I reserve these vids for when I'm using the treadmill at the gym. I had a lady give me some weird looks and she asked if I'm watching some 'self help videos from a nice bald man'. I just said 'Yes, that's exactly what this is'.
I know what you mean. On YT about 80% of what I watched was history. Thats changed a lot now because of all the current wars on the boil. Man the civilians getting hurt hits really hard especially the kids. But watching Simon’s video where I can get a quick summary instead of trawling through the news
From the outside, this probably seems simple to fix. But given how much equipment he uses and how many editors he works with, I suspect there's no one single source that can explain the phenomenon.
100% agree. In fact, I even like it more when there are small little production mistakes like the odd spelling or wonky image - somehow makes it feel grounded.
@SafetySpooon yeah because you're reading American news. Why are you expecting anything other than self centered nationalist slop. The majority of your countrymen are exactly that. You need Reuters, AlJazeera and other reputable global and regional news sources.
Yes, @simonwhistler please keep it up. As I've said before, this could be your path into "real journalism" although I've followed you since I saw a beardless boy on top tenz and, obviously, liked all your channels. This is a way to reach the main stream, therefore a much wider following. 😊
You mean the one run by the ones who funded some of these tunnnels? Or the one thats afraid of their HQ being burned down in london from all the "doctors and engineers" that came by boat to the country?
@@NotCreativeEngh Hamas, & the PLO before them, have been doing this for DECADES. Look at how they did it in Jenin - with the last words of the UN observers being that they knew theywould be shelled doon, & that they would have dine it themselves if they were Israel, because a weapons cache was stationed RIGHT UNDER THE UN FLAG.
Or just like the war crimes committed by Israel aren't either, but when Russia does, it was in 2022. So, ye, we see the double standards of the West, but that's nothing new, you've just never looked at geopolitical events beforehand.
Just so you know - when talking about the airstrike on Nasrallah's heir, you showed an airstrike that was labeled in hebrew as 'targeted attacks on hamas infrastructure in the gaza strip'.
You failed to mention that the palastinian casualty from the Iran missle attack was also a succesful interception of the palastinian air defence system - "human shield"
@@lolsoos4205 did I stutter? Yes that includes women and children thats why their "culture" is called inferior. Not inferior in the sense of intelligence, inferior in the sense of Morals.
@@AtemerusRhayli nah Bro they can my grandpa grew up when Hitler was around and he’s not a Nazi so your comment literally makes no sense bro you just trying to justify murder which you can’t you probably also a terrorist
Saying the tunnels were there "if a large scale war broke out" seems a little misleading, though I'm sure not intentional. Still, it's quite apparent from Hezbollah's own rhetoric and from the extent and types of weapons stored there, that prior to the disarray the recent Israeli operations created for Hezbollah, the plan was to invade Israel, kidnap people, and provoke Israel into a 2-front war. Hezbollah even had a name for the planned operation - "Conquer the Galilea". If it were for defensive purposes, you'd see bomb shelters instead of backpacks prepared for an assault.
The tunnel networks do remind me of how sapper operations to set conditions for an offensive. Hezbolah may have believed that Israel would be either caught by surprise or would not commit to a pre emptive strike. It's my hypothesis based only on the fact that an organization like Hezbollah was taken by surprise in the manner it was.
The tunnela are built for both for offensive and defensive purposes. Not just offensive either. Yeah we all know they were planning to provoke Isreal. They've been sending rockets daily for a year just about.
I mean by now it's widely accepted that iran and it's proxies planned an escalation in the next 5 years, but hammas stepped out of order and hoped it could secure assistance from the suni countries like saudi arabia, egypt etc.
@@MK-il5vcThe whole premise that countries like Saudi and Egypt would support HAMAS if they attack Israel instantly falls apart when you arealize that they hate Iran and its Axis of R e t a r d s more than they hate Israel. While they won't side with Israel in a war with Iran, they definitely won't side with Iran to save a terrorist organization that they despised when they committed collective suicide using the IDF.
I don't agree with this hypothesis. My judgement is that Hezbollah knows it can't take on Israel effectively over the border, so the plan was to sabotage in territory they already control. Construct tunnels and hideouts, then bait Israel out of cover from their missile defenses while hiding from bombers. Then, once the IDF is drawn out, ambush them with barrages of rockets. Having a plan to invade Israel sounds ridiculous, Hezbollah wasn't even aware of Hamas's plans and would've realized that the element of surprise to commit to a similar type of attack was lost. The tunnels aren't an offensive tool, they're a plan for a close range war- where Hezbollah would excel after their experience in Syria. The thing that probably disrupted this whole plan was the attack on Hezbollah's communication technology via pagers and walkie talkies. At least, that's my take.
What is going on with the UN peacekeepers? The whole reason they are in southern Lebanon is to prevent a war and maintain a buffer zone. They did neither. Hezbollah has been launching rockets into Israel daily for a solid year. You’d think that would be something the UN peacekeepers would stop. Again reinforcing the perception that the UN is a useless waste of money.
Given how ineffective the UN has been since it's inception this is not news. Look how "effective" they were during the Bosnian conflict. Basically useless unless they are directly attacked at which point they might be allowed to defend themselves. Otherwise they sit back and watch things happen without interfering. They might as well be unarmed.
UN peacekeeps are generally only allowed to fire in self-defense. Their main purpose is to act as a protected neutral watchman that can safely report back to diplomats about whether the belligerent parties are keeping to their ceasefire agreements. They are not meant to perform enforcement operations. The most aggressive they generally get is occasionally playing bodyguard for diplomats or aid workers. Similarly the function of the UN is to provide a safe place for countries to talk to each other and seek neutral mediation and hopefully resolve their issues diplomatically. They are not the world police. The UN also does a lot of good work coordinating things like international disaster relief and promoting cultural preservation. It's ultimately a diplomat's club for diplomacy things and nothing more, but that's useful in its own way. It's a step up from the bad old days where countries actually talking to each other was a luxury and everyone just assumed the worst or each other and would start shooting at the drop of a hat.
