How Iraq Ended Up Falling Under the Influence of Iran's Ayatollahs
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Twenty years have passed since the start of the Iraq war. The United States, the great superpower of the time, was shocked by the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and set out to bring down Saddam Hussein's regime. Its military intervention, however, was met with strong popular opposition to the war around the globe. So today we ask, why did the Iraq War happen, and to what extent was it a failure? In this video we tell you.
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at 34 of age and born and lived in Iraq all my life , Saddam was brutal psycho , but what came after him is a lot worse than when saddam was ruling , now everything is chaos and this fragmented country will collapse sooner than later
If anything he was too lenient
As someone who worked in Iraq and Kuwait for Haliburton. Kuwait was slant drilling, as a matter of fact they're slant drilling. Not every thing Saddam said was a lie. We just have better propaganda.
You’re Iraqi from your username
@@BlackflameAziz273 But they're really slant drilling though. but it's still not justified invasion of Kuwait if you ask me.
@@inquisitorsteele8397 there is no proof
Lol, and that justifies an invasion followed by a massacre of civilians.
@@vmedhe2yeah actually
u only briefly touched the fact that there was no neuclear weapon in iraq, and didnt touch on why bush used that as an excuse to invade iraq
It's a propaganda channel not a history book. What do you expect?
The way this channel downsizes and downplays the consequences of the unnecessary and unjustified invasion of Iraq is mental 😂
You failed to analyze who extracts the oil, who exports, how it changed, where's the money coming from... It was basically a short history of the invasion. Hoped to hear more about the actual oil industry :/
That would have been nice, but you can go to the Iraqi oil ministry and see who they award the contracts to. There's not a lot of US involvement now. Lots of Chinese, Russian, and Middle Eastern companies have the field contracts.
Yeah, the title was kinda misleading =(
He does not want to admit that the war was for oil. The US military literally allowed all Iraqi ministries to be looted expect the ministry of oil. It was the only one that was guarded by US troops. Saddam had dropped the dollar in oil trade, after the US invaded, they returned the dollar in Iraq oil trade. US companies took over all of Iraq's oil production.
@@ferrariguy8278 Iraq didn't award those contracts to the US companies. Iraq was ordered to do that by the US forces that were still occupying Iraq. Iraq was even forced to sell its oil in dollars. How naive are you.
@@Moabi4 Naive? What a load. There was no "forcing" as international sales in EVERYTHING at the time were settled in dollars because of simple convenience. And if you look at the before and after sales of oil it was only AFTER that the Iraqi people even had reasonable sales of oil or got any kind of $ from it at all to go to the country's peoples instead of to guns and rich dictator's son's car collections.
Who would have guessed that giving democracy to a country whose population is majority Shia would lead the said country to develop close relations with Iran? I mean, it's not like we could have seen this happening 100 miles away.
I don't see an issue with a democracy choosing their own allies. The US didn't invade to make Iraq its proxy
You think that was what happened? loooooooool
@@badluck5647comon you cant be thats naïve? The end goal of irak invasion was Iran ...
@@yoannsebastiengarneau318 That doesn't make sense. Pre-invasion Iraq was the most anti-Iran country in history.
So, the Iraqi people don't deserve democracy because they belong to a certain sect? Eeeek, sounds problematic.
The best analogy for what occurred in Iraq is a big man with a gun driving at night in the middle of nowhere, he suddenly sees a stranded family in car broken on the side of the roads, the big man saw the father abusing his wife and children, so as a Good Samaritan he stops and shoots the father in the head to save the children who were starving democracy, and then he drives off leaving the woman and children behind to be prey for thugs and rapists!
And here we are 20 years later
ridiculous. It was an illegal war of aggression for oil. A US imperialist war. A million dead Iraqis and dumb people like you think the US was doing Iraq a favor. What kind of good Samaritan goes to help and starts massacring a million people? Its ridiculous. By the way, the US said its invading because of Iraq WMDs which was a lie, Iraq didn't have WMDs.
that is a half-good analogy, you should add, after the old man shot the abusive father he then raped the mother, killed one of the kids, injured the others and then took off
@@issaabdulsada4267 ..with the wallet.
The US supported both Iraq and Iran during their war. They actually supported Sadam’s Iraq with much more money and arms than they gave to Iran…. Basic research would have shown you this…
They predominantly supported Iraq. The Iran contra event was pretty minimal “support”. The US acted as Iraqs navy and provided logistics.
