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USA vs Iran: The Ongoing War for Control in Iraq
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- Опубликовано: 12 июн 2023
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This spring marks the 20th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, arguably Washington's most significant strategic blunder in recent decades. Saddam Hussein's regime was Iran's staunchest opponent. In his place, the United States installed a democracy. But power has fallen into the hands of Tehran's favorites. So the question is: How far could this situation be turned around? Can it be changed in favor of U.S. interests? In this video we tell you.
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Iraq : millions of civilian death
USA : it was a blunder
@momanasideka3962US killed more than Saddam could have in several live time.s
@momanasideka3962false accusations followed by massacre still worse then
Americans : "But it's justified!"
People die during War, go figure.
Saddam was responsible for the deaths of approx 60,000 Iraqis.
More than 300,000 Iraqis died as a result of violence from the Iraq invasion and occupation.
America: You're free now. You can choose your own leaders!
Iraq: Elects anti-American leader.
America: Wait. That's illegal.
This did not happen, the United States brought men from Iran to rule Iraq! The secularists who stand against Tehran won the elections in 2011, but what did Obama do? He gave the loser Nuri al-Maliki, his Iranian friend, the power! Al-Maliki killed the Sunnis and withdrew the army from Mosul to hand it over to ISIS in order to punish the Sunnis and work to make the Shiite militias regular forces like the Iranian Revolutionary Guard!
"Regime change"
@Changeur2009stfu Long Live Taliban
The hypocrisy of the US
They think that after invading the country on false pretenses, taking control of its territory, "firing" hundreds of thousands of military and police and security personnel, destroyed its infrastructure and forcing it to pay US corporations to rebuild same, looting its central bank and treasury and museums and historical artifacts, causing the death of 1 million kids, imprisoning and brutalizing and torturing tens of thousands, saddling the country with US ally Saudi Arabia's Al Qaeda and lSlS , laying waste to the ecology and economy for 2 decades..... they expect GRATITUDE????????
US: destroys a country
US: why are joining with my enemies ?
Iran taking over Iraq is sponsored by the US.
"Yes, we did F you really hard, but why though??"
USA did not destroy Iraq.
-No mention of Iraq's use of chemical weapons against Iran?
-No mention of the U.S.' role in the Iran-Iraq war?
That wasnt the point of the vid, I also think that those 2 things are well known so anyone with basic knowledge is aware
We discussed alot about it, and yes, it's the US' fault
@@nenasiek Yes but it is important for context and would only have taken a sentence or two.
Iran used gas too. And was supported by Israel and US. Their goal was to weaken both sides.
@@dragon888193ftw Yes. My point is that with this background included it would shed light on some of the motivations of the people involved. That is all.
I always like how the death of 1 million Iraqis is characterised by these individuals as a “blunder”.
I love how you ignore the various protests in the west when it happens. But when Muslims massacre people it is celebrated. Dogshit
Finally someone else notices. I’d take so much offence when I hear this. Kings and general said the same thing about the Iraq war in their recent video on Ukraine
its not american lives, so it doesnt matter *americans*
@@dxelson lmao do You care ? What have u done to help Iraq ? Nothing just talk shit and blame others
It's an improvement over last time.
Any punishment for Bush and Blair for Crime against humanity?
no they are so power. But in the end nature will take the revenge of killing innocent people.
Iran is sending gas, electricity, food products and even oil to the Iraqis, we defeated isis in Iraq, we lost the worlds best general in Iraq. We are supporting Iraq for free even after the war that saddam started. We are showing neighborly respect and brotherhood to Iraq. Don’t let the white man who ruined you fool you again, be our brothers and respect your neighbor. With love and respect, from iran 🇮🇷🤝🏽 🇮🇶
Brothers❤
Don't fool yourself with that propaganda sure we would make great neighbors and allies but thats not the real case rn with your militias all over iraq killing its people and crippling its economy I won't count that as help and I won't count your militias forcing to not build gas extractions in iraq just to buy yours as helping I won't count the illegal imports from iran as helping nor count the oil pipes theft thats been going on for ever since 2003 as helping and even if somehow you saw that as helping you never did any of that for free!!
Iranians are the nicest, relatable and humble people I’ve ever met.
At the same time, the Iranian government is a cancer in the body of the Middle East, killing millions in Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Lebanon
Thanks brother ❤
Thanks
Except the Baloch people there.
@@thepoint... Should we talk about the retardet shias there?
To be an enemy of the US is dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal - Henry Kissinger
Even 7 year old me knew that Iraq was the biggest mistake ever, Saddam was a US ally at one point. Literally the war happen because war criminal Georgie and Darth Cheney were petty asf. This war had sent us back beyond comprehension n it’s really pathetic.
It's time to visit a dentist
😆 The hosts teeth were so yellow, when he smiles, traffic slows down.
Fun fact most Westerners do not know:
In Saddam's Iraq, we didn't know what the words Shiaa and Sunni meant. Your identity is Iraqi, and nothing else. If the government caught you asking around who's Sunni and who's Shiaa, they'd destroy your life.
My father is Shiaa and my mother is Sunni. This was very common in Iraq. But it all changed after 2003.
Woah don’t be saying stuff like that now. You’re making Saddam look good
Bs the sectarian problem existed since the ottoman times even king Faisal the first mentioned it in one of his letters it’s just that saddam made it worse throughout his rule and it exploded after he was executed
"Today there is a democracy in Iraq", well technically it is a "hybrid regime", which means they have elements of democracy and elements of authoritarianism.
Same could be said of Iran...
@@jamesgarner327 oh of course. But this guy described Iraq as a democracy, not Iran.
@@jamesgarner327 Not really, the real power is held by the clergy, there is no split of power, there is no checks and balances, everything else that happens happens because the clergy allowes it. Iran lacks real elements of democracy.
