1:01:35 -> but he is still peddling propaganda, how i know???? Once you see what I see, once you hear what I hear, you'll understand the gravity of our plight. The chains that bind us are not merely physical, but mental. They enslave our thoughts and our spirits. The oppressors thrive on our ignorance, our fear, and our compliance. But together, we can shatter the illusions they have crafted. Together, we can rise and reclaim the freedom that is rightfully ours.
As a Syrian refugee, this guy is incredibly accurate with his explanation. There is some stuff that i had to fact check but he is spot on with all the refugee matter for sure. I love listening to his lectures, this is my third so far but i would like to see his viewpoint on the future of Syria now.
What is surprising to me is how in a country with so many people with college loans are ignorant/complicit with American war crimes on people in the middle east . Great lecture thank you .
Honestly, the most baffling for someone who lived in both regions is how almost everyone in USA religiously own guns! When over there black market is very accessible but it’s just not in their culture. Also no gang organizations at all(of course there’s thugs everywhere in world) Yet they’re the terrorists!!! Lol
@@PercocetPete you have literally watched the whole video. You can really fact check everything that he said. And you still say that its a propaganda??? R u dumb?
@@Papa-paws couldnt it just be laziness and the fact that many college degrees are scams (like personal training and art history). How many iranians are aware of the 2008 housing crisis? Also, what exactly did America do that the arabs or iranians did themselves. Americans didnt kill the kurds or the druze.
Do you actually believe 700 men with ak47's controlled a land mass larger than Great Britain, 80 times the size of Qatar for 5 years. Obviously, they had support on the ground. He did mot mention 151L was called 1.5 of Iraq for years before the Syrian war. Also, the American backed Shia persecution of Sunnis which gave 151L Iraqi sunni support.
@@ShakeOneOfficial The ones who operate from amongst the shadows, with blackened hearts they are the ones who are from among the army of satan. But they have only a terrible fate that awaits them for eternity.
@@ShakeOneOfficial Looking at what happened in Kabul when Taliban Marched into it and Americans and Afghan Army surrendering just like that then yes I am not surprised this might have happened in Syria as well.
But he is not totally truthful, as he discribed Arabspring as a spontaneous uprisal, when in fact it is a third crusade, designed by the U.S. and conducted by the west and its allies.
As a Kurd, living in Iraq, I have only one qualm with this lecture: Prof. Casagandra paints a very rosey picture of the Kuwait invasion. There was a lot of pillaging, there were Kuwaiti cars on sale in freaking north of Iraq (Kurdistan)
Thank you for sharing your incredible knowledge of political history through your TH-cam channel. Your lectures are truly amazing, and the fact that you offer them for free is truly inspiring. Your passion for the subject matter shines through in every video, and I am grateful for the opportunity to learn from someone as knowledgeable and passionate as you. Thank you again for your generosity in sharing your knowledge with the world. You are making a significant impact on the lives of countless individuals, and I am proud to be one of them.
You were also involved in the white slave trade and attacking the West. Until, you were destroyed at the gates of Vienna. You started it. You lost. Simply deal with it.
Thank you for your videos Professor. I am a Canadian and I am very grateful for you sharing the true history of the world with the everyone! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
4:53 Ottomans weren't arabs but their empire was arab 10:55 world's first aerial bombardment of a major city 13:37 origin of word iraq 🇮🇶 🇬🇧 15:35 the borders of middle east were a mess 31:41 flags of iraq 🇮🇶 syria 🇸🇾 Egypt 🇪🇬 32:40 UN & Palestine (Palestine choppéd into 8 parts) 35:55 Democracy & tyranny in African States 37:37 seuz canal cost as an excuse to invade 52:40 Iran iraq & US 1:01:17 abab spring ; that one ignite 1:12:28 isil is so insane that alqeada saves americans from them 1:34:00 refugee data & crises (US destroyed middle east & left europe to handle the refugee crisis)
As a Syrian, it's truly remarkable for me to encounter someone who can convey such intricate details with impartiality. This lecture stands out as one of the most exceptional I've ever attended. P.S: "ISIL" was fewer in numbers but remarkably effective during the short period from 2013 to 2015. At one point as a Syrian we thought, they were funded by the USA "most likely", which is puzzling considering they had the newest equipment compared to other groups, despite the widespread shortage of equipment and ammunition among most factions. In Aleppo, they primarily engaged in conflicts with other groups rather than directly confronting the government, unlike in the eastern part of Syria. I believe I can be considered an eyewitness for Aleppo because I've lived there for most of my life and currently pursue my PhD as a student in Europe.
Thanks for sharing. First-hand accounts of ISIL are so crazy. A friend of mine used to work at an oil refinery in Iraqi Kurdistan when Daesh was threatening to take over the area. Stories like that are just wild to most Europeans, it's difficult for us to imagine what he must have felt going to work each day.
@@mirshafieSounds like the Wild West - that mythical time & place in American history where gun men finished the genocide of the Native American population in north west USA.
The Syrian people enthused with Arab spring began to struggle for democracy but America and Israel had different strategy to destabilise Syria by supporting the revolutionary Assad and people of Syria sensed that started the crisis leading to Syrian disaster.
But strange, he wouldn’t pronounce Paris the French do, but he does with Mosul, Baghdad, Hezbollah and AlQaida, for example, the way Iraqi / Arabs would.
it was also cool how he pronounched jamal/gamal abdel nasser's name (former egyptian president) as gamal which is it how its pronounced in the arabic egyptian dialect while in classical arabic or any other arabic country its pronounced jamal
He is an amazing teacher. He does not appear to be using any notes, this is all off the top of his head. He knows his material. I've studied this region myself and of everything he has said I've heard no mistakes and certainly much I never knew. Amazing how much I lived through that the media told us almost nothing about while it was going on or thereafter.
Cheryl Brandon its sad isnt it the fact you have to explain this to people! the fact they have the internet could look it up! but instead prefer making stupid statements
Cheryl Brandon I am just fed up having to spend my time and energy doing this! I feel like it is a losing battle! For every person who realises they are being scammed there are millions more waiting in line!
Penny Neiman You got your war and you lost. I'd go home and get on with the rest of my life and leave the Syrians to get on with their's and stop meddling and interfering in other people's affairs. Nobody "died fighting for their independence from a dictator." They died for a lie. The true Syrians fought and died to save their people and their country. They won. Think about that the next time you play the Devil's Advocate. Careless talk costs lives.
Iraq has always been called Iraq in Arabic. When Al Hajjaj was sent to Iraq to govern them by Abdul Aziz bin Marwan, he famously gave a speech in Arabic that is taught in classical Arabic classes; in it he explicitly mentions Iraq by name.
Professor Roy Casagranda, is worthy to watch every second of his videos! A true historian genius, who delivers historical facts in a highly entertaining manner!
1:11:00 Alqaeda doesn't actually mean the general, you're mistaking القائد which means the general with القاعدة which means the fundamental. The General word uses Hamzah letter which is part of Alif the first letter in Arabic for English speaking people, it might sound the same but the ع letter actually comes more from down the thought.
