Terrorism, War, and Bush 43: Crash Course US History #46

[@aSongScout]

I'm 19 years old and it's super weird to see events I remember talked about on Crash Course and animated in the Thought Bubble now.

[@17091ira0072]

I'm 19 too. It's basically our lives in a nutshell.

[@CrimsonAce6]

Haha I was just thinking that :P

[@OiYaPrick]

Also 19, it's super weird to see how obviously corrupt hierarchical powers have always been. Why do we still trust people to run other people's lives?

[@steverogers2404]

Guess what I'm 19 too and after all this time on crash course I'd ask my parents about what they remembered about something that happened, but now I'm the one who's doing the remembering. Weird.

[@ashleybindig1398]

Watching this in 2020 the dig about "a 'Star Wars' trilogy that doesn't suck" is even funnier

[@chrisryan6072]

Water-boarding? Don't you mean freedom shower?

[@StarAgentRXA4682]

Chris Ryan It's when Americans baptise terrorists with freedom

[@xinleigao3344]

RootAccess by creating more terrorist? any 5 year can make the connection,.

[@jasonslepica3932]

I'm crying of laughter right now.

[@chrisryan6072]

Sunny q Any 5th year could also spell and use grammar better than you...

[@xinleigao3344]

Chris Ryan I love that the only defense you have is my phrasing. Its like saying i agree with your point but Im gona ignore that and focus on the only irreverent issue.. LMAO

[@SnazzyBoBazzy]

Poor Jeb, his brother became president, his father was president, he lost. participation award

[@simone8228]

Please clap.

[@alextorres5886]

Evan Amaral I just imagine the bushes at a dinner table and the Bush mother just yelling at Jen saying "your father was president, your brother was president, but you couldn't become president"

[@garethclark7638]

Evan Amaral he lost to an incompetent idiot with a bad combover

[@nathan.3701]

please clap

[@swaharmaman9410]

Was anyone really looking forward to another Bush? The family has become to controversial for its affairs.

[@EmperorTigerstar]

I said it last video and I'll say it this video: Crashcourse: Asian History! WHO'S WITH ME?!?

[@ShykinArcana]

***** What did you do. It says translate but it says the same thing when translated.

[@vlasktom]

ShykinArcana It just means that TheJarjar99 broke Google Translate. Original: ER MA GERD. AWSUM. Translation: I failed 3rd grade English and now I'm stuck in the 2nd grade English reading level.

[@CaptainCoolkid4747]

Canadian History?

[@vlasktom]

Rainbow Bubbles I must say, it must've taken an incredible amount of skill to type all that out. But, what in the hell is a non-cholo-homie-dude?

[@vlasktom]

Rainbow Bubbles I totally read that Oh mai gawd part in a Southern Accent. You're pretty funny. Here, a gift from me to you. *gives Rainbow Bubbles one Internet*

[@daveharrison84]

There once was a reporter who was sent to Iraq during the war. He saw on one side the road there was a US soldier who was wounded and bloody. On the other side of the road there was an Iraqi insurgent who was wounded and bloody. The reporter asks the American what happened. The American says "I saw an Iraqi insurgent and shouted 'Saddam Hussein is an asshole!" He replied 'George Bush is an asshole!' We were standing in the middle of the road shaking hands when a truck hit us."

[@amyk6869]

baad joke...

[@drouinfrank2]

I like it. Nice joke.

[@lAMAR658]

literal lol

[@nakedmongoose6837]

Most Iraqi insurgents are either foreign fighters or people who used to work for the Iraqi Ba'athist Party.

[@JuanVilorio]

John predicted a new Star Wars trilogy lol, though not federally funded

[@putbye1]

Yup

[@TheJovian16]

+Albert Vilorio Yes, about two years after it was originally announced by Disney. Quite the Nostradamus.

[@ackbarfan5556]

By the taping of this video, we already knew the new Star Wars movies were coming but we didn't know if they were gonna be good or suck. The general consensus appears to be good.

[@bilbarcooks4681]

Not federally funded but I understand the British government did grant a lot of tax cuts to the project soo... it's a socialist picture? you're welcome

[@MilesWilsondreamteam]

+ackbarfan5556 They're OK, they just are the same

[@idgafx2k1]

A Saudi Arabian Hiding in Pakistan being guarded by Afghanistanis, IRAQ MUST'VE DONE IT!!

[@pandaduos871]

* Afghans

[@tahakhwja]

Panda Iran now lol

[@theofulk5636]

TIM OSMAN, CIA AGENT, royal familychums to Bushes for DECADES !

[@apollo4132]

"we don't condone torture but we do condone torture"

[@deriznohappehquite]

I think the 9/11 truthers give Bush too much credit. There's no way he could have pulled that off.

[@whosthatguy8396]

People misunderestimate him

[@jr800w]

He did but not by himself.

[@Lanearndt]

Do you know the word synecdoche means? It's the usage of a single figure to implicate a multitude of people, say for example the name Bush to implicate the people who pulled his strings in the white house, namely Cheney and Zelicow and rumsfeld and rice and powell. However you really do not need to look far beyond Cheney, Silverstein and Rumsfeld to get the full picture, and with Cheney's status at Haliburton the whole entire thing would have been executed with only a very small number of people being aware of what was happening. You see the big problem is that people say that it could never have been an inside job because too many people would've had to know about it. But the way corporate bureaucracies and oligarchies work is that one person says go and the others just do it!

[@MrBlackchook]

It's not like he would do it any of it himself :P

[@alkoy2]

Well there might be insufficient evidence that link bush to 9/11 but he certainly failed to prevent 9/11, especially after the CIA, FBI and many intelligence agency warned him and his adviser beforehand.

