@@ILoveWhenTurkeyHasEarthquakes I don't know if you're being sarcastic or not, But if you're being serious then you're uneducated about your nation's history
fun fact: around 1.3 Million Iraqis were murdered during the war and 300,000 of them were children, and a U.S soldier admitted that raping multiple little girls every day until they killed themselves was a very common activity here, and that they'd try doing whatever it took to get the girls to kill themselves cause for every day the girls would go without killing themselves, the rapist would owe the soldiers $100
As an Iraqi who lived under Saddam's regime and witnessed most of these events, this brings tears to my eyes and reminds me of the many horrors I've seen. But I have to say this video is very accurate in portraying Iraq's recent history. it won't be an exaggeration to say that he did a better job covering this than most (if not all) main stream media outlets. I also liked that h0ser mentioned (Towards the end of the video), how Iraq was broken even before the US invaded it. I deeply believe that Iraq shot itself in the foot way before the gulf war or the 2003 invasion. Iraqi leaders and political elite are highly incompetent and with their sheer stupidity and the support of their loyalists destroyed the country, and made sure it won't have a stable future. I hope to see a video in the future talking about, how having land borders with 6 countries (3 of them are major regional players) contributed to the geopolitical instability of Iraq, and how Iran and other countries are having proxy conflicts to suck up its wealth. that would be great. Thank you @h0ser for covering this. very accurate and entertaining even if it made me bit sad.
As an American, I'd like to offer a sincere apology for the incompetence and recklessness with which we approached the situation. This informative video has shown me that the issue was and is far more complex than either political party in my country would have me believe.
Brother, thank you so much for not saying Saddam is great. My father lived under him and he slaughtered most of his family in cold blood, by either executions, or just plain starvation. Maybe even war. Iraq in the 80's and 90's was not a good time and I refuse for anybody to say that. Thank you so so much for just acknowledging the fact that Saddam was horrible and a terrible person. I hate that fool and I truely think of the Americans as heros, as they had saved whatever family he had left and took them in as refugees, where he started a family. The US is the only reason my entire bloodline isn't six feet under, or possible sitting in a chamber of acid and chemicals. My kurdish friends and brothers have also felt the brutal strikes of Saddam and his regime.
My dad was in Syria as a tourist when 9/11 happened. He recalls someone ushering him into a bar to look at the television. He left the next day. Me and my dad have a great love of architecture and history, it’s caused me so much pain to see one of the historically wealthiest parts of the world get torn apart like it has been. I may not be from the Middle East, but that doesn’t mean I can’t despair about the situation there. Never forget Palmyra. So much has been lost, but hopefully some of it can be regained
I am Iraqi...🇮🇶 With a lot of mistakes and skipping the causes of wars... And not mentioning anything after 2017... But it's good A miniature historical lesson for modern Iraq .... But The truth is that most of you still see us as a destroyed country and a desert... It's been 6 years.. Now.... If you want to see Iraq now. Iraq is open to all and we welcome you all to come to our country.... You can see hundreds of non-Iraqis visiting Iraq now...
You Iraqis never take responsibility or have any accountability for Saddam and his bloodthirsty regime. You always blame everyone else, Iran, Israel, US. Anyone except yourselves.
The parts with Hoser explaining all the dumpsterfire madness while an Arabic version of Blinding Lights (Moroccan singer Rachid Aseyakhe) is playing in background are peak RUclips art
I was sitting here wondering if I was hallucinating, I recognized Blinding Lights but my brain was like "this doesn't sound right" until I realized it was arabic
Demoncrazy - garbage stupid failed system made by Britain to break colonies and peasants into endless in-fighting. Where 51% can oppress 49%. I like the idea of a republic where 2/3 majority is needed to get anything done and rights are given to all.
@@احمدالخفاجيخفاجي-ث2ذحبيبي اكيد مو ١٠٠٪ من الشعب العراقي كريم.... بس الظاهر انت عايش ببيئة مو كريمة او يمكن عائلتك مو كريمة.... العراقيين كرماء و اكيد مو كلهم بس مقارنة بدول العالم الأخرى العراقيين اكرم ناس بالعالم
As an Iraqi American, it’s a shame what happened to Iraq. Every American veteran I’ve met who served in Iraq had the nicest things to say about my people and every Iraqi I’ve ever met wanted the same things everyone else does: happiness, prosperity, and peace. We’re good people but we can’t defend ourselves against the rampant evil that taints Iraq. They don’t represent us but they sure do hurt us. People think that Iraqis like the terrorist groups and the war-mongering but we don’t, not mostly at least, because the first people to get hurt by them is us. It’s a damn shame.
@@notitzop For what percentage of the population though. There's a reason the extremists were able to take over and it's because too many weren't part of what you just described or didn't want to be. Look at Afghanistan, 20 years of American investment up in smoke within months of the US military pulling out. The people didn't really give a crap about the western society that was enjoyed by a few at the top and weren't interested in stopping a strongarm group like the Taliban from retaking the government. The most pointless thing is to try and view these people as wanting what the west has. They want easy living for sure but they aren't interested in putting in the effort to get it.
@@notitzop It was still an authoritarian state, without democracy or basic human rights. I don't think that the Kurds whish back the rule of Saddam. Neither most of the Shia population. Yes, Saddam's Iraq pre the Iraq-Iranian war was a stable state with education for women and welfare for the people, but it was far from being perfect!
Imo, Saddam Hussein might just be the most failed dicator I've read about -Goes to war with Iran and loses after 8 years - Racks up huge war debt - Invades Kuwait to pay off debt, but then gets kicked out by west - West then invades again because he has weapons he doesn't actually have - Dies
I'd say Japan in WW2, starts a war they can't win at all, and ends up with most of their cities firebombed, nuked, and is now an ally to the U.S.? Vassal state? Not sure which one applies still.
As an Iraqi I can say, yep, this is exactly what happened to us in the last 100 years of absurdity despite it seeming to be exaggerated and unbelievable. No one has been fucked up that much like us
@@widodoakrom3938 These are different cases because not a single state of them has been independent since 1920, they are still young nations comparably and they still has got some chance because of their geopolitical location
I don’t usually make comments but here goes. I am Iraqi, this video was recommended to me randomly (and I usually click on those with relevant topics such as my country). I never thought I’d shed tears watching this video. Most, if not all what you’ve shown is pretty much accurate. Here’s a fun fact, do you know people still praise Abdul-Kareem Qasim and Saddam for their leadership despite what they’ve done to our country? They used to teach us in elementary about Qasim, saying that he’s a great leader, who made reforms that benefited the country. As I grew up, learned English and began reading books and researching on the internet about our history, it seems this wasn’t the case. Qasim’s actions, beginning with his murdering rampage of the Hashemite family, and after, only sought to bring ruin to the country. As for Saddam, I know relatives, friends, and even family members that sometimes still praise him. I argue with them, reminding them of the atrocities he did, but they deny it and only mention that during his rule, because of the strength of the party, no other parties, radical or otherwise, had sprung up to threaten the so called “peace” back then.. The situation still hasn’t changed that much, there is still corruption, armed gangs on the loose, practically non-existing laws on firearms control, among other things, but there’s some slight hope that we might pull ourselves out of the deep hole we dug for ourselves. Sorry for the long comment, but I had to get this out of my chest. Thanks for the video, my good friend. Love from Babil ❤
the part about arguing about saddam is too relatable bro i swear to god now i just give up and dont even try to talk they are truly brainwashed but i kinda dont blame them bc saddams rule were technically thire "best" years of living i hope when we eventually get out of this hell hole they will realize how bad he was
Dictators are experts in making the population see them as powerful/strong leaders. People in my country still glorify General Trujillo and his totalitarian regime which ended in the 60s. And now that times are now longer as good (economically), young people that never lived in that dictatorship talk about "the great economy" of back then and say we need a dictator like that "great man". I never know if the praise for dictators comes from their ignorance of how oppressive and unequal dictatorial regimes are or because they choose to ignore it. May the heavens bless you all in Iraq with a happier future. Free from those evil ways of thinking that lead any good nation to ruin. Thank you for sharing.
@@hyuckra.7163 Having a dictator or not has little to do with having a good life or not. Dictators can build great countries and powers, like Napoleon, Stalin, Xi Jinping...etc And as someone living in france, and who lived in Algeria for 20 years, let me tell you that so called democracies are a joke in reality. Representative democracy is an absolute Joke.
Talk about yourself. Iraq is the best and every day it develops and the situation has become stable. You're just saying this so that someone will give you asylum 😂
As an Iraqi I can’t help but laugh at our country’s fall, but I also have hope that Iraq will strive again. I currently live in the US which is ironic but at least now I have better education and a sense of safety. Ever since I was born, Iraq’s Politics were chaotic, although my parents made it work, we had just enough to keep it together.
Hey hoser, will you make a topic on Myanmar? The attention the country gets is less than its neighboring countries plus i really like your editings so im wondering how you'll do it
My uncle was a 16 year old when he fought in the Iran Iraq war. There was an Iraqi general who was shooting at the Iranian soldiers by himself. He made some good shots and kept going till he ran out of bullets. My uncle said he was this huge buff dude, and my uncle and his squad mates went to see him once he had stopped shooting. One of the Iranian soldiers offered him some water as they saw he had been shot, but he was still on the adrenaline of the fight and wacked the water canteen away. This dude was so huge that he literally hurled the soldier like 2 feet from where he was standing with one arm. My uncle saw that he had actually been shot in the leg and was losing a lot of blood. My uncles arm had been skinned during a squirming and he had a keffiye wrapped around it, but he saw that the Iraqi general was losing a lot of blood. He knelt to take the keffiye off of his own wounds to wrap around his leg so he didn't lose too much blood, and felt a wetness on the top of his head. He looked up to see the general crying. My uncles selfless deed and that giant buff generals emotional reaction showed that Iranians and Iraqis didn't want to kill eachother, we loved each other and saw each other as brothers. We have all put the war behind us, and none of my family harbours any ill feelings towards Iraq, even though they were the ones that invaded Iran, and even though we lost two of my uncles in the battle field. The wests interference and suddams sociopathic actions destroyed Iraq and led to countless deaths on both sides. It was a war between brothers, and the people on both sides genuinely cared about eachother. Even today I as an Iranian have nothing but love to give to the Iraqi people, they have been through so much just as we have, and I pray one day they will find peace and freedom
Good story, but what did the West do to make Iraq invade Iran? I think we may have helped arm them, but I don’t think we made him invade. Too be honest, I don’t think the US specifically really liked either Iran or Iraqs government at the time.
