Why Iraq's great rivers are dying

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  • Опубликовано: 26 дек 2024

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  • @Vox
    @Vox  5 лет назад +1261

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    • @PigeonFlare
      @PigeonFlare 5 лет назад +2

      Why do you only have 2 likes

    • @hibaallaq1172
      @hibaallaq1172 5 лет назад +2

      Good job

    • @nugget4919
      @nugget4919 5 лет назад +4

      Vox didn’t read it but I wanna reply quickly 🤷‍♂️

    • @alexhorchoff5970
      @alexhorchoff5970 5 лет назад +22

      If possible I'd like to learn about the Siberian Tundra in this style of video. It's a vast area that is hard to conceptualize without reference. I'm sure there is tons of juicy information in that region as well. Thanks for making this one!

    • @daddyhart8735
      @daddyhart8735 5 лет назад +1

      Vox Damn, this video made me thirst for a y’all glass of water

  • @Roll587
    @Roll587 5 лет назад +4962

    That's upsetting. These rivers are so important to human history!

    • @Flow86767
      @Flow86767 5 лет назад +23

      I second that.

    • @bigpoppa4562
      @bigpoppa4562 5 лет назад +45

      Gave the birth to house of wisdom

    • @mehdi2pac1
      @mehdi2pac1 5 лет назад +68

      Both rivers are mentioned in the qoran

    • @viktor_vaughn
      @viktor_vaughn 5 лет назад +62

      This rivers are human history

    • @jacobh.667
      @jacobh.667 5 лет назад +9

      Were*

  • @vagabond352
    @vagabond352 5 лет назад +2497

    I am from Basra and this video shattered my heart even more ....
    But I will always have hope for a better future.

    • @anuragsunil
      @anuragsunil 5 лет назад +91

      Hope you stay safe buddy!

    • @LightYagami-wt1jw
      @LightYagami-wt1jw 5 лет назад +38

      Best of luck :)

    • @chiraggupta1186
      @chiraggupta1186 5 лет назад +55

      Don't hope start working

    • @shozabraza
      @shozabraza 5 лет назад +26

      Give more power to the PMF (Hashd), they'll root out corruption as they rooted out the ISIS.
      Don't trust the Americans.

    • @Ahmed2000-o8e
      @Ahmed2000-o8e 5 лет назад +6

      @@anuragsunil brother those things you see are just 1% of our community

  • @iyadnaseer8356
    @iyadnaseer8356 5 лет назад +4262

    Mesopotamia is literally the first thing you learn about in ancient civilisation. The Tigris and Euphrates drying up cannot be tolerated

    • @champagnemoneyabuelo
      @champagnemoneyabuelo 5 лет назад +217

      We in the endgame now

    • @JuanMongeJ-3Dmo
      @JuanMongeJ-3Dmo 5 лет назад +131

      Sadly I dont see any solution, Turkey and Syria wont stop their hidro electric plants, if Saddam were in power he wouldnt had let his neighbors built those dams.

    • @aadarshbalireddy2939
      @aadarshbalireddy2939 5 лет назад +76

      The name Iraq actually is mesopotamian as well. Iraq = Uruk, the ancient city

    • @koffz-nl2118
      @koffz-nl2118 5 лет назад +107

      Strange. It's prophesied in the bible that these rivers will dry up in the end days. Kinda creepy tbh

    • @mehmetkara2666
      @mehmetkara2666 5 лет назад +37

      when the traitor faizal joined the brits to defeat the ottomans we were in the same situation without oil the new formed turkish republic struggled to achieve something meanwhile they had lots of oil and money they didn`t share it with us , contrary we paid one of the highest prices for fuel despite being neighbours with them , they cut us off from the oil fields , the oil was theirs and the water is ours now .

  • @tungnguyen66
    @tungnguyen66 3 года назад +47

    "Water , Water is everywhere but not a drop to drink " . Soon , water will cost more than Oil. Sad.

  • @OsamahF.
    @OsamahF. 5 лет назад +2004

    I`m an Iraqi and I really want to thank you for making this video on the upcoming Iraq most dangerous event that we may face in the few years coming. Thank you Vox.

    • @katrinakatrina6262
      @katrinakatrina6262 5 лет назад +80

      Wow, that's sad to hear as an American we learned so much about these two Rivers in school such an amazing part of history. A shame what's happening to them. So many world leaders but no one wants to help. I pray you guys get the help you deserve 🙏❤️

    • @sackrider6811
      @sackrider6811 5 лет назад +50

      @Son of Mountain You're a disgrace to kurds, im ashamed of myself. And you do realize that these rivers flow through kurdistan as well, so we are in risk aswell

    • @DawingmanT900
      @DawingmanT900 5 лет назад +13

      @@sackrider6811 and since you claim to be Kurdish, you have singlehandedly restored my respects for Kurds

    • @OsamahF.
      @OsamahF. 5 лет назад +28

      @Son of Mountain my wife is kurdish, So I`m not gonna give your comment more than it deserves. Cause I know this is the best remedy for people with your mentality.

    • @OsamahF.
      @OsamahF. 5 лет назад +22

      @@katrinakatrina6262 Thank you Katrina. We still listen to our parents and grandparents stories about how these rivers were great decades ago. I hope one day all these problem will resolve.

  • @thedarksword3495
    @thedarksword3495 5 лет назад +3222

    No clean water, no electricity (blackouts happen 4+ times a day and most of the electricity comes from private generators), No reliable internet structure, no road maintenance, no good hospitals, and most (not all) of iraqis want to get out of the country. truly sad.
    Thanks Vox for reporting on this unheard of yet important subject

    • @murtadaamjed6279
      @murtadaamjed6279 5 лет назад +67

      Am from Najaf province ( in the south of Iraq ) and I totally agree with all that .

    • @joaquincimas1707
      @joaquincimas1707 5 лет назад +56

      @@murtadaamjed6279 Run away man, It's the only think i could say you. So sad Iraq is in such a bad point, better work outside and help with money to rebuild the country 😔

    • @murtadaamjed6279
      @murtadaamjed6279 5 лет назад +66

      @Son of Mountain Excuse me ???

    • @badrproductions9022
      @badrproductions9022 5 лет назад +38

      @@murtadaamjed6279 don't care for what he said greetings from Egypt 🇪🇬 🇮🇶

    • @chelseakevorkian4998
      @chelseakevorkian4998 5 лет назад +18

      Murtada Alasadi their kind don’t change

  • @universe36
    @universe36 5 лет назад +673

    As an Iraqi, I really appreciated you guys covering this crisis. MORE people need to know about this.

    • @tree3y763
      @tree3y763 5 лет назад +8

      universe36 ikr people think Terrorism is the problem even though they all were defeated. This is the real crisis for future

    • @arvedludwig3584
      @arvedludwig3584 5 лет назад +4

      I think you guys need a deionization facility. That's how Israel made it

    • @moonshadow7057
      @moonshadow7057 5 лет назад

      Unfortunately the whole climate change crisis will make stories like this one petty

    • @dankoch5357
      @dankoch5357 5 лет назад +2

      Yes, we need to tell Iraqis to not poop in their rivers.

    • @fallward917
      @fallward917 4 года назад

      @@dankoch5357 lol this made me laugh

  • @mahmudbhaila2491
    @mahmudbhaila2491 3 года назад +46

    Compliments to your team on producing these insightful documentaries. Educational and eye opening.

  • @Flow86767
    @Flow86767 5 лет назад +1699

    *Poor Iraq has been under so much troubled times, and it just keep going...*

    • @rasho2532
      @rasho2532 5 лет назад +83

      Why is it deserved

    • @fatimawaleed3589
      @fatimawaleed3589 5 лет назад +201

      @Son of Mountain people like you are the reason why we'll never move forward smh

    • @UnstoppableEmpire
      @UnstoppableEmpire 5 лет назад +14

      Sally Mia sad they think and feel like this.

