Andrew J. Bacevich, "America's War for the Greater Middle East"
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- Now a retired colonel after nearly a quarter century in the U.S. Army, as well as professor emeritus of history and international relations at Boston University, Bacevich brings a valuable dual perspective to this study of American foreign policy over the last forty years. Taking as his point of departure the fact that few, if any, American soldiers were killed in the Middle East from the end of World War II to 1983, the author of Breach of Trust and The Limits of Power investigates why the region has been the scene of constant conflict and high American casualty rates in recent years.
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Watched this video 3 times already,
every American students have to read and know about these topics.
Thank god, these important topics are discussed, too bad few people get to know them.
"America Wars For Greater Israel" would have been by far a better and more accurate title!!
Maybe. Or, Israel can just as easily be seen as an extension of Greater WARshington. It's the same no matter what you call it.
Indeed
You know what Israels motto is? Onward Christian soldiers. They own us.
this is true
@@andyvanderwerff3706 Only if you don't tell the truth.Spread it as far as you can.
27:14 Proof, age does not mean wisdom - Shia vs Sunni - I never heard of those differences until the West decided to play both sides against each other...
I'm from IRAQ, half my family are Shia, the other Half are Sunni, and we were all living with each other, until America decided to "Freedom" Bomb us, and tell us how the Shia are oppressed while arming the Sunnis of ISIS & Al-Qaeda...
before 2003 I can't recall any single war that entailed shia fighting against Sunni. In the Iraq -Iran war sunni and shia iraqis fought against Iranian Shias.
@@brianbozo2447 - Exactly, and that was also another war at the behest of the US - Millions died, and what good did it achieve & do for all concerned!
*Absolutely Nothing...*
@@brianbozo2447 now the shia and sunni in iran and iraq unite against the US, and every other muslim sect must do the same to drive out wahhabism, the US, saudi, and israel.
Korea was the first undeclared war, Vietnam was the second, we have since forgotten about congressionally approved declared war.
No we haven't BUT CONGRESS DOESN'T WANT THE BURDEN of declaring War. They never served and are afraid of their own elected position. They run away...
@@ronalrocco4922 yet we lost both wars
@@ronalrocco4922 a stalemate in korean war is to me a great failure
What about the Dominican Republic?
The world will know peace only when the power of love overcomes the love of power.
But the world loves darkness above light, as Jesus said.
so true. but the devil is about war, power, suffering, etc.
Col. Bacevich answers a question many hold. How high does knowledge if the origins of ISIS go? I heard no mention of the Greater Israel Plan.
Turley Thornton Indeed, this is the answer to everything! The Zionists, less than a million in ourPlanet, want to govern this Planet!the jews are only a portion of the other14 Million they have Organizations fighting the Zionists.However no body knows about them because the MÉDIA, BELONGS TO THE ZIONISTS AS MUCH AS 96 per cent!This is the drama, we are living!
Someone needs to tell this guy that Isis is an arm of our defence department
Jose Hernandez 100% correct! The US Air Force has become ISIS’ airforce as well
"What motivated the US to act as it has"...........3 things.......Oil, Oil,........and more Oil.......with Israel thrown in for good measure.
GREATER ISRAEL PLAN ,THEN OIL !!IF THEY WERE AFTER OIL,YES THEY WOULD DEFENDE VENEZUELA AND IRAN ,NOT ATTACK THEM !!!
I thought it was mainly Israel. We overthrew Iraq for Israel and they got 75 % of thier oil there at dirt cheap prices. We got none. Now we have to go to Iran for them.
+@@Michael-qy1jz 911 was an inside job with the help of MOSSAD. This retired colonel either doesn't know about 911 nor know that ISIS/ISIL is US funded and assisted like Al Queda was or he's deliberately avoiding it.
@@elaine1034 I think he is deliberately avoiding it. I do not see how he couldn't know.
@@Michael-qy1jz Since all the major publishing firms in the US are owned by Jews, his book would not get published if he told the truth.
