Disclosing USA's Warcrimes In Iraq’s Desert Storm

[@ADayInHistoryOfficial]

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[@edwardsnowden8821]

this video will be secretly banned by KZbin. you see you can talk about atrocities committed by Russia or China or Iran or the Nazis etc but when you start to really get around to covering western crimes of the 21st century like Iraq then that is a Big no-no. maybe next time do a western sanctioned crimes narrative like uighurs if you want your channel to survive. doing a non sanctioned western narrative like the erassure of a certain group of people in Palestine actively supported by the USA that's a big no-no.

[@karmahaihumara650]

I LOVE groundnews, i wish they covered more of news from my country (India) though. And thank you for the video.

[@michaelml6878]

Please do video on current anti-semetic and anti-Orthodox Christian genocide on going in east africa /Ethiopia

[@ps3301]

How about Syria, Yemen? Or all other conflict in the region? How many civilian died in those civil wars ?

[@AsymmetricalCrimes]

The Highway of Death is not a war crime. Retreating forces are still considered active combatants by the Geneva Conventions.

[@hyrumjohansson9904]

You can imagine the things you hear, now imagine the things you don't hear...........

[@ryv2484]

If any one country had the ability to keep you from hearing about things… it’s the US.

[@davidhollenshead4892]

@@ryv2484 Actually it is the opposite, as the US has free media. There are nations were all information is controlled...

[@ryv2484]

@@davidhollenshead4892 lol what a silly notion

[@Lala1028W]

@@ryv2484 it’s true imagine being in North Korea you wouldn’t even have a video like this

[@ryv2484]

@@Lala1028W we are closer to getting there than you know

[@AntiCrimer]

This really drives home the other side of the story. There's always 3 sides: one side, the other side and the truth.

[@carolinematusevich889]

That's usually what people say when they don't believe you. Like when you tell old classmates that you were raped back in HS, and it was by group coordination among bullies. There's only truth and lies, hon. That makes two sides, not three.

[@AntiCrimer]

@@carolinematusevich889Tks for your reply but I do believe what's being said. Before that, I was on the U.S. side but only bc I hadn't heard this.War is complicated and I'm pretty sure there's truth and lies on both sides. So to find the truth, one would have to do a deep dive. What's your opinion on what the truth really is?

[@y0h0p38]

The thing is, there is no such thing as truth. We can never 100% know everything that happens or 100% know exactly what happened. That's the scary thing, there are these small details that neither side is able to verify.

[@AntiCrimer]

@@y0h0p38Well said. The only Real Truth I know is the Truth in Jesus Christ. Other than that, it's a quagmire.

[@vvarming]

Thank you for this refreshing comment of stunning accuracy

[@irishdabs598]

Ya cant blame the Iraqi citizens for disliking the US and Coalition countries! This war was a stain on both Bushs legacy

[@zaberfang]

Yet they both got away scot free and richer.

[@ps3301]

How about Syria and Yemen ?

[@carolinematusevich889]

@ps3301 What about them? You're comparing apples to asteroids, buddy.

[@greyhoodie1012]

@@carolinematusevich889fr only similarity is they’re in the middle east😂

[@ChrissyCupcake]

Period 💯💯💯💯

[@jstone247]

Truth is the first casualty of war.

[@goobi3780]

Truer words have never been spoken

[@lisarawijekoon5005]

Bro thinks he’s in BO6😭🙏

[@Emilianoo8]

That’s fucken deep

[@aubreyk.5927]

​@@lisarawijekoon5005 MW3

[@Supersonicspyro]

​@@lisarawijekoon5005that line has been in several of the old cod games when you die

[@loganeverett1914]

“They hate us because our freedom” yeah it has nothing to do with our hypocrisy and war crimes against civilians and our constant meddling in their affairs.

[@havanasyndrome3024]

Exactly!

[@Germain-ys8zz]

We wouldn’t have to meddle in their affairs if they were stop killing each other

[@Ace-px5up]

@@Germain-ys8zztypical white savior complex, did you enslave africa to stop them killing each other too?

[@supernovaexpress5241]

@@Germain-ys8zz Yeah, that's exactly what we go to war for.. To stop them from killing each other. Good observation.

[@BrianThompson-dj8rh]

@@Germain-ys8zz Keep telling yourself that 😂

[@bobfind9151]

It’s always the civilians who suffer the most😢😞

[@frosty_shiba4311]

war is hell

[@Critical_0]

Be good people, if enough people show kindness and determination the world will reach peace one day, I hold onto hope.

[@mightybluehunter]

You have obviously never talk to a prisoner of war.

[@enkercodm9506]

@@frosty_shiba4311and we made it all by ourselves

[@AladdinTheArabian]

blame the united states

[@Rusfor_Airsoft]

“Its only a war crime if you lose”

[@hashira9223]

It's only a "quick liberation operation for freedom and democracy" if you win

[@HardikMeel]

This is so true.

[@kade6518]

Well you know what they say History is written by the victors But that doesn't mean the victors are innocent in War Especially when it comes to War crimes

[@gmoder100]

Nope. On both sides a lot of people are held accountable for their war crimes in almost every conflict. A lot slips thru the cracks, but people are definitely held accountable. Its a difference between people in the field being convicted war criminals, and entire countries

[@koslisted9458]

"Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster." William Tecumseh Sherman

[@Husky876v2]

of course he would know, he was a war criminal too.

[@silverbloodborne9495]

Oh and dont forget Makes it safer for our soilder. Just not for the enemy then again it wasnt our plan make it safe for them

[@richardcox6935]

@@silverbloodborne9495 Nothing makes anything safer for a soldier except not being there in the first place.

[@Mayan_88694]

@@Husky876v2no

[@Mayan_88694]

@@Husky876v2no he wasn’t.

[@Chancethecatthatcan]

As a combat veteran, I’m disgusted by the war crimes the US commits against innocent civilians. A reality nobody talks about. How about we let other countries be? Took me a while to understand that we do not fight for “liberty and freedom”. We fight for oil and special interest.