@@Ruder6163 exactly, i was hesitent to even concede the point the US helped Iran because it wasn't something the US WANTED to do. Iran just got paid a handsome ransom for all of those fat CIA agents under diplomatic cover in the US Embassy in Tehran. This channel plays so fast and loose with history and reality, I really makes you wonder if they even do research, just make things up, or are delibritly spreading lies and propaganda (or all 3)...
nonsense. The US was supporting Iraq in the Iran Iraq war. Iran was not getting any favors from the US. Iran was paying for everything it got. Iraq on the other hand was getting free weapons, chemical weapons and money from the US.
And don't forget that the rest of the NATO was also helping Iraq
What fucking help? The Soviet Aks and tanks? What money? Stop fucking lying. There was 0 help for Iraq and even the Arabs barely helped. Meanwhile you call the contra scandal minimal when the entire Iranian armory from weapons to planes and tanks were American
Saddam's treatment of the Kurds is only slightly worse than the way Turkey has treated the Kurds.
Kurdistan deserves to exist!
Well let me tell you this. As a disappointed iraqi, we hoped that after the US take control, we finally live a normal life like any other normal nation, we dreamed that the US overthrow Saddam’s regime and it happened, yes many fellow citizens don’t agree with me but anyway, when the US came, they said everything will change for a better future. People didn’t believe them but was hoping for the new formed(puppet) government to stabilize the situation. It was like "unspoken" deal with them(freedom bringers) controlling the oil in return for a better life. Instead, they failed in everything and handled the whole country to the hands of Iranian-backed militias. Next, you all know and have seen what happened.
It's a mentality problem: wishing for a puppet in exchange of normalcy is the oposite needed for a democratic society.
@@puraLusa totally agree :(
This is because the US had never the slightest interested in the Iraqis, the only thing the US wanted and wants is that country's oil, not because they need it, but because they need to ensure the position of its "petrodollars" as the hegemonic currency. Come on, everyone knew that the US never went to Iraq to bring freedom and democracy, no one would spend billions on a military campaign of this size just to "democratize" a country ruled by a dictator. The US did it because it is a predatory, invasive and profoundly hypocritical nation, fortunately we are already seeing how the almost absolut power that the US had at the time is running out and that allowed them to invade countries left and right without major consequences.
@@joseagreda9753 lol
@@joseagreda9753 Bush persued the war because he had bad info on WMDs. he had political capotil because people rallied behind him after 9/11. watching you people cry over the dollar is getting pathetic.
Operation Iraqi Liberation - or O.I.L - was the original codename for the operation. However they changed it later.
It was called "Iraqi Freedom”
I thought you were joking it's was actually true sadly tho I'm from iraq and never even heard about this before.. thanks lol
@@yummymarik9274 they changes it because they were afraid that it would leak the true reason behind the war
@@awsysumer3814 They probably realised that calling a military operation 'OIL' would be a bit too on the nose... Operation Iraqi Freedom sounds clunkier than Operation Iraqi Liberation too, I have no doubt it was a last minute renaming lol
yeah, and now the US is controlling iraqi oil, getting it all for free.
do people even think through before they make these comments?
Iraq accomplished nothing and by unilaterally deciding to do so we opened the door to Russians calling us hypocrits. And fairly so. We need to admit our failures if we expect not to have enemies use those mistakes to justify their far worse actions like the war in Ukraine.
Iraq was just as bad as the ukraine invasion no difference. All based on lies. Americans don't have the right to police the world anymore because people know of all the shit america did yet is not prosecuted for i.e. gulf of tungsten to invade vietnam, iraq war. America wants power and thus allows itself to operate globally with impunity yet cries when another nation does the same. Cut the high horse shit america is not better then russia they destroyed perhaps even more lives than russia did. and im dutch so not a fan of russia but since 2003 not a fan of america either yall fucked up so much of the world europe is still flooding with migrsnts because of the shit america caused pipe down please.
It's definitely not fairly so. The difference between Ukraine and Iraq is massive. One had a murderous dictator, and one doesn't. Saddam claimed to have weapons of mass destruction. It wasn't just bad intelligence that led the US to believe that. He clearly made threats about using them. Also, Russia invading Ukraine is an attempt to completely and permanently take over the entire country. It is a genocide. The US never intended to incorporate Iraq into its territory or commit genocide. I could go on, but I think that's enough to show how ignorant that comparison is. To be clear, I still don't think invading Iraq was a good idea or necessary, but it's not some crazy leap to think a murderous dictator that had used WMD's before was going to use them again when he was threatening to do so. He most definitely F'd around and found out just like Putin is finding out.
@@dalermehndi4663 lol wrong
@@jpyt7022 What a thoughtful intelligent reply. You sure showed me.