Do you actually believe 700 men with ak47's controlled a land mass larger than Great Britain, 80 times the size of Qatar for 5 years. Obviously, they had support on the ground. He did mot mention 151L was called 1.5 of Iraq for years before the Syrian war. Also, the American backed Shia persecution of Sunnis which gave 151L Iraqi sunni support.
Excellent lecture with many facts presented with transparency that is uncommon when these topics are discussed. Excellent work and I’ve learned many details about events I thought I knew much about already. Salute
One minute of silence for the man monitoring camera as he walks here and there constantly 😅 Great lecture and I’m wondering the size of his brain, brilliant. It’s really tough to engage people in two hours history lecture and Roy does it so naturally.
Pretty good speciay the pre arab spring part but today we know that there are much more aspects to the Syrian Coup than met this gentelmans eyes in 2015.
I worked on a project for Syrian refugees and it took me to the refugee camps in Jordan. The veteran members on the team used to work for UNHCR and led the supply convey into Bosnia. The numbers are eye opening. Average lifespan on UN refugee camps is 25 years, in Jordan there are cities that are still legally Palestinian refugee camps, where there are 3-4 generations of Palestinian refugees. The first refugees to arrive in Jordan are Armenians from WWI. Middle East is really screwed up
@@SaddamHussain-we9ec The conflict between Sunni and Shi’a is thousands of years old, as is the Jewish-Muslim conflict and wars, so I’ll leave it to you to come up with your own answer. When peace is not an option, chaos ensues.
@@FishingAdventuresDubai so you are going to blame colonialism and neo-colonialism? Cool. Now come up with a solution rather than attacking someone online that you don’t even know. Arm chair warrior. 😂😂😂😂
The "carved like a thanksgiving turkey" example remined me of the famous prophecy of the last hour in which its reported to be foretold by the Holy Prophet Muhammad SAW that the Muslim nation will be incredibly huge yet so weak and powerless that the disbelievers will dine upon us. He compared us to foam on the rivers...😔
Spain absorbed 740,000 migrants (including refugees) in the last 10 years. The demographics made of Morrocans, Pakistani, Chinese, Columbian, Panama, Puerto Rico, Congolese, Nigerian, Libya, Western Saharawi and a few from Syria and Yemen. This year approx 78,000.
ASS-ad and his father before him are bloodthirsty war criminals, who destroyed the country and most of its citizens too, Pol-Pot of Cambodia is a boy scout in comparison, check it out if you well... True as the Sun shines in the sky above
Amazing prophecy of prophet Muhammad peace be upon him A time will come when nations gather like at a dinner and share you with each other. I'm paraphrasing but this is exactly what happened
This is amazing... I haven't finished it yet I'm still like 25 minutes in but I had to make this correction in case someone is interested and maybe try to look a bit more into it and get confused : 23:35 the Professor says that the US plotted assassination in 1949, actually it was a Coup d'état and the first democratically elected president was "Shukri Al-Quwatli" who then was imprisoned by "AlZa'im" (the Military leader) and then exiled to Egypt where he built good relations with King Farouq, only to come back to Syria years later and run for a third term (he was firs elected in 1943-1948 then 1948-Coup of 1949)... I still haven't finished so I think I'll come back and edit this comment to add whatever I think about the rest of the lecture, which I think was more than amazing up to this point! Edit: this is one of the most informative and enjoyable lectures I've seen in a while. There's the occasional lecture where the professor offers a not that much of info but is really good at cracking jokes and satisfying the students with some silly trivias, and there's this real yawner of a lecture where the professor bombards you with so much info that you actually start thinking it was a bad choice to wake up this morning... This is neither boring nor uninformative, I learned a lot and honestly you have your way of narrating history I could listen to you all day! I also think you remind me of this great author who I've been reading for a while now and he also has the same spirit you have and is really funny! Anyways, as a Syrian I appreciate your approach and I can say that it was very accurate, but as a fellow revolutionary I'd say you didn't give the public uprising that happened in almost every city for a really - relatively - significant duration its due right. Syrians didn't just start arming up the day after Al-Assad tortured those kids you mentioned. Peaceful protests (with no accompanying militarization) persisted for more than half a year before things took the route Al-Assad forced it to take (even after that the demonstrations kept going). Syrians fought with their voices much longer before they took arms, and for much longer than anyone in history could do, I'd argue, and they did it very well at that time. I know being a Syrian may delude someone to think that I'm just being biased but if you only look up for example "Homs 2011 demonstration" / "Hama 2011 demonstration" on YT you'll be shocked, even if you think you saw and know everything that happened you'll still be shocked... Alas, it all had to turn the way Al-Assad wanted it to!
I agree with everything you said, but outside powers took over and destroyed anything the original syrians started. That's why leaders have to lead with brutality bc the spies and outside powers are always looking for the way in to destroy Syria. Syria has always been the light of intelligence and arab class. The unity of the Syrians (no religious sectarism) Was something amazing. In the end, tearing the country apart has done nothing for the strains. Foreigners occupy the oil rich areas and society has been tore apart 😢it seems like there is no way to be truly independent with economic growth and civil society outside powers will always crush it unless you submit to their rules. Sometimes evenif you submit to their rules the crush you.
if I remember right it was more than half a year maybe it was even more than a year Syria was in peaceful protest, if you remember president morsy said " لبيك ياسوريا", mabye i wrong , and by then I believe the alayes "Russia,Iran...ecs" of al asad made their move with weaponizing to make everything go wrong
One thing I understand about Tunisia is that women’s rights were a big part of the reforms... and this is why the results of the revolution was better than other springs... and there is a socialist core to the reforms too. And my opinion is that if we let men make the bulk of the decisions for revolution it results in violence, but if you have women play a big role in the revolution and give women more rights in society it can have better results
Does anyone know which study he referred to regarding regimes in Africa? Specifically, the one about how dictatorships transitioned into democracies and, conversely, how artificially created democratic systems led to the collapse of a country?
@@ba__con -The first airplane was used in Libya by Italians, 23 October 1911 -Mongols were brutal at wars but very tolerant ruler, never forced people to change their language or religion(how many countries spoke Mongolian or believed in Tengri religion during Mongol reign) when Arabs forced and changed the language and religion wherever they went, see Syria, Egypt,Morocco. They could not change the language of Iranians-in a degree- and Turks which they are the muslim states Arabs has difficult relations. ... Too many mistakes, I stopped after few minutes. He looks like a brain-washed good guy. A good guy speaks lots of rubbish.
@@gokalpmetininpapyonlusu5810 thanks ... I've been recently trying to learn about different political science lectures about the region ... I'd hate to listen to someone who's brain washed though. how exactly is he brainwashed because I'm really curious to understand more about the truth on the middle east.
