How The US Stole Iraq
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As Iraqi citizen you guys can't possibly imagine how America ruined us after that we never knew what the normal Life look likes
The politics of the US are kinda fucked up
Hey bro I wanted to ask whether Iraq is healing or else it is still on ISIS?
@Andrea C. America isn't a continent, it's North America and South America
@Andrea C. literally everybody knows when people say America they talking about the US, its not that deep
@@ananymous1239
ISIS isn't the worst thing in Iraq
it's actually the corrupted politician that ruined iraq even more thanks to ""democracy""
100k+ Iraqi citizens dead while Americans are at the comfort of their homes thanking the military "for their service" shits sad
The typical experience US citizen have with war is that their hairdresser's nephew's roommate came back with anger issues - and that typical US citizen claims to know "what war is".
@@camelopardalis84 ikr they are so brainwashed by their media
Yeah,unless you fought in ww2 or against terristorits groups,im not thanking you for your service
I mean, as an Iraqi I don't think the war was the problem, Saddam needed to go but at the same time the US should've taken this more seriously, they should've stayed longer to ensure the country heals back, when they left ISIS and Iranian backed militias took over and now the country is even worse than before
@@camelopardalis84 War has not come onto American soil since 1865 when the American civil was ended. US citizens know nothing about living in a war zone, they do not even have relatives to ask to
As a German, I am really thankful to then chancellor Schröder, who refused to join USA in this war. As well as France or India
We Indians never have inclinations towards us
Because we indians don't enter others home without theire permission
but y'all support israel
@@abdourahmaneboushib243because Israel support us
For those who do not know, America said to Iraq that we have no objection if it invaded Kuwait, and after the invasion, America said, “What is this Kuwait? We must liberate it.” Also, Kuwait was taking Iraq’s oil illegally, and America told the Iraqi army and threatened it, if it did not withdraw, it would attack it, and the Iraqi army withdrew from Kuwait. America struck the withdrawing forces because they were easy targets. After that, it struck Iraq, and worse than that, it struck factories in Iraq that had no connection to the army, such as sugar factories, mills, canning factories, petrochemical factories, etc. And after the fall of Saddam, it did not contribute. America helped rebuild Iraq, and even appointed corrupt politicians because it did not want stability in Iraq. The President of Iraq demanded America’s exit in 2014, and America left, but it supported ISIS after that, so that Iraq would be forced to allow the Americans to build military bases inside it. We in Iraq, our demand is to partner with China in a way Chinese silk because it will contribute to the reconstruction of Iraq. We give China oil and it contributes to the reconstruction of Iraq. Iraq partnered with China, but America did not like that and incited the Iraqi people through its fake flags to demonstrate against this project. The prime minister who wanted to partner with China was overthrown because America wants oil for itself. Also, the antiquities of Iraq were stolen by Britain, Germany, France, and America........ We are not against the people of America, but against this...
American government .
US: we attacked iraq because they have WMD
world: why dont you attack russia?
US: they have WMD
Yes why cant we attack russia
@@zwecx_.u want a full blown nuclear warfare?
The wmd in Iraq : 💰🛢️🛢️🛢️💎
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@zwecx_. that's like saying why don't we poke the dragon (China) while we're at it?😳 because America is no longer the #1 Superpower in the Earth can't you tell????🤔🙄😒.
Johnny Harris hates American Breakfast so much that he decided to expose everything .
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If I can't get a proper breakfast, I would do the same
😂😂
He’s anti American
😂😂
In India he would be called an Anti National. 😂
Iraq: has nothing to do with 9/11
US: it’s free real estate
US: "IT SEEMS YOU NEED SOME FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY"
And oil
@@just_a_turtle_chad hello Squirtle Leader I approve your comment
@@user-bk7wp4bx5n In Iraq
@@user-bk7wp4bx5n they got oil in Iraq to safeguard petro dollar and keep the oil prices low. And they are doing opium trade in Afghanistan which has over KNOWN 1 TRILLION DOLLAR minerals reserves. It seems you don’t know about it
I’m an American and it took me moving to Europe to realize a-lot about my country. In the US they don’t give us the real story about the atrocities committed. To any Iraqi’s reading this I am so sorry for what my country has done.
Apologize accepted
And this video tells half truth as well.. Al-Qaeda and Afghanistan had nothing to do with 9/11 either. Do some research and you will find out!!
@@hn4456was is an “inside job”?
@@jimiboi87ofcoooooooourse 😊
@@jimiboi87if you don’t believe the government did it by now you must be very slow
As an Iraqi who lived the war when I was 6 years old, i will never forgive any one how was involve in this war, as a fighter or even in his suport to us and all other contries. We will never forget and will never forgive the death we lived.
Being Iraqi and watching this , I am literally crying .. I spent my life , my youth in continous wars and it's horrible nobody should go through this , please keep spreading awareness so that american people will know the truth and hopefully they can stop their leaders from destroying other countries , it is not worth it
@@adnanmahmudshohan4951 I am from Baghdad & it is relatively safe now. I hope that u never see war.. Allah bless u all
@@DeadPool-if2sh I don't like him, he dragged us into many uncalled for wars and we suffered alot when he was president , nevertheless, when i compare him to the "iraqi" goverments after 2003, he is still better than all of them
@King Joseph buddy , why did u bring islam into this? What does religion has to do with any of this? Are you iranian?