@@DeadPixel1105 dude war stories from Iran are super common because literally every man above the age of 50 had to go war in the 80s. War stories from 16 year olds is also really common because there were so many child soldiers. You're saying I'm lying but this is probably the first time youve ever even learned what the Iran-Iraq war is, I've had 2 of my uncles die in it, and multiple of my uncles disabled because of it. Are you gonna say a US veterans war story is cap? Or do you reserve that attitude for middle easterners?
A detailed step-to-step guide with references from acutal professionals in the field, illustrated and wrapped up in a nice package. As someone who wants to destroy a country (Ohio), there are great materials one can pick up from this guide! Highly recommended!
I'm very sad because the countries of the world see us in this way, Iraq is a peaceful and beautiful country, and Iraq is not what you see in Western flags, believe me, I am Iraqi and 80% of the video is wrong.
im an iraqi kurd who lives near the turkish border and i have to say, i was too young to remember all this but my family has told me many stories. and currently at this point the area i live in is pretty stable and the last time i heard a gunshot, was when a crazy man (or drunk) went up an unfinished apartment tower and shot at the road. that was about 2 years ago. it is pretty rare to see poverty here (if you know where to avoid) and its annoyingly centered around cars here. overall its not bad in the north but in the south its a horribly different story in the south of which i will not give any more details.
برو انتو ليش تتصرفون وكأنما انتو بحال احسن؟😂 العملة الي دتستعملوها كاعد تنهار ورواتبكم تتأخر شهرين او حتى تلاثة واذا تظاهرتوا يضربوكم بنفس الدخانيات والرصاص الحي الي چان صدام يضربكم بية صدكني هل نكران هذا مرح يخليكم بأي حال افضل
@13ased_American yes but those were the leaders the people were starving and in danger my dad had to work and go to school in the middle of a war when he was 15 the same for my uncles
@usaontopbabyWell bush lied to you he lied real bad because osama was from afghanistan that doesn’t sound anything like iraq correct? correct so you took our oil and fleed how fun!
@usaontopbaby My dad was an iraqi man trying to make a safe living in iraq for him and his children in 2003 but when the war began so much happened that he risked his life to get into the u.s army to get us into the usa because he had no choice and we were trying to hide from the american soldiers, is this is what you have to say.? So if osama bin laden was hiding in iraq And the soldiers came to hunt for him they also hunted down 1.2M other iraqi people that were just trying to live? or the time my moms hospital got shot down by american soldiers who broke in and she had to run away with a patient who had a broken leg? till this day i still get discriminated for being an iraqi living in the usa but i will never forget my country, Even president trump said that iraq should’ve never been messed with he made peace with us and we need him back. you should’ve worded this much better
@@ParadymShiftVeganne development, all iraq are in trouble, murder happens every single day. Many Shia militias of iran entered iraq and they destroy this country. So Iraq is way too underdeveloped because of those people.
That background soundtrack from 2:32 - 5:41 is actually an Arabic rendition of The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” by Rachid Aseyakhe. I checked it out and it’s very soothing and quite beautiful.
If I was a teacher I’d def use this guys videos to teach kids. Tbch with you it’s a lot of information in there with some jokes as well. It keeps you watching and actually paying attention.
@@JpegDog that's great but just make sure you understand the full context of a country's history (foreign influences, economic sanctions, colonialism in some cases) when you talk about what a country is doing wrong. no country is perfect and there are many external factors at play.
The northern part of Iraq a.k.a the Kurdistan Region is not a desert land but is a mountainous region. The Zagros mountains run through it, with many waterfalls, rivers, and resort towns. The fertile land of Iraq is not just centred between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Thanks for your videos, I hope you do one on Kurdistan one day as it is one of the most complex geopolitical issues in the Middle East. ❤️☀️💚 (no flag emoji, unfortunately)
Really informative while entertaining. I wish we had these types of RUclips channels back when I deployed to Afghanistan. I spent a year there and had no idea as to why we were there or the strategic goal. I was very confused. I just followed orders but I can't tell you to this day, over a decade later, what our goal was - other than to "win hearts and minds" and "get home safe".
@@منتظرالعراقي-ت4ل لا، انتم يجب أن تعرفون مكانكم في العالم تظنون أنفسكم مركز الكون ولكن انتم مجرد قطع في أيدي الدول المتقدمة مثل الصين و أمريكا، وتعنتكم هو الذي يقود إلى دماركم،معاداة دول قوية و متقدمة قمة في الغباء
as an iraqi, i will like to say some things. as of 2023, iraq is a beautiful place with nice people, in my time there i haven’t seen a single robbery, and all the people are nice. it is very hard to find a bad person. they don’t have many cops but they have military soldiers, and most of the place is sand. although it is a third world country with a bad economy, it is one of the coolest places to live in. it is very easy to strike it rich, with pharmacies being huge. there are multiple shrines, almost to none expensive stores, and there is free food for the poor near these shrines(mostly volunteers that send food). all the houses in iraq are mansions, unlike what the news shows you such as sand or dirt homes. iraq has some okay technology, other than the best phone they sell for ios is the XS max, but in reality who really needs a better device then the X. lastly, id say the biggest issues in iraq is the broken up roads and the bad network, but that is it.
As an Iraqi, it just never made sense to me why so many Arabs and Iraqis still love Saddam Hussein. I have Syrian friends who used to like him as well, but I was like he's basically Bashar Al Assad but in Iraq.
Unfortunately it is because of religion and sectarianism. Sunnis generally love Saddam and praise him. Ditto for Alawites and Shia when it comes to Assad
When you listen to an american who got brain washed by his own media yeah sure it wouldn't make any sense if you got tourshired in the Abugaraib by the Freedom country it will make slight sense
as a iraqi men my grandmother tall me iraq was something that anyone want to live in (1940) but ….. America make it half destroyed and so many people di”e …. But in 2024 there is soo many places its too good u guys must visit it … and there is a vlogs for a people from other countries visit it .
As someone from Baghdad, The video is about 80% correct (which is still way more accurate than the westerns media with some exceptions like Vice). The main point that this video totally missed/got wrong is that unlike Afghanistan with the rise of radicalism in the 2000s, a rise of counter terrorism expertise increased within Iraq too. Many of the terror organizations you mentioned were destroyed by Iraqi forces in Iraq not by Americans, although they work together and share information most of the times. The US wasn't about to end isis in 2014 as Obama's whole thing was getting out of Iraq. Iraqis were the ones who held the initiative then and they asked for international support to do it. In fact the former Iraqi PM Haider Al-Abadi said that not one single foreign coalition solider is fighting on the frontline, they are present in camps to train and provide intel only. The US (Trump) just got to declare the victory of it for political reasons. As for the current situation, corruption and criminal militias are still the biggest issues. The video also makes fun of some atrocities that I find not funny in the slightest but this is RUclips so Ehhh whatever. Nonetheless thank you for doing your best and bringing attention to my country. EDIT: Please ignore any comments that say it was Russia or Iran that helped Iraq against terrorists. Both of these countries gave us old or faulty equipment for high profit margins and were paid till the very last dime. Haidar Al-Abadi also mentioned this in the same speach I mentioned above. Besides, Iran is the biggest contribution factor in the instability of Iraq as a whole since 2004!!!
@Dratchev241 The US was just destabilizing the country so they could keep on stealing the country's oil industry and vast oil reserves, and strengthen their occupation of Iraq.
As an Iraqi, I'm glad we got a video of our horriffic recent histories. So much pain from so many different sources. We are however slowly trying to regrow. While there are still many issues we face, hopefully the next few decades will be kind to us.
My father was a doctor in Iraq, and he was grabbed from a Baghdad hospital, and ordered to treat the wounded Abdul Karim Kassem. He was treated well, but Kassem was killed later.
On the plus side, you'd have already achieved a higher life expectancy than most people born in 1980s Iraq. Okay, actually that's an exaggeration. But not that much of one, which illustrates how bad things have been for Iraqis.
so pitiful when you witness this destruction happens to the very first cradle of civilization. I'm from Iran and hope to see my Iraqi brothers and sisters enjoy the pride of their precious soil. ♥
@@me67galaxylife lmfao, there are around 3-5 ethnic groups in Iraq and those are just the main ones (Kurds, Assyrians, Turkmens, Arabs, Armenians) etc.. are you going to say the ancient people on that area were black? 😂😂😂😂 lmfao. Look up the ancient kingdom of Assyria which includes the area of modern day Iraq
@@AnatolianArmenian And *only one* descends directly from the ancient people of mesopotamia : The assyrians, which are oppressed. And yes the armenians are ancient as well, but last time i checked they don't origin from ancient mesopotamia. Lmao motherfucker here really claiming the turks were here in ancient mesopotamia, are you turkish your by any chance ? It would explain a lot Also here's a little advice : next time refrain from using the boomer emojis, it's just extremely cringe and painful to read
No one will think Pyongyang as the city they'd never want to live in because Pyongyang is the PERFECT city. People don't have to pay for apartments, universal healthcare, taxes are non-existent, there are great hot-pot restaurants with karaoke, phenomenal museums, and above all, exceptional transit. Pyongyang has a beautiful metro system with 16 stations and two lines, a tram system, and trolleybuses! The majority of Pyongyang citizens travel by transit or bike, so Pyongyang is a healthy city! That aside, we've seen what has happened to Iraq and this is why we'll never trust the US and always stand our ground
في كل مكان يوجد الفساد والعراق ليس استثناءً ولا يشترط ان يكون الفساد على هيئة القتل فامريكا اليوم اسوء من العراق من ناحية الفساد فساد اخلاق اكثر الناس فيها الشواذ والنسوية والمخدرات والاغتصاب الخ
The most enjoyment to be found on youtube is these videos. Of course, not the topics, but the presentation, humour and understanding to be had is perfect. Don't stop making these!
It truly is unsettling that the area from which the first established human societies emerged (Sumerians), can devolve into such disarray. I hope for the Iraqi people, that they can find peace in our lifetime.
I live in Iraq, I'm 22 years old, and I've never seen a weapon in my entire life. We live a very normal life, just like people in any other country. Education is free, we have lifetime health insurance, and electricity is mostly free, with water being nearly free as well. The perceptions you have might be shaped by Western media, which often presents a skewed view of our reality. Simply watching the news from home doesn't provide a complete picture.
What are you talking about electricity is almost none existent for education all school buildings are old and not maintained and it has much more students than it can take my school for example has 50 students in on class and it doesn't have ac literary 50 people sit in a room within ac while the temperature is 50c and I graduated two years ago so now its probably much worse not to mention the schools made out of literal mud water gets cut regularly why are you lying
Iran Iraq war was actually a pretty interesting topic using ww1 style trench warfare on a modern battlefield. But not everyone is into learning that which is fine. Still great video
5:16 just to elaborate, "Arif" is Arabic for Corporal, it's not uncommon for iraqis to nickname their officer and enlisted friends and family with their current or previous ranks like "Arif Khammas" or "ameed mohammed" even if they were promoted past it
22:19 The United States did not contribute any support against ISIS. The Iraqi people liberated their country by themselves, and it was a difficult war for the country, which claimed the lives of many young people and destroyed many families. The war between Iraqi forces and ISIS, from 2014 to 2017.