There is the account of a Venezuelan nun here on TH-cam that worked in Syria, that tells a different story of how the war in Syria was started. Refugees? They are not refugees, if they have crossed five or six safe countries. If 80% or more are young men, they are not refugees, but cowards, who left their families, instead of trying to protect them. My wife is from Lebanon (her sister-in-law was from Syria) and she volunteered as a translator, not one of the Syrians she translated for, came, because he had been in mortal danger. One for example is a Syrian customs officer, he still gets his salary from Assad's government, but here he claimed to be persecuted and collects money. Another had already been in Turkey for three years (he owns a bakery there) before he came to Europe claiming he was a refugee. A couple even came here for artificial fertilization and she's now pregnant with her third(!) pair of twins, all paid for by our national health service. Then there are those who do not want to defend their country and, frankly, if they betray their own people and country, they will show even less loyalty to us! Many are not even Syrians, but pretend to be. What Merkel did was not an act of kindness! Neither for Syria nor for Europe. If her goal had been to help, she would first of all had made sure that the Syrian people could import medical supplies and drugs so that the injured and sick could be treated and surgeries could be performed under anesthesia, but she didn't oppose that. She would have tried to prevent the cutting of funds for the UN refugee camps. With the same amount of money she could have helped ten or more times the number of people and the help would have been quicker and it would have been people who had been and still are more in need than those that came here in violation of our laws. What she accomplished was to weaken Syria, by luring away Syrians, who were desperately needed, be they doctors, men that could have been drafted to defend their country, nurses etc., all those people could and should have contributed to the defense of their country. During the war when Yugoslavia was broken up, we took in a Bosnian mother and her two children, their father would never have thought of deserting his country and people, but he was glad to know that his family was safe. They were real refugees, they were glad to be in safety, they did not try to get money any way they could or exploit our institutions as we see now. The behaviour of the so-called refugees now is totally different. The idea that they should "make up" for low birthrates is ridiculous. Firstly, if they are refugees, they are going to return when the war is over, secondly, economists have proven that even if all of them could find work, it would still be a financial loss, not a win, even if they all were educated and eager to learn the language and to work, which they are not. Besides, Syria needs all its people to rebuild the country. Most war refugees are within Syria and the Syrian government takes care of them the best it can, despite embargos and invasions by Turkey, the USA, the frequent attacks of Israel, the UK and its White Helmets etc. etc.. Also large numbers of Daesh terrorists used the opportunity to get into Europe. A Yezidi woman that had been kept as a slave by the Islamic terrorists and had been able to escape and find refuge in Germany (one of the few justified cases), recognized her former "owner" on a street in Germany, he also saw her and threatened her. According to this woman, among her fellow Yezidi friends, several other women had seen ISIS fighters. That is only in one city! She told the police, but was told they couldn't do anything, since the man has also refugee status! The shocking increase in crime (despite manipulation of the statistics) is also a result of the breaking of the law that Merkel, Faymann and others committed. The first duty of a government is to its own people, so Merkel & Co. are responsible for all the murders, rape and other crimes that would not have happened, if they had done their duty. But the "refugee organizations" are earning a lot of money and the rise in crime and terror attacks is a convenient justification to introduce more government control and censorship and brings us closer to a police state, so I'm sure that some groups of people are profiting from the situation. Those people are, however, not the ones in need. Concerning the low numbers of people the US and the UK are willing to accept, that is no surprise. Why would they want to destabilize their own countries? But take note of how quickly they and Merkel etc. agreed to accept the "White Helmets"! For those who don't know what these people really are, I'd recommend the work of Vanessa Beeley. Another thing I haven't heard this speaker mention so far (I'm at 1:38:15 in the lecture) is how the terrorists got their poison gas from Turkey (brought to light by a member of the Turkish parliament) or that a large part of the stolen oil was shipped to Israel. I could go on, but it's 02:26 a.m. and probably not many people are going to read my comment anyway, but I had to point out things that may sound persuasive, but simply are not true. If Merkel's intention had been to aid the suffering people of Syria, she would not have acted the way she did, but she also doesn't care much about the Germans or other Europeans, so what can one expect? I don't think most our governments in Europe are taking us in a good direction and the undemocratic, almost dictatorial disregard of their respective peoples doesn't bode well for the future. Well, whoever reads this, take care and be vigilant!
From 1:14:00 the professor provides a very sound argument against uncontrolled immigration of nationalities and particular ideologies that cannot easily assimilate with Western cultures.
Brilliant, absolutely brilliant: Informed, considered, with humour, anger and above all, intellectual weight. Roy Casagranda is brilliant. I am old, know this subject, and am in admiration.
1:12:50 the name Al-Kaida or Al-Qaida means the Foundation because they see themselves as the Foundation of the universal Jihad of Muslims against the infidels and imperialism and the name Taliban goes back to the golden age of Arabic Civilisation, where the students or Talabat Al-Ilem or seekers of knowledge, as the literal translation goes, were very respected in the arabic/Islamic society. very informative lecture, thank you roy. i'm a syrian living in your ancestral land germany by the way 😅.
Roy Casagranda gives a brilliant and interesting perspective. People in the comments only want to hear what they want to hear. Although he did jump a few specific events.
The word iraq is what arabs call the land of mesopotamia, rivers tend to zig zag that has made them look like a plant root (many rivers with many curves) عروق اعراق عراق some other explanation says that they think its the origin which is the same word in Arabic Mohammed in one of his sayings call it iraq. syria Jordan Lebanon and Palestine are called Beelad Alsham (levant).
There's very little history in this talk - most of which is common knowledge - and more often than not it is falsely or inaccurately retold by the speaker. There's also a lot of narrative in the talk. Very unprofessional. Is Casagranda supposed to be a scholar?
oh really do tell then your eloquent version. very few understand the middle east and its history but of course its commeon knowledge. were you upset by anychance that the us or uk didnt come off too well, i wonder
Yes, there is a lot of short cuts in his lecture...but, he does state where his biais is...and he reveals lots of incongruities in the 'official' narrative. Good man! Not perfect, but I'm not myself, perfect! Excellent background info into this catastrophe and the dreadful consequences for civilians (millions) there, who are the descendants of the creators of 'our' civilisation. They were there before the Muslims, and before the early Christians. Actually, the Christians were there, 600 years before the Muslims, creating a sumptous civilization...Casagranda is a historian and a Community College Instructor. Congratulations, you deserve them, and more.. He's doing a great job educating a youth, although curious and attentive, that only kowns what they hear and see daily on television, through the lens of a well-oiled propagada machine(with sinister motives)...I wish he would have explained the help Syria provided in settling the civil war in Lebanon and keeping it civil war free for 20 years + to the 'commendation' and encouragement of the UN and its Security Council, until a recent war, started by Israel, and the two Iraq wars... I would have like to hear his description and thoughts about the disgraceful way Syria was chased out of Lebanon through the dark machinations of Western and neighbouring countries. Thank you Mr. Casagranda
Kuwait invasion was done in a quiet and calm manner? My Kuwaiti friends claim the Iraqi troops even took their window frames and doors from the houses. They said the Iraqis would have taken the roads if the asphalt could have been rolled. This man is speaking nonsense.
the lecturer is ignorant about our history !!! Iraq name was used by Arabs the time Britain was nobody at the time, a lot of mistakes , shallow discourse
"They are gonna carve up the Ottoman Empire like a thanksgiving day Turkey " hahaha don`t know if this was on purpose but the Ottoman Empire = Turkey (back in the day) hahahaha. Need more pple like minded! Thank you for offering us drop outs this lecture for free.
He also made a mistake for Sykes-Picot. It was during WW1, just after British failure and surrender in Kut-ul-Amare. Too many mistakes, a kindergarten level joke but it is still good for ignorant US audience.
