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Ya know Mr. Cappy, a couple years ago i told you id been critical of you in the past but that you'd come a long way. Well, as someone who believes its important to admit when theyre wrong, or moreover, if youre going to criticize then you need to praise too, your channel and yourself as a talent has grown tremendously. You are pretty much my premier choice for news and more indepth analysis on the parts of the world you cover. Its become a lot more than "just a war channel." There are still a couple other channels that are pretty solid in terms of analysis but you're right there with them. Congrats. Im happy for you and all you've accomplished. The hard work definitely shows. Kaizen.
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Hi @Chris Cappy, just to add some clarification: the martyrdom does exist in Islam. But it is not "unrestricted". There are also rules of war in Islam, including a clear separation between civilians and warriors, preserving religious sites, fauna and flora (killing animals, destroying vegetation and mistreating prisoners of war for example are Kabaa'eer aka Major Sins that won't be forgiven). There are also strict conditions about war declaration and war leadership. Just to say that it is *far* more complicated than that, *hypothetially*. But when you add an apocalyptic version of Islam like modern Shiism, awaiting for the coming of the Mahdi, their Messiah (in Sunni and traditional Islam, the Messiah is Jesus and nobody can trigger the Apocalypse and fundamentally nobody knows, as opposed to Shiism where Mahdi is coming soon, always very soon), and when you add Islamic schooling chaos with 100 years of failed nation states building and sub-factions of Islam claiming to represent the "only true" Sharia (BTW Sharia means legislation, so yeah there was never one single Sharia), and then you add security instability creating appeal for more fundies and fascists (you recognize them as usual as they claim to be the only true representatives of a religion, also called Takfir-ri-een, literally "those who say everybody else are Kuffars or apostates, thus the escalations of "crazier, more fundamentalist than though") Is it Islam? I'd say, it is more Islamism. The activist, weaponized, borderline if not fully fascistic movements claiming "pure" representation of Islam. Also anti-state, often underground, often populist when they can get that support, in times of crisis or war zones.
I was a US MARINE STATIONED in Beirut in late 83, 1984 and we were young with no experience with the culture of any group over there. Our government was arguing with each other and we took a beating. I had a lot of hard feelings towards them but as I got older I realized that we were in there back yard and had no business being there. I really hope they can find peace
What is our business? I suspect you do not understand the concept that the best defence is a good offense. War is hell, as you know. But your attitude seems to be better war in the USA than somewhere else. No thanks.
No one's trying to come to america and fight us here... The logistics is too much so yea we should not be in other people lands before Israel we had no "enemies" in the middle east
Thanks for the "unbiased" review.. You said Hezbollah attacked US "peacekeepers". You didn't say that Israel's invasion of Lebanon was supportee by CIA terrorism. The same terrorism we saw in multiple South American countries. Every people have the right to o defend themselves against invaders using all tactics available, including violence.
If you consider the fact that the target of the 1983 bombing were French and American soldiers (and not civilians or non-combattants), the event could hardly be qualified as a terrorist attack.
@@iamafish928Lol. Not really. You’re also reaching deep into history to find examples, we’re living through the same American imperialism we’ve seen since the 40s, destabilizing and demonizing countries and peoples for profit.
As a Lebanese, non Moslem, its a great video that almost said it all. I want to add a tiny point here and a comment. -The peace keeping US forces were never peace keeping and you see the US policy always towards fully supporting Israel. - The idea of creation of this party in Lebanon is filling a gap in the government (which any other government can take advantage of) . This gap is created by US and French intervention in the country. Israil shoots itself in the foot again, harm wont lead but to harm and we have no other option but to respect whoever is trying to keep a balance against occupation, while we are not free. ideally we don't approve of such factions as much as we don't approve occupation and foreign interests.
Speaking as a US citizen who has lived in the Middle East for several years and maintains close ties to friends in Lebanon specifically to this day, I think this is a great video. However, one minor detail there’s no way you could have known is that suιcide bοmbers weren’t pioneered by Hezbollah, or at least they weren’t the first. That was actually the Tamil Tigers, in Sri Lanka (where I also lived for a couple years). Speaking of which, the Sri Lankan civil war might make for an interesting video at some point…
@kennethmariyanayagam No, actually Tamil Tigers started their operation in 1976, but Hamas suicide bombings started way before, during the 1950 on a small scale, the significant happened in 1989 with a loss of 16 killed
It's not an exaggeration to say that Hezbollah has become a state within a state in Lebanon. One challenge it has had to face is surviving in Lebanon's religious diversity, which affects the apportionment of governing functions: the President is always a Maronite (Lebanese Catholic), the prime minister is Sunni Muslim, the speaker of the parliament is Shi'a Muslim, the Army chief of staff is always a Druze, etc.
Great video. But a few notes 1 - Hezbollah never fought against the Lebanese army, certainly not after the civil war. 2- Although very religious, they are less playing the Islamic Republic card, since almost 40%+ of Lebanon is Christian. 3- This being said, they also enjoy a big support within the Christian community of Lebanon and Syria, especially since they liberated a lot of Christian villages in Syria during its civil war
The pentagon is a part of the US government. It is a state actor, not a non-state actor. It is in a different category. But yes, thank you, America is the most powerful country in the world.
So just to check Al-qaeda aren’t evil? 9/11 wasn’t evil? Bin laden wasn’t evil? The comment was a quote from a soldier in Iraq and that who the USA was fighting there. Although I wouldn’t expect you to know that
American guy here. I’ve had an opportunity to spend time w some of these guy when I was taking a tour of southern Lebanon. It was an interesting experience to say the least. They spoke w no accent and reminded me of some of our spec ops guys here on YT when they spoke about their combat experience. A few things I think they would add to all this in the context of the current situation with Israel: - the Shia population in southern Lebanon was facing abuse by the PLO in 1982, and according to these guys, actually welcomed Israel kicking them out. Their narrative is that the Israelis overstayed, pushed further, and took over where the PLO left off at oppressing the Shia population when they aligned with the Christian Lebanese Forces at the time. - the Christian factions that historically ruled Lebanon neglected the Shia population for many years and aligned w Israel during the war where they committed many atrocities of their own. This facilitated the development of the broader Shia militant movement at a time when there were a plethora of fighting religious and political factions. - MANY Lebanese don’t trust Hezbollah but they trust Israel less. This makes for a volatile geopolitical situation but the Lebanese society itself is actually quite stable. Lots more to add but I think the video did a good job distilling things down a bit.
Yeah, while the Christians are divided (e.x. the Free Patriotic Movement is chill with Hezbollah and doesn't like Israel), the right-wing Christian militias during the civil war had a hand in some atrocious stuff like the Sabra & Shatila massacre against Palestinian refugee camps (with the assistance of the IDF).
@@HidInMistProductions"Had a hand"? You mean sole responsibility. Israelis didn't shoot or kill any civilians at Sabra and Shatila. 100% of the crimes were committed by a Christian milita. Israel did not order them to do so, and they did not take them on a tour of the camp pointing out innocents to shoot. Israeli forces weren't even in the camp. Who's guilty, the people doing the shooting on their own initiative or some Israelis outside the camp nearby that have nothing to do with it? The argument about whether Israel could have successfully intervened is separate from who committed the massacre. It was clearly not committed by Israelis. This is important because the IDF is constantly accused of opening fire on civilians in supposed massacres but such events are never named because they never happened. When they are named, they're wrong: it's non-Israeli groups as in Lebanon, or pre-IDF armed extremist groups 75+ years ago. And in the case of the later, there usually was a similar reprisal days later. During the British mandate there were frequent local massacres of Jews which led to some brief unfortunate periods of back-and-forth violence between Jews and Arabs.
One man's terrorists are another man's freedom fighters For Lebanese or any country , foreign entity invading their country is unacceptable like any nation would feel and have the right to feel that way. So whoever resists the occupation is a freedom fighter. On the other hand , these freedom fighters are leveled as terrorist by the foreign powers for resisting their occupation. Nelson Mandela was a terrorist until 2008 by USA. With my experience on foreign policy in these years, USA or Europe leveling a group as terrorists are most likely to be freedom fighters. A general rule of thumb. Of course there are exceptions. So would even consider USA as the biggest sponsor of terrorism with it's decades history on supporting dictators and "Terror groups" as long as they align with their interest in stealing other countries resources aka "Oil". So one must have to see both sides from an unbiased prospective to really understand who's playing the terrorist role here. Aside from all of this the civilians are the ones who suffers most under these wars. Hope humanity understand "In war there is no winners, only survivors."
@marina12345678911000 we don't bro, hezbollah kinda exist, and they do nothing. In suriya they're helping stabilise the region I live under hezbollah territory and also have a home in normal lebanon No difference
@@marina12345678911000 I'm not justifying any of the Hezbollah's actions. My comment was for the western audiences who are brainwashed by the government and mainstream media. Hezbollah wouldn't exist if USA didn't invade middle east or Zionist didn't take Palestinian land. The root problem is US foreign policy and Europeans seeing Muslims as a lesser race and terrorists. It's all about century old colonial aspects of Europe. They're doing the same old colonization but this time wearing a democratic human rights champions musk.