The Iraqi people are very nice, I've met many during my college/university years in U.S.A. Its is just the Power-Hungry corrupt government making life harder even for the people that dont deserve it
bro great job, though you forget main things to mention: 1- during iraq-iran war for 8 years, USA was selling weapons and info to both sides and that's why the war lasted that long where every time one of the side have advantage 2- during ISIS war, ISIS entered Iraq when military's leaders run away suddenly so they took the city easily, it's saying that many countries supported ISIS because ISIS sold oil for a very cheap price. but also after the liberation war, USA made sure to save the important ISIS leaders (so entering and even the time of liberation was planning) cause there was a city where Iraqi army went to liberate it sooner than the plan, USA airforce simply bombed them, beside that every rocket they hit ISIS was taking it's price from iraq (and sadly my father and our neighbor killed by one of these rockets while he was a civilian) 3- one important thing is iraq kept paying billions of $ to Kuwait for the invention (the number of dept. if would distribute on every Kuwaiti everyone there would be a millionaire ) and only till 2021 I think we managed to pay all the dept. while usa pay nothing for the damage and the loses 4- since usa made a corrupted government take control, they kept feeding money to iran and our country now owned by iran sadly, every election we go to elect but the real choosing is decided by usa and iran 5- we got ranked by a non Generous people, yet the reality we fed too many countries and still till today and among all of that, most of Iraqis stay love their country and they would be very sensitive and start cry in tears when they hear the National anthem or someone would ask them what I raq means to you, Iraq is not any countries located on this map, Iraq is the place of the beginning and the place of ending
1. China also supported both sides of the war, along with dozens of other nations including the Soviet Union. Stop putting all the blame on the US. Most of Iraq's military was Russian equipment and their nuclear/chemical weapons facilities were designed by the French. 4. Iraqi government was already corrupt so no change at all.
It was Soviets that were selling weapons to both sides. Western weapons were a mere 3% of total arms flowing inside Saddam's Iraq and most of that 3% were also from France. This is why almost all of rifles Iraqi soldiers had were AKs and missiles Scuds and tanks Soviet ones like T-60 series, etc. But don't let facts get in the way of a good propaganda.
11:46 Just for a snippet of why Iran was able to hold was the The Iranian Air Forces F-14s and F-4s were able to wreck havoc on Iraqi assets such as H3 raid and the Iraqi airforce temporally grounding itself due to the over the horizon Phoenix shots from the IRIAFs F-14s, Which there were so desperate to maintain they strapped MIM-23 to it as the sedji/AIM-23 which was able to kill reportedly a MiG-29A and super etendard
I like ur videos so much and find them funny. But as an Iraqi this was very hard to watch coz I lived through most of these tragedies that happened in the country. I know we do a little better now with slow progress so I hope for a better future eventually. Thank u for making this my dude .
@16:00 Man I _wish_ there was this kind of world coalition to physically free Tibet from China. And Xinjiang. And Inner Mongolia. And the rest of China from the CCP.
@@AbdullahHashi-kw3qjThere are Christians and Muslims, there are Arabs and Copts in Egypt, there are Ash'ari and Salafists as well. What are you talking about? 😅😅😅
I'm an Iraqi Kurd and had not been educated on any of this, thank you for explaining the current situation and history of Iraq so clearly and with the humor mixed in, i also had no idea that an Iraqi president had been a kurd simp, lmao now i need to know more about him. I'm more used to racism and my own people turning against each other for money and power, believe me if the kurds or Iraqis were actually united for once to rebuild this country we would've been living a much better life. Instead we can be easily bought sold and divided into dozzens of armed groups which basically only serves in terrorising civillians.
10:07 This isn't actually the Ba'ath government. This is the Iraqi Governing Council, part of the provisional government from July 2003 to June 2004. By the time this government was in place, the Ba'ath Party was already banned in May 2003. The council was made up of 25 members with 13 Shias, five Sunnis, five Kurds, one Iraqi Turkmen (not to be confused with Turkmen from Turkmenistan), and one Assyrian. The fourth guy to the right is Nouri al-Maliki, a member of the Shia Islamic Dawa party (pro-Iran Islamic socialists) who would become Iraq's PM in May 2006. He was the guy standing next to George W. Bush when a protester threw shoes at him Something you didn't talk about whatsoever are the no-fly zones enforced from 1991 to 2003 by the US and the UK (France also participated but they stopped in 1996). The embargo wasn't the only thing that hurt the government. These two NFZs were meant to protect the Kurds in the north and the Shias/Marsh Arabs in the south (which Saddam was draining their marsh as payback because they supported a 1991 uprising). The only part of Iraq that wasn't covered by a NFZ was between Baghdad and Sulaymaniyah, so they effectively lost most of their country. In 2002, bombs increased by 300%, and British officials admitted privately this was done to weaken Iraq's air defense system in anticipation of the invasion to make things easier. Not only is this a very entertaining and informative video but i think it's pretty important to be able to convey information in such an informal manner. I'm a zoomer and I've met other zoomers who just don't care about any other part of the world. That's why I enjoyed participating in my high school's Model UN and going to other schools for conferences so I could feel I'm not alone in wanting to make a difference and caring about our future. I feel like presenting information in a less stale, sterile and more digestible way could make more people interested in topics they otherwise wouldn't have been, and that's always a good thing.
I'll always find it amazing how unfamiliar or uninterested people are with the Iran-Iraq war. It was an insane and horrific war combining the World Wars and the Congo; Iranian child soldiers running over minefields, marshlands being electrified with cables, Iraqi Migs and Iranian F-14s dogfighting over giant urban battles, Iraqi chemical weapons being deployed more extensively than any other conflict with Trench Warfare rivaling WWI and making Ukraine look like child's play, the largest conventional battle since WWII(Karbala 5), and one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century being committed against the Kurds in the Al-Anfal campaign(which is when Iraq sprayed Kurdistan with nerve agents and abducted thousands of Kurdish children to "Arabize" them by setting them up with Arab families in the south that lost their sons and daughters in the war), not to mention the foreign policy insanity of the war that defied all Cold War logic and alliances, resulting in France, the U.S, and USSR backing Iraq while Israel, Syria, Libya, and the U.S provided aid or support to Iran. It's one of the most well-documented, unique, lengthy, and insane wars ever and its criminal it isn't a more well-known or examined conflict given it was hugely influential.
20:20 As a survivor of the genocide that Isis had committed I can give more information about it. I am a Yazidi female, I am from Iraq but live in a different country now. When I was 9 years old on the 3rd of August, my family was captured by ISIS and on the first day my dad, his two brothers, and my 14 year old cousin were taken away from our family. I was a young child like many others and my mom and many other women were taken to be either the ISIS’s wives or child soldiers. Many young girls were raped including members of my family, I was sold to be raped and thankfully wasn’t. Many young boys were used as human shields or were brainwashed child soldiers. Many children did not know their own family members and would curse at them for being Yazidi. Newborn babies were taken away from their parents and have no way of ever reuniting with their family. Why did all of this happen? Solely because we were a different religion than Muslims. I would like to say, not all Muslims were ISIS but all ISIS members were in face Muslim. Take this information as you wish. Just know I and many many more are living prove of the real effects of this religion. The Muslims in Iraq know to put their heads down when they hear about my story(very little has been done to me compared to others) I at the very least want Muslims in other countries to know what their religion really is.
l understand that you're a victim of genocide at the hands of an islamist extremist military group, and I completely understand why that trauma would cause you to be prejudiced against muslims, however, it is important to remember that ISIS is not representative of islam or muslims in general, which you seem to believe. Unfortunately, extremists exist from all religions, acting like ISIS is reflective of muslims in general is like acting like the KKK are reflective of chrisitians in general. Unfortunately, literally every religion in the world has religious extremists who misconstrue and manipulate the religion as a twisted justification to commit violence. "I at least want muslims in other countries to know what their religion really is" you have a lot of healing to do. I dont think you're a bad person for being islamaphobic due to the trauma you have experienced as I understand it is most likely a trauma response, but this type of thinking is harmful for both yourself and any muslim person you may meet, you shouldnt go around associating random muslim people with ISIS purely because of their religion. Just because a person is muslim does not mean that they share the values and beliefs of ISIS, like I said ISIS are violent religious extremists and do not represent the values and beliefs of Islam in general.
Muslims themselves were fighting ISIS, it was for a reason, ISIS are no muslims, only criminals and terrorists doing things in the name of islam. Wish you peace from all the horrors and crimes you have faced.
@@Masahanate-777 It won't be, nothing more than tiny groups left if any, IS pretty much got the Iraq treatment but this time no one was willing to let ANYONE live
as an iraqi, don't know if I should laugh or cry over this video..... war is a disgusting thing, you will never understand this till it kicks your door for real.
This is so god damn dank wtf, channel keeps getting better and better I worry it’ll get noticed for being too spicy and start having algo repercussions, and I’m pissed YT keeps doing this.
Well, you need to know Britain deliberately drew this border to blockade Iraq. Then Iraq became a miserable land. Say, why don't Hoser try to make a video about Myanmar? Really fascinating to hear.
Step 1: Place it in the Middle East. Step 2: Put lots of oil underneath it. Step 3: Introduce Islam. Step 4: Let it simmer for 1300 to 1400 years. Step 5: Success!
@11:00, Bakr didn't "mysteriously resign" he was captured and tortured for days before appearing in front of the Ba'ath Congress to confess to a "totally real" plot to unite Iraq and Syria and kick out all the Iraqis from the new government. Then, he started naming co-conspirators. These people (who also happened to be on Saddam's shit-list) were all taken out back and murdered by other members of the Ba'ath Party to "show their loyalty".
I appreciate the attention to detail on the Philippine flag. We were taught to turn the flag upside down where the red would be on top to signify the country’s entry into war time.