I liked most of your talk. You started to loose me as you moved into current events, it could I be have my own views. I guess the truth will be left for those of the future to look back and discuss. Funnily I sat through the wars Afghanistan, Yugoslavia and Falklands on TV, I ate up the narrative. I look back and question my zeal for wars in those countries. i guess when people worry about age it is in a stable safe society, I hope i can live out my days before war comes to me.
ionezgb Straight up. I thought everyone knew. "Unity, Freedom, Socialism" is the Syrian national motto. It's a secular state, Assad is a Baathist and they are socialists. Everyday the kids in Syrian schools pledge their allegiance for the Syrian Constitution and repeat the motto, "Unity, Freedom, Socialism." Same as US kids pledge allegiance for the US Constitution. That's what the war is all about....the capitalist dollar versus the commies. The Cold War never ended. Don't tell me you believed it was about religion, good Vs evil, Allah, freedom, democracy and human rights and all of that hogwash? It's always the dollars. Wall St hates the commies...and the commies hate the warmongering Wall St profit mongers.
+James Graham I know that this isn't religious war but it isn't war over ideology. Baath party is misusing socialism and their ideology isn't based on Marx, Engels, Lenin, Mao, Proudhon, Bakunin, Kropotkin, Luxemburg, etc. Their ideology is more inline with fascism with their Arab nationalism and suppression of Kurdish autonomy that led even to genocide of the Kurds. Even Wikipedia says this: "Socialism in Ba'athist ideology does not mean state socialism or economic equality, but modernisation and Ba'athists believe that socialism is the only way to develop an Arab society which is truly free and united."* Syrian president Bashar al-Assad even allied with Syrian Social Nationalist Part(SSNP)** which is openly Nazi and even their flag and logo resembles Nazi swastika. I don't claim SSNP is full Nazi but they clearly have sympathies toward Nazis and true socialist regime would never ally with fascists and nazis because of their ideological differences especially since SSNP isn't a major factor in Syrian War and Assad doesn't gain much in the alliance with them. This is clearly imperialists trying to gain ground in anti-imperialist nation. Cold war have ended and communist bloc have failed, sadly, because of the multiple reasons I could spend years explaining. Clearly some remanents of communist revolutions are left in the world like China and Cuba but Syria is not one of them and Syria had never had real socialism. * en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba%27athism ** en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Social_Nationalist_Party
Exactly how do you feel as a patriotic US citizen listening to the prof, hearing about the evil caused by your own country and there's no denying any of it. Just how do you feel
It is so nice to make or imagine history our way, taking the real truth out, we can teach and make politics work in our favor. Historian must have a nobel prize, for making the world what really is today, a box of Pandora. "Full of lies"
Arab spring never happened in Brazil, it was United States hand for the coup d'etat we are facing now. Here in Brazil, we don't have any mass media news on what was really happening in the Arab world at that time. Except for the controlled movement in New York, following the examples the professor gave us, the so-called Arab spring just happened in countries where the United States has reasons to intervein.
That's good to hear. Socialist was a great ideal for our grandparents after the gilded age of hyper capitalists ruined the country and brought the Great Depression.
The word Iraq is the official name in Arabic language of Iraq in the pre-Islamic and post Islamic era, it's ancient. Another thing as a Moroccan i can say that the population in here is genetically mostly Arabic. Thank you
It is recommended not to watch Dr Roy's videos at bed time. I always start it when im in bed and im left awake until 4am listening to it 😂
Same here 😅
1:01:35 -> but he is still peddling propaganda, how i know????
Once you see what I see, once you hear what I hear, you'll understand the gravity of our plight. The chains that bind us are not merely physical, but mental. They enslave our thoughts and our spirits. The oppressors thrive on our ignorance, our fear, and our compliance. But together, we can shatter the illusions they have crafted. Together, we can rise and reclaim the freedom that is rightfully ours.
😂same
Spot on@@farhadzada3162
Same😂
As a Syrian refugee, this guy is incredibly accurate with his explanation. There is some stuff that i had to fact check but he is spot on with all the refugee matter for sure. I love listening to his lectures, this is my third so far but i would like to see his viewpoint on the future of Syria now.
Just pls dont tell me you a Kurd working for NGO
What is surprising to me is how in a country with so many people with college loans are ignorant/complicit with American war crimes on people in the middle east . Great lecture thank you .
It only shows how a well made propaganda can dictate the opinion
Honestly, the most baffling for someone who lived in both regions is how almost everyone in USA religiously own guns! When over there black market is very accessible but it’s just not in their culture. Also no gang organizations at all(of course there’s thugs everywhere in world) Yet they’re the terrorists!!! Lol
@@PercocetPete you have literally watched the whole video. You can really fact check everything that he said.
And you still say that its a propaganda???
R u dumb?
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@@Papa-paws couldnt it just be laziness and the fact that many college degrees are scams (like personal training and art history). How many iranians are aware of the 2008 housing crisis? Also, what exactly did America do that the arabs or iranians did themselves. Americans didnt kill the kurds or the druze.
you know it's a good lecture when you're talking about Syrian Crisis and started it in 633AD
Mr. Incredible meme: It starts when it starts!
Listened to his 2014 lecture about Iraq last night. He's one of the best History lecturers I've ever heard.
A man’s integrity is his honesty.
Thank you sir.
Kind regards from Pakistan 🇵🇰
Do you actually believe 700 men with ak47's controlled a land mass larger than Great Britain, 80 times the size of Qatar for 5 years. Obviously, they had support on the ground. He did mot mention 151L was called 1.5 of Iraq for years before the Syrian war. Also, the American backed Shia persecution of Sunnis which gave 151L Iraqi sunni support.
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The ones who operate from amongst the shadows, with blackened hearts they are the ones who are from among the army of satan.
But they have only a terrible fate that awaits them for eternity.
He is a CIA plant, no integrity. Just corruption, manipulation and fascism.
@@ShakeOneOfficial Looking at what happened in Kabul when Taliban Marched into it and Americans and Afghan Army surrendering just like that then yes I am not surprised this might have happened in Syria as well.
But he is not totally truthful, as he discribed Arabspring as a spontaneous uprisal, when in fact it is a third crusade, designed by the U.S. and conducted by the west and its allies.
I'd love to sit in his class watching live presentation. Prof Casagandra is a great historian and a charismatic lecturer
I am really interested in a similar lecture 9 years later now in 2023.
Thank you for the knowledge Doctor
These lectures needs to be circulating and shared
Thanks Roy for these lectures
As a Kurd, living in Iraq, I have only one qualm with this lecture: Prof. Casagandra paints a very rosey picture of the Kuwait invasion. There was a lot of pillaging, there were Kuwaiti cars on sale in freaking north of Iraq (Kurdistan)
Thats the same what I think
Wealthy Kuwait's had their vehicles stolen...big deal. Who cares.
Thank you for sharing your incredible knowledge of political history through your TH-cam channel. Your lectures are truly amazing, and the fact that you offer them for free is truly inspiring. Your passion for the subject matter shines through in every video, and I am grateful for the opportunity to learn from someone as knowledgeable and passionate as you.
Thank you again for your generosity in sharing your knowledge with the world. You are making a significant impact on the lives of countless individuals, and I am proud to be one of them.
For us the inhabitants of arabic counties we suffered so much from europeans all over the history.