Southern Lebanese here. You skipped a teeny tiny detail. You said that the isrealis retracted after they dealt with the PLO. Not true, they occupied the south of Lebanon from 1982 till 2000. People of the south have suffered the aggression of the IDF for 18 years. And this is how such organizations are born. You cannot skip such detail.
Let me correct you, Israel occupied parts of Lebanon since 1978 - the Litani Operation. Villages near the borders suffered since 1936. My grandmother never seen her father, he was killed by an israeli theft group that belonged to the Hagana in 1936, she was born 1 month after his tragic death.
Great video! One element often overlooked is unemployment and lack of social services. People don't join these militias for free, they join for the monthly salary. They will probably be a lot less ideologic when the money stops flowing...
I really don't think this is true. I have a hard time imagining a single more ideological group of people on the planet. Their entire rhetoric is completely detached from material considerations, so I have to agree with the statement above, you'd be in for a big surprise.
@smokeythebear1633 some do join for $, some out of fear, some out of support for an ideology, some for power. . .it's a host of things - and people in desperate situations with little flow of information are set up to fall into this lifestyle
As an Irishman who's also particularly familiar with the players in the ongoing conflict - this is as complex a cluster of layers I'm amazed you managed to summarize the gist of it in such a short video. Hope you do a deeper dive into "comparisons" with the 'RA, UDF, ETA, Greek nationalists etc.. Your perspective are always very interesting. Thank you for your hard work!
@@JustAnotherAccount8 Just like natives in North America, Australia, New Zealand, Algeria, South Africa etc, the Irish suffered from western Angloid white supremacist settler colonial genocide & lebensraum. But since they look "white" it was to a lesser extent & they didn't need a white savior movie like Dances with Wolves, Avatar etc for empathy with other victims like Palestine and South Africa. Northen Ireland has Protestant settler colonialist who like in Israel stole the land and resources while the natives live like Palestinians/South Africans/North American Natives in walled ghettos/reservations/concentration camps.
@@HaloJumper7 okay? Hows that relevant Edit: im not denying this happened and im pro palestine and pro irish self determination. But its just not relevant to my question at all
@@JustAnotherAccount8 how about you start by putting your cards on the table, before aggressively trying to extract information from a stranger on the internet?
Well to solve terrorism, you need to nation build and conduct de facto policing. Something the military is ill-suited for. But to nation build you need good policies. But the US haven't been passing particularly good domestic policies for the past several decades. Likewise, trust in US police has dropped substantially. So I don't think the top brass knows how to nation build so they resort to the military which doesn't work.
Big shots also know Leb-Hezb is also quite active in our back yard. There are thousands of Leb immigrant communities all over south and central America as well as Canada, and the Leb-Hezb act as what we would call an organized crime ring or mafia to both financially support and occasionally leverage those communities for illicit trade which brings in money and moves hard to get military hardware around.
@@fortusvictus8297that's always a given. The biz model works. Have a nice façade, a popular ideology and voilá u have a masque for ur less acceptable activities. Grow big and u get a place in org crime sindicat.
@@neurofiedyamato8763 I think to solve terrorism, Israel can give the land back. The occupation is what created the resistance in first place leading us to where we are at now.
They are wrong as a lebanese.@@thegrimreaper.971 Hezbollah is installing shia settlements in sunni and christian areas, aka 65% of the population. They are unpopular amongst non shias
do u mean popular in Palestinian and Lebanon Muslims? then yes but don't get fooled by them, Hezbollah is just using Lebanon territory to fulfill Iranian power in Palestine
I asked a Christian missionary about Muslim missionaries. He stared exactly what you stated Chris. They don't evangelize. They provide a infrastructure of services. Services the population is generally lacking. This creates an alliance/allegiance. The population may not necessarily agree with those that rule over them. Yet they enjoy a lifestyle that was lacking previously.
Correction 1: the approach taken by Israel in the 2006 war is called the dahiyah doctrine, where dahiyah is the name of a shia-populated beirut suburb the israelis carpet bombed and whose population they decimated at the time. The doctrine does not advocate disproportionate force against armed groups but against the population in an attempt to dissuade them from supporting said armed groups. In Lebanon the IDF punished the entire country as well, blowing up power plants and other civilian infrastructure everywhere hoping the Lebanese would rise against Hezbollah for bringing this war to them. The exact opposite effect occurred. Today the same misguided dahiyah doctrine is being applied to Gaza, with military advice from the same Eizenkot. It seems Israel needs more data points to understand this doctrine only creates more resentment rather than surrender. Correction 2: The lebanese army is explicitly not allowed to possess weapons that would "tip the balance of military power strategically" vis-à-vis Israel. This has been a common complaint of secular lebanese, including christians, who would otherwise be able to strip Hezbollah of their raison-d'etre if Lebanon had a half decent army. The absence of any military deterrence in the face of Israel is not palatable to the people of south Lebanon for obvious reasons.
@@HidInMistProductions the USA controls what can and what cant the Lebanese army get, it reached to a point where the Lebanese army had to refuse a very huge military aid from Russia which encompassed several Tanks, 7 MiG fighters, and thousands of bullets of fear of angering the US.
@@mohammadjaafar1496 What the heck. Every day I learn more about U.S. foreign policy and every day I'm more disappointed. Thanks for taking the time to answer + inform me, I appreciate it.
@HidInMistProductions They limit what the army can get, multiple countries have offered to arm Lebanon such as Russia, China and Iran but US threatened with sanctions if the Lebanese accept and are only allowed to buy from countries such as US, France and allies and this way they can limit what the Lebanese army has. So no air defences, no heavy weapons, no proper tanks, no fighter jets etc nothing that can pose a danger to Israel. Which Hez uses as a justification for them having their own arms and that partly makes them stronger than the Lebanese army
I wont argue on the past Its blurry But what will happen today There are missile attacks landing on israel daily from lebanon And few invasions have accrued Israel response is limited Israel Cities were evacuated What do you think will happen next ,if it continues like that ? Will it do any good to lebanon Enforcing another war on israel ?
Many people are so busy with their everyday lives (myself included) that they know very little about some of the major developments that have and are happening in the world. Thank you for doing your best to give us an unbiased (as much as that is possible) look at it. Please continue in this approach.
At least for most Americans I don’t think it’s about being busy, it's that they don’t care. We will make time to know every detail of celebrity gossip and in depth lore of our favorite shows, but don’t have a clue about current events and the relevant history. I think this is likely true of most people period, but I can only speak about my experience living in the US.
@@cwjalexxmostly true of those in the western world, because the entire western world is slowly and effectively becoming the USA. It's not as bad as the USA in most of the western world, and we tend to be less ignorant on many topics, but it's still generally true nowadays.
@@Dee_Ultimate_islamapho_bist Not really, the US simply does not have borders with hostile states, but Europe constantly receives thousands of refugees by boat or through Turkish/eastern borders. Many “refugees” from Syria were fighters who fought against Assad. Yesterday they took pictures with severed heads, and then peacefully drank coffee in Europe. Today Scholz supports the bombing of Gaza in the news headlines of some publications, and what is going through their minds now? All countries have different headaches and threats
wrong. Hizbollah didn't form until the late 80s, in response to Israel's brutal invasion and occupation in 1985. The group who carbombed the marine base was a precursor group. They were Lebonese patriots who targeted the US forces because of their support of Lebonese fascists who were torturing and killing people. As usual Washington DC was supporting the bad guys.
My understanding is that he has a substantial production effort behind this and most TH-camrs producing this much content are largely readers and presenters.
@@daiyumyo they are cowards and evil for defending their country against foreign invaders and occupiers? What does that make Israel, US, and French occupiers then? Let me guess, "peacekeepers"?
@@arnoldel1474 I'd say people who love death more than live is evil. Except they're talking about thier own life and death, then they are just suicidal.
10:38 Those "299 reported ..." are not peace keepers. They were all U.S Marines and French army personal. They were there to fight and not to keep peace.
It's not all that different from the Irish Republican movement in Ireland. In this case, Hezbollah could be considered the Republican organization at large. Within that organization are a political wing and a military wing. The Irish has a similar set-up with Sinn Fein forming the political wing and the IRA forming the armed resistance wing. In fact, the similarities make a lot of sense as the two movements have often been somewhat aligned over the years. During the period of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, there were many who viewed a global struggles against the Western establishment. This brought together groups as diverse as the IRA, Communist groups in Europe such as the Red Army Faction and Red Brigades, and various Arab/Palestinian groups. In fact, several airplane hijackings were conducted by mixed groups of Arab/Palestinian fighters and members from various European Communist/Anarchist groups.
As a lebanese from south Lebanon, from a village on the border. I can assure you we are used to being considered the bad guys. However for the 1st time in my life, im amazed how many people commenting are aware of the propaganda. This journalist said he was going to stay objective, which he absolutely did not do.