@@adnanmahmudshohan4951 most of the country is safe, stable and under the government's control
There's economic problems (just like any other middle eastern country) there's militias but they tend to be more political and and they struggle to survive because they are hated by most of the people
IS*IS is over, but there are still a few suicide attacks (way less than ever), and we are working to dry up the sources of these te*rrorists by fighting their incubators and their sympathizers.
was donald trump more of the same for you guys?
I was 15 years old when the war started in Iraq. I remember the explosions at night we were thinking that we never get out alive. Such a horrible night !
I’m sorry my little country also joined to fight for nothing
So sorry for all that happened.
Sorry about that we can only barely imagine the sorrow
I’m sorry that I’m American as a black American and I speak for all we don’t claim this shit😂🤦🏽♂️ Hell America doesn’t claim us we’re still fighting that wat 400 years later😑
:(
You can’t possibly fathom how it feels watching this and thinking about what my life could’ve been if they haven’t done that to my country. Setting aside all the horrible terror we experienced as a child, they destroyed us, destroyed our lives and our parents' lives, messed up our future and ambitions, and we are now being called terrorists? Everywhere I go they turn me down when I mention I’m an Iraqi at work and all else. What have I done man? Are these the rulers of the world? Destroying their own homes, killing their people, saying it was a terrorist organization, cluelessly tying that organization to a poor and weak country, invading them under the message of “freeing its people”, keep fighting so you don’t look bad, and give up with an ultimate carnage as the result, and being defeated? And they can sleep? One day. Nothing else, but that day when they are shaking in the shrine of God and repenting for all they did.
They won't be repenting but they will be seeing their defeat soon
No longer is American military totally dominant
It is most powerful but it is not dominant anymore
I was fed the koolaid in highschool. in 2006 I fought in Ramadi Iraq as a Marine. I quickly realized that nothing made sense. I found the Iraqi ppl to be the most hospitable and friendly ppl i have ever met. I felt bad about my participation for a long time. We were lied to. The war was bullshit. I want to go back now to visit as a normal person and see thr real Iraq.
Not to mention the brothers we lost over there for some bullshit
If you return as a accepter guest.. welcome to you
Iraq: *HAS OIL*
US: And I took that personally
*Bush
@@Amani-zo8ic I mean iraq is still aucpied 16 years later.
@@grandwat1290 it’s not just for oil anymore. It’s also to keep Iran at bay and the Russians busy
@Derp Inshmurtz because isis isn’t “defeated”. It’s headquarters was taken. And there is a new group. You destroy one another comes. And ever since we’ve moved to the middle was to intercept those groups there hasn’t been a major terrorist attack yet. So somethings working. And there is also the few reasons I posted a couple minutes ago
@@Amani-zo8icu fighting a problem u created urself and claiming it as a good cause, u should have gone to afghanistan for osama u had no reason what so ever to even look at iraq but here u are justifying it
Wolfowitz: I've connected two dots
The entire cabinet: You haven't connected shit
Bush: He connected them
Still, ISIS militants are fully responsible for what they had done & what they had become. Being trespassed isn’t a justification for becoming so evil.
You’re understating what we actually did to Iraq and to the Middle East in general. The US hasn’t just “trespassed” or whatever, they’re destroyed countries, killed hundreds of thousands of people, and committed countless war crimes against civilians. We’ve murdered journalists, bombed mosques and hospitals, and tortured anyone we think is a terrorist. We’ve toppled democratically elected leaders and harm the people living there. Groups like ISIS and Al Qaeda are evil, but they were created as a response to American imperialism. What those groups have done is nothing compared to the atrocities committed by the American military over the past several decades.
@@somebodyimportant3490 even if, the response to evil isn’t more evil. We should hold Americans accountable whilst not excusing the horror ISIS inflicted. They are fully responsible for what they did whether US inflicted suffering and terror on them or not.
@@czystekurestwo There is no justification for the atrocities committed by groups like ISIS and Al Qaeda, but is it not understandable that militant groups would arise given all we have done to the region? We have nobody but ourselves to blame for their existence.
@@somebodyimportant3490 you are very mistaken. Wars, evil, tragedies all have a multifaceted reality of causes & factors, to blame Americans and rationalise response of the Al Qaeda groups would mean that as long as one has suffered consequences of outside forces, then anything goes, no matter how brutal & horrific.
I was born in Iraq, and I moved to the US. It always makes my heart ache why the US invaded Iraq. My family lost so many people and I wasn’t able to grow up among my grandparents or my cousins. It’s crazy to think that this whole war was just because Bush wanted oil. I hope America helps to at least restore healthy relations with Iraqis and at least help them rebuild better. Most Americans see now that Iraq was a mistake, and so many US soldiers and Iraqi Civilians died because of lies.
Moral of the story is don't listen to a jew
Bro… where did this antisemitism come from.
Why did you go to the country that destroyed yours?