    • @Flow86767
      @Flow86767 5 лет назад +77

      Son of Mountain No, at least not the innocent civilians and people’s suffering in this country.
      Iran, Turkey, Syria, The USA, ISIS, Sadam Hussein’s dictatorship and the corrupt officials of the new government, are all brining desperation on the people of Iraq.

    • @awsomemodels
      @awsomemodels 5 лет назад +8

      Well.. it's still not as bad as they show you in the media and trust me it will recover one day because nothing stays the same forever and nothing is impossible even if it takes a long time .

  • @psychoactive353
    @psychoactive353 5 лет назад +1821

    im from Iraq, this video is like bullets hitting my body every second, really painful
    one day we will rebuild back the great land of Mesopotamia and everyone will be welcome to come and experience our hospitality.

    • @psychoactive353
      @psychoactive353 5 лет назад +25

      @@Lancer2002t الله يساعدكم حبيبي أنشأ لله يحمينا و يطلعنة من هلمحنة أهل البصرة والله على الراس تحية من بغداد

    • @sawm7md432
      @sawm7md432 5 лет назад +11

      💔✊

    • @aldulaimii
      @aldulaimii 5 лет назад +4

      When? بالمشمش

    • @luqmansadeeq2659
      @luqmansadeeq2659 5 лет назад +42

      We should be living like Saudis and Dubai people but unfortunately we have such a bad luck.

    • @davidulanovsky8943
      @davidulanovsky8943 5 лет назад +44

      Luqman Sadeeq Zakho Saudi Arabia and the UAE are wahhabi shitholes that should be wiped off the map.

  • @TheIronHordesman2
    @TheIronHordesman2 5 лет назад +918

    Theese rivers are what started civilizations.
    Its a shame for all humankind.

    • @ahmed.a.ragheb
      @ahmed.a.ragheb 5 лет назад +9

      @Spooder Man google it!

    • @Robbieifyoucan
      @Robbieifyoucan 5 лет назад +9

      Yes this is bad but the state of the Ganges is far more tragic.

    • @Snp2024
      @Snp2024 5 лет назад +6

      @@Robbieifyoucan was thankfully new government is better Norther ganges is clean now central(did it by blocking sewage) is getting cleaner but real problem is yamuna basically a most polluted river which merges with Ganges.

    • @Danwillsoncat
      @Danwillsoncat 5 лет назад +7

      Waxoff Waxon indus civilisation existed alongside mesopotamia and we have records of thousands years of civilization in vedic scriptures. This is just pure hatred and ignorance👎

    • @LionKing-ew9rm
      @LionKing-ew9rm 5 лет назад +4

      @@Danwillsoncat
      Vedic?! IndoEuropeans went to India only around 2000 bce

  • @eatthatass9727
    @eatthatass9727 3 года назад +14

    Its sad how those two rivers gave life to legendary first human civilizations, and now modern people are killing them with their trash. Perfect picture of todays society.

  • @jessthehotmess5044
    @jessthehotmess5044 5 лет назад +3892

    As a giant history *enthusiast*, it’s really sad to see that two rivers that are so important to so much of human history are drying up.
    Edit: Hey y’all, please be nice to each other. All of us are human, regardless of nationality, ethnicity, or anything else. Much love to all of you ❤️
    Edit 2: changed “nerd” to “enthusiast” because *apparently* a lot of people seem to be really sensitive about the use of that word. 🙃

    • @2phonebabykeem913
      @2phonebabykeem913 5 лет назад +25

      Jess The Hot Mess It’s sad to see anything so important go

    • @randomdude9135
      @randomdude9135 5 лет назад +24

      A nerd doesn't call himself a nerd. That's show offing 🙄

    • @manhin2365
      @manhin2365 5 лет назад +146

      Says someone who calls himself a genius

    • @randomdude9135
      @randomdude9135 5 лет назад +5

      @@manhin2365 I'm not a genius but the guy in my pfp is. Google Perelman. He's a Russian mathematician

    • @Flutoid
      @Flutoid 5 лет назад +78

      ​@@randomdude9135 a nerd can call themselves a nerd, and a genius can call themselves a genius, self-recognition shouldn't discredit anyone.

  • @subzero4790
    @subzero4790 5 лет назад +897

    Attacking oil reserves makes sense as they can be used to fuel military equipment, but attacking water infrastructure is cruel.

    • @aplusemery
      @aplusemery 5 лет назад +31

      @Son of Mountain why?

    • @aplusemery
      @aplusemery 5 лет назад +141

      You're really willing to condemn an entire country of people because of its extremists? You don't know those people. You haven't met them. And even if you have met an evil person from Iraq, they are one out of millions. There's good and evil in every group. Please don't be so absolute in your assumptions.

    • @yustformusic
      @yustformusic 5 лет назад +128

      it's not only cruel, it's a war crime. Directing attacks against civilians or infrastructure vital to survival is a war crime.

    • @chownful
      @chownful 5 лет назад +8

      @@yustformusic To be fair, I don't think a hydroelectric dam is vital to survival. ISIS were the ones that purposely poisoned the water, but from what they said it sounds like US military just destroyed the hydroelectric dams.

    • @joezilla29
      @joezilla29 5 лет назад +4

      War, by definition, is cruel. It's a shame, but that's the way it has always been and will be.

  • @sammq4499
    @sammq4499 5 лет назад +1107

    video length is 9:56, but i lived it for years.

    • @o84y
      @o84y 5 лет назад +30

      ان شاء الله تفرج ويصبح الوضع افضل اخوي

    • @MinMin-oe5od
      @MinMin-oe5od 5 лет назад +5

      🙁💓💓💓💓💓

    • @mustafaessam3828
      @mustafaessam3828 5 лет назад +3

      :(

    • @hungabunabunga3645
      @hungabunabunga3645 5 лет назад +3

      ఠ ͟ಠ ఠ ͟ಠ كلمة ان شاء الله لا تقدم مجرد تأخر

    • @floresian7897
      @floresian7897 5 лет назад +14

      Salam Hamdi thats deep

  • @عبودعلاء-ث5ح
    @عبودعلاء-ث5ح 4 года назад +37

    I live in Iraq and unfortunately we are experiencing a lack of services and this negatively affects ourselves😭😭

    • @ihdiadgdhwbad1
      @ihdiadgdhwbad1 6 месяцев назад

      maybe we should try to improve and change things instead of always blaming the goverment on things they barely can change, same with always relying on religion, its pure nonsense

  • @z.zhengzhou5911
    @z.zhengzhou5911 5 лет назад +1600

    The US military destroyed Iraq totally and then they just left. They can blame corruption for the failure of reconstruction, but Iraq people are suffering.

    • @luqmansadeeq2659
      @luqmansadeeq2659 5 лет назад +58

      Correct

    • @muysli.y1855
      @muysli.y1855 5 лет назад +103

      US creat IS

    • @Ahmed2000-o8e
      @Ahmed2000-o8e 5 лет назад +54

      @@muysli.y1855 This fact is older than my grany

    • @tiihtu2507
      @tiihtu2507 5 лет назад +52

      @@muysli.y1855 Kinda, but not really. The United States might have destabilized the region and plunged it into a chaos, but they don't have the ability to mind-control people.

    • @davidulanovsky8943
      @davidulanovsky8943 5 лет назад +10

      Tiuhtukkainen Just destroy their lives.

  • @richardjayfuentes731
    @richardjayfuentes731 5 лет назад +1286

    "If your enemies are united, divide them"
    -Sun Tzu

    • @welp4576
      @welp4576 5 лет назад +32

      Richard Jay Fuentes this is what I did in eu4

    • @just4funyay804
      @just4funyay804 4 года назад +18

      @@welp4576 a man of culture I see

    • @jerickalberca4503
      @jerickalberca4503 4 года назад +12

      Divide and Conquer

    • @Denis-qv5yj
      @Denis-qv5yj 4 года назад +4

      Dividi et impera

    • @minzblatt
      @minzblatt 4 года назад +1

      @@Denis-qv5yj *Divide

  • @DSaj
    @DSaj 4 года назад +2419

    Iraq : I want water
    America : Shut up , you want a democracy

  • @dennisroland5654
    @dennisroland5654 3 года назад +9

    Outstanding reporting, flawlessly presented. Thank you.

