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Sources:
Yossef Bodansky, The Secret History of the Iraq War, 2004
George Bush and Brent Scowcroft, A World Transformed, 1998
Mike Tucker and Charles Faddis, Operation Hotel California: The Clandestine War Inside Iraq, 2008
"Operation Iraqi Freedom | The Invasion Of Iraq | FRONTLINE | PBS." PBS. Last modified February 26, 2004. www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontl....
"War in Iraq: Day by day guide." BBC News. Accessed March 8, 2020. news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/....
Lowry, Richard S. Marines in the Garden of Eden: The True Story of Seven Bloody Days in Iraq. London: Penguin, 2007.
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[@TheArmchairHistorian]

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[@SHAWN_WITH_THE_CURLS]

Thank you for uploading more videos. I love your channel.

[@theemptylegend0]

I look forward to watching this

[@phetproductions5818]

I am not a fact of Saddam Hussien at all, but wouldn't the destruction of the oil platforms make strategic sense on his part? Would it really just be petty revenge? Love the channel and the episode overall.

[@Its-Av3rage]

Ibrahim Osman Bruh what?

[@Noah_Levy]

Please keep the pitches short and sweet. I skip through if they're more than 15 seconds. Great content nonetheless.

[@nutman2353]

These animations are practically movies at this point

[@legowagfles7287]

....it just came out. You didn’t even watch it

[@nutman2353]

Lego Wagfles] All I had to see were the fist 10 seconds

[@reality8763]

I concur.

[@GhostGamer123Ghost]

Used to make fun of Armchair historian animations. Not laughing anymore

[@ivangalic473]

literally

[@QuestionEverythingButWHY]

“It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.” ― Aristotle

[@fatalshore5068]

"War is a matter not so much of arms as of money." --Thucydides

[@elemperadordemexico]

"War is merely the continuation of politics with other means." -Clausewitz

[@AshanBhatoa]

Reconciliation in a nutshell and why the Treaty of Versailles failed to be a "peace settlement".

[@elemperadordemexico]

@@AshanBhatoa si

[@saldan3985]

"Bruh" -Me

[@rohanghosh1499]

Iraq : We have Oil America : You have WMD Iraq : No we have oil USA: You need democracy

[@Thatonemod]

U.S: COMERR BICH

[@alialmaazmi3191]

👌🏻

[@megaham1552]

Oil was a bonus, they wanted Saddam gone

[@omarstand5917]

This was all for oil and gold and natural gas and all respires and profits 😂

[@a22226565]

Operation Iraqi Liberation = oil

[@JacF6734]

Comments section: "America ruined the Middle-East!" Britain and France: *Sweats in Sykes-Picot*

[@ZaherHedjazi]

That's right ! but in other hand Our Middle-East has all the excuses to get ruined ( no international companies, not united, extinction of organising political power and political education) I believe this is a history of the countries development cirulation or era which all countries will go through, Middle east used to be the highest educated and developed countries in the ancient era, now it's vise verca , sooner or later the western countries will sink in again as it was 1000 years ago and maybe the next 300 years it's gona be the yellow race(chinese) Era.

[@isaacperess8852]

Can’t forget the nazis also tried to get into there

[@hano5624]

@DESHAPRIYA NAGAR BALAK SANGHA yeah but america is mostly ruining the middle east

[@potatowedges1051]

@@hano5624 well that’s your opinion but I think that we can agree that we should also hold England and others accountable

[@kittysquared]

@@KL-jt9er Have you heard of the Sykes-Picot Agreement? It was where Britain and France divided up the Middle East.

[@jesseestrada8914]

It is strange hearing a historian talk about a war I fought in when I was 21...

[@cristianvillanueva8782]

Thats a bruh moment if I ever felt one

[@tomsoki5738]

FBI Quantico or the one in DC

[@aspenlovelock8115]

Tom Soki DC, quantico mainly deals with investigations.

[@derlasercrafterwally4342]

You have my respect sir. I am glad I never had to fight in a war.

[@arielshalev6800]

Thank you for your service!

[@izzatomar6489]

The weapon of mass distruction is just a toyota with an ak47 sticked on the roof...

[@unknownunknow3813]

Lmao that’s a millitais weapon, do some research

[@izzatomar6489]

Unknown Unknow Lmao do some research on how the us lied on the wmd

[@unknownunknow3813]

@@izzatomar6489 they did find chemical weapons factory but they blew it up

[@yehyamohammed2005]

@@unknownunknow3813 they weren't sure. they didn't even get in there. No one has a proof.

[@Joseph-ow6zg]

@@unknownunknow3813 r/woosh

[@soma7891]

Some country: we have discovered oil. USA: Do you wants to bring you some democracy?

[@earlusmcdivett]

These videos are awesome. Not only are you cute and easy to like, these videos are direct to the story. No BS, no filler and you don’t try to be a comedian. it’s just a direct to point story. It’s gripping, well animated and spoken. your videos are a training course for how youtube videos should be created.

[@vb1564]

poland's like finally we get to do some invading

[@dinomra7771]

Lol

[@goodluckokereke]

😅

[@TheJokerx420]

Lmao

[@souvikrc4499]

Especially considering that the Iraq War came just a few years after Poland entered NATO.

[@ignacymoscicki3834]

ES R false

[@unfit3arth55]

United Nations: Don’t invade Iraq United States: How ‘bout I do anyway

[@missasyan]

i laughed, thanks

[@andreianunciacion9057]

Bill wurtz

[@miguelzavaleta1911]

@tlessmo Thanks to the US swaying the vote. Nations not puppeted to American interests voted against it.

[@youtubeaccount2212]

Thanks, Bush.