Ohhh, didn't notice that but yeah great detail! And here I was thinking it was upside down because Philippines' entry into the Persian Gulf War happened at the same time we were in economic turmoil following Marcos, EDSA and Cory.... but the flag makes much more sense xD
As an Iraqi, I found this video contains many mistakes so here’s some of them 🇺🇸🇮🇶 0:29 only the left side is it desert And on the right side of the rivers, we actually have mountains and Greenland 0:50 it’s actually the Arabian gulf😊 1:09 I don’t know about the USA and the UK but China is one of the biggest investers in iraq Also, the gulf states have a big investments especially after the gulf cup we hosted it in the January of this year 🫣 1:19 thats so true 2:02 simply the poverty percentage is 25% not 52%😇 2:09 i can agree that on June July August and September The temperature is near 50C For the rest of the year is much lower actually at the moment the temperature is 6C so🥶 2:35 this is just wrong because we have never been Turkish we were Ottomans It wasn’t an invasion. 3:32 they are iraqi 3:42 the song is amazing 5:40 believe me iraqis till this day the love Abd al-karim Qassim because he was so humble And some iraqis called his years the golden five years 6:09 this also not funny and not true we can freely see anything on the Internet 8:57 nope you literally can’t describe it as Civil War 11:27 saddam + George W fucking bush 14:10 the war against Iran, was kind of an L but you didn’t mention Iran’s losses 16:06 this is just sad and not fair 16:59 this was extremely humiliating for us, because the UN(USA) didn’t let us buy any kind a food Like almost every kind of fruits and bread and sweets, it was an insanity and disgusting + 250 children died every day from 1990 to 2003 if you even care about our children 19:22 are you really gonna say that America invaded Iraq in 2003 that fast it was a literally a tragic and a disaster 19:51 they took 26 days and it wasn’t only the USA it was 33 other countries 20:33 firstly we are not poor and our culture is 7000 year old so we are definitely not young 🙂 21:04 are you serious 100,000??? Bro we lost about millions because of the USA ,what are you talking about? In the end, I hated the video because of all these mistakes but great work keep going And we are growing in improving every day God bless America (Apparently I’m joking.) Btw we we don’t hate American people its just a government issue
شلون العراقيين ما يكرهون امريكا ؟ انتة لو اعمى لو خارج البلد لأن اذا انتة داخل البلد وتشوف الناس الي تحركهم الاحزاب وتغسل عقولهم بأن يكرهون الشعب الامريكي يحملونة خطايا حكومتهم ف هاي مصيبة اكبر ... خاصة شوارع بغداد مليانة من صور خامنئي لو سليماني والناس بوضوح راضية عن هل شي
He conveniently forgot the sanctions and it's effects. It's weird for countries to propagate a free market, but expect countries to be able to feed their populations during sanctions.
@@ibrahimaltmeme1390enemy of my enemy is my friend logic It's preety similar to other parts of middle East like yemenis Palestinians loving iran's government
“The UN, a.k.a the US” 💀
Best country ball animation on RUclips.
@@ILoveWhenTurkeyHasEarthquakes I don't know if you're being sarcastic or not, But if you're being serious then you're uneducated about your nation's history
@@ahouranouri516 Dead serious, just like all the dead arab opps in the middle east
Not quite
MrSpherical
Great geopolitical education, this man knows how to entertain
Hi bozo
wait a minute
Wassup
am i dreaming
220 likes and 5 reply’s? I’ll change that.
Step 1) Trust the British
Step 2) Become a British protectorate
Step 3) oh fuck I can't believe you've done this
fun fact: around 1.3 Million Iraqis were murdered during the war and 300,000 of them were children, and a U.S soldier admitted that raping multiple little girls every day until they killed themselves was a very common activity here, and that they'd try doing whatever it took to get the girls to kill themselves cause for every day the girls would go without killing themselves, the rapist would owe the soldiers $100
Thats the story of entire middle east in a nutshell
most of the world in nutshell:
Step 4) Have oil, while America exists.
“Trust the British” has killed more people than heart disease.
USA : Oh they have Oil .... they really need democracy
America, fuckh yeah!
@@qozfe Some folks are born .. to made wave the flag
And Christianity 😂
HHAHAHAAHAH
روح بعد روحي ابو علاوي 😂❤
As an Iraqi who lived under Saddam's regime and witnessed most of these events, this brings tears to my eyes and reminds me of the many horrors I've seen. But I have to say this video is very accurate in portraying Iraq's recent history. it won't be an exaggeration to say that he did a better job covering this than most (if not all) main stream media outlets.
I also liked that h0ser mentioned (Towards the end of the video), how Iraq was broken even before the US invaded it. I deeply believe that Iraq shot itself in the foot way before the gulf war or the 2003 invasion. Iraqi leaders and political elite are highly incompetent and with their sheer stupidity and the support of their loyalists destroyed the country, and made sure it won't have a stable future.
I hope to see a video in the future talking about, how having land borders with 6 countries (3 of them are major regional players) contributed to the geopolitical instability of Iraq, and how Iran and other countries are having proxy conflicts to suck up its wealth. that would be great.
Thank you @h0ser for covering this. very accurate and entertaining even if it made me bit sad.
I hope you're doing well now. I can only imagine what you had to go through... Stay safe and may Allah protect you.
As an American I never have actually heard the history of Iraq before the war, instead all I've heard was America is to blame for how Iraq is today.
As an American, I'd like to offer a sincere apology for the incompetence and recklessness with which we approached the situation. This informative video has shown me that the issue was and is far more complex than either political party in my country would have me believe.
Brother, thank you so much for not saying Saddam is great. My father lived under him and he slaughtered most of his family in cold blood, by either executions, or just plain starvation. Maybe even war. Iraq in the 80's and 90's was not a good time and I refuse for anybody to say that. Thank you so so much for just acknowledging the fact that Saddam was horrible and a terrible person. I hate that fool and I truely think of the Americans as heros, as they had saved whatever family he had left and took them in as refugees, where he started a family. The US is the only reason my entire bloodline isn't six feet under, or possible sitting in a chamber of acid and chemicals. My kurdish friends and brothers have also felt the brutal strikes of Saddam and his regime.
As a guy who lives nearby iraq i can confirm. Iraq was unstable and America blew iraq's head off, leaving nothing but a mangled mess
My dad was in Syria as a tourist when 9/11 happened. He recalls someone ushering him into a bar to look at the television.
He left the next day.
Me and my dad have a great love of architecture and history, it’s caused me so much pain to see one of the historically wealthiest parts of the world get torn apart like it has been.
I may not be from the Middle East, but that doesn’t mean I can’t despair about the situation there.
Never forget Palmyra.
So much has been lost, but hopefully some of it can be regained
Ouch, reading "Palmyra" gave greater impact to that.
Bashar will save Syria
@@risunderrated As far as I can tell, Bashar Al-Assad destroyed Syria.
Rip
A man of culture I see
I am Iraqi...🇮🇶
With a lot of mistakes and skipping the causes of wars... And not mentioning anything after 2017... But it's good A miniature historical lesson for modern Iraq
.... But The truth is that most of you still see us as a destroyed country and a desert... It's been 6 years.. Now....
If you want to see Iraq now. Iraq is open to all and we welcome you all to come to our country....
You can see hundreds of non-Iraqis visiting Iraq now...
I’m American I love Iraqis. Would love to visit one day 🇺🇸❤️🇮🇶
Cute iraqi😁😁😁
Lots of love, man. Best of luck.
Yeah, if he mentioned British promise to Kurds, 2017 referendum, Anfal Campaign, Influence of Iran and Turkey, etc... Then it might have been better.
Hey neighbor 🇰🇼
الشعب العراقي لطيف
السياسة الخارجية وتحكم الدول المجاورة هيه من اساس خراب هذه الدولة العظيمة.
ايران وأمريكا دمروا العراق
نعم انا اكره هذا الفيديو
Saddam Hussain probably didn't help though
Agreed
You Iraqis never take responsibility or have any accountability for Saddam and his bloodthirsty regime. You always blame everyone else, Iran, Israel, US. Anyone except yourselves.
The parts with Hoser explaining all the dumpsterfire madness while an Arabic version of Blinding Lights (Moroccan singer Rachid Aseyakhe) is playing in background are peak RUclips art
Thanks for the heads up dude, i know i heard that song before but don't know what it's called 😂
my videos are worse than hoser's videos
@@weirdyoutubechannels you don't have any donkey
that part had me in tears lol
I was sitting here wondering if I was hallucinating, I recognized Blinding Lights but my brain was like "this doesn't sound right" until I realized it was arabic
As a Lebanese i love how u mentioned us as an olive oil corrupt nation. Couldn’t be more true
🦀
May Jesus be with you ❤
Ma hek?
@watup3494didn’t ask
@@arolemaprarath6615wrong religion, mate
1) Have oil
2) Make sure you don't have democracy
3) Have a democracy
Brought to you by America.
The freedom incident
Demoncrazy - garbage stupid failed system made by Britain to break colonies and peasants into endless in-fighting. Where 51% can oppress 49%. I like the idea of a republic where 2/3 majority is needed to get anything done and rights are given to all.
4) profit for a while
5) uh oh people are protesting the regime
Ah yes Democracy the worst disease in the world
العراق مظلوم بس شعبه كريمن اجيت للعراق ما عندك بيت ناس تتعارك ياهو يضيفك و يطلع من بيته ويدخلك بس ⭐عراقي راقي ⭐
كواحد عراقي ماكو هيج اصلن العكس محد غير اهلك يريدك
@@احمدالخفاجيخفاجي-ث2ذحبيبي اكيد مو ١٠٠٪ من الشعب العراقي كريم.... بس الظاهر انت عايش ببيئة مو كريمة او يمكن عائلتك مو كريمة.... العراقيين كرماء و اكيد مو كلهم بس مقارنة بدول العالم الأخرى العراقيين اكرم ناس بالعالم
@@OHussain313 اقلك انته شدراك انا واهلي كريمين أو لا واكو دول بيها ناس احسن
@@احمدالخفاجيخفاجي-ث2ذ كلت "يمكن".... و ماكو اكرم من العراقيين خاصةً هسة احنا بشهر محرم الكرم واضح
@@OHussain313 اخوي ماعندي مشكله وي الحجيته ليش تجيب اهلي بالموضوع
As an Iraqi American, it’s a shame what happened to Iraq. Every American veteran I’ve met who served in Iraq had the nicest things to say about my people and every Iraqi I’ve ever met wanted the same things everyone else does: happiness, prosperity, and peace. We’re good people but we can’t defend ourselves against the rampant evil that taints Iraq. They don’t represent us but they sure do hurt us. People think that Iraqis like the terrorist groups and the war-mongering but we don’t, not mostly at least, because the first people to get hurt by them is us. It’s a damn shame.
The mongols sacking Baghdad was the real end of Iraq before Iraq was even it's modern iteration.