[@sbeast64]

So in summary, America in the 2000's experiences PTSD.

[@bigballsgame5591]

:)))))

[@shiminshamim8359]

I'm not gonna make some controversial comment.... just gonna say my birthday is on 11th September.... its hard being the 9/11 baby.

[@ayub579]

+Shimin Shamim people will always remember your BD.

[@shiminshamim8359]

Ayub Daud not really... They don't even realize it's on 9/11 when I tell them about my birthday 😂

[@ayub579]

i mean, people around the globe will always have this "never forget" thing every year.. hehe

[@shiminshamim8359]

Ayub Daud yh... never forget my birthday.... 🙏 😂

[@maybewise]

+Shimin Shamim My niece was born the day before, in 2015. We acted so scandalized by it. I worry we have to cringe every time her birthday rolls around. But it's better than if it were the day of, or after. Because I HAVE to watch the documentaries every year, and basically bring the rest of my family's mood down with me, and reminisce.... I can't imagine then having to go to a kid's birthday party.

[@CtDog559]

When I took APUSH, one of the essay questions was about the reaction to 9/11 and the leading up to the Iraq war. I recall reading that many people were upset by this question because a majority of the APUSH classes around the country didn't reach present day. My teacher, Mr. Cushing, however, was a wonderful man; he taught us everything we needed and more. For the month following the AP exam, our class time was spent doing homework for other classes, talking, and playing improve games. I ended up getting a 4. Paved the way for a political science minor in college.

[@crashcourse]

John Green teaches you about the tumultuous 2000's in the United States of America, mainly the 2000's that coincide with the presidency of George W Bush. Terrorism, War, and Bush 43: Crash Course US History #46

[@alexjun3735]

I like the way you present info. Thks and keep making great vids.

[@governmentofficial1409]

Ha! You only got one reply! I hope you finally notice me after sending you all those open letters! Gr8 m8!

[@clarkliberty1110]

CrashCourse gore did not claim to invent the Internet,he said he helped create it. Big difference unless you are republican looking to bash.

[@str.77]

william woods Sure but it's a meme and was said tongue in cheek. OTOH, Bush didn't defund "stem cell research" but the cannibalistic atrocity that is "embryonic stem cell research" which thus far has not produced any medical advance and should not be defunded but outlawed!

[@clarkliberty1110]

st r Tongue in cheek? That's not how Republicans viewed it it! They used it as a talking point all through the '00 campaign. Bush43 was the WORST president we ever had. How could Republicans choose him over McCain? How could they slander McCain to promote Bush?

[@themanwithnoname2183]

Is it bad that I watch these for fun and not for school?

[@MoroSopioSan]

Jet Fuel can't melt Steel Beams. Sorry I had to put it...

[@James-dx8rj]

It does not have to melt it, just weaken it to the point where it loses its structural integrity. Sorry, I had to put it...

[@bipedleek241]

James Bielik it was obviously a joke

[@nilesrock024]

Cut taxes, initiate huge military spending initiative, blame resulting deficit on whoever comes next. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! FREEDOOOOOOOM!

[@nilesrock024]

***** To humor you, I just did some very basic research into the issue - including the Treasury website, which FYI, is rather shit-tier in terms of presentation of factual information/data in an unbiased, clear and transparent manner (funny though, that you'd suggest looking there, as several of their figures actually present data in favor of my argument, albeit in an inaccurate/misrepresentative manner) - and frankly, I'm entirely justified in the statement I made, even acknowledging that it was a large generalization motivated more by humor than by intent towards projecting an accurate political message or portrayal of the times. Further, if you're going to sit there and sincerely attempt to argue that decreased revenue + significantly-increased military spending = not a problem, or that the defense spending which can be directly attributed to the Iraq/Afghan. wars was not significant, then I have neither interest in nor the time to spend conversing with you in-depth. The information is readily available, and supports my statement, and thus I feel no need to further converse with someone who - very clearly - has made it their prerogative to seek out youtube arguments over political views and spew their vitriolic ignorance in whatever manner possible (such as in implied accusation of one who decries the Bush-era fiscal legislation, and finds humor in the subsequent attempts on behalf of conservatives to push the blame for the consequences of such initiatives entirely onto Bush's democratic successor, as being a supporter of that democratic successor). Good day.

[@michaelvanderwal7390]

The Obama administration operated as if TARP was being spent every single year of his presidency. The deficit is his fault.

[@alekmoth]

How could you not mention the fact that there were no WMDs in Iraq?

[@albertnelson6792]

Or that 911 was an inside job.

[@DougDimadome]

albert nelson Yes and the video "911 Echoes of Darkness" is one of many great vids wich supports that.

[@albertnelson6792]

Josh G I don't know if I've seen that video, but I've seen others that remove all dought. Anyone who believes the official story has not looked at the evidence.

[@SumDumDude952]

albert nelson dumbass

[@albertnelson6792]

CadetTurner3742 Punk

[@BramClaes]

Not abiding to the Kyoto protocol, oil-drilling in wildlife reservoires, and stopping stemcell research... What exactly was compassionate about his conservatism?

[@Illier1]

Those are all things conservatives like. He could care less about what liberals want.

[@nigor42]

It could be seen as compassionate for US citizens in the short term, or for businesses that employ those citizens... I agree though, not a long term ecological type conservatism.

[@BramClaes]

And not to mention torture/enhanced interrogation. Very compassionate

[@Illier1]

Bram Claes You act like he is the only one one who does that. Every world leader tortures and interrogates.

[@chadkroeger137]

To be honest dude, all my teachers used your videos, and never used this Hahahahaha.

[@alisheikh4698]

@Ryoshikari being patriotic won't save ur country.