[@chriswebster24]

United States: You won’t do anything about it, because 99% of your military strength comes from us being on your side. Without us, you are powerless and irrelevant, and your demands are meaningless. We make the rules, because we are the boss, and there’s nothing you can do about it. United Nations: Well, no sh*t, Sherlock. Why else would we not be doing anything about it? Your ungodly military power is the whole reason we usually even matter. Why don’t you tell us something we don’t already know? Jeez...Thanks, Captain Obvious 🙄 👨🏿‍✈️ 😂

[@itsme-di9bt]

منو عراقي يرفع ايده 🖤🇮🇶

[@ali_5_a13]

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[@user-yv2xq8xu1y]

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[@user-go4fv9jn3o]

✌

[@abass1746]

@محمد العراقي فلسطين شلهه غرض

[@ahmed_ax338gaming5]

🙌🏼

[@danielkotas5069]

I am blown away by the amazing animations, truly beautiful

[@DisgruntledHippo]

Understanding how this war was started was one of the main reasons why I got into International Affairs. The motives, the failures, the destruction of the military bureaucracy within the country, the insurgency, the surge, the oil contracts, resilience of the Shia militias, the ignorance of the government when it came to Kurdish regional power, the rise of ISIS.

[@ericharrison7518]

@El Stormbringer Um, no. Saddam overthrew the leader of Iraq without any international help, let alone the British.

[@yacinebenazzouz6387]

@@ericharrison7518 I think what he's trying to say is that Saddam stay in power for so long and the powers that eventually overthrow him were trading and taking the oil happily until he did one wrong thing, the main idea Is that they did not invade to instal democracy they don't care about that nor was it the alleged nuck it was oil and I know I am not an innovator when I say that, the reason he was invaded is that he threatened a country with large amounts of oil reserves.

[@yacinebenazzouz6387]

@098765 Craper I don't know about that I think strong man leaders happen because people are just done with politics and want to live there lives and then a void is created and any crazy opportunist is able to fill it

[@cosmicrider5898]

I remember the US giving weapons to Iraq during the Kuwait war, wonder if they gave those back , what about the training they got. Also isis was a psyop you could see us military tats in some of the torturers..

[@magnetmannenbannanen]

and that was just in the USA, imagine how bad it got in the REST of the world.

[@marrog2082]

This war is the real world embodiment of "we did it Patrick, we saved the city!"

[@fai-pe7oq]

Yup, as bad as Sadam was, him and his brand of Arab nationalism was the only thing keeping Iraq in one piece and keeping Iran in check

[@denzelsmashsymptom4264]

Everybody is happy cause Sadam is down, but look at the country now do you see what your so called freedom brought to it. Only suffering, destruction and ruins; people don't even have running water or electricity yet alone healthcare while you are sitting on your couch relaxing. What a shame ...

[@JM-fo1te]

@@fai-pe7oq pretty sure America already keeps Iran in check.

[@bobbob-kc9wd]

@@denzelsmashsymptom4264 The US did not invade with the intention of actually spreading democracy, Democratic nations almost never actually have any incentive to create democratic countries, because it is much easier and more reliable to maintain an alliance with an autocratic nation. The Invasion of Iraq in 2003 is not the exception of Imperialism by democratic nations, but the norm.

[@Samm815]

@@denzelsmashsymptom4264 Pretty sure it's fine near the Euphrates and Tigris. It's when you go out into the western desert that bad stuff happens.

[@BURSV]

I love your channel. Thank you so much for making these great videos!

[@Kyriosin]

I am from Iraq. I was 9 years old. I was in this war. He mentioned this war. Iraq was full of American bases. The funny thing is that the Iraqi army tanks were shooting at the American Brahms tanks, but the Brahms tanks are not affected, but the Iraqi tanks’ shell because of the strong armor of the American tank and the American tank throwing one missile and seeing the Iraqi tank Which weighs 50 tons, its head flies to the sky a meter, and this is the most terrifying Iraqi tanks and an army, so they decided to surrender because of the strength of the American forces and became prisoners. For peace, if it bombed a reactor and did not overthrow a government, it would have been better

[@randycheow4268]

“As the great warrior poet Ice Cube once said, if the day does not require an AK, it is good”

[@illpass95]

Amen

[@AjdinHasancevic]

And I live by that

[@DerpyDragonful]

Ah a man of culture!

[@GusGorp]

I was looking for this comment

[@loganfrancel9275]

YEAH GEN KILL

[@mattai075]

Armchair Historian: exists KZbin: *DEMONETIZED*

[@tr3ybod857]

Not today! :D

[@hazmatv7157]

Armchair

[@junkybot1243]

Benet merkal

[@HolyShitNew]

while reading the comment i had an add

[@Nietabs]

It's not demonetized, ya turd

[@abutabar3332]

انا من العراق واقول ان جميع دول التحالف الذين شاركو في احتلال وطني هم المسؤولون عن جميع الجرائم التي تحدث بالعراق 😢💔

[@Kademlover]

احسنت

[@khg4mer440]

صدام هو اللي جايب العيد في الوطن العربي صحيح كان العراق صمام امان للوطن العربي وفي الحرب العراقيه الايرانيه اكثر من دعمه هم دول الخليج ولا تنكر ذالك. بعد انتهاء الحرب اصبح العراق جيشه قوي وهدد فيه اسرائيل امريكا عملت لصدام فخ انه اذا دخل صدام الكويت لن نتدخل في الشأن العربي وهو كان يتوقع ان امريكا لن تتدخل بعد احتلال الكويت ارادت امريكا التدخل ولكن الدول العربيه منعتها وقالت ان هذا شأن عربي وراح نحله واعطوا صدام مهله 6 اشهر للخروج من الكويت ولاكن صدام رفض بعدها بدأت العمليات العسكريه عاصفة الصحراء

[@nogom2oo6]