@@sleepyjo9340 What the hell are you talking about, 1960s and 70s Iraq was the equivalent of an Arab US State. Suburban, secular and beautiful
@@notitzop For what percentage of the population though. There's a reason the extremists were able to take over and it's because too many weren't part of what you just described or didn't want to be. Look at Afghanistan, 20 years of American investment up in smoke within months of the US military pulling out. The people didn't really give a crap about the western society that was enjoyed by a few at the top and weren't interested in stopping a strongarm group like the Taliban from retaking the government. The most pointless thing is to try and view these people as wanting what the west has. They want easy living for sure but they aren't interested in putting in the effort to get it.
@@notitzop It was still an authoritarian state, without democracy or basic human rights.
I don't think that the Kurds whish back the rule of Saddam. Neither most of the Shia population.
Yes, Saddam's Iraq pre the Iraq-Iranian war was a stable state with education for women and welfare for the people, but it was far from being perfect!
thats why i hope iraq and us can become strong military allies in the near future❤
Imo, Saddam Hussein might just be the most failed dicator I've read about
-Goes to war with Iran and loses after 8 years
- Racks up huge war debt
- Invades Kuwait to pay off debt, but then gets kicked out by west
- West then invades again because he has weapons he doesn't actually have
- Dies
Yeah he really sucked at his job. Even worse as a father, considering how his sons turned out.
I'd say Japan in WW2, starts a war they can't win at all, and ends up with most of their cities firebombed, nuked, and is now an ally to the U.S.? Vassal state? Not sure which one applies still.
While he was kicked out of Kuwait by the West he most certainly wasn't invaded by the West. It was just the US and UK who invaded them
Hitler laughs in corner
@@mrcool2107 Hitler was at least 'successful' for about a decade.... right before his 'success' led to Germany getting curbstomped into nothing.
As an Iraqi I can say, yep, this is exactly what happened to us in the last 100 years of absurdity despite it seeming to be exaggerated and unbelievable. No one has been fucked up that much like us
Sorry to tell you, Iraqi are shit at choosing their government
@@dragonfire3727 Yeah, unfortunately, we are exactly like that
How about somalia, south Sudan and Myanmar
@@widodoakrom3938 These are different cases because not a single state of them has been independent since 1920, they are still young nations comparably and they still has got some chance because of their geopolitical location
Wait till we done with Ukraine
how am i only finding this channel now. absolutely amazing essays/coverages on historical topics. and sources.
I don’t usually make comments but here goes.
I am Iraqi, this video was recommended to me randomly (and I usually click on those with relevant topics such as my country). I never thought I’d shed tears watching this video.
Most, if not all what you’ve shown is pretty much accurate. Here’s a fun fact, do you know people still praise Abdul-Kareem Qasim and Saddam for their leadership despite what they’ve done to our country? They used to teach us in elementary about Qasim, saying that he’s a great leader, who made reforms that benefited the country. As I grew up, learned English and began reading books and researching on the internet about our history, it seems this wasn’t the case. Qasim’s actions, beginning with his murdering rampage of the Hashemite family, and after, only sought to bring ruin to the country. As for Saddam, I know relatives, friends, and even family members that sometimes still praise him. I argue with them, reminding them of the atrocities he did, but they deny it and only mention that during his rule, because of the strength of the party, no other parties, radical or otherwise, had sprung up to threaten the so called “peace” back then..
The situation still hasn’t changed that much, there is still corruption, armed gangs on the loose, practically non-existing laws on firearms control, among other things, but there’s some slight hope that we might pull ourselves out of the deep hole we dug for ourselves.
Sorry for the long comment, but I had to get this out of my chest. Thanks for the video, my good friend.
Love from Babil ❤
the part about arguing about saddam is too relatable bro i swear to god now i just give up and dont even try to talk they are truly brainwashed but i kinda dont blame them bc saddams rule were technically thire "best" years of living i hope when we eventually get out of this hell hole they will realize how bad he was
Hey what do you guys think of Kurds and Kurdistan?
Dictators are experts in making the population see them as powerful/strong leaders. People in my country still glorify General Trujillo and his totalitarian regime which ended in the 60s.
And now that times are now longer as good (economically), young people that never lived in that dictatorship talk about "the great economy" of back then and say we need a dictator like that "great man". I never know if the praise for dictators comes from their ignorance of how oppressive and unequal dictatorial regimes are or because they choose to ignore it.
May the heavens bless you all in Iraq with a happier future. Free from those evil ways of thinking that lead any good nation to ruin. Thank you for sharing.
And people still think iraq can be saved By elections and kind will this country is far dead love form this qar 😁
I love iraq but i aint never returning yall got something with the catcalling and those ugly ass haircuts toodaloo
As an Iraqi who *unfortunately* still lives in Iraq I can confirm that Iraq is like a fever dream
افضل بلد في العالم ولا عزاء للبقية
@@عليرحمن-ق9نyou're either a bot or a radical
but it is getting better. we’re safe from war now and we don’t racism or civil disobedience anymore nor do we have a dictator leader. الحمدلله
@@hyuckra.7163 Having a dictator or not has little to do with having a good life or not.
Dictators can build great countries and powers, like Napoleon, Stalin, Xi Jinping...etc
And as someone living in france, and who lived in Algeria for 20 years, let me tell you that so called democracies are a joke in reality.
Representative democracy is an absolute Joke.
Talk about yourself. Iraq is the best and every day it develops and the situation has become stable. You're just saying this so that someone will give you asylum 😂
As an Iraqi I can’t help but laugh at our country’s fall, but I also have hope that Iraq will strive again. I currently live in the US which is ironic but at least now I have better education and a sense of safety.
Ever since I was born, Iraq’s Politics were chaotic, although my parents made it work, we had just enough to keep it together.
Laugh you say, you are the kinda guy that falls in love with their raper.
yet some braindead kids will glorify iraq
Iraq isn't that bad actually, you should go to Erbil, Erbil is like the Dubai of Iraq, although it's in "Kurdistan" region Iraqis can still go there.
@@woozyz2769 they steal our money I hate them
@@jacksteller8247 Who?
6:09 ميت مرة گنالكم بطلو من هاي التسريحة الخايسة بس ما يفيد وياكم هل صرنة مضحكة لأمة جيسوس من وراكم من يچلبون بشي يچلبون
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ايوالله ابنعمي ذول شوهو السمعة
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@@Ah0f-pm9juكافي
Hey hoser, will you make a topic on Myanmar? The attention the country gets is less than its neighboring countries plus i really like your editings so im wondering how you'll do it
^
I agree. Plus, Myanmar has a lot going on right now, since it just had a military coup and there's a lot of opposition to that
what is myanmar
@@GoingToAFuneral Myanmar or Burma is a country located between Bangladesh and Cambodia or Laos.
I deadass thought you said “Hey loser” for seconds
My uncle was a 16 year old when he fought in the Iran Iraq war. There was an Iraqi general who was shooting at the Iranian soldiers by himself. He made some good shots and kept going till he ran out of bullets. My uncle said he was this huge buff dude, and my uncle and his squad mates went to see him once he had stopped shooting. One of the Iranian soldiers offered him some water as they saw he had been shot, but he was still on the adrenaline of the fight and wacked the water canteen away. This dude was so huge that he literally hurled the soldier like 2 feet from where he was standing with one arm. My uncle saw that he had actually been shot in the leg and was losing a lot of blood. My uncles arm had been skinned during a squirming and he had a keffiye wrapped around it, but he saw that the Iraqi general was losing a lot of blood. He knelt to take the keffiye off of his own wounds to wrap around his leg so he didn't lose too much blood, and felt a wetness on the top of his head. He looked up to see the general crying. My uncles selfless deed and that giant buff generals emotional reaction showed that Iranians and Iraqis didn't want to kill eachother, we loved each other and saw each other as brothers. We have all put the war behind us, and none of my family harbours any ill feelings towards Iraq, even though they were the ones that invaded Iran, and even though we lost two of my uncles in the battle field. The wests interference and suddams sociopathic actions destroyed Iraq and led to countless deaths on both sides. It was a war between brothers, and the people on both sides genuinely cared about eachother. Even today I as an Iranian have nothing but love to give to the Iraqi people, they have been through so much just as we have, and I pray one day they will find peace and freedom
Good story
Good story, but what did the West do to make Iraq invade Iran? I think we may have helped arm them, but I don’t think we made him invade. Too be honest, I don’t think the US specifically really liked either Iran or Iraqs government at the time.
Beautiful bro
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@@DeadPixel1105 dude war stories from Iran are super common because literally every man above the age of 50 had to go war in the 80s. War stories from 16 year olds is also really common because there were so many child soldiers. You're saying I'm lying but this is probably the first time youve ever even learned what the Iran-Iraq war is, I've had 2 of my uncles die in it, and multiple of my uncles disabled because of it. Are you gonna say a US veterans war story is cap? Or do you reserve that attitude for middle easterners?
A detailed step-to-step guide with references from acutal professionals in the field, illustrated and wrapped up in a nice package.
As someone who wants to destroy a country (Ohio), there are great materials one can pick up from this guide! Highly recommended!
Ohio Against The World!
I am an Ohioan and I want peace with the rest of America, we are just the weird ones is all but at least we are not New Jersey lol
Do individual US states count as countries?
@@DyonisX no, its a joke
I'm very sad because the countries of the world see us in this way, Iraq is a peaceful and beautiful country, and Iraq is not what you see in Western flags, believe me, I am Iraqi and 80% of the video is wrong.
Your editing style is wild and for better or worse I’m here for it lmao
im an iraqi kurd who lives near the turkish border and i have to say, i was too young to remember all this but my family has told me many stories. and currently at this point the area i live in is pretty stable and the last time i heard a gunshot, was when a crazy man (or drunk) went up an unfinished apartment tower and shot at the road. that was about 2 years ago. it is pretty rare to see poverty here (if you know where to avoid) and its annoyingly centered around cars here. overall its not bad in the north but in the south its a horribly different story in the south of which i will not give any more details.
برو انتو ليش تتصرفون وكأنما انتو بحال احسن؟😂
العملة الي دتستعملوها كاعد تنهار ورواتبكم تتأخر شهرين او حتى تلاثة واذا تظاهرتوا يضربوكم بنفس الدخانيات والرصاص الحي الي چان صدام يضربكم بية
صدكني هل نكران هذا مرح يخليكم بأي حال افضل
@@ibrahimaltmeme1390 I love seeing the videos of tracer rounds in the desert. I can only imagine how fun it is to see in person.
@@H0meworkyou didn’t understand what I said in that comment yea?
@@H0mework he didn't mean tracers. He meant chemical weapons, like used in Syria and during Saddam Hussein's rule
@@ibrahimaltmeme1390 I didn't understand bro can you explain in english pls?
