert Einstein

[@hairyballs089]

You first buddy

[@sopmod4x]

That would be kinda awesome to roll down a street in a tank listening to Slayer

[@Tragic.Kingdom]

Tell that to innocent civilians

[@Allyourbase1990]

This show was honestly pretty accurate with how we talk to each other in the Marines

[@mikbeau145]

😂

[@yaakhee]

every generation thinks the current one is lost. there have been people like this in every conflict since forever. seems like generation kill is making some sweeping statements and generalisations about a whole generation. some balance and perspective please. lets not forget my lai.

[@theCosmicQueen]

huge differences that were cultural, you are NOT at all getting the point. a drafted military vs a volunteer one. ETC you foreigners should just GTFO since you don't know us or our country or culture or our past experience.

[@bobbybigdic9346]

urban american is a warzones lol gotta love the 90s

[@TheWhiteDeath13]

That's true

[@andreww.8262]

@NPC# 0117 ditto

[@Snortolodmyr-SS-Cokelensky]

@Magnificently Fruity Star Power simp

[@honkingantalope]

90s this was filmed after 2001. Alot of the clips are from Fahrenheit 911. A documentary about 911.

[@theCosmicQueen]

well here it is the 2020's and LO AND BEHOLD, THE WAR ZONES CAME BACK!

[@MichaelMarsh-i7j]

RIP Evan Wright

[@Errorcutive]

I've read the news. RIP

[@DrtyTreeGuy]

i love how theyre favorite CD is from my first concert ozzfest.

[@EvropaEU]

Even troops in ancient greece were going into battle with music lmao Where’s the difference?

[@bikramjitpurkayastha]

loved the slayer riffs throughout the video

[@WillWileyOfficial]

19 U.S. male here. Black Hawk Down remains one of my favorite movies and at one time I did want to join the military because of that movie alone. I didn't and won't join the forces but this makes me realize what I might have become if I did join. Would I be riding in a tank listening to metal, just looking for someone to kill? Have playing video games, watching these movies, even day dreaming about the zombie apocalypse made me a catalyst to be a solder? Or a "purposed" killer even?

[@gowanlore2434]

You still like it?

[@nicob6481]

Imagine getting mowed down by an m60 as a humvee just passes by you blasting black metal 😂

[@MG-cw4rw]

Fucking right…these guys are amazing and nothing beats A FULL SPECTRUM WARRIOR.

[@TheUnkBoogie]

This whole premise is off, violence has been around since the dawn of man. You cant blame video games and rap.

[@jaimejimenez4223]

Exactly this is something that really bothers me, then ignoring the fact that all humans no matter how morally righteous and good they are can be taken and changed into something evil and history has shown that violence and evil like his has existed long before us and will continue long after we’re gone. Doesnt matter if there are guns or Stone Age weapons(“We’re” as in the current humans alive right now)

[@Tragic.Kingdom]

It's still part of it..... Unethical upbringing . Not the sole factor but one of many ...... Sure violence corruption will always exist ..... But their are ways to curtail it .

[@sam8742]

The soldiers probably hate this fucking guy, Evan Wright has respect.

[@meatiest1989]

Thank you Ray

[@sam8742]

@@meatiest1989 Christ, waiting for the day my pfp has been noticed

[@meatiest1989]

@@sam8742 lmao same

[@sam8742]

​@@meatiest1989 Only one ununderstood my name as a reference to a callsign, and my pfp was only noticed in a direct quote of ray or brad. Mainly ray

[@anthonybarone1531]

What was the Nazi's ultra violent video game of choice?

[@GamleJas2]

When you look back in history, you will find that no war with religion involved was won by neither attacker or defender (sorry, i'm Danish and in a lack of la-di- dah-words). The Crusades? I mean the old ones!

[@Lo-rv2pf]

LOVE seeing my fellow tank crewman, Semper fi.