@@dalermehndi4663 Any evidence of WMDs was blatantly false and many nations thought so even at the time. It was just an excuse to invade Iraq, to use Saddam's empty threats to make any kind of point is ridiculous
I think the title should be How Iraq started falling under US army invasion and then occupation 😂
Excellent video as usual😊
In short; No. It went terrible.
Only 1/5 of Iraqis are Sunni? That’s not accurate. Last I checked it was more like 40% of the population
I don’t think you can get an accurate % because there is a lot of Sunni Shia mix, but yes I would say it’s between 40%-50%
At the 2nd invasion of Iraq it was George W Bush for USA, Tony Blair for UK, and Jose Manuel Barroso for Portugal, at Azores summit.
USA and UK were the actives ones who actually went to invade Iraq, Portugal made Azores military base available (was already being use by USA).
Jose Manuel Barroso few years later, was nominated to head EU commission.
Makes so much sense. France was opposed meaning UN Sec council was a no go for US UK... Portugal being UK longest standing military ally would've been an apt replacement for France as a non anglo supporter. As does the future role of Barroso in the EU... Portugal has its own naval ambitions that British and US support will be essential
@@skp8748
I wouldn’t say Portugal have a naval ambitions.
It have an infatuation sort of poetic draw over the sea & ocean. It has bought 2 second hand aged submarines from Germany, and was able to expand its maritime waters.
But that is that, it’s on the paper,. That’s all. naval: +2 old submarines
I don't get why people hate my country
Also Poland sent troops to Iraq and Afghan, contrary to its own public opinion. 😢
@@Ech0Main3Please tell me what is your country, because I don't know who I hate 😀
Iraq War was a great success I heard that sentence at least 4 times in a 20min video that channel is so pro usa I got the impression I listened cnn😂
functional democracy dont make me laugh we are farcray from what you said
the irony is that during saddam there no alqaeda and isis.
That’s because Saddam didn’t tolerate religious extremism. That’s what the Iran war was all about
Damn it,I can’t tell the difference between Bush Sr. And Bush Jr. in this video.
THanks!
Quick question, you said that the war in Iraq didn’t have the support of the international community , in other words, it was illegal. And many war crimes were committed during this illegal war( let’s just mention Abu Ghraib) , so why aren’t the US leaders responsible under an international arrest warrant? Is that normal ?
Because evil people and evil government are in charge of everything... western governments are in control of everything.... whenever they are broke they find a tiny rich country with resources and rob them...then they silence all critics and brainwash their already racist white population against Russians, brown ,black and Asian people . Western people really think they are the most civilized people..lol while they killed 95 percent of the native Indians in America..
Stole their land identity and all their resources and they have been doing the same thing through our the world .. British did the same things...most European nations did the same ...look at what they did to Africa... everything they touched they destroyed...these people are pure evil...and their population knows the truth and a lot of them are proud...they call black people sons of Ham from the bible...and even after black people were forcibly converted to Christianity and robbed of their heritage language and religion...they still consider black brown and Asians to be inferior..just because they wear a suit and a tie and go to church Sunday mornings they really think they are the most civilized people on planet earth 😂😂while they have committed all these atrocities throughout the world and still continue... truly shameless...everytime their population hear the word Arab , Iran, Russia, black, China... population automatically thinks they are enemies... bunch of brainwashed racist idiots
Geopolitics isn’t, nor will it ever be fair. There’s nothing the rest of the world can do to touch us, and we know it. We’re powerful enough to where slighting us in such a way is in NO one’s interest. I’m not saying it’s right, but it is what it is
If Saddam still rule Iraq, the probability of ISIS and other terrorist organization is extremely low. Saddam is basically the lion that hold back all the hyenas. Now the lion is dead, the hyenas have free reign over Iraq. Now I'm wondering, how many Iraqi want Saddam back? I'm sure there's a lot.
how about all his countless war crimes and crimes against humanity ?
annexation of Kuwait
iran-iraq war
anfal operation- an official genoside against Kurdish people
all his countless tourtures and killings of opositioners ?
and many many others
@@allenk6373 How about a quote from Iraq: "Saddam has gone, but 1,000 more Saddams have replaced him"
@@allenk6373 nowadays we have hundreds of militias that continue these crimes on a smaller scale
This video needed an hour to do justice to the topic.........
Terrible breakdown of the motives and the subsequent aftermath of the war.
At 2 minutes you claim the us supported Iran during the iran iraq-war
This is highly inaccurate. While the iran contra affair did occur, The US gave way more support to Iraq during the Iran-Iraq. They supplied them with tons of weapons, money, intel and helped Iraq in the Persian gulf. They even had an official meeting with Saddam during the war.