[@iamjacksennui]

This is exactly why, despite having numerous family in the service, I never joined despite wishing I could go to Afghanistan after 911(I was a young teen). I decided to stay the school route while keeping an eye on the news. Iraq '03 was nothing more than our generation's modern 'Vietnam'. We were a nation still reeling from the events, and our government took advantage. Also, I hope you've found some form of peace in life. Sorry, friend :/

[@deathfromabove2250]

​@@iamjacksennuithank you for your service. Glad people like you stayed out.

[@LindaYariger]

Just want you you know WE know you served as honorably as possible in a dishonorable war. Thank you for your insight.

[@hasanmatthew5204]

We fight for AIPAC.

[@MrMarwan48]

I salutes you sir. There is Just TOO MUCH evidence

[@veldrensavoth7119]

YOU SHOULD SEE WHAT AMERICAN SOLDIERS DID TO FELLOW SOLDIERS WHO WHERE WHISTLEBLOWERS!

[@lboston4660]

Alright. Show the class then

[@veldrensavoth7119]

@@lboston4660 like Class of 04 ? Cuz I’m not Judging anybody who conducted themselves professionally, I’m Just saying it was *WIDE OPEN*

[@nano-pw3th]

@@lboston4660I mean they blew Pat Tillman’s brains out for his critical views of the war lol

[@lboston4660]

@@nano-pw3th Ah, so let's cower in fear and not talk about it then? Lol little sheep. Evil triumphs when good men do nothing.

[@nizobungus9511]

What’d they do

[@mostfa1158]

What is the point of the geneva convention laws at this point, if your country is strong or your name is America you can just deni the crimes and no one can do a thing about it, as an iraqi my self i can assure you that the damage they did hasn't been fixed to this day

[@McGriddy51095]

The Geneva conventions are guidelines that tie in to the laws of war. For instance under the laws of war if a civilian is by a target and the target is deemed more important the civilian can just be written off as collateral to strike the target, or if insurgents use a hospital or school as a base it is no longer covered by Geneva. And if a civilian picks up a weapon they are considered a unlawful combatant by Geneva and are therefore not covered by the conventions and can be killed. Most people who bitch about war crimes haven’t read the conventions or laws of war.

[@mostfa1158]

@@McGriddy51095 yes i understand that and i know it would be silly to not shoot a civilian fighting back or attacking a hospital when your enemies are using it as a base but what about the untold massacres that happed, do you really think that America would list thier crimes and put their soldiers in threat? I'm talking about all the civilians that lost their lives unjustifiably and can't even punish their killers because thay would just say it didn't happen, don't forget that the invasion happened because of "weapons of mass destruction" That didn't even exist, just to be clear I'm not here to just argue, i want to share the voice of my people that couldn't be heard before and i wish that no one have to go through what we've been through, have a nice day

[@McGriddy51095]

@@mostfa1158 history doesn’t work like that here. There is a massive difference between America, where I can read about our crimes, and places like, say, China where you can’t because the government makes sure you can’t. Foreigners seem to think our government somehow scrubs all info of our war crimes from the internet, that’s not how it is. For those who are interested we can find our crimes. Also gas is considered a weapon of mass destruction and considering over a hundred thousand Iranians suffered the effects of mustard gas it was safe to assume iraq had WMDs. When the uninformed mention "there were no WMDs" they always forget biological and chemical weapons count.

[@FragGoesBoom]

​@@McGriddy51095thankyou!!!

[@radiofreak66]

Cause only America got away with war crimes that signed the geneva convention right? we're just gonna gloss over France in north africa, Belgium in the congo, British in the Falklands, Spanish in Morocco.

[@afterhourscinema782]

I can just taste the "freedom"

[@darwinisticanarchist2335]

Damn this freedom be tasting kinda spicy tho

[@FragGoesBoom]

This freedom tastes hella good

[@klocus2824]

This freedom taste like a nostalgic winter morning in 2017

[@dannydanumba]

Tastes like iron

[@NoPeacekeeper2008]

Tastes like lead

[@Abdurrahim-si4hs]

Yes we should'nt mind that the us actually supported genocides and coups during the cold war and war crimes in iraq and afghanistan

[@sendthis9480]

You kids just love to throw around that word “genocide” whenever you need to manipulate a narrative. Grow up. Using words where they don’t work only diminishes the meaning of the word. Case in point: A “not see” used to be someone who was horrible and had a broken ideology. Now…all you have to do is disagree with someone about music, and they call you a “not see”. Don’t throw around exaggerated rhetoric just to try and make your point. If you can’t make your point while being factual…you likely don’t have a point to begin with. Grow up. Be factual…or else be nothing at all.

[@travisj9307]

Genocides? And let’s be real here, the stuff Saddam did was horrific. I bet you support the women and children raping Taliban don’t you?

[@deciphertwentythree7726]

​@@sendthis9480 You guys definitely supported the most ruthless dictators known to man as long as they were your puppets. Case and point Republic of Congo during the cold war, 1 of many examples.

[@grandcanyon-d4d]

​@@travisj9307USA and China funded Pol Pot

[@Chancethecatthatcan]

They still do

[@ibha1981]

Al-Amirya shelter had approximately 700 victims, less than 12 were men. I remember the scenes on TV and the pictures of children and mothers.

[@luenanda4432]

That’s sickening, and the people who did it 100% knew it was filled with children and mothers

[@afterhourscinema782]

You know the funniest part about "finding" chemical weapons in Iraq?? Back when Saddam was our butt buddy, the US gave it to him in the 1st place

[@kittycatwithinternetaccess2356]

no they developed it

[@CJDunehew1]

@@kittycatwithinternetaccess2356honestly it was kinda both

[@Croatian-Knight.]

Hogwash! French and Germans gave them the technologies. Not Americans!

[@Croatian-Knight.]

Hogwash! It was French and Germans who gave them technology. Not weapons!

