Here’s some captivating video of what it’s like to come under fire when embedded on patrol in Afghanistan from Stuart Webb and Alex Thomson, journalists with British television network Channel 4.
Yikes.
The Kicker — March 16, 2010 02:30 PM
“We felt a lot better once we got back to camp and had a cup of tea.”
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I'd think both they and the soldiers would also have felt better if they were wearing desert camo instead of those dark colors.
#1 Posted by Vic, CJR on Tue 16 Mar 2010 at 04:33 PM