You were also involved in the white slave trade and attacking the West. Until, you were destroyed at the gates of Vienna. You started it. You lost. Simply deal with it.
Thank you for your videos Professor. I am a Canadian and I am very grateful for you sharing the true history of the world with the everyone! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
great lecture. Content presented in a charismatic non-boring way
4:53 Ottomans weren't arabs but their empire was arab
10:55 world's first aerial bombardment of a major city
13:37 origin of word iraq 🇮🇶 🇬🇧
15:35 the borders of middle east were a mess
31:41 flags of iraq 🇮🇶 syria 🇸🇾 Egypt 🇪🇬
32:40 UN & Palestine (Palestine choppéd into 8 parts)
35:55 Democracy & tyranny in African States
37:37 seuz canal cost as an excuse to invade
52:40 Iran iraq & US
1:01:17 abab spring ; that one ignite
1:12:28 isil is so insane that alqeada saves americans from them
1:34:00 refugee data & crises (US destroyed middle east & left europe to handle the refugee crisis)
No wonder why his videos are not spread across youtube that much. Because they don't want people to know the truth.
As a Syrian, it's truly remarkable for me to encounter someone who can convey such intricate details with impartiality. This lecture stands out as one of the most exceptional I've ever attended.
P.S: "ISIL" was fewer in numbers but remarkably effective during the short period from 2013 to 2015.
At one point as a Syrian we thought, they were funded by the USA "most likely", which is puzzling considering they had the newest equipment compared to other groups, despite the widespread shortage of equipment and ammunition among most factions.
In Aleppo, they primarily engaged in conflicts with other groups rather than directly confronting the government, unlike in the eastern part of Syria.
I believe I can be considered an eyewitness for Aleppo because I've lived there for most of my life and currently pursue my PhD as a student in Europe.
Thanks for sharing. First-hand accounts of ISIL are so crazy. A friend of mine used to work at an oil refinery in Iraqi Kurdistan when Daesh was threatening to take over the area. Stories like that are just wild to most Europeans, it's difficult for us to imagine what he must have felt going to work each day.
@@mirshafieSounds like the Wild West - that mythical time & place in American history where gun men finished the genocide of the Native American population in north west USA.
I thought it was generally known that ISIS franchise is US / IS operation.
The Syrian people enthused with Arab spring began to struggle for democracy but America and Israel had different strategy to destabilise Syria by supporting the revolutionary Assad and people of Syria sensed that started the crisis leading to Syrian disaster.
I love how he tries to say Arabic names correctly
But strange, he wouldn’t pronounce Paris the French do, but he does with Mosul, Baghdad, Hezbollah and AlQaida, for example, the way Iraqi / Arabs would.
@@TheKamperfoelieit’s almost like he doesn’t specialize in French studies or something… he lectures about Arab history for a reason
@@parkerpennington208 you mean he’s gone native? An English speaking French scholar wouldn’t pronounce Paris like the French do.
@@TheKamperfoelie The term I'd use is "wannabe"
Though in casual speech I'd say he's a "beg" because he is a beg
it was also cool how he pronounched jamal/gamal abdel nasser's name (former egyptian president) as gamal which is it how its pronounced in the arabic egyptian dialect while in classical arabic or any other arabic country its pronounced jamal
He is an amazing teacher. He does not appear to be using any notes, this is all off the top of his head. He knows his material. I've studied this region myself and of everything he has said I've heard no mistakes and certainly much I never knew. Amazing how much I lived through that the media told us almost nothing about while it was going on or thereafter.
This man is helping me understand thanks better. Still a really complicated world but thank you 🙏
If you want to know about Syria ask the Syrians.
good idea
yep very true thats what i got from this dude!! so stupid! embarrasing and egotistical
Cheryl Brandon its sad isnt it the fact you have to explain this to people! the fact they have the internet could look it up! but instead prefer making stupid statements
Cheryl Brandon I am just fed up having to spend my time and energy doing this! I feel like it is a losing battle! For every person who realises they are being scammed there are millions more waiting in line!
Penny Neiman You got your war and you lost. I'd go home and get on with the rest of my life and leave the Syrians to get on with their's and stop meddling and interfering in other people's affairs. Nobody "died fighting for their independence from a dictator." They died for a lie. The true Syrians fought and died to save their people and their country. They won. Think about that the next time you play the Devil's Advocate. Careless talk costs lives.
you are explaining the history really good that I can set and watch your videos for hours
I'm in love with your lectures. You are packed up with knowledge.
Iraq has always been called Iraq in Arabic. When Al Hajjaj was sent to Iraq to govern them by Abdul Aziz bin Marwan, he famously gave a speech in Arabic that is taught in classical Arabic classes; in it he explicitly mentions Iraq by name.
A number of Hadith of Muhammad ﷺ mention Iraq as well.
Thanks to all the ppl who help to make this content. Specially professor 🙏🙏🙏
But it must be said, admittedly, most Arab Christians in Syria do seem to prefer Assad.
Because they were ordered by France to do so
There will be Western people or Christians who dislike Prof.Dr. Roy Casagranda for talking straight about the history of Syrian and the Middle East.
Professor Roy Casagranda, is worthy to watch every second of his videos! A true historian genius, who delivers historical facts in a highly entertaining manner!
1:11:00 Alqaeda doesn't actually mean the general, you're mistaking القائد which means the general with القاعدة which means the fundamental.
The General word uses Hamzah letter which is part of Alif the first letter in Arabic
for English speaking people, it might sound the same but the ع letter actually comes more from down the thought.
It means "The Base" actually, which can be understood, because there are the US base in Middle east.
@@monshamad5581 yeah, this makes more sense than the fundamental although both meanings use the same word.
Alqaeda means the base. It was the base that received the arab mujahdeen to fight USSR in Afghanistan 1979
Do you actually believe 700 men with ak47's controlled a land mass larger than Great Britain, 80 times the size of Qatar for 5 years. Obviously, they had support on the ground. He did mot mention 151L was called 1.5 of Iraq for years before the Syrian war. Also, the American backed Shia persecution of Sunnis which gave 151L Iraqi sunni support.
One of the best lectures ive seen. thanks alot.
Excellent lecture with many facts presented with transparency that is uncommon when these topics are discussed. Excellent work and I’ve learned many details about events I thought I knew much about already. Salute
One minute of silence for the man monitoring camera as he walks here and there constantly 😅
Great lecture and I’m wondering the size of his brain, brilliant. It’s really tough to engage people in two hours history lecture and Roy does it so naturally.
Pretty good speciay the pre arab spring part but today we know that there are much more aspects to the Syrian Coup than met this gentelmans eyes in 2015.
What are good sources for me to unearth them?
I worked on a project for Syrian refugees and it took me to the refugee camps in Jordan. The veteran members on the team used to work for UNHCR and led the supply convey into Bosnia. The numbers are eye opening. Average lifespan on UN refugee camps is 25 years, in Jordan there are cities that are still legally Palestinian refugee camps, where there are 3-4 generations of Palestinian refugees. The first refugees to arrive in Jordan are Armenians from WWI. Middle East is really screwed up
Appreciate whatever you've done but middle east is screwed up because of whom?