Man he left out the best part, Israel left the 2006 war because Nasrallah live streamed a Hezbollah missile attack that struck an Israeli flag ship lmao.
I think it's wild that you can't even use the term "suicide bomber" without risking angering the almighty google algorithm. To be clear...that's not a jab at you, it's a jab at how ridiculous the algorithm has become and how the lack of contextual understanding in AI leads to overreaching hammers.
The irony is that when ScamTube de-monetise a video, they don't disable adverts on it, they just keep all the money the video earns. And we wonder why so many videos get "de-monitised"...
As a Lebanese ,great Video in General, there are few points though that are not accurate or mentioned out context: 1. 15:45. When all “diplomatic” ways of releasing Lebanese(not Palestinian as mentioned) hostages held in israel failed. The only left was to kidnap soldiers to do an exchange. 2. They pay a monthly social fair amount for the Families of all their “martyrs” not only the kamikaze one’s 3.the bombing of 1983 was not against “peace keepers”. It was against fully equipped army personnel that were there to station on another country land. 4. 12:36 . There was no incidents of attacking the lebanese military. 5. It’s not an opposition to the government. Since the 90’s all the governments have mentioned the right of armed resistance in their projects. 6.True they are stronger than the lebanese army, because there are HUGE restrictions on arming the lebanese army imposed by israel’s allies. 7. In 2006 Israel did not “Go into lebanon southern lebanon to clear bunkers and tunnel” they bombed every bridge, electricity station, fuel reserve, whole residential areas where h*zbollah have never stepped a foot. ( killing over 1,200 Lebanese)
Good explanation for why I support a free independent Kurdistan. All these nations who are willing to fight each other because of Sunni or Shia and Kurdistan would be right in the middle not that interested in either because of how welcoming they are to all religions. If someone in Kurdistan wanted to follow either of those or be Jewish or be Christian or be Catholic or be any other religion the Kurds would be ok with it as long as they didn't try to force their will on others. It could be an incredibly stabilizing force to influence others towards peace
@@CraigTheBrute-yf7no that probably still isn't enough. The taliban had 98% of the world supply of poppy and where still getting outside funding. There is 0 chance they are making enough to fund operations in Lebanon, South America, Syria, and wherever else just from operations. They have probably a couple billion dollars worth in missles, rockets, and drones alone. Let alone paying 50k to 100k soldiers. They operate hospitals, social services, schools so they have employees to pay and they probably don't charge local population much bc Lebanon is broke asf. They have to be getting outside funding the math doesn't add up
Chris Cappy you are fantastic, I didn't missed the day I subscribed your TH-cam, ever best we need strategy and defense analysis in powerful countries, thank you very much.
Say what you will of the 2006 2nd Lebanon war, Hizballah has been extremely reluctant to engage the IDF or Israeli civilians in a significant capacity after the war. The way I see it, they never expected Israel to go to war over hijacked soldiers and weren't happy with what followed. That being said, the IDF did underperform (relative to expectations) hence the unpopularity of prime minister Olmert. That plus the curroption charges 😅.
They've had about a decade of heavy, sustained combat in Syria now though... They're almost certainly the most experienced urban infantry on earth today. In 2006 Hezbollah Kornet teams took out a few dozen Merkavas; and with drone warfare being so well developed, thats going to be way worse now because the top engine deck armor is so weak. Its a problem because one of the IDF's best weapons is its percieved near invincibility, and their massive armor advantage. The moment that's gone they have a serious issue.
First of all, great video! I am an Israeli citizen and from this point in time, it seems more and more inevitable that a larger conflict between Israel and Hezbollah would take place, bombing from both sides continue to escalate and while both sides don't really want to get to a full scale war it seems more and more likely... I just wish this war will end ASAP
I’m an Israeli too and from The north and it’s obvious hezballah doesn’t want war cuz they know Lebanon can’t physically and economically handle a war they are a very strong organization if they wanted they woulda attacked us 3 months ago
@@Oth23it would be as anti-semitic. Maybe a middle ground - it was there cause there was a war whose context is israeli solgiers being kidnaped with the aim of exchanging them for palest members of hez group. Context- was U - very anti-jew There is reasonable and understandable criticism and then there is exageration. And it is in exageration where anti-jew sentiment can be easily identified. Notice I didn't say anti-zionist, I wrote anti-jew.
The U.S, as a colony itself, can never define who's a terrorist from who's not. Can never determine the next thing a country far thousards of miles away should do and should.
Hey man, thank you for your content and the presentation of story telling. The photo at 0:10 is a photo of Israeli soldiers. You can see by the m113 apc. The uniform and most importantly the mitznefet that the soldier on the right have. The flag of Hezbollah is pasted on the photo and you can see the green screen in the top of it.
Our troops in Syria, per former US President Donald Trump, is for the oil. Our disruption of those supply lines are a consequence of us wanting the oil. Also a lot of Lebanese journalists claim that these "supply line strikes" often times are striking food and other resources the civi population of Syria and Lebanon need.
Isis funded itself by exchanging oil for arms in the black market via turkiye. No oil - no money - no isis. But sure the n1 oil power house most definatelly would waste money and effort for oil on the other side of the world, a raw material who isn't that uncommon 😂
Of the 7.86 million barrels per day the U.S. imported in 2020, the majority came from its North American neighbors: Canada, with 4.13 million barrels (52.5%), and Mexico, with 750,000 (9.6%). But imports coming from outside North America are significant. Russia, with 540,000 barrels a day (6.6%), was the top non-continental contributor. Roughly 11% of the imports came collectively from OPEC countries, including 520,000 from Saudi Arabia. 11% of 7.86 million is roughly 864,000 minus the 540,000 from Saudi Arabia leaves 320,000 from other OPEC nations
The argument does not make any sense, there is not significant Oil resources in Syria in the first place. Next is that the vast majority of US oil that is not supplied domestically is from countries in North America.
I fought them during the 80s in Lebanon. At least they wear a uniform.....or at least they did. Not particularly well trained and we didnt lose anyone.
They aren't the same group now as they were then. They are trained, battle hardened, and motivated. That said, the US has a score to settle with them so I am curious to see what those carrier strike groups will do.
@@CatManOfTaste they blew up every single military base and out post and barrack for the united states in the 80s ultimately forcing them to withdraw from the country because they could not contain the attacks or stop / prevent them. as an American citizen i see that as a loss sadly and I wish we didn't have to lose our men like that. we still haven't gotten revenge till this day for our fallen. but yes sadly hate to admit we lost to them.
I was thinking in my head about a video of dudes begging to shoot regular guys and kids from a plane and just most resent vito to not cease fire and they call them evil?? 😂😂
You do a remarkable job of portraying the various sides of these complex situations as humans who are operating from positions that are (or at least seem) reasonable to them, when so often one side or the other gets portrayed as simply inhuman and evil.
its good to see you learn the history of the group and region but he left out a lot of important factors such as the role of the PLO, the amal group, the druze, Lebanese forces, Kataib..etc, all of which played and continue play an important role in todays politics in Lebanon. the video is ok as a general viewing but to really understand it you need to spend hours looking into it from unbiased sources (which is difficult to do).
@mh8826 it's a F*cking START. Up until 2 months ago, I couldn't tell half of them apart on a map A coherent way to begin to learn the basics is what Americans need. That's like, if somebody showed me basic sentence structure in Mandarin, and you started b*tching about graduate level concepts, and critical theory 😒
I think it's worth mentioning that the Palestinian groups that were active force in inciting the civil war, were expelled from Jordan due to Black September. These groups, allocated in South Lebanon, were constantly clashing with IDF near the border, which was a major reason for Israel's invasion (not just the ambassador you mentioned). Those clashes, were a reason many Christian AND Shiaa(!) living in the south didn't like them much to say the least, and at the beginning of the invasion, stayed put and didn't engage with Israel. Later on when Israel advanced some Shiaa who were indeed influenced by Iran, did engage later on, while Christians generally took Israel side. Israel was conducting at the time "The Good Fence" which helped not only the Christians, but also the Shiaa folks (before tensions with Israel arose). Awful civil war with many atrocities, really complex.
@@kassemm823 I do agree that Israel did mismanage their dealing with the Shiite side.. seemed they were just pro Maronites to begin with and the Shiite got less "support". Mistake by Israel. Worth mentioning that some Shiite were still active in the South Lebanon Army till it's final days. And the Shiite were divided among themselves with Amal and the rising Hezbollah. And who knows what would have happen if Musa al-Sadr wasn't "vanished". Like I said "really complex" war. Def can't be summed in youtube comments ;) interesting stuff though.
