This video has been heavily censored. For a less censored version: th-cam.com/video/MVhY1lnbGqc/w-d-xo.html This video is also demonetized, meaning I will make considerably less money from ad revenue. Which event in American history should I make a video about next?
Hey mr beats, sorry for the TH-cam censorship, just saw your post. It might not be too much to compensate but I appreciate the time and effort you put into your work!!
My Iraqi friend was totrtured under the Saddam regime, accused of being a spy because he knew four languages. When I asked him whether the post Saddam iraqi regime was any better he said no.
Iraq is a simple case of the oppressed (Shia majority and Kurdish sunnis) having their turn at the oppressor (Arab Sunnis). Never has ended well and it never will.
So, is it understandable to impose economic sanctions in order to take down the regime (even though Saddam Hussein didn't personally suffer), all those criminal bombings (typical American), the tortures (yes man, the American troops tortured many Iraqi people) and political interference (another typical American)?
@@jaketheturkey7689I don’t think that’s an good idea, yeah it may seem good on paper but if you really think it’s not a good idea. Firstly we were getting into other countries business before WW2, way before WW2. Secondly the current climate of the world is currently very tense, if America would just go back to their “isolationist” form then that will allow hostile nations like Iran, China, Russia etc to start acting more bold. Thirdly we have allies that we’re constantly doing war games and other military training with. An isolationist America is just really unrealistic and not smart.
As someone who fought in the Iraq war, I honestly appreciate your take and level handed way of discussing not just Operation Iraqi Freedom, but also Operation Desert Fox and Desert Storm. Great video
@JoshuaRyanActual honestly the actions of your government in Afghanistan during the 80s and in iraq during the 2000s where the reason wahhabi extreamisim rose not really the religion it self when you fund extreamists and do dumb decisions while occupying a country thats whats expected. (Thats my take on the matter)
@@Vincenture so if one side does something bad, it completely absolves the other side for cutting off the heads of whole families and killing innocent civilians wholesale due to them not being Muslim enough? Ya that makes perfect sense.
@@Vincenture so you don't put any blame on the soviets for invading Afghanistan? They're the reason we got involved with Afghanistan in the first place
Thank you so much for this. I was born in 2003, and never understood what was happening in those years. Too bad that TH-cam age restricts amazing videos like these.
I was born a month after we invaded Iraq, for many years until i turned 18, it was difficult to find non age restricted videos about the invasion. You're a saint Mr. Beat!@@iammrbeat
@@drugoviic True, but its nice and perfectly reasonable to enjoy a video that summarizes that information in an informative and entertaining way. He even provides sources to do that research.
I am born in 1994 and was 9 when the Iraq Invasion happened. I wasn't really able to grasp the seriousness of the situation as a consequence. However, I do remember as I was growing up at the time, like going to High School, that Iraq ended up being like this big mindf*ck, with just one lie after the other. That includes, following the reveal of what Wikileaks did.
These videos take time and money to produce. And they’re informative. Good job. As a side note, I was in college driving to class one morning when I happened upon a radio show that had people calling in. I’ll never forget a man on the phone (with a country accent as thick as pea soup) just apoplectic that these “young people” didn’t understand what “we” were doing to help them and the impending invasion of Iraq was one of those things. I guess he thought it was going to help us fight terrorism. I was a dumb kid in my early twenties but I still knew the war was being started for completely bogus reasons. It was all a big lie. Really tragic.
Another important detail was that the largest employer in Saddam's Iraq, was the Iraqi army, which was disbanded by the US instead of reorganizing it, which led to thousands of trained iraqi soldiers finding themselves without a job and a power vaccum. What happened next was only natural, the surging islamist insurgent groups had a wide pool of highly trained manpower that was very eager to put their skills into action.
Yep, the Iraqi army being jobless became ISIS and or mercenaries. Later on, US try to undo it by providing military job for those ex- Iraqi soldiers as Iraq government soldier. US development plans and objectives are slow to fruition and sometime has no goal. People like the Republican were oppose to Biden's end the 20+ year war scenario but has no resolution or goal to end it.
I remember hearing of this for the first time. I couldn't believe they could be so stupid, but alas, it's true. General Jay Garner's approach was focused on quickly restoring Iraqi self-governance and maintaining the existing Iraqi military structure to help stabilize the country. This didn't sit well with the US government, and after less than two months in charge, he was replaced with Paul Bremer, who wanted to disband the Iraqi army. He did so within days of being appointed defacto leader of Iraq. (Edit: Thanks davidemme2344 for pointing out inaccuracies, see below)
The Iraqi soldiers were anything but trained, let alone highly trained. I remember trying to retrain these guys and having to explain that rifles have sights and if you line them up correctly, you can hit your target.
@Warriorbob-im5py that's really interesting, what part of the war were you training ex military? Surely they can't have all been that bad? The 2003 invasion came after Iraq had a bloody war with Iran, the invasion of Kuwait, the Gulf war, and a civil war with the Kurds. You'd think they'd have been reasonably competent after so much conflict.
@@injest1928 A little inaccurate. First Bush promised soldiers from Colonel and below would be retained if they put their arms down against us. It was not the US government who decided this but Paul Bremmer all by himself being supported by President Bush despite it conflicting with his past plan to integrate the ING and Republican Guard into the recovery and political process. Technically-yes it was the US government that did this but in the end it was Bremmer.
I'm an Iraqi born in 2001 and I experienced a lot of the sectarian violence that happened between 2006-2008. It was tragic seeing so many people die to suicide car bombs as a child and regular life was difficult as there was rampant crime such as kidnappings and random shootings on the street, not to mention the unstable electricity grid that made life during the hotter months of the year feel like hell. Iraq now is much more stable (relatively speaking anyway) and the standard of living has gone up significantly, but I always wonder how my life would have turned out if I didn't have those experiences of living in a warzone as a kid. I think it made me a stronger person with more appreciation for what I have, but I'm also sometimes haunted by survivor's guilt and memories of my christian and mandean friends that ended up fleeing the country because it wasn't safe for them.
Thank you from Canada for sharing your experience! I can't even imagine seeing and having to understand such things as a child. I am grateful that we have the internet so we can share such info without it being malformed and abused by the media to fit whatever agenda they see fit. I'm same generation to you and thinking back on that time and how biased our media is, and how that was some of the only way we were able to hear about these events in North America. Like Mr beat said, even our "supposedly democratic" celebrities and movie stars were mostly pro war and were booing Michael Moore off stage. I am very thankful we have our own access to information now so we don't support unjust wars. Though there's still more work to do as with the Israel-hamas war, it is clear it is still possible today even
Thanks for what you do sorry I can’t give more and that it keeps getting age restricted really appreciate you and all the history TH-camrs out there also gotta support my fellow kansan
Great video! Fun fact, I was on the Abraham Lincoln during Bush's Mission Accomplished speech. I was on the first deployment that was extended by Congress since the Vietnam war timeframe. Most of us on the ship at that time were completely disillusioned and had no respect left for "the cause". I did not reenlist.
@@iammrbeat I love your work Mr. Beat! I appreciate the work and research you do to bring us knowledge, and sometimes you're doing it basically for free.
@@iammrbeat I feel like this justification of the Iraq War by Bush sounds almost like James Polk looking for a excuse to go to war with Mexico in the 1840s (Mexican American War)
As an Arab American, I struggle to reconcile with this war as well as many others in the middle east, especially in the midst of ongoing conflict. Is it enough that we look the other way and chalk up our actions as a foolish mistake of the past? Surely a less powerful country, having committed a war as disastrous as that in Iraq amid overwhelming global disapproval, would've suffered real consequences. Why is it that we can escape our wrongs? Why is it that we, both the government and public, view the war that killed at least a million Iraqis and ruined the lives of millions more as nothing but a moral quandary? Something this war as well as many other conflicts has taught me is that superiority and perceived moral elevation often blooms from a lack of accountability.
Mr. Beat, every video I watch of yours I can't help but admire the amount of effort and skill that you put into them. The subtitles and footnotes, too, are all of immense help for me to follow along. Thank you for all you do for the educational community here in TH-cam. I just wish I could donate more. God Bless you. 😊❤
I appreciate the awesome work you do for so many of us, man; thank you for putting this up despite all of the hiccups going on with demonetization. We all love the hard work you do. I am in college working towards being a teacher at the moment, and your work ethic inspires me so much.
