US SOF & Kurds Assault the Northern Front - Operation Iraqi Freedom - Animated

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US Green Berets are flown deep behind enemy lines into Iraq to assist the Kurdish Peshmerga in opening up a Northern Front against militant groups and Saddam's Army.
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[@TheOperationsRoom]

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[@AquaWeiner]

U guys need to up the brightness a little the dark edges make the whole video way too dim

[@Heokleis]

Can you pls do something about Angola and South Africa in the border war

[@kurtru5selcrowe607]

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[@ramon1906]

Why do you call the AAI fighters insurgents at 11:52? I doubt that therminology is correct smh

[@moamnkarkuky]

Yes, the maps and plans are all correct

[@geordiedog1749]

When the food truck turned up with Kebabs I literally - not figuratively - lol’d.

[@SpartacusColo]

TRC - Tactical Roach Coach

[@RCAvhstape]

The Allies always have their priorities straight.

[@Elfenvampir]

The onions man! The ONIONS!!!

[@adilaziz5385]

Shame on you

[@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat]

As Ralph the movie maker said “AN IRAQI FOOD CART????”

[@HiopX]

Iraqis: We have an army Peshmerga: We have onions

[@FifingFossil]

I love how this joke about taking onion delivery stuck with series

[@jacobcave1587]

The republican guard…HEY GIVE THE ONIONS BACK NOW the Kurds…No

[@HiopX]

@@FifingFossil it's like "my cabbages" from Avatar

[@beatthegreat7020]

I have no clue where the onion joke is coming from. Could you explain?

[@Metal_Auditor]

@@beatthegreat7020 it's from The Ops Room's Gulf War series. One of the videos mentions American troops intercepting an Iraqi supply convoy which turned out to be truckloads of onions, and a later video mentions the Iraqis eating their rations "with a distinct lack of onions."

[@aveenvp]

Kurdish American here, my uncles were all Peshmerga. Thanks for taking the time to show us some spotlight, it's really appreciated.

[@NorthForkFisherman]

Sorry, the world keeps crapping on you guys. You know who we're "owned" by, right?

[@Tacticalerth]

Same my uncle was a kurdish insurgent and plotted to kll mayor of erbil who was pro saddam

[@RazorsharpLT]

@@NorthForkFishermanWhat? What are you babbling about? The Kurds were fine until Donald Dumbass Drumpf said "let them all fight it out!" and left the Kurds at the will of the Turks and others.

[@kurdishmountainlion2516]

Same here my father was peshmerga so does my uncles , they also fought in the invasion of iraq and my oldest uncle commander of unit of Second Army brigade of PDK . My grandfather was also peshmerga commander in first iraq - kurdish war in 60s

[@erikrq4087]

They were/are excellent soldiers. I operated in the region in 2003.

[@glennheth3472]

I remember meeting a guy who was with the SOF in the North of Iraq and he spoke very highly of the Peshmerga. He also said the laser designator for the LGB's was "like having the world's biggest sniper rifle."

[@SabbaticusRex]

The 'Kinetic Delete Button'

[@EliteF22]

We spent the peruod between both Gulf Wars training the Peshmerga. The Kurds are the best fighters in Iraq. It's just that they are the smallest population of the three main blocs.

[@cia5649]

@@EliteF22 they control the iraqi mountains tho where they are a majority

[@fitz2917]

It’s amazing how many battles during this war aren’t talked about. This was a massive operation, and I had never heard of it!

[@rudah90]

Because it can stregthen russia's cause of war. Kurd separatist is same as donbass separatist. And both war US/RUS did direct military assistance to rebel to fight their goverment.

[@عليياسر-ف4ن9ك]

America: This is not me, these intelligence services and soldier slaves ​@@pefe

[@alexoman177]

​@@rudah90 What bullshit.

[@KombatKochPartDeux]

@@pefeUS didn't lose this war. We actually stayed longer then the Iraqi government wanted us to. When we finally pulled out everything went to shit. This isn't Afghanistan where we left even though the Afghan government wanted us to stay, so they could keep the status quo forever.