Dont forget to mention they liberated lebanon in 2000 and stopped murderous factiond like the IDF from its occupation of southern lebanon, thus allowing my country to drive from Beirut to the south ( where my grandparents live) and in so allowing my family to grow up together 😊
Speaking to my cousin who lives in Lebanon with his family and is an accountant for the family business. "We barely have electricity and water in Lebanon, let our government worry how to enhance our infrastructure before going to any war"
Man, you used to make videos that were just American military propaganda and political advertising for the State of Israel, but now you made a very interesting, in depth impartial video about the situation of Hezbollah in Lebanon. Congratulations! Amazing improvement.
He was literally quoting what one of his buddies said while they were deployed. You want him to drop to his knees and start giving the enemy head or something?
The first in Lebanon to start the Kamikaze style attack were the Communist party, who were also fighting Israel. Another very important thing that you missed, is that after Israel withdrew from Beirut they stayed in southern Lebanon, in that 40KM buffer zone, which is mainly Shia, which led to the resistance movement rise amongst the Shia in Lebanon.
This is obviously biased because he tried making it seem like Lebanon civil War didn't exist before 1970 while iran revolution happened in 1979 and government establish after iraq war in 1988.. Lebanon civil war was due to problems with Israel
Any "peacekeeping" mission is usually doublespeak. Doesn't matter if it is US, China, Russia, or even Rwanda in the DRC. Straight up muscle for something else entirely.
Actually I think Hazboullah missile arsenal is above. 200,000 and about 75,000-100,000 of those are precision guided artillery which is quite impressive. Simply put if Hazboullah wants it could rain hell onto Israel hence why the US put a carrier group is in the Mediterranean and why Israel is keeping there skirmishes on the Lebanon border fairly small
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@Task and Purpose - will you cover the Israeli foam bomb?
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Ya know Mr. Cappy, a couple years ago i told you id been critical of you in the past but that you'd come a long way. Well, as someone who believes its important to admit when theyre wrong, or moreover, if youre going to criticize then you need to praise too, your channel and yourself as a talent has grown tremendously. You are pretty much my premier choice for news and more indepth analysis on the parts of the world you cover. Its become a lot more than "just a war channel." There are still a couple other channels that are pretty solid in terms of analysis but you're right there with them. Congrats. Im happy for you and all you've accomplished. The hard work definitely shows. Kaizen.
Can Hezbollah veterans join the Navy Federal Credit Union?
What about American 🇺🇸 veterans who served, but got booted 🥾 with a Duck Dinner 🍲, like Bowe Bergdahl? 😅
Hi @Chris Cappy, just to add some clarification:
the martyrdom does exist in Islam. But it is not "unrestricted". There are also rules of war in Islam, including a clear separation between civilians and warriors, preserving religious sites, fauna and flora (killing animals, destroying vegetation and mistreating prisoners of war for example are Kabaa'eer aka Major Sins that won't be forgiven).
There are also strict conditions about war declaration and war leadership.
Just to say that it is *far* more complicated than that, *hypothetially*.
But when you add an apocalyptic version of Islam like modern Shiism, awaiting for the coming of the Mahdi, their Messiah (in Sunni and traditional Islam, the Messiah is Jesus and nobody can trigger the Apocalypse and fundamentally nobody knows, as opposed to Shiism where Mahdi is coming soon, always very soon), and when you add Islamic schooling chaos with 100 years of failed nation states building and sub-factions of Islam claiming to represent the "only true" Sharia (BTW Sharia means legislation, so yeah there was never one single Sharia), and then you add security instability creating appeal for more fundies and fascists (you recognize them as usual as they claim to be the only true representatives of a religion, also called Takfir-ri-een, literally "those who say everybody else are Kuffars or apostates, thus the escalations of "crazier, more fundamentalist than though")
Is it Islam? I'd say, it is more Islamism. The activist, weaponized, borderline if not fully fascistic movements claiming "pure" representation of Islam. Also anti-state, often underground, often populist when they can get that support, in times of crisis or war zones.
I was a US MARINE STATIONED in Beirut in late 83, 1984 and we were young with no experience with the culture of any group over there. Our government was arguing with each other and we took a beating. I had a lot of hard feelings towards them but as I got older I realized that we were in there back yard and had no business being there. I really hope they can find peace
you are awesome..you are a human.Nice thinking
You realize who the true enemy is.
@@chinpokimon9173 yup, and that the tree of liberty needs “watering”
What is our business? I suspect you do not understand the concept that the best defence is a good offense. War is hell, as you know. But your attitude seems to be better war in the USA than somewhere else. No thanks.
No one's trying to come to america and fight us here... The logistics is too much so yea we should not be in other people lands before Israel we had no "enemies" in the middle east
Thanks for the "unbiased" review..
You said Hezbollah attacked US "peacekeepers". You didn't say that Israel's invasion of Lebanon was supportee by CIA terrorism. The same terrorism we saw in multiple South American countries.
Every people have the right to o defend themselves against invaders using all tactics available, including violence.
fr
What do you expect from a veteran dog of the empire
Thanks
You present a very tortured interpretation of the word “terrorism.”
@@MB-pd8gt don’t say that bro that’s wrong 😭
If you consider the fact that the target of the 1983 bombing were French and American soldiers (and not civilians or non-combattants), the event could hardly be qualified as a terrorist attack.
He is american what do you expect
Hezbullah actually has a deal with Israel that as long as Israel doesn’t attack Lebanese civilians they won’t attack Israeli civilian targets
Terrorism is war for the poor and powerless.
War is terrorism for the rich and powerful.
By that logic you legitimise all Israeli incursions against hamas. 👏
@@Permuh bro's brain stopped working? What are u yapping bout
It's comical to just Imagine the U.S and France playing the roles of "Peace keepers"
couldn't that be said about every country if we look at their history ?
I know right, they're just occupants helping their little devil state
@@iamafish928Lol. Not really. You’re also reaching deep into history to find examples, we’re living through the same American imperialism we’ve seen since the 40s, destabilizing and demonizing countries and peoples for profit.
more like colonial region keepers
😂😂😂😂😂😂
As a Lebanese, non Moslem, its a great video that almost said it all. I want to add a tiny point here and a comment.
-The peace keeping US forces were never peace keeping and you see the US policy always towards fully supporting Israel.
- The idea of creation of this party in Lebanon is filling a gap in the government (which any other government can take advantage of) . This gap is created by US and French intervention in the country.
Israil shoots itself in the foot again, harm wont lead but to harm and we have no other option but to respect whoever is trying to keep a balance against occupation, while we are not free. ideally we don't approve of such factions as much as we don't approve occupation and foreign interests.
Well said
well said bro, also quick question how your relationship with palestinans especially who are christians & athiest....
Champion
What the hell is Moslem??
as a Lebanese Muslim Sunni, I agree with everything you said brother
Speaking as a US citizen who has lived in the Middle East for several years and maintains close ties to friends in Lebanon specifically to this day, I think this is a great video. However, one minor detail there’s no way you could have known is that suιcide bοmbers weren’t pioneered by Hezbollah, or at least they weren’t the first. That was actually the Tamil Tigers, in Sri Lanka (where I also lived for a couple years). Speaking of which, the Sri Lankan civil war might make for an interesting video at some point…
Sri Lankan Tamil here, I believe we also invented the car bomb
@kennethmariyanayagam No, actually Tamil Tigers started their operation in 1976, but Hamas suicide bombings started way before, during the 1950 on a small scale, the significant happened in 1989 with a loss of 16 killed
Free Palestine
@@atifarooz Don't think Hamas even existed during that time.
Also Kamikaze way before anyone
@@atifaroozhamas was formed in 1987, so how could they have carried out bombings in the 1950s.😂
When your enemies are fighting to die and you are fighting to live, things could get dangerous.
For them
@@mh-ht2fpcorrect, but they cause the other side as much suffering as possible before they go out
that's cause we fight fair and care about collateral and civilian casualties
@@JoeyP946funny 😂😂😂
@@ghassanmina the US could probably flatten syria Iran lebanon and palestine before tomorrow
It's not an exaggeration to say that Hezbollah has become a state within a state in Lebanon.
One challenge it has had to face is surviving in Lebanon's religious diversity, which affects the apportionment of governing functions: the President is always a Maronite (Lebanese Catholic), the prime minister is Sunni Muslim, the speaker of the parliament is Shi'a Muslim, the Army chief of staff is always a Druze, etc.
@@alifazel623Israel has never been” aggressive”. .. maybe you should learn before you spread rubbish
@@JoshSand-bl3wiyeah they've never been aggressive, they just invaded lebanon twice and funded militias.
@@alifazel623aggression that they have often brought onto themselves.
@@JoshSand-bl3wi Israel attacks every time and then calls it "pre-emptive strike", you guys are coping
@@7son51 Idk if Israel has done such a thing
You provide no verification
But even of they did I’ll bet you that it was to preserve their own existence
Great video. But a few notes
1 - Hezbollah never fought against the Lebanese army, certainly not after the civil war.
2- Although very religious, they are less playing the Islamic Republic card, since almost 40%+ of Lebanon is Christian.