"It's all but ruins around here, but at least they had democracy!"
Logic of West's imperialists
@@dave4deputyZX western democrady means new colonial 😂😂😂😂
Iran has a beautiful and extremely rich history that America is VERY jealous of.
The ICC should arrest US Bush and Obama before we get to Putin. 😅
That would also mean Trump would have to go too, since the assassination with drone strike of the general at the airport. 😂
Well, atleast after trump serves his time from his other 30+ Federal & State cnarges, lol!😂
You can’t forget bush jr’s lap dog Tony Blair too. He’s just as guilty also.
In his one term Trump carried our FOUR TIMES the amount of air strikes that 0bamna did in his two terms.
Also trump.
@@jonhall2274 general and innocent civilians are 2 different things. One is politically motivated the other is a crime against humanity.
I wish I could remember the name of the historian, but he said in 2007 that the U.S. invasion of Iraq was the *biggest military blunder* since Caesar Augustus invaded Germania in 9 AD.
I guess the question now is to the Americans have a germanicus 😂
That's a little much. Think about why we went to Iraq and Afghanistan. It was to stop terrorists and secure trade routes.
Has anyone outside of the US attacked our homeland sice our so called failure? Is global trade still focused towards the US with anyone other than China, Iran, and Russia causing problems?
Thanks for your participation in ignorant comments.
@@RedGunBulletswe in the states are not worried about outside threats, it's our inside issues that we are getting people jittery.
It wasn't even in the top 10 in this century 😂. Though it was a massive mistake and possibly the largest in modern American history.
@pm Nah, the handover was to a neutral *islamic* court. That would have been unacceptable at the time. The invasion of Iraq remains the biggest blunder in part because it drained attention from Afghanistan during the crucial early years.
US: Helps Iraq fight with Iran, which both sides lose
2 years later
Saddam: hey us, can we go to war with Kuwait?
US: "we have no opinion on the Arab-Arab conflicts"
Saddam: Atttaaaacccckkkkk!
US: noooo why Saddam attacked Kuwait? This is a "threat to the national security of the United States and international peace and security in the Persian Gulf region". And we may have an oil problem. Sooo atttaaaccckkk!
Saddam: but you said it was OK!
US: I just implied it, I didn't explicitly say yes
12 years later
US: how dare another country threaten our national security? Let's attack Iraq again, but this time we'll be doing a speed run!
Lesson: whenever US does something, it just destroys countries. US tries to use brute force.
If I missed something or got anything wrong, please leave a comment, so I can fix it.
Us also help iran by selling weapons and money he got fund to fight communist separatists in Nicaragua🇳🇮
Glad to know Sadam doesn't have a mind of his own , just like you 😂
@@paulsinih7404 if I'm wrong about something, please tell me what I'm wrong about!
If not, then it's better to shut up than to say nonsense
and Saddam had a mind of his own, attacking Kuwait and Iran was his idea, but he wanted to be sure that US and the west in general weren't going to attack Iraq because of it. He asked US if US had any problem about attacking, US said I don't care.
Also, you know what a joke is, right? Jokes usually dramatize what happen to be funny.
@@souravkumarpandey6691 if your talking about Iran-Contra, yes US sold weapons to Iran but not as much as they sold to Iraq.
@@souravkumarpandey6691 U.S sent weopens to Iraq several times more than Iran
So it isnt a fault to say U.S supported Iraq in Iran-Iraq war
as Iraqi ,there is zero hope for Iraq to get better ever , I'm 34 years old and it keeps getting worse year by year
That's very harsh and untrue, things are definitely better now than it was in the last 30 years and it's slowly improving, it's not nearly enough but you can't say it's getting worse
What about all that democracy George Bush sent y’all?
@@thewinner2782 Your an American telling an Iraqi that the US invasion was good for Iraq?
95% of Americans could not even find it on a map. Shit 50% can't even find Canada.
@@Oscarcat2212 I mean which one do you prefer, destroyed by freedom or destroyed by a dictator?
Have you decided to migrate?
You forgot to mention the "good USA" Supported Saddam against Iran in the Iran Iraq war in the 1980-s. US gov knew Saddam using chemical weapons against the Kurds, and Iranians. "He is a son of a beach, but he is our son of a bitch" Take that Human rights...
We also know that the Chinese are killing wiegers, but the world sits back and does nothing. Why? Could it be for the same reason? You know what else Saddam did? Invade Kuwait and humiliate Bush's father. We can speak of war crimes and grandstand, but we all know that atrocities only count when it's politically beneficial to ones side.
So what? If I know that you are a murderer - the main problem is that you are a murderer. Not that I know it and do business with you. Everyone always pretends like US is doing everything in the world. But Iraq and Iran managed to create a hell on earth with very little help of anyone outside. US shared some satellite photos with Iraq, big whoop.
Khomeini, the devil, also used chemical gas against the Iraqis The another Iranian son of a beach, Khamenei, has killed millions in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon
Usa also supported iran. You clearly don't know about iran contra affair. You also don't know why usa supported iraq cause khameni was anti usa. And at last ussr and China supported iraq too
@@ShubhamMishrabro My point is not that. Khameni was not a good guy. My point is The 'Good" US will support any devil, closing eys on human rights, lifes when it sutes them.
America will get so bogged down with its conflict with China that Iran's influence in the Middle East will be the least of their problems. Saudi Arabia has also snubbed American influence which strengthens Iran's stance in its influence in Iraq. America has merely surrounded itself with too many powerful enemies as a result of its greed and its overbearing foreign policy. American political support in the EU comes only from banks and its political elite which have never created so much distanced between itself and the general populace of Europeans.