[@sendthis9480]

No they didn’t. That’s just the cliche rhetoric people use to manipulate a narrative. They didn’t “train Al Qaeda” either. Grow up.

[@MistaLiir]

Relying on laser guided weapon systems in the very early 90's is insane, when they weren't even able to build a cordless joystick until 2006..

[@Rutherfordium2023]

Well you see this is why instead of using all guided weapons such as the GBU 12 and even earlier systems, as said in the video 90% of bombs dropped were conventional, and used MCLOS or SCLOS for guidance.

[@CapnYouKnowWho]

2003? Acclaim Remote and a few other products was a thing in the late 80's

[@chipskylark5086]

Military tech is far ahead. You plebs get it last decades later.

[@Darkfreed0m]

The military always had technology ahead of consumer electronics.

[@TheDrummingWarrior]

Laser guided bombs were around earlier than that, RAF harriers used laser guided bombs in the Falklands in 82. I imagine us used them in the late Vietnam war

[@williamwilson4162]

They claimed at the time that they were not making war on the Iraqi People but systimaticaly destroyed all of their utilities infrastructure.

[@Rutherfordium2023]

This is because destroying a countries infrastructure is waging war on the country, not the people.

[@CTzons]

​@@Rutherfordium2023And? The country then becomes a 3rd world country because of economic crashes and poor economy, I'm Iraqi myself

[@alexanderrivera7798]

​@@CTzonsthey need to be held accountable

[@skhan027]

Sounds familiar to what theyre doing again today in pal3st1ne

[@StarsShatteredBeyond]

@@williamwilson4162 womp womp that’s how war goes, grow up, destroying utilities is military strategy 101, cutting off peoples supply lines and forcing them to retreat.

[@Dustinman123]

As an American this still impacts us so i can't even imagine how it's still effecting iraq

[@DirkVaughan]

As long as I can still get my PlayStations and Big Macs, I’m fine.

[@TemmihWave]

​@@DirkVaughan Well your big Mac will kill you...

[@StarsShatteredBeyond]

@@Dustinman123 “impacting us” and it’s just people saying “America bad America bad”

[@kae9831]

This is the democracy and freedom they promote

[@Rutherfordium2023]

Yes, it is, desert storm happened because Iraq was invading and trying to annex Kuwait.

[@spliffburger]

It's only a war crime if you lose

[@harveytadman]

Free Julian Assange

[@C.O.B.R.A.-tu9dl]

Why he commited lots of fraudlent crimes, copyright infringment, and Sexaul assault. What does he have to do with Iraq?

[@C.O.B.R.A.-tu9dl]

Why he commited lots of fradulent crimes, copyright infringment and more and what does he have to do with the Iraq War

[@harveytadman]

Assange has never been convicted for sexual assault. Nor copy right infringement. He publised details of war crimes committed during the invasion of Iraq. He is currently held in a category A prison, Belmarsh, WITHOUT TRIAL for five years. This is in Britain. Look it up.

[@deadguy1440]

@@C.O.B.R.A.-tu9dl nope assange is innocent. swedish gov dropped the charges.

[@C.O.B.R.A.-tu9dl]

@@deadguy1440 well maybe Sexaul assualt but everything else

[@michakasprzak6869]

They didn't even bother to drop some WMDs there after all was done They just said "Yeah, we say they have WMDs so we need to invade them. For democracy and freedom and safety" and then went "oopsie, guess it was never there, lmao"

[@garydillingham4563]

It was there during Desert storm. You're referring to the war later. They were there during Desert Storm I saw one of the stock piles of them.

[@C-Farsene_5]

@@garydillingham4563 and who funded their creation and use?

[@sendthis9480]

@@C-Farsene_5 Stop trying to move the goalpost. OP made a claim. Someone came and refuted it. That’s about it’s “Butttt buttt buttt….what about who funded it…” Is a cowards way of not accepting facts. Stop trying to push a narrative at every step you turn.

[@garydillingham4563]

Out of all of the pieces of military hardware we captured. I never seen any of it that was from the USA.

[@ruaidhrineville2100]

@@garydillingham4563 You are smoking crack

[@HoneyHydrangea]

my father was in desert storm, as a marine. He only knew what he was really fighting for years later, but the corps broke his mind, and he feels the affects to this day. I feel so bad that this happened at all.

[@hypertempest4916]

I hope youtube doesn't shadow ban this video

[@DukeCannon]

Conclusion: War is hell

[@ArchAngeLDeux]

Nope... US war crimes through the decades have been hell

[@burgundian_system]

average centrist

[@aimanmarzuqi4804]

Conclusion: world superpowers are the devil. And yes, that includes China and Russia.

[@burtbiggum499]

You mean based?

[@thatfatman6978]

Conclusion: Rich people should fight their own war that they profit from and leave the rest of us out of it. Idea: Maybe they could sell tickets. Make their war even more profitable.

[@stormblahblah5589]

Finally an English narrator that doesnt elongate the end of every single sentence. Thank you for talking normally!

[@amoreland1983]

So let me get this straight: Iraqi occupation of Kuwait was so brutal it had to be stopped by whatever means, and the occupation in Palestine today is nothing of the sort??? SMDH

[@mboyer68]

Kuwait has oil. Palestine only has problems.

[@7he.Polexican]

Unfortunately, for the Palestinians and citizens of Gaza, the current subjugation and military control by the IDF were triggered by the ruling faction of Gaza, Hamas. If you believe 10/7/23 was a lie, I encourage you to watch the disturbing videos to get a real grip on the reality of our world.

[@frosty_shiba4311]

the invasion of kuwait was not triggered by a terror attack killing 1000 iraqis, but merely saddam hussein's greed

[@amoreland1983]

@@frosty_shiba4311 I addressed the terror thing in my other response to the other gentleman. The first and second gulf wars were about American greed. Of oil. What about Nicaragua in the 80s? How many governments have the US tampered with to ensure American interests and values are maintained far from home?