  • @josephcampbell4724
    @josephcampbell4724 5 лет назад +831

    Still waiting for Saddam's weapons of mass destruction .

    • @tiihtu2507
      @tiihtu2507 5 лет назад +80

      Iraq used chemical weapons in Iran-Iraq War in the 80's. They had a nuclear program too. However, after the first Gulf War both were abolished with the help of international community and UN Special Commission carried out regular inspections.
      What happened in 2001 and after that is a different story. A story indeed, because the weapons of mass destruction only existed in the minds of George W Bush and US military command. 🙄

    • @vatsalpatel7834
      @vatsalpatel7834 5 лет назад +12

      @@tiihtu2507 🤣🤣😂😂this republican is still livimg in 2001

    • @arabx0r
      @arabx0r 5 лет назад +27

      There is no proof that Saddam used the chemical weapons... There is no sources other the American's

    • @arabx0r
      @arabx0r 5 лет назад +3

      Arved Ludwig didnt Germany give him Asylm regarding to what he said?

    • @davidulanovsky8943
      @davidulanovsky8943 5 лет назад +15

      Tiuhtukkainen America didn’t care in the 80s because Saddam was their friend.

  • @mahdidiyab3659
    @mahdidiyab3659 5 лет назад +274

    As a History Geek and Iraqi myself living in Europe, this truly hurts deeply in my heart.

    • @bruh-mb1rd
      @bruh-mb1rd 5 лет назад +54

      @Son of Mountain dude get a lifr already, stop replying and stop spreading hate

    • @jayfawn8478
      @jayfawn8478 5 лет назад +7

      Go back to your country and help to rebuild the nation

    • @Iraqi_TopG
      @Iraqi_TopG 5 лет назад +4

      @Son of Mountain you are not the Kurds I kno w

    • @jjc5475
      @jjc5475 5 лет назад +7

      @@bruh-mb1rd he's just a troll. report and ignore. if he was a real kurd his kurdish playlist wouldn't be filled with english videos.

    • @alialidrissi4163
      @alialidrissi4163 5 лет назад +1

      this video is really old I'm from basra and the canaL now clean and this year we have flooding problem the water now in shut al arab in it's highest since the70s

  • @sebastianolmsted2867
    @sebastianolmsted2867 4 года назад +493

    I can only imagine how beautiful Iraq once was. I pray to see it restored to such ❤️

    • @nuzayerov
      @nuzayerov 4 года назад +7

      @ጠዪ. ፕቿዕዕሃ , It has a really divided parliament which can't agree on anything, so its in worse position now, they really need a strongman leader right now.

    • @lourdeskawatan6382
      @lourdeskawatan6382 3 года назад +4

      No islam no cry

    • @jovenaldomingo1123
      @jovenaldomingo1123 3 года назад +1

      Money in the world is worthless if a country has Nu water by the rivers humans are farming more more cities worldwide 07 warmer world

    • @jamesturner1462
      @jamesturner1462 3 года назад +3

      The Great Babylonian empire. It truly was a first world nation until they were conquered by the Medes and Persians (Iran).

    • @phoenixff8337
      @phoenixff8337 3 года назад +10

      @@lourdeskawatan6382 Christianity also killed and genocided millions of people.

  • @ou6775
    @ou6775 4 года назад +79

    A mountain of gold.

    • @abdulwasay2841
      @abdulwasay2841 3 года назад +2

      what?

    • @dahen2039
      @dahen2039 3 года назад +20

      @@abdulwasay2841 it's something every Muslim knows, its a sign of the judgement day (or the end of the world). when the Tigris and Euphrates dry out of water, a "mountain of gold" which is a reference for a big treasure, will show up and everyone will fight over it. And thats one of the major signs of judgement day and the end of the world gets closer...

    • @thesauce1682
      @thesauce1682 3 года назад +1

      What does that mountain of gold means? Real gold? because if it is real gold, no human will fight over it.

    • @dahen2039
      @dahen2039 3 года назад +5

      @@thesauce1682 why not? in the next 100 years who know how cruel the world will become.
      And by the way the mountain of gold is a reference to big and a lot of treasure of some sort

    • @ou6775
      @ou6775 3 года назад +1

      @@thesauce1682 i reckon a massive water reservoir, when the world runs out of it. every nation fight for liquid gold (water)

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 5 лет назад +241

    Mesopotamia used to be a sweet dank valley, now it’s not. Shame to see an important part of history be treated that way

    • @ridwanrahman6063
      @ridwanrahman6063 5 лет назад +8

      WHY DO I SEE YOU IN ALMOST EVERY VIDEO I SEE AHHhhHhHhHhh

    • @abdullhafaris1055
      @abdullhafaris1055 5 лет назад

      I don’t even know why da god made u 😂

    • @thefrenchselkie1401
      @thefrenchselkie1401 5 лет назад +1

      hahahahaha XD nice reference! Yeah, its true, this is a shame...

    • @hardcandy7112
      @hardcandy7112 5 лет назад +4

      Guess who did this to Iraq , Bush the President that Cuban Americans love at Versailles calla 8 in Little Havana .

    • @reverentlygrim2666
      @reverentlygrim2666 5 лет назад

      @Nadine Schneider you are so salty who hurt you sweetheart ?

  • @MS4IT
    @MS4IT 5 лет назад +1161

    Im from Iraq 🇮🇶/Basra city 🌃 and this video is so true ... and it hurts to see the country of first civilization like this cuz of government and people themselves too... I would say thank you a lot for this video vox salute❤️🇮🇶

    • @alial-abbasi3769
      @alial-abbasi3769 5 лет назад +7

      Mesopotamia is my identity
      Did the situation got any better?

    • @yurichtube1162
      @yurichtube1162 5 лет назад +2

      You are a Kurd?

    • @MS4IT
      @MS4IT 5 лет назад +2

      Ali Al-Abbasi No it still badly going

    • @MS4IT
      @MS4IT 5 лет назад +11

      Yurichtube No Im Arabic

    • @ali-ip3zx
      @ali-ip3zx 5 лет назад +40

      @@yurichtube1162 What is wrong with you, who founded the city of Basra Arabs until Baghdad. Even the name "Basra" is Arabic. And the Arabs not only in Arabia even in the outside. Petra was the capital of the Nabataeans. A lot of Arab civilizations have not been within the borders of Arabia

  • @younanyounan5071
    @younanyounan5071 5 лет назад +2446

    Who needs fresh drinking water when you have democracy

    • @adriandejesus2945
      @adriandejesus2945 5 лет назад +20

      Jajajajaja your right

    • @mustafa.bakes.
      @mustafa.bakes. 5 лет назад +119

      Yeah the democracy the US gave us, so good
      Love that for me

    • @paramount7616
      @paramount7616 5 лет назад +9

      @@mustafa.bakes. bro how much for 1 liter water costs?

    • @chekcbwkcbsid
      @chekcbwkcbsid 5 лет назад +24

      @@paramount7616 in Iraq, water isn't too expensive in some regions, in Erbil, it costs 20-40 cents or 250-500 IQD. But it becomes more expensive in some regions.

    • @BoRerunn
      @BoRerunn 5 лет назад +2

      ?

  • @MENGGELABA100KALI
    @MENGGELABA100KALI 4 года назад +22

    This has been written. Mountain of gold is emerging.

    • @diollinebranderson6553
      @diollinebranderson6553 3 года назад +1

      not really. The Bible prophecised about this and no mountain of gold is mentioned. only that kings of the north would march on Israel

    • @diollinebranderson6553
      @diollinebranderson6553 3 года назад

      @canadian oh sorry my bad😂

  • @kartikasah1435
    @kartikasah1435 5 лет назад +503

    I read so much about these rivers in my history books.This is so sad.

