Yes ma'am. General, the US invaded Afghanistan because of the Al-Qaeda attacks on...
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[Glen is briefing government officials on the mission in a conference room in Berlin, talking about counterinsurgency]
Gen. Glen McMahon:
[to an audience member with her hand up]
Yes ma'am.
German Politician:
[with heavy German accent]
General, the US invaded Afghanistan because of the Al-Qaeda attacks on September 11th. This is correct, yes?
Gen. Glen McMahon:
Uh, yeah.
German Politician:
You have been speaking to us now for 45 minutes.
[Someone in the back says "Lauter bitte"]
Gen. Glen McMahon:
Oh, uh, where is the- uh... Oh thank you.
German Politician:
[takes the microphone]
Thank you.
[Says something in German to someone off screen, then turns to Glen]
German Politician:
You have been speaking to us now for 45 minutes, and yet in all of that time, you have only mentioned Al-Qaeda once.
[Scott Cullen scoffs and takes out his pen]
German Politician:
Your own vice president has advocated a much smaller and simpler counter-terrorism approach to incapacitate what is estimated to be little more than 100 Al-Qaeda fighters that still remain in Afghanistan to refocus on what it was that started this was in the first place.
Gen. Glen McMahon:
Ah!
German Politician:
[interrupting Glen]
Your analysis of the insurgency there suggests to me that there is no monolithic Taliban. You are spread over the entire country. You are fighting 1,000 separate battles with locals whose principal ideological position would seem to be simply that they don't want foreign soldiers in their village, and that, General, you must know, is a war you will *never* win.
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Ah General excuse me Ah
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We are trying to make this Blu ray player work
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Uh do you know how they function Uh
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Normally you have those wires with the red the yellow and the white plug
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But uh this machine seems only to have this wire
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I can't find where to plug it into the television
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I'm sorry Mr President
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I'm afraid I don't know a whole lot about technology
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I'm sure I could have somebody come by and take a look at it for you
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Fuck it Never mind
Clip duration: 32 seconds
Views: 164
Timestamp in movie: 00h 12m 58s
Uploaded: 19 March, 2022
Genres: comedy, drama, war
Summary: An idiosyncratic general confronts opposition from enemies, allies, and bureaucrats while leading a massive rebuilding operation in Afghanistan.
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00:28 Sean You could argue that the main reason
00:36 You beacon of composure and proportionate response
00:22 What do you think this dinner is for Tom Howard
00:46 Glen I've spent the last week or so
00:33 Let's say the two insurgents you just killed uh
00:18 Let me tell you what I want you to do Tom Howard
00:28 Sir uh my team and I are about to embark on a uh
00:37 Sean In the good old days wars were fought
00:06 God damn it Pete Why are you fat
00:21 Here's the thing about press releases
00:26 Sean I used to think that men went gray because they had...
00:29 Sean Wars aren't fought by nations or by armies
00:31 This is a war
00:29 I don't know sir It seems to me that we all here with...
00:16 You gotta understand
00:08 Greg Listen we are the fucking US military
00:41 Your predecessor General Whelan I liked him
00:31 Sean The thing about counterinsurgency is that it...
00:11 General
00:23 Anyway in the absence of any real soul searching