[@lembitmoislane.]

⁠@@rudah90The Kurds have been living here forever and it is their own only homeland. The russians in Crimea, Donbass and elsewhere in Ukraine and the region are imported russian colonizers into the present. The russians have a country to go to, live in, and be russian, the Kurdish don’t.

[@sharpshotm16]

Oh my god the onion callback joke. Keep up the good work you lot

[@leepatterson5710]

I forget what was the joke again? I've watched all the videos but I don't remember it.

[@glennheth3472]

@@leepatterson5710 From the First Gulf War. The 101 Airborne ambushed and seized an Iraqi convoy expecting it to be carrying weapons but the trucks turned out to be full of onions instead.

[@sharpshotm16]

@leepatterson5710 3 years ago, Ground War day 2 of Operations Room Desert Storm, 13 mins in (on capturing a road which was supplying the Iraqi Forces) "With hopes and dreams of a shipment of Scud Missles and tank shells, scouts search the vehicles. They report a shipment of onions." Then, in Ground War Day 4/5, 6mins~ in, on the Medina Republican Guard Division eating lunch: " As the 348 Abrams tanks of the First Armoured Division approach from the west, the Iraqi troops use the false safety of the overcast rainy weather to eat a lunch of rice and tomatoes, with a distinct lack of onions."

[@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat]

@@sharpshotm16Jesus Christ man, did you go back to find all those?

[@sharpshotm16]

@@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat yeah

[@QemeH]

Why do I get the distinct feeling that some nerd in the plannign staff named this operation "Mjölnir" but had to rename it "Viking Hammer" because the brass couldn't pronounce the name of the plan... :D

[@JoshuaC923]

And then we have Ugly baby😂

[@VonDilling]

"What the hell is a mule-near?" "It means viking hammer, sir.." "Well shit, that sounds way more badass. Let's just call it that!"

[@honkhonk8009]

Shouldv named it something cool like "RobloxGod"

[@UpAndReady]

I would love to believe that, but standard U.S. naming convention is Operation “Adjective” “Noun”

[@QemeH]

@@UpAndReady Okay, so he got shot down by the regulations not by a specific general. Still the same story ;)

[@vexxcon8125]

As a Kurd, from the Capital of the Kurdistan Region of Erbil (Hêwler) I cannot thank you enough for this incredibly well made video This was a wonderful watch for me at 3:30 AM, Splendid video as always.

[@anathardayaldar]

How do you feel about the way your people were treated after the Gulf War?

[@CanadianFitted]

@@anathardayaldar Treated by who?

[@memesfarsi3111]

Ay bzhi👍❤️

[@honkhonk8009]

@@anathardayaldar Stop saying "your people". Its tribalistic wording. You dont talk to Germans or Irishmen, and say "your people" when talking abt their history. Individuals are more than their ethnicity. Alot of people identify with their nationality more than their ethnicity aswell.

[@kingcorp]

@@honkhonk8009 That's kinda the problem right? The Kurds unfortunately don't actually have a country, unlike the Germans and Irish in your example.

[@RCAvhstape]

This war was big in scale and yet the average American has never heard of any of these battles. The news never talked much about them and I don't know any younger people who say they were taught in school. Bless the Operations Room for getting the word out about the deeds of those who fought for their lives in these historical battles.

[@BigFatCone]

Probably because the whole operation was a bit of a shit show.

[@adilaziz5385]

yeah fighting for NEOCONS lol , killings people that were defending their country.

[@RCAvhstape]

@@adilaziz5385 Wow, you've got it all figured out.

[@polygonalfortress]

@@adilaziz5385 wowzers how mindblowing, have a cookie for that act of public service 👍

[@adilaziz5385]

@@RCAvhstape yup

[@theoddguy985]

My father participated as a Peshmerga (may he rest in peace) Ended up leading the Iraqi Special Operations Forces from 03-2018 Major General Fadhil Barwari ❤❤

[@ciwancoban]

Is it true mullah krekar is becoming more infamous amongst the Kurdish youth

[@ryabow]

8:11 i love that the cavalry charge is still a thing.