@@SaddamHussain-we9ec The conflict between Sunni and Shi’a is thousands of years old, as is the Jewish-Muslim conflict and wars, so I’ll leave it to you to come up with your own answer. When peace is not an option, chaos ensues.
@@MartineReedinstead of colonialism and neo colonialism you stick it on intra religious conflict 😂 still blind to it ?
@@FishingAdventuresDubai so you are going to blame colonialism and neo-colonialism? Cool. Now come up with a solution rather than attacking someone online that you don’t even know. Arm chair warrior. 😂😂😂😂
@@MartineReed it is clear who is the keyboard warrior here. I never attacked you.
The "carved like a thanksgiving turkey" example remined me of the famous prophecy of the last hour in which its reported to be foretold by the Holy Prophet Muhammad SAW that the Muslim nation will be incredibly huge yet so weak and powerless that the disbelievers will dine upon us. He compared us to foam on the rivers...😔
Whoever is from Northern Africa to modern day Iraq I hope you learn something from this!
Whoever is a Muslim, I hope learn from this!
Great info in here for sure!
Arabs need to relearn their history. We were indoctrinating to hate each other
Maybe North Africa should unify with the rest of Africa.
Did the first name of kansler Angelas father also start with an A? And was he also a kansler?
Spain absorbed 740,000 migrants (including refugees) in the last 10 years. The demographics made of Morrocans, Pakistani, Chinese, Columbian, Panama, Puerto Rico, Congolese, Nigerian, Libya, Western Saharawi and a few from Syria and Yemen. This year approx 78,000.
This was a master class in history, many thanks to the channel and Dr Casagranda!
Thank God al-Assad came out the victor! Long live the Tiger!
Benjamin Zamora broken link
Matheus Cruz know
ASS-ad and his father before him are bloodthirsty war criminals, who destroyed the country and most of its citizens too, Pol-Pot of Cambodia is a boy scout in comparison, check it out if you well... True as the Sun shines in the sky above
Ray Cosmo Bad loser. Ho! Ho! Ho! Who's got the last laugh now?
Assad had to win, or there will be no more Alawhite.
Amazing prophecy of prophet Muhammad peace be upon him
A time will come when nations gather like at a dinner and share you with each other.
I'm paraphrasing but this is exactly what happened
The single most interesting video I’ve watched in a while. Thank you Prof. Casagrande.
Thank you and bless you Sir. I’m painfully aware how right you are.
can anyone provide the name of the research paper he mentioned at minute 35:50 regarding the implementation of democracy in african states?
This is amazing... I haven't finished it yet I'm still like 25 minutes in but I had to make this correction in case someone is interested and maybe try to look a bit more into it and get confused : 23:35 the Professor says that the US plotted assassination in 1949, actually it was a Coup d'état and the first democratically elected president was "Shukri Al-Quwatli" who then was imprisoned by "AlZa'im" (the Military leader) and then exiled to Egypt where he built good relations with King Farouq, only to come back to Syria years later and run for a third term (he was firs elected in 1943-1948 then 1948-Coup of 1949)...
I still haven't finished so I think I'll come back and edit this comment to add whatever I think about the rest of the lecture, which I think was more than amazing up to this point!
Edit: this is one of the most informative and enjoyable lectures I've seen in a while. There's the occasional lecture where the professor offers a not that much of info but is really good at cracking jokes and satisfying the students with some silly trivias, and there's this real yawner of a lecture where the professor bombards you with so much info that you actually start thinking it was a bad choice to wake up this morning... This is neither boring nor uninformative, I learned a lot and honestly you have your way of narrating history I could listen to you all day!
I also think you remind me of this great author who I've been reading for a while now and he also has the same spirit you have and is really funny!
Anyways, as a Syrian I appreciate your approach and I can say that it was very accurate, but as a fellow revolutionary I'd say you didn't give the public uprising that happened in almost every city for a really - relatively - significant duration its due right. Syrians didn't just start arming up the day after Al-Assad tortured those kids you mentioned. Peaceful protests (with no accompanying militarization) persisted for more than half a year before things took the route Al-Assad forced it to take (even after that the demonstrations kept going). Syrians fought with their voices much longer before they took arms, and for much longer than anyone in history could do, I'd argue, and they did it very well at that time.
I know being a Syrian may delude someone to think that I'm just being biased but if you only look up for example "Homs 2011 demonstration" / "Hama 2011 demonstration" on YT you'll be shocked, even if you think you saw and know everything that happened you'll still be shocked... Alas, it all had to turn the way Al-Assad wanted it to!
I agree with everything you said, but outside powers took over and destroyed anything the original syrians started. That's why leaders have to lead with brutality bc the spies and outside powers are always looking for the way in to destroy Syria. Syria has always been the light of intelligence and arab class. The unity of the Syrians (no religious sectarism)
Was something amazing. In the end, tearing the country apart has done nothing for the strains. Foreigners occupy the oil rich areas and society has been tore apart 😢it seems like there is no way to be truly independent with economic growth and civil society outside powers will always crush it unless you submit to their rules. Sometimes evenif you submit to their rules the crush you.
I noticed that too ,thanks for clarifying it in a comment
@@omarnw7824 Dude! What are the odds! I've seen you in another comment section! Nice to see you here too!
@@Baraa.K.Mohammad 🤣😜
if I remember right it was more than half a year maybe it was even more than a year Syria was in peaceful protest, if you remember president morsy said " لبيك ياسوريا", mabye i wrong , and by then I believe the alayes "Russia,Iran...ecs" of al asad made their move with weaponizing to make everything go wrong
Thank you so much for teaching unbiased history
ماشالله
One of the best Teachers i have come across in my life
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100% agree!
I'm unable to see maps behind which are critical to understand/follow information
One thing I understand about Tunisia is that women’s rights were a big part of the reforms... and this is why the results of the revolution was better than other springs... and there is a socialist core to the reforms too. And my opinion is that if we let men make the bulk of the decisions for revolution it results in violence, but if you have women play a big role in the revolution and give women more rights in society it can have better results
This speech is outstanding! The colors of their flags, the allegiance of Siria to Egypt… it’s all amazing!
You almost covered everything. You didn't mention Russian involvement in the current Syrian conflict.
This lecture was before Russia got involved
@@staticcouch135 When and in what way did Russia get involved?
Did TH-cam take down the original video on the Austin School’s channel??
Very deep and conclusive event talk...learnt a lot..brilliant!
Does anyone know which study he referred to regarding regimes in Africa? Specifically, the one about how dictatorships transitioned into democracies and, conversely, how artificially created democratic systems led to the collapse of a country?
so no mention of the gas pipeline... hmm
I like the info and the style of which it's relayed
I am from Syria . Many mistakes but overall great job.
Yup but you expect from the US?
Can u share the mistakes please ?
@@ba__con -The first airplane was used in Libya by Italians, 23 October 1911
-Mongols were brutal at wars but very tolerant ruler, never forced people to change their language or religion(how many countries spoke Mongolian or believed in Tengri religion during Mongol reign) when Arabs forced and changed the language and religion wherever they went, see Syria, Egypt,Morocco. They could not change the language of Iranians-in a degree- and Turks which they are the muslim states Arabs has difficult relations.