Hi Mr.Beat, i absolutely love your videos and i wanted to chime in on this one as it is near to me beyond measure. Im a combat veteran in this very war, was in 1st Armored Division HHC and went there from the end of March of 03 and left theater in late July of 04, that was the only tour i did. Although I did what was asked of me and though i will defend my country, the whole purpose of this war in so many ways was to propagate the military industrial complex. Many people made ALOT of money off this conflict while the American people was BLATANTLY lied to and taxpayer funds was completely wasted and/or disappeared.
I had a professor in college who I told I never believed Iraq had WMDs and he basically said he didn't believe me, everyone thought that at the time. I love the reminders of the investigations in the news, the way they were pushing for it years before, basically making me feel less gaslit about the whole thing like I was just imaging the movement opposed to it.
I was in my high school in Austin getting news about the recount to see if my governor would be president after he destroyed our education system. My comp sci teacher literally screamed in my face that the recount was stealing the election from him. 9/11 happened days before my first day of college 100 miles away, then in my ethics class 2 years later my TA had this flat, satisfied smirk on his face explaining after class why it was so important to invade Iraq with no evidence of Iraq having WMDs in the middle of an inspection. In his words -- "you never know." This whole thing was like a black, creeping fog of insanity at the time. It was totally insane. I remember some French reporter came to campus to interview me and I just lost it on camera I was so done with it. I apologized to her, but she turned off the camera with a smile and just said, "No. Thank you." That's when I first realized that the problem wasn't me. 😐
Peter: Ground zero. So this is where the first guy got aids. Brian: Peter, this is the site of the 9/11 terrorist attack. Peter: Ohhh, so, Saddam Hussein did this? Brian: No. Peter: The Iraqi army? Brian: No. Peter: Some guys from Iraq? Brian: No. Peter: That one lady who visited Iraq that one time? Brian: No, Peter, Iraq had nothing to do with this. It was a bunch of Saudi Arabians, Lebanese, and Egyptians that were financed by a Saudi Arabian guy living in Afghanistan and sheltered by Pakistanis. Peter: ...So you're saying we need to invade Iran?
My grandsom told me mr beat is the most successful TH-cam Video maker out there and that its his favorite TH-cam maker, im so proud that he is interested in actual political documentaries. My little champ is only 9 year old! Have a nice day!
im glad you were able to get this video out without the age restriction. as someone who, at the time, wasn't old enough to quite grasp what was happening (i was in kindergarten on 9/11) i appreciate learning more about it.
I remember when this happened my dad was practically in tears being a Vietnam war veteran and explaining the racket that war is to me and telling me how a bunch of young men were going to die for no reason
Sounds like a great man. The kind of man so many Americans NEED to hear*. I'm so disappointed by how many war mongers still thrive in American polite society.
Internationally, the Iraq War was the point where the US went from “cool country where your favorite movies come from” to “wow their government is fucked up” The image of the US kinda died after the 2003 invasion
What's funny is that with those point of views, the latter was something that had existed even before 2003. As an American that learned all kinds of horrible things his own government of the US had done, I'd like to bring up the things like the Trail of Tears and the Indian Removal Act and other things the US government had done to the Native Americans as one example of "wow their government is fucked up."
I am not an American but it's kind of like the image that Russia has today. But multiply that and square it. There was a feeling America could get away with anything.
The US has never been a cool country outside of the west, the US installed dictators, toppled democracies and terrorized all of the global south for the past 200 years.
dude honestly thank you so much for this video! My dad is from Iraq and he fled very early on because he was a journalist and so I was born in germany. His mother was kurdish so I can just FEEL the transgenerational trauma especially currently with whats going on in the Gaza strip… It sounds twisted but simply getting coverage like this and being acknowledged means so much… especially getting the truth out in the western world. Keep going!
Thank you Mr. Beat. I am currently basing my research paper for my college western civilization class on this very own video. You my friend, are helping me get a degree!
Hi Mr. Beat, I found your videos about a year ago during a difficult period in my life. I’ve always loved history and I’ve recently been really drawn to learning about the Iraq war; as a 24 year old I was a child during most of the major conflict. I know you had been having a hard time uploading this video the way you wanted to, and I really appreciate that you were able to. Thank you for having this channel.
As an Iraqi This War destroyed our life our country our society our economy for 21 years and we still suffering from the consciences of the war For What ?
@@DankoStojanovic I do not think so, why did they dismiss all the army Police and even firefighter ? release all prisoners convicted of criminal offences encouraging ppl to rob banks, Museums and libraries
@@Compucles What ? I hate Saddam Hussain and his Regime (he was a Dictator) but nobody ask you to destroy every single structure in the country it was one of the safest country on the earth thank to your help it has become a hotbed of global terrorism :alqaida, ISIS, drug, gangs, militias and arm groups . like what are you talking about? when it will end the white mans burden shit? you are not saviors you are criminals .
My father was deployed several times to Iraq between 2004 and 2006. Mainly in the Al Anbar region by the border with Syria. He was deeply affected by the conflict and suffers severe PTSD to this day. I was only a kid when he was deployed but my mom tells me he has never been the same since. I can’t even begin to imagine how the Iraqi people feel after such an event, but our family was affected immensely. Like you said this conflict was horrible for everyone involved. I want to thank you Mr. Beat for helping me learn more about this horrible conflict.
I'm glad you were able to post this video at all. It's crazy how TH-cam would demonetize this even though most Americans still believe the war was justified. Great content as always!
Fun fact: I was in a Marine unit on the border of Iraq when this happened. We never got to see that footage. To us that morning was a very strange morning but very similar to all the rest where we would run to the border then shoot some guns around then go back and repeat the next day. Then, one day we DIDN'T go back to our bivouac.
@@StephenLukethank you. Veterans always feel awkward when people thank us, but we do appreciate the support. NGL though, I enlisted under the waning days of clinton and thought I was just getting a free ride for college. whoops.
@@jesseestrada8914I was listening to a Futurama podcast where this was brought up! Those poor 18 year olds in 2000 who enlisted thinking they'd get an easy cruise towards GI Bill benefits.....only for a 20 year to happen
Watching this is so.. nostalgic, in a messed up way. I'm from an Arab country, I was 8 when the US invaded Iraq, I remember that day very well. My dad always had Al Jazeera on, we all sat down in silence watching the explosions and the tanks rolling in. My dad hated Saddam with a passion, and I used to sit next to him and watch the news, so I was surprised that he didn't seem happy about the invasion. It's so.. eerie looking at those pictures, the taking of the airport, the crossing swords, Saddam's statue, the oil fields, I had no idea I still had all that in memory. I even remember Saddam's capture very vividly because it was my birthday, weird times. His hanging was shown on TV, I remember watching that barely comprehending what I was seeing while everyone had their mouths open, then started the theories that it was a body double, of course. The following years are a blur of daily reports about death and destruction. It was pretty grim to realize that the US could just invade your country, and nothing could be done about it. I didn't even realize how much those memories stuck, but the moment I saw the picture I recognized all those bastards, Rumsfeld, Cheney, and the rest of the gang, include Tony Blair too. Which tells you how impactful that era was because I couldn't tell you who any US cabinet members are post-Bush besides presidents and VPs. These people will never see the irony of forcing democracy and why it doesn't work. Or excuse me, they know, they had different goals, they didn't give a shit. Don't believe in hell but if it exists I hope they have a nice spot next to Kissinger. As a side note, I fucking hate to see the public reaction to people voicing their concerns about it, whether it be the Oscar clip, what happened to the Dixie Chicks... Hell, even reminds me of Sinead O'Connor and the pope debacle. People are fucking stupid.
@@Ismael-kc3ry I believe that if Gore was elected president in 2000, the War in Afghanistan would have still happened, but I believe that Gore would have avoided the Iraq War.
yes, the US can just invade your country and nothing can be done about it, correct. imagine giving hitler back then the biggest military, fucking nukes, insane cultural & financial hold over the entire world... would that have ended well? who could have done anything about it without causing the apocalypse?