@@YusufEbr US created program where Iraqis are sent by the Iraqi Gov for education in the US. There are over 150K+ Iraqis in America.
In Latin America we were also affected by US. The Monroe doctrine, it's awful.
As a Taiwanese who has been into American, I was shocked by this whole true story. I didn't know this is how U.S. government works until now. I'm sorry for Iraq people. I truly wish all of you have happy and safe lives!
From Iraq, I love Taeyeon. I hope you live in peace
Now us is getting ready to destroy Taiwan
@@LexyDesperado I have Taiwanese friends. They belive USA is their friend. They totally don't understand that usa need wars, coz they make and sell weapons. USA don't need peace, it's bad for buisness.
and now u know you guys never trust US
Taiwan's media won't tell you the truth as well.
Remember when that one comment said " "the time the us stole" should be a series" well look who's the witch
That would be a very long list
@@nootnootnootok he should do every nation, doing an A to Z thing
Didn't Johnny say in "How the US stole the Middle East" that he would be releasing further episodes to cover each individual case?
@@ariobarzan776 the comment was from the how the us stole Mexico or something. Either that or the islands
@@dheiyomain6775 i see
Imagine a chunk of that military budget going to infrastructure, healthcare research, environmental protection instead?
That would be termed socialism and the people benefitting from it will be called lazy beggars. You can't expect Americans to have sympathy for their fellow citizens let alone a fellow human being
Americans have been brainwashed to see that as socialism with a sprinkle of marxist tyranny so never happening
If we cut out budget in HALF we’d still spend more than any single country on earth.
It's fucking 1T $ man. Cant even imagine what it would be like if its invested on people
@@AliImran-kq2sq we already spend almost 3 trillion on welfare, and a large portion of the military budget goes to healthcare and pensions
As an Iraqi citizen want to thank you for the truth you have shown through this video
it's heartwarming to see so many comments of Iraqi and American civilians acknowledging the truth, and hope to see accountability for the politicians and public servants responsible
“Hey we were just attacked!”
“Oh yeah we don’t know what to do.”
“Let’s invade Iraq.”
“But Iraq isn’t Afghanistan!”
“But Iraq has oil.”
*”Let’s invade Iraq.”*
US didn't go to Iraq for oil. That is a populist myth.
@@joedenathan4775 sure they didn’t
Step one: invade Iraq
Step two: fly
@@MineAppleKhan Yes, they didn't. It's not like you can take resources from a sovereign country if you decide to. That certain country decides, by itself to sell oil to you. I don't think getting a favourable oil deal was worth 1 trillion dollars in the eyes of Bush admin. You people oversimplify US foreign to such amazing lengths, it blows my mind.
@@joedenathan4775 A favorable oil deal was a pretty big deal in the first half of 2000; remember the oil crisis of 1970; many things changed since then; the production of oil by the US; the price of oil and the price of oil extraction. It all changed now. And honestly, I don't think anybody was thinking that this war is going to cost 1t in 2003 and will go on for around 20 years in one way or another.
That being said; yeah; it is true; oil wasn't the deciding factor; it was only the cherry on top.
If you look into the evidence actually; I can't see much of a reason for the Iraq war except the need of the government to show a decisive action after an attack to satisfy the public. Exactly what this video suggests.
Anything else, like oil and geopolitical reasons, seem only to be additional factors.
Imagine. This war is so old that, as it’s still going, the people born during it are leaving high school and going to college
This war has been going on for so long that young adults are actually starting to fight alongside their fathers.
www.wearethemighty.com/articles/these-fathers-and-sons-served-together-in-the-same-war-including-me/
Im one of them, hey
Literally me
like me for example
born in Iraq 2003
I was born in June 2002
Your video is sooooo good!! I had to pause in the middle to subscribe you channel first.
Thank you for bringing this to the people, our country and people have been through a lot, it's painful to relive these moments.
From a fellow Iraqi, thank you my friend once more.
For Iraqis ...Watching this was like walking through minefields.
My heart is so heavy...but I am so thankful for telling our story.
lol asa iraqi no matter how worse the outcome was but iamalways thankfull for us for overthroing this dictator and brutall regime
@@hakarkurd5216 والله يااخوي صح صدام دمر شعبه بس هسه كمنا نترحمله
@@hakarkurd5216 Don't thank them like this in public, you're embarrassing us. Just keep it for yourself
@@user-vo2nz2su5b true but if saddam let ahmad Hassan bakir rule this country who was a wise man Americans then wouldn't had any excuses for invading Iraq saddam destroyed iraq....
Anyone has realized this US-lead manipulative propaganda to influence public opinion now has been applied to China?
Even my parents, who fled Iraq right as he was coming into power, had said that what the US did was a mistake. He needed to not be in power, but it ended with terrible results.
I'm very sorry to hear that
Same here.
هلا بلعراقيين 🇮🇶
iraq would have been so different if the western powers granted full access of levant and iraq to the hashemite.
Same here
I have to say your vidoes on geopolitics are indepth and intriguing and educational. this should be a history class in schools. i learned more just from your series than i would have ever learned in text book history. they just dont teach this in schools.
Being Iraqi, watching this video is like going through a flashback of memories.
I still remember the sound of the bombs when I was 7 years old.