[@mikeferguson1833]

Nice, were you a Marine Corps tanker?

[@Lou13Cyf3r]

I love the Slayer playing in the background.... Raining Blood!!!!!

[@andrewslope361]

You wil se your rain of blood when Jesus returns. REPENT NOW!

[@rolandgrz1975]

800k civilians killed in Iraq , America is so outraged about Ukraine. Whetr was the outrage then?

[@UncleSamSiam]

To be fair guys, porn, garbage movies and graphically violent games are bad for your mind.

[@lokesh303101]

Raised on Video Games and War Movies. 16 Aug 2007.

[@lightningchegg4823]

This is little different from soldiers of every major war, war has always been propagandized, every generation thinks it’ll be like a movie, a story, and then wake up to harder truths.

[@crummyautumn]

This is just thier interpretation. Remember these are just guys with cameras they aren't the troops themselves.

[@thekanhaiyasinghh]

Found this channel today, with Indian Parsis video... Whoever is there behind this channel is really hard working and Consistent. Love the videos loved the channel. Love from INDIA

[@MatanuskaMafia]

What a spectacular view of popular music's influence, both behind and on the battle field. Hope to see the whole thing. Great work. FTW!

[@BoostedPastime]

16 years ago he hasn't seen America as polarized and divided as he has seen now. Boy I wonder what he thinks post 2016 election and post 2020.

[@theneurologist1]

Both cases were caused by Democrats dividing the country. Obomba and bribeden.

[@arsnakehert]

This is accidentally a flex of American culture

[@Mowbeer]

I think with the digital age it has helped us get the information out on what is really happening and im grateful for that. The sooner people understand wars the sooner they can be stopped. I once was brainwashed into thinking war was glorious and looked fun, and i think many men could relate to having a interest in joining the army when they were young but couldnt justifiy it to themselves. Basically my point is history repeats itself and to point fingers is to point at yourself.

[@superdeluxesmell]

What a load of nonsense. Talk about clutching at straws to find novelty where there is none.

[@1994CPK]

If I was there I would've been blasting Chuck Mangione while looking for insurgents

[@andyjacobs7010]

... Feels So Good... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhahahahahhahahhahahhaa.

[@andyjacobs7010]

Or are you just trying to send them to the Land of Make Believe...

[@tawkinhedz]

Hahaha

[@SC_XOLOs]

June 2024, still watching this

[@JanoschNr1]

Ah yes, the classic. "Video games are at fault"

[@theytstowaway1483]

And that was the peak of US military… that speaks volume for its current state

[@achigurh88]

The term "Grasping at straws" comes to mind.

[@sickfarce6275]

What a video. There are a lot of opinions in this clip. Some did not age well, some are, in hindsight, downright hilarious or have a huge tragicomedy to them. Some are classic "boomer talk", others are spot on. But for me the most astounding thing was: This shit was uploaded in 2007! The war it's talking about was still going on. For years after. And how long ago it is from today, June of 2024. And thinking what I was doing during that time in 2007, or how I perceived the start of the war in Iraq in 2003 and all these things. I always tried to follow the developments in Iraq and Afghanistan over the years and today from where I live (Germany). And all the ramifications and consequences these wars or 9/11 have on the US and the whole world to this day, all the victims, the civilians and soldiers and marines, not just from the US, but many more countries of the coalition. What a time. We were all time witnesses to what today is alsmost long gone history to many. Gives me a very weird bitter-sweet feeling of nostalgia man.

[@kathryncarter6143]

Scary. Nobody should have to go through such hell. Maybe future wars should be fought by robots. I feel really sorry for many of our world's future children.

[@tomb9420]

When i lived in brazil is when I realized how different the american culture was by the movies and television programs , music , video games that i was watching. It really was a culture shock.

[@candyapu3]

How so?

[@AN-999]

3:47 first unboxing and review on the internet.