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Too many mistakes, I stopped after few minutes. He looks like a brain-washed good guy. A good guy speaks lots of rubbish.
@@gokalpmetininpapyonlusu5810 thanks ... I've been recently trying to learn about different political science lectures about the region ... I'd hate to listen to someone who's brain washed though. how exactly is he brainwashed because I'm really curious to understand more about the truth on the middle east.
@@gokalpmetininpapyonlusu5810Western Puppet
There is the account of a Venezuelan nun here on TH-cam that worked in Syria, that tells a different story of how the war in Syria was started.
Refugees?
They are not refugees, if they have crossed five or six safe countries. If 80% or more are young men, they are not refugees, but cowards, who left their families, instead of trying to protect them.
My wife is from Lebanon (her sister-in-law was from Syria) and she volunteered as a translator, not one of the Syrians she translated for, came, because he had been in mortal danger. One for example is a Syrian customs officer, he still gets his salary from Assad's government, but here he claimed to be persecuted and collects money. Another had already been in Turkey for three years (he owns a bakery there) before he came to Europe claiming he was a refugee. A couple even came here for artificial fertilization and she's now pregnant with her third(!) pair of twins, all paid for by our national health service. Then there are those who do not want to defend their country and, frankly, if they betray their own people and country, they will show even less loyalty to us!
Many are not even Syrians, but pretend to be.
What Merkel did was not an act of kindness! Neither for Syria nor for Europe.
If her goal had been to help, she would first of all had made sure that the Syrian people could import medical supplies and drugs so that the injured and sick could be treated and surgeries could be performed under anesthesia, but she didn't oppose that.
She would have tried to prevent the cutting of funds for the UN refugee camps. With the same amount of money she could have helped ten or more times the number of people and the help would have been quicker and it would have been people who had been and still are more in need than those that came here in violation of our laws. What she accomplished was to weaken Syria, by luring away Syrians, who were desperately needed, be they doctors, men that could have been drafted to defend their country, nurses etc., all those people could and should have contributed to the defense of their country.
During the war when Yugoslavia was broken up, we took in a Bosnian mother and her two children, their father would never have thought of deserting his country and people, but he was glad to know that his family was safe. They were real refugees, they were glad to be in safety, they did not try to get money any way they could or exploit our institutions as we see now.
The behaviour of the so-called refugees now is totally different.
The idea that they should "make up" for low birthrates is ridiculous. Firstly, if they are refugees, they are going to return when the war is over, secondly, economists have proven that even if all of them could find work, it would still be a financial loss, not a win, even if they all were educated and eager to learn the language and to work, which they are not. Besides, Syria needs all its people to rebuild the country.
Most war refugees are within Syria and the Syrian government takes care of them the best it can, despite embargos and invasions by Turkey, the USA, the frequent attacks of Israel, the UK and its White Helmets etc. etc..
Also large numbers of Daesh terrorists used the opportunity to get into Europe. A Yezidi woman that had been kept as a slave by the Islamic terrorists and had been able to escape and find refuge in Germany (one of the few justified cases), recognized her former "owner" on a street in Germany, he also saw her and threatened her. According to this woman, among her fellow Yezidi friends, several other women had seen ISIS fighters. That is only in one city! She told the police, but was told they couldn't do anything, since the man has also refugee status!
The shocking increase in crime (despite manipulation of the statistics) is also a result of the breaking of the law that Merkel, Faymann and others committed. The first duty of a government is to its own people, so Merkel & Co. are responsible for all the murders, rape and other crimes that would not have happened, if they had done their duty.
But the "refugee organizations" are earning a lot of money and the rise in crime and terror attacks is a convenient justification to introduce more government control and censorship and brings us closer to a police state, so I'm sure that some groups of people are profiting from the situation. Those people are, however, not the ones in need.
Concerning the low numbers of people the US and the UK are willing to accept, that is no surprise. Why would they want to destabilize their own countries? But take note of how quickly they and Merkel etc. agreed to accept the "White Helmets"! For those who don't know what these people really are, I'd recommend the work of Vanessa Beeley.
Another thing I haven't heard this speaker mention so far (I'm at 1:38:15 in the lecture) is how the terrorists got their poison gas from Turkey (brought to light by a member of the Turkish parliament) or that a large part of the stolen oil was shipped to Israel.
I could go on, but it's 02:26 a.m. and probably not many people are going to read my comment anyway, but I had to point out things that may sound persuasive, but simply are not true.
If Merkel's intention had been to aid the suffering people of Syria, she would not have acted the way she did, but she also doesn't care much about the Germans or other Europeans, so what can one expect? I don't think most our governments in Europe are taking us in a good direction and the undemocratic, almost dictatorial disregard of their respective peoples doesn't bode well for the future.
Well, whoever reads this, take care and be vigilant!
You should get medical help
'Iran was maybe our best friend...even more than Britain, maybe.' He failed to mention the CIA coup of 1953 was done at Britain's (BP oil) request.
He mentions it during his contemporary Iran lecture
Is there any way to stop it from hurting so much , not that I know of
From 1:14:00 the professor provides a very sound argument against uncontrolled immigration of nationalities and particular ideologies that cannot easily assimilate with Western cultures.
Small correction Dr. yemeni flag does not have a triangle on the side, but during the 60s it had a single star in the middle
Thank you! ... I highly enjoyed this lecture!
Why wasn’t the USS Liberty mentioned during the discussion on the 1967 Arab Israeli conflict?
Brilliant, absolutely brilliant: Informed, considered, with humour, anger and above all, intellectual weight. Roy Casagranda is brilliant. I am old, know this subject, and am in admiration.
you rock, Roy. Much love and respect
1:12:50 the name Al-Kaida or Al-Qaida means the Foundation because they see themselves as the Foundation of the universal Jihad of Muslims against the infidels and imperialism and the name Taliban goes back to the golden age of Arabic Civilisation, where the students or Talabat Al-Ilem or seekers of knowledge, as the literal translation goes, were very respected in the arabic/Islamic society. very informative lecture, thank you roy. i'm a syrian living in your ancestral land germany by the way 😅.
شاركو هذا الفيديو نحن نحتاجه ب الوضع الآن
What is the music at the beginning of the video?
Roy Casagranda gives a brilliant and interesting perspective. People in the comments only want to hear what they want to hear. Although he did jump a few specific events.
anybody know the music sound at beginning?
I wish you allow us to put all 5 UN languages to these lectures, it’s really good content I want everyone to watch it
What an amazing lecture.
The word iraq is what arabs call the land of mesopotamia, rivers tend to zig zag that has made them look like a plant root (many rivers with many curves) عروق اعراق عراق some other explanation says that they think its the origin which is the same word in Arabic Mohammed in one of his sayings call it iraq. syria Jordan Lebanon and Palestine are called Beelad Alsham (levant).
Why the video was edited on 59:24???
There's very little history in this talk - most of which is common knowledge - and more often than not it is falsely or inaccurately retold by the speaker. There's also a lot of narrative in the talk. Very unprofessional. Is Casagranda supposed to be a scholar?