بسبب قومية صدام توقع العرب يدعموه ع مود انو يحمي بلدهم طب اعتبروهن ديون وهو ديدافع عن الوطن العربي والله لو مفكر اكثر ومدور الموضوع براسه چا اكتفه برد الضربات ع ايران لكن شالته الغيره وضل 8 سنوات العراق ينزف ع مود منو وليش والبلدان الي يدافع عنهه تبني وتعمر وهو ملتهي يحمي العرب ضيع العراق وضيع نفسه الله يرحمه لو عايفهم رايحين للعرب ومحتليهم وملتهي بتطوير بلده ماحصلنه من العرب غير كل شر ليش هيه السعوديه من دعمت العراق مو طالبت بالديون ? واجتمعو ع تدمير العراق لان السعوديه تخاف تصير جمهورية ناجحه يمهه لان تريد الحكم يضل لعائله اهل سعود تره السعوديه عدهم نفط يغنيهم عن كل شي نص شعبهم جوعان وكاتلتهم الطبقيه بسبب حكمهم الملكي الاقطاعي .. وفي النهايه الشعب هو الضحيه

[@teampg5916]

@@alooshalgorani7430 تخسي با شنب ابوك يا ورع

[@teampg5916]

@@alooshalgorani7430 حنا نحب العراق بس صدام حسين بالغ هاجم الكويت ورح هاجم السعودية يبغه تسكت السعودية اكيد راح تدافع عن نفسها و أصلن صدام حسين بس السعودية قلتلا اطلع من الكويت و نحنا نصلح كل شي بس صدام حسين بس عشان السعودية قلتلا اطلع من الكويت هاجم السعودية في مدينة الخفجي وكان يبي يخليه عراقيه اكيد أن السعودية تدفع عن نفسها

[@timothymcchickenburger4385]

I've only just started watching this, but let me say- the animation and artwork is absolutely beautiful, well done!!

[@villegas24]

"Sir, Saudi Arabians have just attacked the US" "Ok I guess we are invading Iraq"

[@thevividbookmark1235]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJ-7gnhqlL5-o7M It's about Bangladesh's economic miracle, do watch

[@stefan4159]

That's a bit simplistic. Quite a few proponents of the Iraq War believed that Iraq was connected to 9/11, no, not in the sense of them actually pulling the trigger, but more to do with the root causes of radicalism and extremism. In Arab dictatorships like Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Syria, where there exists little hope of a decent future, where opportunity is stifled, where fear is extremely prevalent, where the government seeks to clamp down on any resistance or opposition, it is only natural that people would turn to extremist ideologies and methods. Hence, supporting the liberation of Iraq (and other countries) would ensure the self-determination and freedom of these peoples. And in a way this has actually turned out to be the case. For instance, if you compare life expectancy, GDP growth and education, Iraq is better off in 2020 than it was in 2000 (when it was still under control of Saddam Hussein). The road to freedom is long and difficult, but that is no reason to abandon that noble cause.

[@notxarbsenoj9231]

Anas Mohamed You don’t have any proof

[@staas1737]

@@stefan4159 Spoken like a true politician trying to justify the slaughter of millions. While extremists did exist during Saddam's regime, they were incredibly weak, none of them dared to raise a finger due to Saddam's crackdown on all terrorists activities. Now guess who helped the terrorists to get their hands on weapons and cash?

[@stefan4159]

​@@staas1737 Where have I "tried to justify the slaughter of millions"? You do realize that 1) most reliable sources, including the Iraq Body Count Project and the Iraqi Health Ministry, puts the number of dead in Iraq from 2003 onwards at 150-200,000 2) that the death of innocent people is a tragic and yet unavoidable consequence of war and 3) that many of the deaths after '03 have been caused by Pro-Saddam terrorists, Al-Qa'ida, the various Shi'ite Brigades and of course by Islamic State? And if Saddam cracked down on terrorists, that is because he cracked down on the entire Iraqi population, terrorists but also civilians included, especially the Shi'ite and Kurdish groupings. Not to mention that Saddam ACTIVELY FUNDED terrorist groups, including the Abu Nidal Organization and Hamas. Don't forget that Iraq also provided sanctuary to the 1993 New York bomber, Ramzi Yousef. Just because Saddam did not direct the 9/11 bombers from Al-Qa'ida does _not_ mean that he didn't aid and abet terrorists and didn't practice state terrorism himself.

[@DinosaurEmperor84]

"Intelligence failures" Well that's one way to put it I guess

[@ahmadhassan8466]

Whole lot of murder is what it is

[@bobbob-kc9wd]

im not familiar what happened

[@matthew83890]

@@bobbob-kc9wd The Bush administration & Colin Powell outright lied to the U.N AND the world about Iraq having weapons of mass destruction, or nuclear weapons, when our intelligence really had nothing conclusive. As a result, we convinced a bunch of nations to help us invade Iraq, which in reality had 0 WMDs. Our government lied to us and, as a result, thousands of servicemen died, we killed 1 million people in Iraq, and we spent trillions on a 2 decade war that we never should have fought.

[@darshamdarsham8813]

@@matthew83890 Just as well they lied about the "prague affair" or a fabricated meeting between Sadaams contacts and Al-Qaeda. It was all done knowingly and resulted in the deaths of nearly a million people.

[@Khaoki]

@rudiger891 You'll never guess which country provided those chemical weapons, helicopters, and intelligence to Hussein so he could use them against Iran and the Kurds

[@younesakbour9903]

After years of this war! The world has finally realized that Irak had no chemical weapons! Over a million of death for no reason! So hell to everyone participated in this tragedy, hell to everyone feels proud of this tragedy, hell to everyone still defending this tragedy.

[@ImperialDiecast]

explain halabja then.

[@haristhebosniaklion8584]

Very sad ,unfair and disgusting what was done to my brothers and sisters in Iraq. I am a Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim ) so i know what aggression is. I hope Iraq recovers. We as Muslims need to unite and learn to love as we are one. ☝️

[@junesilvermanb2979]

Bosniaks en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosniaks

[@adankhan5001]

Insha Allah we'll destroy USA and Nato 🇮🇶🇦🇫

[@PrimericanIdol]

Russia will avenge you

[@ISOF_IQ1]

Yes, I am an Iraqi Muslim, and I hope that we will unite as we were not long ago. These are the results of American democracy

[@adankhan5001]

@@ISOF_IQ1 yes my brother we'll take revenge of Saddam Hussein our ummah in Ughyur, Palestine.... We are with you my brother insha Allah Imam Mahdi will spread justice and Islam in the whole world.... Assalam 0 alaikum my brother 🇮🇶🇦🇫🗡️✨

[@Hyde-dg7ef]

"Saddam's last visit was over a decade ago." Repeat after me. OVER. A. DECADE. AGO. I swear, who's the one supplying the intelligence?