[@soteriamediaproductions6165]

Music from tanks. Reminds me of Oddball from “Kelly’s Hero’s”. Helicopters played rock music from speakers during attacks

[@rickesteves4783]

This is why they never banned violent games.

[@Huhmasta]

good point was made here. I noticed this immediately when i was watching the first episode of generation kill. I had just finished watching the Pacific and noticed the completely different attitudes and mindsets the marines from the pacific theater of WWII had from the marines of today's Middle Eastern conflict

[@naimas8120]

This is what my mother thought I'll become by playing crossfire and special force

[@theCosmicQueen]

is she right???

[@xymoriintus]

Holy shit lmao Angel of Death is a perfect war song

[@Sir_Gugharde_Wuglis]

It's disturbing there are so many in my generation are either sociopaths and/or psychopaths. And history repeats, and the human condition doesn't change.

[@grindstone4910]

Not even a minute in. What garbage.

[@user-fm3xr9yz3i]

Don't be stupid

[@JM-fo1te]

@@user-fm3xr9yz3i I guess Saddam listening to metal and playing video games made him so brutal...not.

[@aymoshrooms6416]

@@user-fm3xr9yz3i says you

[@maximillion8442]

as many have been saying here, theres a massive difference bt real life violence and art the moment that took me from an "innocent" to jaded wasnt seeing sexual violence in film. it was being sexually assaulted and yet the act of committing rape is almost childlike in its impulsivity and self interest all of which is to say that its not rap or video games or porn that brew violent tendencies in people. violence is an innate, repulsive. compelling, and traumatic force within the complex matrix of human nature.

[@randhanabagaskoni382]

How i find this 14th years old video

[@BrooklynRedneck]

6:21 one of the best descriptions I’ve ever heard be allowed into a documentary lmfao

[@Ramy_Ramz]

I am watching this in 2018 and it’s fucking hilarious 😂😂😂😂

[@Brevski]

0:52-0:56 could be a meme

[@user-qt1lq4px2p]

This doesn't show that war in the age of video games is a new phenomenon in itself, but just a new type of it. Taking place during this era is what differentiates this war from other. Given that wars is constant, ongoing and has been on Earth since the beginning of time. What makes this type of warfare unique, other than (but also closely related to) the state-of-the-art weaponry at disposal, is the culture at the time of war. Not the culture of war itself, but the arbitrary symbols that would normally exist outside of the war zone can now, more than ever than before, be massively produced as a very enjoyable commodity to keep the war going on and on.

[@bsoakininsunshine]

Fortunately, the newer generation is too sensitive for war like the Hippy era in Vietnam

[@ciseromurphy8792]

just curious, has anyone that has previously commented actually been in a real combat situation? if no, then I disregard your statement completely. thanks for viewing though

[@CorvetteZ06owner]

Cisero Murphy i

[@DakaONER94]

So i cant say that rap music and video games does not in any way contribute to violence in wartime? Better yet does it not suffice to say video games and rap/rock music does not influence a teenager to enlist and rush into battle?

[@alexandermccabe556]

@Dawson Davis lol "capitalist wars" imagine being this dumb that you call a war by a government who robs its citizens to fund its murder abroad capitalist

[@JR-zi9vj]

@@DakaONER94 influence doesnt matter when those factors didnt cause them to think about the enlistment. 3 PLANES Crashing into the us mightve put more in 17 year olds head than fucking doom dude. not saying it meant we shouldve invaded but the pro america pro war sentiment was already at a all time high for the military recruits demographics anyway.

[@edinaballer123]

This is a joke

[@jaimejimenez4223]

Okay “Andrew”

[@Selahattinsuleiman]

Perfect timing

[@newbornassassin7291]

Just finished episode 7 of generation kill now I'm here 😁

[@user-nr8py1br5c]

I can't find this documentary anywhere. If anybody knows where I can please comment.