[@frosty_shiba4311]

@@amoreland1983 the second gulf war was not justified, and was in fact greed, however the first was a direct result of Saddam Hussein plundering kuwait

[@313_Badr]

And we still believe that israel is talking the truth about palestine

[@ckevorkianxo]

Not most civilians. Media always back wars - And our country profits off of them. If America was still a democracy, if our voices mattered that money would be invested back into all the communities that are severely lacking. Housing, health care… America is so broken while running around telling everyone else how to act 🤦‍♀️

[@youamazing41]

The west : WHY THEY HATE US ????

[@redcecrossans2189]

Yep, But still they literally kill people in 9/11 If they don't stop it it could getting worse.

[@radiofreak66]

Saddam after gassing Kurds and other minorities: WHY ARE THEY BOMBING ME?!!!

[@netninja6000]

​@@radiofreak66Should have attached him and his army not innocent civilians. Typical us behaviour

[@isaacshaver6218]

Cuz they ain't us

[@GuyAboveTrash]

@@radiofreak66 maybe because the Kurds and Iranians were together and wanted to start a revolution in the middle east?

[@weybye91]

Can see a lot of amaricans that think amarica cant commit war crimes

[@SahharBM]

I met military people on the way for their tour in Iraq and not only they count understand that, but they had dehumanised the enemy as well (its not a war crime if its not on humans after all)

[@henben9215]

@@SahharBM you sound like you supported sadam Hussain regime🤡

[@carolinematusevich889]

The same goes for the people in your country, too.

[@weybye91]

@@carolinematusevich889 my country? And what is my country?

[@StevenP726]

@@henben9215 you sound brainwashed, you are spouting exactly want the government wants you to. Dont think for yourself. Blame who our country tells you to.

[@nucleardave3752]

Was welcomed into an elders home one day. We were asking if he had seen any Iraqi soldiers around the area. While he was talking to the translator, I noticed a little boy around 8 years old with a busted up face and no front teeth. I asked why he looked like that. The elder said that they are Houthis and the Iraqi soldiers came and raided them when they noticed there were no young women they took the young grandson of the elder. Beat him up, knocked his teeth out, and forced him to give bjs to them. War on both sides is ugly. War is never right or cool.

[@user-jy8ps5vr9j]

This was so much worse then I could’ve imagined. I feel physically ill

[@darrenfranks5947]

I actually believe you because thats just too f’ed up to even make up

[@gomez1508]

that is beyond fucked

[@CTzons]

That is super f_cked and this is coming from an Iraqi.

[@imnotracistbut-9559]

Really wish I hadn’t read this but damn that’s the reality of war and what happens when life is left to mean nothing

[@kate8089]

I knew a guy who was recon in desert storm. Very few Americans have an idea of what actually went on over there. It’s chilling

[@fredo1070]

You can thank Tony Blair and Alistair Campbell for that.

[@harveytadman]

And along with Keir Starmer they covered up the assignation of Dr David Kelly.

[@cainmathewson1857]

​@@harveytadman Eh Im not familiar with that one?

[@harveytadman]

Dr Kelly was a British weapons inspector. He knew there was NO weapons of mass destruction. The whole premise for UK and USA invading Iraq in order to steal their oil and sell lots of bombs etc.

[@raypurchase801]

@@cainmathewson1857 Dr. David Kelly was a British scientist at the time of the Second Gulf War. He knew 100% definitely that Iraq had no WMDs. He was sacked and intimidated. Then he was discovered to have committed "suicide" under circumstances which made no sense. The conspiracy theory / truthful insight is that Kelly's "suicide" was a murder to shut him up.

[@roro-mm7cc]

this is the invasion of Kuwait, in the early 1990s. This was before Blair.

[@crosserfms]

as an iraqi that was born during the war i always asked my family members what was it like back then and it pains me how they’re still so traumatized by it. before the war started all iraqis were already just dead inside because the last years of saddam hussein’s reign were really hard and they couldn’t afford buying food because of the US sanctions against iraq so they had an infamous dish among all iraqis and it’s just bread dipped in hot water and salt and when the war began it became even worse my grandma had at least six panic attacks because of the horrifying sounds of war planes flying over our house and my father lost his friend who just had his first son and was the only provider for his family because of american air strikes and it still haunts my father to this day and on top of that we heard many stories of what american soliders did to the people in fallujah and how they tortured them with acids and what pains us even more is that our country is still very much corrupted by both iran and america. fuck george w bush for lying and fuck american soldiers who think raping iraqi girls and killing our men is justice

[@Silentbet1of]

Very well done I have been asking how America has the nerve to say anything about war crimes untill we address the ones committed here in America

[@jacaredosvudu1638]

Why are so many people mixing the gulf war and the 2003 war?

[@socialabsurdity6723]

Because they are dumb

[@hurricane7727]

Both had Saddam and a Bush as President

[@cay7809]

​​​@@hurricane7727tbf it was a different bush

[@DEonaraR]

Probably most comments from americans 😅

[@mitab1]

I'm convinced most of these bombings didn't mess their targets, and most likely the us intentionally targeted civilian shelters

[@Eclipse-lw4vf]

I always say this. There is no “fairness” in war. It’s wild how soldiers are allegedly suppose to follow the rules of war when the other side won’t lmao. Every country commits war crimes, what matters is how powerful the country is that did it

[@rosesprog1722]

While the rest of the world looked in silence, I wonder what they're gonna think about us 500 years from now.

[@MootingInsanity]

Probably not much. No one much cares about the extreme atrocities perpetrated during the Thirty Years' War, for example. If there is any sort of academia left in 500 years, who knows, they might publish some scathing journal articles or write some books; if the alumni of intelligentsia reverts to the church (whatever that may mean in half a millennium), there might be some moralizing tales. The common people will forget except for the generational trauma which, unconsciously remembered, cannot be forgotten -- but that's been going on for tens of thousands of years, nothing new.