    • @vinayjoshi7882
      @vinayjoshi7882 5 лет назад +6

      yeah , its pretty bad situation their, hope they will will recover soon

    • @identity2257
      @identity2257 4 года назад +1

      @@vinayjoshi7882 Iraq is not recovering anytime soon we're totally fuxked for at least 50 years

    • @cr4zypeopl3
      @cr4zypeopl3 3 года назад

      @@identity2257 We will be able to fix the problem if we were at least trying

    • @MahdiHatesLife
      @MahdiHatesLife 2 года назад

      @@identity2257 iraq would be a better place if you suckers could just stop being negative and actually try to solve problems

    • @championfighters
      @championfighters 2 года назад

      read the quran, its a prophecy, 1400 years ago in the a hadith it was stated that river euphrates would dry up and there would be gold under it, and that would mean the end is near

  • @ukiyosurf
    @ukiyosurf 5 лет назад +180

    So sad to see the worlds greatest geographical features leaving us :(

    • @WonderMagician
      @WonderMagician 5 лет назад +3

      all for oil profits

    • @evelynn1400
      @evelynn1400 2 года назад

      yeah it's the country who destoryed ur country and used u

  • @delonnnnnnnnn
    @delonnnnnnnnn 5 лет назад +808

    Vox is so simple, complex, and so amazing

    • @ballistaz2872
      @ballistaz2872 5 лет назад +30

      I love there vids and there style but I wish they were a bit more neutral and less liberal.

    • @YuhoKeebs
      @YuhoKeebs 5 лет назад +4

      Bsi the liberal views is better but some thing republicans do is pretty good the wall is not one and the republicans president need to stop becoming more extreme

    • @JLZero
      @JLZero 5 лет назад +13

      Bsi You ALREADY call this liberal?

    • @nelsonth
      @nelsonth 5 лет назад +10

      @Angry Justinian no it doesn't. Stop resorting to ad hominems.

    • @MsHumanOfTheDecade
      @MsHumanOfTheDecade 5 лет назад +6

      @@ballistaz2872 Everyone has their own viewpoints. At least they aren't radicals that stick to an ideology's message like a dog.

  • @jacklackey3261
    @jacklackey3261 3 года назад +23

    The Tigris and Uphrates will dry up making a way for the kings of the east.

    • @bpvadm
      @bpvadm 3 года назад +1

      I just wanted to post that :)

    • @ronaldmccutcheon1329
      @ronaldmccutcheon1329 3 года назад +2

      Initially I assumed that this was a Christian video, because drying up is exactly what the Bible says will happen to the Euphrates.

    • @OfficialRakr
      @OfficialRakr 3 года назад +1

      @muhammad noor it was plagiarized written 500 years after the bible prophecy

    • @kulbirkhadka3766
      @kulbirkhadka3766 3 года назад +1

      @muhammad noor Water is more precious than gold. Gold cannot sustain life, water can. Iraqis need to save these rivers to live.

    • @alifsyirazudin5343
      @alifsyirazudin5343 3 года назад

      Can you explain who is this 'Kings of the East'?

  • @adrijadas4843
    @adrijadas4843 4 года назад +258

    As a history student it kind of hits hard. We read about Euphrates and Tigris and how because of them mesopotamia flourished- the first urbanised settlement. Now it is breaking down. It is like cutting an entire country of its heartbeat

    • @blurbleblubmz8382
      @blurbleblubmz8382 3 года назад +1

      Yeah no, I wish Sargon got revived so he can make the tiers great again

    • @Polo-rn8ly
      @Polo-rn8ly 2 года назад +1

      @@lbn_i are you ıraqı? Can you tell me whats happening all the billions of oil??? Saudi Arabia is dessert but they have golden cars and No water problem thanks to oil... God gave you oil but you decided to buy weapons and attack İran with that. So tragic

    • @blueboy1056
      @blueboy1056 2 года назад

      @@Polo-rn8ly bruh

    • @Polo-rn8ly
      @Polo-rn8ly 2 года назад

      @@blueboy1056 💀

    • @blueboy1056
      @blueboy1056 2 года назад

      @@Polo-rn8ly You think we Iraqis wanted that war ?

  • @NaruruArtDumpStation
    @NaruruArtDumpStation 5 лет назад +627

    An Iraqi born in Baghdad
    My house was a mile away from the Tigris river
    I feel broken watching this...

    • @vehement-critic_q8957
      @vehement-critic_q8957 5 лет назад +24

      I'm a Kuwaiti and I send my condolences to you people there except your corrupted regimes no exception. Hopefully, Iraq becomes a haven again for you.

    • @NaruruArtDumpStation
      @NaruruArtDumpStation 5 лет назад +8

      @@Valstrax420 Yeah they have nationality
      Kuwait used to be part of Iraq, then after Kuwait was formed, so as the birth of their nationality

    • @NaruruArtDumpStation
      @NaruruArtDumpStation 5 лет назад +6

      @@Valstrax420 Aww thank you :) Weeabo Iraqis for life!
      Those are the uneducated. Wish they wouldn't ruin our reputation...

    • @adventureswiththecrazyvet
      @adventureswiththecrazyvet 5 лет назад +1

      I poohed in your home in 03

    • @mercurytim5964
      @mercurytim5964 5 лет назад +3

      That is what American left for you. they think you are thirsty for democracy much more than freshwater. So, they destroyed everything to bring you democracy.

  • @ibo4053
    @ibo4053 5 лет назад +171

    as an Iraqi was born in Basra and lived there his entire life, i really wanna thank you for making this amazing video. it really letting the world know about what’s going on in the great city of Basra. 🇮🇶 Much appreciated, Vox.

  • @PeasantA10384
    @PeasantA10384 4 года назад +24

    This is what would happen if a country have corrupt government+US interference

    • @fantasia5698
      @fantasia5698 3 года назад

      @@cosmicdarkness8027 if iraq had a stable government, turkey wouldn't have the guts to build dams. That's what saddam was good in, maintaining peace among his population and providing stability to the whole region. The major countries to blame here are two, Iraq and the US.

    • @SonoftheFortunate
      @SonoftheFortunate 3 года назад +1

      @@cosmicdarkness8027
      Did you not pay attention? US interference amplifies the effects.

  • @stevebrown3856
    @stevebrown3856 4 года назад +25

    Probably one of the best videos I've seen on RUclips. Quickly, clearly and concisely points out what the problems are, why they are problematic, where the problem come from (its roots) and what are the solutions.

  • @suneelreddy5267
    @suneelreddy5267 5 лет назад +353

    Vox makes it simple to understand a complex world issues. Thanks to vox.

    • @appleslover
      @appleslover 5 лет назад

      Suneel Reddy not always

    • @pepps779
      @pepps779 5 лет назад +5

      They do a better job than many, but they are not beyond paving over nuance to maintain a narrative.

    • @youreaflop6941
      @youreaflop6941 5 лет назад +1

      Too simple

  • @sultanalshammari4691
    @sultanalshammari4691 5 лет назад +219

    Thanks for putting the light on this huge problem in Iraq that I hope to be solved quickly to put an end for the agony of the Iraqi people

    • @Benzknees
      @Benzknees 5 лет назад

      Reversing what happened in the 7th century AD is the only solution for the Middle East.

    • @mtraa.942
      @mtraa.942 5 лет назад

      @Son of Mountain shameless racist Kurd.. not surprised

    • @brianwashedhunter1150
      @brianwashedhunter1150 Год назад

      ​@@Benzknees
      What? Lol you cow worshiper?

  • @muneebkhankhail
    @muneebkhankhail Год назад +7

    Oh look the US brought them freedom from the water.