3- This being said, they also enjoy a big support within the Christian community of Lebanon and Syria, especially since they liberated a lot of Christian villages in Syria during its civil war
Their most prominent local opponents are also Christians
@@lior995 Ya, but that's a tiny portion of the old phalangists that have no real power in Lebanon
@@spacemarine3482eh ayre bemmak bi ayre Israel neket emkon.🇱🇧❤️🇮🇱🫸🇮🇷
Isn't the Pentagon the most dangerous cabal, mafia, organization or whatever known to the world?! 😂
No not really
@@celestialsatheist1535 Haha, you are joking, aren't you? Aren't you?!
The pentagon is a part of the US government. It is a state actor, not a non-state actor. It is in a different category. But yes, thank you, America is the most powerful country in the world.
Prolly
The CIA and the Military Industrial Complex is
"They're evil, not cowards". Well that unbiased look lasted a good while, didn't it?
Man said I'm unbiased 🤡 😂
من يدافع عن بلده ضد الاحتلال يكون شرير 😂
I don't have a stake in this discussion, but wasn't that a quote that his brother in arms, said to him -- That he was reciting?
So just to check Al-qaeda aren’t evil? 9/11 wasn’t evil? Bin laden wasn’t evil? The comment was a quote from a soldier in Iraq and that who the USA was fighting there. Although I wouldn’t expect you to know that
They are not fighting in europe not in the USA ... They are fighting in their land, so who's the agressor here?
You should live with them .
@@mode4148typical foolish answer when you can’t face reality!!!
same as the Native Americans and Australian Aboriginals
@@mode4148i already do and he's right, Israel and USA are the aggressors!
For iran. Not for us. Don't lie for us. 🚫
American guy here. I’ve had an opportunity to spend time w some of these guy when I was taking a tour of southern Lebanon. It was an interesting experience to say the least. They spoke w no accent and reminded me of some of our spec ops guys here on YT when they spoke about their combat experience. A few things I think they would add to all this in the context of the current situation with Israel:
- the Shia population in southern Lebanon was facing abuse by the PLO in 1982, and according to these guys, actually welcomed Israel kicking them out. Their narrative is that the Israelis overstayed, pushed further, and took over where the PLO left off at oppressing the Shia population when they aligned with the Christian Lebanese Forces at the time.
- the Christian factions that historically ruled Lebanon neglected the Shia population for many years and aligned w Israel during the war where they committed many atrocities of their own. This facilitated the development of the broader Shia militant movement at a time when there were a plethora of fighting religious and political factions.
- MANY Lebanese don’t trust Hezbollah but they trust Israel less. This makes for a volatile geopolitical situation but the Lebanese society itself is actually quite stable.
Lots more to add but I think the video did a good job distilling things down a bit.
Long Live The Phalange! 🇱🇧
@@khabbad😂 uh, ok.
Yeah, while the Christians are divided (e.x. the Free Patriotic Movement is chill with Hezbollah and doesn't like Israel), the right-wing Christian militias during the civil war had a hand in some atrocious stuff like the Sabra & Shatila massacre against Palestinian refugee camps (with the assistance of the IDF).
@@HidInMistProductions"Had a hand"? You mean sole responsibility. Israelis didn't shoot or kill any civilians at Sabra and Shatila. 100% of the crimes were committed by a Christian milita. Israel did not order them to do so, and they did not take them on a tour of the camp pointing out innocents to shoot. Israeli forces weren't even in the camp. Who's guilty, the people doing the shooting on their own initiative or some Israelis outside the camp nearby that have nothing to do with it?
The argument about whether Israel could have successfully intervened is separate from who committed the massacre. It was clearly not committed by Israelis.
This is important because the IDF is constantly accused of opening fire on civilians in supposed massacres but such events are never named because they never happened. When they are named, they're wrong: it's non-Israeli groups as in Lebanon, or pre-IDF armed extremist groups 75+ years ago. And in the case of the later, there usually was a similar reprisal days later. During the British mandate there were frequent local massacres of Jews which led to some brief unfortunate periods of back-and-forth violence between Jews and Arabs.
@@khabbad
😂
One man's terrorists are another man's freedom fighters
For Lebanese or any country , foreign entity invading their country is unacceptable like any nation would feel and have the right to feel that way. So whoever resists the occupation is a freedom fighter. On the other hand , these freedom fighters are leveled as terrorist by the foreign powers for resisting their occupation. Nelson Mandela was a terrorist until 2008 by USA. With my experience on foreign policy in these years, USA or Europe leveling a group as terrorists are most likely to be freedom fighters. A general rule of thumb. Of course there are exceptions.
So would even consider USA as the biggest sponsor of terrorism with it's decades history on supporting dictators and "Terror groups" as long as they align with their interest in stealing other countries resources aka "Oil". So one must have to see both sides from an unbiased prospective to really understand who's playing the terrorist role here.
Aside from all of this the civilians are the ones who suffers most under these wars. Hope humanity understand "In war there is no winners, only survivors."
I'd argue Nelson Mandella was a terroist who reformed...
Well said
You are surely not from Lebanon or Syria...people in Lebanon and Syria suffer because of Hezbollah.
@marina12345678911000 we don't bro, hezbollah kinda exist, and they do nothing. In suriya they're helping stabilise the region
I live under hezbollah territory and also have a home in normal lebanon
No difference
@@marina12345678911000 I'm not justifying any of the Hezbollah's actions. My comment was for the western audiences who are brainwashed by the government and mainstream media. Hezbollah wouldn't exist if USA didn't invade middle east or Zionist didn't take Palestinian land. The root problem is US foreign policy and Europeans seeing Muslims as a lesser race and terrorists. It's all about century old colonial aspects of Europe. They're doing the same old colonization but this time wearing a democratic human rights champions musk.
Southern Lebanese here. You skipped a teeny tiny detail. You said that the isrealis retracted after they dealt with the PLO. Not true, they occupied the south of Lebanon from 1982 till 2000.
People of the south have suffered the aggression of the IDF for 18 years. And this is how such organizations are born.
You cannot skip such detail.
He didn’t skip it he just didn’t bothered to mention it cuz well yanno once a slave of an empire is always a slave of an empire
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@@carllucas89♿
Let me correct you, Israel occupied parts of Lebanon since 1978 - the Litani Operation. Villages near the borders suffered since 1936. My grandmother never seen her father, he was killed by an israeli theft group that belonged to the Hagana in 1936, she was born 1 month after his tragic death.
@@ahmadyassine4709 🇮🇱
This is not just a group, this is a country in the country
It's a political party with a private army. Lebanon is the one who needs to sort itself out.
As Hamas is the State inside Gaza.
@@josepnebotrius872Hamas IS gaza, it has no opposition, they control everyone there
@@josepnebotrius872 Hamas controlled the Gaza strip and partially the west bank, Hezbollah controls south Lebanon.
Is that a good thing? A country inside a country??
Great video!
One element often overlooked is unemployment and lack of social services. People don't join these militias for free, they join for the monthly salary. They will probably be a lot less ideologic when the money stops flowing...
If you really think this you are in for a nasty surprise.
That’s a good point.
I really don't think this is true. I have a hard time imagining a single more ideological group of people on the planet. Their entire rhetoric is completely detached from material considerations, so I have to agree with the statement above, you'd be in for a big surprise.
@smokeythebear1633 some do join for $, some out of fear, some out of support for an ideology, some for power. . .it's a host of things - and people in desperate situations with little flow of information are set up to fall into this lifestyle
Some yes but not near as many as you think. This isn’t the modern American Army where most are using it as a means to an end
Kudos for the important work you do, breaking down complex topics for a broad audience and encouraging thinking beyond familiar narratives.
As an Irishman who's also particularly familiar with the players in the ongoing conflict - this is as complex a cluster of layers I'm amazed you managed to summarize the gist of it in such a short video.
Hope you do a deeper dive into "comparisons" with the 'RA, UDF, ETA, Greek nationalists etc..
Your perspective are always very interesting.
Thank you for your hard work!
Loyalist or republican?
@@JustAnotherAccount8 Just like natives in North America, Australia, New Zealand, Algeria, South Africa etc, the Irish suffered from western Angloid white supremacist settler colonial genocide & lebensraum. But since they look "white" it was to a lesser extent & they didn't need a white savior movie like Dances with Wolves, Avatar etc for empathy with other victims like Palestine and South Africa. Northen Ireland has Protestant settler colonialist who like in Israel stole the land and resources while the natives live like Palestinians/South Africans/North American Natives in walled ghettos/reservations/concentration camps.
@@HaloJumper7 okay? Hows that relevant
Edit: im not denying this happened and im pro palestine and pro irish self determination. But its just not relevant to my question at all
@@JustAnotherAccount8 how about you start by putting your cards on the table, before aggressively trying to extract information from a stranger on the internet?
@@poupoupidoum aggressive?!?!?!? It was a simple question with zero aggression behind it. How did you get aggression from a three word question?!?!
“To defeat them will take more than weapons and response.”