@@Ikcatcher Then they are useless. Not only did they fail to stop a war, they failed to stop terrorist from getting advanced weapons. You can't maintain peace by just observing. A waste of money.
@ARabidPie Unifil is in Lebanon for preventing Hezbollah presence in the south, they have full authority to stop Hezbollah with .... their guns. Read resolution 1701, clearly stating this.
A Reddit video this morning claimed Gaza firefighters were shot at by the IDF after an airstrike while putting out a fire. What the fire was on top of was a weapons cache and the bullets they thought were fired from Israel were actually their own bullets and rockets cooking off.
Man it’s nice to have a channel that’s stays true to its self and doesn’t change up! It feels like I have a local reporter that I trust with me every vid. Think the man, the myth, THE LEGEND…. RON BURGUNDY 😂🎉
The middle eastern fanaticism , no surrender mindset reminds me a lot of prewar japan, we all know what it took for them to see the error of bringing archaic or ancient codes into a modern arena
yes, "Palestine" has never been a state and they refused to be a state due to their hatred of Jews. The worst cultures stone to death or beat women and children who are gay, or "act out" beyond the rules defined by their religion. Britain was the de facto "owner" of that land after WWI, and after WWII Israel was given that land with a Palestinian mandate but Palestinians refused and then attacked Israel with Russia backed Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon many times and lost. If you lose the war you start, you don't have the bargaining chips for your demands. No tears or protests exist for the actual genocide of millions, not thousands, of Muslims in China and Yemen. You can thank Germans for modern extreme Arab nationalism because of their hatred of Jews. There are millions of more Palestinians today than 10 years ago, so where is the "genocide?"
I realized today that this channel is actually rebranded "Warographics". I noticed Simons's new videos in past weeks and thought "well wired he's given up on warographics, that was my prime news source" ..and here we are. Nevertheless, great work Simon!
A huge number of Lebanese would agree with you. Calling Hezbollah a parasite is mercy, a parasite is like a Hezbollah on the body. Lebanon was the jewel of the ME in the past, and it lost everything and became a failing nation because of Palestinians, Iran and Hezbollah. Hezbollah continues the damage from their civil war, 50 years ago. Right now, Hezbollah forces millions to evacuate, and uses Lebanese people as human shields for them, and militants as cannon fodder for Iran and their extremist ideologies. They shot thousands of rockets at Israel and made all of this damage to Lebanon purely for Iran, to help Iran's proxy Hamas. Lebanon entered a war they didn't want, because of Hezbollah. And Lebanon is getting ruined, necessarily for Israel, because of Hezbollah. Many in both Israel and Lebanon hope for a better future, without Hezbollah and Iranian proxies, where we could live better together in peace
1:20 - Chapter 1 - Boots on the ground 9:45 - Chapter 2 - Where to go from here ? 18:50 - Chapter 3 - The ongoing air war 25:35 - Chapter 4 - An international element
@@kookoo275 No,m we're stating it outright: there's a bias against Israel. & your hysterical lie "posed as a question" confirms that there's enough of one for you to have grown up under it.
My brother is US Space Force, he told me the day Iran attacked Israel everyone he worked with paused, checked their computers and televisions and thought they were going to war.
I still feel like we’re one false move from that happening. I’m sick of endless foreign wars. America needs to stay the duck out of all foreign entanglements. The founders would be disappointed by us.
@@duncanharrell5009 The US affects and is affected by nearly everything on the globe. There is no such thing as staying the duck out of foreign entanglements. Staying out is still staying in, there's no escape. Whoever's in charge is just making choices of being obvious about it or not. I'd add that wherever the US is not, then China and/or Russia definitely are.
@@duncanharrell5009 the whole american economy is based on global trade and the security guarantees the us gives out to countries and trade routes and whether the US military can be trusted in enforcing said status quo. The moment the US becomes isolationistic, everything will collapse. Not even gonna mention how the vacuum left behind will instantly be filled by china, russia, iran, turkey etc. It's the Network of alliances that lead to todays prosperity and relative stability in the world.
When people keep crying for a ceasefire just remember: There was a ceasefire when the terrorists committed the massacre that started all this. There was a ceasefire when the terrorists to the north were planning their own even larger massacre. There was a ceasefire when the terrorists in the north launched over 13,000 rockets and other munitions. There was a ceasefire and agreement for the terrorists to not be south of the river.
There was a ceasefire when Gazans were prisoners in their own land There was a ceasefire when the IDF continued supporting illegal settlements in the West Bank There was a ceasefire when Israel prevented Palestianians from visiting their own mosques There was a ceasefire when Israel imprisoned activists without trial There was a ceasefire when Israel continually assassinated journalists There was a ceasefire when Israeli settlers murdered Palestinians in the West Bank Egypt warned Israel that Hamas was about to do something, then suddenly one of the most heavily guarded borders in the world was unattended, the Israeli government knew what was going to happen, they wanted it to happen, they created Hamas to prevent a communist takeover of Palestine, they continued funding them up until last year to prevent Palestine being under a unified government, you reap what your sow.
But but but but Israel bad or something! The amount of ceasefires that have failed over the last 50 years, because terrorists just can't help themselves is staggering. And 95% of people don't know or don't care.