[@ahmadhassan8466]

Americans at it Even afghan nomads are better at war

[@bobbob-kc9wd]

@@ahmadhassan8466 American Intelligence is not innately this poor.

[@FakeAssHandsomeMcGee_]

bob bob It kind of is. I thought it was perfect but it is not.

[@VeteranAlpha]

Yeah... Score one for military intelligence! ~ SSgt. Griggs:

[@diligentone-six2688]

The idiots who supplied Intel are the ones who just wanted to cause more problems. Just like the Pentagon Boys in Green Zone.

[@FelipeJaquez]

Decades of conflict all because a British guy drew shitty map borders

[@bigtex1238]

This comment has so much truth behind it. Not many will know why

[@P4Tri0t420]

@@bigtex1238 Yea

[@ahmadhassan8466]

Actually, just so US has access to oil

[@bobbob-kc9wd]

@@ahmadhassan8466 Actually that wouldn't have happened had not the Sykes-Picot Agreement occurred.

[@Torus2112]

If they had formed an Arab nation-state like Faisal wanted then the UK and France would have had a stable, influential regional ally; possibly even up to this very day. It goes to show that when people let petty ambition come before justice we're all worse off.

[@t3knoman00]

Even your animations (buildings and vehicle) were spot on very similar to what I encountered. Excellent attention to detail.

[@samtan6304]

Thanks for providing the sources.

[@LongNgo-eg4ft]

Ah yes the: *O* peration *I* raq *L* iberation

[@trotsky7115]

clever

[@presidentralph894]

Trotsky and true

[@Ida-xe8pg]

In my opinion the ISIS Iraq is better, its just better, in SMH's Iraq u got free hel & med, electricity and clean water, woman's rights and cheap housing now u dont have any of those authoritarian policies but now u have Human rights like getting bombed while doing to the store, getting shot while driving, getting kidnapped while walking on night, waman getting beaten to death for not following anti-waman laws etc

[@presidentralph894]

@@Ida-xe8pg for me isis is bad cause for some reason they never atacked Israel or helped poor countries

[@Ida-xe8pg]

Interestingly the only thing which unites all muslims is the shared hatred of Israel whether it is Iran or Lebanon or Morocco or Sudan or Pakistan, and the "Islamic" State (which has killed 5x as much muslims as the rest of people combined) has no interactions with Israel not a single attack or kidnapping despite the fact that for some time in 2015 ISIS literally bordered Israel hmm

[@schnibbelhenry1232]

The animations are literally insane. You can tell that a lot of effort has gone into this.

[@thevividbookmark1235]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJ-7gnhqlL5-o7M It's about Bangladesh's economic miracle, do watch

[@justinsosa2648]

Word

[@quattrobajeena135]

Lost my cousin August 22 2004 he said he was never going to be the same. And his sister said he knew he wasn’t coming back. Lost him to an IED. They talk about the exact accident in a HBO documentary. He was awarded a Bronze star after his death

[@amandaford864]

I'm sorry for your loss

[@MIHDA_IQ]

لقد قتلتم العديد من البشر الأبرياء لقد مات ابي و اخي في 2003

[@quattrobajeena135]

@@MIHDA_IQ I don’t speak no Chinese

[@seenzero249]

He said that the american forces killed a lot of people including his brother and father@@quattrobajeena135

[@bibekdas7449]

Thanks for the information!

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

This is why we’re so cautious about the US. We’ve seen what happened to Iraq and Libya

[@arnavkalgutkar6169]

Please do not bow down to the US imperialists

[@enakuen1]

Please accept this generous gift of democracy.

[@saldan3985]

There are two types of people...

[@harshbansal7982]

Arnav Kalgutkar why do my fellow Indians always defend dictators despite living in a democracy?

[@Ponya64]

destroy America almighty Kim

[@alexanderlarsen5641]

I remember being 5 years old in 2003 in Baghdad, my parents used to wake us up in the middle of the night and gather all in every angle in the house in case it fell as a result of the strikes.

[@LOKSTED]

@Taha Hagar Justice for Kuwait that Iraq invaded

[@SamirThaer]

الله يعينك اني ماجنت عايش بهذا الوقت

[@fyaspix2058]

@@LOKSTED they deserve it for stealing our oil

[@user-oc7wx6ym4l]

@@LOKSTED Kuwait is an iraqi defender , they just don’t recognise it .

[@theangrycheeto]

I'm so sorry 🙏

[@Exodus_91]

This is incredible!!! subscribed !

[@exvency]

I like how you animate my man.. you draw your characters 2D but you are details on them to look like 3D and animated them!🌝

[@WhatAboutYou123]

saddam was a routhless dictator and rightfully deserved his fate . however the post-war regime is way worse than saddam . I can explain it easily by saying that iraq was ruled by one ruthless dictator before and now it is ruled by multiple warlords each one of them represent the interest of the foreign state that supports them and non of them care about iraq at all , i'm from iraq btw .

[@zombieat]

Well said sir.

[@user-jd4ui3kg7h]

Better one strong dictator. Democracy is overrated, it is a curtain to hide the interests of those in power, nothing more.

[@WhatAboutYou123]

@@user-jd4ui3kg7h the problem is that he was a north-korean type dictator , this means you have to praise him , his attitudes , family , decisions , even his looks basically to the point of worshiping him in the public , it's all fake and gets annoying over time and sadly most dictators have this mentality otherwise dictatorships would have been better .