Insight from the (slightly above) average infantryman that the big shots often ignore.
Well to solve terrorism, you need to nation build and conduct de facto policing. Something the military is ill-suited for. But to nation build you need good policies. But the US haven't been passing particularly good domestic policies for the past several decades. Likewise, trust in US police has dropped substantially. So I don't think the top brass knows how to nation build so they resort to the military which doesn't work.
Big shots also know Leb-Hezb is also quite active in our back yard. There are thousands of Leb immigrant communities all over south and central America as well as Canada, and the Leb-Hezb act as what we would call an organized crime ring or mafia to both financially support and occasionally leverage those communities for illicit trade which brings in money and moves hard to get military hardware around.
@@fortusvictus8297that's always a given. The biz model works. Have a nice façade, a popular ideology and voilá u have a masque for ur less acceptable activities. Grow big and u get a place in org crime sindicat.
@@neurofiedyamato8763 I think to solve terrorism, Israel can give the land back. The occupation is what created the resistance in first place leading us to where we are at now.
and what land is that?@@minwhalee6630
Fun fact!!!!!
They are popular and they are the reason why Lebanon 🇱🇧 did not end like Gaza!!!!!
That's fairly misleading
@@charleshall6357no he's right
They are wrong as a lebanese.@@thegrimreaper.971
Hezbollah is installing shia settlements in sunni and christian areas, aka 65% of the population. They are unpopular amongst non shias
do u mean popular in Palestinian and Lebanon Muslims? then yes but don't get fooled by them, Hezbollah is just using Lebanon territory to fulfill Iranian power in Palestine
@@gumimegpoid9099 goofy kid 💀💀💀💀
One of the few people that actually mentioned the holy part of the holy war.
Oh, now there are holes in their war! It's a sure sign to stop it now.
Except it's wholey unholy.
There is nothing holy about Jihadists. And never was. These people are fanatic and evil.
its being killed by refusing to commit a sin but these guys are being killed by commiting the most sin ever@@5jjt
While i support the innoncent palestinian people, they no of comments calling for jihad is scary
I asked a Christian missionary about Muslim missionaries. He stared exactly what you stated Chris. They don't evangelize. They provide a infrastructure of services. Services the population is generally lacking. This creates an alliance/allegiance. The population may not necessarily agree with those that rule over them. Yet they enjoy a lifestyle that was lacking previously.
The only group of people in Lebanon who support Hezbollah are the Shias, which is about a 1/3 of the population.
Ok well Lebanon is a failed state. Those services aren't being provided to people now. The Lebanese people can't afford a war now.
Thats exactly what christian missionary do in africa, provide them with infrastructure of service like school and hospital bro
@@gutspark6835 god is never very far from tragedies
@@poupoupidoumthat is disrespectful actually. Most tragedies are caused by the US and they are the biggest devil in this world.
This is peak journalism, better than all MSM together
I usually bite back when I see msm comments but dang it you nailed it.
Idk man he is misrepresenting some stuff
@@MhmdBDRD which vid is propaganda?
@@zaynosman5162 seriously not trying to argue. Which parts?
@@Watermelon43564 I commented on this video on how he says suicide is martyrdom in Islam which is completly false as suicide is forbidden
Holy shit, Dude! I mean Nave Fed as a sponsor is practically a mainstream sponsorship. Congratulations!
What does it means
Only thing is, is that in Islam, suicide is forbidden no matter what the cause is and being a martyr isn’t just dying in war.
hahahahaha
No one is covering this situation like Task & Purpose
Task & Purpose does the necessary concise geopolitical primers we do not see often anywhere! Thank you, as you say, for this critical information!!
not see often? just search the state department's position it's the same thing
Lol. I laugh when the guy says non bias and the people believe him.
Correction 1: the approach taken by Israel in the 2006 war is called the dahiyah doctrine, where dahiyah is the name of a shia-populated beirut suburb the israelis carpet bombed and whose population they decimated at the time. The doctrine does not advocate disproportionate force against armed groups but against the population in an attempt to dissuade them from supporting said armed groups. In Lebanon the IDF punished the entire country as well, blowing up power plants and other civilian infrastructure everywhere hoping the Lebanese would rise against Hezbollah for bringing this war to them. The exact opposite effect occurred. Today the same misguided dahiyah doctrine is being applied to Gaza, with military advice from the same Eizenkot. It seems Israel needs more data points to understand this doctrine only creates more resentment rather than surrender.
Correction 2: The lebanese army is explicitly not allowed to possess weapons that would "tip the balance of military power strategically" vis-à-vis Israel. This has been a common complaint of secular lebanese, including christians, who would otherwise be able to strip Hezbollah of their raison-d'etre if Lebanon had a half decent army. The absence of any military deterrence in the face of Israel is not palatable to the people of south Lebanon for obvious reasons.
I didn't know that about the second part. Who set that restriction on the Lebanese military? Is it part of a peace treaty?
@@HidInMistProductions the USA controls what can and what cant the Lebanese army get, it reached to a point where the Lebanese army had to refuse a very huge military aid from Russia which encompassed several Tanks, 7 MiG fighters, and thousands of bullets of fear of angering the US.
@@mohammadjaafar1496 What the heck. Every day I learn more about U.S. foreign policy and every day I'm more disappointed. Thanks for taking the time to answer + inform me, I appreciate it.
@HidInMistProductions They limit what the army can get, multiple countries have offered to arm Lebanon such as Russia, China and Iran but US threatened with sanctions if the Lebanese accept and are only allowed to buy from countries such as US, France and allies and this way they can limit what the Lebanese army has. So no air defences, no heavy weapons, no proper tanks, no fighter jets etc nothing that can pose a danger to Israel. Which Hez uses as a justification for them having their own arms and that partly makes them stronger than the Lebanese army
I wont argue on the past
Its blurry
But what will happen today
There are missile attacks landing on israel daily from lebanon
And few invasions have accrued
Israel response is limited
Israel Cities were evacuated
What do you think will happen next ,if it continues like that ?
Will it do any good to lebanon
Enforcing another war on israel ?
Many people are so busy with their everyday lives (myself included) that they know very little about some of the major developments that have and are happening in the world. Thank you for doing your best to give us an unbiased (as much as that is possible) look at it. Please continue in this approach.
At least for most Americans I don’t think it’s about being busy, it's that they don’t care. We will make time to know every detail of celebrity gossip and in depth lore of our favorite shows, but don’t have a clue about current events and the relevant history. I think this is likely true of most people period, but I can only speak about my experience living in the US.
@@cwjalexxmostly true of those in the western world, because the entire western world is slowly and effectively becoming the USA. It's not as bad as the USA in most of the western world, and we tend to be less ignorant on many topics, but it's still generally true nowadays.
@@Dee_Ultimate_islamapho_bist Not really, the US simply does not have borders with hostile states, but Europe constantly receives thousands of refugees by boat or through Turkish/eastern borders. Many “refugees” from Syria were fighters who fought against Assad. Yesterday they took pictures with severed heads, and then peacefully drank coffee in Europe. Today Scholz supports the bombing of Gaza in the news headlines of some publications, and what is going through their minds now? All countries have different headaches and threats
Chris, I'm 54. I've heard of them. They blew up the Marine barracks back in '83.
wrong. Hizbollah didn't form until the late 80s, in response to Israel's brutal invasion and occupation in 1985. The group who carbombed the marine base was a precursor group. They were Lebonese patriots who targeted the US forces because of their support of Lebonese fascists who were torturing and killing people.
As usual Washington DC was supporting the bad guys.
and since then i usa troops haven't put a foot in our country
Maybe don't go invade other nations if you don't like getting blown up?
No they didn't it was the Islamic jihad ladd
And Israel would’ve taken the South too.
‘Peace keepers’ is how you call foreign soldiers in Lebanon’s territory 😂
The terms kamikaze and suicide bombers are not in fact the same, and should not be used interchangeably.
This is probably due to TH-cam's censorship.
Content creators resort to creative ways to say self-deletion without saying it :)
Terms and words that we are familiar with are being censored by big tech. Many new terms are being used to bypass censors such as "unalive"
Cappy every week, you surprise me with how many videos you post, and the quality is consistently good. Keep going man love the videos
My understanding is that he has a substantial production effort behind this and most TH-camrs producing this much content are largely readers and presenters.
“The are not coward, only evil”.
My friend: they say the same about you.
@@daiyumyo they are cowards and evil for defending their country against foreign invaders and occupiers? What does that make Israel, US, and French occupiers then? Let me guess, "peacekeepers"?
@@daiyumyo
No cowards my friend. The love death more than you love your live.
@@daiyumyo my bad.
You are right.
No shit it’s war.
@@arnoldel1474 I'd say people who love death more than live is evil. Except they're talking about thier own life and death, then they are just suicidal.
No manipulation or bias, no watering down, deep and broad research. This is a no bullshit Frontline twice per week.
Amazing, the way you can report on this with such excellence! Great job T&P staff!!