There also was a ceasfire when Israel had its most number of Palestenian children killed prior to october 7th. Its only a ceasfire for any resistance against israel. Israeli incursions and killings of palestenians and other nationals in the region never took a pause.
I just want to point out that if you watch this on your computer and hold 5 on the keyboard, Simon will suggestively wiggle his eyebrows at you and I love that.
"This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it." - Admiral Josh Painter. Tom Clancy's 'The Hunt For Red October'.
They were in the process of repairing relationships with BOTH Israel and Iran right before this started. The civilians were pretty unhappy with the former, government officials would hurt their reputation continuing with the latter, who has fired weapons over their territory. The Saudis are between a rock and a hard place
They've recently stated that there will not be normalization of relations with Israel if there is no Palestinian state. Though it could go both ways as a PR move, if the financial incentive is strong they might just go for it, but Israel has become such a genocidal pariah PR disaster it might not be possible any time soon.
It isn't just SA - a number of Gulf States recently told Iran that they are not going to get involved in this. I'm surprised this hasn't gotten more coverage. It's actually a pretty unprecedented, stinging rebuke of Iran. And an indication that many of those states no longer have any more love for Iran than they do for Israel. In some cases, less.
Hello, the Channel of Warfronts. I would very please for a Korean video. On the 15th of Oct ( i think) there was an explosion on the Border of the Koreas. I would very like any better description than " Missile launch". The Korean Peninsula is still at war, so maybe we would get a better description here? Thank you, subscriber.
23:43 Ah yes the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, mortal enemies of the Palestine Popular Liberation Front and the People's Liberation Front of Palestine.
Modern Civil Wars be like: > Government X has failed to implement laws that they said they were going to implement > Rebels start uprising because of this government incompetence and taking control of a lot of land > Other Rebels begin showing up and fighting other Rebels > UN forces arrive to defend the peace of one building > Tribal forces start uprising as well > Government forms a Coalition with other nations, around country > Government Coalition is very successful and they are able to > Government Coalition leaves > Rebels create their own coalition > It works very well and they push back to pre Government Coalition offensive lines > UN finally stop defending just one building and call for a ceasefire > Ceasefire happens, war continues to this day
Modern Civil Wars be like: > Government X has failed to implement laws that they said they were going to implement > Rebels start uprising due to the failure of the implementation of laws and begin taking control of a lot of land > Other Rebels begin showing up and fighting other Rebels a > UN forces arrive to defend the peace of one building that they own > Radical islamist rebels begin uprising > Tribal forces start uprising as well, Government starts to lose control > Government forms a Coalition with other countries around their country > Coalition goes on the offensive > Government Coalition Offensive is very successful and they are able to liberate most of the territory > Government Coalition leaves > Rebels create their own coalition > It works very well and they manage to push the Government back but their offensive stalls soon after > 1 year later > UN finally stops defending just one building and call for a ceasefire > Ceasefire happens, war continues to this day
Sorry but while the information in this video is correct the analysis is very poor: 1. Except one significant crater the craters in Nevatim are small indicating that these are not hits but rather missile debris that continued to the target after the missile was blown to several pieces 2. Iran has about 3000 missiles that can reach Israel it will not shoot a 1000 of them in one volley. 3. The interception rate of the arrow is about 80%-90% this means that around 40 of the missiles would hit their target 4. If you are a medic in a terror group you shouldn’t expect that you will not be targeted the same as military medics are targeted in any war. This argument that Hizballa is a “different” creature is preposterous and biased (Hizballa is a designated terror group if you want to live don’t be associated with them). There are may more bad analysis points but this comment is getting long
So basically your entire comment can be summed up by: TLDR you're not pro Israel enough and you're not framing Iran as monstrous enough. You should paint a narrative that justifies Israel's invasion by showing just how much of a threat they are
No he is referring to the civilian arm of Hezbollah which is a real thing. These are politicians, municipal employees, infrastructure management etc. Basically the civilian organisation in charge of administering the Hezbollah controlled parts of Lebanon. They are affiliated with but not part of the terrorist organization. The military arm has it its own combat medics who do not treat civilians. The situation is vague and somewhat ambiguous but he is definitely not wrong about the distinction. I dont think a civilian arm of Hezbollah should exist either but the fact is it does...
@@itsmederek1 the civilian wing is used by Hezbollah in order to gain power and as a cover for its criminal activities that are the main way that it raises money. If you are any part of Hezbollah civilian or other you cannot wash your hands from its activities. Furthermore, this video assumes without any evidence that these medics that are affiliated to a terrorist organization didn’t take part in any military operation suggesting that they were killed with no reason.
@@itsmederek1they take a vow to fight though if called upon and to work towards Israel’s destruction. It’s complicated territory, but if you don’t support terrorism, don’t take pagers from terrorists.
@@yaosteen Whatever their "vow" I think its important to still count non militants as civilian casualties. A certain amount of these casualties is to be expected in any military operation and I dont have a problem with this one. I do have a problem with counting civilians as militants for propaganda reasons.
26:20 There is a lot of confusion and misinformation on the air defense used during the attack. The Iron Dome is NOT capable of ballistic missile interception rather being a system solely used to intercept rockets launched from the Gaza Strip by Hamas and from Lebanon by Hizbollah. Further the Iron Dome only has an operational range of up to 70km. The ballistic missile interception is done by either the Arrow system(as stated by fact boi) with an operational range of 80-150km and David’s Sling with an operational range of 300km. A lot of news sources just assume if a rocket or missile is intercepted by Israel it is done by the Iron Dome which is merely the last ring of layered air defenses used in Israel
Iran has way more ballistic missiles, but most of them don't have the range to reach Israel from Iran. They could try shipping them to Lebanon or Iraq, but both risk getting intercepted en-route and with the current state of Hezbollah it might be unable to coordinate a big attack with those.