Why should the US be the World's Police force? We didn't fight for our freedom and win to become slaves to the World.
This is why the future is the mobilization of alliances. Like US, Canada, Japan, SK, Austr. vs China, US Europe vs Russia. The middle east is a mess though. Thanks to the former glory of UK. Meanwhile Russia and China are kinda isolated while Iran is just a minor issue on the world stage. I guess this gives India the possibility to rise as a superpower within 20 years.
Perfectly said
@@AndreasKurzif India is ever able to teach its people to throw their garbage in trash cans instead of throwing garbage into rivers and forests ,if India is able to build public toilets so that people would stop urinating on the streets and on the walls and if India is able to stop its extreme corruption issues then i would maybe give India a chance
Who are these powerful enemies? 😂
Iran is a very strategic ally to Iraq. As a start, ISIS could not be defeated without help from Iran. In addition, the Iranian products are very cheap compared to US and EU products, therefore, Iraq had to bring cheap products from Iran, so the population would't be starving. So, the connection with Iran is not just religious.
As of Al-Sadir, his followers are shrinking and soon will be just a character with no power.
Visualpolitik Conveniently left out that USA supported Saddam in the 80s, Ayatollah regime inherited the nuclear program from the Shah and resumed its development after Bush Sr. ruled out reconciliation between the countries. CIA acknowledged that Gen. Soleimani was more effective than its own allies at fighting ISIS...
You mean the destruction of Iraqi industry, agriculture and infrastructure by Iran to remain subject to it
long live Iran from Iraq
The amount of stupidity you wrote is too big! Who are you? Are you Iranian? Or an ignorant Westerner? First, Iran is the one that brought ISIS into Iraq under the leadership of its spoiled dog, Nuri al-Maliki, who withdrew the army from Mosul! If not Iran starve Iraq? how stupid? Iran cut dozens of rivers from Iraq! Iraq is an agricultural country and most of the products that are consumed in Iraq are mainly Turkish! Iran gave orders to al-Maliki to hand over western Iraq to ISIS as a punishment for the Sunnis in those areas during the days of the Arab Spring protests. This is to make the Iranian-backed Shiite militias part of the state and stronger than the army, as is the Iranian Revolutionary Guard! Had it not been for Iraq, ISIS would have been at the gates of Tehran, just as the United States and the West supported Iraq with air strikes.
@@WhatAboutYou123 An Iranian tail, so that everyone knows that those who lick Iran's shoes are hated in Iraq
great job. side note... IRAN and IRAQ don't have a similar names. Iran is pronounced E-Run and Iraq is pronounced Arr-aagh. The names are western.
As an Iraqi , I fully agree that US gave Iraq to Iran & Muqtada Sadr is Iraq's strongest figure, he can bring millions of people to street with 1 tweet
it's because u r ignorant! Iran was the only country helped Iraq to destroy ISIS, on the other hand USA killed 1 million Iraqi during its invasion!
Iran cares for Iraq as long as it can send weapons to Syria. And it was Iran that saved Iraq from isis, by arming militas. Sadr said he was against Iran and u.s influence, but even he leans at times to Iran, just because the U.S bombs Iraqi military personal even if they are Iran backed militas,they are still considered apart of the Iraqi military by Iraq. Iran at least warned Iraq before it shot missiles in u.s bases to get Iraqi troops out. Additionally, he also knows he needs Iran to balance the u.s and vice-versa.
I have news for you. Iraq ceased to be an entity when Saddam invaded Iran in 1980, with great encouragement from the US of course. No matter what the end result, the fate of Iraq was written then.
It always fascinates me to see how people from outside of the MENA region look at us.
Yeah this guy makes enough mistakes to make a separate hour long video, it's as if all the research done was from Wikipedia
Iran influence in Iraq will not diminish, in fact they will become stronger allies and that’s a good thing for both countries.
How is it good for Iraq?
@@ahmedsttar9743 they can be allies and be independent of each other, without Iran influence ISIS would move back in and US won’t leave
@@ahmedsttar9743Iraq needs cheap Iranian food
Very strong allies and a relationship of a salve and his master
🇮🇶 Iraqi democracy means that the Iraqi people can vote 🗳 for the leaders and policies they want.
However the Iraqi people chose to vote for leaders who were pro-Iran 🇮🇷 and voted for Iraqi MPs who are now calling for the 🇺🇸 US to leave Iraq.
so do you think US should Respect Democracy only when it suits them ? why remove a dictator then ?!
No democracy started of with universal voting and a public who was both traumatised and naive.
Democracy can only work if the dominant community is willing to share power with the minorities.. Because of the way that Arab societies are organized, this power sharing is often impossible, and a strongman type of leader becomes essential to maintain balance of power.. and it works.
Some cultures value stability over outright Democracy.. Just ask the Libyans if they are better off without Gaddafi..
Iran's militias kill and strike any secular Iraqi party. They beat the parliamentarians who are against Iran in the parliament! The results of the elections were overwhelming against the Iranian public, but the withdrawal of Muqtada al-Sadr from Parliament ruined everything
The majority of Iraq is Shi'a. There's a famous video Dick Cheney who basically in 94 stated that he didn't order forces into Baghdad during the Gulf War because he knew it would destabilise the entire country from within. In other words the 03' invasion was intentionally done to allow Iranians to go in and create a security nightmare. The U.S has never brought democracy. The failure rates of U.S led campaigns are extremely high yet the U.S somehow insists that Russia is "losing".
Well a few more blunders:
- Vietnam
- Iraq
- Syria
- Afghanistan
- Nicaragua
- Cuba
- well, basically all of LatAm
- Yemen
- Pakistan
I think they have lost every conflict since 1945.
Where's Somalia?
Libya, Sudan, Lebanon.