  • @Jegrygerfede
    @Jegrygerfede 5 лет назад +508

    the USA should pay for the reparation of Iraq

    • @thetayterminator1436
      @thetayterminator1436 5 лет назад +106

      The U.S. has spent Billions & Billions & specifically for this problem has sent Millions & Millions, unfortunately it appears that we (Americans & Iraqis) have the same problem on both sides which is preventing anything good from getting done. That problem is Corruption……… Corruption & Embezzlement. So the moneys not getting to where it's supposed to go, its disappearing along the way. That's The worst kind of thief of all, Someone who'll steal money from their own countrymen, especially if that money is supposed to be used for something urgent that will help people and save lives, and without it will do the opposite.
      Thats "practically" our whole federal budget over here in the States gets handled poorly, and even though it doesn't get embezzled in the traditional sense, I can safely say that for far too long our Government has spent our Tax Money exactly how the lobbyists want and not how the people want.

    • @mrAZcardinal
      @mrAZcardinal 5 лет назад +26

      I'm American and I agree.

    • @CataciousAmogusevic
      @CataciousAmogusevic 5 лет назад +4

      @Career Guru they did

    • @CataciousAmogusevic
      @CataciousAmogusevic 5 лет назад

      @Career Guru and? There are other factors you know that right?

    • @colinlucas7662
      @colinlucas7662 4 года назад +6

      They’ve spent billions

  • @randomguy574
    @randomguy574 5 лет назад +257

    Iraq has allot of History it has cities like Baghdad and Karbala etc and ancient civilization, good luck recovering

    • @bssjshdhxhhxhxhb4461
      @bssjshdhxhhxhxhb4461 5 лет назад +27

      Son of Mountain it’s history was way before the british Colonization

    • @hectorvega621
      @hectorvega621 5 лет назад +3

      @@bssjshdhxhhxhxhb4461 I don't like this troll, but in a sense he is right. Let me explain why, originally Arabs were to either divide land amongst themselves ( this would have allowed the Kurds to be independent) or become one huge country by a deal with the British, but they were working in a secret deal with France to split the region up and under their control. So yeah that's how thing's ended up being with two empires that wouldn't even last long.

    • @hibaallaq1172
      @hibaallaq1172 5 лет назад +6

      @@hectorvega621 Iraq is Mesopotamia

    • @ghaithriyadh
      @ghaithriyadh 5 лет назад +11

      @@hectorvega621 IRAQ isn't arabic country (those who read the history will understand as the country got invaded by many many races through out the history , arabs came lately so the country is made of (sumerians ,assyrians ,arabs ,persians ,turks ,kurd ,azidis & many others )
      your assumption is wrong
      the land of iraq are lined since the islamic empire (kuwait included)
      the british only separated kuwait due to its oil reserve

    • @hectorvega621
      @hectorvega621 5 лет назад +1

      @@hibaallaq1172 I know the city of Uruk, is where it's got it's name.

  • @mab7727
    @mab7727 Год назад +5

    Where are the "They hate us for our freedom" bois ..

  • @ruinnaimperii4686
    @ruinnaimperii4686 5 лет назад +213

    We would still be hunters and gatherers if not for the people who lived between these two rivers since the last 10000 years called Mesopotamia

    • @AyubuKK
      @AyubuKK 5 лет назад +3

      Ruina Imperri. Ikr

    • @Qrt99
      @Qrt99 5 лет назад +2

      lol

    • @yashagrawal88
      @yashagrawal88 5 лет назад +2

      @Hernando Malinche Hi, do you have the names of all those 11 places?

    • @unfabulousization
      @unfabulousization 5 лет назад +14

      Yash Agrawal The Americas,China,Middle East,Australia,Polynesians (?) to state a few
      Once you realize that seeds that fall to the ground germinate given enough rainfall,it’s only a small step from there to the development of primitive farming practices.

    • @anyareyes2663
      @anyareyes2663 5 лет назад +4

      Farming was an independent innovation though. Mesopotamia just happened to start first, though anything during prehistory is difficult to determine.

  • @SlickOnTop
    @SlickOnTop 5 лет назад +256

    "And they will uncover a mountain of gold underneath the Tigris and the Euphrates. All the world will fight for it".

    • @hamed3423
      @hamed3423 4 года назад +7

      Why gold? it is worthless now. Fiat money (paper and digital) is worth more.

    • @Hk-cu1bl
      @Hk-cu1bl 4 года назад +44

      @@hamed3423 paper money is going to collapse and then gold will once again be of high value

    • @binyaminibnemjas6774
      @binyaminibnemjas6774 4 года назад +3

      This is future may be petroleum or gold , but one thing is sure , this is future.....

    • @SethTheVictor
      @SethTheVictor 4 года назад +27

      That gold could be "black gold", i.e. *oil*

    • @فهميكتاني
      @فهميكتاني 4 года назад +11

      @@SethTheVictor yet world population didn't decline to 40% and less of what it is today because of that petroleum, so it's gold.
      Plus it was clearly said as gold and not simply fortune.

  • @zaneal-thabeti8378
    @zaneal-thabeti8378 5 лет назад +149

    I’m from iraq (currently living in sweden) seeing this video makes me sad knowing the history of my country

    • @despapitoxaa6331
      @despapitoxaa6331 5 лет назад +12

      @꧁꧂ Yasser ꧁꧂ It's your neighbors hoarding water sources. Its a majir geographical problem. So, do not point your finger in the wrong "person".

    • @luisjorge110
      @luisjorge110 5 лет назад +4

      go back?

    • @TheGhostGamer2
      @TheGhostGamer2 5 лет назад

      @Son of Mountain why so but hurt?

    • @yousifalhammadie3526
      @yousifalhammadie3526 5 лет назад

      I’m from Iraq living in America wow bismillah there is a lot of us

  • @mayankanand1153
    @mayankanand1153 3 года назад +5

    The river that help flourish ancient civilizations is dying! So painful

  • @joemosely9383
    @joemosely9383 5 лет назад +86

    Turkey, Iran and Syria have major leverage over Iraq.
    Now the Politics in the Region gets much clearer to me.
    Oil & Water.

    • @tareke586
      @tareke586 5 лет назад

      Well turkey also has leverage over Syria

    • @muysli.y1855
      @muysli.y1855 5 лет назад +1

      Oil i a curse

    • @ahmedahmedov3530
      @ahmedahmedov3530 5 лет назад +2

      actually Turkey has leverage in terms of water on both nations, not just Iraq. because Turkey is the primary source where that water comes originates.

    • @anitkumarindiansmasterrace1399
      @anitkumarindiansmasterrace1399 4 года назад

      @@ahmedahmedov3530 Syria has others rivers

  • @themiddlepillar
    @themiddlepillar 5 лет назад +91

    I am sad to say I hold my country responsible for much of this devastation. We struck (2) water treatment facilities which devastated the civilians. THIS SHOULD BE A WAR CRIME FOR ANY COUNTRY!

    • @tamerlan2708
      @tamerlan2708 5 лет назад +14

      It is not your crime: it is crime of your politicians. The only problem is that you actually elected them persuaded numerous times by their speech and beautiful words.

    • @tyman2323
      @tyman2323 5 лет назад +8

      The US tried to rebuild then as shown in the video but many of the people there didn’t want to have help from the US

    • @angeloreyes1951
      @angeloreyes1951 5 лет назад +3

      @@tyman2323 can't blame them

    • @xtrey19x
      @xtrey19x 5 лет назад +2

      Tyman we wouldn’t need to rebuild the ones we bombed if we didn’t destroy them in the first place. I guess you need an excuse to explain why billions of taxpayers dollars disappear.

    • @TheFourthWinchester
      @TheFourthWinchester 5 лет назад +2

      Obama and Bush must be tried as war criminals.

  • @IvanaKupala
    @IvanaKupala 5 лет назад +369

    Who needs rivers when they got a good dose of US democracy!

    • @micha0585
      @micha0585 5 лет назад +2

      1:02 : *for decades*

    • @deeesraeli
      @deeesraeli 5 лет назад

      @@nedrapaul4135 joke*

    • @MarcelPolman
      @MarcelPolman 5 лет назад +1

      Damn right .