As an Iraqi this breaks my heart
@13ased_American yes but those were the leaders the people were starving and in danger my dad had to work and go to school in the middle of a war when he was 15 the same for my uncles
@13ased_American you guys blew up your own building and killed your own people and blamed it on a whole other country 😂😂😂😂😂
@13ased_American Who knows bush can be the one who did it 😂USA is knowing for supporting some bad people for oil
@usaontopbabyWell bush lied to you he lied real bad because osama was from afghanistan that doesn’t sound anything like iraq correct? correct so you took our oil and fleed how fun!
@usaontopbaby My dad was an iraqi man trying to make a safe living in iraq for him and his children in 2003 but when the war began so much happened that he risked his life to get into the u.s army to get us into the usa because he had no choice and we were trying to hide from the american soldiers, is this is what you have to say.? So if osama bin laden was hiding in iraq And the soldiers came to hunt for him they also hunted down 1.2M other iraqi people that were just trying to live? or the time my moms hospital got shot down by american soldiers who broke in and she had to run away with a patient who had a broken leg?
till this day i still get discriminated for being an iraqi living in the usa but i will never forget my country, Even president trump said that iraq should’ve never been messed with he made peace with us and we need him back. you should’ve worded this much better
You can tell how much fun you had making this video.
my videos are worse than hoser's videos!
@@weirdyoutubechannels based bot
I am from Iraq and it's all okay I feel bad ur stuck in the year 2005…
wdym?
@@ParadymShiftVeganne development, all iraq are in trouble, murder happens every single day. Many Shia militias of iran entered iraq and they destroy this country. So Iraq is way too underdeveloped because of those people.
And he totally skipped the years from 1992-2000
As a iraqi from basrah i can say that , this video is better than most history classes that i took
except the part where they found weapons of mass destruction
@@HeLiOsss_ 19:38 says US lied about wmds
خوات البيتش يقولون انه امريكا ساعدت بتحرير العراق ب2017 واحنا طلبنا منهم اسلحة ورفضوا يعطونا اي سلاح
شكاعد يكول هذا الاجنبي صاحب المقطع شو خاا العرب على شكل ماعز
@@العراقيكلشمن كتبت التعليق كنت متابع اكثر من نصف المقطع و عفته بسبب ظرف و نسيت اكمله ، ف ما كنت ادري انه ذكر هذا الشي
That background soundtrack from 2:32 - 5:41 is actually an Arabic rendition of The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” by Rachid Aseyakhe. I checked it out and it’s very soothing and quite beautiful.
ou
it's quite beautiful ❤ but, wrong music 😭
and 17:35
If I was a teacher I’d def use this guys videos to teach kids. Tbch with you it’s a lot of information in there with some jokes as well. It keeps you watching and actually paying attention.
That’s exactly what I’m doing as a sub lol
@@JpegDog that's great but just make sure you understand the full context of a country's history (foreign influences, economic sanctions, colonialism in some cases) when you talk about what a country is doing wrong. no country is perfect and there are many external factors at play.
The northern part of Iraq a.k.a the Kurdistan Region is not a desert land but is a mountainous region. The Zagros mountains run through it, with many waterfalls, rivers, and resort towns. The fertile land of Iraq is not just centred between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Thanks for your videos, I hope you do one on Kurdistan one day as it is one of the most complex geopolitical issues in the Middle East. ❤️☀️💚 (no flag emoji, unfortunately)
كملت ؟ هسه انجب
Really informative while entertaining. I wish we had these types of RUclips channels back when I deployed to Afghanistan. I spent a year there and had no idea as to why we were there or the strategic goal. I was very confused. I just followed orders but I can't tell you to this day, over a decade later, what our goal was - other than to "win hearts and minds" and "get home safe".
Not to keep oil cheap of course
@@deewd5673Iraq had oil, but Afghanistan didn't really.
@Humanresouces It had opium which is more profitable
@@NoOne-ev3jn I don't think opium is (officially) traded by the U.S. or any other country
@@wcthunder6940 it’s all about the “officially” you put in parentheses ☺️
As an Iraqi man, You did a good job explaining the history in an easy way
May your country prosper, and your brethren find the peace you so deserve.
@@jonervine Thank you for loving us. I love you so much
@@jonervine no you’re just pretending cia agent
@@jonervine yes when kill us and still to this day still our oil white people logic
@hitzmanji1978 Are you sure he is Muslim? Because marriage to family members is prohibited in Islam .By the way, I am a former Muslim
as an iraqi , thank you for aknowladging us
@Ali A انجب
@Ali A هههههههه أمريكا ابوك ماتعلمتم الدرس للحين
@@dragonfire3727 من يختفون امثالك العالم العربي يعيش بسعادة
@@منتظرالعراقي-ت4ل لا، انتم يجب أن تعرفون مكانكم في العالم تظنون أنفسكم مركز الكون ولكن انتم مجرد قطع في أيدي الدول المتقدمة مثل الصين و أمريكا، وتعنتكم هو الذي يقود إلى دماركم،معاداة دول قوية و متقدمة قمة في الغباء
@Ali A هو كال جاي يتحسن العراق بنهاية الفيديو
as an iraqi, i will like to say some things. as of 2023, iraq is a beautiful place with nice people, in my time there i haven’t seen a single robbery, and all the people are nice. it is very hard to find a bad person. they don’t have many cops but they have military soldiers, and most of the place is sand. although it is a third world country with a bad economy, it is one of the coolest places to live in. it is very easy to strike it rich, with pharmacies being huge. there are multiple shrines, almost to none expensive stores, and there is free food for the poor near these shrines(mostly volunteers that send food). all the houses in iraq are mansions, unlike what the news shows you such as sand or dirt homes. iraq has some okay technology, other than the best phone they sell for ios is the XS max, but in reality who really needs a better device then the X. lastly, id say the biggest issues in iraq is the broken up roads and the bad network, but that is it.
Every iraqi begins his sentence with "as an Iraqi 🤓👆" you clearly live in Iraq and not عراق.
ولك اسكت
@@Stow_icwhy should he be silent?
@@SupersayinAstroid هو كذاب
@@alialtememe8539 give me proof
I always love how there’s such a high quality about these videos to look low quality. Masterful.
my videos are worse than hoser's videos
@@weirdyoutubechannels I agree
Just realized the background music is Blinding lights but Arabic version 💀
@watup3494 Based.
i actually love your editing style dude you make history(formerly my worst subject) funny and still keep every fact in😭
Where are the facts?
More than half of what he said was a lie
Point out one lie
@@AllAboutMMAno lies here
As an Iraqi, it just never made sense to me why so many Arabs and Iraqis still love Saddam Hussein. I have Syrian friends who used to like him as well, but I was like he's basically Bashar Al Assad but in Iraq.
صدام زرب بل بلد و عرب يمجدون بيه
Bashar ul Asad is best ❤️
@@based_asian.2119 at destroying his country, yeah
Unfortunately it is because of religion and sectarianism. Sunnis generally love Saddam and praise him. Ditto for Alawites and Shia when it comes to Assad
When you listen to an american who got brain washed by his own media yeah sure it wouldn't make any sense
if you got tourshired in the Abugaraib by the Freedom country it will make slight sense
as a iraqi men my grandmother tall me iraq was something that anyone want to live in (1940) but ….. America make it half destroyed and so many people di”e …. But in 2024 there is soo many places its too good u guys must visit it … and there is a vlogs for a people from other countries visit it .
As someone from Baghdad, The video is about 80% correct (which is still way more accurate than the westerns media with some exceptions like Vice). The main point that this video totally missed/got wrong is that unlike Afghanistan with the rise of radicalism in the 2000s, a rise of counter terrorism expertise increased within Iraq too. Many of the terror organizations you mentioned were destroyed by Iraqi forces in Iraq not by Americans, although they work together and share information most of the times. The US wasn't about to end isis in 2014 as Obama's whole thing was getting out of Iraq. Iraqis were the ones who held the initiative then and they asked for international support to do it. In fact the former Iraqi PM Haider Al-Abadi said that not one single foreign coalition solider is fighting on the frontline, they are present in camps to train and provide intel only. The US (Trump) just got to declare the victory of it for political reasons. As for the current situation, corruption and criminal militias are still the biggest issues. The video also makes fun of some atrocities that I find not funny in the slightest but this is RUclips so Ehhh whatever. Nonetheless thank you for doing your best and bringing attention to my country.
EDIT: Please ignore any comments that say it was Russia or Iran that helped Iraq against terrorists. Both of these countries gave us old or faulty equipment for high profit margins and were paid till the very last dime. Haidar Al-Abadi also mentioned this in the same speach I mentioned above. Besides, Iran is the biggest contribution factor in the instability of Iraq as a whole since 2004!!!
This video got a lot of things wrong.
lets face it, Iraq post 2003 wouldn't have become the shit show it became if the USA had an actual plan on wtf to do after Saddam was gone.
KDP being a radical party that still acts like terrorists even though its just an autonomous state like Scotland to the UK
@@Dratchev241 US really have a bad concept of do now think later
@Dratchev241 The US was just destabilizing the country so they could keep on stealing the country's oil industry and vast oil reserves, and strengthen their occupation of Iraq.
Editing's getting better. Won't be long before hoser becomes the max0r of geopolitical RUclips.
my videos are worse than hoser's videos
YES PLEASE
As an Iraqi, I'm glad we got a video of our horriffic recent histories. So much pain from so many different sources. We are however slowly trying to regrow. While there are still many issues we face, hopefully the next few decades will be kind to us.
i hope have a tutorial how to destroy the USA to revange for iraq
Regrow?!
BRUH Just leave when you got Shahaduh 😂
ما ادري شني سالفة بس هلا بيكم بالعراق🇮🇶، ويلكم ان اراك بالانكليزي.
هههههههههههههههه
العراق اهله مشتعل
As a Syrian, I am sad to see what happened to Iraq. Love from Syria!!!
#FreeSyrianSyria🖤🤍💚
As an Iranian, I'm not 😈 (I'm not actually Iranian)
@@Alessandro_ofc_06 nah
We dont support terrorism
All muslim countries are sad.
@@hopefuldawn3380 fsa is full of al qaeda and terrorists, so yes they are terrorists.
My father was a doctor in Iraq, and he was grabbed from a Baghdad hospital, and ordered to treat the wounded Abdul Karim Kassem. He was treated well, but Kassem was killed later.
Imagine being born in 1980’s Iraq and still being alive today. You would have no sense of security.
On the plus side, you'd have already achieved a higher life expectancy than most people born in 1980s Iraq.
Okay, actually that's an exaggeration. But not that much of one, which illustrates how bad things have been for Iraqis.
😂😂😂😂😂 10:30 that " IN JAHANM 😈🔥" was too funny 😅. Nice work
“its not just a boulder!
its Iraq!”
Oh the pun-ishment
What?