The Greater Middle-East Project - And no mention of Israel..
Title should've been: America's Wars for Expanding Yidastan
This is an absolutely useless discussion. He torturously arrives at a few conclusions which should be obvious to a grade school child. The first question I would ask is what strategic interest compels these endless wars in the Middle East. We don’t need the oil, we don’t need the land, we don’t need the allies. So why doesn’t he answer the question why are we there. United States is currently the largest Oil producer in the world. So it can’t be the oil. Quite simply it is the neocon foreign policy that for the last 50 years has been driven by lunatics like John Bolton and his cronies. Miko Peled in his excellent book “a generals son”” answers all these questions far more competently than is done here. I do agree with one of his main points and that is in the middle east military force is being misused on a tragic scale.
Google RON PAUL. "We Marched in we can just march out."
02-06-2020, that was so awesome, thanks. The U.S. empire must stop terrorising our world.
So sad, that otherwise straight talking intelligent people, still do not understand 9/11, still connect it to the Arab world!
Saudi Arabia is Arab monarchy. Plus 2 hijackers were Israeli mossad from Lebanon.
Why can't a decent minded person like Bacevich becomes the President but the US has to have either Hillary or Trump whose policies either way may spell further ruin to the world and the US itself. I really respect this man for his unbiased and integrity on this topic.
Bracevich is a solid guy, but he's an academic. The USA HATES academics- no way the mouth breathers who vote for the Republicans would back him.
Or mouth breathers that vote Democrat..
@@Conn30Mtenor retired colonel
@@TurboVonCrim Pod People MAGAts don't breathe at all, they're zombies
@@whatifounddowntherabbithol5254 This side, "they're zombies", that side "they're a cancer, 3rd party "wow, those two sides are exactly the same. "
30.00 Exactly this all started with Great Britain. They split Palestine to form Israel and walked out when they blew up the King David Hotel.
Doginu that was the plan.
Read, silent weapons for quiet wars.
Club of Rome. UN Agenda 21.
The answer is simple. The US military industrial complex. The only thing that matters is war. And to them every war makes perfect sense.
20 minutes in and this genius has never heard of Israel, bye bye.
Will someone please tell me what Israel does for the U.S. that we cannot do for ourselves?
Politics ! And prose ! Understand ?
Sure he has. He's just pacing himself for Likudist tools like you. I've read the book - he is not fond of Israel and it's many lies.
The biggest connection Andrew does not seem to connect is that between the arms industry and war. Most of these wars have been fought not because of ideals, but because of profit.
Arms industry just a tool
As far as if there are alternatives to wars or how we approach them as viewed from our U.S leadership, the answer is no. That is because the military ind complex will not allow anything but wars. Smedley Butler - Marine General- once said and wrote a book also - "War is a Racket" So really the constant need for wars, whether justified or not will not end in America, and because peace is NOT profitable. America one day will be judged by its actions and eventually we will reap what we sow. God help us . I will continue to pray for America and its people. Thank you Col Bacevich, for you service and the courage to speak the truth...
Well said sir. Excellent observations that so many intellectuals are aware of. It's refreshing to have a voice that spells out so concisely. I've asked for your book for my upcoming birthday. God Speed USA.
Left out Israel TOTALLY !!
This book is an eye opener to many of us what is the mission?
Wow, thank you very much for this insides and helpful explanations (even 4y ago).
There should be a draft. Make sure the middle class and hire, had a good numerical percentage to be drafted. All must come in as enlisted (first).
THANK YOU for highlighting the Carter Doctrine, Dr. Bacevich. I have been preaching this sermon for decades now and people are always so surpised. "What do you mean? That NICE GUY ?? He builds houses for the homeless !!" Egad
If the US was in the M.E. just for the Oil, consider:
Oil at 2 or 3 times the price, would cost far less and there would have been no human victims!
Yeah, I tell the "No Wat for Oil" crowd that it's cheaper to buy the oil than fight a war for it. I counter with "No War for Ari Sharon" and they get real quiet real fast.
