
It says: May God deliver us from the venom of the cobra, teeth of the tiger, and the vengeance of the Afghans.”Īnother reason why Rambo III was back in the news is that the movie was allegedly “dedicated to the brave Mujahideen fighters of Afghanistan.” Then Genghis Khan, then the British, now Russia,” the interpreter describes the country to Rambo.įurther sharing, “Ancient people make prayer about these people. Alexander the Great tried to conquer this country. Its the first time Rambo makes his way to Afghanistan, which he is introduced to by an Afghan. We already had our Vietnam.”Īpart from this scene, another clip on Youtube, titled ‘Rambo in Afghanistan’ – posted in 2011, depicting the 1988 film, has also gone viral. They’d rather die than be slaves to an invading army. If you’d studied your history, you’d know that these people have never given up to anyone. He tells his Soviet captors, “Every day your war machines lose ground to a bunch of poorly armed, poorly equipped freedom fighters. During this conversation, Trautman warns Zaysen about how stupid it is to start a holy war in the middle east in the name of freedom. The clip that went viral was the conversation between Colonel Trautman (Richard Crenna) and Zaysen (Marc de Jonge) while Trautman is being interrogated in Afghanistan. The then most reputed mercenary, played by Sylvester Stallone, was paying a visit to Afghanistan, on a mission to rescue his friend, Colonel Sam Trautman, who was being held in a Soviet camp high in the Afghan mountains, so he could spout exposition about Afghanistan’s reputation as the graveyard of empires. Thousands of Afghans with or without passports rushed to the airport, trying to flee the country.Īmidst this chaos, an old scene from Rambo III has gone viral on the Internet. After the Taliban took over Afghanistan, scenes from war movies have surfaced on social media.