The chemical weapons attack you discussed in this video on iraqi kurds was one of many chemical attacks occuring during the iran-iraq war from Saddam, and it was supported by the us, who supplied them with chemicals and with intel
The villification of Saddam from America that finally resulted in them invading iraq occured after the iran-iraq war!
I keep hearing about this support yet there is no proof of it or as an Iraqi ever seen it. The entire Iranian arsenal was American yet geniuses like you say the US helped Iraq when Iraq’s entire arsenal was Soviet. Make that make sense. Also what fucking money?
Let me guess, u r iranian and u love the we fought the world narrative 😂, muh definsive fight against the world, no don't look at my expansionist ambitions to export the revolution, look saddam attacked first we are victims 😢.
I remember “nuke their ass, steal their gas” signs outside my bust stop lol
My grandma used to call Saddam by the name Adam.
Obviously the name Saddam does not exist.
Adam Hussain
Anyone else catch that cat on the battlefield like ffffffccckkk
The U.S. failed in Iraq, just as they are failing in Ukraine and completely lost Afghanistan, Vietnam, everywhere else since WWII.
Nah its russia failling and many russians refuse to join to army
This video does NOT answer its own question : "Does America Control the Oil in Iraq?"
So, let me answer that for you: NO. America does NOT control the oil in Iraq. Look it up yourself on the Iraq government website of companies that extract oil in Iraq. You will find only a handful of American companies. The vast majority of oil companies in Iraq are Chinese, Russian, and Arab oil companies. America did NOT go into Iraq for the oil. That is just an easy talking point that people readily accept without looking at FACTS
Unfortunately YT deletes posts with FACTS replying to this post.
In my view YT have a far-right bias, catering for above posts/commentator.
Exactly. It was not about oil.
@@manickn6819
It was about oil
@@lv3609 I don't think so at all but its probably pointless trying to explain to someone who strongly believes.
Josh is usually wrong in my opinion so I was not surprised his video went down the simplistic route.
@@manickn6819 “I don't think so at all but its probably pointless trying to explain to someone who strongly believes.”
I question you actually lived the moment at that time.
Or maybe you weren’t so attentive to the news in few subsequent years.
Or maybe you’re suppressing memories.
No one EVER claimed that GW was brilliant. It immediately became clear that things were very, very wrong when there was 0 effort to secure any important buildings other than Saddam's palace. i watched in shock and disbelief as any proof of WMD's was looted and thoroughly destroyed. Not to mention the cultural rape of the Baghdad Museum.
George Walker Bush went to get the Bad Man to make George Herbert Walker Bush proud of Him•
The utter lack of post war planning was stunning.
6:34 So you also believe he had weapon of mass destruction 🙂
In the same video they said that Afghanistan being invaded was an "appropriate response to 9-11" you know the attack they had NOTHING to do with. They one were civilians were murdered for two decades. They support sending more and more weapons to Ukraine and the bloodshed there as much as possible. They would have of course supported the war in Iraq and been the first to cry out that he has weapons on mass destruction. Today I have finally realized that this channel isn't just propaganda, its bigots hiding their hatred being fake liberalism.
No.
The oil conspiracies have been debunked over and over.
The war was launched for the following reason:
1) reinstall the petrodollar
2) protect Israel
3) the US had considered Afghanistan a success in 2003. They were thinking very optimistically and thought they could replicate that success in Iraq.
4) to funnel money to the military industrial complex
5) To surround Iran with US military bases to put more pressure on the Iranian government.
@@Ruder6163 and we had no Soviet Union to fight. We had all these toys and nothing to shoot at. Notice how we took out the military quite effectively due to all our doctrine built around fighting soviet tactics and armor. Come insurgence time and the US military had no idea how to fight it and it became a disaster because that was never part of fighting the Soviets in WW3. Between setting a precedent of invasion and muddying the credibility of the US, it allowed Putin to have the confidence to take Ukraine. Now we have Russian armor moving westward, the exact situation we are good at but support for Ukraine in the US is polarized due to jaded feelings from the Iraq war.
nonsense. It was a war for oil. At this point, everyone with a functional brain knows that. Only gullible clueless people think it was a war for the liberation of Iraqis.
1. Only the Iraq oil ministry was guarded by US invasion troops, they let everything else be looted.
2. US companies took over all of Iraq's oil production and the dollar was returned as only currency used in Iraq oil trade.
3. The US said it was a war for WMDs which was a lie and there is proof that the Bush administration deliberately lied about WMDs.
4. There is evidence that the US deliberately lied that Saddam had ties to alqaeda, another lie used to invade Iraq.
5. If it was a war for liberation of the people, why didn't the US invade all middle east countries since they are all dictatorships.
You think?