Thank you for sharing this great video.
Straight to the point, no bullshit, no sensationalism.
That why I like Johnny Harris his video is entertaining he always straight to the point and the way he talks make it even better
He actually missed a lot of facts on how ISIS was created, and chalked it up to angry vengeful Iraqi military.
#Journalism
@@PunkKittyWuver Wait what? This 20 minute video isn't a complete history of the Iraq war and formation of ISIS? I feel cheated
@@noahthenormal No, but because I know the details it kind of feels like “we fucked over Iraq over a bunch of lies,” turned into, “but we aren’t lying about ISIS now!” Even for a summary it doesn’t do the reality justice. I’m Syrian, so it impacts me.
As an Iraqi citizen, i’m just still confused why my country was destroyed. We also get called terrorists when we defend ourselves. If we all don’t stand together white, black, purple, Buddhist, atheist. all those powerful leaders will eat us alive. As humans we should stick together no matter our differences.
If you stop adding religious quotes to your defences, that would be a start.
When Egypt managed to help out the ship stuck in the Suez channel there were workers screaming "Allah akbar" , like what the hell ?????
Things like that piss me off.
@@tibodeclercq2131 so what if people embrace what they wanna embrace…
@@SlenderIsReal1 A ship stuck in channel has nothing to do with islam.
A civil war between seperatists ha snothing to do with islam either.
Just quit saying these words to the world.
You see, there is more in the world then just islam, to me it sounds selfish in a sense.
@@tibodeclercq2131 the word “god is great” shouldn’t really bother you my friend. If people wanna unite that way, let them. But i do understand what you’re talking about.
@@SlenderIsReal1 If you understand me then that's a good start.
Thank you for that explanation. I know you included links to news articles in the description. Is it possible you can include more sources for people that want to verify what you explained. I think you explained this very clearly by the way.
the transition between the video and sponsor bit was smooth😂
Quote from an Iraqi after their invasion:
" They got rid from one Sadam and created 1000 other"
@STALIN Big black- 🗿🗿🗿
China will restore Iraq
@@levelazn to think they are better than America is laughable.
@@joes9129 who china ?
@@maybeghost1216 LMAO wrong BBC 😂😂😂😂😂
World affairs rule no. 1:
whenever there is chaos in this world, there will be an American or a British involved.
banksters.
like father like son
But they call other people terrorist. Birds of the same feather
You must be new to history. Hello, young 'un.
@@John1873-- Truth is always bitter, my man.
Never heard before that the embargoes in the 70s were a result of our support for Israel! I love essays like this because of the details that complete the picture. So even if I think I can generally answer the questions that you pose in your titles, I still watch, for the insights you provide.
My younger brother was a jet mechanic in the US Navy when 9/11 happened. In late October my mother and I flew to see him for 24 hours before his unit was posted overseas - we didn't know where. He made it home safe but not whole. I grieve for the Iraqi people and their terrible suffering.
I've seen a few videos about American soldiers from that time, expressing their own feelings of betrayal and disgust towards their own government for the lies they were told. They live with the anguish of everyone's losses and pain, having seen it or participated in it. Every war we've been in since the nineteen sixties is easily exposed for the profiteering and propaganda machines that it is.
This guy’s efforts seem solid! Thanks bro! Raza :)
American's conservatives be like "We can't afford universal healthcare" but they sure can afford spending trillions for wars in Iraq.
Or even worse "we cant pay over 1.7 trillion usd to make up us students loans" yet we afford spending trillions in the arabian east
Hello!
@@adamamal6737 What happens when future students think they'll get all there loans forgiven because other people got their loans forgiven? What happens when colleges realize they can charge even more because future students think they'll get their loans forgive, so they can swindle more money out of students?
@@isthatajojoreference8272 Hasnt happened in countries where subsidized student loans are implemented, and if it does happen there are laws like anti-monopoly laws that prevent for profit institutions from jacking up prices. I don't think eliminating barriers that prevent people from pursuing higher education is necessaril a bad thing either.
Obama did too so
both parties are bunch of crocks
You kinda missed the elephant in the room: a massive part of America’s economy *is* the ‘military-industrial complex’, which quite simply needs wars to keep ‘working’, and thus employing a vast number of Americans and the corps who employ them.
As a person with two parents employed at defense contracting companies-- YES, I would absolutely watch that video (probably over and over again)
That sort of economy ultimately burns itself down
Biggest jobs program in the world!
military-industrial-congressional complex. Eisenhower was forced to remove that from his speech, but he knew it. There's that spinning door between government and industry, and making military supplies dictated by government is a very good industry to be in.
Absolutely!
After going through so many history channels I came to realize that it's the way Harris tells the stories, his narrations, is what makes the difference.
As Iraqi, watching this after 20 years of war is painful and meaningless because we already knew the truth
Me in 2003, talking to American friends: are you out of your minds? This is madness!
My American friends in 2003: shut up! Murica!!! Let's do this!!!
Same friends in 2021: if only someone had warned us about it...
There were a LOT of demonstrations in the U.S. (and worldwide) against the invasion. So some of us were listening to alternative sources of information.