10:38 Those "299 reported ..." are not peace keepers. They were all U.S Marines and French army personal. They were there to fight and not to keep peace.
Bruh they literally were there to keep the peace. You can read the classified documents and UN reports which say as much.
Wow! Much better explanation than I expected from your "average infantryman".
It's not all that different from the Irish Republican movement in Ireland. In this case, Hezbollah could be considered the Republican organization at large. Within that organization are a political wing and a military wing. The Irish has a similar set-up with Sinn Fein forming the political wing and the IRA forming the armed resistance wing. In fact, the similarities make a lot of sense as the two movements have often been somewhat aligned over the years. During the period of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, there were many who viewed a global struggles against the Western establishment. This brought together groups as diverse as the IRA, Communist groups in Europe such as the Red Army Faction and Red Brigades, and various Arab/Palestinian groups. In fact, several airplane hijackings were conducted by mixed groups of Arab/Palestinian fighters and members from various European Communist/Anarchist groups.
@@daiyumyothat's a very complex social mix.
They are Not Evil, they fight for what they Believe just like the US......
well said brother, well said!
Bros editing and graphic skills are second to none 🔥👌
👍👍👍
well funded. so nice to see.
"most powerful non state group"
Me: damn fuckin goals
As a lebanese from south Lebanon, from a village on the border. I can assure you we are used to being considered the bad guys. However for the 1st time in my life, im amazed how many people commenting are aware of the propaganda. This journalist said he was going to stay objective, which he absolutely did not do.
Man he left out the best part, Israel left the 2006 war because Nasrallah live streamed a Hezbollah missile attack that struck an Israeli flag ship lmao.
Wonder why
@@adriannv2562 we know why
I think it's wild that you can't even use the term "suicide bomber" without risking angering the almighty google algorithm. To be clear...that's not a jab at you, it's a jab at how ridiculous the algorithm has become and how the lack of contextual understanding in AI leads to overreaching hammers.
YT is a tech tyrant
The irony is that when ScamTube de-monetise a video, they don't disable adverts on it, they just keep all the money the video earns. And we wonder why so many videos get "de-monitised"...
Censorship is the first step to a non free state.
As a Lebanese ,great Video in General, there are few points though that are not accurate or mentioned out context:
1. 15:45. When all “diplomatic” ways of releasing Lebanese(not Palestinian as mentioned) hostages held in israel failed. The only left was to kidnap soldiers to do an exchange.
2. They pay a monthly social fair amount for the Families of all their “martyrs” not only the kamikaze one’s
3.the bombing of 1983 was not against “peace keepers”. It was against fully equipped army personnel that were there to station on another country land.
4. 12:36 . There was no incidents of attacking the lebanese military.
5. It’s not an opposition to the government. Since the 90’s all the governments have mentioned the right of armed resistance in their projects.
6.True they are stronger than the lebanese army, because there are HUGE restrictions on arming the lebanese army imposed by israel’s
allies.
7. In 2006 Israel did not “Go into lebanon southern lebanon to clear bunkers and tunnel” they bombed every bridge, electricity station, fuel reserve, whole residential areas where h*zbollah have never stepped a foot. ( killing over 1,200 Lebanese)
Good explanation for why I support a free independent Kurdistan.
All these nations who are willing to fight each other because of Sunni or Shia and Kurdistan would be right in the middle not that interested in either because of how welcoming they are to all religions. If someone in Kurdistan wanted to follow either of those or be Jewish or be Christian or be Catholic or be any other religion the Kurds would be ok with it as long as they didn't try to force their will on others.
It could be an incredibly stabilizing force to influence others towards peace
As long they are supported financially, it will be difficult to take them out.
Same as israel. If they didnt get billions from nato countries they would be nothing.
They are financially independent nowadays apparently.
@@CraigTheBrute-yf7noi call bullshit. No one making any money in Lebanon right now. They getting funding from Iran.
@@mandrake925 they have smuggling operations across latin america, not just lebanon
@@CraigTheBrute-yf7no that probably still isn't enough. The taliban had 98% of the world supply of poppy and where still getting outside funding. There is 0 chance they are making enough to fund operations in Lebanon, South America, Syria, and wherever else just from operations. They have probably a couple billion dollars worth in missles, rockets, and drones alone. Let alone paying 50k to 100k soldiers. They operate hospitals, social services, schools so they have employees to pay and they probably don't charge local population much bc Lebanon is broke asf. They have to be getting outside funding the math doesn't add up
Very impressive! I am glad I found this channel.
Don't believe the hype. Hasabro PR
Chris Cappy you are fantastic, I didn't missed the day I subscribed your TH-cam, ever best we need strategy and defense analysis in powerful countries, thank you very much.
Thanks for the video and for the promise of doing it objectively. Now, I am watching.
Say what you will of the 2006 2nd Lebanon war, Hizballah has been extremely reluctant to engage the IDF or Israeli civilians in a significant capacity after the war. The way I see it, they never expected Israel to go to war over hijacked soldiers and weren't happy with what followed.
That being said, the IDF did underperform (relative to expectations) hence the unpopularity of prime minister Olmert. That plus the curroption charges 😅.
They've had about a decade of heavy, sustained combat in Syria now though... They're almost certainly the most experienced urban infantry on earth today.
In 2006 Hezbollah Kornet teams took out a few dozen Merkavas; and with drone warfare being so well developed, thats going to be way worse now because the top engine deck armor is so weak.
Its a problem because one of the IDF's best weapons is its percieved near invincibility, and their massive armor advantage. The moment that's gone they have a serious issue.
Omert, not just charges, he was convicted.
I hope we learned
You can't really say the IDF underperformed when everything they did was theatened for sanctions
@chrismadison305how are facts propaganda?
Correction; they are NOT evil, they are protecting their homeland from a foreign invasion!
It’s like when you read old articles about slaves selfishly abandoning the fields and wickedly becoming maroons.
What do you expect from the one that was in Iraq? Was he there to read bed time stories to children, or to terrorize prisoners of war in Abu Gharib?
What? Like isis did?
This comment aged terribly
Once again, a levelheaded, straightforward approach, much appreciated.
First of all, great video!
I am an Israeli citizen and from this point in time, it seems more and more inevitable that a larger conflict between Israel and Hezbollah would take place, bombing from both sides continue to escalate and while both sides don't really want to get to a full scale war it seems more and more likely...
I just wish this war will end ASAP
I’m an Israeli too and from
The north and it’s obvious hezballah doesn’t want war cuz they know Lebanon can’t physically and economically handle a war they are a very strong organization if they wanted they woulda attacked us 3 months ago
Didn't they shock the world by taking out an Isreali Frigate when no one even knew they had an anti ship capability?
@@DieselAF you sir are delusional.
@@Oth23it would be as anti-semitic. Maybe a middle ground - it was there cause there was a war whose context is israeli solgiers being kidnaped with the aim of exchanging them for palest members of hez group.
Context- was
U - very anti-jew
There is reasonable and understandable criticism and then there is exageration. And it is in exageration where anti-jew sentiment can be easily identified. Notice I didn't say anti-zionist, I wrote anti-jew.
He is in fact right, it was streamed live on television, go do your research@@RobFomenko
Thanks! I admire you for handling polarizing subjects so well. Well done 👏
thank you I appreciate the kind words
hya ya chebeb @@Taskandpurpose
The U.S, as a colony itself, can never define who's a terrorist from who's not. Can never determine the next thing a country far thousards of miles away should do and should.
If your flag contains an AK47 you KNOW what it’s about.
In our language it's hez-bo-LAH, le-VAHNT and meerka-VAH.
Thanks for the education✌🇿🇦
Hey man, thank you for your content and the presentation of story telling. The photo at 0:10 is a photo of Israeli soldiers. You can see by the m113 apc. The uniform and most importantly the mitznefet that the soldier on the right have. The flag of Hezbollah is pasted on the photo and you can see the green screen in the top of it.
I really appreciate your views on most of your reports
I'm a US Marine veteran that served in Vietnam in 1968
Our troops in Syria, per former US President Donald Trump, is for the oil. Our disruption of those supply lines are a consequence of us wanting the oil. Also a lot of Lebanese journalists claim that these "supply line strikes" often times are striking food and other resources the civi population of Syria and Lebanon need.
Isis funded itself by exchanging oil for arms in the black market via turkiye.
No oil - no money - no isis.
But sure the n1 oil power house most definatelly would waste money and effort for oil on the other side of the world, a raw material who isn't that uncommon 😂
There's not enough oil there to warrant US forces protection. But, it does make sense to interdict terrorist supply lines.
Of the 7.86 million barrels per day the U.S. imported in 2020, the majority came from its North American neighbors: Canada, with 4.13 million barrels (52.5%), and Mexico, with 750,000 (9.6%). But imports coming from outside North America are significant. Russia, with 540,000 barrels a day (6.6%), was the top non-continental contributor. Roughly 11% of the imports came collectively from OPEC countries, including 520,000 from Saudi Arabia.