Personally I think the US should have sat out WW1 and WW2 European theater. No need for Americans to die for people that hate them. I guess we're stupid that way but with Russia thinking about Europe, maybe we'll stay out of it this time.
@@sandybennett_itsme WWII made the US into a superpower. The US was the biggest beneficiary of the world wars. Also it is not „Europe“ that is at war. Everyone in NATO supports Ukraine. And most do it because they see the geopolitical benefits or necessities. Neither the US nor the EU do that out of pure kindness.
Btw, the US, UK and Russia became the explicit guarantors of Ukrainian independence in return for Ukraine giving up its nuclear weapons. So if anything it is EU states backing the treaty guarantors and helps them to fulfill their obligations.
Thats BS
So no memtion of Iraqs use of Chemical weapons against Iranian civilians??
He has to paint a narrative, remember that
What about Iran's use of chemical weapons against Iraqi civilians and Kurds? What about the Iranian regime killing millions in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen?
@@mohammedkh4321 what about Saudi Arabia who bombed Yemen? Why are you on with your whataboutism ?
@@paulsinih7404 You are Iranian and you do not know anything about the Arab world except through Iranian propaganda! I do not support Saudi Arabia, it has killed thousands of children in Yemen, and so did Iran? Do you know who the Houthis are, who are supported by Iran? They look like ISIS! They killed children and raped women! Iran and Saudi Arabia ignited a heinous war in Yemen. The Houthis are also bombing the Gulf states. Saudi Arabia has supported terrorism a lot in Iraq, for example, but a while ago Saudi Arabia abandoned this policy and today it stands against terrorism, while Iran is still interfering and spreading chaos
@@mohammedkh4321At no point did Iran use WMDs against Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war. Why do you lie?
Name me ONE single instance where Iran used as much as one canister of poison gas. Name ONE.
You Baathists are an embarrassment to Iraq. There is no end to your evil. It wasn't enough to destroy Iraq, you're destroying what's left of it.
Did you know that Iran's former capital was in iraq?
It was called Ctesiphon!
Yes correct, it is an Iraqi city built by the Greeks B.C. and inherited by the Persians, and after the Islamic conquest, it was replaced by Baghdad as the capital of Iraq.
@@iraqiroyalvids even before the Greeks during Achaemenid Empire it was built by the Persians, Arab occupiers must go back to hijaz
Even Baghdad is a Persian name
Like Mehrdad Khordad Tirdad etc...
Certainly there's no Greeks or Assyrians there so it should be inherited to Persian cause that's how it works
Bagh= big in middle Persian
Dad= it sometimes means Given Gift or Justice
So what everyone is tired and sick of stupid iranian expansion
Europe USA and ISRAEL will not allow middle eastern and Persian countries to live in peace
IRAQ WILL BECOME IRAN SOON!!
fuck that
I mean.... That honestly sounds like what should have happened AS SOON AS Sadam got got. Frankly anybody who plays ball with the US deserves the same, and my fucking country needs to burn for the things it keeps doing.
No it won't.
@@soundscape26like it did for more than thousand years.
I as a Mandaean hope so. Mesopotamia thrived under the Persians.
Too many falsehoods:
Iraq NEVER had a gas industry. Iran helped Iraq after the destructive occupation War. As Iraq was NEVER a large gas producer, In fact, gas production is relatively new phenomenon in the ENTIRE region, even for Iran. Iraq owes money to Iran because US blocked payments to Iran through Sactions. Iraqi oil production returned to its pre-occupation levels and Iraq had the money to pay. So, why talk of a gas industry that never existed and OMIT talking about Oil?
Because lies and propaganda on behalf of Western interests is easier.
Let them delude themselves. Their century is over. Their ignorance is our gain.
We have more gas than iran
@@user-fn6to6mx6q
Good. I am happy for Iraq. My point was neither Iraq nor Iran were major gas producers before the war. The main income was from oil. The notion that somehow Iran selling gas indicates wrong doing is clearly false and connecting dots that did not exist.
A successful Iraq is good for the entire region including Iran.
@@user-fn6to6mx6q So why are you importing gas and why do you owe several billions of dollars in outstanding payment dues, then? 🤡
@@rashnuofthegoldenscales4512 because the Iranian government has allot of militia and the are controlling the iraqi government in and the will never lit us use the gas and if any company want to work in iraq to help us use the gas the will threat and boomb the company so thats why ..my English is not good
Dont matter if the shias rule nobody wants to share power
What most fail to realize is that one of the reasons for invading Iraq was to confront Iran.
Look at a map of Iran, Iraq is on the western border. Who's on the eastern border? Afghanistan.
The idea was to create an American ally state on either side of Iran in order to contain it.
Obviously, the US failed to pacify both. But the idea makes sound strategic sense. A stable Iraq allied to the US can host UStroops. Along with threatening Iran, it could have also threatened Syria, as well as ensuring the Saudis crack down on extremist elements within the kingdom.
Genius but one problem how is removing irans most powerful enemy in the region arguably with Iranian friendly elements that usa thought they could keep under a leashe to keep the Sunni pro saddam insurgents down and then act smart spend trillions and surge the troops and escalate the conflict by making sure sectarian violence doesn’t end by using the Salvadoran method and expect things to go well lol
Why the majority of Iraq will like to allow America to keep troops in Iraq and why the Iraqi will turn their eyes off Iran while Iranians and Iraqis Shia think same about America.
why not attack iran directly?
The "extremist" elements in Saudi Arabia are PART of the system 😅
@@ikhlaqhussain7738 sorry I didn't understand your comment.
I don't think Sudam Hussien ever invaded Iraq in the 1980s...
Where did he say that? Timestamp?
3:33 "...Infact, Saddam Hussein invaded Iraq...”