[@mareksicinski3726]

Bizarre demonization, this has always had been driven by this 'poetry' and this vision

[@briartwoseven4854]

OMG. LOL! These guys make it sound like everyone in the U.S. military came from broken homes, and urban gangland. Ask anyone from any country in the military what music they listen to, and you're obviously going to get a variety of answers based on what is popular at the time. What video games and music has to do with serving their country and fighting in a war is nonsense made up by these non-Americans who made this video, just making a very poor attempt to get into the psychology of a nation they obviously don't understand in the slightest, or prefer just to badmouth until we have to come and bail you guys out of trouble. It's also pretty obvious they asked stupid questions and used them for this video. Really?? You talk to soldiers in combat zones and ask them what music they listen too? What kind of answers were you expecting?? If the shit hit the fan while doing your interviews, I bet you would be singing a different tune once you saw first hand how well our military functions. The American Military IS well trained, and educated. When allowed to do the job without politics getting in the way, we will always get it done effectively and efficiently. What I don't see are our so called allies stepping up to the plate often and doing their part. They just sit on their asses while we take care of their problems and then complain or bitch about how things are before, during after the battles are over. Before anyone says a fucking word, they better take a hard look in the mirror and ask themselves, what the fuck have they done lately. If you base your entire opinion of people in the U.S. Military off of this laughable video and what these numb-nut reporters think they know about Americans, then you are dumber than a box of rocks.

[@bradtalksforengland]

This hasn't aged well.

[@MrBlackice420]

When you squeeze the trigger, there's a moment of oh fuck what did I just do... then the "enemy" drops. You know it's another human being but under the circumstances, what you know to be "human": no longer exists. You feel like god. The right god, not the wrong god. It's a brief moment of glory and then everything turns back into hell on earth. Just like any other high.The music just boosts it, gives you good vibes, like any other high. Its all a mind game we play on ourselves.

[@sasidharanm122]

Reality always hits different

[@Dhahawii]

كانت ايام صعبه لنا كعراقيين

[@avikazak655]

ولا تزال، يخطىء من يعتقد ان القبور في الشرق الأوسط هي تحت الارض بل فوق الأرض أيضا

[@ZK_SHREDR]

Slayer ,war films, beer- that's a generation I can get behind 🤘🏽

[@penelopehunt2371]

There has always been music played in battle

[@jaimejimenez4223]

This is just the modern version of a cavalry mounted band 😂

[@henryeberhardttargetedbycr7456]

No different when I was growing up in the late 70s and 80s except the toys were guns and army men and loads of war movies to condition our young minds into believing that going too war was cool !

[@pyllywaltteri]

They go through extremely tough military training so I think they know what the war is like

[@prestonhanson501]

When i was over their we listened to slayer alot before missions. Nothing like the smell of gunpowder and HE in the morning

[@samortiz-rd4zt]

"Hell aint a bad place to be "

[@aliafaaqkhan2176]

ironically, most of these young men will come back, suffering from PTSD and countless other mental and physical traumas and then apologize for what they did in war while playing heavy metal.

[@Tragic.Kingdom]

Or better just killed off or forced to commit suicide

[@mshara1]

This must be the 'Heartland values' I keep hearing about.

[@stel1000]

Guy looks so so high, what is he even using, definitely some uppers …

[@aldo5658]

This was crazy to watch! Wished it was longer to see the dichotomy of our society vs theirs and what contributes to making a soilder

[@lumtaroc]

the music they play in the video is annoying. i would hate to hear that during the invasion.

[@abyssstrider2547]

@Jordulous TV He was talking about the shitty rap.

[@abyssstrider2547]

@Jordulous TV Rock is far better than rap but it can hurt ears

[@BillyAsWell]

SLAYER!!!!!

[@johnathandaviddunster38]

John wayne mentality sucks dude ....

[@cinnireseisri]

bad music if i've ever heard it. how distracting.

[@adamturner1563]

SLAYER. you should behave yourself sir