[@user-jd4ui3kg7h]

@@WhatAboutYou123 dictators come and go, they die and change, but the country and people remain. It is important to create infrastructure, as much as possible to increase the wealth of the people. Wars, revolutions, regime changes destroy rather than create the wealth. Democracy cannot be built by means of war and destruction. Wars are waged to destroy regime, kill and replace national elite with more favorable one, grab natural resources , but never to build democracy. Dictators and their national governments are naturally motivated to develop their own country, as they feed from it and their interest is concentrated there. Foreign powers are naturally motivated to explore natural resources of conquered sattelites. Foreign powers on the contrary are glad to see many warlords killing each other and local people, it means nobody will stop them exploring natural resources on unfavorable terms for the locals. So it is better to tolerate one dictator and national elite and national government, whatever his narscisism is and no matter what his subordinates carreer and flattery aspirations. Paradoxically but keeping dictator and supporting national government will do much more for democracy and people wealth than war for freedom and democracy.

[@WhatAboutYou123]

@@user-jd4ui3kg7h i agree with your ideas and as I said saddam was better than the current regime , but in the same time you have to look objectively at things in order to have a clear understanding . in the 1979 before saddam came to power iraq's economy was so strong that one iraqi dinar was equally to almost 3.5 USD , when saddam came into power he waged a meaningless war on iran for 8 years that crippled the economy and both sides lost 2 million without any real gain so it was a total loss , then in the 90s he occupied kuwait and this was a fatal mistake because its not like that iraq was a nuclear superpower and could annex any country without consequences , eventually he got kicked out hard resulting further destruction and death to iraq , then until 2003 iraq was under crippling sanction and the iraqi dinar was equal to 0.5 USD . saddam wasn't the type of dictator that built nations but on the contrary his stupid action only gave pretexts for other foreign powers to invade iraq . with all of that I still firmly say that the situation currently is worse than saddam's time so you can only imagine how bad it got now . in a prefect world I would prefer to be ruled by a democracy than I dictatorship but unfortunately nothing is perfect .

[@Atlas-si2jp]

ArmchairHistorian: Uploads Me: I’ve been looking forward to this

[@leratt355]

Yo

[@leratt355]

I see you are a man of culture for subscribing to the arm chair historian

[@Atlas-si2jp]

Le Ratt greetings to a fellow cultured man

[@markthebikethief1248]

ah i see ur a man of culture as well

[@pansagi]

Twice the video, double the content

[@entropy6504]

Wonderful narration, but add years and months in animations to help us keep track of events!!

[@furn2313]

One of the many underated KZbin channels

[@boogeymann6686]

Me: **about to sleep** Armchair Historian: **uploads** Me: I guess sleep will have to wait

[@thevividbookmark1235]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJ-7gnhqlL5-o7M It's about Bangladesh's economic miracle, do watch

[@beamerball666]

Me too man, me too

[@FieldMarshalYT]

Insane how much this affects us today but we don't see much coverage on these conflicts in history.

[@SpiritMover314]

Very true. Not only war, but history in general should never be forgotten.

[@nrask8727]

@CKS1949 and I assume, that like vietnams history was re-written to make america look like they weren't evil invaders, the history of this invasion will be re-written to make america look like good guys here too.

[@hbombfreak]

Because these are relatively recent conflicts. In a few decades we will look back at Iraq and Yugoslavia like we do at Vietnam right now.

[@JG-id5vi]

@@nrask8727 Well Vietnam was a very bad war in my opinion the US never invaded Vietnam. More like the US helped support a very corrupt regime in southern Vietnam from northern invaders. The communist were supposed to go north and stay there but once they were settled they invaded the south which happened to be under US protection.

[@haileyr2264]

N Rask idk what school you went to because my school taught us that the IS should not have been there...

[@abdallaaalbeshti1192]

RIP to the 1.5 million Iraqis that died as a result of the US invasion

[@JDP2104]

Except Saddam

[@lochnessmonster5149]

You made that number up. Documented civilians deaths stand at around 290,000. The best scientific estimates are in the 400,000-600,000 range over an 18 year period.

[@abdallaaalbeshti1192]

@@lochnessmonster5149 people that died after the war cuz of ISIS, and people living in hunger, and not having access to medication

[@rayyansagheer6]

@@JDP2104 especially saddam

[@historyeditz8326]

@@JDP2104 he was like great leader who pushed Iraq to become Asian power but usa killed him so that Iraq can become battle ground for some isis and other states.

[@amiryoussefkanani4278]

Nice you good at these .

[@ihavetowait90daystochangem67]

Ah yes finally an Uncontroversial war that won’t make KZbin mad at all

[@boogeymann6686]

History Channels: *breathes* KZbin: demonitized it is

[@napoleonbonapartei7245]

Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.

[@toast2300]

@@napoleonbonapartei7245 the words of the wise, from the emperor himself

[@xdem6746]

Your channel banner lol

[@MermanFromRus]

@Azoth Ace A big mistake?! It was a big crime!

[@marianoslender9897]

Irak starts using Euro instead of US dollars for oil trading USA: you have chosen death

[@womble3383]

That's not why the US start the war

[@daddy9132]

@- EVIL he means USA with his gang of 33

[@womble3383]

Whatever

[@redblankie1219]

Memers can't even spell Iraq correctly smh

[@rifayi3037]

Usa 🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕

[@JohnSmith-yr6kh]

That blinkist app is a great idea

[@Hossien2001]

عاش بلدي الغالي وتحية من العراق ل 🇪🇬🇩🇿🇱🇧🇱🇾🇵🇸🇯🇴🇸🇾 وبس

[@user-ww6ns2ii3d]

تحيه من مصر لأهل العراق الغالين

[@Hossien2001]

@@user-ww6ns2ii3d وربنا احلى شعب الشعب المصري

[@Hossien2001]

@@user-ww6ns2ii3d اقسم بالله لاتتصورن كم نحبكم

[@user-ww6ns2ii3d]

@@Hossien2001 ياخي اقسم بالله احنا اللي بنحبكم اكتر انا والدي عاش في العراق 8 سنوات وبيسمع الاخبار العراقيه اكتر من المصريه😂❤️

[@Hossien2001]

@@user-ww6ns2ii3d هههههههههههه والله انتم كنتم الأسرة الحقيقية لنا

[@louayGamer]

Fun fact . Arabs only hear those supposedly “Arab” songs when they watch westerners

[@rollingdigger19]

Like imagine hearing a medieval western music in every Arabic video on the west as a western.