[@TMMx]

Most depressing CrashCourse video ever.

[@AdityaGohad]

next video will be more.....

[@josephallison4302]

Because the history of slavery, WW1, WW2, the destruction of human rights and the existence of Nuclear bombs was just a barrel of laughs?

[@AdityaGohad]

Joseph Allison most of us never suffered by slavery,WW 1/2 but i knw ppl who died in terrorist attack(7/11 mumbai) i have seen financial crisis of 2007-08 & tht was my childhood...m not saying these things are worst than WW 1/2 or slavery or nuclear bombing but we have pretty much recovered from it(plz don't say nuclear bombing effect will remain for more 100 years..just try to understand what i am saying)so my point is its okay to get more sad over this video than any other video coz these things directly affected our(my) generation...

[@SpathaMagna]

Joseph Allison Less that, and more the fact that from our viewpoint here in the present, we're also able to see the steps toward progress and the good that was achieved in the past. Whereas any perceived progress in the present, may well fall short of expectations and hopes. In many cases we may be blind to the good that we begin now, which leaves us only with clear failures and shortcomings.

[@josephallison4302]

I understand its a terrible part of US history that (arguably, like the history of the civil rights movement) is still going on, I just don't like your use of superlatives, especially since "Crash Course" covered world history too.

[@RussTaylorLegend]

Again, it is really impressive that you can deliver this history that dispassionately. Having gained political awareness in the early Bush Jr. administration, I'm not sure I could describe that presidency with anything approaching your level of objectivity. Fantastic work as always!

[@thelonelydirector]

I think I have PTSD from the Bush years. Watching it all condensed into 15 minutes was fairly traumatizing.

[@Alverant]

I know and so much was left out. The homophobia, the lack of WMD, the curious timing of OBL tapes being released right when W needed them, unreliable electronic voting, banking deregulation, how ideology trumped competence, ...

[@ExPwner]

Safety isn't freedom. Freedom is freedom. Also the war on terrorism is an oxymoron since war is terrorism.

[@pascalausensi9592]

War=Terrorism? Could you please explain that

[@ExPwner]

Sure. The definition of terrorism is the use of violence in pursuit of political aim. War as we know it is exactly that: violent conflict in pursuit of political aims.

[@pascalausensi9592]

***** Ok, its just that the definition its slightly different in spanish (the use of terror in pursuit of political aim) but you are right.

[@JetzYT]

Most of the time terrorism is referred to as the violent intimidation of civilians, you can hardly call two military forces engaging each other terrorism.

[@ExPwner]

Sure you can. The notion that it has to be "civilians" is just moving the goalposts.

[@ZoggFromBetelgeuse]

I was kind of expecting that John-from-the-past would ask about flying cars.

[@pethog]

Keep being awesome Zogg! I hope you get back to creating content soon.

[@dangerouslytalented]

Bush treated Hurricane Katrina as a riot control problem, not a search and rescue problem, and the Bush Library tries to justify that in detail.

[@sopralto817]

Ew, really? I haven't ever been to the Bush Library (I try to stay clear of paradoxes) but that sounds like it would make my skin crawl. Eurgh.

[@dangerouslytalented]

I have not been there myself (I graduated from coloring in about 35 years ago) but the media reports were full of it. Look up Bush Library Hurricane Katrina, if you want to get really really angry.

[@colinmusik]

Bush Library... Never heard a better oxymoron

[@CadaverJunky8]

If I hear one more person requesting "Canadian history".. If I wanted help falling asleep, I'd go buy sleeping pills.

[@dangerouslytalented]

Canada's history: America's hat.

[@Pinklewilly]

As a Canadian I have to agree with you. Our history is like a boring United States. Still, at least we are the better place to live >.>

[@TheStrangerUpNorth9]

I'm Canadian and I must say you're right. Canadian history is about as enertaining as watching paint dry.

[@thinudex100]

dangerouslytalented But a fashionable hat at that.

[@teethpaste]

Pinklewilly Yes, I just love the warm weather.

[@reaganrambles1951]

As someone who was born in 1998 and lived through all of this, I can confirm that our Texas public school history classes never got to this. I cried learning about the horrors of war I was oblivious to until this video. Thank you CrashCourse for inspiring me to continue my education, truly.

[@benkoblmiller6555]

Water-boarding sounded fun until I looked it up.

[@JohnWick-ei7ss]

Claps slowly

[@StaticBlaster]

How did you not know what water-boarding is? it's a form of torture shown in a lot of movies like Salt with Angelina Jolie so that the people doing the water-boarding extracts information from their victim.

[@MeepChangeling]

Because there will be at least 4 million people here commenting about jet fule temperatures and steel... I'm a blacksmith. You don't need to get steel to melt for ti to become useless as a support material. It only has to get to a nice orange heat, at which point the weight of the building supported by the steel will mush that steel like playdoh, causing the building to collapse. You see the trade centers buckle at the bottom and then just fall straight down. That's exactly what would happen if it's supporting structure gave out. Perhaps we need a Crash Course Engineering so more people can understand that steel is deformable long before it melts.

[@Eduardjms]

+Arogon how did they install the supposed termite in front of office, security and maintenance workers without trace. Also it would be the first, only and last time a demolition starts top to bottom (hundreds of videos shows all demolitions starts bottom to top).

[@mdeezy247]

+Meep “the” Changeling So how did Building 7 fall with out anything hitting it????

[@mdeezy247]

+Meep “the” Changeling The Jet hit at the top of the buildings not the bottom Einstein!!!!! I'll just let you marinate on that for a bit...

[@Still.No.Name.]