[@ibrahimcokgezici8329]

The impact Kurdish forces have made in the Middle East to aid the us and its allies over the last 30 or so years is truly remarkable.

[@momon969]

And they've gotten very little in return.

[@dmeinhertzhagen8764]

How could they lose this battle? 7000 Kurds with a U.S. Special operation group including air and artillery support versus 300-400 disorganized Iraqis. That’s why the US government has abandoned the Kurds to their sad sorrow three times in just as many decades. Didn’t they just abandon them again by siding witch their NATO allied Turkey?

[@ThatSB]

​@dmeinhertzhagen8764 they were fighting up hill into mountains against prepared defenses. It isnt that easy. And yes the US abandoned them before Turkey began airstrikes

[@omLDN]

@ertzhagen8764 You want 3:1 for prepared defenders, for terrain like this, maybe 5:1 . No reward to fighting fair

[@krzysiu4003]

Yes they did, well Trump did, the Turks are still bombing them.@@dmeinhertzhagen8764

[@tomaszzalewski8135]

I've followed this channel for a long, long time - pretty much since the beginning. You are just incredible with your depictions of battle and the level of detail you go into - not too much, not too little, just enough to keep both the casual and the more military oriented people around. No other channel on YT gives me this level of excitement when I see a new video. Keep up the great, great, great work - you are absolutely the best.

[@TheOperationsRoom]

Very kind, thank you!

[@timmccarthy9917]

Who could have predicted that Turkey would object to an American plan to empower the Kurds?

[@jacobcave1587]

Not surprised

[@SebepsizKoala]

Nope, we declined cause we didn't know if saddam had WMDs or chemical weapons back then, Turkey already got accidentally hit by Saddams missiles once. Government didn't want to put innocent people on risk for nothing.

[@SebepsizKoala]

And Turks been working with Pesmerga since 80s, Turkey fights againts pkk (which is a marxist-socialist terrorist group. -recognized as a terrorist group by US and EU-) not the Kurds. Stop saying "Kurds" when Turks only fight pkk-kck

[@jacobcave1587]

@@SebepsizKoalaI thought it was because turkey hate the Kurds

[@YeahNoTellTheTruth]

​@@SebepsizKoalathese are Peshmerga forces and turkey denied, yet you still think this lies is believable😂

[@Nikola-z3t]

I’m a Kurd and I still live in Kurdistan I’m really glad to see this and also mentioning the peshmerga,, most of Kurds family had at least one peshmerga , I always remember this line from my father ( we were so hyped to remove sadam Hussein and live in peace not knowing that now days we have thousands of sadam Husseins in Kurdistan region and Iraq unfortunately ) just in case people wondering how things are going now here in Kurdistan,, the place is very very safe we have our own army Pehsamrga but unfortunately Kurdistan is now separated by two families Barzani which is PDK and Talabani which is PUK on paper we have parliament and one government but in reality each of those families control a region of the Kurdistan region and they steal all the oil money and stuff I hope one day we can have good leaders and find a normal life wish u all the best and peace to everyone

[@LD-Orbs]

Thanks for speaking up! I can only hope that thins will get better for you and yours...

[@StevenKeery]

User- fw: Best wishes to you and your family. I can only hope Life improves for your people.

[@colemanmoore9871]

I have never heard a bad word spoken about the Kurdish people. I have a close friend who fought alongside the peshmerga. Geopolitics is getting in the way of helping good people.

[@billbonson7300]

sorry for leaving you to turkey and assad in northern syria. one of the greatest blunders of the trump administration and never should of happened. -usa

[@Robbiehans]

@@colemanmoore9871thank you brother from a fellow Kurd

[@Sophocles13]

@ 9:18 I love how you animated the horses running away haha

[@jamesdelaney3797]

You have got to do more stories about delivering hot chow during a fire fight. This is the second one ive heard from your stories a bout fearless cooks. Lmfao

[@robhiggerson4203]

Second this

[@victorviereck6476]

Gut Trucks are the most important part of a military -- guy from the Bundeswehr ( me )

[@ForthaBois]

Reminds me of the story of the US ice cream barge in WWII's pacific theater. There's a story of a Japanese commander loosing hope of winning after learning the US had a ship just for making and serving frozen treats.