I got deployed to Afghanistan and my very good friend got deployed to Iraq at the same time, around 2010. He sent me an email congratulating me for getting to go to the non hated war. It wasn't till years later we realized both were hated. What a mess. To much to write in a youtube post but let just say I became very jaded. I was an officer so I unfortunately was privy to the dumb strategic decisions made.
My stepdad enlisted in 2002 to avoid homelessness, served in the OIF campaign, and was repeatedly deployed in Iraq and Kuwait during his time until an accidental explosive discharge injured him and put him in short coma where he was given a medical discharge in 2011. He described his time as a massive logistical nightmare, and as having an almost fever-dream level of incoherence from all parties . I appreciate the historical knowledge you have emparted in this video as it helps me understand his struggles and the cultural position at the time. A very interesting turn of events.
I was a medic in the national guard at the time. When ppl were feeling nationalistic and joining the military, I was disgusted and getting out. I was around 21 & even then I felt the only WMDs the officials kepts chirping about must've only been the ones we sent decades prior. While I felt vindicated for my decision, I was still upset because I'd lost people so that Rumsfeld and friends could enrich themselves on lies. Thanks for posting this!
I remember the nationalistic surge of recruits. It was blasphemy to say anything against the "passionate Americans who are hearing their calling to defend their country." 😑
I feel you brother. I was a Marine that still had friends in while I was in college on GI Bill. I smelled BS from jump street. I recall civilians accusing me of being unpatriotic because I refused to warmonger. Glad I didn't go everyone I talked to said the occupation was straight up B.S. very few stand up fights. Mostly just rolling around in convoys praying you don't get nailed by an IED.
@@eq2092 I'm planning on signing up for the Army in January. Are the college benefits worth the 3 years? I've looked it up and know the benefits but want an opinion on this
If there’s any silver lining to the Iraq war it’s that a lot of people growing up in the 2000s learned firsthand how awful and incompetent the US government can be
Yup. Just look at the 9:00 timestamp ... seeing Joe 'sleepy' Biden being all giddy about the upcoming Iraqi invasion etc. Just the same rat now as it was back then.
Boomers grew up learning the same thing with the Vietnam War. Yet, when it was their turn to run the country they just perpetuated the same exact sins their parents and grandparents committed. Its why i have zero faith in mellinials and gen z when they run the country. They'll just commit the same sins as the boomers and gen x.
Incompetent? They succeeded in all of their goals. Saddam is dead and the middle east continues to provide energy to western countries and ISIS got destroyed. The region is more stable and less shitty than before.
I think it only really becomes silver lining once the radicalization of Gen z turns into action for a better future. The Iraq war will forever remain a senseless tragedy but hopefully we can be better.
The majority of white Americans supported the wars in the Middle East. Now there are millions of Muslim refugees in Europe, Europeans must atone for the sins of their white American brothers.
This hit close to home. Im 19 so I wasn’t born yet when this war happened, but my mom was in the army at the time and fought in the Iraq war. Her telling me stories about what happened, seeing pictures, and hearing about the friends she lost was always so interesting to me. Great video to get another perspective and learn more about this conflict.
Did your mom ever say she regretted it? Did she ever explain to you how many innocent lives she ruined or did she only mention how SHE, the woman holding the gun in a foreigner's land, felt?
@@Butter9322it’s his mom chill. But also agreed, it’s very difficult to explain to people that pretty much the only veterans I respect are from Ww2 and WW1. Those were pretty much the two wars I can think of that we had a good reason to go into. I see troops as useful idiots who are willing to get paid bad wages to point a gun at whoever their superior tells them to. I see a soldier as beneath almost every other profession. The US is not in serious danger of invasion from anyone. We are just continuing with manifest destiny, we just feel a bit bad about it.
My dad was i Iraq and according to him it was a common understanding amongst his colleagues that the war had nothing to do with weapons of mass destruction
@@iammrbeat quick question though beyond mistrust in government. How else has the war changed our views in government. For me it showed me for the first time the dangerous the military industrial complex.
@MalikF15 For me it just increased gridlock within the government and made comprises less easy. Not to mention showing incompetence in politicians understanding the situation.
@marsiplierz well duh. Israel Is our friend. Palestine is primitive/barbaric and hates the u.s.a. Sophisticated Jews vs Terrorist Palestinians, I think the choice is obvious 🤔
I look forward to learning something new from you or just learning from this video. Especially after everything you went through to get it out. :-) I appreciate your effort Mr Beat
I went to the George W Bush Library in Dallas last year. One of the exhibits was an "interactive committee" where you have to make decisions based on what information you have. The early stages of the invasion of Iraq was one of these scenarios. It gave me the impression that the people designing the library were telling the visitors, "so you know that event that made Bush really unpopular? Here's why his decisions weren't actually that bad." That being said, good museum. Would recommend.
@@iammrbeatBeen to the Nixon museum, and it’s been a while since I’ve been there so my memory may not be the greatest, but basically, a premise of a lot of it’s discussion on Watergate is “we’ll give you the facts, and let you decide what to think”, not a bad thing, but I feel like they said that because they couldn’t criticize Nixon tbh
I lived through this decade as a child up until I was a teenager. Revisiting the war during this decade that enshrouded most of the news my family consumed gives me an opportunity to have more context.
I was born on March 18 2003. My mom was holding me while she lay in the hospital bed watching the US invade Iraq on the TV and start that absolutely ridiculous war. She has told me that she sobbed and wondered what kind of world she brought her daughter (me) into. Not to mention my dad who was in the Air Force was actually going to be deployed but due to my birth, he didn’t go. He has since retired and is vocal about his disillusionment with the military and always told my brother or me to never join. Safe to say my family is very much anti the US military industrial complex after basically my whole life our military has started these heinous wars in parts of the world so far away from this country that have ended in complete chaos. Great video!
Insane the things you've talked about on this channel without being censored, I wonder if it's because it's about America's mistakes, or just how recent some of these events are that caused you so many issues with getting your video monetized. Thank you for your work, Mr. Beat.
TH-cam has gotten super sensitive about any sensitive issues. Anything that could be considered controversial gets flagged to please the advertisers. It's unfortunate because it makes talking about serious issues like this difficult.
The irony is that Hussein wasn’t even religious. He actively pressed religious extremist and any other organization that called for loyalty to anyone but himself. Religious extremism rose dramatically after the war. I was a child during the war but I remember the change in tone after the war towards extremism, not only by the media but even by my friends who suddenly started talking about religion and what is haram and halal.
as a person from that "smaller country to the south" of iraq, Im happy you've shed light on this humanitarian crisis. i wish the best to my brothers and sisters up in iraq, good work as always Mr beat!
I wish we talked more about legacy when we talked about history and current events. You can draw a direct link between our government’s invasion of Iraq and the death of every one of the hundreds of Americans who have been killed by ISIS, to say nothing of the millions subjugated by the caliphate in Iraq and Syria. It’s kind of obvious what and who we can blame for allowing their deaths to happen when you look to history. But for some strange reason most politicians and the media don’t seem to talk too much about that.
@@evanb4189 Obviously Britain did not commit the crimes, but I think historians have long drawn the connection between Versailles and the rise of the Nazis. We should use that as a warning not to repeat the decisions they made there, just as we should be fully conscious of and constantly discussing the consequences of our leaders’ decision to invade Iraq, and hold them accountable when history shows it’s necessary.
@@evanb4189 the treaty of versailles was a major reason for WWII and they were one of the countries pushing it so they DO have some responsibility in it.
Mr Beat just finally showed the news clip I’ve been looking for at least 10 yrs. The operation shock and awe clip was on the news at my grandparents - I was 12 then..
Not one of our prouder moments in American History. Thank you Mr. Beat for this coverage on these topics/politics… The only way to prevent the past from happening again is to keep the history and aftermath of it alive!
@@DailyJuice2024 Yes and no. I personally as well as my ‘vice-president’ are far under the legal age limit to become a president- rather this party gives us a future platform, and is used to convey my personal message that it is time for young energy to be in charge of the Oval Office!
Hey Mr.Beat I'm a huge fan of your videos, I'm from Iraq. That video was amazing, dude. You covered a lot of topics I didnt know about, although I was born in Iraq in 2006 and learned a lot about Iraq invasion since I was 16 lol, and still..the effects and scars of the invasion remains to this day.. big love from Baghdad👍🇮🇶
@@drugoviic The victim in this situation is creators who desire to present history in an unadulterated form, and by extension their audience suffers as well. By demonetizing content that seeks this aim, TH-cam directly supports a system which disincentivizes creators to take intellectual risks by limiting their income when they produce content that seeks to shed light on unsavory historical topics.