In America. They refused to do the pledge of allegiance in schools now even if it was purely symbolic. If they are fine swearing allegiance to a terror organization, they should look somewhere else for their job or accept the hazards that come with it.
0:24 „precision targeted“ while that might be technically correct they used precision bombs after all, but calling it a precision attack after they showed in iran how precisely they can bomb someone in a hotel them flattening an apartment complex to get one guy feels like delibarite non precision.
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I reserve these vids for when I'm using the treadmill at the gym. I had a lady give me some weird looks and she asked if I'm watching some 'self help videos from a nice bald man'. I just said 'Yes, that's exactly what this is'.
I once watched a video with my dad, and he described Simon as a nice man with a calm voice whose hair had slipped down into his beard. XD
😂 and while having that conversation it cuts to footage of Israeli air strikes
😂😂
same i watch these at gym. haven't got weird looks yet haha
Why wouldn't you tell her what it actually is?
"No, it's a war show about current events."
That's actually a useful answer.
Thought I'd found a channel that wasn't Simon but no
Have you tried VisualPolitik? Lots of great similar videos! **scrolls back to like pre-2020** "oh god, how?"
he has a true siMonopoly
@@AlexLee-dc2vb badum tss
Only a few legacy channels are still safe from Simon and his army of clones
@@fpl_djhammer Didn't you mean Bada bum bum tss? OGBB
Finally I’m early to one of these, thank you Simon and the crew for making all these.
You’re welcome
I don’t like living through historical moments
Welcome to life my friend. Hey, at least you weren’t aborted!
It’s our responsibility to protect it.
I know what you mean. On YT about 80% of what I watched was history. Thats changed a lot now because of all the current wars on the boil. Man the civilians getting hurt hits really hard especially the kids. But watching Simon’s video where I can get a quick summary instead of trawling through the news
If it strains your mental health you could always just stay away from world news.
Ignorance is bliss as they say, no shame in making that choice.
You can rest easy knowing nobody will remember your name. Takes the pressure off a bit.
@@jeb6361 based
I like how each of Simon's channels has its own unique audio quality
I would't call this one's "quality"
He must have borrowed RealLifeLore's mic
Sounds like shit
From the outside, this probably seems simple to fix. But given how much equipment he uses and how many editors he works with, I suspect there's no one single source that can explain the phenomenon.
The editors are located in different basements
This channel is better than 99% of news agencies.
100% agree. In fact, I even like it more when there are small little production mistakes like the odd spelling or wonky image - somehow makes it feel grounded.
Concur wholeheartedly; I have NOT HEARD A WORD of this from the MSM
@SafetySpooon yeah because you're reading American news. Why are you expecting anything other than self centered nationalist slop. The majority of your countrymen are exactly that. You need Reuters, AlJazeera and other reputable global and regional news sources.
Yes, @simonwhistler please keep it up. As I've said before, this could be your path into "real journalism" although I've followed you since I saw a beardless boy on top tenz and, obviously, liked all your channels. This is a way to reach the main stream, therefore a much wider following. 😊
@@winston6175sloppier. You need a brain. (I don’t mean you specifically, I just mean…is “seek and you shall find” too cliche?)
Isn't it fascinating how these clips of the underground tunnels don't make it into the news broadcasts of certain press organizations?
You mean the one run by the ones who funded some of these tunnnels?
Or the one thats afraid of their HQ being burned down in london from all the "doctors and engineers" that came by boat to the country?
The UN tower is in plain sight of the tunnel entrance. If that’s not worthy of mentioning then idk what tunnel is
@@NotCreativeEngh Hamas, & the PLO before them, have been doing this for DECADES. Look at how they did it in Jenin - with the last words of the UN observers being that they knew theywould be shelled doon, & that they would have dine it themselves if they were Israel, because a weapons cache was stationed RIGHT UNDER THE UN FLAG.
Or just like the war crimes committed by Israel aren't either, but when Russia does, it was in 2022. So, ye, we see the double standards of the West, but that's nothing new, you've just never looked at geopolitical events beforehand.
@@NotCreativeEngh We already know UN personnel had a facility just above a Hamas tunnel in Gaza. I am not surprised by this.
I didn't think Lebenon had an official army. I can't imagine its all that effective.
Its not and some of their soldiers are also part of hesbollah
It is effective at stopping revolutions , so it is more of a strong police force rather than a military
I have a theory that Simon has robotic legs. Prove me wrong.
What if he is just an avatar of Skynet or something similarand we only think he is human? 😂
My theory is that he doesn't wear pants like 80% of the time 😂
Whack
AI
HE HAS LEGS?! Midorya much...
Thanks for all the updates much appreciated.
Just so you know - when talking about the airstrike on Nasrallah's heir, you showed an airstrike that was labeled in hebrew as 'targeted attacks on hamas infrastructure in the gaza strip'.
You failed to mention that the palastinian casualty from the Iran missle attack was also a succesful interception of the palastinian air defence system - "human shield"
my heart goes to the innocents on all sides that are suffering this madness
Theres no real "innocents"
@@AtemerusRhayliwhat about kids and civilians in general then they’re just people like you and me on both sides
@@lolsoos4205 as long as they are taught hate they cannot be saved
@@lolsoos4205 did I stutter? Yes that includes women and children thats why their "culture" is called inferior. Not inferior in the sense of intelligence, inferior in the sense of Morals.
