Lone Survivor Discussion... Spoilers

[Shogun]

Yeah the original after action reports had the number of enemy pretty low. It seemed to grow slightly in each subsequent report or interview. 35 or 50 or even 20-4 is still crazy odds when you're falling off a mountain and they're above you. I don't think anyone is lying. The guy that wrote Lone Survivor is a British military fiction writer. I would think that constant gunfire from a dozen plus enemy could easily seem like a hundred enemy. The book even got the title of the operation wrong. It was Red Wings, not Redwing. I think they were heroes and I don't think how many fighters that ambushed them really matters.

http://onviolence.com/?e=234

Agreed, I wasn't trying to take anything away from them. I've been in tics where we had 20 and they had 3 or 4 probably and that shyt was scary, I could never imagine what those dudes went through.

 

[Fury616]

Yeah the original after action reports had the number of enemy pretty low. It seemed to grow slightly in each subsequent report or interview. 35 or 50 or even 20-4 is still crazy odds when you're falling off a mountain and they're above you. I don't think anyone is lying. The guy that wrote Lone Survivor is a British military fiction writer. I would think that constant gunfire from a dozen plus enemy could easily seem like a hundred enemy. The book even got the title of the operation wrong. It was Red Wings, not Redwing. I think they were heroes and I don't think how many fighters that ambushed them really matters.

http://onviolence.com/?e=234

Basically...I see these morons on the web debating on how many insurgents there actually were like it fukking matters
Armchair warriors always scream the loudest. I don't give a shyt if its 5-10 insurgents, they still got AKs and RPGs plus the high ground while the SEAL team trying to find cover falling off cliffs and shyt.

 

[TheDarceKnight]

Basically...I see these morons on the web debating on how many insurgents there actually were like it fukking matters
Armchair warriors always scream the loudest. I don't give a shyt if its 5-10 insurgents, they still got AKs and RPGs plus the high ground while the SEAL team trying to find cover falling off cliffs and shyt.

100%

 

[Maschine_Man]

I was in Kandahar during that mission.
pretty crazy.

 

[Shogun]

I was in Kandahar during that mission.
pretty crazy.

Were you in the shyt...eating at the Fridays there?

 

[Maschine_Man]

Were you in the shyt...eating at the Fridays there?

naw, I wasn't at the airfield....

but I remember whenever I would go back there for a run and I wanted to hit up the BK or subway they were always out of tomatoes and shyt.

but the russians barbers??

even did a head massage and everything

 

[Shogun]

naw, I wasn't at the airfield....

but I remember whenever I would go back there for a run and I wanted to hit up the BK or subway they were always out of tomatoes and shyt.

but the russians barbers??

even did a head massage and everything

then mcchrystal came through and crushed the buildings

 

[Malta]

Them falling down hills/cliffs and hitting their heads on boulders and getting t-boned by trees was ridiculous, they should have left that shyt out. I was like "One of these dudes has to be dead" from the falls they were taking, shyt was straight Looney Tunes status but nope, they were all ready to rock after tumbling 150 ft down hills only to be stopped by rocks.

 

[-DMP-]

just started this right now.

-DMP-

 

[tr2k]

Wont read ur review but...
How da fuk yall nikkas be getting early screeners and shyt


I wanna be special...
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ummmm

 

[Point Blank]

Dope ass movie. I'll watch it again in theaters. Kinda made me wanna deploy again..

 

[kingdarius]

Dope ass movie. I'll watch it again in theaters. Kinda made me wanna deploy again..

that shyt made me wanna stay out ....im definitely not about that life ...

 

[Shogun]

Them falling down hills/cliffs and hitting their heads on boulders and getting t-boned by trees was ridiculous, they should have left that shyt out. I was like "One of these dudes has to be dead" from the falls they were taking, shyt was straight Looney Tunes status but nope, they were all ready to rock after tumbling 150 ft down hills only to be stopped by rocks.

Of course we can only take his word for it, but Lutrell commeneted in an interview that as bad as the falls looked in the movie it was actually worse. Lutrell himself broke his back in several places, dislocated his shoulder, and broke his leg I believe....and this dude is an ox.

If you ever have a chance to read the book (and ignore the blatant political rants) the movie "sugar coated" what they went through. Again, if you believe his story.

 

[Trip]

looking forward to seeing this.

Book was great

 

[5StarElite]

Movie was piff. I'm not built for that war protocol shyt cuz when they caught them dudes slipping at the top of the mountain, I would have chosen door number 3