    • @nedrapaul4135
      @nedrapaul4135 5 лет назад

      @@deeesraeli thx for the correction

    • @ghaithriyadh
      @ghaithriyadh 5 лет назад +2

      @@micha0585 its running for decades and its was about to stop but the US sancations in 90s & the invasion in 2003 made it worst so it increased with the increase of the population

  • @이동연-c6d
    @이동연-c6d Год назад +7

    And the USA didn’t fix any of the infrastructure in 11 years during the war.

  • @homyce
    @homyce 5 лет назад +50

    Maybe it's a sign of the end, it all started at Mesopotamia ....and it all ends from there

    • @Bilalm-a3c
      @Bilalm-a3c 4 года назад +11

      Yes it actually is and it was predicted by the prophet Muhammed a long time ago.

    • @orlvndo
      @orlvndo 4 года назад +1

      Revelation 16: 12

    • @hasanmurtaza8339
      @hasanmurtaza8339 4 года назад

      @@orlvndo What does it say in the revelation?

    • @microgangster
      @microgangster 4 года назад

      sd. gfx where

    • @a.n4524
      @a.n4524 4 года назад

      @@microgangster Search Bilal Assas End Series part five. The Messenger was and is truly truthful.

  • @Wolfangs88
    @Wolfangs88 5 лет назад +190

    "Democracy" really did a good job to Irak!

    • @FreddieGamingHD
      @FreddieGamingHD 5 лет назад +31

      Fang Qu Saddam Hussein wasn’t good either

    • @bri1085
      @bri1085 5 лет назад +65

      @@FreddieGamingHD still better than post American invasion Iraq

    • @frikativos
      @frikativos 5 лет назад +56

      @@bri1085 and there are so many dictatorships in the world, but to whom does the USA send "democracy"? Only to the oil rich countries? Why?

    • @rasho2532
      @rasho2532 5 лет назад +8

      @@frikativos That's very true

    • @rasho2532
      @rasho2532 5 лет назад +7

      @@bri1085 as you said it's the invasion's fault not democracy's

  • @acerlap8069
    @acerlap8069 5 лет назад +24

    I'm Iraqi and the current state of these rivers is worst especially in Basra

    • @گرستالۿ731
      @گرستالۿ731 5 лет назад +2

      ايي صح الله يعينكم

    • @vexxcon8125
      @vexxcon8125 5 лет назад

      thank god im in erbil and the water is good
      but i hope our bros down south recover from this disaster.

    • @funnyvideos-mp2ii
      @funnyvideos-mp2ii 3 года назад +1

      Enjoy democracy

  • @Sagadali523
    @Sagadali523 Год назад +1

    As an Iraqi, my father born in Basra but I was born in Najaf and he told me about enjoying his life in Basra unless the Iraq War has begun. I wish our rivers will be clean

  • @taz-on-the-looseyusef5526
    @taz-on-the-looseyusef5526 5 лет назад +67

    This is painful , I was born in Botswana so does my great grandparents, in our primary schools we learnt about Mesopotamia, it's always a vital part of our history, we also have some beautiful stories about Basra, Arabian Nights also written in Tswana language are found in our books, we never had European or American history, so it is sad to all countries to

    • @jovenaldomingo1123
      @jovenaldomingo1123 3 года назад

      Money in the world is worthless if a country has Nu water by the rivers humans are farming more more cities worldwide 07 warmer world

    • @iraqiboyahmed5379
      @iraqiboyahmed5379 3 года назад

      Thank you brother for sharing a nice story

    • @freedomsong9747
      @freedomsong9747 3 года назад

      And where is your history?

  • @TheRealImagz
    @TheRealImagz 5 лет назад +113

    What I get from this, they are tryna wipe Iraq of the map

    • @WonderMagician
      @WonderMagician 5 лет назад +7

      they just want the oil not the people..

    • @iraqi2015
      @iraqi2015 5 лет назад

      who?

    • @Shirazie
      @Shirazie 5 лет назад

      @@WonderMagician exactly 🌹

    • @ggoddkkiller1342
      @ggoddkkiller1342 5 лет назад

      @Hamdoon Your water??? LMAO!! Turkey is the source of both rivers so it is our water and we are using it as we see fit...

    • @dinaibrahim4022
      @dinaibrahim4022 5 лет назад +1

      @@ggoddkkiller1342 you are so nice....NOT!

  • @USB740
    @USB740 5 лет назад +74

    God bless Iraq! The cradle of civilization! The lion will rise again!

  • @theworldismine7788
    @theworldismine7788 3 года назад +2

    قال صلى الله عليه و سلم: يَحسِرُ الفُراتُ عن جبَلٍ مِن ذَهَبٍ -أو: لا تَقومُ الساعةُ حتى يَحسِرَ الفُراتُ عن جبَلٍ مِن ذَهَبٍ-، فيَقتَتِلُ عليه الناسُ، فيُقتَلُ مِن كلِّ مِئةٍ تسعةٌ وتِسعونَ، يا بُنيَّ، فإنْ أَدْرَكتَه فلا تَكوننَّ ممَّنْ يُقاتِلُ عليه.
    أخرجه البخاري و مسلم في صحيحيهما

  • @Isaharif
    @Isaharif 5 лет назад +10

    This is what a really good documentary looks like. Very well made, so impressive.

  • @jivanjovan
    @jivanjovan 5 лет назад +10

    These two rivers are so important to human history, I can't believe this is its state now

  • @ragnakok7973
    @ragnakok7973 5 лет назад +14

    I’m from Iraq, born on the side of the mighty Tigris. This video breaks my heart, but great video nonetheless. Hopefully I become rich enough to clean up my country❤️🇮🇶❤️🇮🇶

  • @peace-gt8yq
    @peace-gt8yq 4 года назад +25

    كم واحد عراقي هنا

  • @greenergrass4060
    @greenergrass4060 5 лет назад +99

    Human civilization started from these rivers and now, it will also end there

    • @jackson0335
      @jackson0335 5 лет назад +1

      Startling

    • @SuperHammerzeit
      @SuperHammerzeit 5 лет назад

      ​@UCnP9CneZoKnU9_9UcqJVJQQ We need to take lands of Babylonia and Pyramids back to Amen-ra-rica and Israel!

    • @ՀովսեփԽաշունի
      @ՀովսեփԽաշունի 5 лет назад +1

      What are you talking about? Not to take away from the gravity of the situation, but how are two rivers drying up downstream foretelling the end of human civilization?

    • @jackson0335
      @jackson0335 5 лет назад +5

      @@ՀովսեփԽաշունի climate change taking effect. Can you not see the planet trying to rid of the parasite? Hail storms in Mexico. France is 115 degrees.

    • @ՀովսեփԽաշունի
      @ՀովսեփԽաշունի 5 лет назад +1

      Drada Governmental mismanagement and Turkey’s selfishness are now synonymous with climate change?

  • @NorwegianDean
    @NorwegianDean 5 лет назад +30

    I mean WOW, Vox makes some fantastic videoes. This was so insightful, well-resourced and well-presented. Just wow...

    • @corywiedenbeck1562
      @corywiedenbeck1562 5 лет назад

      Revelation 16:12-13 King James Version (KJV)
      12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.

  • @timfonteyne
    @timfonteyne 5 лет назад +159

    I simply don't understand that leaders can be so corrupt in these situations...they are just taking advantages of the suffering of their own people!

    • @AwesomesMan
      @AwesomesMan 5 лет назад +11

      They became the leaders with corruption

    • @azraabbas6264
      @azraabbas6264 5 лет назад +9

      mcwolfus 1 don't talk about islam in that way please u don't know anything about islam it's not like everything u see and hear about my religion is true i mean i'm a Muslim but i wouldn't talk about you're religion or any religion in that way or say stuff that isn't true at all
      with all respect💛

    • @uninstaller2860
      @uninstaller2860 5 лет назад +8

      @Eritrea Shabiyaጝሕ EPLF Usa gave money for the clean up. It all went to some ones pocket, who is laughing when his fellow iraqis are dying and suffering.