@@AtemerusRhayli nah Bro they can my grandpa grew up when Hitler was around and he’s not a Nazi so your comment literally makes no sense bro you just trying to justify murder which you can’t you probably also a terrorist
Saying the tunnels were there "if a large scale war broke out" seems a little misleading, though I'm sure not intentional.
Still, it's quite apparent from Hezbollah's own rhetoric and from the extent and types of weapons stored there, that prior to the disarray the recent Israeli operations created for Hezbollah, the plan was to invade Israel, kidnap people, and provoke Israel into a 2-front war. Hezbollah even had a name for the planned operation - "Conquer the Galilea".
If it were for defensive purposes, you'd see bomb shelters instead of backpacks prepared for an assault.
The tunnel networks do remind me of how sapper operations to set conditions for an offensive. Hezbolah may have believed that Israel would be either caught by surprise or would not commit to a pre emptive strike. It's my hypothesis based only on the fact that an organization like Hezbollah was taken by surprise in the manner it was.
The tunnela are built for both for offensive and defensive purposes. Not just offensive either.
Yeah we all know they were planning to provoke Isreal. They've been sending rockets daily for a year just about.
I mean by now it's widely accepted that iran and it's proxies planned an escalation in the next 5 years, but hammas stepped out of order and hoped it could secure assistance from the suni countries like saudi arabia, egypt etc.
@@MK-il5vcThe whole premise that countries like Saudi and Egypt would support HAMAS if they attack Israel instantly falls apart when you arealize that they hate Iran and its Axis of R e t a r d s more than they hate Israel.
While they won't side with Israel in a war with Iran, they definitely won't side with Iran to save a terrorist organization that they despised when they committed collective suicide using the IDF.
I don't agree with this hypothesis. My judgement is that Hezbollah knows it can't take on Israel effectively over the border, so the plan was to sabotage in territory they already control. Construct tunnels and hideouts, then bait Israel out of cover from their missile defenses while hiding from bombers. Then, once the IDF is drawn out, ambush them with barrages of rockets.
Having a plan to invade Israel sounds ridiculous, Hezbollah wasn't even aware of Hamas's plans and would've realized that the element of surprise to commit to a similar type of attack was lost. The tunnels aren't an offensive tool, they're a plan for a close range war- where Hezbollah would excel after their experience in Syria.
The thing that probably disrupted this whole plan was the attack on Hezbollah's communication technology via pagers and walkie talkies.
At least, that's my take.
What is going on with the UN peacekeepers? The whole reason they are in southern Lebanon is to prevent a war and maintain a buffer zone. They did neither.
Hezbollah has been launching rockets into Israel daily for a solid year. You’d think that would be something the UN peacekeepers would stop.
Again reinforcing the perception that the UN is a useless waste of money.
Given how ineffective the UN has been since it's inception this is not news. Look how "effective" they were during the Bosnian conflict. Basically useless unless they are directly attacked at which point they might be allowed to defend themselves. Otherwise they sit back and watch things happen without interfering. They might as well be unarmed.
UN peacekeeps are generally only allowed to fire in self-defense. Their main purpose is to act as a protected neutral watchman that can safely report back to diplomats about whether the belligerent parties are keeping to their ceasefire agreements. They are not meant to perform enforcement operations. The most aggressive they generally get is occasionally playing bodyguard for diplomats or aid workers.
Similarly the function of the UN is to provide a safe place for countries to talk to each other and seek neutral mediation and hopefully resolve their issues diplomatically. They are not the world police. The UN also does a lot of good work coordinating things like international disaster relief and promoting cultural preservation. It's ultimately a diplomat's club for diplomacy things and nothing more, but that's useful in its own way. It's a step up from the bad old days where countries actually talking to each other was a luxury and everyone just assumed the worst or each other and would start shooting at the drop of a hat.
@@ARabidPie It really baffles me how people don't see the irony in peacekeepers escalating by attacking first
@@Ikcatcher Then they are useless. Not only did they fail to stop a war, they failed to stop terrorist from getting advanced weapons. You can't maintain peace by just observing. A waste of money.
@ARabidPie Unifil is in Lebanon for preventing Hezbollah presence in the south, they have full authority to stop Hezbollah with .... their guns.
Read resolution 1701, clearly stating this.
A Reddit video this morning claimed Gaza firefighters were shot at by the IDF after an airstrike while putting out a fire. What the fire was on top of was a weapons cache and the bullets they thought were fired from Israel were actually their own bullets and rockets cooking off.
This is not reported by msn. Distroys the narrative
Also, there was a church blown up recently that even AP has had to retract as being Israel's fault.
@@SafetySpooonprobably had weapons in it
i wonder why this isn't on the news.. wait
@@SafetySpooon who’s AP?
Man it’s nice to have a channel that’s stays true to its self and doesn’t change up! It feels like I have a local reporter that I trust with me every vid. Think the man, the myth, THE LEGEND…. RON BURGUNDY 😂🎉
The middle eastern fanaticism , no surrender mindset reminds me a lot of prewar japan, we all know what it took for them to see the error of bringing archaic or ancient codes into a modern arena
yes, "Palestine" has never been a state and they refused to be a state due to their hatred of Jews.
The worst cultures stone to death or beat women and children who are gay, or "act out" beyond the rules defined by their religion.
Britain was the de facto "owner" of that land after WWI, and after WWII Israel was given that land with a Palestinian mandate but Palestinians refused and then attacked Israel with Russia backed Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon many times and lost.
If you lose the war you start, you don't have the bargaining chips for your demands.
No tears or protests exist for the actual genocide of millions, not thousands, of Muslims in China and Yemen.
You can thank Germans for modern extreme Arab nationalism because of their hatred of Jews.
There are millions of more Palestinians today than 10 years ago, so where is the "genocide?"