Lmao SpongeBob reference
@@Highnezs wait What? I didn't understand what the OP means
@@KingdomRepublic search SpongeBob it's a rock and you will know
so pitiful when you witness this destruction happens to the very first cradle of civilization. I'm from Iran and hope to see my Iraqi brothers and sisters enjoy the pride of their precious soil. ♥
I‘m American and I read precious oil… I think I need help 😂
I mean the people living there today aren’t the same as the ones that lived in the "cradle of civilisation"
@@me67galaxylife lmfao, there are around 3-5 ethnic groups in Iraq and those are just the main ones (Kurds, Assyrians, Turkmens, Arabs, Armenians) etc.. are you going to say the ancient people on that area were black? 😂😂😂😂 lmfao. Look up the ancient kingdom of Assyria which includes the area of modern day Iraq
@@AnatolianArmenian And *only one* descends directly from the ancient people of mesopotamia : The assyrians, which are oppressed. And yes the armenians are ancient as well, but last time i checked they don't origin from ancient mesopotamia. Lmao motherfucker here really claiming the turks were here in ancient mesopotamia, are you turkish your by any chance ? It would explain a lot
Also here's a little advice : next time refrain from using the boomer emojis, it's just extremely cringe and painful to read
@@me67galaxylife Actually you are little wrong
No one will think Pyongyang as the city they'd never want to live in because Pyongyang is the PERFECT city. People don't have to pay for apartments, universal healthcare, taxes are non-existent, there are great hot-pot restaurants with karaoke, phenomenal museums, and above all, exceptional transit. Pyongyang has a beautiful metro system with 16 stations and two lines, a tram system, and trolleybuses! The majority of Pyongyang citizens travel by transit or bike, so Pyongyang is a healthy city! That aside, we've seen what has happened to Iraq and this is why we'll never trust the US and always stand our ground
Based Jong-un
Pyongyang is the perfect city for salves
Name and photo checks out
TOO BASED
All hail the mighty Kim Jong un
في كل مكان يوجد الفساد والعراق ليس استثناءً
ولا يشترط ان يكون الفساد على هيئة القتل
فامريكا اليوم اسوء من العراق من ناحية الفساد فساد اخلاق اكثر الناس فيها الشواذ والنسوية والمخدرات والاغتصاب الخ
كل الي قلتهن موجودات في العراق اليوم ،العراق مليئ بالفساد
بس فساد ديني وسياسي.. وكلهم مصالح مالية ومحد مهتم وشعب يحب ياكل تبن ويحبون الأهانة حشى زين احنا بس ساكتين🗿🎀 @@3avg
النسوية شيء طبيعي
@@3avgليش الهجوم علعراق بلتحديد شني هاي العنصريه والكره
@@mimi-pk9xnالنسوية مرض
The most enjoyment to be found on youtube is these videos. Of course, not the topics, but the presentation, humour and understanding to be had is perfect. Don't stop making these!
“You want a war George? Welcome to Shire-raq!” JRR Tolkien
The Bushes and War are synonymous by now :)
It truly is unsettling that the area from which the first established human societies emerged (Sumerians), can devolve into such disarray. I hope for the Iraqi people, that they can find peace in our lifetime.
@watup3494what are you smoking bro
@@alter3602just a lovely kurd.
@@forgedwithsteel what?
Thanks ❤
@watup3494i aint reading allat
I live in Iraq, I'm 22 years old, and I've never seen a weapon in my entire life. We live a very normal life, just like people in any other country. Education is free, we have lifetime health insurance, and electricity is mostly free, with water being nearly free as well. The perceptions you have might be shaped by Western media, which often presents a skewed view of our reality. Simply watching the news from home doesn't provide a complete picture.
Free doesn't mean good, in fact countries where such is free have vastly lower quality.
@@artair70 I didn't mean that we were a perfect country, but not as he described it.
What are you talking about electricity is almost none existent for education all school buildings are old and not maintained and it has much more students than it can take my school for example has 50 students in on class and it doesn't have ac literary 50 people sit in a room within ac while the temperature is 50c and I graduated two years ago so now its probably much worse not to mention the schools made out of literal mud water gets cut regularly why are you lying
@@jweciuwen8849 هاي مشكلتك يلشروكي 😂😂
@@or.y شكد مطي لعد شجاب هاي على هاي
Iran Iraq war was actually a pretty interesting topic using ww1 style trench warfare on a modern battlefield. But not everyone is into learning that which is fine. Still great video
And now we're seeing the same thing with drones in Ukraine.
@@LunaticTheCatUkraine isn’t Trench warfare, it’s just warfare with trenches.
Someday we will go for the better all love from Iraq🇮🇶
Inshallah
Nope America, Iran, Israel has a death grip over your country
ان شاءلله ❤🇮🇶
1. Have oil.
2. Don't give it to the USA.
The rest will happen without your help.
Literally
TRUE
Dude USA forces countries to give it what it wants
@@A9M21 that's the point
Yet somehow everyone will think you're an evil extremist trying to kill everyone as you're literally being invaded
So nobody`s gonna talk about that weird cover of blinding lights by weekend?
5:16 just to elaborate, "Arif" is Arabic for Corporal, it's not uncommon for iraqis to nickname their officer and enlisted friends and family with their current or previous ranks like "Arif Khammas" or "ameed mohammed" even if they were promoted past it
22:19
The United States did not contribute any support against ISIS. The Iraqi people liberated their country by themselves, and it was a difficult war for the country, which claimed the lives of many young people and destroyed many families. The war between Iraqi forces and ISIS, from 2014 to 2017.
18:56 THAT GULP KILLED ME 😂😂😂😂😂😂
As an iraqi i will say our country is not poor it has alway been rich its our president that make our country look poor
Just found your channel by chance. You do good work my dude, fun, informative, and concise. Positively exquisite!
"beach side resort in jahanam" 💀💀 11:44
🤣 The editing is always my favorite part of these videos. W editor!!
Lol yeah
The Iraqi people are very nice, I've met many during my college/university years in U.S.A. Its is just the Power-Hungry corrupt government making life harder even for the people that dont deserve it
bro great job, though you forget main things to mention:
1- during iraq-iran war for 8 years, USA was selling weapons and info to both sides and that's why the war lasted that long where every time one of the side have advantage
2- during ISIS war, ISIS entered Iraq when military's leaders run away suddenly so they took the city easily, it's saying that many countries supported ISIS because ISIS sold oil for a very cheap price. but also after the liberation war, USA made sure to save the important ISIS leaders (so entering and even the time of liberation was planning) cause there was a city where Iraqi army went to liberate it sooner than the plan, USA airforce simply bombed them, beside that every rocket they hit ISIS was taking it's price from iraq (and sadly my father and our neighbor killed by one of these rockets while he was a civilian)
3- one important thing is iraq kept paying billions of $ to Kuwait for the invention (the number of dept. if would distribute on every Kuwaiti everyone there would be a millionaire ) and only till 2021 I think we managed to pay all the dept. while usa pay nothing for the damage and the loses
4- since usa made a corrupted government take control, they kept feeding money to iran and our country now owned by iran sadly, every election we go to elect but the real choosing is decided by usa and iran
5- we got ranked by a non Generous people, yet the reality we fed too many countries and still till today
and among all of that, most of Iraqis stay love their country and they would be very sensitive and start cry in tears when they hear the National anthem or someone would ask them what I raq means to you, Iraq is not any countries located on this map, Iraq is the place of the beginning and the place of ending
1. China also supported both sides of the war, along with dozens of other nations including the Soviet Union. Stop putting all the blame on the US. Most of Iraq's military was Russian equipment and their nuclear/chemical weapons facilities were designed by the French.
4. Iraqi government was already corrupt so no change at all.
@@AsymmetricalCrimes bruh
@@AsymmetricalCrimes what was the justification for the US invasion of Iraq again?
It was Soviets that were selling weapons to both sides. Western weapons were a mere 3% of total arms flowing inside Saddam's Iraq and most of that 3% were also from France. This is why almost all of rifles Iraqi soldiers had were AKs and missiles Scuds and tanks Soviet ones like T-60 series, etc. But don't let facts get in the way of a good propaganda.
@@kroche90 Which one? There were two invasions.
16:07 Oh you got it right. If the Philippines participates in war, our flag was fliped upside down. Making the Red one on top.
That's such a nice detail.
Didn't notice it
I'm loving the goofy sound effects. They make the video more fun and energetic without being distracting.
11:46
Just for a snippet of why Iran was able to hold was the The Iranian Air Forces F-14s and F-4s were able to wreck havoc on Iraqi assets such as H3 raid and the Iraqi airforce temporally grounding itself due to the over the horizon Phoenix shots from the IRIAFs F-14s, Which there were so desperate to maintain they strapped MIM-23 to it as the sedji/AIM-23 which was able to kill reportedly a MiG-29A and super etendard
Hoser makes learning fun 🙌🏽 keep up the good work !!!
my videos are worse than hoser's videos
I like ur videos so much and find them funny. But as an Iraqi this was very hard to watch coz I lived through most of these tragedies that happened in the country. I know we do a little better now with slow progress so I hope for a better future eventually.
Thank u for making this my dude .
Coz
From iran hope you guys get better
Government of a country doesn't make its people bad people ❣️
@16:00
Man I _wish_ there was this kind of world coalition to physically free Tibet from China.
And Xinjiang. And Inner Mongolia. And the rest of China from the CCP.
After watching this I realized how similar Iraq is to Egypt
Literally no comparison
Egypt is monolithic racially and ethnically and religiously
No sunni shia
That's why Egypt is stable
Only superficially
Source: egyptian
@@AbdullahHashi-kw3qjThere are Christians and Muslims, there are Arabs and Copts in Egypt, there are Ash'ari and Salafists as well. What are you talking about? 😅😅😅
Man, you should be in charge of a Board of Education or something. You know how to teach and keep our millennial attention spans in the game
I'm an Iraqi Kurd and had not been educated on any of this, thank you for explaining the current situation and history of Iraq so clearly and with the humor mixed in, i also had no idea that an Iraqi president had been a kurd simp, lmao now i need to know more about him. I'm more used to racism and my own people turning against each other for money and power, believe me if the kurds or Iraqis were actually united for once to rebuild this country we would've been living a much better life. Instead we can be easily bought sold and divided into dozzens of armed groups which basically only serves in terrorising civillians.