I have way less qualifications than you, but i think the mentioning of the “clutching defeat from the jaws of victory” aspect, the impact of the torture program, and the design of the Iraqi constitution may have been worth mentioning. Granted between algorithmic censorship, and just *time* i bet you probably did your best. That and/or other videos (you may have already made) Great video as always, and here’s to a more informed less messed up world!
My uncle took part in the Invasion in 2003 and 14 years later I served in Syria during Operation Inherent Resolve with the Marine Corps in 2017 when ISIS had a large presence in that area. I always thought it was crazy to take part in the same war as my uncle did. Growing up watching the coverage of the invasion and the following conflicts only to go to the same region, seeing the devastation of the Syrian people following the effects of their Civil War, ISIS and the Global War on Terror was crazy to me. Still is to this day. Good job being unbiased. War should never be glorified because it’s hell for all parties involved, definitely could have been avoided and makes me wonder what the region would look like today if we never got involved. But hindsight’s always 20/20
Seems like this war has just existed my entire life so I've become desensitized to it. This video is a great way for me to learn more about it. Thank you!
not me getting absoluetly jumpscared by my own college being in the opening of this video lol great video though! As some one just too young to have experienced it, but someone who is going to have to teach it, I love seeing these more in-depth breakdowns of recent events.
Just in time for my research paper for my upper-undergraduate. Thank you for the insights and information where I can gather additional primary and secondary sourcing. Thanks, Mr. Beat!
@@spritzerland658 They tolerated the other religions and would mostly leave them be if they did not raise arms against the empire. Even some famous Mongol generals and leaders converted to Islam and Christianity. It was also seen during the breakup of the Mongol empire like with the ILL Khanate in Persia or Yaun Dynasty in China the Mongols converted to the local Cultures and Religions.
@@Dannyboi-re7vb alright, that's pretty good! i have another one: List the number of reasons why Great Britain, from 1750 to 1850, saw its population more than double, and on top of that, why the population migrated to Britain's larger cities.
This video has been heavily censored. For a less censored version: th-cam.com/video/MVhY1lnbGqc/w-d-xo.html
This video is also demonetized, meaning I will make considerably less money from ad revenue.
Which event in American history should I make a video about next?
An updated WW2 video would be cool, although we all know you can make nearly any historical event fun to learn about.
love how youtube doesnt want people to know about history lmao
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As an Iraqi, I'm very glad to see people in the US talk about the invasion. We lost so much.
Thank you Mr Beat.
I am happy that your country is finally recovering. It's a beautiful place with beautiful people.
no one cares.
Bless you and F our corrupt government here in the USA
you still breathing down there ? I call that an achievement.
Is it true that you guys don't wash your hands after using the toilet ?
Mr beat is single-handedly educating millions of people free of charge. You’re making a difference, thank you 🙏
The war was initially going to be called Operation Iraqi Liberation, but the initials were a bit too ironic.
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How much oil USA want
Hey mr beats, sorry for the TH-cam censorship, just saw your post. It might not be too much to compensate but I appreciate the time and effort you put into your work!!
damn bro where are you getting this money from
@@mop4yyprobably from invading foreign countries
i'm sure you're a real peach @@gargoylelamp39
Just saw this. Holy crap. Thank you so much!
@@iammrbeathe appreciates your amazing work!
My Iraqi friend was totrtured under the Saddam regime, accused of being a spy because he knew four languages. When I asked him whether the post Saddam iraqi regime was any better he said no.
Iraq was good under saddam actually pre west slowly destroying it .. just as they destroyed Libya and many others
Iraq is a simple case of the oppressed (Shia majority and Kurdish sunnis) having their turn at the oppressor (Arab Sunnis). Never has ended well and it never will.
Thanks for the donation and for sharing that about your friend. I'm sorry that happened to them.
So, is it understandable to impose economic sanctions in order to take down the regime (even though Saddam Hussein didn't personally suffer), all those criminal bombings (typical American), the tortures (yes man, the American troops tortured many Iraqi people) and political interference (another typical American)?
@@jaketheturkey7689I don’t think that’s an good idea, yeah it may seem good on paper but if you really think it’s not a good idea. Firstly we were getting into other countries business before WW2, way before WW2. Secondly the current climate of the world is currently very tense, if America would just go back to their “isolationist” form then that will allow hostile nations like Iran, China, Russia etc to start acting more bold. Thirdly we have allies that we’re constantly doing war games and other military training with. An isolationist America is just really unrealistic and not smart.
As someone who fought in the Iraq war, I honestly appreciate your take and level handed way of discussing not just Operation Iraqi Freedom, but also Operation Desert Fox and Desert Storm.
Great video
how did u feel after killing innocent children and civilians?
@@greenie_687I'm not a Sunni Wahhabi, so I've never killed innocent women or children.
@JoshuaRyanActual honestly the actions of your government in Afghanistan during the 80s and in iraq during the 2000s where the reason wahhabi extreamisim rose not really the religion it self when you fund extreamists and do dumb decisions while occupying a country thats whats expected. (Thats my take on the matter)
@@Vincenture so if one side does something bad, it completely absolves the other side for cutting off the heads of whole families and killing innocent civilians wholesale due to them not being Muslim enough?
Ya that makes perfect sense.
@@Vincenture so you don't put any blame on the soviets for invading Afghanistan? They're the reason we got involved with Afghanistan in the first place
Thank you so much for this. I was born in 2003, and never understood what was happening in those years. Too bad that TH-cam age restricts amazing videos like these.
Thank YOU so much!!
I was born a month after we invaded Iraq, for many years until i turned 18, it was difficult to find non age restricted videos about the invasion. You're a saint Mr. Beat!@@iammrbeat
information is everywhere you just havent looked it up
@@drugoviic True, but its nice and perfectly reasonable to enjoy a video that summarizes that information in an informative and entertaining way. He even provides sources to do that research.
I am born in 1994 and was 9 when the Iraq Invasion happened. I wasn't really able to grasp the seriousness of the situation as a consequence. However, I do remember as I was growing up at the time, like going to High School, that Iraq ended up being like this big mindf*ck, with just one lie after the other. That includes, following the reveal of what Wikileaks did.
These videos take time and money to produce.
And they’re informative. Good job.
As a side note, I was in college driving to class one morning when I happened upon a radio show that had people calling in. I’ll never forget a man on the phone (with a country accent as thick as pea soup) just apoplectic that these “young people” didn’t understand what “we” were doing to help them and the impending invasion of Iraq was one of those things. I guess he thought it was going to help us fight terrorism.
I was a dumb kid in my early twenties but I still knew the war was being started for completely bogus reasons.
It was all a big lie. Really tragic.
Often the kids are not only alright, but they're right. We should listen to them more. Thanks for the monetary and vocal support!
And more endless big lies are still going on today.
Thanks for educating on such an important topic
Another important detail was that the largest employer in Saddam's Iraq, was the Iraqi army, which was disbanded by the US instead of reorganizing it, which led to thousands of trained iraqi soldiers finding themselves without a job and a power vaccum. What happened next was only natural, the surging islamist insurgent groups had a wide pool of highly trained manpower that was very eager to put their skills into action.
Yep, the Iraqi army being jobless became ISIS and or mercenaries. Later on, US try to undo it by providing military job for those ex- Iraqi soldiers as Iraq government soldier.
US development plans and objectives are slow to fruition and sometime has no goal.
People like the Republican were oppose to Biden's end the 20+ year war scenario but has no resolution or goal to end it.
I remember hearing of this for the first time. I couldn't believe they could be so stupid, but alas, it's true. General Jay Garner's approach was focused on quickly restoring Iraqi self-governance and maintaining the existing Iraqi military structure to help stabilize the country. This didn't sit well with the US government, and after less than two months in charge, he was replaced with Paul Bremer, who wanted to disband the Iraqi army. He did so within days of being appointed defacto leader of Iraq. (Edit: Thanks davidemme2344 for pointing out inaccuracies, see below)
The Iraqi soldiers were anything but trained, let alone highly trained. I remember trying to retrain these guys and having to explain that rifles have sights and if you line them up correctly, you can hit your target.