Sort of like Brexit. lol
Wait until you do Libya! American people won’t believe what you will say.
Honestly I’d just push more people to watch hypernormalization. That documentary does much more to explain what happened to Libya while also dovetailing it seamlessly into current events.
Libya video please
@@andrewboyko8304 | You gotta link the vid cause a million different vids are popping up
The Truth sets us Free !
@@andrewboyko8304 I gotta get a link. No specific link babez
Bro I know this video is old but I really will like for you to do deeper dives into these I feel like you do súper excelente on explaining some details but they drag along and it gets repetitive till you bring back in is like you know how to keep one’s attention once’s we about to lose longer videos will be dope I’ll try to see if you have a patroon 😊
Hi Johnny im writing an essay for school on Iraq im 17, and love ur videos, where did you get all of your sources????
I always used think that the people who claimed that the American leaders lied were exaggerating. But damn, what the hell did I just watch.
Scroll up 5 comments to “mmd m”, click on replies and go to mine. . .
Watch the other video he did on "How the US stole the Middle East", it's even more incredible! We've been brainwashed this whole time and when you know the truth, it now makes sense.
@@fawzee_em its much worst than you think. Bush is responsible for 9/11.
Yup, wake up dude. America’s fucked, just you wait until your hear the extent of their atrocities in the prison system. If you live there, please consider voting for progressive democrats. They’re the only ones who really go against this bullshit establishment.
@@Amaling what lol the Democrats are worse privately worse that is.
I am from Iraq 🇮🇶🤍, and my father and uncle were killed during this war. I thank you for making this video to tell the true story about Iraq. I appreciate this and I hope that the Americans and the British know that the Iraqis love them and only want peace. *شكراً لك* ♥️
Just an edit. I do not like the criminal American and British governments. I hate these terrorists, especially politicians and soldiers. I just love the countries, peoples and people in America and Britain who stood with us before and after the war. Thank you for your sympathy. I hope you visit our country. It has become more secure and stable since 2017.
@Hadi Samara No brother, I love you. I am from Iraq, an American people love him, and his government I hate
@@nap7ab No brother, I love you. I am from Iraq, an American people love him, and his government I hate
I’m from the UK. Iraq deserves better than an unstable country destroyed by an unjust conflict 🤍
@@MW-dd8vk 🤍🤍
International war crime committed.
Im benj watching these videos 😂 I’ll definitely save them to show to my kids and nephews for their history exams 🤣
This guy is good love ur videos man great depth meaning and understanding
195000+ Civilians ....this number is always the saddest and most forgotten one.
Such a shame ☹️
And the millions left with a torn country
And then blame for the destruction on themselves and their religion
and another 400,000+ deaths in syria
Imagine that the news were actually informative so you don't need a random TH-cam video telling you what happened 18 years later
In all fairness, Johnny benefits from hindsight and declassified documents that just weren't available in the heat of the moment back then.
@@Khifler heat of the moment? 18 years?
Yes, but the lack of evidence for WMDs was painfully evident at the time. I literally wrote about it as a high-school sophomore in 2002 and accurately predicted that there would be no WMDs and it would strengthen Iran (I totally didn't see ISIS coming at any point).
@@EurasianHobos wait how did it strengthen Iran?
@@leoperez6737 iraq and iran are rivals. iran can't be a great power because iraq was in the way. but when the us invaded iraq and turn iraq into a failed state, this gives a chance for iran to be a great power in the near future. the us which is THE military power is still being a barrier for iran, but only for now. the us has become an oil exporter, and is becoming much more isolationist as it's entering a second cold war. meaning the us is leaving the middle east soon. even though the us is a major part of why the middle east has become very unstable, it's also a reason why the middle east still somehow exist to this day. and now as the us eventually doesnt care about the middle east anymore, this gives Iran which is arming to become a great power free to reign, as it's main rival iraq is practically in all means dead. other states like saudi arabia is also in a crisis so will be a soft target for iran. israel won't care since they're in the other side too. virtually the only barrier that iran might face is turkey. so yeah the answer is basically that the downfall of Iraq and the us pressence have given iran time and factors to possibly become THE power of the middle east.
Comprehensive, interesting, true, and brutally painful. Thankyou man.
Do one on the Vietnam war. Loving the war content
Watching this while my husband is sleeping next door who's family was displaced, his brother killed and his whole childhood ruined by this sick war just makes me wanna cry and throw up at the same time.
Hug him & compliment him
I think the proper justice to this heinous crime would be some group consists of Iraqi people like your husband getting their hands on the real "WMD" and setting it off in an american state like texas where george bush live and where people are very proud of us invasion of iraq. That would be the 'poetic justice'
@@ismt101 can you please explain how the horrific taking of human lives is "poetic justice", I know there are bound to be people who are ignorant enough to celebrate war and violence, but It certainly doesn’t justify the senseless loss of innocent lives you described. War never achieves peace
"A tyrant, a murderer, a man who started two wars."
Could the same thing not be said of Bush?
That quote was wrong because Saddam in fact only started the Iran-Iraq War the others were by the US
@@drjacob2276 He started the Gulf War.
@@capncake8837 No he didn't, the US started the Gulf War.