+marcus davis Debris from the tower fell on building 7, causing a fire. The debris also took out the Water Sprinkling system was also destroyed. The fire burned for hours without anyone doing anything and it fell down after burning up from the inside out.

[@pices2297]

+No Name Building 7 wasn't even next to the Towers. Buildings 3,4,5,6 were and they were still standing. Building 7 came down like a demolition job. You can youtube "Building 7" and see for yourself what really happened to building 7.

[@zaryaislegit125]

I love how he mentioned the hijackers weren't Muslims... nobody knows if they were Muslims. you can go on a building, hold a cross all you want but that doesn't make you Christian

[@JayJay5244]

#love iisuperwomanii It's a well established fact that those assholes were indeed Islamic extremists, ergo Muslims

[@tombkings6279]

The U.S drops nuclear bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki still think 9/11 is the worst catastrophe in the history of humanity

[@aronpuma5962]

Not yet. We can hope it doesn't lead to worse. If were were going for a signular event to be the worst catastrophe in human history, I would say it would be the descruction of Merv. It is believed that this central aisan city was the largest in the world in the 12 century. It is also said from accounts of the Mongol attack that they ordered the death of almost the entire city, men, women, and children, and at least 1 million people died by the order of Ghengis Khan. And I speak int he supposed terms because, there isn't a lot of reccord outside archeology and primary sources, but it's worth researching.

[@presiqnqnkov8391]

the chinese attacked the us so they responded with the full might of theyr army

[@presiqnqnkov8391]

I am not American

[@tombkings6279]

Presiqn Qnkov Good for you

[@tombkings6279]

Nicholas You too

[@MerlinCross13]

Yeah I knew looking at the comments was gonna be a bad idea the closer we got to the present.

[@PrincessKLS]

I always hated Bush but I never thought Republicans could get much worse and that what has happened in the 2010s.

[@conorlovesmeful]

And I thought the Democrats would never support the NSA, drone strikes, and the PATRIOT act. It's a strange new world.

[@myLORDandSAVlOR]

The democrats actually expanded Bush's policies. So if you disliked Bush and the republicans, you should abhor Obama and the demoncrats.

[@michaelvanderwal7390]

myLORDandSAVlOR Exactly. People don't know anything about Obama's actual policies. All Obama is better at doing is reading from a teleprompter and pandering to his base in his speeches.

[@ob5443]

If only you knew.....😂😢

[@GakuZukai]

i think a series on the Ottoman empire would be very interesting

[@AmeerFazal]

I wanted to learn more about the consequences of war in middle eastern civilians. 100s of thousands of Iraqis had died, and?

[@taylorpease7229]

Why couldn't Al Gore be president? Why couldn't Al Gore be president? WHY?

[@taylorpease7229]

greg miller Civil war? Only if we can get of our fat asses and do something. Or use facebook to organize civil disobedience. But that would be boring.

[@Tesla_Death_Ray]

"enhanced interrogation" if that's not the most cynical euphemism, i don't know what is.

[@Tesla_Death_Ray]

***** “This is not about who they are, this is about who we are” - John McCain

[@CzechAvailabilitie]

***** Since the revolutions of 1848 pretty much all kings in Europe have had almost no political power. In Britain, which is probably the sort of monarchy you're thinking about when you call Obama "king", the monarchy has been pretty much powerless since the 17th century and even before that the monarchy had been getting less powerful while parliament became more powerful since the 13th century. The one time a British king actually tried to become a proper monarch parliament had him executed. Even those countries that don't have a king anymore usually split the power between a president and prime minister with the president usually being more of a overpaid diplomat with very little political power. Because of this calling an American president "king" to paint him as a tyrant is stupid because it's been a while since kings were anything more than inbred diplomats. Don't be stupid.

[@themightykyuss]

"There's only time and how you choose to use it." Wise words.

[@afzalmohammed1133]

A terrorist isn't Islam. A terrorist is a person or ideology which is in favour of harming innocent people. The word terrorism cannot be singled out for one sector of peaple in the world, when the world is full of peaple committing terrorism each and everyday. From petty crimes such as muggings to large scale crimes such as the actions in Charleston. The word terrorism means "to bring terror to another person in one way or another". What I'm trying to say is that terrorism is all around us and peaple need to broaden their perception of what being a terrorist is. Murderers, thiefs, muggers and rapists are all a form of terrorism and the peaple who commit these actions of terrorism are and should be deemed as terrorists. Next time you think of a terrorist, instead of the played out idea of a Asian man wearing a bomb just take some time to think about the small actions of terror which plague the streets of the world each and everyday.

[@adnanilyas6368]

I am disappointed that this video made absolutely no mention to the rise of the association of Islam with terrorism that has come to very much dominate news referring to foreign policy. That is, sadly, something that has come to very much define much of the recent event in America, from the justification of NSA, to how the media treats Muslims, to our total lack of comprehension over what is happening and how to deal with both the Arab Spring and the violence and uprisings that followed.

[@adnanilyas6368]

***** It is true that Western cultures have long been prejudiced against Islam. This is probably because Europe never took the time to learn about them (or, really, other cultures) and the fact that Europeans considered the Islamic empire to be their greatest threat for most of the last millennium. However, Americans had extremely little to do with Islam for basically the whole of it's history with one notable exception. The Nation of Islam was branded as a violent group, even though they didn't actually do much violence. I suspect that this may have been more to do with racism and the stereotype that black men are violent than the actually faith they claimed to represent. In addition,there is a clear sense, today, that Americans largely do not at all understand Islam. A lot of bigots think that all that Islam and Muslims stand for is violence and death to America. That is something that definitely has come about because of the American media and the perceptions made about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. It suggests that, if those same people had been asked their opinion in, say 1999, on Islam, they would very likely have answered with "What's Izlaam? There is no bigotry involved there. Just simple ignorance. The Islamophobia we see today has both. Before 9/11, you didn't hear about mosques being pressured from being built or from having spots reserved in cemeteries. You didn't hear about people being discriminated against in airports. If the popular television show, Homeland (which I do not watch, and have not watched) were made before 9/11, would it have been about terrorism? Would it have involved dubious Muslim characters who may or may not be the bad guy? I think the answer is a clear No.