    • @timfonteyne
      @timfonteyne 5 лет назад +1

      @Linus Haber probably yes. I mean there is a chance i could become corrupt too. But as who I am now, I would use money in a clever way.

    • @uninstaller2860
      @uninstaller2860 5 лет назад

      @Linus Haber Hahah of course!

  • @ameernitroglycerineiraqi2994
    @ameernitroglycerineiraqi2994 3 года назад +2

    Peace be upon you all from the land of Iraq

  • @الصوتالرخيم
    @الصوتالرخيم 5 лет назад +16

    يوشك أن يحسر الفرات عن جبل من ذهب
    القائل {محمد صلى الله عليه و سلم }

  • @fadidexter2514
    @fadidexter2514 5 лет назад +20

    I´m from Iraq, seeing this truly breaks my heart, and what breaks my heart even more, is that all this was happened because of something that never even existed in the first place (weapons of mass destruction).

    • @sharefactor
      @sharefactor 3 года назад +6

      The weapons of mass destruction did exist in Iraqs past, and were used against Iranians (Iran-Iraq war) and Kurds (al-Anfal campaign) but Saddam did destroy all of them as agreed with the UN. The neocon warmongers stance was that Saddam hid some of the WMD. That claim was false and a pretext for war.

    • @vimrooamen8844
      @vimrooamen8844 3 года назад +1

      Atakurk?

    • @blueboy1056
      @blueboy1056 2 года назад +1

      @@cosmicdarkness8027 steal ? But the rivers starts from turkey, isn’t it there right to do what they want with it ?
      I’m Iraqi btw 🇮🇶

  • @Katecassieee
    @Katecassieee 5 лет назад +8

    may god bless iraq, lets all pray for love not war

  • @ismailtquiq2014
    @ismailtquiq2014 Год назад +9

    As a moroccan I feel so bad for Iraq, hope for them to return strong and God help them .

  • @subultimate
    @subultimate 5 лет назад +48

    Thank you Vox for keeping me informed on other world issues.. never miss an episode

  • @RowNumbers
    @RowNumbers 5 лет назад +10

    Amazing video as always!

  • @mohammadfaizkhalil5222
    @mohammadfaizkhalil5222 5 лет назад +15

    This report is very sad, but I appreciated your effort for making awareness videos.

  • @Miamcoline
    @Miamcoline 3 года назад +2

    Really good report as always!

  • @IKNFLY666
    @IKNFLY666 5 лет назад +20

    Finally a video that recognise the strategic importance of river sources. This is precisely why China want strong control over Tibet, because Majority of China, India and Southeast Asian countries major rivers begin in the Tibetan Plateau.

    • @_robustus_
      @_robustus_ 5 лет назад +5

      That was china’s reasoning but tibet was never going to withhold water.

  • @Hunter_i86
    @Hunter_i86 5 лет назад +6

    As Iraqi I appreciate your great effort making this documentary about the crises hit my country and specially these two great rivers. Wars are just wars in my opinion, it does not matter if they were named "Liberation", "Occupation", or "Invasion", they are all the same because all these types of wars will leave the same disasters behind, no matter what was their motivations and reasons, I hope this country will witness some good times in the years to come. Thank you Vox

  • @adventurermohammedaliraqi161
    @adventurermohammedaliraqi161 5 лет назад +6

    حسبي الله ونعم الوكيل على كل من ضلم بلدي العظيم.

    • @edibfeyzuahbeygi2045
      @edibfeyzuahbeygi2045 5 лет назад

      Allah does nothing for you. Forget Allah.

    • @fku6061
      @fku6061 2 года назад +1

      May Allah help ur country my brother ❤️😭🤗

  • @mucheq5386
    @mucheq5386 4 года назад +16

    What really gives me hope is that this problem can be controlled, if Iraq gets a leader that can negotiate with the other countries and to stop the people from littering. I thought this would be a natural problem where the lakes are drying up which is probably the worst case scenario

    • @Size_xx
      @Size_xx 2 года назад

      but the good leader of iraq has been killed, his name is sadam husaen

    • @Kaz.Klay.
      @Kaz.Klay. Год назад +2

      Love your idealism ... Unfortunately the damage would take decades to reverse, you could teach about not littering but when there's no garbage pickup or recycling and people are trying to survive issues like this become that much more difficult to take on

  • @jesod42
    @jesod42 5 лет назад +5

    Wow, this is really important information in understanding the issues in Iraq. Thank you!

  • @fallward917
    @fallward917 4 года назад +13

    well i live in baghdad and in 2020 the goverments corruption is more poisonous than the water

  • @sparcoraceseat
    @sparcoraceseat 5 лет назад +6

    It’s sad how a country where history of Hanging Garden of Babylon and where one of first civilization roots was formed suffers with basic amenities issues like water. I come from a country blessed with so plentiful of water that we don’t really think or appreciate it. My best wishes for people of Iraq, hope you will build your country and continue to be strong heart in the process. It pains me to watch this, I can’t imagine how anyone born or descended from Iraq would feel.

  • @alial-ghanimi8357
    @alial-ghanimi8357 3 года назад +3

    What a report!! It is full of true details. Thanks for your efforts..

    • @vimrooamen8844
      @vimrooamen8844 3 года назад

      Jesus said love your neighbour as yourself.

  • @proogenji7526
    @proogenji7526 5 лет назад +60

    USA: the democracy will grow strong in Iraq. We just need to put it there.
    Invaded Iraq
    Plan doesn’t work
    USA: oops, sorry dude, gotta go.

    • @sawm7md432
      @sawm7md432 5 лет назад

      Exactly

    • @gabrielhood52
      @gabrielhood52 5 лет назад +2

      Alas it never was about growing democracy. The US actually suppressed democratic elections during their time in Iraq (people didn't like the US controlling their government, infrastructure and oil funds shocker)

    • @RatherA
      @RatherA 5 лет назад +1

      Actually the plan worked perfectly. The current situation of Iraq was the real plan all along

  • @banpot4588
    @banpot4588 4 года назад +17

    مثل هيك بلد انا مشفت انا لبنانيه
    يعني حضارته مكانته هيبته جميل
    بس الحرب دمرتوهه

    • @mortadaali7363
      @mortadaali7363 4 года назад +1

      ايران دمرته وجهل بعض شعبنا 😭

    • @hammoz8579
      @hammoz8579 4 года назад +1

      @@mortadaali7363 يا حبيبي كل شيء صار في الدنيا لصقتوها على ايران. بدال ما تحطون اعذار وخرابيط روح اشتغل وسوي شيء

    • @asell6224
      @asell6224 4 года назад

      @@hammoz8579 ما مجذب هيه بس طلعت امريكا اجتنا الاحزاب الايرانيه

    • @asell6224
      @asell6224 4 года назад

      @@hammoz8579 وامريكا بعد ماقصرت

    • @hammoz8579
      @hammoz8579 4 года назад +1

      @@asell6224 اعذار ما تخلص -__-

  • @hiba.k5096
    @hiba.k5096 4 года назад +14

    My heart breaks seeing my country like that

    • @ahmadmuhammad6200
      @ahmadmuhammad6200 3 года назад +1

      U ain't lying .. This hurts me ..

    • @playerx3546
      @playerx3546 2 года назад

      I Blame The Terrorist
      NOVEMBER 13, 2022

  • @Zedo_v12
    @Zedo_v12 4 года назад +10

    _-RIP IRAQ (6500BC - 2020)-_
    _-YOU ACTUALLY WAS GREAT AND BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY-_ 💔

    • @sniper7847
      @sniper7847 4 года назад

      انت هنا

    • @YousifAziz
      @YousifAziz 3 года назад

      @@sniper7847 no still a live

    • @sniper7847
      @sniper7847 3 года назад

      @@YousifAziz دنجب

    • @YousifAziz
      @YousifAziz 3 года назад

      @@sniper7847 شبيك هيوو

    • @sniper7847
      @sniper7847 3 года назад

      @@YousifAziz بيه دودة

  • @genericyoutubeaccount579
    @genericyoutubeaccount579 5 лет назад +60

    1980-1988: Iran-Iraq war
    1990-1991: First Gulf War + international sanctions, famine, and economic collapse
    1991-1994: Shia + Kurdish uprising
    2003-present: Second Gulf War.
    Iraq has been in a constant state of crisis for 40 years ever since Saddam decided he wanted to invade two countries, Iran and Kuwait. The country was in a deplorable, pre-industrial condition when Saddam finally was ousted in 2003.