Sunni Arabs weren’t 1/5 of the population of Iraq- they’re at least 1/4-1/3 of it. The Kurds make up another 1/5-1/4 so almost half the population was Sunni. That hardly constitutes a small minority. Some facts need to be more closely checked up. Otherwise, decent video.
Your video did not answer the question you posed in the title.
"under a banner that said mission accomplished" this is actually misinfo. The MISSION of the soldiers on the boat WAS complete. The OPERATION of invading Iraq was incomplete. This misunderstanding is a result of laypeople not understanding the difference between the terms mission and operation. An operation consists of many missions.
Semantics are nice, but ultimately the popular interpretation is what matters. Much like how "autopilot" actually still involves pilot presence and attention, but "common sense" interprets it as complete automation as seen with Tesla driving mistakes.
@@doujinflipThe popular interpretation in this context is what I described. Everybody in the audience of that speech understood what mission accomplished meant, and Bush also addressed that in his speech. This is not some technical matter of "semantics", it's a matter of taking something out of context and presenting it to an uninformed audience in an inaccurate way: misinfo. VP should do better.
billions spent, millions dead, and not a drop of oil hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
2:11 biased
the CIA gave information about the Iranian forces movement in the area so saddam can successfully hit them with his chemical weapons
Lies and there is no proof of it
@@ghostirq as an Iranian whose relatives got affected with chemical weapons and that one relative is always carrying an oxygen capsule in his car with himself,i can assure you that you're just a delusional keyboard warrior kid whose doesn't want to check even the internet himself.
live up to your delusions because *no one cares*
What is the different between Iran invading Kuwait and Russia invading Ukraine. If then UN sent nations to fight for Kuwait, why not now for Ukraine.
Because Kuwait wasn't waging a war against Iraqi citizens in its own country for 8 years and thus there was no need for a humanitarian intervention for Iraq on behalf of its people. Thats the difference. Why is the USA allowed to go into Kosovo and break it away from Serbia for "humanitarian reasons" but Russian cant go in and do the same thing? Fun fact, Americans had no reason to even be in Yugoslavia but them and their friends bombed my families innocent villages anyway. Nobody every apologized for the war crimes. Why should Russia have to? You people need to actually study history. Or maybe talk to somebody who actually lived it.
as Iranian one word religion
As an Iraqi I have a question. Why do Iranians and Iran claim Islam when they hate Arabs?
Im pedram im from iran , after 79 revolution Khomeiny excecuted Empire militaris generals and our military didn't have special power to guard on iraq , and just simple people went to war and died , we disapearing with Mullahs decides :)))))))
The only thing I dont understand is that, if you werent hiding something why would you run and hide?
because if the other side is willing to lie to the whole world and fly all around it just to bomb your country, it's pretty sure they're going to kill you anyways
What do you mean run and hide?
This is one of the best video you did in the recent months!
its propaganda
The reason post Saddam Iraq failed was because of poor American policy on the ground that led to civil war.
America went into baathist Iraq thinking they'd do there what they did in nazi germany the lack of understanding local culture and politics meant that islamists simply rose from the Arab nationalist ashes instead
Iraqi bigotry and intolerance can only be blamed on bigoted, intolerant Iraqis.
Had George the Elder been able to carry the 1991 war through to occupation and rebuild Iraq, the US may have left by 2003 and had a state in Iraq that could have stood on its own.
Or maybe the US should’ve at least kept the Iraqi institutions and not disbanded the Iraqi military, so that the country actually has some experienced and competent people running the country.
The US knew better in the occupation of Japan, and they allowed the Japanese to be ruled and run by the previous administration who knew how to run the country, and Lo and behold we know what happened.
Title is about how Iran is influencing Iraq; video is about the history of Saddam and the Iraq war and Iran is barely mentioned at all.
Saddam and his sons were some of the worst human beings that ever existed. There's a difference between thugs like Saddam, Putin, Ghaddafi and the guy in North Korea: some meddle with global affairs and put livelihoods at risk (or even take lives indiscriminately) while the other guy keeps things to himself. The West and the peaceful world cannot sit back and wait until being blackmailed or being cowardly attacked at random points. Then, these thugs simply need to be taken out because their own people can't do it. I once held a different viewpoint on this but since putin invaded Ukraine you can simply take nothing for granted anymore.
Yeah that’s coming from the guy that knows nothing about Saddam or his son besides what the western media has fed him. You obviously never lived under him or know anything, so why you’re talking about people you don’t know is beyond me
Where are those Weapon of mass destruction😂😂😂
A few mistakes:
1) The current government of Iraq is the furthest from an Iranian puppet, they are asserting their independence from Tehran more and more ever since he new prime minister took over.