[@sclair2854]

"There's only time, and how you choose to use it" One line John, and you've done more to guilt me into studying than any other academic in the history of forever.

[@Switch2Burst]

Here is something to think about: I was eleven years old when the planes hit the towers in 2001. I am now a veteran of the war in Afghanistan. I watched what started the conflict as a child and fought in it as a young man.

[@nelpski]

"This is America" I died 😂😁

[@pipermeloche7915]

TO ANYONE TAKING THE AP EXAM NEXT YEAR (2017) This year they DID cover some stuff from this time period so it may now be relevant to study this stuff!!

[@largekitchensink2942]

Have 9/11 attacks as my final essay this year, not american but like still

[@danieleltringham3859]

And people say Obama was bad...

[@SilentSniper-zn7eu]

Jedi Jim only he was just as bad considering he bombed twice as many countries as Bush yet still earned a Nobel peace prize.

[@Kingsta2000]

He didn't get a family member to cheat his way to the oval office.

[@brycelahm1283]

Gary Daniel No. He was born in Hawaii. His father was from Kenya, if he was from Kenya he couldn’t have been elected

[@brycelahm1283]

Bush was an amazing president

[@thatonemferyaknow3794]

Daniel Eltringham He did help overthrow the most stable African countries leader soooooo...

[@IkeofCrimea]

Wait, it's the 21st century. Why are we still writing mystery documents on scrolls of maybe parchment?

[@nigor42]

The best part is that the text is not written on the maybe parchment, it is on regular paper that was pasted onto the maybe parchment. Some episodes you can see through the scroll and see the second sheets. :P

[@DrLennieSmall]

Because the possible Internet people made us

[@fiire6462]

My birthday was September 11 2001... :l

[@ashleytran7801]

+Geometry Dash Fiire That must be super awkward

[@fiire6462]

yep

[@nketsurelovestodraw2560]

Mine was a year after...

[@fiire6462]

i don't watch south park

[@steverocksyo]

Fiire at least no one can forget it

[@SamTochelliDzn]

With the ending of Crash Course US History, may I request a Crash Course European History?

[@deedadee2]

I think he's doing an extended literature course next.

[@SamTochelliDzn]

Derp McHerpton I've heard nothing official, therefore I made the request.

[@alyssabrown4758]

Sam Tochelli Well there was a preview on an upcoming Philosophy course...

[@SamTochelliDzn]

Alyssa Brown Yeah....did you notice how that was Hank and not John...?

[@adnanilyas6368]

Sam Tochelli I thought Hank was doing Psychology.

[@jgonascar]

I wish Al Gore was our president during my childhood.

[@pokefan20001000]

Amen. From what I've heard, he had a hell of a brain (and didn't have a corrupt CEO as his VP).

[@greyerbaby3323]

+Andrew S the rumours you have heard are correct. Al Gore is an intelligent man and an environmentalist.

[@douglasrau5094]

+jgonascar I was a teenager in this time. I didn't pay much attention but I remember him being smart but not very charismatic, which hurt him.

[@JaxTheCartographer]

my childhood had obamba 😈 I was 6 in 2008 so I think that is when my childhood started

[@knockoutao]

I wish so badly Al Gore didn't get screwed over too.

[@erictaylor5462]

"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

[@luminabalderson3315]

Agreed.

[@erictaylor5462]

Lumina Balderson Not my quote

[@luminabalderson3315]

Eric Taylor I see. It's still true, though.

[@erictaylor5462]

Lumina Balderson That is why the quote is repeated.

[@danmiller6462]

Eric Taylor very very true. I think Benjamin Franklin said that originally.

[@reidr7288]

that new star wars triology thing......

[@Xsinthis]

I'd like to point out that after Hurricane Katrina, the first boots on the ground were a Canadian Urban (Heavy?) Search and Rescue team out of Vancouver, before any level of American government responded. We also took in hundreds of planes carrying thousands of americans after America closed it's skies following the 9/11 attacks.

[@SmashGuyROA]

Bush > Obama

[@TheHawkeye0725]

Lol that's a good one

[@loganmilliken2727]

poo > diarrhea not too much to debate here

[@MaytV109]

Democrats = Republicans. :I

[@questking5910]

TheGreatMazzu LIES! Republicans (dont tell NY i said this) Republicans>Democrats.

[@koukkoufos2000]

+Uncle Stinky Bush is more of a war criminal lol

[@N4Evar06]

I like the crash course. But trying to argue that Bush's reasoning for the wars was to promote western values, democracy and free trade is hilariously false.

[@N4Evar06]

strategic, political, financial control of the region and to enforce the trade of oil in the US $. See Gaddafi and Assad's governments' being destroyed to follow through with the point.

[@shaneskavdahl3638]

+Rousseau That's because Hussein kicked the UN nuclear inspectors out of Iraq, and under UN Resolution 1441 if Saddam did that again then we would invade under any circumstances.

[@neckutter]

Indigo pirate that's because people in power do whatever they want and gaslight the reasons why

[@Debbie52S]

Shane has a point. I also want to add that currency has almost nothing to do with anything. Saddam had already began usuing Euros for their oil exportation. Can you blame it, the United States santioned them. The dollar became obselete lol. Saddam specifically called the dollar 'the currency of the enemy'.