[@delta34golf]

The onions.. nice shout out to a previous episode. :)

[@clement28300yip]

14:48 *Chanson de l'Oignon* begins playing in the background

[@christianhatke477]

I love how US doctrine in war has now become “any casualties are unacceptable”

[@عليياسر-ف4ن9ك]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@kekkoinen]

I mean the major reason for losses in vietnam and more recently Afghanistan were due go friendly casualties (along with war crimes and lack of tangible progress) resulting in loss of public support and shit

[@عليياسر-ف4ن9ك]

@@kekkoinen These same Americans kill each other 2 million every year

[@natowaveenjoyer9862]

​@@kekkoinenMost allegations of American war crimes are complete bogus, though.

[@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat]

@@natowaveenjoyer9862I mean, to be fair, of course they would say that, they have to remain the good guys in their own eyes. Cynicism aside though, I’m sure it’s played up abit

[@Dadwar_Real]

amazing video, please keep covering the "invisible wars" that truely lead to the defeat of saddam

[@mattrose32177]

Worked with the Peshmerga and Asayish in 2016 they are by far the best locals I've ever worked with. Super professional and motivated, loved working with those guys!

[@brokenbridge6316]

That comment about the food truck was interesting. Glad to hear about this interesting operation. Hope to hear more about not talked about enough operations n battles during war time.

[@BunningsJimhouse]

The onions is my favourite recurring theme in this whole story

[@batboylives]

I was in a community that was evacuated due to flooding and got a chance to ride in a C-130 Hercules. CAF Moosonee, ON non-stop to Cornwall, ON. Was an awesome experience, the power at take off whew!!

[@orionion]

While I was in the hospital I made friends with a nurse, this dominatrix-looking Kurd who used to be a Peshmerga fighter. Seeing this video, I asked her if she was there. She said no, but she had friends there, fellow female soldiers. They lost a technical with a mounted grenade launcher to friendly danger close artillery fire, wounding one of them. Said they were looking for chemical weapons but found none. A hard fight, but very few losses. More videos about the Kurds please!

[@zoutewand]

Man I swear every kurd I've met is like that Full of pride and determination

[@pablopablo3834]

I feel so bad for the Kurds. Oppressed for centuries and they fought he Iraqi government and were solely responsible for the fact Iraq didn't fall into the hands of ISIS. If the Peshmerga didn't hold them back on their own we could have seen an unimaginable slaughter when they took Baghdad.

[@anaeusrex2014]

I think you need to look up the Popular Mobilization Units, Iran funded alot of the opposition to ISIS; yep won't see that on the news.

[@ggoddkkiller1342]

If you worry about about oppressed people look at African Americans, Native Americans, Aborigines and millions more people from Africa, America and Asia! While ''oppressed'' Kurds were full citizens of Ottoman, in fact Ottoman was considering all Muslims simply Muslims and there was no mention of ethnicity in anywhere at all..

[@Inquisitor_Zama]

@@ggoddkkiller1342 Turk identified

[@murtadhaalkenani3876]

Shut up please

[@TheAvererageGamer]

​@@ggoddkkiller1342boo hoo, did your people get conquered by Europeans? Shouldve been better at war

[@TheGermanicTribes]

I still feel that the Kurds deserve statehood more than any other people in the world.

[@quvy338]

go ahead and settle them in your backyard then

[@honkhonk8009]

@@quvy338 tbh id rather have Kurds than Palestinians.

[@pellejohansen]

@@quvy338 they already live in the area whee they should have a state

[@quvy338]

@@pellejohansen they are native to north-west Iran so if they want a state we should deport them all there.

[@pixel_trap]

​Kurds have the arean to create their independent state you and your goverment just occupied it and you should leave it @@quvy338

[@BarbiePerret]

Special effects that transport us into fantastical realms; a mesmerizing journey through pixels.🧡

[@kommandantgalileo]

​@@ag3nt_greendude, it's a bot.