Thank you for your incredible work!
Imagine if they had used all their money to help their people instead of building tunnels.
Do something useful? Why would they possibly consider that?
Because they are the sons of Esau and they shall live by the sword
Lol if your American can say the same thing about our country. We could have public healthcare but we need to buy another fighter jet
@surfnbird6480 Look at how much U.S. spends on medical then look at military spending...your mind will be blown
@@surfnbird6480repeating a lie over and over does not make it true.
I realized today that this channel is actually rebranded "Warographics". I noticed Simons's new videos in past weeks and thought "well wired he's given up on warographics, that was my prime news source" ..and here we are. Nevertheless, great work Simon!
Man, you guys are on point. Thank you for your hard work. ❤
Glad to see more updates on these topics.
so hesbola is like a parasite for lebanon is what im getting out of this
Humans, we tend to trust things we hear and see from people we don’t know.
i have a tapeworm that talks to me
War and politics is extremely complicating
I mean, is that wrong? Sounds pretty accurate to me, and I think a number of Lebanese would agree.
A huge number of Lebanese would agree with you.
Calling Hezbollah a parasite is mercy, a parasite is like a Hezbollah on the body.
Lebanon was the jewel of the ME in the past, and it lost everything and became a failing nation because of Palestinians, Iran and Hezbollah. Hezbollah continues the damage from their civil war, 50 years ago.
Right now, Hezbollah forces millions to evacuate, and uses Lebanese people as human shields for them, and militants as cannon fodder for Iran and their extremist ideologies.
They shot thousands of rockets at Israel and made all of this damage to Lebanon purely for Iran, to help Iran's proxy Hamas. Lebanon entered a war they didn't want, because of Hezbollah. And Lebanon is getting ruined, necessarily for Israel, because of Hezbollah.
Many in both Israel and Lebanon hope for a better future, without Hezbollah and Iranian proxies, where we could live better together in peace
"Hezbollah fires rockets at Israel for a year. UN shocked Israel responds."
Ok Israeli. Sure as you say 🤡
1:20 - Chapter 1 - Boots on the ground
9:45 - Chapter 2 - Where to go from here ?
18:50 - Chapter 3 - The ongoing air war
25:35 - Chapter 4 - An international element
So interesting that Main stream never mentions how the IDF tries and sends warnings before land movement,bombings etc
Are you trying to imply that the mainstream media has a bias AGAINST Israel??? Are you arguing that warnings before committing genocide justify it?
@@kookoo275 "Genocide". I dont think you know the meaning of that word. Palestinian population has grown 800% since 1948. Not genocide
Eh they did. Its everywhere. Its more concerning they dont mentioning israel burning kids to death in there hospital beds
@@katabasis9999UN Human Rights Office, ICJ, 34 different countries and the majority of international genocide organizations disagree with you
@@kookoo275 No,m we're stating it outright: there's a bias against Israel. & your hysterical lie "posed as a question" confirms that there's enough of one for you to have grown up under it.
Great video! Thanks for keeping us updated
Only the rejection of Hezbollah by the Lebanese people will see any long term progress.
After this invasion, I'd be shocked if the Lebanese attempted to abandon an armed faction dedicated to fighting their now literal invaders.
@@truecaliber1995They brought it on themselves obviously.
@@ElHombrethemani want what you're smoking
@@ElHombretheman In a vacuum, maybe. When you take Israel's complete history with Lebanon into account, a clearer picture forms.
@@truecaliber1995 cry about it like the Palestinians do lol
INCREDIBLY IMPRESSED BY THE AMOUNT OF VOLUME OF MATERIAL U ARE PRODUCING FOR ALL YOUR SITES....'' no sleep to Brooklynshire ''......nice T shirt BTW.
My brother is US Space Force, he told me the day Iran attacked Israel everyone he worked with paused, checked their computers and televisions and thought they were going to war.
I still feel like we’re one false move from that happening. I’m sick of endless foreign wars. America needs to stay the duck out of all foreign entanglements. The founders would be disappointed by us.
@@duncanharrell5009not always that simple
@@duncanharrell5009 The US affects and is affected by nearly everything on the globe. There is no such thing as staying the duck out of foreign entanglements. Staying out is still staying in, there's no escape. Whoever's in charge is just making choices of being obvious about it or not.
I'd add that wherever the US is not, then China and/or Russia definitely are.
@@duncanharrell5009 the whole american economy is based on global trade and the security guarantees the us gives out to countries and trade routes and whether the US military can be trusted in enforcing said status quo. The moment the US becomes isolationistic, everything will collapse. Not even gonna mention how the vacuum left behind will instantly be filled by china, russia, iran, turkey etc. It's the Network of alliances that lead to todays prosperity and relative stability in the world.
yeah the hypocracy over going to war with/ for Isreal vs. going to war with/ for Ukraine is simply moronic.
Great content man.
When people keep crying for a ceasefire just remember:
There was a ceasefire when the terrorists committed the massacre that started all this.
There was a ceasefire when the terrorists to the north were planning their own even larger massacre.
There was a ceasefire when the terrorists in the north launched over 13,000 rockets and other munitions.
There was a ceasefire and agreement for the terrorists to not be south of the river.
There was a ceasefire when Gazans were prisoners in their own land
There was a ceasefire when the IDF continued supporting illegal settlements in the West Bank
There was a ceasefire when Israel prevented Palestianians from visiting their own mosques
There was a ceasefire when Israel imprisoned activists without trial
There was a ceasefire when Israel continually assassinated journalists
There was a ceasefire when Israeli settlers murdered Palestinians in the West Bank
Egypt warned Israel that Hamas was about to do something, then suddenly one of the most heavily guarded borders in the world was unattended, the Israeli government knew what was going to happen, they wanted it to happen, they created Hamas to prevent a communist takeover of Palestine, they continued funding them up until last year to prevent Palestine being under a unified government, you reap what your sow.
are u dumb?