[@eagle3676]

@@shaneskavdahl3638 The UN warned US and NATO NOT to invade Iraq so you're lying

[@fennishing]

hello apush classes

[@grahambuhrman9807]

+fenn Hello!

[@محمدمحمد-ي1و9ي]

SquishyLiv هو جديد.

[@ellasulloway2366]

apush and a shove

[@yuyuri_]

hey

[@fennishing]

YURI how are you

[@Joorum]

Bush, in my personal ranking, was one of the bottom 5 worst presidents, along with Buchanan, A. Johnson, Harding and Nixon.

[@DougDimadome]

I agree but why do you think that was so? Why do you think he did what he did? Perhaps its a bipartisan issue or maybe he was just incompetent....NOPE! The reason why is because he is a puppet following the orders of the puppet masters malevolent hidden agenda.

[@ToadRoach]

Why you so hard on Nixon? He is one of my second favourite Futurama characters behind Bender :) lol

[@mattaki]

Nixon wasn't so bad, especially compared to Bush Jr.

[@my11utube]

well, it is good then that your personal ranking is only important to you

[@mattaki]

BrotherAtticus There is the Teapot Dome Scandal, which was considered the greatest political scandal in American history up until Watergate. That said, it's small potatoes compared to the no-bid Haliburton contracts in Iraq under Cheney's regime.

[@Trepur349]

2001 tax cuts was not the largest tax cut in US history. Both the 1961 Kennedy tax cuts and then 1983 Reagan tax cuts were larger.

[@lokustic]

algore was so pissed by this lost that he went nuts and tried to hunt manbearpig!

[@stubbythebaby6980]

Was the entire video just reinforcing my hate for Bush?

[@SvenskaKrig1709]

Wow, I have never seen an unbiased anything on George W Bush.

[@kanklez]

And you never will, its just a matter of things being more or less biased, and more importantly, biased towards or away from your own biases. We are all biased, its not our faults, its just part of being human.

[@cnemnich1]

kanklez He did a damned good job of being as unbiased as possible though

[@SvenskaKrig1709]

C Nemnich that is what I ment.

[@americawashington2700]

You could make a really good horror film about America in the Bush administration. It would take the shape of an extremely unpleasant place to live filled with paranoia and blind patriotism

[@pollypoopoo7]

you could seriously also make film about Obama starting another conflict on the anniversary of 9/11

[@americawashington2700]

"Starting"

[@Kissarai]

Cue conspiracy theories and similar comments that start with "Actually..."

[@TheZachary86]

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[@HawkTheRed]

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[@kingpin124]

Clearly you spend more time on your hair than you do learning anything.

[@HawkTheRed]

kingpin124 ... :3

[@Kissarai]

What does my hair have to do with anything? You have exactly one picture of me, from a Lady Gaga concert, of course I spent some time on my hair. Did you really think that you were going to change my mind by insulting everyone and using capslock? Take a course in debate or writing 101 or something and get back to me.

[@ilh8312]

Thanks! I was too young (and from another country) to pay attention to Bush v Gore, but I remember 9/11, the Iraq War and Katrina very well thanks to the international coverage they got. It's really interesting to see them as history rather than contemporary. I still remember the intense debate about WMDs in Iraq and truthfully, as an ordinary person, there was no way to tell who was speaking the truth. Looking back, I realize how much we depend on the media and organizations like the UN to be factual and unbiased for us to have informed opinions.

[@jayhan94]

kinda sucks that the current government has to deal all the backlash the previous government started.....its like someone didn't flush the toilet when they know someone is gonna use it after them

[@SebastianMartinez-jy1ky]

I agree completely.

[@Pocko213]

Yet Obama has expanded most of those policies....

[@sschusta3]

***** en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Defense_Authorization_Act you sheep

[@Tytoalba777]

well Obama is next week. That shouldn't be controversial...

[@STDrepository]

Thank god gore didn't win.

[@STDrepository]

***** Presidents aren't elected by popular vote moron... they are elected by electoral college for good reason. If colorado's vote is corrupt and filled with fraud it will only affect colorado voters votes. It won't affect the rest of the country. It minimizes fraud.

[@zoozootaken]

***** If presidents were elected by popular vote, then all a candidate would need to do is campaign in NYC, LA, Chicago, etc and never give one thought to people in rural/non-urbanized areas. We don't do popular vote because it would literally shut off half of the nations voice, so do some studying, because if we did popular vote a majority of the states would secede and create their own nation(s).

[@zoozootaken]

I didn't post to join in your juvenile youtube debate. I posted to share why the voting system is the way it is. So cut the preachy BS. I personally believe Bush, Obama, Reagan, Gore, Clinton, and on and on are all part of the same team. They continue the same policies and act accordingly. Campaigning is all rhetoric, so look at their actions. If you do that, you will see they are all the same. blackboxvoting dot org. later, yo.

[@sransomdancer]

zoozootaken I suggest to you some CGP Grey "Electoral College Problems" and a glance at the statistics of people living in large cities. That being said, keep voicing your opinions. Just please, DFTBA.

[@zoozootaken]

Shannon Ransom No idea what those acronyms mean, and I don't really care. Until electronic voting machines are done away with, discussing politics is useless.

[@jakofozz]

I don't watch CC because I have an AP test I watch it because it's bloody interesting! I also lost it when the America 'Carbon Shmarbon' transition showed.

[@Nimodog19]

Your wish has been granted John... Star Wars is back

[@harishsharma2974]

Get ready for 8&9!