[@TheGreatOne-gw7xh]

Love this channel.

[@obamium8385]

New operation room vid, i click

[@khurramzafar]

Obunga man clicks

[@UH1Phil]

"With the presumed great envy of the Republican Guard divisions way to the south, healthy lashings of onions." I understood that reference!

[@ianbirge8269]

Roughneck 9-1 is a great book about one team's experience regarding these events.

[@afriyam3228]

You guys should make a video game with this sorta art style. I would buy it.

[@28ebdh3udnav]

From what I read is that the Peshmerga also had several "Dozens" of captured tanks like the T 55s and T 72s

[@patricklewis9662]

The USS Roosevelt and USS Truman were not in the Persian Gulf during this, they were in the Aegean Sea and we had a corridor through Turkey to provide air support.

[@RazorsharpLT]

He mentioned this... literally at the start when he said that they fired a bunch of Tomahawks from the Mediterranean

[@mikecamp486]

I was an airborne ranger 84-04 and took part in this operation

[@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat]

7:04 as of 2023, cruise missiles can cost up to 1.8 million dollars a piece, not even including export costs which soar far beyond that

[@navyseal1689]

Missiles have expiration date. Im pretty sure the government got plenty of stock for war that never occurred with Soviet

[@Rahel_Rashid]

Oh I remember this! We used to live in Sulaimaniyah. The area around Halabja & this operation are very beautiful & traditionally we kurds go there to picnic around the Kurdish new year (21st March) and afterwards. It was only a few days after this operation that my father took us on a picnic near these sites. I was asleep in the car & suddenly woke up to very loud, boisterous music: everyone was dancing! My dad quickly told us it's not a marriage dance, people are happy Ansar Al-Islam are rooted out.

[@robbabcock_]

Great video! The Kurds are such fierce and brave warriors, it's shameful the way the USA abandoned them.

[@Scout686]

The US usually abandons it’s allies after using them.

[@honkhonk8009]

@@Scout686 The US has done what it could. Its hard to do shit when your already criticized for interfering with foreign wars too much.

[@asdf-sr1ny]

Omg Kurds are just like the Avengers !!

[@JarodFarrant]

This needs film about it, and make it Traditionally animated

[@maksimdoesmtb935]

6:54. Wow. Thats quite the drawing

[@audigex]

Please could you start including a link to the playlist in the video description? I've found that I often discover a video partway through a series and want to be able to go back to the start and watch in order, but finding the playlist isn't always easy

[@THALASA]

Fun fact: the Turkish President at the time asked the military to come up with a plan on what do do join the invasion or not. The military made its calculations and it was recomended to prepare for about 12000 deaths, since we would invade from the worst terrain. The Half Kurdish president at the Time just Refused the assists the U.S.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

Only 12 minutes late and it was a really good idea to convince big baddy to focus on the North.

[@davidgjenkins]

Why are there seven aircraft in the graphic? Your v/o states that six start, one damaged and diverts, five land, but the vision shows seven start, one divert and six land. Which was it?

[@houseyUK]

Another great video......and well done Doom ;)

[@lagboi4539]

14:45 The onion lore is back

[@carlossmith8605]

I served in the 4th Infantry Division from 2001 to 2007. During the first deployment from 2003 to 2004, we were held back because our vehicles were rerouted from Turkey to Kuwait. We watched on TV as the 3rd Infantry Division made their way through to Baghdad. When we got to Kuwait and later entered Iraq from Kuwait, we saw the carnage via burned out vehicles... it was brutal to say the least.

[@whatilearnttoday5295]

By insignificant amounts of Ricin and Potassium chloride, you mean a First Aid Kit with Caster Oil right?

[@outofturn331]

We refuse to confirm or deny

[@seeky907]

Great as always

[@ascot4000]

The Iranians were very forgiving of coalition actions at their doorstep, verging on friendly. I'm not saying anyone strayed onto their lawn or even above it but if/when that should happen they would just remind them where they were and ask if they needed water and directions. Pretty cool guys and not what you would imagine. Quick shout-out for the Brits involved in this, including the RAF pilot flying one of the Harley formation MC-130s. He had an interesting night.