But but but but Israel bad or something!
The amount of ceasefires that have failed over the last 50 years, because terrorists just can't help themselves is staggering. And 95% of people don't know or don't care.
Death toll under Netanyahu before Oct 7th: 6,770 to 330 .. UN stats.. you know which is which.
There also was a ceasfire when Israel had its most number of Palestenian children killed prior to october 7th.
Its only a ceasfire for any resistance against israel. Israeli incursions and killings of palestenians and other nationals in the region never took a pause.
I just want to point out that if you watch this on your computer and hold 5 on the keyboard, Simon will suggestively wiggle his eyebrows at you and I love that.
@13:21 Why have we collectiively spent billions on UN mission in Lebanon if UNIFIL mission statement is to prevent these stockpiles from accumulating.
I dunno. Why have we spent a trillion dollars on Israel if all they do is steal land and start wars?
@@finalfalcon7368 Ask Biden and he'll give you his speech on how Israel is the best investment they've ever made.
They did, in the area they were present, a thin strip by the border. The UN forces arent 't there to stop all attacks into israel.
The better question is why the UN exists at all. It's proven it's worthlessness decades ago.
Simon is releasing these videos almost as fast as we can watch them, man is working TRIPLE OVERTIME
“Let my people go”
Such a good movie
Genuinely
"This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it."
- Admiral Josh Painter. Tom Clancy's 'The Hunt For Red October'.
Love your work! Tiniest feedback, Hagari is an IDF spokesman, not FDI... (3:26 mark)
Thank you!
What is surprising to me is how quiet Saudi Arabia is. It lies in between Iran and Israel.
They were in the process of repairing relationships with BOTH Israel and Iran right before this started. The civilians were pretty unhappy with the former, government officials would hurt their reputation continuing with the latter, who has fired weapons over their territory. The Saudis are between a rock and a hard place
They've recently stated that there will not be normalization of relations with Israel if there is no Palestinian state. Though it could go both ways as a PR move, if the financial incentive is strong they might just go for it, but Israel has become such a genocidal pariah PR disaster it might not be possible any time soon.
Uhhhh it is definitely NOT between Iran and isfakewarcrimecenteral
They have 8% of gdp on defence they are preparing
It isn't just SA - a number of Gulf States recently told Iran that they are not going to get involved in this. I'm surprised this hasn't gotten more coverage. It's actually a pretty unprecedented, stinging rebuke of Iran. And an indication that many of those states no longer have any more love for Iran than they do for Israel. In some cases, less.
I think your thumbnail is broken, was just grey but I clicked anyway, having done the prequels already
Hello, the Channel of Warfronts. I would very please for a Korean video.
On the 15th of Oct ( i think) there was an explosion on the Border of the Koreas.
I would very like any better description than " Missile launch".
The Korean Peninsula is still at war, so maybe we would get a better description here?
Thank you, subscriber.
Thanks!
A 17.5 yo firing a mortar and gets killed, he is counted as a child
My brain lags remembering the fact boi changed the title lol
23:43 Ah yes the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, mortal enemies of the Palestine Popular Liberation Front and the People's Liberation Front of Palestine.
😂😂😂 Slunds like Monty Python
Modern Civil Wars be like:
> Government X has failed to implement laws that they said they were going to implement
> Rebels start uprising because of this government incompetence and taking control of a lot of land
> Other Rebels begin showing up and fighting other Rebels
> UN forces arrive to defend the peace of one building
> Tribal forces start uprising as well
> Government forms a Coalition with other nations, around country
> Government Coalition is very successful and they are able to
> Government Coalition leaves
> Rebels create their own coalition
> It works very well and they push back to pre Government Coalition offensive lines
> UN finally stop defending just one building and call for a ceasefire
> Ceasefire happens, war continues to this day
Modern Civil Wars be like:
> Government X has failed to implement laws that they said they were going to implement
> Rebels start uprising due to the failure of the implementation of laws and begin taking control of a lot of land
> Other Rebels begin showing up and fighting other Rebels a
> UN forces arrive to defend the peace of one building that they own
> Radical islamist rebels begin uprising
> Tribal forces start uprising as well, Government starts to lose control
> Government forms a Coalition with other countries around their country
> Coalition goes on the offensive
> Government Coalition Offensive is very successful and they are able to liberate most of the territory
> Government Coalition leaves
> Rebels create their own coalition
> It works very well and they manage to push the Government back but their offensive stalls soon after
> 1 year later
> UN finally stops defending just one building and call for a ceasefire
> Ceasefire happens, war continues to this day
3:02 when did the IDF Spokesman silently get replaced by the FDI Spokesman?
Finally some real reporting
Although this is always only bad news, I very much appreciate your work Team WFs!
nice work with the thumbnail...
Sorry but while the information in this video is correct the analysis is very poor:
1. Except one significant crater the craters in Nevatim are small indicating that these are not hits but rather missile debris that continued to the target after the missile was blown to several pieces
2. Iran has about 3000 missiles that can reach Israel it will not shoot a 1000 of them in one volley.
3. The interception rate of the arrow is about 80%-90% this means that around 40 of the missiles would hit their target
4. If you are a medic in a terror group you shouldn’t expect that you will not be targeted the same as military medics are targeted in any war. This argument that Hizballa is a “different” creature is preposterous and biased (Hizballa is a designated terror group if you want to live don’t be associated with them).
