i watched people die on tv

[scott5640]

i just watched national geographics inside the green beret, and the show was interesting until the convoy was on the cliff side, the IV was behind a AMV, and they had their lights on(lighting up there position). the camera then goes to the second AMV in the convoy, they a flash and a bang, you can see the mans face for a split second, they were ambused. i needed to vent a little, why would a television show put this out there?

 

[EnglishDan]

National Geographic is all about delivering acurate accounts. The footage may be disturbing but it brings the point across. It gives the viewer in his home an idea of what is really going on out there. I know it is hard to take but Nat Geo is excellent and I for one hope they keep up the good work of educating!

 

[scott5640]

i do too, but they should pause the show to warn of graffic content

 

[02RangerXLT]

why would a television show put this out there?

Because it shows the truth... truth's a b*tch aint it?

There's nothing worse than when someone doesn't realize that things like that actually happened...(Not speaking directly to you, just in general)

(No harm was meant by any of the comments in this post)

 

[babytruck]

?? maybe to show what service members go through, ratings, or to piss you off... if you think about it Vietnam was a very graphic war, people saw the terrible images of war. sense then they really don't show the public what war is like anymore.

 

[doorgunner]

ain't it the truth!!!!!!!!!

 

[Chance]

No sense sugar coating it. People die. It's war. Most people in the US don't even understand what that means.

It does seem that out of respect for the dead, they wouldn't show that footage. I would assume however that they would have gotten family's consent to show the footage... or not because they already own it.

But the truth isn't pretty... kinda like those car wreck films they show ya in drivers education

 

[akalogan]

As someone who has been there a couple of times it does make it easier when someone asks, "What is like to lose someone like that?" Then you now can reply, " Now imagine that was someone closer then your brother." They might get what we are willing to sacrifice for the other 99% of America. I am not bitching but people need to understand what service members are willing to do for the greater good of society.

 

[Captain Ledd]

why would a television show put this out there?

02RangerXLT said it. Welcome to war.

 

[adsm08]

As someone who has been there a couple of times it does make it easier when someone asks, "What is like to lose someone like that?" Then you now can reply, " Now imagine that was someone closer then your brother." They might get what we are willing to sacrifice for the other 99% of America. I am not bitching but people need to understand what service members are willing to do for the greater good of society.

AMEN.

I have had in various branches of the service:

My Uncle :Green Bere, served multiple tours in multiple conflicts over the last 30 years

A man who was like my brother: National Guard, served a double tour in Iraq which indirectly resulted in a very famous speaker being permanently dismissed from the campus of our college after making some strong anti-military remarks.

3 of my best friends from my childhood, one of whom is still in Iraq

and one of my current best friends is shipping out to basic in about 6 months.

I was going to join, but I wasn't stable enough to pass the psych eval. Now I have some other, more physical issues that prevent me from signing up.


I have the highest respect for the men and women who serve our country, and frankly I think its an abomination that certain people are allowed to publicly bash them. I am all for free speech, and freedom of the press, but there is a time and place for everything. During a protracted war (and since it now has lasted longer than both World Wars it does qualify) and in a public media forum is neither to denigrate our servicemen.

That said, I think that it is still important to know just exactly what happens to those who go out and sacrifice themselves for our freedoms and safety. Maybe if a few more people knew just what they went through those things wouldn't be taken for granted so much by so many.

 

[4x4mike2004]

I've been there, an i have seen it happen first hand. I'ts the worst feeling ever, but as service members we understand that we might not make it home. I think they should show more footage like that to really show to the average public what really happens over there. I had a friend who was all fired up to go over to iraqas a civilian firefighter, but he backed out last minuite when they said its time to sign away your power of attorney, make a will, and settle all personal issues. He told me he backed out cause he didnt think he was going to be in any kind of danger.

sorry to thread jack, but the general public annoys me

 

[Xandor]

Ya they should show videos like that to 18 kids befor they sign up for the army.

 

[Dweano]

I've seen people die tragically in real life with my own eyes, thing is, thats real life. Get used to it

 

[Toms01PSD]

On TV it's not so bad.

Ask a service member how it feels to have to shoot a 12 yr old because they have an AK-47 in their hands. $10 says they see it every time they close their eyes...

 

[LittleHorse]

Something on Nat Geo I don't find offensive (It still bothers me, but in a "seeing a fellow American die for his country" kind of way, not a "exploiting others suffering/making money/ratings off death" kind of way).

If it was one of those clip shows like you see on Spike, with the over-excited narrator, sensationalizing everything and turning death into a ratings driver, that would offend me.

Even on Nat Geo it would offend me to see someone blown apart, ripped limb from limb, etc, but seeing a guys face in an instant from an explosives flash...not exactly watching the life leave his eyes but you know what happened. Sounds like they showed just enough to get the point across without being disrespectful to the soldiers that lost their lives.

Never been in the military myself but have several friends and family there and they deserve and they get my utmost respect. Grandfather was a radioman in the Navy in the pacific during WWII, got friends that went to Iraq multiple times.