[@bezimeni2000]

usa went to liberate iraq from their oil

[@dangerouslytalented]

***** yep, but the government that Bush installed sold the contracts to Chevron, ExxonMobil and BP. And cheaply. And Iraq was put back on to using the US dollar instead of the Euro to sell that oil. and Cheney's company Halliburton was given billion dollar no bid contracts to rebuild oil infrastructure.

[@Atlas552]

***** The US indeed rejected the offer officially- But American and British companies were all to eager to take it. And where there's money, there's power...

[@visitkotor9663]

Considering the fact that the Iraqi war destroyed its infrastructure and well oil production, I doubt this was really the main plan of US, my guess strategic control of the Middle East against the countries that actually supported terrorism was the main idea, which backfired horribly since without Sadam islamist were free to cause chaos in the country.

[@dangerouslytalented]

Jorg Astalhof ... and who controls the islamists? The SAUDIS.

[@Atlas552]

dangerouslytalented While it's true that some rich Saudi's have a lot of power in the region, Saudi-Arabia doesn't control the Islamists in the Middle-East at all.. The Middle-East is divided between branches of the Islam, multiple cultures, historical relations and tribes/alliances. This is one of the main reasons why there's unrest there in the first place: Iran is distrusted because of it, it's one of the main reasons for the Syrian civil war, etc. The same situation has always existed and still exists in Iraq, which is why it's such a fragile country and why the government installed by the US is failing to function.

[@chasesmith7826]

The Green Brothers are my favorites for many reasons. But, highest among them is John's use of humor. A mixture of satire, wry irony and thought bubbles, with a good measure of nerdy pop culture references. Stay awesome, John!

[@undolf4097]

Excellent presentation. Pity that as you and the team move into recent history, the more controversial the topics become and as a result the more fervent (and downright ignorant) of responses grow. I admire how carefully and professionally you address these topics and do not ever feel intimidated by (frank-term) "Idiots" out on the internet who's opinions honestly won't change no-matter how far anyone goes in-depth into history and facts.

[@kwilo]

3:13 Its now 2020, and we got a new star wars trilogy, and it sucked.

[@Asha2820]

Crash course world religions? You did such a good job with religion on world history.

[@nakedmongoose6837]

He went out of his way not to offend anybody when talking about religions. Maybe you call that a great job, but I sure don't.

[@Asha2820]

It is quite possible to present information, even about religious or moral issues, without moral judgement.

[@saraweissel5336]

I think he would be very informative about religions, but it is so easy to offend someone or not explain some aspect of religion that is very important to a person. CrashCourse most likely isn't willing to take that risk.

[@Asha2820]

I take no notice of people who are offended by facts.

[@fuduzan5562]

Asha2820 Facts and Religion rarely mix in any way. That aside, no religion is cohesive in its tenets -- everyone has their own murky blend of beliefs which they tend to throw under one banner or another. Even if he were to directly read out an entire holy book in its original language correctly and unabridged, you'd have an enormous group of people under that religion saying how he's wrong.

[@walsh451]

I often wonder what life would have been like if social media was a big in 2001 as it is now. The Bush years would have fallen apart so fast!

[@jamesk5541]

Bush wasn't Bad and if your against the afghan war. As someone who watched them towers collapse every American Conservative,liberal black or white was 100% for the war and seeing Osama head on a pike.I was a Democrat until 2015 and even I liked Bush a little.

[@kingkoi6542]

@@jamesk5541 that's what the collective unconscious can do to a nation... Highly recommend strengthening your will so you don't go wild with blood thirst whenever somebody makes you emotional.

[@FutureLaugh]

i would love a crash course on the wars in iraq.

[@SouthBoundProd]

Finally, history that I was alive in.

[@anubis2814]

I try and pretend this period of time. So do most people who blame Obama for everything.

[@MIQofDMC]

I think you accidentally a word or two there.

[@FatedCb]

MIQofDMC Perfect...just perfect. Made my day!

[@anubis2814]

Lol you are correct, I did. It should have read: "I try and pretend this period of time never happened." That could be taken many ways as a Freudian slip.

[@PSNSolarian]

It's no presidents' fault. The things that happen are out of their control and they are just puppets. That was the single most ignorant comment I have ever seen in my life. Please educate yourself on the topic of politics.

[@samwalie]

Trey Harmon Yes George Bush and the Republican senate/house did lots AND LOTS of horrible things

[@danielrooney7964]

history isn't boring.where do u think rambo came from?

[@adamplentl5588]

Some jingoist propaganda factory.

[@symbolxchannel]

Can you do a *CrashCourse Economy & Politic?* A CrashCourse explaining economic & political concepts & anecdotes… Or a *CrashCourse Technology History* would be great… A CrashCourse explaining the evolution of technologies from the Stone Age to the Internet Age… From the mastery of fire to the creation of computers… Explaining agricultural methods… Evolution of metal, wood, leather & plastic working… Creation of roads, railways, etc. This doesn't need to be very technical… Only explaining main concepts.

[@OmarFernandoChavez]

Economics and politics would be great! Crashcourse Philosophy, please!

[@likahmac]

Damn bush could have been stopped from being president ...

[@tisucitisin1]

Idea for new Crashcourse - ignored stuff in history - Africa, Asia, Easter Europe, Balkans, South America... something of that, because even we in those parts of the world are mostly learning about west europe and usa.

[@cagneyfan2008]

"The president is chosen by the Electoral College..." Unfortunately, we were knocked in the head with that lesson this year!

[@Titamiva]

I remember Rumsfeld calling Germany a "problem country" because the Chancellor denied the request to go to war. I also remember "Freedom Fries".

[@nogov2838]

It wasn't federally funded, but a better Star Wars trilogy happened.

