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[SEAN] This is counterinsurgency. It's a popularity contest
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This is counterinsurgency.It's a popularity contest. Salaam alaikum. You're tryingto...

[SEAN] This is counterinsurgency.
It's a popularity contest. Salaam alaikum. [SEAN] You're trying
to convince the people that they're better off with you
than they are with the insurgents. Basically, it works like this.
You install a local government. You provide security for the people
so that that democracy can take root. [OFFICER] We're training them up,
taking them out on maneuvers

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[SEAN] This is counterinsurgency. It's a popularity contest.
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Salaam alaikum.
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[SEAN] You're trying to convince the people
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that they're better off with you than they are with the insurgents.
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Basically, it works like this. You install a local government.
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You provide security for the people so that that democracy can take root.
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[OFFICER] We're training them up, taking them out on maneuvers.
Duration
23 seconds
Views
76
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:48
Uploaded
Jul 08, 2025
Genres
comedy, drama, war
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

An idiosyncratic general confronts opposition from enemies, allies, and bureaucrats while leading a massive rebuilding operation in Afghanistan.
[SEAN] You train up the local forces - War Machine 00:07
[SEAN] You train up the local forces
You know, I mean, they are committed to, uh... - War Machine 00:05
You know, I mean, they are committed to, uh...
- But, uh... - Or at least you try to. - War Machine 00:07
- But, uh... - Or at least you try to.
I mean, they really seem like they don't wanna be here. - War Machine 00:04
I mean, they really seem like they don't wanna be here.
You do whatever you can to stimulate the local economy. - War Machine 00:06
You do whatever you can to stimulate the local economy.
Not that I like to think where the money is going to, exactly, - War Machine 00:06
Not that I like to think where the money is going to, exactl...
- Why don't they grow cotton, then? - Because the United States Congress - War Machine 00:12
- Why don't they grow cotton, then? - Because the Unite...
- Which pretty much rules out cotton. - Sure. - War Machine 00:04
- Which pretty much rules out cotton. - Sure.
[SEAN] You build infrastructure. Roads, schools, stuff like that. - War Machine 00:09
[SEAN] You build infrastructure. Roads, schools, stuff like ...
In short, you get off your bases and you go make friends with the people. - War Machine 00:15
In short, you get off your bases and you go make friends wit...
We've been in Helmand province for five years now, - War Machine 00:09
We've been in Helmand province for five years now,
Now, you go out there, you go into Marjah, - War Machine 00:07
Now, you go out there, you go into Marjah,
We're not winning any hearts and minds there, I can tell you that. - War Machine 00:04
We're not winning any hearts and minds there, I can tel...
I'm not sure we ever will. Kandahar's the same, of course. - War Machine 00:05
I'm not sure we ever will. Kandahar's the same, of...
If I was you, I'd cut Helmand loose. - War Machine 00:04
If I was you, I'd cut Helmand loose.
I'd concentrate on those parts of the country - War Machine 00:09
I'd concentrate on those parts of the country
This whole province constitutes just 4% of the population of the country. - War Machine 00:05
This whole province constitutes just 4% of the population of...
I'd cut Helmand loose, sir. - War Machine 00:04
I'd cut Helmand loose, sir.
Sean The thing about counterinsurgency is that it doesn't really work - War Machine 00:31
Sean The thing about counterinsurgency is that it...
For guys like Glen, however, - War Machine 00:09
For guys like Glen, however,