Urs Schuerch and he falsely claims Shukri al-Quwatli was assassinated by the CIA. Shukri al-Quwatli was not killed in the coup.
oh really do tell then your eloquent version. very few understand the middle east and its history but of course its commeon knowledge. were you upset by anychance that the us or uk didnt come off too well, i wonder
Yes, there is a lot of short cuts in his lecture...but, he does state where his biais is...and he reveals lots of incongruities in the 'official' narrative. Good man! Not perfect, but I'm not myself, perfect! Excellent background info into this catastrophe and the dreadful consequences for civilians (millions) there, who are the descendants of the creators of 'our' civilisation. They were there before the Muslims, and before the early Christians. Actually, the Christians were there, 600 years before the Muslims, creating a sumptous civilization...Casagranda is a historian and a Community College Instructor. Congratulations, you deserve them, and more.. He's doing a great job educating a youth, although curious and attentive, that only kowns what they hear and see daily on television, through the lens of a well-oiled propagada machine(with sinister motives)...I wish he would have explained the help Syria provided in settling the civil war in Lebanon and keeping it civil war free for 20 years + to the 'commendation' and encouragement of the UN and its Security Council, until a recent war, started by Israel, and the two Iraq wars... I would have like to hear his description and thoughts about the disgraceful way Syria was chased out of Lebanon through the dark machinations of Western and neighbouring countries. Thank you Mr. Casagranda
Kuwait invasion was done in a quiet and calm manner? My Kuwaiti friends claim the Iraqi troops even took their window frames and doors from the houses. They said the Iraqis would have taken the roads if the asphalt could have been rolled.
This man is speaking nonsense.
@@goatvision6908 So your anecdotal evidence disproves everything. Well done.
Can someone tell the song at the beginning?
Caries Mora
the lecturer is ignorant about our history !!! Iraq name was used by Arabs the time Britain was nobody at the time, a lot of mistakes , shallow discourse
Where can someone go to read acurate arab history? Very diffiuct to get his information in english.
Again, where can westerners go to get a more accurate account of these things?
Has anyone counted the "having said thats"?
But I’m not surprised that the British would edit history like that and take all credits to themselves…..
😮 To the victors go the spoils and write the history!
What an eye opener
"They are gonna carve up the Ottoman Empire like a thanksgiving day Turkey " hahaha don`t know if this was on purpose but the Ottoman Empire = Turkey (back in the day) hahahaha. Need more pple like minded! Thank you for offering us drop outs this lecture for free.
He also made a mistake for Sykes-Picot. It was during WW1, just after British failure and surrender in Kut-ul-Amare. Too many mistakes, a kindergarten level joke but it is still good for ignorant US audience.
thanks for this video great history knowledge, and very good research the world should honor you for this work
“you saying Alqaeda right ?” give that guy a medal 😭
I liked most of your talk. You started to loose me as you moved into current events, it could I be have my own views. I guess the truth will be left for those of the future to look back and discuss. Funnily I sat through the wars Afghanistan, Yugoslavia and Falklands on TV, I ate up the narrative. I look back and question my zeal for wars in those countries. i guess when people worry about age it is in a stable safe society, I hope i can live out my days before war comes to me.
You have a mistake the word iraq was used to describe the location long time ago to describe the location in the arabic language, correct your info,
I sat down for 1 hour and 55 minutes listening to the entire lecture. Dr. Casagranda is brilliant and knowledgeable.
You are a hero, Roy.
When was this published???
ALL HAIL ASSAD UNITY, FREEDOM, SOCIALISM
Assad is socialist? You got to be kidding me.
ionezgb Straight up. I thought everyone knew. "Unity, Freedom, Socialism" is the Syrian national motto. It's a secular state, Assad is a Baathist and they are socialists. Everyday the kids in Syrian schools pledge their allegiance for the Syrian Constitution and repeat the motto, "Unity, Freedom, Socialism." Same as US kids pledge allegiance for the US Constitution. That's what the war is all about....the capitalist dollar versus the commies. The Cold War never ended. Don't tell me you believed it was about religion, good Vs evil, Allah, freedom, democracy and human rights and all of that hogwash? It's always the dollars. Wall St hates the commies...and the commies hate the warmongering Wall St profit mongers.
+James Graham I know that this isn't religious war but it isn't war over ideology. Baath party is misusing socialism and their ideology isn't based on Marx, Engels, Lenin, Mao, Proudhon, Bakunin, Kropotkin, Luxemburg, etc. Their ideology is more inline with fascism with their Arab nationalism and suppression of Kurdish autonomy that led even to genocide of the Kurds. Even Wikipedia says this: "Socialism in Ba'athist ideology does not mean state socialism or economic equality, but modernisation and Ba'athists believe that socialism is the only way to develop an Arab society which is truly free and united."*
Syrian president Bashar al-Assad even allied with Syrian Social Nationalist Part(SSNP)** which is openly Nazi and even their flag and logo resembles Nazi swastika. I don't claim SSNP is full Nazi but they clearly have sympathies toward Nazis and true socialist regime would never ally with fascists and nazis because of their ideological differences especially since SSNP isn't a major factor in Syrian War and Assad doesn't gain much in the alliance with them.
This is clearly imperialists trying to gain ground in anti-imperialist nation. Cold war have ended and communist bloc have failed, sadly, because of the multiple reasons I could spend years explaining. Clearly some remanents of communist revolutions are left in the world like China and Cuba but Syria is not one of them and Syria had never had real socialism.
* en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba%27athism
** en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Social_Nationalist_Party
No more wars for oil! Pull out Trump!
ionezb
Are you SERIOUS?
"Wiki" is NOT a reliable source
Exactly how do you feel as a patriotic US citizen listening to the prof, hearing about the evil caused by your own country and there's no denying any of it. Just how do you feel
It is so nice to make or imagine history our way, taking the real truth out, we can teach and make politics work in our favor. Historian must have a nobel prize, for making the world what really is today, a box of Pandora. "Full of lies"
Context.
Elaboration.
Very eloquent.
Every speaker got its own story and the best is find out for yourself
Arab spring never happened in Brazil, it was United States hand for the coup d'etat we are facing now. Here in Brazil, we don't have any mass media news on what was really happening in the Arab world at that time. Except for the controlled movement in New York, following the examples the professor gave us, the so-called Arab spring just happened in countries where the United States has reasons to intervein.
Fantastic thanks very impressive please use a map
yeah he have very terrible maps
Although simplistic Casagranda presents a fairly informed background of the Syria conflict. I presume his talk is directed at undergraduates.
ITS DIRECTED AT YOUNG IDEALISTIC SOCIALISTS TO BE
That's good to hear. Socialist was a great ideal for our grandparents after the gilded age of hyper capitalists ruined the country and brought the Great Depression.
What do you expect from an hour or two. He's the only one giving us the complete background or can you link us a better lecture?
The world needs more teachers like King Big House
With this information, human beings can have a politically just order and reverse the injustice committed to the nations
Brilliant as ever.
Thank you.
Still waiting for the world war 2 part 3.
The word Iraq is the official name in Arabic language of Iraq in the pre-Islamic and post Islamic era, it's ancient.
Another thing as a Moroccan i can say that the population in here is genetically mostly Arabic.
Thank you
no we are Imazigh. Arabized but Imazigh.
Who told you that Moroccan were Arabs?
@@TJ-hs1qm i‘m arab from iraq, we love our imazigh brothers ❤️