2) You left out the huge role both the Islamic republic in Iran and Assad's regime in Syria had in destabilizing Iraq after Saddam, most of those insurgents were funded by them.
Insurgents in Iraq funded by Syria & Iran and not by Saudi Arabia??? 😂
@Thomas Friday Yes, you can look up the book "ISIS: Inside the army of terror" for more info.
The Shia insurgents were funded by the Islamic republic, no question asked. Also at this point there's no doubt that the Islamic republic in my country has cooperated with Al-Qaeda and hosted some of their leaders.
Assad did host and train many Jihadis because if Iraq turned out a success he would've been next. He was forced to close down the training camps and jail all the Jihadis, he released them all at the height of the Syrian revolution as part of his "General amnesty and pardoning". The Jihadis helped a lot in turning the revolution into a Civil War mostly involving radical Jihadists.
@@thomasfriday1 everyone is funding insurgents in iraq, the saudis and iranians being the main investors
@@survived4679 I don't get what you mean.
If you’re Iraqi you would know what you said is lies
😮😮😮 This kid knows a Lot 😄😮😅
02:05 This is false, the US gave quite a bit of aid in the form of money and advisers to Iraq
13:17 The biggest difference difference between the nation building projects in nations such as Germany and Japan to the one in Iraq was that national institutions were not actually destroyed in the former. They person that the US put in charge of the de-facto government at the start of the occupation, Paul Bremer, made three critical mistakes that together doomed the attempt at democracy: 1) Disbanding the military 2) Reckless sacking of all civil servants who were members of the Baath party 3) The reckless and poorly planned attempt at privatization of Iraqi state-owned enterprises resulting in the majority going out of business. All of these mistakes resulted in an enormous number of unemployed and angry people, some with considerable wealth and influence.
no my friend the difference between Japan Germany and Iraq is do to religious ideology. Iraqi voters like most Arab countries votes for religious politicians no matter how corrupt they are. and democracy represent all people not some of them.
@@kafir-magriban8009 no mate, the above person is correct. Voting changes nothing considering the 3 things that the person mentioned which basically destroyed law and order and stability. And people’s voting in fact most likely came as a result of the pain that those 3 things caused.
I would vote for politicians of my “ideology” aswell in order to protect myself in a chaotic country like Iraq as would most people. If there is stability however, then a person will not worry about their safety and sectarian violence so they would vote for the best people in charge.
Germany and Japan were already rich, industrialized and educated nations with a very high degree of national cohesion. Iraq was none of these things, and quite frankly countries that lack these prerequisites are simple not ready to be able to use democracy as a effective tool
@@JackBowman-vs6kv Those issues could have been overcome had the US leadership bothered to actually plan what to do with Iraq after the invasion like it did for Germany and Japan. Instead, post-invasion planning was neglected until after the invasion and it ended up reacting to situations as they happened instead of proactively setting the path.
@@aze94 it would’ve taken an unfathomable amount of investment to overcome those issues. It wouldn’t have been possible. It takes decades for a country (especially a multi ethnic one) to establish national unity. And it would take at least a generation to bring their levels of industrialization and education up to speed. A country like Iraq can only be held together through brute force until these prerequisites are reached. South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan are good examples
narrative is everything
Iraqi figured out that Iran want peace!
Change the title man
Laser guided democracy never pays dividends…
2:44 WTF was that jumping around? A rabbit a dog or something else?
You spent ten seconds on the actual subject of the video
THORNTON said that the situation of the Soviet Union was difficult and that foreign states were preparing for decisive military action against the Union. As THORNTON told me, the intervention should happen soon and at least no later than 1930. According to THORNTON, Poland, Romania, Finland and possibly other Baltic countries that are part of the anti-Soviet bloc will first have to act against the USSR. The task of England and France at first will only be to supply the armies of these countries with military supplies, equipment and, possibly, technical troops, such as artillery, armored units, the air fleet, as well as the blockade of the sea coast by the French and British fleets. If these countries fail against the Union, England will allegedly have to send its units to help, and perhaps even act independently. THORNTON did not indicate to me the area of operations of the British troops in case of independent actions.
THORNTON said that the task of the countries belonging to the anti-Soviet bloc at the moment is to provoke the Soviet Union into military action, and for this all possible measures are being taken, such as: attempts on the ambassadors of the Union, in connection with which, if the demands of the Soviet government are met, if they are not satisfied, the latter will have to declare war on the country in which the murder of the Soviet ambassador or an attempt on him was committed.
The evacuation was not embarrassing no matter how much warmongers want to push that narrative. Staying in the country is what was embarrassing.