[@hashira9223]

Everyone in the world already hate you for this, so you don't need to wait 5 centuries for it since it's already happening

[@curtf9813]

Yeah not much. This stuff has been a constant throughout history and it’s hard to imagine that it won’t remain a constant. Look at the various conflicts that are going on around the world presently. Desert Storm casualties don’t compare to present day. In 500 years there will have been many many more conflicts. Presently it would be difficult to think too much about a rather small British conflict 500 years ago when there’s been multiple world wars in the meantime

[@thehourglassfan3515]

Who’s us?

[@kokojayathri6838]

Watching American kids grow up continuing the cycle of violence on innocent children and women in other countries

[@LTFP-fw3it]

the Iraqi army raped and pillaged the city and they were retreating but still were combative units so I don’t think highway of death is a war crime

[@lolmcfall7234]

And then Americans wonder why they are disliked by the world.

[@1985_Honda_CRX_Si]

then one whiff of trouble and theyre begging the USA for aid

[@Upruslodol]

@@1985_Honda_CRX_Silol pretty much they can hate us, but everyone knows we’re the best

[@TherenDusk]

@@1985_Honda_CRX_Si Pretty much, I keep saying it, they don't like us, then when they start throwing tantrums and shooting, and blowing each other up, let em duke it out themselves. Don't save them. We spend more on foreign countries civilian populace and militaries than we do our own.

[@Imastarintye]

@@Upruslodoly’all are still horrible

[@mattjacob7526]

@@Imastarintyejust as bad as the Iraqis gassing 200,000 Kurdish civilians in the 80s?

[@chickleswashere4818]

It isn’t a war crime if you win

[@RichardLarryJr]

A lot of similarities to the current conflict on Gaza. The “accidental” bombing of key civilian infrastructure is insane

[@katelyninglin2148]

This was a great educational video that was easy to follow due to the animation. Thank you. But damn this also made me sad and angry. Civilians always pay the price, I wish all wars could end.

[@coffeecocaine8878]

War is hell, hell has no mercy.

[@ricklyons6125]

war is worse. its real.

[@TheImmortalAvenger]

Thanks for covering this! I love this country, warts and all, but we definitely ought to be made aware of past mistakes to avoid repeating them.

[@AntiCrimer]

Right, except it's not us making the mistakes, it's the puppet-masters. And they repeat their mistakes because it helps their plans for the New World Order.

[@iamjacksennui]

Intelligent and honorable attitude to have.

[@test-ot1fz]

Dont whitewash it It was never a mistake

[@AntiCrimer]

@@test-ot1fz Agree it wasn't a mistake. But not everyone knows that. It really gets me that a lot of people still think these people are "dumb" or "untrained" etc.

[@roberthorst5790]

as long as the military industrial complex runs the united states this will keep happening unfortunately

[@NEARReiCtor8799]

Iraq also agreed to a Soviet negotiated ceasefire and began leaving Kuwait in February but the us continued the war. And the war started because Kuwait violated Opac agreements and refused to face accountability while no one did anything to pressure Kuwait.

[@havanasyndrome3024]

I'll bet you 99% of Americans think Iraq invaded Kuwait because "Saddam was evil". And almost no one knows about Kuwait steaking Iraqi oil and intentionally dumping it on the market trying to crash Iraqi's economy.

[@ohnoes3084]

the justification used by the Iraqi's for the invasion wasn't about Opec agreements but through claims that they were drilling at an angle into Iraq, and even this is shaky because Iraqi's have come forth and stated that Saddam was already planning for an invasion much earlier than the accusations of angle drilling came out

[@havanasyndrome3024]

@@ohnoes3084 nice cope.

[@ohnoes3084]

@@havanasyndrome3024 not an argument

[@havanasyndrome3024]

@@ohnoes3084 your isn't either. You just pulled a lil "fact" out of your a$$ and pretending like it's real.

[@hassankhan6955]

Its unanswered warecrimes. No Punishments are issued.

[@oneballwizard406]

My Dad and uncle both participated in the invasion. The old man on a sub and his brother on a tank crew, my uncle had half his face melted off and saw things I could never repeat on here, he drank jack daniels out the bottle with a straw until the day he died

[@SARMADRS28]

blame your country for that

[@oneballwizard406]

@SARMADRS28 that doesn't even make sense, explain. Nobodies cryin here

[@SARMADRS28]

@@oneballwizard406 every government must be accused for every casualty ( the one that declared war ) cuz if it did not these people would have stayed alive and I'm holding my hate against every single western government and their military, and why ? history speaks even though they won , still some brutalities are here imagine, what would the truth look like ?

[@FárbautiX]

⁠​⁠@@oneballwizard406No one even mentioned crying where’d you get that from? And you can blame your country for doing that to your uncle as the other person wrote as well

[@deadinside736]

Blame your country you should see all those Iraqis that you guys killed and fucked up imagine how they are suffering even now

[@divinefreedom36]

Israel could stand to learn a thing or two from the US. As tragic as the lives loss in Iraq. Israel currently has killed 50k+

[@CTzons]

Yep, I'm Iraqi and I condemn Israel as much as I do with the US

[@21DaHoagie12]

Nazis ^

[@boltskyline2957]

Ironically. Israel is able to commit 50k+ kills because the US unconditionally sends them money

[@Oliver-i7q7f]

@@CTzons ISRAEL is legit saving lives🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@cay7809]

​@@Oliver-i7q7foooook that's controversial

[@Bipolar.Baddie]

The fact that the US-led Coalition essentially paralyzed all of Iraq should've made it obvious that Iraqis would violently resist another US invasion, even if it did depose their dictatorial regime. Saddam Hussein may have been horrible, but the Ba'athists weren't the one's destroying Iraq's infrastructure or bombing civilians. The same thing is happening in Gaza with Israel's indiscriminate bombing. Most Gazans alive today didn't vote for Hamas and Hamas isnt bombing schools, houses, refugee canps, and aid stations; Israel is. The same happened in Vietnam, Korea, and Lebanon and the Soviet-Afghan war too, but powerful countries are seemingly incapable of learning this incredibly simple lesson

[@gmeme9252]

How can you relate the first gulf war to current Israel Palestine conflict lol. what kind of peanut brain do you have.