@Warriorbob-im5py that's really interesting, what part of the war were you training ex military? Surely they can't have all been that bad? The 2003 invasion came after Iraq had a bloody war with Iran, the invasion of Kuwait, the Gulf war, and a civil war with the Kurds. You'd think they'd have been reasonably competent after so much conflict.
@@injest1928 A little inaccurate. First Bush promised soldiers from Colonel and below would be retained if they put their arms down against us. It was not the US government who decided this but Paul Bremmer all by himself being supported by President Bush despite it conflicting with his past plan to integrate the ING and Republican Guard into the recovery and political process. Technically-yes it was the US government that did this but in the end it was Bremmer.
I'm an Iraqi born in 2001 and I experienced a lot of the sectarian violence that happened between 2006-2008. It was tragic seeing so many people die to suicide car bombs as a child and regular life was difficult as there was rampant crime such as kidnappings and random shootings on the street, not to mention the unstable electricity grid that made life during the hotter months of the year feel like hell. Iraq now is much more stable (relatively speaking anyway) and the standard of living has gone up significantly, but I always wonder how my life would have turned out if I didn't have those experiences of living in a warzone as a kid. I think it made me a stronger person with more appreciation for what I have, but I'm also sometimes haunted by survivor's guilt and memories of my christian and mandean friends that ended up fleeing the country because it wasn't safe for them.
It's awesome you're talking about this. More people need to hear these kinds of things. I'm sorry you had to live through all of that.
Thank you for sharing your experience.
Thank you from Canada for sharing your experience! I can't even imagine seeing and having to understand such things as a child.
I am grateful that we have the internet so we can share such info without it being malformed and abused by the media to fit whatever agenda they see fit.
I'm same generation to you and thinking back on that time and how biased our media is, and how that was some of the only way we were able to hear about these events in North America.
Like Mr beat said, even our "supposedly democratic" celebrities and movie stars were mostly pro war and were booing Michael Moore off stage.
I am very thankful we have our own access to information now so we don't support unjust wars.
Though there's still more work to do as with the Israel-hamas war, it is clear it is still possible today even
I'm sorry for what the evil American government did to you, your country and many more. I'm filled guit because the taxes I paid funded it. I'm sorry.
@@Bombsquadcomedyshow No need to apologize to me. Just make sure the same mistakes are not repeated.
At a quick glance I was thinking “what a radical shift in content for Mr. Beast”. Great video
I came for the weapons of mass destruction, but I stayed for the oil and geopolitical gains
lol
No oil was gained. The idea we went in for oil is a myth
Mustard gas is a WMD (iraq used them to kill 10,000 kurds)
@@jeffslote9671 we propped up a government that would trade oil with us, so while we didn’t steal oil, we did get to buy some.
Isn't America the largest oil producer in the world? I don't think they needed the oil
Thanks for what you do sorry I can’t give more and that it keeps getting age restricted really appreciate you and all the history TH-camrs out there also gotta support my fellow kansan
Thank you so much!
Great video! Fun fact, I was on the Abraham Lincoln during Bush's Mission Accomplished speech. I was on the first deployment that was extended by Congress since the Vietnam war timeframe. Most of us on the ship at that time were completely disillusioned and had no respect left for "the cause". I did not reenlist.
Why did you go there in the first place?
First time I've ever done this for any TH-camr. Thanks for the content, it's a real shame history is being censored (and demonitized)
Woah! Thank you so much!
So glad you were able to get the video out!
Me too. I finally censored it enough! lol
@@iammrbeatso sad to hear though. All of this is pertinent information
@@iammrbeat I love your work Mr. Beat! I appreciate the work and research you do to bring us knowledge, and sometimes you're doing it basically for free.
@@iammrbeat I feel like this justification of the Iraq War by Bush sounds almost like James Polk looking for a excuse to go to war with Mexico in the 1840s (Mexican American War)
@@iammrbeatTH-cam no like the truth.😂
As an Arab American, I struggle to reconcile with this war as well as many others in the middle east, especially in the midst of ongoing conflict. Is it enough that we look the other way and chalk up our actions as a foolish mistake of the past? Surely a less powerful country, having committed a war as disastrous as that in Iraq amid overwhelming global disapproval, would've suffered real consequences. Why is it that we can escape our wrongs? Why is it that we, both the government and public, view the war that killed at least a million Iraqis and ruined the lives of millions more as nothing but a moral quandary?
Something this war as well as many other conflicts has taught me is that superiority and perceived moral elevation often blooms from a lack of accountability.
power, the answer to any question is power
@@darwinmurdoch905 truth. and america holds the most power in the world, fortunately or unfortunately.
bro was ruining the country we came in to restore power y’all fought over it
Mr. Beat, every video I watch of yours I can't help but admire the amount of effort and skill that you put into them. The subtitles and footnotes, too, are all of immense help for me to follow along. Thank you for all you do for the educational community here in TH-cam. I just wish I could donate more. God Bless you. 😊❤
I appreciate the awesome work you do for so many of us, man; thank you for putting this up despite all of the hiccups going on with demonetization. We all love the hard work you do. I am in college working towards being a teacher at the moment, and your work ethic inspires me so much.
Thank you so much!
Hi Mr.Beat, i absolutely love your videos and i wanted to chime in on this one as it is near to me beyond measure. Im a combat veteran in this very war, was in 1st Armored Division HHC and went there from the end of March of 03 and left theater in late July of 04, that was the only tour i did. Although I did what was asked of me and though i will defend my country, the whole purpose of this war in so many ways was to propagate the military industrial complex. Many people made ALOT of money off this conflict while the American people was BLATANTLY lied to and taxpayer funds was completely wasted and/or disappeared.
I had a professor in college who I told I never believed Iraq had WMDs and he basically said he didn't believe me, everyone thought that at the time. I love the reminders of the investigations in the news, the way they were pushing for it years before, basically making me feel less gaslit about the whole thing like I was just imaging the movement opposed to it.
That's why it's so important to teach the truth about the past...as best as we can, anyway.
mustard gas is a WMD (the thing saddam used to genocide his own kurdish ppl)
Manufactured consent 🤥
Manufactured consent
I was in my high school in Austin getting news about the recount to see if my governor would be president after he destroyed our education system. My comp sci teacher literally screamed in my face that the recount was stealing the election from him.
9/11 happened days before my first day of college 100 miles away, then in my ethics class 2 years later my TA had this flat, satisfied smirk on his face explaining after class why it was so important to invade Iraq with no evidence of Iraq having WMDs in the middle of an inspection. In his words -- "you never know."
This whole thing was like a black, creeping fog of insanity at the time. It was totally insane.
I remember some French reporter came to campus to interview me and I just lost it on camera I was so done with it. I apologized to her, but she turned off the camera with a smile and just said, "No. Thank you." That's when I first realized that the problem wasn't me. 😐
Unfortunate that such a terrible war was based on A Rock
But it was a terrible rock. It wasn't The Rock.
@@iammrbeat truth
@@os10v311 pretty concise
A rock lobster?
I heard it was about a Rack....
thanks for another war explanation video. there are so many details i didn't know or understand as a younger guy.
Peter: Ground zero. So this is where the first guy got aids.
Brian: Peter, this is the site of the 9/11 terrorist attack.
Peter: Ohhh, so, Saddam Hussein did this?
Brian: No.
Peter: The Iraqi army?
Brian: No.
Peter: Some guys from Iraq?
Brian: No.
Peter: That one lady who visited Iraq that one time?
Brian: No, Peter, Iraq had nothing to do with this. It was a bunch of Saudi Arabians, Lebanese, and Egyptians that were financed by a Saudi Arabian guy living in Afghanistan and sheltered by Pakistanis.
Peter: ...So you're saying we need to invade Iran?
Yes!😂
Don't you remember what those IRA's done to Ireland? Don't ask what's the difference between Iraq, Iran, and IRA!
So you're saying we need to nuke the entire middle east. Got it.
werent 6 from the uae then it was like
And planned by Israelis
I'm glad you managed to get this video up despite TH-cam giving you trouble. I've always wanted to hear more on your take on this topic.