[@PizzaManager101]

is still happening

[@doyscherr]

It might have been federally funded. Time will tell .

[@Sh0cKwavE__]

No it didn't

[@salsafeynix]

Yep, he got his wish...and more #RogueOne

[@JayJay5244]

Well that remains to be seen...

[@Ral9284]

I wonder what will happen when CrashCourse gets to the present? Is John Green going to talk about present affairs in the world and contrast them with history? #CrashCourse #JohnGreen #dftba #VlogBrothers #USHistory

[@IroniqEleganceX]

Short answer: nah. Long answer: NAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Informative answer: all series must come to an end. reaching the present is the best excuse there is.

[@Ral9284]

Well, #HankGreen , already changed to #psychology ... so I think that #JohnGreen will do something like that too. I will be devastated if he just doesn't covers another topic. TT_TT

[@Kewljack02]

Jeez, when I was little I thought that everything was alright in the world. I thought that the bad things happening when I was eight or so were a first. Truth bombed

[@Nubyrc]

One of the things that need to mentioned as historical fact that is NOT discussed in this video, is the "no bid contract" for companies either ran by or controlled by people in the Bush administration, for example Halliburton for witch Vice president Chaney was its CEO. That the ounce full proof policy of Reagan on giving tax breaks to the rich to stimulate the economy by allowing the rich to spend more on employment, by 2001 and even by today, that NAFTA was a already open door for "OUTSOURCING" that was done by Clinton 2 years before Bush! NAFTA combined with the tax breaks did one thing very well, it made the rich "RICHER". It made the rich "richer" by allowing them to move operations to China virtually "Tariff AKA tax free" (A tariff is a tax placed on good and services imported from outside a countries borders.) No taxes to be paid on items made in china ment cheap labor and other tax loop holes. This also began the distruction of Unions in America and lead to massive unemplyment, that was part of the trigger of the housing bubble burst, the bank callapse and the world for witch we live today. the bailouts put a "band aid" on this kind of lopsided economic design for which Obama has never mention in any speech. It almost looks like the rich had planned this all long pitting both political parties to work on the side of the rich by appearing to be at each others throats! the future is simple to predict, American now live in fear of speaking up, uniting against this common cause of there poverty and suffering, and every day they feel they are in check mate. By 2025 there will be a new law introduced that will bring a new form of "indentured servitude" for the purpose of just calling slavery a new name.

[@soulscanner66]

Nonamearisto Southern U.S. a manufacturing powerhouse? LOL Mexico maybe.

[@Zarvarza]

Not being a student, and having spent the last three days watching the entire US History course, I have to say it is decently fair on most accounts. Learned a lot of information and I can certainly appreciate the fact you gave both positive and negative aspects to the various presidents, policies and such. I find it a little odd that the Republican Party (that freed the slaves) lost major black support in the 1960's, while Nixon, who was conservative, championed the EPA and many environmental things that democrats today largly agree with. How things change. Further, acknowledging that the Internet, in part, created a much more partisan government is so far past due its crazy, but nice to hear that connection.

[@AtticusAmericanus]

People say there are no modern parallels to the past but that is not true. My predecessor, Emperor Trajan attempted to invade Mesopotamia and conquer it during the later years of his reign. He was able to reach Seluceicia, but was constantly bogged down by the province's insurgency. When he died in Antioch and I assumed the throne, I withdrew all military forces from the province and fortified the borders of the empire to fight the true external threats. To say this has no modern equivalent is to ignore the past.

[@griffinforsgren7720]

7:24 But I thought no one conquers Afghanistan... unless you are the mongols!

[@mattvw9287]

The comments on this video are not worth reading. I know that is harsh, but I suggest you not even read this one. If you already did, no doubt you will fall into the trap...

[@mohamedyahmedbrahim1456]

Thank you thank you very much. جزاك الله خيرا.

[@Abestar123]

European or East Asian History next!

[@ciangargan]

Bleh I hate George Bush

[@themanthemitchthelegend6183]

Who doesn't?

[@jcmg5356]

I think the Islamic extremists are more to blame for islamophobia than George Dubya.

[@gusdelk7401]

Same. My teacher loved him and I hate to write a paper on him.

[@graceb9562]

Gus Kled ugh your teacher is stupid

[@brycelahm1283]

Why? 4th best president. He guided us through 9/11

[@gordonstearns2232]

Amazing. The writing here is simply astounding. Hats off to Raoul and John for talking about recent history with this much skill and complexity.

[@heronofheaven]

I found this video is even more depressing than WW2 and Slavery courses

[@antonioussykas4140]

Thats what I was thinking. I know its important to know, but It's easy to understand why all of America wants to forget this president even existed.

[@my11utube]

Antonious sykas Who? the best president we've had this century from 2000-2008?

[@rileyjfosbre6383]

Hey past me. I’m from six years in the future. Don’t worry, this whole Beiber thing will blow over soon.

[@Monsuco]

After the second term began, I really started to dislike George Bush. The excessive federal spending and ill-planned foreign policies were causing an endless string of headaches for America. The Obama Administration has taught me one thing: No matter how bad things are, things can *always* get worse. v_v

[@Sovek86]

Oh I knew it was going to be worse before he was even elected.

[@UwU_for_Christ]

John, can we have crash course Philosophy next pls? :)

[@ChrisSeltzer]

I'd much rather see european history

[@UwU_for_Christ]

Chris Seltzer European History is massively broad. American history pretty much starts at European settlement; the history of most European countries goes back to several hundred B.C

[@ohemeffgeee]

European History is also pretty damn Eurocentric (obviously). Way too much credit is often given to the Europeans when just as much influence came from Asia and the Islamic World (mathematics for example).