I just watched your link.
The edit and presentation if taken out of context can be very very negative for the mission in AFGH.
You and I know you need to be smoked in training so you do not bleed in combat, and I am afraid the televised smoke session will be taken by the unknowing as a very very 'mean' thing to do to the LIPs.
The portrayal of the SF men seems ok, with a lot of edits that bring a Jamaican to mind saying shit like 'We Be Coo Mon' The team members were relaxed professionals, and that is shown. But again, the unknowing will probably derive them as cold blooded chilled killers.
The last scene where the kids get shot... well that ripped my guts out. I believe every thing that the shooter said, and I believe that his heart was broken when he realized who the wounded were. I am very very glad the SF shooter was okay, because the way the dialogue led up to him 'momentarily lowering his guard and turning to see two boys wounded' I honestly thought the dirtbike local was about to kill this American Soldier. Sorry for the kids, but you do not know how relieved that our guy did not get taken out.
This all concludes in a review that I feel is objective. But unfortunately, I am concerned that it, as do many embeds, will be blown way out of proportion, and that an anti-military political office will subpoena the raw footage and form another committee to investigate the 'horrible actions' of our Special Forces men, and their mission.
That's all I got.
Steve