[@FlyinGuy]

280,771-315,190 died in iraq

[@DEonaraR]

A million iraquis died in Iraq!!!!

[@selfrelience9384]

Much of this was at the behest of Netanyahu and Isreal. When will we learn? I feel very sorry for the innocent civilians killed and injured. Millions of lives never the same again.

[@KalashVodka175]

Wait how? I’m not denying I just wanna know more of his involvement in this

[@CTzons]

"People who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it" -Random wise person

[@TheRandompaint]

😂😂😂

[@boltskyline2957]

​@@KalashVodka175look up the clean brake memo. Look who wrote it and for what. And notice it goes hand in hand with every middle eastern war that's happened until now with Iran being next

[@boltskyline2957]

​@@TheRandompainthe's not lying. Hows that funny

[@tomfox9083]

If you think any war has ever been waged without “war crimes” then you are a true fool.

[@TheGrimlx3]

it's not a war crime the first time.

[@kittycatwithinternetaccess2356]

​@@uuxas what about our enemies?

[@uuxas]

@@kittycatwithinternetaccess2356 @mericans don't have enemies, they make enemies intentionally

[@TheGrimlx3]

@@kittycatwithinternetaccess2356 still not a warcrime the first time.......turnabout is fair play...try to take an inch and we will take a mile.

[@ComedicLetter]

The Canadian motto

[@Calabrooo]

@@TheGrimlx3lmao ok tough guy

[@eyemunchained8968]

You did not mention of the coordinated efforts of the invaders to loot and destroy priceless archeological artifacts from the Iraqi museum

[@iamjacksennui]

Wait What?!

[@frosty_shiba4311]

you mean the looted objects from kuwait?

[@Rutherfordium2023]

Indiana jones you mean? These artifacts were looted by iraqi locals and sold on the black market.

[@Rutherfordium2023]

This was actually done by locals and these items were sold online to private collectors and museums

[@Mirage-pz]

@@frosty_shiba4311 so youre saying US looted the loot from Kuwait and not giving them back

[@shrimppaste-r6n]

War is unforgiving. Never start one.

[@almasodisho9286]

Our life was great till USA started this war and destroyed everything and millions died some from my family lost house jobs and same family now each of us in different countries why it's happined where i live now i never feel it's my country because i miss my country..

[@ihdiadgdhwbad1]

it wasnt great

[@frosty_shiba4311]

to be fair you guys shouldn't have invaded kuwait

[@ihdiadgdhwbad1]

@@frosty_shiba4311 nor iran

[@Rambo_A83]

@@frosty_shiba4311 Well, Kuwait is on Iraq's border right next to each other, they used to be the same territority before British borders. America had no business fighting a war on the other side of the world.

[@frosty_shiba4311]

@@Rambo_A83 actually yes we do, same with every other nation that participated in desert storm

[@angelaferkel7922]

Its disturbing how one of the most cruel country in history was never held accountable and the civilian population still lives in their bubble and think America is the greatest country ever. Just so sad

[@terrybennetts7898]

Shock and awe. What a shame.

[@lumtaroc]

War is always hell. when will they learn?

[@dcenhance9547]

Yes, the civilians that were affected by this was tragic, but the war would’ve never started if Saddam never invaded Kuwait. You could even argue what Saddam did to his own people was far worse and even blame him for making his people go through this because of this actions than what the US and it’s allies did prior to Desert Storm. Even after watching this video I still firmly believe that Operation Desert Storm and the tactics used to win was the last justifiable war the US partook in. In short, War is hell and there’s always a price to pay no matter who partakes in it.

[@Observa-kf4xj]

you got some nerve to talk about war is hell and some fucking price you never paid

[@Cowboycomando54]

This video is also perpetuating the lie that the Highway 80 strikes were a war crime when they were not.

[@dcenhance9547]

@@Observa-kf4xj would saying war is sunshine and rainbows be better?

[@dcenhance9547]

@@Cowboycomando54 yeah i never really understood that. why would you let your enemy retreat (with no mentioning of surrendering btw) into a more defensible position to cause more damage to your own forces? on top of that its been proven that the civilian cars you see are cars stolen by iraqi soldiers who also stole other stuff from the Kuwaitis

[@Cowboycomando54]

@@dcenhance9547 Yeah, it would make no sense for a large swath of civilians to be traveling back into Iraq from Kuwait.

[@daydreonmckinney]

Is this why our countries support Israel?

[@ANAS_arabicthefirst]

like Syria , Yemen and countless other countries suffer because of you

[@ohnoes3084]

yeah idk man last I checked it was Assad and his Russian backers gassing the Syrian people, not the US

[@okdo5144]

USA is that one kid on the playground, that hits other kids, and when they hit back he sets their house on fire...

[@NiteLite-Andrew]

And because he has a rich dad everybody lets him do it.

[@InquisitorXarius]

Thank you for covering the atrocities committed by my Government and Elite upon the Iraqi people. Also please make a video covering the Iraqi government atrocities in the Iran-Iraq war as a sorta prequel please.

[@Valkron11]

When Rumsfeld was with Sadam? Not likely 😂

[@SLIMJIMNIM]

Atrocities would be purposely committed, and this was not an "atrocity" I hate how loose that word is being used. It was carelessness and a sense of just trying to get the war over with, that's why casualties in these were so low. They didn't ALWAYS target civilians and in many cases they were marshaled for the killing of civilians

[@crosserfms]

iran was trying to steal an entire town that’s very important to our economy from basrah what did u expect iraq to do? and iran did far worse to us than what we did we were only trying to protect our land and people while your country invaded us for no fucking reason and tortured iraqis in prisons

[@FárbautiX]

@@SLIMJIMNIMAtrocities

[@nightwarrior5516]

And remember these are the things that got leaked just imagine what they did that we dont hear of

[@Husky876v2]

Insane how many people here think saddam and iraq were justified in their invasion of kuwait...