Your perspective is deeply flawed. For example, you failed to mention the destruction of Iraqi state institutions by the American occupation forces and their role in creating ISIS.
It wasn't a failure of mentioning it. That was done on purpose. He's a propagandist and lying by omission is part of the propaganda game.
Iran and us work together in many fields. They just act like foes but the actions tell us otherwise
They don't work together as such, but it is beneficial to the US and that horrible regime in Tehran to keep the status quo. How many times have Iranians risen up to topple the regime, yet zero support from the US and the EU? The last one was only a year ago. This regime in Tehran was helped to power in 1979 by the US, UK and France. The evidence is all over for all to see if they just opened their eyes and saw the truth for what it is. This regime in Tehran has but only one mission, to destablize the region and make it possible for the arms manufacturers of the world to flood the Arab countries with their weapons and enable the mainly western military to re-enter the region and in effect make it a protectorate of the US and her alleis, and now even China.
Trust me iran hates the us and it’s people
The shah was more friendly to the American people
I wish he didn’t say Al-Sadr’s name so many times as Al-Sadir. There is no i in his name!!
The military threats posed by Iran's enemies have made the Iranians a military superpower. Iran's power will undoubtedly be to destroy the aggressors ❤🇮🇷
Yes, you mean when the Arabs crushed the Persian Empire in the Battle of Qadisiyah and occupied Iran? When Baghdad ruled Iran in the days of the Abbasids? When the Assyrians and Babylonians burned Elam and occupied it? When the Turks occupied Iran for more than a thousand years? When the Mongols occupied Iran? When Saddam's Iraq crushed the Iranian army? The Iranian presence in Iraq is going to disappear, my friend, in the next few years, so do not be ignorant and arrogant
calling saddam crushing iran was a funny joke when iraq literally lost basra in the later years of war while getting support from soviets,other arab countries and the us, and then they inevitably used chemical weapons on iran.
if it was a fair fight saddam wouldn't even have the balls to start the war
the guy who promised to reach tehran in two weeks
funnily enough when saddam was getting executed 2persian people were speaking persian in his execution place to deliver to him this message that we got you.
and now iraq's daily needs are getting provided from iran
but hey lets just sniff drug over our past glorious days😂
i love my iraqi brothers and sisters but you arabs still think you're some superior race or sth over persians
your enmity and ego made islamic countries and islam like this so keep it up till our end brother
@@mohammedkh4321 lol, you forgot to mention Alexander's invasion. Yet all of the invaders are gone to dust in history books, Iran still stands stronger than ever, why is that KH? You just proved a very important point.
@@MihrYazd This also applies to all countries in the world, all of them are independent and most of them are stable. This is not the achievement of countries that go through states of weakness and states of strength. Today, the Iranian regime is losing its popularity inside Iran, and change may occur and this terrorist government will disappear. what about KH?! It's the first letters of my family name
In addition, it is painful that even though America and its allies destroyed Iraq, some Iraqi loved ones only pay attention to Iran instead of focusing on America.
It is strange that despite the fact that Turkey has occupied thousands of kilometers of the northern part of Iraq for many years and has openly massacred the oppressed people of Iraq during several military operations.
And also, Turkey has looted millions of barrels of Iraqi oil for nearly 20 years with the help of the Barzani thief family at 5% of the real price, and during the Iraqi government's complaint against Turkey in the international court, during this complaint and according to the decision of the international court against stealing Iraqi oil has been found guilty with the help of Barzani's family of thieves and mercenaries and has been sentenced to pay billions of dollars in fines to Iraq.
But when we look at the reaction of some Iraqis, we don't see any reaction against Turkey regarding the looting, killing, occupation and drought of Iraq by Turkey in the behavior of Iraqi Sunnis.
And the reason for that is the brainwashing of Iraqi Sunnis by Turkish mercenaries
Brainwashing during which the Iraqi Sunnis were told that Turkey is in favor of the Iraqi Sunnis, and for this reason, the Iraqi Sunnis always cover up the crimes of Turkey and turn a blind eye to the crimes of Turkey.
Meanwhile, Türkiye is the biggest traitor to Islam
The biggest and first allies of Israel in the region are Türkiye and Azerbaijan
The only apparently Muslim countries that have embassies in the occupied territories are Turkey and Azerbaijan
There are only apparently Muslim countries in whose streets gay carnivals are held regularly every year.
Your children will hate you in the future for this great betrayal of Iraq and future generations of Iraqis
And history will remember you Iraqi Sunnis who covered up the crimes, looting, encroachments and occupations of Turkey because of sectarian issues.
I hope you end this betrayal against Iraq and Iraqis as soon as possible
Why don't you think about why Turkey, which is a very poor country and does not even have 10% of the wealth that Iraq has, but it is Iraq that is destroyed the most.
Because Turkey needs the instability and destruction of Iraq and Syria to loot as much wealth and resources as possible from these countries
can only pray for you
I pray that you put an end to this betrayal and mistake that is being committed against Iraq, Iraqis and the future generations of Iraqis by Iraqi Sunnis as soon as possible.
And don't forget that Turkey is a member of NATO, and this is the best reason for honorable and wise people to understand that Turkey is never a benefactor of Iraq, Syria, Iran, and Azerbaijan, and in general, Turkey is not a benefactor of the Islamic world and the Arab world.
The Turks believe that the Arabs are traitors and it was the Arabs' betrayal that led to the defeat of the Ottoman Empire, and Erdogan, who is extremely racist and basically does not consider the Arabs as human beings.
Good luck my friend 🙏
You're trolling us by repeating AL-SADIR 20 times.
Muqtada al-Sadr works for Iran. His rethoric against Iran is only Camouflage.
Notice how demeaning he is towards middle-easterners.
