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Yes I agree Moose. I've seen some vids from friends who were there, but it's not the same thing. Good move HK!
edit: LoL at the youtube comments!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BiwYJHQRW0
Finally they start releasing some of the combat footage to the general public.
Thank you Chair!
Yes I agree Moose. I've seen some vids from friends who were there, but it's not the same thing. Good move HK!
edit: LoL at the youtube comments!
The news program that aired a day ago or so, said that the firefight lasted ~five hours. For how long does the battery last on one of those camera helmets anyway?
There is tons of footage like this and more intense. It’s simply not put out there and the troops know what the official line is. I think it’s ok this way. Let some out in a controlled manner. Keep the rest for internal use.
Actualy I dislike it in a way, the swedish armed forces choose to release that vid becuase it had everything they want to conway to the swedish public. They should either show everything they got or nothing simply becuase now when they have released this vid they will have a hard time arguing against not releasing all vids they have and still sound credible. The worst thing the armed forces could do is to get caught trying to manipulate the information reaching the public, and this vid feels to me like propaganda more then anything else.
Im not saying it a grand conspiracy just that they pick and choose what we should see to improve their image and that is not the armed forces function.
True. However they still need to conduct good public relations and considering their afraid of showing troops swearing during firefights im shure they will continue to be restriktive in what they show. The public cant handle anything else for understandable reasons.
Rome wasnt built in one day my friend. It will come
I think they have good intentions but they are also serving the tabloids an easy story. All a tabloid needs to do is ask for all the material, either the the army refuses and then the tabloids have a "what are they hiding"-story or they give out the material and then if the tabloid find for instance a soldier swearing during a firefight they will spin it "look what they want you to see and what is really going on"-story.
I just think that if they want to highlight a specific event in a firefight they also need to make the entire film (with censure regarding OpSec) available even if its 2 hours of knock-knock-jokes and blister-popping just to show that they dont pick and choose what we get to know.
I agree.Originally Posted by Leaper
http://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/Inte...-ar-en-soldat/
This article was released the other day, and I think it shows a new kind of openness about the whole Afghanistan involvement.
Yeah some of your countrymen seems to have it upside down, writing crap about the US in a video showing swedish soldiers fighting rebels... And am I right in reading that they are comparing it to Call of Duty??? Lol @ COD kiddies honestly! They need to GTFO no matter where they come from! I hope the guy who posted the vid deletes the comments.
Yes we are trying to remove the comments that hasn't got anything to do with the clip, or i.e. contains bad language.Yeah some of your countrymen seems to have it upside down, writing crap about the US in a video showing swedish soldiers fighting rebels... And am I right in reading that they are comparing it to Call of Duty??? Lol @ COD kiddies honestly! They need to GTFO no matter where they come from! I hope the guy who posted the vid deletes the comments.
But at the sometime people must still have the right to say what they think without being censored. It is a thin line sometimes.
Honestly, you guys should remove the comment option. If people have any questions about the clips you upload they can contact the Armed Forces.
It's embarrasing for Sweden to see what people write. But that's just my personal oppinion
Somebody made a joke about it and now the fanboys moved in and the retardness is all over. Please shoot me Mr.DanskjävelYeah some of your countrymen seems to have it upside down, writing crap about the US in a video showing swedish soldiers fighting rebels... And am I right in reading that they are comparing it to Call of Duty??? Lol @ COD kiddies honestly! They need to GTFO no matter where they come from! I hope the guy who posted the vid deletes the comments.
Oh I agree totally, however there is a difference between censure and removing offensive comments that has nothing to do with the topic at hand. (in this case US bashing). It's up to you of course, and I realize that youtube is the home of retards and no matter what a video is about it'll inevitably turn into a US SUX, DENMARK STRONG/SWEDEN STRONG/AZERBAIJAN STRONG flamefest. Maybe Leapers suggestion is the best one.
Well that's youtube for ya isn't it. Retardness all over the place. And no I could never shoot you brother, give you a small skalle maybe, but only for love!
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