[@theren2486]

as an arab i agree lol

[@nabeel8633]

I aint arab, im pakistani but same

[@user-lr3hn4fy6w]

arabs ? i don't think levant peoples are arabs more than they are just arabic speakers , The Arabs were merely the saviors of the peoples of Levant and North Africa from Persian and Roman colonialism .

[@louayGamer]

@@user-lr3hn4fy6w they are arabs conquered by the Romans and Persians

[@kaiserwaffle7896]

My Dad served in the Iraqi War as a British soldier And he told me about those Cards they played 'Iraqi Most Wanted' is what they're called

[@USSAnimeNCC-]

I had a an uncle who serve

[@RRbattlefield]

I still have a deck which is unopened 🙂

[@ericharrison7518]

This comment makes me feel so old. It couldn't possibly have been almost twenty years ago. It still feels like just the other day when I stepped off that plane into Kuwait..

[@poepidonidoepi7510]

Damn ya dad a murderer

[@kaiserwaffle7896]

@@poepidonidoepi7510 Old Men declare war. The youth fight it

[@JTJTU]

تبا لامريكا ....... ويبقا العراق العظيم عاليا 😍🇮🇶🇮🇶🇮🇶🇮🇶

[@hscorpion6258]

عفيه

[@gader2023]

@@hscorpion6258 كلا ايران كلا امريكا

[@hscorpion6258]

@@gader2023 خرا بامريكا و إيران

[@Martin-rd2iu]

@@hscorpion6258 تكـبـيـررررر

[@user-gf7id4nl1s]

@@gader2023 كلا كلا سعوديه كلا كلا امريكا كلا كلا إسرائيل الكافره

[@cheeseUout]

thanks so much for making this. your delivery is always on point. As for myself, i just moved to america and started high school and this war happened. I understood that it was a war, but i totally did NOT understand why it was so politically charged. I just saw angry people left and right, and i just kept paying attention to my Diablo 2 character build. This is a good refresher to see why it was good for me not to understand this during my younger years, because it would have otherwise left me into weird polarizing relationships with people. In otherwords, ignorance it bliss.

[@yungcris5211]

factsss i didnt understand the poilitics and didnt want to but now boyyyyyyyyy

[@johnclement189]

"They work tirelessly to capture the offshore infrastructure." Me : of course they would.

[@rowmagnvs]

Why wouldn’t they? It’s also a source of income for the country after the war:

[@anti-loganpaul7827]

@@rowmagnvs American imperialism at it's finest

[@Ida-xe8pg]

@@anti-loganpaul7827 Colonialism*

[@anti-loganpaul7827]

@@Ida-xe8pg Same thing

[@thedoober6002]

@Nous Défiones I don't know why it's such a foreign concept to these people that during an invasion you take control of the opposition's abilities to wage war, one being oil.

[@spyfreakm1]

America's most controversial war since Vietnam. It completely sabotaged the hearts and minds for America in the war on terror, and was even used as an excuse by the Russians to invade Crimea a decade later. (edit) My math was a bit off so i just made it vague to not be bothersome

[@FlymanMS]

Crimea annexation happened in 2014

[@spyfreakm1]

@@FlymanMS sorry my math was off, but my point still stands.

[@josephrichter2104]

Ironically, Sadam kept terrorists at bay, allowed non-Muslims to worship, invited many westerners to his country to help modernize it-westernize it. It's something that a lot of the people we are taught were evil, even evil itself, were actually either not bad at all or not nearly as bad as we were told, and that their enemies were the worse of the two or more closer to evil itself.

[@denzelsmashsymptom4264]

@@josephrichter2104 It is sad indeed. Now poeple suffer for crimes they did not commit !

[@MIDAZOLAMIDE]

the US invaded iraq so Israel will be safe and of course to steal some oil

[@whyareyoureadingthis5308]

Honestly, the same thing that happened to Vietnam veterans is happening to Iraq veterans. Literally the exact same thing. Not every coalition soldier was a war criminal in Iraq.

[@chris99171]

What an epic intro with the card game bit!

[@STFUismyname]

My dad used to have a deck of cards like that, he ended up giving them away to his friend who turned out to be a damn crack head and then later on found out how valuable they are now

[@_Abjuranax_]

Those Cards were printed in Arlington Texas, and my Step-Dad sold out of them at his gun shop.

[@canary8741]

@@_Abjuranax_ I'm pretty sure you can buy reproductions online.

[@staC-wh6ik]

I wonder how much they would cost now

[@jabber1990]

I saw some at an antique store the other day. I should have brought them

[@bloodlustblack7722]

Honestly I’ve learned more history from KZbin and this channel than the 11 years I’ve been in school

[@sabotabby3372]

the point of school isn't to educate you but to socialize you and make you accept the status quo. I recommend looking up the Coal Wars

[@thevividbookmark1235]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJ-7gnhqlL5-o7M It's about Bangladesh's economic miracle, do watch

[@booketoiles1600]

@@sabotabby3372 this is pro us propaganda

[@UTUBE3JC]

Such a cool channel

[@kartikkasana8258]

Amazing animation ❤❤

[@dylans8198]

The quality of this channel has become stupidly good despite the ever increasing challenges you guys face. It's actually insane. Well done as usual

[@seanyourhero1765]

My god the quality of these videos is mind blowing...i feel like I should be paying for content like this which is a testament to this channel

[@bad_coffee7082]

With all the wars, but Iraq still exists and will remain forever. I love you, my country🇮🇶❤✌🏼

[@theanglo-lithuanian1768]

Forever? Nothing lasts forever. Everything will fall one day.

[@rono7964]

@@theanglo-lithuanian1768I hope this happens to USA one day

[@remaks8405]

@@rono7964 of course it will, even the massive British empire completely died, but it probably won’t happen in our lifetime.