US Marine Major General Smedley Butler once said "war is a racket" We know this is true but now we know it's much much worse
Run for President, Mr. Bacevich. Just. Do. It. (*dropped the mic*).
He has no chance unless he bows down and States Israel is his master first. Just like all Presidents.
usa 1million on welfare in the army-lmao
Glenn parent lmao ? They oughta draft your laughing ass .
One thing I would like to see touched on by someone: If we are a nation ruled by *the people* (which we aren't but be that as it may), then one of the greatest problems is that we don't educate the people to what is really going on, explained in straight forward fashion such as Mr. Bacevich had done in this talk. The main way we keep our population 'educated' is through news sources, news 'papers' and TV. Unfortunately, I believe television is the main source of what shapes people's view of the country and world. Back in the 50's, 60's, and 70's around then, there were just 3 or 4 channels on TV (and it was relatively new so the news broadcasts I think were trying to prove to viewers that they were as credible as the best print news) and so the entire country saw the world pretty much in a certain way. Now we have 1000's of channels. People can find kindred spirits to reinforce any view of world they wish to. What is the truth? Is there one that we all have to agree with, or just it all depends? If we *need* all to see the *truth* , how can we do this? If Fox News is peddling lies, is there someway we can do something about this, if it is causing so many people to believe in lies (Note that AOC at one point was getting on Zuckerberg of Facebook's case for allowing political ads that were untruthful. Should conveyors of news be held to account for not spreading lies? It sounds good, but what is lie to some is truth to others, so who decides? Do we get into government regulation of news?) I have thought about this and I don't see any answer. You can't force people to watch a certain channel. We can't (I don't think) force Fox News or CNN to go off the air. Even if they did that, with the Internet they could just find another channel to verify their views. It seems to me an insurmountable, unsolvable problem.
He must know it’s not naivety.
He must know it’s for nothing more than power.
Better to go quickly listen to Susan Abulhawa at the international conference. Wait till you hear all THE FACTS.
Oded yinon!
We need helping hands for the elderly and children
Also, trash clean up, Have you seen the National forests and State forests and the borders, trash everywhere to the extent parks and national parks are closing or charging fees
As many reckon so failed war and when can war stop?
How do we know we have the best military???
BEST ANALYSES OF FAILING AMERICAN EMPERIALISM
THE TRUTH, FACTS IS ALL IT TAKES
BRILLIANT
This gatekeeper would do a talk on the USSR without mentioning Trotsky, Marx, Lenin, the Holodomor......
......and why does TH-cam's spellcheck not recognize "Holodomor"?
He lost me about paying for 18 19 year old kids becoming a ward of the American People. How is public school working out.. Not well.
Starts at 4 minutes....
I would never trust the US with a national service. Poor people fight our wars because joing the service is a way out of poverty and a path to education. All education should be public.
The attack on the Sunni Symbol of power (Iraq, Baghdad), caused an eruption of Sunni religious identity, including the creation of ultra-radical islamic organizations. This clearly shows to a phenomena called cosmic war, an imagined battle between metaphysical forces-good and evil, right and wrong, order and chaos-that lies behind many cases of religion-related violence in the contemporary world. This is based on a defensive believe of a warrior, that they are defending their own civilization, which is under existential threat. This belief is common with the Sunni Muslims after the attack on Iraq, 2003, when Sunni rule was overthrown by US bombs, which lasted since 1638 (the retreat of the Safavid Dynasty) and gave way to Shia majority (they make 60% of Iraq's population, Sunnis 20%), to vote themselves into power (the influence of Iran spread across the region), and later on discriminated, humiliated and punished the Sunni population, which after the start of Arab spring, started a massive revolt which was ultimately transformed (from Jamat al Tawhid wal Jihad to Al Qaeda in Iraq, Islamic state of Iraq and Islamic state of Iraq and Syria), to Islamic state ...
