Posted: 5/25/2011 10:03:35 PM EDT
The Brooklyn Connection - How to Build a Guerrilla Army Surely someone here in GD has seen this film! There aren't any reviews on amazon, so please tell me, is it any good? Seems very interesting and though it's from a few years ago I had never heard of it until tonight. Any input? Please fill us in if you've seen it and whether you recommend it or it blows. Thanks! 
Description: A film festival favorite, THE BROOKLYN CONNECTION takes a gripping look at the world of "gun running" through the story of Florin Krasniqi and the guerrilla army he built by transporting weapons from the United States to Kosovo. The owner of a successful roofing company in Brooklyn, NY, Krasniqi was focused on the immigrant dream and making a successful life for his family in America. Everything changes, however, when his cousin, Adrian, is killed in an attack on the Serb-dominated Yugoslav army. And as the conflict between Kosovo’s Albanian majority and its Serbian rulers descends further into war, terrorism and ethnic cleansing, Krasniqi decides to take matters into his own hands. THE BROOKLYN CONNECTION reveals how this staunch Kosovar nationalist raised over $30 million to arm and supply the upstart Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), acquired weapons and uniforms, and smuggled them into Kosovo via Albania. Dedicating himself to bringing about the Kosovo Albanians’ long-frustrated dream of self-determination, the film explores how Krasniqi used America’s civil liberties––especially liberal gun laws––to attain his goal. Based on Stacy Sullivan’s book Be Not Afraid, For You Have Sons in America, THE BROOKLYN CONNECTION is a remarkable behind-the-scenes examination of global politics, U.S. gun laws, and recent Balkan turmoil. |
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Jeez, 82 views and these are the answers I have so far?
GD, I am disappoint. Anyway, I just watched the first segment, it's pretty interesting so far, basically it seems to be a documentary of this guy who's out to arm his people to fight for his homeland. I'm not sure if it's going to turn anti-gun because apparently it was in the US that he bought all those SKS's they show him delivering, but I hope not. Going back for more... (Eta: Just watched the second segment, how ironic is it this dude was writing 1000 dollar checks to a democrat candidate (nice waste of money btw) when he's also exploiting our second amendment rights to arm foreign troops.) |
In segment 3 or 4 he states that he bought and smuggled 25 tons of weapons & munitions, Kevlar vests and night vision out of the US, I wonder if he's out of the roofing business and works for the BATFE now?
ETA: Just finished the 5th and final segment, what a DB (and the very definition of a hyphenated American). (sarcasm) I especially appreciate his take on Columbine, description of gun owners in the US as easily fooled right wing extremists, how he sets up a "hunting club" and bullshits the gun store owner when buying the bolt action .50bmg rifle which he then takes out of the US and smuggles into Kosovo(/sarcasm). Interesting film... even though the politics were skewed. |
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http://www.utoronto.ca/stmikes/kelly/images/brooklynconnection.jpg The Brooklyn Connection - How to Build a Guerrilla Army Surely someone here in GD has seen this film! There aren't any reviews on amazon, so please tell me, is it any good? Seems very interesting and though it's from a few years ago I had never heard of it until tonight. Any input? Please fill us in if you've seen it and whether you recommend it or it blows. Thanks!
Description: A film festival favorite, THE BROOKLYN CONNECTION takes a gripping look at the world of "gun running" through the story of Florin Krasniqi and the guerrilla army he built by transporting weapons from the United States to Kosovo. The owner of a successful roofing company in Brooklyn, NY, Krasniqi was focused on the immigrant dream and making a successful life for his family in America. Everything changes, however, when his cousin, Adrian, is killed in an attack on the Serb-dominated Yugoslav army. And as the conflict between Kosovo’s Albanian majority and its Serbian rulers descends further into war, terrorism and ethnic cleansing, Krasniqi decides to take matters into his own hands. THE BROOKLYN CONNECTION reveals how this staunch Kosovar nationalist raised over $30 million to arm and supply the upstart Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), acquired weapons and uniforms, and smuggled them into Kosovo via Albania. Dedicating himself to bringing about the Kosovo Albanians’ long-frustrated dream of self-determination, the film explores how Krasniqi used America’s civil liberties––especially liberal gun laws––to attain his goal. Based on Stacy Sullivan’s book Be Not Afraid, For You Have Sons in America, THE BROOKLYN CONNECTION is a remarkable behind-the-scenes examination of global politics, U.S. gun laws, and recent Balkan turmoil. This sounds like some of the hard core U.S. based IRA supporters back in the day as well. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Well, I'd start by having that guy pull his face a bit further from the scope. One-eyed guerrillas are 'bout half useless. There used to be a one-eyed guerrilla in a CO zoo that would smoke cigars and spit at people. That wasn't no guerrilla, that was my uncle Charlie. He was a janitor there for years... 