Fantastic video. The graphics were very good and quick talking did not keep me bored. You are knowledgeable keep it coming. Good job
as someone who lives in chicago and has lived on the south side, i definitely just went "i could never live in detroit"
10:07 This isn't actually the Ba'ath government. This is the Iraqi Governing Council, part of the provisional government from July 2003 to June 2004. By the time this government was in place, the Ba'ath Party was already banned in May 2003. The council was made up of 25 members with 13 Shias, five Sunnis, five Kurds, one Iraqi Turkmen (not to be confused with Turkmen from Turkmenistan), and one Assyrian. The fourth guy to the right is Nouri al-Maliki, a member of the Shia Islamic Dawa party (pro-Iran Islamic socialists) who would become Iraq's PM in May 2006. He was the guy standing next to George W. Bush when a protester threw shoes at him
Something you didn't talk about whatsoever are the no-fly zones enforced from 1991 to 2003 by the US and the UK (France also participated but they stopped in 1996). The embargo wasn't the only thing that hurt the government. These two NFZs were meant to protect the Kurds in the north and the Shias/Marsh Arabs in the south (which Saddam was draining their marsh as payback because they supported a 1991 uprising). The only part of Iraq that wasn't covered by a NFZ was between Baghdad and Sulaymaniyah, so they effectively lost most of their country. In 2002, bombs increased by 300%, and British officials admitted privately this was done to weaken Iraq's air defense system in anticipation of the invasion to make things easier.
Not only is this a very entertaining and informative video but i think it's pretty important to be able to convey information in such an informal manner. I'm a zoomer and I've met other zoomers who just don't care about any other part of the world. That's why I enjoyed participating in my high school's Model UN and going to other schools for conferences so I could feel I'm not alone in wanting to make a difference and caring about our future. I feel like presenting information in a less stale, sterile and more digestible way could make more people interested in topics they otherwise wouldn't have been, and that's always a good thing.
This whole video could just be, "The US bombed them into the pre industrial age, twice."
Muslims kill more Muslims than anyone else.
It really can't
It can’t be simplified to that, but this asshole doesn’t care.
He’s just “US BAD”, and nobody else has agency.
Yeah yeah. It's all our fault? Not the first time we heard that 😴
Based.
I'll always find it amazing how unfamiliar or uninterested people are with the Iran-Iraq war. It was an insane and horrific war combining the World Wars and the Congo; Iranian child soldiers running over minefields, marshlands being electrified with cables, Iraqi Migs and Iranian F-14s dogfighting over giant urban battles, Iraqi chemical weapons being deployed more extensively than any other conflict with Trench Warfare rivaling WWI and making Ukraine look like child's play, the largest conventional battle since WWII(Karbala 5), and one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century being committed against the Kurds in the Al-Anfal campaign(which is when Iraq sprayed Kurdistan with nerve agents and abducted thousands of Kurdish children to "Arabize" them by setting them up with Arab families in the south that lost their sons and daughters in the war), not to mention the foreign policy insanity of the war that defied all Cold War logic and alliances, resulting in France, the U.S, and USSR backing Iraq while Israel, Syria, Libya, and the U.S provided aid or support to Iran. It's one of the most well-documented, unique, lengthy, and insane wars ever and its criminal it isn't a more well-known or examined conflict given it was hugely influential.
20:20 As a survivor of the genocide that Isis had committed I can give more information about it. I am a Yazidi female, I am from Iraq but live in a different country now. When I was 9 years old on the 3rd of August, my family was captured by ISIS and on the first day my dad, his two brothers, and my 14 year old cousin were taken away from our family. I was a young child like many others and my mom and many other women were taken to be either the ISIS’s wives or child soldiers. Many young girls were raped including members of my family, I was sold to be raped and thankfully wasn’t. Many young boys were used as human shields or were brainwashed child soldiers. Many children did not know their own family members and would curse at them for being Yazidi. Newborn babies were taken away from their parents and have no way of ever reuniting with their family. Why did all of this happen? Solely because we were a different religion than Muslims. I would like to say, not all Muslims were ISIS but all ISIS members were in face Muslim. Take this information as you wish. Just know I and many many more are living prove of the real effects of this religion. The Muslims in Iraq know to put their heads down when they hear about my story(very little has been done to me compared to others) I at the very least want Muslims in other countries to know what their religion really is.
l understand that you're a victim of genocide at the hands of an islamist extremist military group, and I completely understand why that trauma would cause you to be prejudiced against muslims, however, it is important to remember that ISIS is not representative of islam or muslims in general, which you seem to believe. Unfortunately, extremists exist from all religions, acting like ISIS is reflective of muslims in general is like acting like the KKK are reflective of chrisitians in general. Unfortunately, literally every religion in the world has religious extremists who misconstrue and manipulate the religion as a twisted justification to commit violence. "I at least want muslims in other countries to know what their religion really is" you have a lot of healing to do. I dont think you're a bad person for being islamaphobic due to the trauma you have experienced as I understand it is most likely a trauma response, but this type of thinking is harmful for both yourself and any muslim person you may meet, you shouldnt go around associating random muslim people with ISIS purely because of their religion. Just because a person is muslim does not mean that they share the values and beliefs of ISIS, like I said ISIS are violent religious extremists and do not represent the values and beliefs of Islam in general.
Muslims themselves were fighting ISIS, it was for a reason, ISIS are no muslims, only criminals and terrorists doing things in the name of islam.
Wish you peace from all the horrors and crimes you have faced.
My uncle got kidnapped by isis and they demanded my grandparents 5000 dollars and she gave them the money it’s really sad to see my country like this
Did they free him?
@@ahmedmuayad2013 yes they did
Is Isis still there?
@@Risay Thank god they did, they're very brutal
@@Masahanate-777 It won't be, nothing more than tiny groups left if any, IS pretty much got the Iraq treatment but this time no one was willing to let ANYONE live
this video was a banger. Animated, entertaining and informative from start to finish! 🔥
15:50 is my favorite part, one because censor beeps are funnier than actual swear words and two because it's so accurate.
as an emirati in the UAE, i can confirm i DO ship my workers, houses,oil and my own people to my country on a daily basis
as an iraqi, don't know if I should laugh or cry over this video..... war is a disgusting thing, you will never understand this till it kicks your door for real.
It does take a very skilled person to pressure the world into forming the largest military coalition since WW2.
despite all that there are still braindead kids defending Saddam
This is so god damn dank wtf, channel keeps getting better and better
I worry it’ll get noticed for being too spicy and start having algo repercussions, and I’m pissed YT keeps doing this.
Just got your content, very smart very informative. Bravo my man ❤
Well, you need to know Britain deliberately drew this border to blockade Iraq. Then Iraq became a miserable land.
Say, why don't Hoser try to make a video about Myanmar? Really fascinating to hear.
Step 1:
Place it in the Middle East.
Step 2:
Put lots of oil underneath it.
Step 3:
Introduce Islam.
Step 4:
Let it simmer for 1300 to 1400 years.
Step 5:
Success!
🤓
As we all know IzLam came to middle East in late 70s
iraqi blinding lights hits harder than the original, you cant change my mind
my videos are worse than hoser's videos
Bro talks about iraq in 2003-2017 get the new update
fr but he is right in somethings
There isn't that much of changes honestly, being destroyed for decades won't just get fixed in 6 years
@@Anonymous20242 there is exponential change
@abdullahlaith2629 i know but just not the amount you would expect
@@Anonymous20242iraq still has roughly 10% of earth's oil so yeah it's making changes at very good rate
@11:00, Bakr didn't "mysteriously resign" he was captured and tortured for days before appearing in front of the Ba'ath Congress to confess to a "totally real" plot to unite Iraq and Syria and kick out all the Iraqis from the new government. Then, he started naming co-conspirators. These people (who also happened to be on Saddam's shit-list) were all taken out back and murdered by other members of the Ba'ath Party to "show their loyalty".
I appreciate the attention to detail on the Philippine flag. We were taught to turn the flag upside down where the red would be on top to signify the country’s entry into war time.
Cool detail
Ohhh, didn't notice that but yeah great detail!
And here I was thinking it was upside down because Philippines' entry into the Persian Gulf War happened at the same time we were in economic turmoil following Marcos, EDSA and Cory.... but the flag makes much more sense xD
As an Iraqi, I found this video contains many mistakes so here’s some of them 🇺🇸🇮🇶
0:29 only the left side is it desert
And on the right side of the rivers, we actually have mountains and
Greenland
0:50 it’s actually the Arabian gulf😊
1:09 I don’t know about the USA and the UK but China is one of the biggest investers in iraq
Also, the gulf states have a big investments especially after the gulf cup
we hosted it in the January of this year 🫣
1:19 thats so true
2:02 simply the poverty percentage is 25% not 52%😇
2:09 i can agree that on June July August and September The temperature is near 50C
For the rest of the year is much lower actually at the moment the temperature is 6C so🥶
2:35 this is just wrong because we have never been Turkish we were Ottomans It wasn’t an invasion.
3:32 they are iraqi
3:42 the song is amazing
5:40 believe me iraqis till this day the love Abd al-karim Qassim because he was so humble
And some iraqis called his years the golden five years
6:09 this also not funny and not true we can freely see anything on the Internet
8:57 nope you literally can’t describe it as Civil War
11:27 saddam + George W fucking bush
14:10 the war against Iran, was kind of an L but you didn’t mention Iran’s losses
16:06 this is just sad and not fair
16:59 this was extremely humiliating for us, because the UN(USA) didn’t let us buy any kind a food
Like almost every kind of fruits and bread and sweets, it was an insanity and disgusting
+ 250 children died every day from 1990 to 2003 if you even care about our children
19:22 are you really gonna say that America invaded Iraq in 2003 that fast it was a literally a tragic and a disaster
19:51 they took 26 days and it wasn’t only the USA it was 33 other countries
20:33 firstly we are not poor and our culture is 7000 year old so we are definitely not young 🙂
21:04 are you serious 100,000??? Bro we lost about millions because of the USA ,what are you talking about?
In the end, I hated the video because of all these mistakes but great work keep going
And we are growing in improving every day
God bless America (Apparently I’m joking.)
Btw we we don’t hate American people its just a government issue
شلون العراقيين ما يكرهون امريكا ؟
انتة لو اعمى لو خارج البلد
لأن اذا انتة داخل البلد وتشوف الناس الي تحركهم الاحزاب وتغسل عقولهم بأن يكرهون الشعب الامريكي يحملونة خطايا حكومتهم ف هاي مصيبة اكبر ... خاصة شوارع بغداد مليانة من صور خامنئي لو سليماني والناس بوضوح راضية عن هل شي
He conveniently forgot the sanctions and it's effects. It's weird for countries to propagate a free market, but expect countries to be able to feed their populations during sanctions.
8:57 wasn't that a failed coup?
@@ibrahimaltmeme1390enemy of my enemy is my friend logic
It's preety similar to other parts of middle East like yemenis Palestinians loving iran's government
16:40 song name is blinding lights Arabic version