[@americancountryball2077]

@@remaks8405 the Roman’s probably said the same thing you know

[@scimitar8240]

@@rono7964 what country r u from

[@Shiftydiscomusic]

“Shock and Awe” hmmm put on glasses “Blitzkrieg”

[@gamerorsomething2363]

the whole part 1 summarized for u guys The world: u cant just invade iraq without the Permission Of the UN ! America British and Polish : HOW BOUT WE DO ANYWAYS

[@ahmadhassan8466]

For our oil

[@Left4Red]

They did get permission but did so they straight up lied to get their way.

[@prestontheinconsistentyout1573]

@@Left4Red not straight up, but damn close to it.

[@inqntrol2047]

What was even Poland's deal? It seems so random of it to get involved like that in the Middle East

[@thevividbookmark1235]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJ-7gnhqlL5-o7M It's about Bangladesh's economic miracle, do watch

[@maksmik6045]

I can't believe something of this quality is free on KZbin. This is better than most documentaries

[@WalayatFamily]

Its free cos its sponsored by the CIA

[@yakovd33]

6:02 Eminem be protesting

[@aevenova9780]

Did the army really make deck of cards like that? If so, That’s pretty wild!

[@musajaved9862]

Yes they did-en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most-wanted_Iraqi_playing_cards- I was surprised to find that they actually did this. It was a way of familiarising themselves with high ranking officers and people.

[@johnritcher5751]

I still have a deck from that deployment.

[@beardly0121]

Yup they really did. I wasn't in the war but I have one of those decks with all the Saddam loyalists/Baathist party members printed on them.

[@egg-iu3fe]

the iraq war was a heck of a war

[@asener351]

Three minutes ago? I must be lucky.

[@vampyrvids169]

14 hours ago? I Must be unlucky.

[@thevividbookmark1235]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJ-7gnhqlL5-o7M It's about Bangladesh's economic miracle, do watch

[@stefan4159]

Thank you for covering this key conflict of the 21st century. The narration and animations are excellent. On to Part 2!

[@tomburns8441]

Thank you for your service

[@bigcountryspoundcake4513]

US Government: They got Weapons of Mass Destruction! *afterwards* Us government: nahh we were just kidding lol

[@lancegideondiokno1774]

I love it when you guys post one episode series all at once so that we don't have to wait as long

[@brokenbridge6316]

I remember reading about this when I was in college. Wow. One of the few times U cared enough to pick up a newspaper and actually follow the news in real time. Great job with the video.

[@AHP]

We suffered so much, we are still suffering, and we will suffer forever😔

[@AHP]

You do not know what the condition of Iraq is, my friend, Iraq. Its government is corrupt and it will remain that way forever🥺☹️

[@AHP]

He is great with his history and a good ruler is the awaited Mahdi, because Iraq will not settle with its current government

[@mrpepe9502]

Also before the war there were so many Christians and Assyrians in Iraq, after the war all Christians became targets to kill because America was a ‘Christian’ state. Now only a few percent of the Christians remain.

[@ardinhajihil5011]

@@mrpepe9502 so basically they endangered iraqi christians futhermore..

[@phraya_techapit9910]

But now, according to Drew Binsky and Baderkhan, life is now fine in Iraq after all the years of terror and invasion.

[@Camilo_Z]

This video is great! The only problem i found is on 8:46, the A-10 Warthog doesn't have afterburners

[@freddiecawston2892]

Gordon Ramsay once said, "this plate's so oily the Americans tried to invade it!"

[@DiviAugusti]

I’ve heard the same joke used to make fun of oily hair too.

[@notxarbsenoj9231]

Where did this whole thing come from America invades for oil.

[@tadstrange1465]

Notxarb Senoj It comes from the fact that the U.S. invades countries for oil

[@notxarbsenoj9231]

Tad Strange Okay where’s your proof.

[@tadstrange1465]

Notxarb Senoj Iraq and Afghanistan

[@dylanrobinson8620]

as a long time viewer of yours I really admire the rapid transition towards higher quality animations etc. Keep up the great work, love the vids!

[@Haromicprocesser]

God it’s amazing this is free

[@oliverstianhugaas7493]

I love how we just vent home after 20 years and we left behind our entire mess, if i was iraqi i'd swear vengance eternally against my nations enemy that humiliated me for two decades and invaded us over a lie told by people who still go free. I'd never forget.

[@HistoryHustle]

Remember this from the news... I'm getting old. Great work once again, AH!

[@erfanmansouri-garakani3648]

I am a Norwegian-Iranian living in Oslo, Norway. I was in Iran at the time of the 2003 invasion of Iraq because I was visiting my family in Tehran, Iran. I was a very little at the time, but I remember that a lot of regular passenger aircraft were grounded due to the risk of civilian casualties. This event delayed our return trip to Norway for some short period

[@krateproductions4872]

Norwegian-Iranian? *Epic Crossover*

[@stevehansson9765]

No my friend you are an iranian with an norweigian passport/citizenship, no hard feelings but that’s the way it is. Med vänliga hälsningar från en etnisk Svensk i det ockuperade Sverige.

[@vladimirpetrovic2159]

@@stevehansson9765 maybe his father is from Iran and his mother is from Norway...

[@derlasercrafterwally4342]

@@stevehansson9765 maybe his dad is from Norway and his mom from Iran?

[@HJ-zn5go]

Ayyy my grandfather was korean Norwegian, he came to Norway during the Korean War and started his ramen franchise there.

[@demetriusarchuleta210]

Awesome 😎

[@user-cw5xz2xl2k]

سلام عليكم العراقيين صيتكم واصل السحاب. ولد بلدي 🌑🇮🇶🇮🇶🤔🤔

[@ahmedalsodani19]

صحيح

[@user-cw5xz2xl2k]

🥰

[@user-cw5xz2xl2k]

والله صحييحً

[@samsgaming69]

Fax

[@joesomebody3365]

Great work on the animations, fantastic content on this video (and the second part).