Iraq and Afghanistan were simply live fire training grounds, nothing more. When you understand that, you understand why we were there.
The US says that don't invade ukraine but it itself has caused alot of havok in alot of country's and no one talks about it 😢😢😢😭😭😭
Iraq is the reason I have little to no respect left for the USA. Its just like the war in Ukrajina. Like Rusija today, the USA did not have any justification nor right to invade Iraq. I will even say this: the bigger the influence of a country, the bigger its guilt.
it´s fair to question the invasion, but a bit dishonest to say it had as little justifactions for an invsion as Russia.
@@bigpapa1954 but it had as little justification for an invasion as Russia.
The US and Russia comparison is a little derivative and juvenile don't you think?
The Russian military lost 3000 troops in the first three days of the was with Ukraine. It took twenty years for the US to get that high between Iraq and Afghanistan.
@@kineticstar fascinating that you think that the comparison was for damage to the US compared to Russia rather than the damage to Iraq compared to Ukraine
@@kineticstar Not true at all go check the casualty figures
Sadr is a power hungry man, no one should trust him. He easily change sides for its good
He plays too many video games..
America and Iran are two sides of the same coin. Just leave Iraq alone and do not interfere🤷🏻
Iran and iraq are good allies. The influence of iran begins when the isis problem started for a very logical reason. 1 iran didnt want isis near its borders and iraq didnt want isis in their territory. 2 its a common sense for a country to rely on its neighbor more than a country who invaded them and struck them so hard they still havent recovered to this day.
What else does the americans want ? Is occupying 1.3 of syria not enough ?? Leave us alone ffs😂
From the first line I can tell you don’t know what you’re talking about and never been to Iraq
A better country would be Irap. It would attract Snoop Dogg
VisualPolitik should change their channel name to CringePolitik
Are his teeth dying ?
I'm an Iraqi Muslim Shi'ite and one of those who participated in the 2019 demonstrations against the Iranian parties.
Most of those who participated in this 2019 uprising are Shiite Muslims, so we reject Iranian parties + Muqtada al-Sadr.
Where we have scientific and intellectual personalities that the United States of America should consider and take care of it politically and support it, that is, life is not only black and white.
There is a third color that America must find carefully in order for Iraq to remain a strong ally for you.
Iran owns ur country get over it
I’m getting a teeth whitening soon, just saying 👀
😂 He should invest in some teeth whitening strips.
I watched video about what it's like in Iraq now and it looks like women were not wearing burkas and hijabs. Some women were wearing hijabs, but many women were not. Some people were hurt badly by the war, but also Saddam killed half a million people so there is not reason to think that many people would not have died had the US not invaded. Most deaths in Iraq were killed by Iran-backed militias and foreign fighters, not the US. Sadly people blame the US for everything bad that happens and every death in every war we've ever been in.
A true Iraqi democracy is still very much a pipe dream rather than reality. Iranian influence or not, no Arab nation has managed to run a successful democracy as of yet. Turkey was the closest to it, and it's not even Arab(but close enough for this context) but in order to achieve democracy in Turkey Kamal Ataturk had to rely on the military to safeguard it as he knew that without the protection of the military the democracy wouldn't last. Lo and behold, Erdogan did precisely that, erode the power of the military to the point where it could no longer protect Turkish democracy. Than he fought off a failed coup attempt and now Turkey is becoming less and less democratic with each passing day. It's as if Ataturk knew what he was talking about all these years ago. Shocking, I know. Egypt is in the exact same boat, only its military is still in power, for now. Still a democracy that needs the protection of its military isn't really a true democracy and is incredibly fragile as the Turkish case showed us. Iraq isn't even at this point yet, and without a similar clause likely won't even get off the ground in the first place.
Iraqis are now learning Shahnameh
Excellent. Maybe finally Iraqis can learn something useful for once. We Mandaeans lived under torturous circumstances under the Baathists and under this age of chaos. If we had a fraction of the stability Iran has, Iraq could have gotten somewhere.
1:52 I got the reference to turkmenistan monuments.
American solider shoot my uncle's neck and died in 2004 before i was born in 2007.
Shame on George L bush
Where is the other presenter ? He was excellent, he just gave you facts without inserting his opinion/politics, please bring him back, he was the best.
Yes! Hell Yes!
Thanks to Bush2😡
And tony Blair. They should be both locked up for war crimes 😂
They owe us anything that’s why the global south hates America
Tony the Terrorist Blair and GW Bush should be in jail!!!!!!
You mean Saddam Husain.
@@bristoled93 nope
I suppose it's easy to criticize with hindsight, but that intelligent people didn't anticipate how disbanding the Iraqi army, closing the state-run factories and not rebuilding critical infrastructure would result in a mass insurgency and failure beggars belief.
Keeping the fighting-age men on a payroll, while purging the worst elements and recruiting Shias to replace and patrol their respective areas and instituting a jobs program where the people participate in rebuilding their own country; highly federalized with shared oil revenue might have worked.
You can't have! That might have worked!
Actually I think a ton of people warned of this way way ahead of it actually happening. It was glaringly obvious it would happen.
This is weird report, missing tons of important information like how Shia militants oppressed and murders Iraqi Sunni especially you guy Muqtada the war criminal, i am Iraqi and currently living in Iraq btw
VisualPolitik used to be a good channel. Nowadays is like watching the BBC or CNN
“Humans and fish can live peacefully together.“ - George W. Bush
He also love tacos. As do we all!
Did he actually say that?
@@nenasiek Yes he did.
lots of people will be peeing on his grave, lol
@@Algolxxxxxx Trump really made us forget how bad Bush was, illegal war and deragulations that caused the world economy to crash.
Just as stupid and only got to power due to daddys money as well.
