The thing about counterinsurgency is that it doesn't really work. We tried it in Viet Nam....
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Sean Cullen:
[voiceover]
The thing about counterinsurgency is that it doesn't really work. We tried it in Viet Nam. That went well... The British and the French gave it a shot trying to hang on to *their* crumbling empires... It just hasn't worked. To me, it would seem kind of simple why. You can't win the trust of a country by invading it. You can't build a nation at gunpoint.
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Sean The thing about counterinsurgency is that it doesn't really work
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We tried it in Vietnam That went well
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The British and the French gave it a shot
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trying to hang on to their crumbling empires
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It just hasn't worked
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To me it would seem kind of simple why
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You can't win the trust of a country by invading it
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You can't build a nation at gunpoint
Clip duration: 31 seconds
Views: 140
Timestamp in movie: 00h 20m 52s
Uploaded: 15 November, 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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00:11 General
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00:12 In it he wrote Men are imperfect creatures
00:32 Ah General excuse me Ah
00:28 Sean You could argue that the main reason
00:36 You beacon of composure and proportionate response
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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