Dear Sir, the issue is not as complex as you/they would have us believe. We are witnessing the end of history. The return of Jesus son of Mary, the emergence of Imam Mahdi, the defeat of Masihid Dajjaal and the dominance of Islam. These are the data points that are being fought against by the West. Jobs, education and acceptance of whatever sexual preference you claim today, will not stall or prevent any of these events. So we will lose these wars and exhaust our resources in the process. Why are we in the Middle East? Resources and to weaken their military for the benefit of the State of Israel. The Grand Chess Game by Zbigniew Brezinski lays out the importance of dominating the Middle East for any Stat that wants to command the 21st century. Americans can only see others through the lens of what they can do for us. Not how can we live together? Therefore, we all wait for divine intervention in the form of natural calamities, strange diseases and the collapse of our government. Which is underway as we speak.
*Israel*
More like greater isreal
The lawyer lady with hat again! She is really a regular!
Professor Col. Bacevich should consider taking up politic instead lecturing in university.
If you can't win it, then destroy it.
The man who was doing as much as anyone, about ISIS, was Soleimani!
Consider the system and 'management class' that employ those illegals they reference (in NY & NJ which I also have seen). Investors are insulated by their money, leaving the judicial system in their wake along with the despair wrought by their exploitation. They are getting money from someone, yet the focus is always on the ones in desperation. The women speaking are dead on accurate, but the perspective of the men is too narrow to really understand; not that they are wrong, but they are leveling different arguments that have no bearing to what she is saying. It saddens me and I think it all stems from the homogenization of our schooling, where I myself had teachers that should have been in a mental institute for abusing children.
Is this not a waste of time?
Why is this man showing up 3 times in my TH-cam feed? Who's paying for this? Russia?
But at the end. He sold me his book
And we can't afford it!
The questions Bacevich asks do not include any moral considerations.
MENSCH..!
You are an empire or you pay tribute to an empire.
There's so much stress in his voice that it becomes difficult to listen. But that's Americans for you.
Well, good thing we only had to read your comment.
Power without justice fools you and makes you keep lying.
Red devils is all.
Sold weapons
Americas?? Or Israel’s ?
It is pretty simply and what I have said since we invaded Iraq. We always sold ourselves as the Counter to the Soviet Union, yet once the Soviet Union was gone, we became them.
There was no conscription in recent years, no, but there was stop-loss.
To quote chomsky America succeeded in its primary objectives in Vietnam. And with regards to ISIS maybe America should just stop funding and training them as a proxy army
I prefer that we stop funding and arming Israel. The US does not fund and arm ISIS. You must be echoing Israeli propaganda.
Jesus! Where did this promotion take place- A care home for retired fascists? Here's my solution- A Green New Deal and a 5% discretionary budget limitation on military spending.
This is balsam for the ears, words about America, war and the middle-east, that also make sense.
Edit: The comments though, seem to be really anti-Israelli, if not anti-Semittic.
AIPAC has been a main driver for our military operations in the M.E. They will donate close to $250 million dollars to get the Orange Man reelected in order to crush Iran and legitimize the Israeli settlements.
@@johnnymisbegotten Are you trying to convince yourself that I didn't point out the truth, by piling up more anti-semittic propaganda? You should try to find something nice to say about other groups of people and you would feel better.
Obiously Israel is desperate in anything that have to do with wheir security, and being safe regarding to Iran is the current priority, that they will do anything to not let them become another source of destruction. That's the reason behind the AIPAC lobby and why Netanjahu would want to team up with anyone willing to stand up for them. Even Trump. You and me can perhaps afford being less dependant on other, but I don't know, at least me don't have anyone that want to erase me and mine from the earth because of who we are or what we look like or because of our race etc.
@@elvenkind6072 Always the victim , not the instigator Their money focus has led us to unlimited growth and thus extermination .
He needs to do more research on the subject he is just talking coo coo
...He is one of the most well-published and well-respected scholars of U.S. foreign policy history in the world today. What on earth are you talking about?
He is just talking coo coo.
No one way of truth is absolute; if we can accept that then we can start to look for acceptable truth.