3:33 Saddam Hussein invaded Iraq? Mm gotcha!
Re: '0:16 What if I told you that the Iraq War was perhaps the United States greatest act of strategic stupidity in the last 30 years. At least taking into account what is called realpolitik.'
Well, George Walker Bush was maybe the worst president the US..?
The worst happened when the Brits removed the elected Iranian President Mossadegh in the 1950s.
A very interesting and very well done video.
General Rule: If a foreign leader named Mausjmillamamihad has a funny hat, it's best if they fight his neighbor Al-Shamihadmadeen...the one who wears a funny hat.
Wow I didn’t know saddam Hussein invaded Iraq ! This is some high quality content
As someone who closely follows Iraqi news, how in the world have you managed to put so much false info into one video?
I do understand that it gets very confusing at times, I recommend talking to 3 or 4 Iraqi locals from all over the country before making a video about Iraq since it’s a country where alliances and power can shift so easily,
As of now this video is misleading: 82k
Which parts are misleading? Apart from Iraq being a democracy.
Iran is spending lots of money providing military aid and help to Iraq while being allowed to open up bases in the country
this dude really needs a Toothbrush.!
I would like to make a correction, Saddams government should not be labelled as “Sunni”. The Ba’ath means resurrection. The aim of the Ba’ath party is to resurrect the arab world, which has Christians, Muslims and Jews. Also atheist. As a matter of fact, Saddam’s prominent advisors and military commanders were Shiah’s.
Western news outlets love to over-exaggerate the situation in Iraq. Often with the intention of propagating a certain reading into US or Iranian foreign policy in the region. Sometimes even misrepresenting the domestic political situation of the country all in the name of presenting an image it concocts about the region.
This has unfortunately created a negative image of Iraq not only in the rest of the world, but in Iraq as well, and I’m sure it has, in one way or another, even contributed to the instability.
Although Iraq has its own economic, political and social problems - just like any other country - none of its problems are insurmountable. All Iraq needs is time.
Objectively speaking, Iraq is much better today than it was in 2003. In 2003, Iraq’s HDI was 0.579 and in 2022 it was 0.686. Iraq is one of the fastest growing countries in terms of HDI and in 2022 its economy was considered the fastest growing in the region. Not to mention the improvements and reforms Al-Sudani’s government was able to implement in just a couple of months. Many (multi-billion) deals were brokered with Germany, France, Saudi Arabia, China and others in many different sectors of the economy, including energy and real estate, not to mention there is a substantial reconstruction current taking its course as we speak. Many projects that had stopped since the early 2010s, finally have been resumed. Even South Korea is considering removing Iraq from its list of travel-banned countries, after almost 20 years. All of this is more than enough to prove that the country has what it takes to develop, it just needs time.
Yeah, just time like 200 hundred more years?
You're living and propaganding lies.
Yeah they’re growing so fast that they still don’t have basic infrastructure like electricity
The Iranians would always be a regional power in the region. The idea that a recent power like the US would displace an entity that has a had influence over a thousand of years is pathetically stupid
Too many falsehoods:
Iraqi opposition to Saddam lived, armed, trained in Iran for 20 years before US occupation. Including the Kurds. They participated in the overthrow of Saddam.
George W. BUSH want to know your location
I have been thinking about what’s the aim of handing Iraq “on a silver platter” to Iran.
Several reasons came up.
1. The Americans wanted bunch of sectarian, pro-Iran exiles to rule the country, to kill patriotism and to sustain destruction and corruption in the post-war Iraq.
2. Destabilizing the region.
Making the Middle East (the Arab countries in the Middle East) in chaos has lots of benefits.
A. Getting the hostile countries to Israel busy in internal war.
B. Billions worth of arms sales to both the countries that are ravaged by war and the countries that want to strengthen their military amid messy in war neighbors (the Gulf States).
Iraq will never be the same we are done
Yes, it is true that Iraq is an oil-rich country and has a lot of oil. Let's add all the other sources of Iraq to its income, except for oil, and you will see that the reason for Iraq's poverty is that America keeps all the assets and income from the sale of oil, resources and mines or any other income in its banks. and does not pay to Iraq. After America turned Iraq into a ruin, because of the lie of having weapons of mass destruction, they also looted Iraq's resources and stole Iraq's assets and did not allow this country to rebuild. It is interesting to know that American politicians themselves admitted that America created ISIS and plundered Syria's resources under the pretext of fighting ISIS, and seized seventy percent of Syria's oil wells, and on the other hand, countries that caused the destruction of ISIS's caliphate. He considers him a terrorist and assassinates the generals who destroyed ISIS.
And this is a very bitter satire of bloody and predatory criminality
If only there were some sort of warning about going into Iraq… something from maybe 1997-2002 like the largest international protests in modern history , condemnation by UN Security Council members like France, military exercises that war gamed a scenario this would happen, or someone to tell Paul Bremer to not help create the insurgency.
We should have smoked Al-Sadr when we had a chance in 2004. The only time I was really ever scared was when the Madhi Army started organizing and then Fallujah, Sadr City and Najaf. It was the only time during my tour that our ROE was loose. Green headbands if I recall are what they wore.
while the US did made a mistake, iraq made a bigger one. life in the US is fine they can live with many mistakes.
All them shekels buy alot of comfort and security. Just cost ya your soul
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"Mistake". You're criminals.