Taliban has more black hawks than the British airforce 😂
@@skp8748 You're parroting misinfo/propaganda. Half true as UK only recently started building a blackhawk fleet specifically, so that specific model of heli maybe, but untrue re: the Taliban having a functional airforce that they can use/maintain, or that it was ever larger than the UK's in any meaningful way.
@@bicker31 I never said it has a larger airforce I said it has more black hawks than the RAF which is true...
@@skp8748 Do some more research outside of Russia Today, kiddo. You're going to need to gain a few IQ points before your trolling is effective.
It all depends. If in 50 Years Iraq is a vibrant democracy, then it was worth it. If Iraq falls back to dictatorship then it was not. The Answer to that question will take more time to solve.
Please elaborate.
It's not up to the "white man" to bomb a country into democracy (that wasn't even the goal). Know your place, imperialist scumbag.
It will take a generation as those still alive and used to authoritarian leadership style are at risk of voting in (or rather ALLOWING) another as it’s familiar to them. Those used to more egalitarian style need to outweigh those which are not. We need another 20 years to see the result. Otherwise could be another Afghanistan situation.
@@lifemanqele2334 what should he elaborate on ? the war in iraq ended around 20 years ago and as it seems the country is not in any good shape . It will take a lot more time for the country to even have a chance of completely stabilizing due to the wars effects and also the corruption before and after the war . We can not accurately determine whether or not Iraq will become a true democracy or remain in its current condition .at this time hence the op saying only time will tell . Although i dont think any war is worth being started in the first place since the power of dilomacy is always at hand so to speak. I hope i made it clearer for you
@@lifemanqele2334 im not mind reader but i would assume he may be referencing the fact that American intervention in europe and Asia resulted in stable economically booming democracys with more choices for locals then even Americans but it took a couple generations to get there with a period of dictatorship caos and poverty like south korea
And dont forget the dixie chicks.
So they’re Kurds. Not exactly “his people” and he did have weapons of mass destruction!?!
Didn’t need a video … just say… the United States.
Iraq is definitely way better off compared to a situation where Saddam had remained in power until the Arab spring. Given how delusional the man was and the situation of Iraq, it's very likely they would've become another Syria.
Either Saddam would've came out victorious like Assad, or the war would've dragged on and Saddam would've been toppled at a much higher cost, way higher than anything Iraq suffered during the invasion, the insurgency and the ISIS war in 2010s.
I live in a dictatorship as bad if not worse than Saddam and there's not a day I and many other wish the west hadn't gotten cold feet after Iraq.
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@@thomasfriday1 It's more helpful if you actually type your opinion rather than just an emoji
It would probably be a bloodier than the the Syrian Civil War and Libyan Civil War combined.
Great, but it isn’t my tax paying responsibility to topple foreign governments
Where do you live?
Iraq was a mistake stop trying to defend it
So where was iran in all of this video? Do you used Iran as a clickbait you talked about it for 1 min 🤣🤣
3:35, I am Chad
Well...
Then there was ISIS...that was not good...
the video ignored that part some how
NO
Operation Iraq Libration
The Pakistani ISI harbored Bin Laden not the Taliban, they offered to hand over the members of Al-Qaida.
Memories of the protests and the ability of the people to speak out against an illegal war shows the power of democracy and free speech. Shame the Russians don’t have this freedom 20 years later to protest against their regime. We really have regressed.
Yeah we were able to speak out about it, but literally did nothing.
best slaves believe they are free. During one of conferences I visited as an intro American told how it was for those who spoke out. Most of population was so bloodthirsty that they destroyed careers and livelyhoods of those who spoke out. That is not freedom.
@@TheKeinash Th thing is that americans weren't slaves: They could vote freely (and it was necessary another Bush term for them to have a strong adverse reactiont that lead to Obama). IMO, your criticism is more about how societies sometimes can be wrong, yet still free to decide.
it did jack shit for iraq
The illusion freedom of speech gives you vs the slap in the face of authorization.
It was only for Isreal
Things take time the problem with Iraq is the usa pulled out too quick.
Western hypocrisy
so does america control the oil in iraq?
I believe it all goes to China and the US no longer patrols the Persian Gulf or supports globalization.
No.
20 years of conspiracy theories and misinformation won't go away.
Yes, they are parasites that like to suck up other people's resources while crying victim. The neocons at least.
@@badluck5647 even i was a little drunk watching this video, i didnt notice anything about he tellin who controls the oil
no, it couldn't be processed, and if so, it would cost more to refine, so it west to iran in exchange for electricity, arms and other needs. lol
I think it was worth to give democracy than let dictatorship live and oppress people with chemical weapons. Thought for one country cant forever be puppet to another by time people change and even leaders change even can develop nationality and love for his country that will shape. Thought Iran is traying to unite all arab country's into one and would be impossible goal witch are Iranians major goal.