Me too!
it is not trouble, the guidelines of yt are clear
My grandsom told me mr beat is the most successful TH-cam Video maker out there and that its his favorite TH-cam maker, im so proud that he is interested in actual political documentaries. My little champ is only 9 year old! Have a nice day!
are you sure it's not mr beast?
@@HHindsight lmaoooooo
@HHindsight I am cracking up cz I feel fairly certain he meant Mr Beast 😄😄
Definitely meant this guy, what 9 year old wouldn’t love learning his country is run by warmongers.
im glad you were able to get this video out without the age restriction. as someone who, at the time, wasn't old enough to quite grasp what was happening (i was in kindergarten on 9/11) i appreciate learning more about it.
I remember when this happened my dad was practically in tears being a Vietnam war veteran and explaining the racket that war is to me and telling me how a bunch of young men were going to die for no reason
Vietnam and Iraq war is a useless endeavor war. Nothing to be gain for ordinary folks. It's a rich man war to line up their pocketbook.
Oh, not for no reason! For the personal family vendetta of the Bushes.
Tell your father many of us Iraq vets feel the same way. I hope there are enough of us to make a change.
Sounds like a great man. The kind of man so many Americans NEED to hear*. I'm so disappointed by how many war mongers still thrive in American polite society.
@@anthonyfratta4881 As an Iraqi Im happy that there are humane Americans out there.
Internationally, the Iraq War was the point where the US went from “cool country where your favorite movies come from” to “wow their government is fucked up” The image of the US kinda died after the 2003 invasion
It was already dead long ago
What's funny is that with those point of views, the latter was something that had existed even before 2003. As an American that learned all kinds of horrible things his own government of the US had done, I'd like to bring up the things like the Trail of Tears and the Indian Removal Act and other things the US government had done to the Native Americans as one example of "wow their government is fucked up."
America is either saving an entire enemy-occupied city halfway across the world from starvation or performing crimes against humanity.
I am not an American but it's kind of like the image that Russia has today. But multiply that and square it. There was a feeling America could get away with anything.
The US has never been a cool country outside of the west, the US installed dictators, toppled democracies and terrorized all of the global south for the past 200 years.
dude honestly thank you so much for this video! My dad is from Iraq and he fled very early on because he was a journalist and so I was born in germany. His mother was kurdish so I can just FEEL the transgenerational trauma especially currently with whats going on in the Gaza strip… It sounds twisted but simply getting coverage like this and being acknowledged means so much… especially getting the truth out in the western world. Keep going!
No effing way!? MY OLD APARTMENT WAS JUST IN FRAME AT HAWK'S POINTE. The road he's standing on leads to a McDonald's at the corner. ROCK CHALK MR BEAT
I LIVED BASICALLY WHERE YOU LIVED. Rock Chalk!
@@iammrbeat careful cia
Nice try, but nearly every street here in America leads to “a McDonald’s at the corner.”
/s (but not really)
Right next to the worst burger King known to man. rcjh
What's the bar to churches ratio where you live?
Thank you Mr. Beat. I am currently basing my research paper for my college western civilization class on this very own video. You my friend, are helping me get a degree!
Hi Mr. Beat,
I found your videos about a year ago during a difficult period in my life. I’ve always loved history and I’ve recently been really drawn to learning about the Iraq war; as a 24 year old I was a child during most of the major conflict. I know you had been having a hard time uploading this video the way you wanted to, and I really appreciate that you were able to. Thank you for having this channel.
As an Iraqi
This War destroyed our life our country our society our economy
for 21 years and we still suffering from the consciences of the war
For What ?
For oil
To keep MIC get going, duh....
To be fair, your country wasn't much better off under Saddam Hussein. It's unfortunately been a miserable 40+ years for the country of Iraq.
@@DankoStojanovic I do not think so, why did they dismiss all the army Police and even firefighter ?
release all prisoners convicted of criminal offences
encouraging ppl to rob banks, Museums and libraries
@@Compucles
What ? I hate Saddam Hussain and his Regime (he was a Dictator)
but nobody ask you to destroy every single structure in the country
it was one of the safest country on the earth
thank to your help it has become a hotbed of global terrorism :alqaida, ISIS, drug, gangs, militias and arm groups .
like what are you talking about?
when it will end the white mans burden shit?
you are not saviors
you are criminals .
My father was deployed several times to Iraq between 2004 and 2006. Mainly in the Al Anbar region by the border with Syria. He was deeply affected by the conflict and suffers severe PTSD to this day. I was only a kid when he was deployed but my mom tells me he has never been the same since. I can’t even begin to imagine how the Iraqi people feel after such an event, but our family was affected immensely. Like you said this conflict was horrible for everyone involved. I want to thank you Mr. Beat for helping me learn more about this horrible conflict.
I'm glad you were able to post this video at all. It's crazy how TH-cam would demonetize this even though most Americans still believe the war was justified. Great content as always!
Fun fact: I was in a Marine unit on the border of Iraq when this happened. We never got to see that footage. To us that morning was a very strange morning but very similar to all the rest where we would run to the border then shoot some guns around then go back and repeat the next day. Then, one day we DIDN'T go back to our bivouac.
Thank you for your service! 🫡
@@StephenLukethank you. Veterans always feel awkward when people thank us, but we do appreciate the support. NGL though, I enlisted under the waning days of clinton and thought I was just getting a free ride for college. whoops.
@@jesseestrada8914I was listening to a Futurama podcast where this was brought up! Those poor 18 year olds in 2000 who enlisted thinking they'd get an easy cruise towards GI Bill benefits.....only for a 20 year to happen
yeah. i’m thinking rah, devil. yut even.
@@jesseestrada8914 office of special plans
Thank you so much, super informative.And the way that you speak keeps people engaged.Keep going man I believe in you
Watching this is so.. nostalgic, in a messed up way. I'm from an Arab country, I was 8 when the US invaded Iraq, I remember that day very well. My dad always had Al Jazeera on, we all sat down in silence watching the explosions and the tanks rolling in. My dad hated Saddam with a passion, and I used to sit next to him and watch the news, so I was surprised that he didn't seem happy about the invasion. It's so.. eerie looking at those pictures, the taking of the airport, the crossing swords, Saddam's statue, the oil fields, I had no idea I still had all that in memory. I even remember Saddam's capture very vividly because it was my birthday, weird times. His hanging was shown on TV, I remember watching that barely comprehending what I was seeing while everyone had their mouths open, then started the theories that it was a body double, of course.
The following years are a blur of daily reports about death and destruction. It was pretty grim to realize that the US could just invade your country, and nothing could be done about it. I didn't even realize how much those memories stuck, but the moment I saw the picture I recognized all those bastards, Rumsfeld, Cheney, and the rest of the gang, include Tony Blair too. Which tells you how impactful that era was because I couldn't tell you who any US cabinet members are post-Bush besides presidents and VPs. These people will never see the irony of forcing democracy and why it doesn't work. Or excuse me, they know, they had different goals, they didn't give a shit.
Don't believe in hell but if it exists I hope they have a nice spot next to Kissinger. As a side note, I fucking hate to see the public reaction to people voicing their concerns about it, whether it be the Oscar clip, what happened to the Dixie Chicks... Hell, even reminds me of Sinead O'Connor and the pope debacle. People are fucking stupid.
If only Al Gore was elected president in 2000.
@@abrahamlincoln937 It might've been better but looking at how other liberals acted post-9/11, it wouldn't have been that much better.
@@Ismael-kc3ry I believe that if Gore was elected president in 2000, the War in Afghanistan would have still happened, but I believe that Gore would have avoided the Iraq War.
yes, the US can just invade your country and nothing can be done about it, correct.
imagine giving hitler back then the biggest military, fucking nukes, insane cultural & financial hold over the entire world... would that have ended well? who could have done anything about it without causing the apocalypse?
@@abrahamlincoln937 Democrats are not free from becoming war hawks.
Always a good moment to say how bad was Bush as president.
Now watch him hit this drive
I still think he was one of our worst presidents.
@@iammrbeatnot as bad as Wilson though!
At least according to the Cynical Historian and Chris at VLogging through History 😊
@@nigeh5326 Here's hoping there won't be a modern president worse than Wilson! Lol
@@TheAqualegend if there is it will be the end of us all around the world 😊
I got deployed to Afghanistan and my very good friend got deployed to Iraq at the same time, around 2010. He sent me an email congratulating me for getting to go to the non hated war. It wasn't till years later we realized both were hated. What a mess. To much to write in a youtube post but let just say I became very jaded. I was an officer so I unfortunately was privy to the dumb strategic decisions made.