@Jacob Issa Saddam invaded Kuwait, which prompted the US to come in on their behalf. You can criticize the US and our military actions without misrepresenting history
@Colin Vollmer He did invaded Kuwait but the US did not the start the war for that reason not to mention they greenlighted Saddam to invade Kuwait and the US first gave an instruction in the 1960s that an invasion of Kuwait would not involve American involvement nor an intervention. The Gulf War in reality was to destroy Iraq and its regional power to protect American and pro-Zionist interests, this not a misrepresentation of history it is what really happened.
Wow beautiful explanation in single video...... Good i found this.. SUBSCRIBED
Being an American and sharing the inside news.... hat's off to you man. Great inspiration
Johnny Harris is the only person I want to learn from ever again. I love your videos so much man.
Agreed!
Maybe not the only one. That’s never good getting your news from one source
@@Amani-zo8ic Correct. I watch every single one of his videos but it's important to have some variation.
I was 99% sure that he would absolve the militants of their moral agency and 14:44 low and behold, he is! Just because a certain reality occurs or is thrust upon people, it is still within their moral agency NOT to turn to killing people! Other than that it’s a pretty good video.
Heyyyyy it’s Danny!
So basically this whole war, is just one big *bruh moment*
This comment suits your profile pic
bruh
Millions of people lost home , family members and you think about bruh 😞😞😞
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It makes Vietnam look like a success
To be honest, I have bored in 2008 and when I was asking my parents about this war, I didn't have any clear answer,but after this emotional sadly video about my dear country, I became have the whole fact about this unnecessary war. 😢
Once again this is an excellent work much pleasure to watch well done Johnny Harris. Thank you
Still waiting on the Afghanistan standalone video, seems more relevant than ever now.
Yeah, was looking for the same
Look up back to the future predicts 911 on TH-cam. Scroll down to Barley Human. It has over 4 million views..They have been planning this sense at least the 80s this guy has no clue what he is talking about.
Placing Biden on a pedestal for his success. LOL
@@adel19997 Who here mentioned Biden?
@@beetlejuice4357 can you post the link please
Let's take a moment to appreciate how this complicated story is put forward simply by Harris!
Yes you are very true❤
Today's terrorism is totally because of US
Exactly!!! Super complicated entanglement we got our own selves into. This was great work Harris !!
I'm not surprised that Harris has done it again, he's a great guy and a great teacher.
As soon as i saw the role of paul Wolfowitz in inciting the war, looked him up. Born into a polish Jewish family
This video is very well organized. Kinda interesting the effect he’s trying to gather with the porcupine hair. It seems purposeful. Something about the pull to create stiff gelled authenticity makes me curious about what his future plans for this channel might be.
The worst part is how everyone seems to have forgiven Bush
Who forgives Bush?
Nope. it's criminal
Uyghur genocide is the new wmd
Most of USA invasion is backed by their people tax
Who has forgiven Bush? Politicians? Lmao
I’m Iraqi and living in Baghdad
My parents described me that horrible night
imagine ur in ur house and sounds of rainy rockets all of the place
Then ran away while our house is destroyed
My cousins are dead
My Dad’s and Mom’s friends some of them died and the others ran away
and let me tell u this
Iraq is never the same after 2003 war
the effect of this war is lasting until today
The pain and tears of losing the loved ones still there
The problem is till now Iraqi lives are cheap
No one cares about us
and we’re in a dark whole from 2003 till now
I am Indian and I really feel sad that cradle of human civilization "Mesopotamia" has now turned into hub of foreign terrorist. Buddy USA has given India a lot of pain but it is not the fault of Entire USA or Normal American citizens. I have observe a pattern I guess you too have observed it, can you tell me whenever DEMOCRATS are in power war generally happens at least one or two places in the world and USA is directly or indirectly involved in that war.
During Trump rule, we rarely heard about USA going into war but in time of Biden UKRAINE IS IN WAR WITH RUSSIA. Democrats are the one who wanted to keep the salve system alive in USA but Republicans has stopped slavery of Blacks in USA. AMERICA is not the problem but the problem is democrats and their greed.
However I have seen many Indian vloggers and youtubers are now going to IRAQ and whatever I see in their Video it seems like Iraq is not that bad and dangerous as it used to be during the time of daish(ISIS).
@@subhashishbagchi2569 trump is a would be dictator who has done multiple illegal and unethical things and tries to manipulate people and pull the strings of power and promote propaganda, get rid of political opposition and corrode our politics and power structure by replacing people with lackeys and power hungry evil men, that said I think democrats are also probably evil, I think they cause war (if your right) so they can profit while seeming like the good guys but actually doing nothing, see republicans uphold oppressive ideologies
while democrats take advantage of peoples anger and use it to make themselves look good while actually doing nothing, they take truth to tell a lie make people crazy and republicans are the same I think democrats are just the new republicans, they all brainwash people and do literally nothing, republicans literally use fearmongering and lies to get votes and hurt people and democracrats promote progressive ideals because it’s what the people want while basically doing nothing to actually help people, both sides are evil
As an American, I care about you. Imagine a world where we all come together as ONE! God bless you, and one love!