11% of 7.86 million is roughly 864,000
minus the 540,000 from Saudi Arabia leaves 320,000 from other OPEC nations
The argument does not make any sense, there is not significant Oil resources in Syria in the first place. Next is that the vast majority of US oil that is not supplied domestically is from countries in North America.
I promise u the people of Lebanon are struggling because of hezballah
I fought them during the 80s in Lebanon. At least they wear a uniform.....or at least they did. Not particularly well trained and we didnt lose anyone.
They aren't the same group now as they were then. They are trained, battle hardened, and motivated. That said, the US has a score to settle with them so I am curious to see what those carrier strike groups will do.
you lost to them twice. why were you in lebanon commiting massacres in the first place?
@@moesh5475I love when people say we lost to them, then name even a single battle they won, even one minor skirmish
@@CatManOfTaste they blew up every single military base and out post and barrack for the united states in the 80s ultimately forcing them to withdraw from the country because they could not contain the attacks or stop / prevent them. as an American citizen i see that as a loss sadly and I wish we didn't have to lose our men like that. we still haven't gotten revenge till this day for our fallen. but yes sadly hate to admit we lost to them.
battle of bint jbeil, battle of wasi el hujair, theres many many more. u won 0 wars vs lebanon @@CatManOfTaste
"theyre evil not cowards"? exaxtly who was invading the others country.. then ask who is evil
I was thinking in my head about a video of dudes begging to shoot regular guys and kids from a plane and just most resent vito to not cease fire and they call them evil?? 😂😂
@@lintonero9018the question is, who started the war? Not Israel , then who?
@@Lmao69 The comment was talking about Iraq...
Zionists started the war in 1948 when they decided to occupy Palestine after they've been given refuge by the Palestinians @@Lmao69
@@Lmao69its been going on since 1947....from how Israel was born, who were behind them and the displacement of millions.
Watching n listening from Milwaukee Wisconsin U.S.A.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ENERGY.
Thanks for all you do. Keep it going!!
Once again, a GREAT video that's FULL of good info. Thanks Cappy!
Propaganda
With full of propaganda
You do a remarkable job of portraying the various sides of these complex situations as humans who are operating from positions that are (or at least seem) reasonable to them, when so often one side or the other gets portrayed as simply inhuman and evil.
Your colleague said “ they are evil “ on Iraqi freedom fighters because they fit some of your “list “
Brah. You did an amazing job breaking that down. I learned more about the Middle East in an hour by watching this video, than I've learned since 2007
It took you an hour to watch a 24 minute video?
@Crimea_River yeah. I Googled the sh*t he was talking about, and actually paused the video to look at the maps he put up on the screen
@@dorianmachia3112 Damn. Now that's a good way to get the most out of the content in the video - nicely done sir
its good to see you learn the history of the group and region but he left out a lot of important factors such as the role of the PLO, the amal group, the druze, Lebanese forces, Kataib..etc, all of which played and continue play an important role in todays politics in Lebanon. the video is ok as a general viewing but to really understand it you need to spend hours looking into it from unbiased sources (which is difficult to do).
@mh8826 it's a F*cking START.
Up until 2 months ago, I couldn't tell half of them apart on a map
A coherent way to begin to learn the basics is what Americans need.
That's like, if somebody showed me basic sentence structure in Mandarin, and you started b*tching about graduate level concepts, and critical theory 😒
I wouldn’t count on analytics from someone thinks that Israel is a legitimate state.
I think it's worth mentioning that the Palestinian groups that were active force in inciting the civil war, were expelled from Jordan due to Black September. These groups, allocated in South Lebanon, were constantly clashing with IDF near the border, which was a major reason for Israel's invasion (not just the ambassador you mentioned). Those clashes, were a reason many Christian AND Shiaa(!) living in the south didn't like them much to say the least, and at the beginning of the invasion, stayed put and didn't engage with Israel. Later on when Israel advanced some Shiaa who were indeed influenced by Iran, did engage later on, while Christians generally took Israel side. Israel was conducting at the time "The Good Fence" which helped not only the Christians, but also the Shiaa folks (before tensions with Israel arose).
Awful civil war with many atrocities, really complex.
hi mossad agent
Correction after israel became more opressive shia shiite rose up and iran supported them
@@kassemm823 I do agree that Israel did mismanage their dealing with the Shiite side.. seemed they were just pro Maronites to begin with and the Shiite got less "support". Mistake by Israel. Worth mentioning that some Shiite were still active in the South Lebanon Army till it's final days. And the Shiite were divided among themselves with Amal and the rising Hezbollah. And who knows what would have happen if Musa al-Sadr wasn't "vanished".
Like I said "really complex" war. Def can't be summed in youtube comments ;) interesting stuff though.
Hi Cappy,
Your analysis has depth, and is cold, and even handed. Very impressed!
Dont forget to mention they liberated lebanon in 2000 and stopped murderous factiond like the IDF from its occupation of southern lebanon, thus allowing my country to drive from Beirut to the south ( where my grandparents live) and in so allowing my family to grow up together 😊
I love the quality of content on your channel.
We are nor evil nor cowards
Both
See you in Beirut 😂😂
@@ofer3000 I don't live in Beirut 😂
Tell that to Iraqi, Kurd and Afghani.
@@johnmaris1582 what?
that they got massacred by idiots
Marines are peace keepers?
Yeap. Their Motto? Don't start no s***, won't be no s***! Peace. :)
@@CaseyHarrisSr yeah....thats stupid....
They are oil peace keepers😂😂😂
@@CaseyHarrisSrUS marines invaded us.
@@CaseyHarrisSr yeah I dont remember Iraq starting any shit. Why were they invaded I wonder?
Whenever Task & Purpose uploads a video, I know I've to watch it whether I want or not. 😅🤣🤣
Speaking to my cousin who lives in Lebanon with his family and is an accountant for the family business.
"We barely have electricity and water in Lebanon, let our government worry how to enhance our infrastructure before going to any war"
oh hi mossad agent
hasbara
@addounsamiyoucef9423 What you talking about Willis?
Excellent reporting, Chris.
I knew something wrong with Hesbulah since the kitty video
Well to start they have a TV station that sounds a lot like OW my nards! Hezbollah is wolfman
Man, you used to make videos that were just American military propaganda and political advertising for the State of Israel, but now you made a very interesting, in depth impartial video about the situation of Hezbollah in Lebanon. Congratulations! Amazing improvement.
You fr called Iraqi resistance "evil" bruh is your audience comprised of 8 year olds? Material analysis please, not this good guy bad guy stuff
He was literally quoting what one of his buddies said while they were deployed. You want him to drop to his knees and start giving the enemy head or something?
@@Ekdrink orientalist believing other orientalists
@@josiahgammeter7898 you’re genuinely regarded.
@@Ekdrink i know
@@Ekdrinkwhat a bizarre and childish comment 🫠 are you 12!?!
11:23 until now United Nations cannot define “terrorism” 😂
They make a mold that exactly fits people they do not like.
The first in Lebanon to start the Kamikaze style attack were the Communist party, who were also fighting Israel.
Another very important thing that you missed, is that after Israel withdrew from Beirut they stayed in southern Lebanon, in that 40KM buffer zone, which is mainly Shia, which led to the resistance movement rise amongst the Shia in Lebanon.
Great analysis Cappy , no one has covered this . 👏
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You completely missed how Yasser Arafat was the one to start all this - after attempting the overthrow of the Kingdom of Jordan.
Thanks for the fair and thoughtful education
Suggestion: Could you make a video of all the names involved. How long they have been involved and history
Names involved?
@@AfricanLionBatusa)) no names please. Same with hamas. Usa iand israel funded it)))
@@AfricanLionBattop leaders of Hezbollah, political and military leaders of Hezbollah, and the other politicians who support them
This is obviously biased because he tried making it seem like Lebanon civil War didn't exist before 1970 while iran revolution happened in 1979 and government establish after iraq war in 1988.. Lebanon civil war was due to problems with Israel
As a United States Marine, we still haven't forgotten Beirut
Prolly forgot the Liberty tho lol
@@junioraltamontent.7582😂😂
@@shafsteryellow obviously a troll
@@C.Y.123 how?
Let us know about us citizen Shireen Akleh
@@junioraltamontent.7582 Yep marines aren't known for their intellect.
Any "peacekeeping" mission is usually doublespeak. Doesn't matter if it is US, China, Russia, or even Rwanda in the DRC. Straight up muscle for something else entirely.
I thought Hasbulla was a really short kid with growing problems
Another fantastic, valuable video!
Actually I think Hazboullah missile arsenal is above. 200,000 and about 75,000-100,000 of those are precision guided artillery which is quite impressive. Simply put if Hazboullah wants it could rain hell onto Israel hence why the US put a carrier group is in the Mediterranean and why Israel is keeping there skirmishes on the Lebanon border fairly small
Thank you for this clear history and explanation. I really had no idea about the extent of their capabilities.