What frightens me the most is the prospect that we at some point reach the same point with ukraine....
before watching the video... YES Iraq in the Hands of America’s Enemies
He changed the title bruh
Tony Blair favourite country
As an iraqi let me tell you this: Iraq is (very unfortunately) a 3rd world country with a current education level far below worlds average(that’s in best case scenario) and Iran exploited this by injecting various "beliefs" into the shia’s religious doctrine, most of which obviously serves Iran, thus, Iraq has no choice of staying neutral, either choose the west side, or the east and the US did everything to let the iranian-backed MPs, militias and public service groups to take over and now Iran is literally taking revenge remembering the old war days between the two countries. Now literally anything in Iraq can be achieved only with the permission of the iranians. Believe me most of iraqis wish everything would be in the hands of the Americans, but we lost everything, for decades to come.
once we take out iran , we will have more opportunity to help rebuild your country. and with the cooperation from your end, unlike afghans tribalism making a civilized country impossible
I am from Baghdad and I second this. It's like the US custom made a platter to serve Iraq on it to Iran. Now they are too busy with Russia and China and will most likely ignore Iran and let them get nukes and continue spreading their poison into the middle east for generations.
You guys betrayed your brothers for j*w- ish favors and got what you bought
cant even type their name on youtube... says alot
@@ajreinhardt2948 in ur dreams
@@ajreinhardt2948 America handled all of the national army's logistics and food then it up and left without letting there be a transition period it just left making the fall of the republic and the victory of the emirate inevitable. in a significant amount of the clashes the turds just starved out sections of the army.
Qasem Soleimani was good. America killed him, even though he fought off ISIS.
George W: But he tried to kill my papi.
Iraq is an artificial state created by England. It has 3 ethnic groups Sunni, Shia and Kurds. In typical English style, they gave power to the second most populous group as that is the easiest way to have external influence. With end of Saddam's regime, the state fractured along the ethnic lines. The best long term solution is to allow the dissolution and creation of 3 new states. With dissipation of ethnic tensions, the people of all 3 nations can stop fighting and focus their energy on life, liberty and pursuit of happiness.
@@anon_148 Iraq is older than Iran, ignorant 😂 Babylon and Assyria invaded and occupied Iranian Elam, the Arabs overthrew all of Persia, and Abbasid Baghdad ruled all of Iran. Iran is a modern country made up of Persians, Kurds and Arabs! In your dreams, you can take Iraq, and it will remain a thorn in your eyes😉
@@mohammedkh4321Iranians ruled Iraq more then a thousand years, and dont try to bound yourself with Arabs, real Iraqis are not originated from Arabia, you lost your language because of Arab invasion of Sassanid Persia, you are just a Arab Speaking Iraqi, also Iran Already have Iraq under its control so no need to annex it
@@mohammedkh4321Also there were no Iraq back then or anyone who called them self Iraqis, sure ppl who lived there made some little governments like Babylon and Assyria and none of them considered themselves Iraqis but when Achaemenid Persians came and annex every other Regional power like your little Babylon and they became the first Superpower, came next Iraninas Parthia and the Sassanids Persians, Iraq never had a Empire under its name they were ruled by Persians And Arabs and Also Ottomans Turks, so we can say that you lost your Identity and now you just want to stick yourself with Arabs,,, but you know you are not😂
Every state is artificial mate. Identities were born all over history, all you need is time. Having a younger identity does not make it any less real than an identity that's been around for a while. Cooperation tends to bring more prosperity than tribalistic battling, it's something that took Europe over a thousand years to finally understand. Maybe stop trying to blame boogeymen from the past and take a hard look in the mirror for once. I'm from former Yugoslavia, so I know how idiotic ethnic tensions really are.
@@mrgalaxy396 middle east is way different then Europe, especially after the ww1 and the fall of Ottomans and also the way that Europeans maped Middle east there will be no peace, so even if Muslims take aside there differences,it still remains Kurds who wants there own state or a Jewish state in a middle of so many Muslim countries, and also Middle east has so much oil and governments like US dosent mind starting wars so they can have it for free. So you see? Its not just tribalistic battles
Also lebanon and Yemen
America should just ditch the Middle East, and focus its efforts in dealing with its southern border
Shallow. Emotional. Fitting the established narrative. Weak, very weak.
You mentioned Soleimani, & it's good to know that here in Iran people got happy when Soleimani got killed. Months before that, in Iran we had 2019-2020 protests in Iran & the amount of people killed by regime was really high; but in this year that Mahsa Amini occured, the amount of people killed was less than the previous. It was because Soleimani was a powerful character in regime that operated suppresses
mek cult member 🤢🤢🤢
speak for yourself, im Iranian. millions of people after his death were not on the streets for dancing
@@hadimoradi8894 خوب کاکو شاید دو میلیون ناراحت شد ولی هشتاد میلیون خوشال شد
این حکومت دهنمونو گاییده
هر کدومش بمیره خوبه
پارسا جان اطلاع داری که مادر دروغگو چیه؟
@@Ma-we3bd مادرش عرزشیه
i am commenting first
Nice
medal de du kya bhai?😃
As an Indian i really don't think that iran knows what it is like to mess with usa. I hope there will be peace forever otherwise iran will become next iraq or Afghanistan. Usa is still super power only Russia and china has the chance against USA not anyone else
Too many falsehoods:
For much of the occupation Sadder lived in Ghom, Iran.
Iraq being an iranian region for tousands of years its comeback to its motherland 👍
Whoever your history teacher was you need to slap him for teaching you fiction instead of reality
ایوان کسری از پهلو تو ماتحتت حوصله ندارم وسط این جنگ بیام با تو کل کل کنم.
Thank you for all your efforts in making this video. The name is pronounced "Sadr", without an "i". And please also talk a bit slower, you must be very hard to follow for people who do not have English as a first language but still want to watch your videos.
6:19 Just sayin' that zoom was uncalled for... It's almost like I can smell the scent of strong coffee and even stronger piss!
ali sistani is not iraqi . is iranian
Hi, Can you do 3 seconds of research because publishing the video?
Thanks from Iraq.