Why the Hell would they drop bombs on cities in the first place where innocent people live?
@@subhashishbagchi2569 Um. This video literally explains how the war in Iraq was started by the Bush administration.
It was off the coast of Kuwait aboard an LHA in early 91, that the rose colored glasses I got in n boot camp 10 years prior, fell off, into the blue water forever!
thank you for educating us
I am from Iraq, I lived under the conditions of this war and I woke up to the sound of cannons, machine guns and bullets. I lost two years of my studies because of wars, and now we live and we do not know by what moment we will die..It is true that we live well now, but my country is more than it is..and the Iraqi people are a good people. Karim, we welcome any country and any person we honor and feed them, and we give them clothes, sleep, food, drink and treatment free of charge for free. This is how we deal with our guests, not with our enemies, and we love peace and security for Iraq and all countries in the world with my regards .. My name is Ali
Hey Ali how are things there? Is it open to visitors there?
@@eshaxcx yes it's open..but where are you from?
@@si.127.ui1 that is so horrible. I am so sorry you have to go through all of that. It must be a terrible life and I can only pray that you will have good health and a long life. Sending love from Pakistan. 🇵🇰💖🇮🇶
Do all of those countries include Israel?
@Nick Gurr yes I'm living 😂😂
There was interview iraq man said
" There was one Sadam, today there is million of Sadam."
RIP Kurds.
Deep stuff
I thought in America ignorance and arrogance was here to stay! When I see people like you really changes things! Thank you for telling the truth! I wish there were more people like you
I am an Iraqi residing in Iraq, and I was not a supporter of Saddam Hussein, nor did I ever belong to the Baath Party. It is known that during the era of Saddam, if anyone belonging to Al-Qaeda was arrested, the authorities would execute him, and this is a position completely opposed to Al-Qaeda .One of America's primary goals was to destroy the Iraqi army because it was classified as the fourth strongest army in the world, and it did not want the oil regions to be strong and armed in order to always remain under American control, which would ensure the continued flow of oil to them and control the oil market.
As an American who was a child during the time US invaded and occupied Iraq, I am deeply ashamed to learn of this history of my country. I will share this video with my family and friends, we as a people have to do better at understanding our history, so that we do not repeat it. To the Iraqi people: Words will never be enough, but we are so sorry for the pain and suffering we have caused.
By slapping an Iraqi, I say that we do not hate the Americans, we only hate the politicians
Your sorry means nothing to them
Now go and Netflix chill as you always do and don't cry over another 9/11 if it happens in the future
Do you mean you found about what trully happened on this video?
And it doesn’t stop. America continues to disrupt world peace and abuse human rights to be on the top of the world.
Stop sympating with Muslims
Can we have "How the US stole...." series? The US stole a bunch of things from everyone, it makes perfect sense to start a season.
I thought this was already a series ?
Then let’s no just do the us but also other countries like uk and France and Russia and China. So a “how ... stole ...”
Iraq invaded kuwait because of OIL
This is so important!
i’m truly so ashamed and humiliated of all the suffering America has caused other countries and all of their people. i’m also furious coming to the realization that we aren’t taught the TRUTH in our history classes, we aren’t even taught history within the last decade, they don’t want us knowing the truth or having any real knowledge, they want us brainwashed. Our government has Americans so brainwashed by controlling what we learn, what we hear on the news, trying to control our social media, they have us all right where they want us to be. I’ve learned more the past few days diving into history on my own through youtube and social media than i ever did in school, and as an American i just want to apologize to anybody anywhere that has had to experience any suffering due to our disgusting government. And I hope and pray that my generation will make a positive impact and difference in some way, social media is literally where we are learning the truth and opening our eyes after being raised and fed on lies, I’m really just hoping we can make a difference before it’s all too late.
*OH SAY CAN YOU SEE?! THE OIL IN THE MIDDLE EAST?...*
Yooo great one man!!!
YOOOOOOOO!!!
Thanks for the video, even though you have bias and left out a lot of important things, yet you discussed
Media is the no one enemy of the people.
Welcome to Britain
He is just amazing!
@@gradientO what bias?
@botio botio example
The boy who cried wolf became a wolf himself, and now he can never touch the moon again.
I now understood why the wars since 90s weren’t taught in school. Never even knew why and where we went to war until I looked into it. Im 20 btw
My overly simplified conclusion after watching this video: America’s unneeded presence in Iraq caused ISIS to not only become larger and stronger, but to become what it is today.
No, you're actually kinda wrong. America's presence outright *created* ISIS. Not intentionally, of course, but it's presence didn't just help it grow or shaped it. Its presence caused it's creation.
Germans dont know all this . .. and still think iraq and afganistan is the same. AND take all the refugees . So sad .
@@kreol1q1q you can remove the not intentionally parts imo. To catch the thief, see who benefits the most after the facf. The existence of the terrorist group creates instability in the region and gives excuse to further wage war, which is to the benefit of US
The truth hurts doesn't it. Allow me take you out of your clueless bubble of American exceptionalism. Power vacuums create civil wars, more violence, and harbor terrorist groups.
@@KaruHart yeah man exactly
The fact no one teaches us about that at school is both frustrating and surprising!