Why did you go there in the first place?
now america has recently sent a 100 of its men off to Israel to partake in genocide of palestinians
@@keifer7813 you don’t get to pick where you go
@@lukkacct1675 Sure you do. Unless you've lost all bodily autonomy
@ i know homeless dudes who’s best bet was to join and get free home/3 meals a day
Gosh, darn you Mr. beats always doing videos when I’m not expected even when I’m subscribed to you
Heck yeah
Cant wait for more great historical content Mr. Beat!
Thanks :)
My stepdad enlisted in 2002 to avoid homelessness, served in the OIF campaign, and was repeatedly deployed in Iraq and Kuwait during his time until an accidental explosive discharge injured him and put him in short coma where he was given a medical discharge in 2011. He described his time as a massive logistical nightmare, and as having an almost fever-dream level of incoherence from all parties . I appreciate the historical knowledge you have emparted in this video as it helps me understand his struggles and the cultural position at the time. A very interesting turn of events.
hey! i’m glad u were able to get this up. i’m gonna have it playing on my xbox while i watch the uncensored version on my phone!
Thanks for watching it...twice!!!
I was a medic in the national guard at the time. When ppl were feeling nationalistic and joining the military, I was disgusted and getting out. I was around 21 & even then I felt the only WMDs the officials kepts chirping about must've only been the ones we sent decades prior. While I felt vindicated for my decision, I was still upset because I'd lost people so that Rumsfeld and friends could enrich themselves on lies.
Thanks for posting this!
I remember the nationalistic surge of recruits. It was blasphemy to say anything against the "passionate Americans who are hearing their calling to defend their country." 😑
I feel you brother. I was a Marine that still had friends in while I was in college on GI Bill. I smelled BS from jump street. I recall civilians accusing me of being unpatriotic because I refused to warmonger. Glad I didn't go everyone I talked to said the occupation was straight up B.S. very few stand up fights. Mostly just rolling around in convoys praying you don't get nailed by an IED.
@@eq2092 I'm planning on signing up for the Army in January. Are the college benefits worth the 3 years?
I've looked it up and know the benefits but want an opinion on this
So glad to have Mr. Beat making educational videos on subjects that I find intimidating to read up on myself
If there’s any silver lining to the Iraq war it’s that a lot of people growing up in the 2000s learned firsthand how awful and incompetent the US government can be
Yup. Just look at the 9:00 timestamp ... seeing Joe 'sleepy' Biden being all giddy about the upcoming Iraqi invasion etc. Just the same rat now as it was back then.
Boomers grew up learning the same thing with the Vietnam War. Yet, when it was their turn to run the country they just perpetuated the same exact sins their parents and grandparents committed.
Its why i have zero faith in mellinials and gen z when they run the country. They'll just commit the same sins as the boomers and gen x.
Incompetent? They succeeded in all of their goals. Saddam is dead and the middle east continues to provide energy to western countries and ISIS got destroyed. The region is more stable and less shitty than before.
I think it only really becomes silver lining once the radicalization of Gen z turns into action for a better future. The Iraq war will forever remain a senseless tragedy but hopefully we can be better.
The majority of white Americans supported the wars in the Middle East. Now there are millions of Muslim refugees in Europe, Europeans must atone for the sins of their white American brothers.
This hit close to home. Im 19 so I wasn’t born yet when this war happened, but my mom was in the army at the time and fought in the Iraq war. Her telling me stories about what happened, seeing pictures, and hearing about the friends she lost was always so interesting to me. Great video to get another perspective and learn more about this conflict.
Did your mom ever say she regretted it? Did she ever explain to you how many innocent lives she ruined or did she only mention how SHE, the woman holding the gun in a foreigner's land, felt?
@@Butter9322it’s his mom chill. But also agreed, it’s very difficult to explain to people that pretty much the only veterans I respect are from Ww2 and WW1. Those were pretty much the two wars I can think of that we had a good reason to go into.
I see troops as useful idiots who are willing to get paid bad wages to point a gun at whoever their superior tells them to.
I see a soldier as beneath almost every other profession. The US is not in serious danger of invasion from anyone. We are just continuing with manifest destiny, we just feel a bit bad about it.
@@Rory-co4vm Precisely. I don't feel bad for him mom though. Just a terrorist in my book.
@@Butter9322 oh stfu soy boy 😂 get over it , go blame isis for killing innocent people and beheading them on video and doing suicide bombings
No I agree with what you are saying. And she did say that we had no right to be there and that it was a mistake.
My dad was i Iraq and according to him it was a common understanding amongst his colleagues that the war had nothing to do with weapons of mass destruction
I can vouch for that
It had nothing to do with WMD
No Israel just manufactured the "Weapons of mass destruction" evidence to get the US to go to war...
So glad I found your channel you bring so much analysis and insight to some complex issues
Thanks for the kind words!
@@iammrbeat quick question though beyond mistrust in government. How else has the war changed our views in government. For me it showed me for the first time the dangerous the military industrial complex.
@MalikF15 For me it just increased gridlock within the government and made comprises less easy. Not to mention showing incompetence in politicians understanding the situation.
people still fall for unjust violence. look at how many people are actively supporting israel and PROUD about it.
@marsiplierz well duh. Israel Is our friend.
Palestine is primitive/barbaric and hates the u.s.a.
Sophisticated Jews vs Terrorist Palestinians, I think the choice is obvious 🤔
Or supporting Hamas
Its crazy to support Israel even after what they've been doing in Palestine AND Lebanon
Your comment is woke, gay, and lame.
@@Nehilism genuinely the funniest yt reply ive ever seen
The fact that we get free videos from Mr. Beat on TH-cam is priceless; keeping the education and knowledge alive. 🙏🙏🙏
I look forward to learning something new from you or just learning from this video. Especially after everything you went through to get it out. :-) I appreciate your effort Mr Beat
Thanks for the kind and supportive comment.
Thanks for the video dude. I was 4 when this war started. I'm thankful to be able to think differently about these things
I went to the George W Bush Library in Dallas last year. One of the exhibits was an "interactive committee" where you have to make decisions based on what information you have. The early stages of the invasion of Iraq was one of these scenarios. It gave me the impression that the people designing the library were telling the visitors, "so you know that event that made Bush really unpopular? Here's why his decisions weren't actually that bad."
That being said, good museum. Would recommend.
I've heard good things about the museum. Yeah, they all try to make the president they are representing look good. The Nixon Museum does that, too.
@@iammrbeatBeen to the Nixon museum, and it’s been a while since I’ve been there so my memory may not be the greatest, but basically, a premise of a lot of it’s discussion on Watergate is “we’ll give you the facts, and let you decide what to think”, not a bad thing, but I feel like they said that because they couldn’t criticize Nixon tbh
@@iammrbeatNixon compared to Bush was objectively better. Bush sucked.
@@iammrbeatat the very least Nixon was articulate. 😂
@@gamingforever9121 Bush was incredibly articulate. He dumbed himself down intentionally
i genuinely tried to search up a video by you about this war about 4-5 days ago and about a day later you made this, what a coincidence
I lived through this decade as a child up until I was a teenager. Revisiting the war during this decade that enshrouded most of the news my family consumed gives me an opportunity to have more context.
I’m from Iraq and i like watching your videos they’re very informative.
Do you still live there?
@@iammrbeatyes i live in Baghdad the capital. I was a kid during the war but i remember everything .
@@alexanderlarsen5641show me your goats 🐐 and camels 🐫 , better yet show me the donkey 🫏 that you use to travel between different locations.
@@Mabja they have cars too 😭😭
@@Mabjawhat?
Two minutes in and I'm subbed and intrigued. Love your delivery and approach.
I was born on March 18 2003. My mom was holding me while she lay in the hospital bed watching the US invade Iraq on the TV and start that absolutely ridiculous war. She has told me that she sobbed and wondered what kind of world she brought her daughter (me) into. Not to mention my dad who was in the Air Force was actually going to be deployed but due to my birth, he didn’t go. He has since retired and is vocal about his disillusionment with the military and always told my brother or me to never join. Safe to say my family is very much anti the US military industrial complex after basically my whole life our military has started these heinous wars in parts of the world so far away from this country that have ended in complete chaos. Great video!