[@azad7287]

kuwait stole their oil and refused to stop

[@CTzons]

War crimes are war crimes, does not matter

[@rhetorical1488]

amazing how you can spin your own mass murder as a positive.

[@baraka629]

Their war crimes: ghey and retort ed Our war crimes: justified.

[@analoghabits9217]

"direct civilian deaths"

[@whooll]

Well this type of military strategy doesn't sound eeriely familiar

[@HSamee]

Yeah seems israel has taken the entrire playbook from the USA ok how to commit crimes against humanity. And all this under the protective bossom of the good ol us or a where freedom and democracy comes with a helluva lot of asterisks.

[@Rutherfordium2023]

Could you elaborate? This video does not accurately portray the strategy actually used so I’m not sure which strategy you are talking about.

[@Based_4_Life]

Can you clarify? That's a very broad statement.

[@whitto6546]

What a great advert for this video, youre right. We should see both sides of the political spectrum when it comes to commiting war crimes. Because afterall, one side might not say theyre war crimes!

[@seraphemme]

nahh cause how did they miss their actual targets so many times their aim is worse than mine in overwatch

[@Raderade1-pt3om]

Coz militants hide behind between civilians

[@sendthis9480]

Are you seriously trying to compare war to a video game?!?! Grow up, kiddo.

[@PUBGPLAY3876]

​@@sendthis9480bro even if its not a joke their aim is just 🍑

[@frosty_shiba4311]

to be fair it was the early 90s, guided munitions and the doctrine for them were very new

[@test-ot1fz]

They didn't miss They knew what they were targeting

[@b345tx]

Man, I'm so glad we no longer do such horrible things to countries around the world..... oh.... wait

[@JeffreyAppSteam]

good one

[@okisoba]

Your last question would be a yes by nearly everyone citizen in Kuwait (which it invaded and occupied) and Saudi Arabia (Iraq was massing troops on the Saudi border and actually crossed the border and to try to take the town of Khafji). You should study the reasons for the war (beyond the Western point of view that it was only about oil). Saddam just a few years prior to this war tried to take over Iran. He just took over Kuwait and was positioned to invade Saudi Arabia. Are you suggesting we should have allowed that to happen?

[@反ヨーロッパのサムライ]

Yeah, don't get involved

[@okisoba]

@@反ヨーロッパのサムライ why not?

[@angelaferkel7922]

@@okisobabecause America is unable to understand that this was not ww2 and that their involvment in this caused only millions of more civilian deaths

[@okisoba]

@@angelaferkel7922 You can argue the subsequent 2003 invasion of Iraq over supposed WMDs and Saddam's supposed ties with terrorism led to millions of people dying prematurely. But, the Gulf War of 1991 did not cause millions of deaths.

[@angelaferkel7922]

@@okisoba im not saying that those millions were all killed directly by the bombs but millions died over long time from the consequences of the war and from the very ruthless targeting of infrastructure, water, power systems (the supposed weapons manufacturers) that lead to so many deaths by infections, starvation, lack of medical care or any other care. The west always downplays the actual numbers of the civilian casualties so to be realistic, the actual number of civilian deaths caused by the war, went into the millions

[@maverick9708]

Everyone always says war should be a last resort but governments first question at any problem is if war will solve it

[@minesalty]

i can completely understand the media's disgust at the incredible civilian casualties that where largely entirely avoidable. but incidents like highway 80 or the Har river crossing shouldn't be considered war crimes. and that's not to say that the response from the coalition forces was justified or proportionate however if a rocket propelled grenade is fired at you in what logical circumstance would you just sit there and think " huh they want to surrender guys lets not kill them " and not to mention these US soldiers would have probably been fucking riddled with PTSD and firing any sort of weapon in there direction is effectively a suicide pill for their entire column let alone *A FUCKING RPG*.

[@mohammedkh4321]

War crimes are not excluded from people like you and Western countries. We have all seen what the Germans did to the Jews and what the Russians did to German women. What did the Americans do in Japan, Vietnam and Iraq? The simplest example today is the amount of Western support for Israel’s crimes by deliberately targeting children and women in Palestine.

[@AgentClaytonWebb]

The media has been a lot of the problem during war time. Look at them now, not a shred of decency, intellect or integrity in the bulk of mainstream media reporting… they’re parasites!

[@KalashVodka175]

Highway of death is probably not a war crime but its fucked up in the sense that most of those guys would have surrendered if they could, but you can’t surrender to aircrafts bombing you from high up. So they were stuck in a situation where they were almost guaranteed to die without any hope of living another day

[@minesalty]

@@KalashVodka175 yeah defiantly but war is war. Say for example the US had been on that road and it was the Iraqi 'air force' bombing them, do you think the result would have been any different? (aside from the su22m3s and m4s used by the Iraqi air force being less technologically advanced). regardless it was indeed insane overkill and partially unnecessary, but a retreating army is still a combat capable army and in this case with fairly large numbers of t55s, BMP's and even some t72s.

[@KalashVodka175]

@@minesalty I agree. War is hell. I don’t blame those who bombed those guys but I can’t help but feel bad if only because its very easy for the inverse situation to be happening (your countrymen getting bombed instead of their countrymen)

[@Huttares]

Every side commits crimes… it’s very sad how war affects everyone not just the soldiers

[@DEonaraR]

Lier!!! What were americans doing there? Its not your country, if you want to serve corporations, work for them and stop pretending you care for your country!!!!

[@Huttares]

@@DEonaraR America is trying to help other nations. Would you rather America not be in either wwi or ww2 and have nazism rule all of the world?

[@pixytorres7117]

​@@Huttares Tell me you're brainwashed without telling me you're brainwashed.

[@Huttares]

@@pixytorres7117 I don’t think I’m brainwashed…. I agree the us does have war crimes. A lot under its belt, but it’s because in our conflicts we are fighting with people who are sinful and don’t always focus on mission. Sadly it’s a part of war because some people are just assholes

[@richardcox6935]

It would be beneficial for you to list the media outlets and designate them as Left or Right becuase the majority of news sources do lean left. Also an in depth report of the war crimes committed upon the Kuwati people by Iraqui Soldiers would be very informational.