Why didn't the USA invade North Korea? Because NK sorely has the chemical weapons right lol. United Snake think they can fool who?
You have to know so little about American history to think that was their motive.
Oppress people with chemical weapons? Is your sources the dictator movie?
Some skewed views here.
Bush JR had to finish his papa’s war.
the war was about Israel, not oil.
Antisemites blame the Jews for everything
It was more about US neo-conservatism, really
@@aze94 And the ethnic background of American neoconservatives? Bingo! Jewish. Their loyalties are clear.
Ha men comon why this chanel is like thats.... forget alot but ALOT ALOT OF thing .... or just dont want to say it?
So fun that this video released just 1 day before almost coup de etat in Iraq 🤦♂️ former prime minister detained and military everywhere fighting protester's
compared to lybia and afghanistan it is a success I think but it is still very bad
Missed so many points, if done properly would of secured the nation without Al Qaeda backed Gulf Arabs and Iranian backed militia starting the drawn out civil war. We had all the tools and people with brains but Donald Rumsfeld underfunded and undermanned the operation. Paul Bremer destroyed any hope getting the country up and running and disenfranchised the sunnis. You neeed to go back and read the books Cobra 2 and Endgame.
I myself just got back from Iraq 2 weeks ago, first time in 20 years. Its rough around the edges but lots of development. Needs politicians to incentivize entrepreneurship. Most concerns people had werent security but economic. They crave a strong centralized government. Haider Abadi almost had it up and running well. He had a great vision but was side stepped by the local politicians that turn people against him since he was trying to crush corruption. Also after the war with ISIS the Shias started to occupy sunni zones of control.
This is the most disgusting justification of the Iraq war I’ve ever watched. Trying to spine the war as a better life for Iraq’s people is just poor taste.
Iraq's accusation against Kuwait were not baseless, Kuwait was stealing the oil from Iraq oil fields and there was proof presented in UN.
Even if that wasn’t enough why would they increase their oil production and decrease the oil price when Iraq needed them and asked them to lower the oil production?
@@ghostirq they were selling by smuggling and at higher prices
Why do you lie to the people? Expected better of you. Saddam was a dictator but had nothing to do with attacks on the US. Why do you feel you have the right to lie? I don't get it.
See to Americans they were all Arabs, they hadnt a clue. Hadnt an inkling that iran and the big majority in iraq are shias.
What?? US supported the ayatollahs??? Please give me some references
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@@ghostirq they didn't support IRAN !! Just sold them weapons illegally! They gave intelligence and weapons to Iraqi army too, but you know that USA just blew up an iranian navy ship and a civilian airplane killing hundreds of Iranians and then gave ayatollahs ultimatum that you should accept the terms of 598 UN resolution or we make this our business and attack IRAN!! Iraq started the war and killed hundreds of thousand people, they just bombed Iran and themselves with chemical weapons but America and it's allies supported them till the end even after the war!!
@@ghostirqforget contra 😂 they like to forget that most of their military equipment and training before 79 was west and USA backing, only evil bad saddam got western backing 😢 such blameless victims 😂.
They survived because they had the latest US military tech left from the Shah time.
giving false info is a norm nowadays (especially for farming viewers and money)
people believe easily everything they watch or hear, as long as they match their way of thinking and beliefs...
so yeah, he doesn't need references
Iraq was a success, and we destroyed the enemy. I mean, we literally obliterated them back 10-20 years.
Iran is the winner…nothing can be done….just accept it
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my guy's in a complete delusion...
@@frsteemid it's a meme relax "cyrus"
The headline is so shameless ...
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You did not criticize u.s just like you criticize russia.
Why u say no one won in iran and Iraq war ? Saddam attacked Iran to capture iranian city of ahvaz and state of khouzestan and iranian kicked then out and didn't give them an inch of iranian land ! Doesn't that look to you a victory for iranian?
kuwait is iraq
Biggest mistake was not toppling Sadam in the first war straight after he was kicked out of Kuwait.
@Andos Elemas lybia is more about the fact ghadafi was also a mafia capo and his death freed a lot of mafiosos to go solo biz.
But the commonality here is the legacy of a dictator is what he leaves after death, and in both a devided society was the legacy, thus condemning both post-dictatorship. Same with syria. The whole baath party is in buisness with infernational black market in my opinion.
Not really, because they didn't have a good plan to transition the goverment to democracy then either.
Five thousand deaths in one night......the US army called that Tuesday when they invaded !!
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