There are may more bad analysis points but this comment is getting long
So basically your entire comment can be summed up by: TLDR you're not pro Israel enough and you're not framing Iran as monstrous enough. You should paint a narrative that justifies Israel's invasion by showing just how much of a threat they are
No he is referring to the civilian arm of Hezbollah which is a real thing. These are politicians, municipal employees, infrastructure management etc. Basically the civilian organisation in charge of administering the Hezbollah controlled parts of Lebanon. They are affiliated with but not part of the terrorist organization. The military arm has it its own combat medics who do not treat civilians. The situation is vague and somewhat ambiguous but he is definitely not wrong about the distinction. I dont think a civilian arm of Hezbollah should exist either but the fact is it does...
@@itsmederek1 the civilian wing is used by Hezbollah in order to gain power and as a cover for its criminal activities that are the main way that it raises money.
If you are any part of Hezbollah civilian or other you cannot wash your hands from its activities.
Furthermore, this video assumes without any evidence that these medics that are affiliated to a terrorist organization didn’t take part in any military operation suggesting that they were killed with no reason.
@@itsmederek1they take a vow to fight though if called upon and to work towards Israel’s destruction. It’s complicated territory, but if you don’t support terrorism, don’t take pagers from terrorists.
@@yaosteen Whatever their "vow" I think its important to still count non militants as civilian casualties. A certain amount of these casualties is to be expected in any military operation and I dont have a problem with this one. I do have a problem with counting civilians as militants for propaganda reasons.
no mention of the tensions with peacekeepers interesting
I pray 🙏 for all human beings that are victims of of religion in this and other conflicts.
Last time I was this early we were in a 3 day special military operation
Yikes 😂
Any chance these could be put on Spotify as a podcast? Seen the Kashmir episode has, any plan to upload these synchronously across both platforms?
I’m early? Holy crap.
Poor simon, he would have to shutdown ALLL his other channels just to keep with how crazy things have gotten lol
"Popular front for the liberation of Palestine" is right out of that Monty Python sketch in Life of Brian, you couldn't make it up
I know is time consuming but a few more maps would increase the comprehension of these videos, you should consider it
26:20 There is a lot of confusion and misinformation on the air defense used during the attack. The Iron Dome is NOT capable of ballistic missile interception rather being a system solely used to intercept rockets launched from the Gaza Strip by Hamas and from Lebanon by Hizbollah. Further the Iron Dome only has an operational range of up to 70km. The ballistic missile interception is done by either the Arrow system(as stated by fact boi) with an operational range of 80-150km and David’s Sling with an operational range of 300km. A lot of news sources just assume if a rocket or missile is intercepted by Israel it is done by the Iron Dome which is merely the last ring of layered air defenses used in Israel
Wtf is this audio? Did they fire all competent sound piople?
at 3:09 you made a typo of FDI instead of IDF, not that you can change it but so you know hehe
Hey, look, here is a cat! 🐈!
Nothing political or whatever.
I just like cats and hope you do also.
😂
Egyptian propaganda!!!!! 😂😂
Iran has way more ballistic missiles, but most of them don't have the range to reach Israel from Iran. They could try shipping them to Lebanon or Iraq, but both risk getting intercepted en-route and with the current state of Hezbollah it might be unable to coordinate a big attack with those.
The old name was so much cooler
Whomever thought it was a good idea to speed up the audio track was wrong
"I heard that someone who died said" sounds like some bs
they could identify covert tunnels and plans in Lebanon but not what was going on in thier backyard? IDK Casus Belli IMO
Damn, another Simon channel.
He has renamed Warographics.
Thanks for posting. Upvoted.
whats up with the thumbnail? havent seen that youtube icon in ages
What the hell is the definition of interception for Russia. They claim stopping them but they still destroyed the target lol…
The speed of your talking sounds unnatural and too fast. Are you using some kind of software to do this??
Remember kids, Islamic ambulances always have an AK-47 and at least 2 RPGs, and it doesn’t mean they are used for military purposes.
Sad that there is war in all of these countries.
no corrections on the predictions and analysis from previous parts, that turned sour really fast?
Yeah you can't get em out fast enough because of the sixty other channels
Maps would help, but great video
How many channels this man’s got?
The answer is: yes
Simon: we are many
Thumbnail seems to not be working fyi
Simon goes on holiday and now he's got to catch up on his work. Allegedly.
did anyone else catch the math rock playing in the back? lol
You forgot about adding a thumbnail to the video, at least on here. Just an FYI.
So early there’s no cover photo
Apparently they have pushed in a couple of hundred metres. Not very impressive.
Esmail Qaani was documented being at a ceremony today in Iran. He's alive.
Edditor missed something in 3:05 FDI??🤦♀️
just lyk its not showing thumbnail for me
In America. They refused to do the pledge of allegiance in schools now even if it was purely symbolic. If they are fine swearing allegiance to a terror organization, they should look somewhere else for their job or accept the hazards that come with it.
I'm not saying anyone is right or wrong, but I do notice how Isreali settlements are never mentioned in the 'history of the film so far' section...
0:24 „precision targeted“ while that might be technically correct they used precision bombs after all, but calling it a precision attack after they showed in iran how precisely they can bomb someone in a hotel them flattening an apartment complex to
get one guy feels like delibarite non precision.
Why did TH-cam block your thumbnail?
Ah, yes, the long-awaited part 3 of the 2-part series is finally here.
Interesting
Is it me or is the mic quality weird in this one?
Ismail Qani is fine. Dude just came out in a public gathering
On your next video will you cover, in at least some capacity, the reports of North Koreans on the front in Ukraine?
"Hidden tunnels," the new Weapons of mass destruction. Smdh.