[@chaddixon5725]

Thead shows which side your on. Thanks for the heads up

[@None_of_your_business666]

Im going to quote the meme of chef ramsey... your dish has so much oil the us wants to invade it.

[@realtommybuns]

Wait till you hear what the Japanese did during WW2

[@taner873]

dude learned about ww2 yesterday

[@DEonaraR]

Yeap the sins of others will make you feel better about your own🤣

[@Arthur_Pint]

I'm not sure if stray bombs or defending yourself against attack constitutes war crimes. What the video doesn't show is that the suffering of Iraqi civilians during 'Desert Storm' was but a drop in the ocean compared to the civilian suffering inflicted by the brutal Saddam Hussein regime.

[@DirkVaughan]

It’s crazy how America always manages to be the good guys isn’t it? It’s also crazy that we just happen to find all the “monsters” of the world and come out on top time and time again. Sure makes it easy to go to war with third world nations when you’re fighting against evil, right?!

[@philipholman9898]

We are all monsters in the act of war

[@DEonaraR]

Don't include me, I am only force to serve in the army if my country is attacked!!!

[@TonyBMW]

Sounds like every other war to me 🤷‍♂️

[@Coffee_Lover11]

The US: Why do people become terrorist This video:

[@adtty__1523]

My thoughts exactly

[@mboyer68]

They're jealous of our success. Haters. That's why.

[@CTzons]

​@@mboyer68Nuh uh, Because of what's in this video

[@dannymcdaniel1652]

War is war and if you experience war you will never forget it

[@sharonrigs7999]

On the Highway of Death, the Iraqi Army was retreating. But they were retreating so they could regroup and refocus into a counterattack. It was very tragic and unfortunate. War is hell. Women and children always suffer the most.

[@sidhantsharma9961]

That's still up for debate buddy, as many Iraqi soldiers abandoned their vehicles and fled on foot. If they were planning a counter offensive, they wouldn't do that, would they?

[@sharonrigs7999]

@@sidhantsharma9961 Not debating that there were a lot of deserters who saw the writing on the wall. But there were also plenty of Ba'athist hardliners. A lot of the vehicles were broken down or out of fuel.

[@sidhantsharma9961]

@@sharonrigs7999Imagine most of your military strength gets abolished within a few days, without any hope of a counter attack due to the enemys air superiority. Do you really think they would be so dumb to do a counterattack? What can they achieve with such an attack? There was no counterattack planned, they were retreating.

[@mohammedkh4321]

​@@sharonrigs7999War crimes are not excluded from people like you and Western countries. We have all seen what the Germans did to the Jews and what the Russians did to German women. What did the Americans do in Japan, Vietnam and Iraq? The simplest example today is the amount of Western support for Israel’s crimes by deliberately targeting children and women in Palestine.

[@Juan-yx4vv]

​@@sidhantsharma9961 if you look at outskirt battle for Baghdad in 03 yes they would do that

[@grzyb11]

I see ground news sponsor, i trust immediately

[@starsjosephfrost]

you know they are making a CoD game about this…

[@shirley444]

Literally the game is touching on how the US and its allies lied. The main characters are enemies to the U.S. government

[@joshuaclaros.]

This makes 9/11 look like peanuts

[@drjagritisingh6569]

You should make a video about what upper caste hindus did to oppressed castes and indigenous tribal people of India since hundredsof years. They still commit atrocities without facing consequences.

[@nicholasmwangangi6257]

Western freedom and democracy in a nutshell

[@glennross85]

No, some western countries refused to join.

[@ThermicLight]

@@glennross85 - Some? Who cares if some refused when the overwhelming majority of the west joined in.

[@MeptieGoEsTop]

Just watch what america is doin to its own citizens.

[@AbacateGeopolitico]

Crime against humanity

[@alexmykim5354]

And after they want to talk about Russia...

[@KalashVodka175]

My brother in Christ, Desert Storm is already in the past while ukrainian invasion is ongoing with ongoing deaths.

[@alexmykim5354]

@@KalashVodka175 I agree but sadly this was whit Misnk accord and the Ukrainian Killing dozen of pro russian unarmed since 2014 is wild..They was treated like dog=/ War is something sinister and immortal because the blood call the blood and its sad.

[@alexmykim5354]

@@KalashVodka175 we are worst than animal and we are the cancer of the earth and life.

[@KalashVodka175]

@@alexmykim5354 War is hell

[@alexmykim5354]

@@KalashVodka175 yeah and thats why this will never end. How many monney industry like Lockheed Martin and other make by the blood of other. Since thedawn of time war is the fruit of the ego or envy of man.

[@toivopirttimaki9156]

hundreds of thousands of people civilians not just hundreds and after the war

[@nekiyia]

Yeah, it's hilarious how tepid the detractors even are. The legacy deaths from everything to suicide, death after prolonged agony of injury. Cancers. Etc. Those alone are in the hundreds of thousands.

[@undead8393]

Despite what some would have you believe, there are no rules in war. If you're being "indiscriminately bombed", your leader most likely has something to do with it.

[@jeffbo8748]

⬆️ how to end up in the dock at The Hague

[@CheesecakeXIII]

Yeah man, I'm sure thats what the Germans and Japanese said.

[@CTzons]

Search up what war crimes are

[@alqash6749]

"B-b-but I was only doing my job"

[@tahaemad5809]

Btw most of the damage was because of the Embargo that followed for 13 years the thing is rebuilding need materials that must be exported and no exporting was allowed even for simplest things like cars parts , food , medications which all leaded for starvation infestations and we still suffer from electricity til this day because the government back then couldn't repair it completely and after that the invasion of 2003 came and destroyed it even more which will require more money to be repaired also another thing that I hate about that war was using uranium contained weapons which resulted in many rare diseases and deformaties and increased cancer rates not for Iraq only but also for many neighbor countries including Kuwait itself