    • @alial-abbasi3769
      @alial-abbasi3769 5 лет назад +21

      Generic RUclips Account
      Iraq was much better before Saddam came to power in the 80s.

    • @mansakarimi
      @mansakarimi 5 лет назад +7

      Ali Al-Abbasi And before shia government too!

    • @alial-abbasi3769
      @alial-abbasi3769 5 лет назад +8

      Mamma Mia
      Shia Muslims were there for 500 years.
      Iraq is a majority Shia country so what's your point.

    • @alexivkovic3829
      @alexivkovic3829 5 лет назад +1

      Generic RUclips Account you guys were better with that guy, plus the Americans are at fault here

    • @fogshadow9112
      @fogshadow9112 5 лет назад +3

      @@alial-abbasi3769 Shia been in iraq since Imam Ali ruled in Kufa. 500 years ago iran became shia majority. Dont mix the two please.

  • @baharmeahey6319
    @baharmeahey6319 5 лет назад +5

    As an Iraqi who lives in Baghdad
    It saddens me to see foreigners caring about the country more than it's own government
    Corruption is at an all time high, the education system is HORRIBLE
    I had the luck of studying for 8 years in Jordan and when I cam back I saw how our education system is a huge failure amongst many failures like the water and electricity crisis.
    For instance schools in summer where the temperature reaches 45°C and sometimes 50°C only use ceiling fans
    Sometimes me and my friends would leave school just so we could go home and cool off, and we come back and find we don't even have electricity.
    The US invasion promised to give us democracy instead it only brought corruption.
    I write this as I'm having final unified exams that measure how much you can stuff information in your head, plus we must write Exactly what is written in the book word by word so we can get a good grade.
    Plus going to college really doesn't matter, in the end you'll work as taxi driver.
    Investment in Iraq is impossible do to the lack of infrastructure and safety so we don't have a private sector, you either get a job at the government or you work as taxi driver for the rest of your miserable life.
    Plus it's a corrupt system so if you want to work for the government you need to pay a considerable amount of money.

    • @feem1780
      @feem1780 2 года назад

      May Allah SWT make it easy for you my brother. May He SWT grant you with ease and aafiyah. May this suffering of the people of Iraq be a source of reward in the Aakhirah. Aameen 🤲🏼 ya Rabbal Aalemeen 💚

  • @sofi6955
    @sofi6955 4 года назад +6

    I am from Iraq, in Sadr City, and I am 16
    انا من العراق في مدينة الصدر وعمري١٦

    • @identity2257
      @identity2257 4 года назад +4

      وهسة شتريد يعني؟

    • @Haidoshi
      @Haidoshi 4 года назад

      مبروك

    • @wolverine9655
      @wolverine9655 4 года назад +2

      Stay strong my brother and study hard,

    • @Haidoshi
      @Haidoshi 4 года назад

      @@wolverine9655 simp

    • @wolverine9655
      @wolverine9655 4 года назад

      @@Haidoshi ur mullah is simp

  • @OBRAZYY
    @OBRAZYY 3 года назад +41

    Everyone please make your dua's. the drying up off the euphrates river is slowly happening which is one of the last minor signs of Islam before the major ones. Have strong faith in Islam brothers and sisters

    • @akbeh
      @akbeh 3 года назад +1

      The problems, ruins and destruction began in Iraq and spreaded in all other arabs countries: in Syria, Yémen, Libya, etc.

    • @patricksiemens
      @patricksiemens 3 года назад

      @omar I don't understand, minor sign of what in islam?

    • @akbeh
      @akbeh 3 года назад +1

      @@patricksiemens minor sign of the day of Judgement.

    • @patricksiemens
      @patricksiemens 3 года назад

      @@akbeh ooh

    • @barta5ot-395
      @barta5ot-395 3 года назад +1

      @@akbeh day of judgement haha

  • @mehmetsahsert3284
    @mehmetsahsert3284 5 лет назад +86

    8:34 this single sentence is enough to describe american imperialism

    • @alin092j
      @alin092j 4 года назад +8

      All that happened to Iraq and the Arab countries because of America

    • @mango9602
      @mango9602 3 года назад +8

      @CIA: Central Intelligence Agency you and your operations ruin millions of lives.

    • @YousifAziz
      @YousifAziz 3 года назад

      ​@@mango9602 yes

    • @cr4zypeopl3
      @cr4zypeopl3 3 года назад

      I don’t want to live here anymore

    • @lsf698
      @lsf698 3 года назад +2

      @@mango9602 Just remainding you that the 2nd invasion was pure American agression using a false casus belli.

  • @Mike-jq4yl
    @Mike-jq4yl 5 лет назад +99

    Poor Iraq,being bullied by everyone

    • @Linx_82
      @Linx_82 5 лет назад +21

      Now with ISIS gone I hope Iraq can finally work on recovering after 30 years of non stop war

    • @pundex2984
      @pundex2984 5 лет назад +1

      Im iraqi and this is really sad

    • @awsomemodels
      @awsomemodels 5 лет назад +2

      @@Linx_82 I am Iraqi don't worry the country will recover no matter what 😉😉

    • @nedrapaul4135
      @nedrapaul4135 5 лет назад +3

      @@Linx_82 it won't recover not in a million years. Do you know how corrupted the government is, and how frustrated the people are. But they have nothing that they can do.

    • @samimas4343
      @samimas4343 5 лет назад +4

      @@Linx_82 the problem is that you think ISIS is the root of the problem and not a consequence of who brought them in aka US.

  • @AlAmmar
    @AlAmmar 5 лет назад +17

    Talk about crimes against people, heart breaking ...:/

  • @MEMMO_776
    @MEMMO_776 Год назад

    اشكرك على التقرير الرائع استمر بالقاء التقارير عن بلدي العراق حتى توضح الصورة بعد

  • @youtube1sm
    @youtube1sm 5 лет назад +7

    Looks like beyond repair. Be strong, Iraq.

  • @Marcos-yd2iz
    @Marcos-yd2iz 5 лет назад +6

    Situations like these are so complex. There's not one party to fully blame for all this trouble.

  • @raquetdude
    @raquetdude 5 лет назад +101

    Those two rivers are as important as the Nile historically. Shame to see all this occur. Stuff won't change till Turkey and Syria change tho.

    • @Lorem_64
      @Lorem_64 5 лет назад +2

      The Nile could dry up in the next few years too

    • @pax4370
      @pax4370 5 лет назад

      And Iran to some extent!

    • @Zaete0chan
      @Zaete0chan 5 лет назад +13

      It's kind of amazing, but Turkey and Syria still do not have plentiful water despite its many dams. This is not a Turkey and Syria problem, this is a world-wide ecological crises.

    • @alialidrissi4163
      @alialidrissi4163 5 лет назад +1

      this video is really old I'm from basra and the canaL now clean and this year we have flooding problem the water now in shut al arab in it's highest since the70s

    • @Shakirbindahir1998
      @Shakirbindahir1998 5 лет назад +3

      Why would Turkey change for the sake of a country on ruins they need the river too

  • @lillyie
    @lillyie 4 года назад +51

    the US is that one kid who would bring all the books down from a library shelf and leave

    • @akhinummetett2102
      @akhinummetett2102 4 года назад

      @kappa because they aren’t slaves.

    • @nonec384
      @nonec384 4 года назад

      @kappa expet the books weights tons and they dont have the equipment for it ,and they waste all they money in other stuff