Haven’t watched yet but commenting here to say keep up the good work, your efforts are appreciated.
Insane the things you've talked about on this channel without being censored, I wonder if it's because it's about America's mistakes, or just how recent some of these events are that caused you so many issues with getting your video monetized. Thank you for your work, Mr. Beat.
TH-cam has gotten super sensitive about any sensitive issues. Anything that could be considered controversial gets flagged to please the advertisers. It's unfortunate because it makes talking about serious issues like this difficult.
Its not anything complicated.
TH-cam values revenue more than controversial topics
@@dirgofserbI don't buy it, right wing channels can literally spew their baseless conspiracy theories and get paid for it
Use your brain buddy, TH-cam just doesn't want to promote controversial topics.
Replace "America's mistakes" with "America's crimes"
thanks for making this video. i was too young to understand what was going on when this was happening. it puts things into perspective now.
I've been watching for over a year now, love your channel.
Thanks for watching and thanks for the kind words!
I'm a current KU student who was too young to understand the Iraq War growing up. Thanks, Beat!
Maybe I'll see you around town!
The irony is that Hussein wasn’t even religious. He actively pressed religious extremist and any other organization that called for loyalty to anyone but himself. Religious extremism rose dramatically after the war. I was a child during the war but I remember the change in tone after the war towards extremism, not only by the media but even by my friends who suddenly started talking about religion and what is haram and halal.
as a person from that "smaller country to the south" of iraq, Im happy you've shed light on this humanitarian crisis. i wish the best to my brothers and sisters up in iraq, good work as always Mr beat!
I wish we talked more about legacy when we talked about history and current events. You can draw a direct link between our government’s invasion of Iraq and the death of every one of the hundreds of Americans who have been killed by ISIS, to say nothing of the millions subjugated by the caliphate in Iraq and Syria. It’s kind of obvious what and who we can blame for allowing their deaths to happen when you look to history. But for some strange reason most politicians and the media don’t seem to talk too much about that.
They often don't talk that much about that because it makes their teams look bad.
This is like blaming Britian for the Holocaust because the treaty of Versailles was mean.
@@evanb4189 Obviously Britain did not commit the crimes, but I think historians have long drawn the connection between Versailles and the rise of the Nazis. We should use that as a warning not to repeat the decisions they made there, just as we should be fully conscious of and constantly discussing the consequences of our leaders’ decision to invade Iraq, and hold them accountable when history shows it’s necessary.
@@evanb4189 the treaty of versailles was a major reason for WWII and they were one of the countries pushing it so they DO have some responsibility in it.
@@evanb4189""mean""
Thank you for this video. So helpful and so much information for my book!
Whoa. Almost live and I finally get to hear the standby beats of Mr. Beat. Let’s do this!
I dropped the beats.
Mr Beat just finally showed the news clip I’ve been looking for at least 10 yrs. The operation shock and awe clip was on the news at my grandparents - I was 12 then..
This is well put together and educational thank you
Not one of our prouder moments in American History.
Thank you Mr. Beat for this coverage on these topics/politics… The only way to prevent the past from happening again is to keep the history and aftermath of it alive!
Are you like a real pilitical party.
@@DailyJuice2024Probably like a 3rd party or something
@@DailyJuice2024 Yes and no. I personally as well as my ‘vice-president’ are far under the legal age limit to become a president- rather this party gives us a future platform, and is used to convey my personal message that it is time for young energy to be in charge of the Oval Office!
@@TheUnitedAmericanParty fascinating. good luck!
Commenting for the algorithm!!! Keep going mr beat
I appreciate your support!
Thanks for this high quality content. It is good to see American creators who look beyond the American propaganda and criticize American imperialism.
Nah I have definitely seen way more Americans criticizing America domestic issues geopolitics etc
From what I've seen.
So many young patriots who could have served their country in politics and civil service sent to spend their years and their lives over a lie.
Yes, but where does that leave the military-industrial complex? Can't slight them.
That was the most warhawk cabinet the US has seen
Arguably
James K Polk
Subscribed. American war lore is a lot.
Hey Mr.Beat I'm a huge fan of your videos, I'm from Iraq. That video was amazing, dude. You covered a lot of topics I didnt know about, although I was born in Iraq in 2006 and learned a lot about Iraq invasion since I was 16 lol, and still..the effects and scars of the invasion remains to this day.. big love from Baghdad👍🇮🇶
The Beat will not be stopped!!!
lol I am often slowed down though
As an iraq just wanted to say thank you a lot mr. beat.. a new subscriber
Never learned much about the Iraq war. Thank you for your contribution to teaching people about it.
as an iraqi, that my family and i had to flee because of this i appreciate this greatly
Hearing you acknowledge your own bias reminds me why I’m already subbed to you 😊
Thank you for releasing this video. It’s a shame that TH-cam does not support true history from being told.
Yeah, it really is crazy how much I had to censor this video.
thats dumb, they just have terms of service the victim mentality in you lot sucks
@@drugoviic The victim in this situation is creators who desire to present history in an unadulterated form, and by extension their audience suffers as well. By demonetizing content that seeks this aim, TH-cam directly supports a system which disincentivizes creators to take intellectual risks by limiting their income when they produce content that seeks to shed light on unsavory historical topics.
I have way less qualifications than you, but i think the mentioning of the “clutching defeat from the jaws of victory” aspect, the impact of the torture program, and the design of the Iraqi constitution may have been worth mentioning.
Granted between algorithmic censorship, and just *time* i bet you probably did your best. That and/or other videos (you may have already made)
Great video as always, and here’s to a more informed less messed up world!
Thanks for this. I was like 7-8 years old when this whole thing started and just didn't understand everything that was happening for so long.
Ah yes, the classic "Go into a country in a less-than-ideal state and somehow make the situation even worse" manoeuvre; a USA special.
Democracy is the best
My uncle took part in the Invasion in 2003 and 14 years later I served in Syria during Operation Inherent Resolve with the Marine Corps in 2017 when ISIS had a large presence in that area. I always thought it was crazy to take part in the same war as my uncle did. Growing up watching the coverage of the invasion and the following conflicts only to go to the same region, seeing the devastation of the Syrian people following the effects of their Civil War, ISIS and the Global War on Terror was crazy to me. Still is to this day. Good job being unbiased. War should never be glorified because it’s hell for all parties involved, definitely could have been avoided and makes me wonder what the region would look like today if we never got involved. But hindsight’s always 20/20
Well, at least you were there for a good reason
Semper Fi dude and upmost respect 🇺🇸, How was it there and I know Syria was a hot spot
Ty for mentioning the Kurds. Those are a forgotten people who are fighting for a homeland that the world no longer acknowledge.
Seems like this war has just existed my entire life so I've become desensitized to it. This video is a great way for me to learn more about it. Thank you!
not me getting absoluetly jumpscared by my own college being in the opening of this video lol
great video though! As some one just too young to have experienced it, but someone who is going to have to teach it, I love seeing these more in-depth breakdowns of recent events.
i was born in 2003 so never really had too much context in any of this i really enjoyed learning it thank you
Who the hell is beatboxing over this whole video 😂
That was random guy that came into my studio.
Just in time for my research paper for my upper-undergraduate. Thank you for the insights and information where I can gather additional primary and secondary sourcing. Thanks, Mr. Beat!
As a Assyrian Chrisitian from northern Iraq mosul, I appreciate the information and your opinions ✌🏻👍🏻
you inspire me to be a history teacher. Keep up the good work.
Pop quiz: How did the Mongols behave towards different religions?
@@spritzerland658 They tolerated the other religions and would mostly leave them be if they did not raise arms against the empire. Even some famous Mongol generals and leaders converted to Islam and Christianity. It was also seen during the breakup of the Mongol empire like with the ILL Khanate in Persia or Yaun Dynasty in China the Mongols converted to the local Cultures and Religions.
@@Dannyboi-re7vb alright, that's pretty good! i have another one:
List the number of reasons why Great Britain, from 1750 to 1850, saw its population more than double, and on top of that, why the population migrated to Britain's larger cities.