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Anyway, I just watched the first segment, it's pretty interesting so far, basically it seems to be a documentary of this guy who's out to arm his people to fight for his homeland. Homeland? "Kosovars" come from Albania, so how do they get to claim a piece of Serbia as a homeland? 
Imagine if a bunch of Mexicans illegally crossed the border into the US and then started a movement to lay claim to Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California... |
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Anyway, I just watched the first segment, it's pretty interesting so far, basically it seems to be a documentary of this guy who's out to arm his people to fight for his homeland. Homeland? "Kosovars" come from Albania, so how do they get to claim a piece of Serbia as a homeland?
Imagine if a bunch of Mexicans illegally crossed the border into the US and then started a movement to lay claim to Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California... Or if a bunch of Europeans came to America and killed off the Indians. 
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Anyway, I just watched the first segment, it's pretty interesting so far, basically it seems to be a documentary of this guy who's out to arm his people to fight for his homeland. Homeland? "Kosovars" come from Albania, so how do they get to claim a piece of Serbia as a homeland?
Imagine if a bunch of Mexicans illegally crossed the border into the US and then started a movement to lay claim to Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California... Or if a bunch of Europeans came to America and killed off the Indians. Or if the Indians came and killed the Anasazi. Reductio ad absurdum much? |
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Anyway, I just watched the first segment, it's pretty interesting so far, basically it seems to be a documentary of this guy who's out to arm his people to fight for his homeland. Homeland? "Kosovars" come from Albania, so how do they get to claim a piece of Serbia as a homeland?
Imagine if a bunch of Mexicans illegally crossed the border into the US and then started a movement to lay claim to Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California... Or if a bunch of Europeans came to America and killed off the Indians. Or if the Indians came and killed the Anasazi. Reductio ad absurdum much? The Albanians have been in Kosovo for generations. It is their homeland. There was nothing absurd about my comparison. |
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Anyway, I just watched the first segment, it's pretty interesting so far, basically it seems to be a documentary of this guy who's out to arm his people to fight for his homeland. Homeland? "Kosovars" come from Albania, so how do they get to claim a piece of Serbia as a homeland?
Imagine if a bunch of Mexicans illegally crossed the border into the US and then started a movement to lay claim to Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California... Or if a bunch of Europeans came to America and killed off the Indians. Or if the Indians came and killed the Anasazi. Reductio ad absurdum much? The Albanians have been in Kosovo for generations. It is their homeland. There was nothing absurd about my comparison. How many generations does it take to convert illegal immigration into a homeland? One? Five? Twelve? |
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Anyway, I just watched the first segment, it's pretty interesting so far, basically it seems to be a documentary of this guy who's out to arm his people to fight for his homeland. Homeland? "Kosovars" come from Albania, so how do they get to claim a piece of Serbia as a homeland?
Imagine if a bunch of Mexicans illegally crossed the border into the US and then started a movement to lay claim to Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California... Or if a bunch of Europeans came to America and killed off the Indians. Or if the Indians came and killed the Anasazi. Reductio ad absurdum much? The Albanians have been in Kosovo for generations. It is their homeland. There was nothing absurd about my comparison. How many generations does it take to convert illegal immigration into a homeland? One? Five? Twelve? It depends on how fast they procreate. |
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Should've been called "How to support terrorism". But as you know, terrorism to liberals is "freedom fighting". Only the ignorance of Conservatives gave them a free pass. This............KLA are not nice people afaik. Ironically though, if he was buying up SKSs, I wonder how many were actually made in the Balkans. Many of them were probably just returning home. |
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Anyway, I just watched the first segment, it's pretty interesting so far, basically it seems to be a documentary of this guy who's out to arm his people to fight for his homeland. Homeland? "Kosovars" come from Albania, so how do they get to claim a piece of Serbia as a homeland?
Imagine if a bunch of Mexicans illegally crossed the border into the US and then started a movement to lay claim to Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California... Which is exactly why I would call anyone who supports the Albanians here but thinks that illegals need to be deported a hypocrite. Of course our situation will probably end the same way as it ended in Bosnia and Kosovo. |
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I've had guys who got deployed to Kosovo and said they couldn't fucking stand the Albanians, and could totally understand why the Serbs hated them. lol. Said they were annoying as fuck. Interesting, I dealt with a lot of Albanians in Iraq and most of them were great people. |
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Quoted: I've had guys who got deployed to Kosovo and said they couldn't fucking stand the Albanians, and could totally understand why the Serbs hated them. lol. Said they were annoying as fuck. There are a whole bunch of Albanians and Bosnians and other people groups that got into it with the Serbs in my city. I really hate to say it, but I understand why the Serbs hated them too. They are... kinda fucked up and I don't think its because of anything the Serbs could have ever done to them.  |