Greetings form Poland 🇵🇱
No one gives a damn about iraqis. We just want their oil 🤣
As a pole myself I genuinely think its partially this idealisation we have of America, especially visible during the trump presidency. I doubt that we'd want to break this American dream in schools.
@@soniadembowska2560 i still remember meeting iraqi guy in europe and asking about his family. His first wife and family were killed by american army in like artillery shelling. And he started a new family in berlin. I think he already passed away by this point and his eye were just empty when we were talking about Iraq War.
@@soniadembowska2560
True. Poland has been licking America's boots for far too long.
Poland was one of the invading armies, for the record. I don't know about the people of Poland but such a shame on their country.
yes this could be the most honest and well explained story i have heard
thx for this
When he talks about how Saddam Hussein is a 'really bad guy', and he cites genocide of the Kurds, yet somehow fails to mention the fact that Saddam committed those crimes mainly while supported by the US government militarily as well as otherwise.
EXACTLY !! THANK YOU !! also why skirt around and call him a 'really bad guy' when he is a dictator just like hitler?
@@zenabahmed4221 you called?
@Ooki Cooki Yes, I know about the Iran-Iraq war. That doesn't make Saddam Hussein a Hitler-like figure. The difference is, Saddam committed those atrocities while he was on the US's good side, including use of chemical weapons on Iranians, and massacre of the Kurds in Northern Iraq. After Saddam was on the US's bad side, I doubt that he would have been much of a threat to the West. Maybe that's untrue. I'll let you be the judge of that.
@Ooki Cooki Whether or not that is the case, it is up to the citizens of those countries which provide military aid and such for the perpetration of atrocities to do something about it to the extent that they have that ability. If you are an American, you should be worried about what are the consequences of your actions (or inaction) primarily. To the extent that you can do something about it, like putting pressure on your government, you are responsible for the level of your inaction and/or active participation in your government's atrocities. Vox is doing a disservice when it speaks to a Western audience and doesn't accurately portray their own complicity and responsibility and that of their past, current and future governments.
@@zenabahmed4221 Btw, I know this is a misunderstanding, but I didn't describe Saddam as a 'really bad guy'. I simply borrowed the wording from the Johnny Harris guy. I literally put quotation marks.
No one:
America after 9/11: all i want for Christmas is a black site prison.
9-11 is an inside job
@@liamcamet3541 it was a cover up for “war on terror” campaign
@@liamcamet3541 It’s amazing what people can come up with.
You’re an amazing guy❤ Finally learning English truly pays off 😂 I’d like to hear about Turkey as well ❤❤❤
Hey Johnny where can I find the sources like from where you picked up the interviews, the UN footage and especially the newspaper clippings. Would definitely want to read and look more into this humanitarian disaster.
Article Links in bio
"Why did this is huge thing happen??"
"So basically there was this one guy..."
Bush
Remember George Carlin: "You know why they call it The American Dream? Because you have to be asleep to believe it!" This quote is still up to date.
If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.
*-Joseph Goebbels.*
Wolfawitz gives me major Littlefinger Vibes
The movie Vice does a very good job of portraying all of this! Especially the Colin Powell thing!
i am 14 and was born & raised in america, thank you for teaching important history they don’t teach us here in school 😅🙏🏾
unfortunately US doesn`t teach even geography properly.... thanks to internet kids can learn themselves nowadays, i didn`t have computer until i was 14, so classes and books were the only sources
@@LdishkaAnaemia I’m from the uk and I’m great at geography and I got none of it from school lol I got it all from yt videos
I learned about this in school a bit over a year ago. And I’m American.
They only show how USA kicked out British and carried the entire WW2...
@@a_09.7 live in Uk for 11 years... and generally people are super weak in geography, my colleague literally was amazed when i said it takes 2,20hrs by train to get to Paris from London. And she had no idea where was the country where she was born (Myanmar, Burma) felt very sorryyy.... me at school had to pass test on all countries of Africa with all capitals and where they are based, of course i forgot some but remember most. I found it super handy in my life while traveling and talking about geopolitics etc...
Vox: America did notting wrong
Johnny: America makes their own enemies
I agree America did Notting Hill completely wrong. Terrible movie
@@Pixel5564 lmao
@@Pixel5564 Its a British movie though 🤷♂️
I thought Vox was a leftist communist channel
I always thought it is Rumsfeld
What a story. Thanks man
My grandma's Sister was born in Hungary, and then married an Iraqi. She lived in Iraq for 40 years. She has told me countless stories of the beauty of Iraq. Then After all the wars, she and her husband left with nothing, back to Hungary. She told me that nowadays, Iraq is in total chaos, which is very sad. I hope Iraq will get better in the future.
Me too, I hope Iraq can rise from the ashes and smoke, and be one day successful.
Stop stoling my oil godamn it! Make your own self!💀
Iraq was doing so good same is Lybiya, America cannot let others do so well, it does not drive their money $$$$, America needs wars in order to maintain dollar versus pound...UJ and the USA vith always involved in wars ro make money
"Mission accomplished" became "Wait, was that the right mission?"
Teaching us the stuff that schools won't teach
Great stuff