[@faulknersealock5575]

I was in OIF in late 07 through 08 I enjoyed part one so far I can always appreciate how fair and unbiased you try to be on this channel I wasn't in the service yet in 03 i was still in school but the NCOs i served under by the time i joined in early 07 through my time ending in 2010 were mostly all in the invasion and what always amazed me when they talked about it is just how unprepared they were their Humvees weren't uparmored their doors were canvas and they ended up just taking them off early on their body armor was old Vietnam era looking flak jackets anyways I look forward to part 2 hoping you touch a little more on when we were there

[@lonewaffle231]

Does Anyone see the parralel to the events today?

[@thoyfoyy]

Bro, Ukraine army invaded iraq with the usa and its friends

[@lonewaffle231]

@@thoyfoyy hat are you talking about?

[@NesqRunner]

@@lonewaffle231 ukraine was part of the coalition invaded iraq

[@lonewaffle231]

@@NesqRunner ironic

[@SlyGuyMorad]

Thanks for addressing it for what it is: an invasion-not a war.

[@kalaharisurfer1994]

Oh this is nice of you to post, I was binging Generation Kill, so this is real nice.

[@Madridy1996]

Iraqi here. Thank you so much for your effort, my people and I appreciate it. Although we might HIGHLY disagree in regards to Iraq not letting UN inspectors work freely, and other WMDs stuff.

[@zaidbenriane767]

are you saying the war was a good thing ?

[@starkiller3490]

@@zaidbenriane767 i think what he meant is that, In reality the Iraqi are letting the UN inspectors work freely, and other WMDs stuff.

[@Thememelord134]

@@starkiller3490 it would never happen if they let them in

[@starkiller3490]

@@Thememelord134 can't agree more

[@Thememelord134]

@@starkiller3490 It’s the Iraqis fault that they got invaded only if the let the inspectors the us military would never have to invade

[@ayahj9118]

During this time i was 10 years old i remember when all members of my family gathered in the center of the house couse it had 2 roofs and somehow they thought it would be safer if a strike would hit our house , i still can hear the sound of the sirens when the war planes made sonic booms and how it frightened my sister we kept on finding ways to distract these sounds like opening our mouths or putting 2 pillows on our heads , and with each explosion the doors and the windows were shaking . May be it is history now for some people but it affected me and my whole country and till this day we still didn’t find peace .

[@altusdefconalt3468]

I actually own the cards in the intro, there pretty dope.

[@abdulaziz.9471]

I always give a like before watching, that's how confident I am of your content.

[@simonbrown285]

This video should be called how ISIS was born and America was to blame.

[@mathewkeen2356]

The real people that are to blame are the ones who act like that is some outlier. When large nations fall, most of the time, a period of savagery follows.

[@mathewkeen2356]

The problem is the victor didnt try to claim the land. It is a dumb and unwinnable practice. You cant fight a war for a nonexistent entity. You can fight on anothers behalf to reinstall a gov or choose a side in a civil war but thats about. America should have either took Iraq or let them fight it out until they found a side they wanted to back. Trying to create it yourself in a foreign land doesnt work. People will always see it as a foreign gov with no authority without them.

[@davidfirdavidfir3778]

@@mathewkeen2356 so you think the problem was not the invasion and bombing of tbe country itself, that was all dandy , the problem for you was that US didn't "take the land"? The culprits were all the US administration plus the media who as always sell crimes against humanity. According to you if Hitler had controlled all tbe conquered land all would be ok

[@mathewkeen2356]

@@davidfirdavidfir3778 Yes I have no problem taking out Sadam's regime. I have a problem with the half measures taken afterwards. You cant force a powerless gov on a people. You either allow them to fight it out or you take control. Like we did in Japan. That could have easily turned into a civil war between the army and the emperor's loyalists. We destroyed their God for Gods Sake. And they just had to sit back and take it. Now they are a docile people and great ally. Winning Strategy.

[@davidfirdavidfir3778]

@@mathewkeen2356 taking out Saddam regime... so you have no problem if some country takes out Trump regime? also you think that Hitlers only mistake was not holding the land? he did try to claim it. You believe US should have taken iraq , like a colony or something like that? forget about international law , might is right . got it. I hope you aren't one of those americans winning about Russian and China.

[@ifv2089]

Over two years of tours here, feels like last week now its animated history 🤣

[@alshammari8491]

How wonderful you are, my country, Iraq. 39 countries teamed up to bring you down🇮🇶♥️

[@simoncivin1619]

Lol USA could do it alone but what ever man enjoy your country who is nothing in midle of deserts

[@kiohz8922]

Bro it was uncool

[@AshanBhatoa]

The Armchair Historian is so great, I use his channel as revision for actual examinations on Nazi Germany during the Second World War, the Cold War and 20th century history in general. It is also extremely interesting to learn about the 21st century Middle-Eastern conflicts and wars also - thank you for assistance on my studies within History, even when you do not know it. You videos are of excellent quality and are absolutely brilliant for educating individuals in important events throughout History.

[@marquisdelafayette1929]

You should check out Great Courses Plus. I been listening to “History’s Great Military Blunders and the Lessons they teach” and it was 12 lectures with 30 mins each. I’m on the second on “The Most Decisive Battles in History” and it’s 18 lectures at 30 mins each from Ancient Egypt to now. They are amazing and show how different things could have been. So many people tried to take the Middle East from Alexander til now and it has never worked .

[@thevividbookmark1235]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJ-7gnhqlL5-o7M It's about Bangladesh's economic miracle, do watch

[@colesimons3533]

Finally. I’ve been trying to learn a bout the Iraq war and I found the Afghanistan video very informative.

[@user-qu3jn7bv8n]

عاش العراق وشعب العراق ويرحم راعيها ابو عدي❤️🇸🇾🇮🇶

[@ABDU2000IFM]

انت العايش ابو جاسم

[@rosyab5752]

🐀🇮🇶 + 🇺🇸🐈 = The hole and the end rope

[@dontfuckn5055]

@@rosyab5752 🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻

[@detectiveconan3501]

@@rosyab5752 America and Trash😏

[@user-tf8cm9gy9w]

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