Ah, America. You beacon of composure and proportionate response, you bringer of calm and...
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Sean Cullen:
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Ah, America. You beacon of composure and proportionate response, you bringer of calm and goodness to the world... What do you do when the war you're fighting just can't possibly be won in any meaningful sense? Well, obviously, you sack the guy not winning it and you bring in some other guy. In 2009, that war was Afghanistan, and that other guy... was Glen.
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Ah Your analysis of the insurgency there
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suggests to me there is no monolithic Taliban
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You are spread over the entire country
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You are fighting 1 000 separate battles with locals
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whose principal ideological position
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would seem to be simply that they don't want foreign soldiers in their village
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And that General you must know is a war you will never win
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Glen Ah
Clip duration: 36 seconds
Views: 122
Timestamp in movie: 01h 13m 58s
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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00:22 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
00:12 In it he wrote Men are imperfect creatures
00:32 Ah General excuse me Ah