[@trouserarmadillo8616]

So they were just observing?

[@mikeoyler2983]

What is it with "The Operations Room" and stories about onions in both Iraq wars?

[@elbeardothemagnifico]

Petition to rename channel as The Onion Room

[@outofturn331]

With a bunch of fictitious documentaries

[@Lazuli2-6]

14:40 did we intercept another convoy of onions? XD

[@batboylives]

This channel rocks my socks.

[@memesfarsi3111]

As a Kurd I wanna thank you for mentioning us, people nowadays forgot that we are USA allies we fought next to them since ww2, and next to European since ww1. Unfortunately president Trump when he was in office said I don't support kurds cause the didn't help us in ww2, which is totally not true, 22 thousands of our troops were in ww2 along side of Americans to fight nazi Germany. But no hate towards President Trump, we are humans and all of us sometimes say something that not have information on it 100%. GOD BLESS USA, HAR BEZHI KURDISTAN.

[@honkhonk8009]

Kurds are really chill people. Iv spoken with a lot of Turks recently, and they also agree its mostly just politicians being silly atp. Not all Kurds blindly support the PKK, just like how not all Irish blindly support the IRA. Turkey lowkey missed an opportunity to be allies with the Kurdish groups that dont engage in Insurgency with them.

[@ggoddkkiller1342]

@@honkhonk8009 Turkey is already a great ally of KDP which is like only Kurdish side which never supported PKK. And there are more than a dozen Turkish bases in KDP territory both training their Peshmerga forces and providing protection. PUK banned PKK in territory as well few years ago but they still don't act against them so relations aren't so good. Any sane Kurdish person should see anymore there is only one ally of them and it is Turkey, all others used Kurds..

[@phillippeterman1051]

Great video!

[@yanniammari1491]

US logistics: No onions?

[@dethofgod666]

That food truck with the onions reminds me of that last shrek movie where the cook was on the battle plan and lecturing them about being hungry after the attack

[@apacheFX664]

This whole story has everything a 80s/90s action flick needs. Amazing, and never under estimate what a food truck can do for your mission!! 😅

[@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat]

Imagine how much fuel was required for one of these scenarios to play out, let alone metals mined and refined. Absolutely nuts.

[@jamesmcgilcrest4948]

wow i knew an SF operator who fought in this battle

[@ZekkSkywalk]

I have to say hearing that the Kurdish forces basically just charged stuff made me wince. Learning that it actually worked is crazy.

[@neptune5616]

One of my uncles fought in this war, this is very intresting to know what happened in Iraq.

[@Sithman1776]

Please so a segment on Operation Phantom Fury (battle of Fallujah).

[@illyrian44]

My impression from this whole series is that this whole invasion was such a muck up, that a more capable army would have inflicted heavier losses to the American coalition. It was most likely thrown together within months and then launched before it even finished the preparation phase.

[@The.Greater.kurdistan]

If you want to know more about the early stages of the war and the role the Peshmerga played in winning the war, read The CIA War in Kurdistan by Sam Faddis. It was a great read.

[@Matt-xc6sp]

Based Kurds, as always.

[@jakemocci3953]

You don’t know what that means

[@Matt-xc6sp]

@@jakemocci3953I know Trump abandoned them and that’s probably why you don’t like them. Sad.

[@jakemocci3953]

@@Matt-xc6sp I don’t like them because they have close ties to western antifa, and I’m glad trump abandoned them.

[@jakemocci3953]

@@Matt-xc6sp They support western antifa, therefore, they are the enemy. It’s that simple.

[@jakemocci3953]

@@Matt-xc6sp They support western antifa, that makes them the enemy.

[@user-kc6qr5eo1k]

5:53, Why is there 6 planes landing when it said all 5 landed? Also in the beginning it was said there was 6 MC-130 bit there was 7, is this a video error or is one extra plane meant for something else so it isn't counted in?

[@blacks_life_doesnot_m.....]

Kosovo is albania

[@xGrassNinja]

SFG just stands for special forces group. Also has an (A) designating it as an airborne unit.

[@damienruzco]

Great video

[@WSFM_Rex]

Amazing video

[@ArykSapien]

Im not an expert, but I’m pretty sure “find an exploit in the enemy’s defenses and bum rush” is supposed to also be soviet army doctrine as well. It’s cool to see if it’s used properly it’s actually effective.

[@alexanderleach3365]

I wonder if this would become a movie like 12 Men Strong.

[@kzrlgo]

Another great video! Thanks. ps of course there was no chemical factory or WMDs... but let's not dwell on that right?

[@y2J2k11]

Man oh man how badly did we fuck over these allies so badly.

[@slugshell2901]

Bijî Kurdistan 😎 🇺🇸

[@localNPCboy]

The onion reference lmaoooo I love that

[@centurymemes1208]

I think this lay the groundwork for later kurds fighting against ISIS with US support. i also heard turkey did not like that

[@clumsiii]

@The Operations Room You called it "A--Day" on the 21st of March. I remember that term from the news but in US that name A-Day was not used anymore. Interesting, and somehow reassuring to hear that, bc no one I know remembers that term. It may have been conflated w "shock and awe" and news just dumbed it down again. Or Def Dept said hey, don't talk about that so loud - to the news. Odd to me that US doesn't know that term on a widespread basis

[@kurtisszczesiul633]

You should do a video about Operation Kayla Mueller

[@SgtTimon]

What program are you using to make these awesome videos

[@derek45auto23]

read - ONE GREEN BERET by Mark Giaconia

[@crashboomber]

Great content as always man, hope the turks dont give you a hard time for putting the name "kurd" in your content. keep up the great work

[@Broken_dish]

so awesome to finally see someone give a in depth detailed look into the war on terror as a american who loves history i find it baffling how little i actually know about it despite trying to find as much as i could

[@satellieroll4742]

Theres a fantastic book about the CIA officers on the ground spent months on the ground coordinating all this “The CIA War In Kurdistan”

[@marv151]

How is this not a movie

[@r-saint]

Azadi bo Kurdistan!

[@SgtOddball90]

This was by far the most important battle of the entire war and yet no mention of it. The fact that the Ansar camp actually had WMD's but not a word about it?

[@ggoddkkiller1342]

There was no WMD in Iraq at all, even Bush government knew about it before they invaded Iraq and still used it as a war justification..

[@or6397]

It amazes me the US can get away with holding two contradictory positions of being an ally with Turkey and the Kurds. Really the US has been very fortunate to have avoided making tough decisions like that.

[@mrsupremegascon]

They never were real ally of the Kurds. They just used Kurds to remove Saddam and then ISIS as it threatened oil supply. They abandoned them once Kurds served their purpose

[@honkhonk8009]

The US supports certain Kurdish groups. Every Kurdish group Turkey considers as Terrorists, the US considers as terrorists aswell. The reason Turkey considers those groups terrorists were because of the Insurgency against Turkey from years prior.

[@ggoddkkiller1342]

@@honkhonk8009 They ignore there are 2-3,000 PKK terrorists in YPG however, even YPG's commander Mazloum Kobane is a ''former'' PKK terrorist! But no worries according to our terrorist supporting ''allies'' he retired from being a terrorist and full time freedom fighter now!! Turkey can invade entire YPG-SDF territory any time and nobody can do anything to stop it. If erdogan doesn't do such a thing because he is weak and needs support to fix the economy..

[@BesquaredFilms4k]

Please do operation Urgent Fury

[@avgjoeavglife]

I love how even in war the Kurds have a food truck.

[@codystout5353]

Never thought I'd see the day when the C-130 was no longer used in battle

[@marke.2946]

Please make a video about Loyce Edward Dean.

[@Eljacob0]

The facility didn’t contain chemical weapons? Oh my gosh what a surprising result!

[@Brodysbad2467]

14:44 nice callback to the onions again lmao

[@SageThyme23]

Its so awful how the Kurdish people have been treated after all they did. America should be ashamed

[@PresidentEvil]

We must never forget the Kurds