Egypt flexes military muscle at Ethiopia

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[@mapache-ehcapam]

Did you travel back in time?

[@ailediablo79]

If the president of Egypt was not a Zionist Israeliy agent dictator, they would have invaded both Ethiopia and Sudan from the beginning with a joint force with Turkey(with a deal) or Israel to overwhelm them very quickly and efficiently. Egypt has chemical and biological weapons can be us3d against soldiers. It has more money so they can buy additional manpower from around Africa. Jets attacks as close as sudan can destroy any Ethiopian resistence. Ethiopia is not Afghanistan. Italy in 1935 invaded successfully Ethiopia. Egypt can also recruit Sudan army as human shield. Egypt has acid bombs and flame bombs can be used to destroy farming and forests. Egypt has a decent military production industry which can be fulfilled with this war. It will take 1 yr max. This is not a joke.

[@ailediablo79]

@Zylnex xd if Israel join in and do it no government action would go against it even if it did use soft nuclear tactical attacks. I think it is an Israeliy plan. Egypt is an Israeli puppet because of the Zionist dictator in Egypt.

[@MrGTeng]

@@ailediablo79 p

[@thanhloitran276]

English subtitles please, I need that to watch your video

[@jeddi5173]

Of all the channels in YT that tackles on geopolitics, a channel from the Caspian is the one that always made me stay and tuned in for every video and topic!

[@CarbonMatrixify]

Amrit Sengupta and Caspian are probably the two best

[@ailediablo79]

If the president of Egypt was not a Zionist Israeliy agent dictator, they would have invaded both Ethiopia and Sudan from the beginning with a joint force with Israel or Turkey( with a deal) to overwhelm them very quickly and efficiently. This might be an Israeliy plan to control the Nail river.

[@krakendragonslayer1909]

also "Bad Times Good Times" is a good channel

[@22marioyj19]

I’m always so hyped when he drops a video !

[@pedromonteiro3591]

Do you guys have more suggestions for other geopolitics channels? I'm trying to learn more about the subject.

[@Waseem0071]

"French planes could end up bombing French equipment" nice words

[@Truth4thetrue]

They would still blame the Germans for it

[@SL383]

Nice words. Catchy words. but shallow words.

[@aratirao9007]

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[@sunset-inn]

@@SL383 Why shallow?

[@gianlucamele8268]

that’s what smart countries do

[@TheGeographyBible]

Last time I was this early South Sudan wasn't even a country!

[@skeletonwguitar4383]

Wild and sudden Sudan and S. Sudan appears, unexcepted but also expected considering the topic

[@bakr6405]

Next time you comment, Ethiopia will be 10 countries.

[@aratirao9007]

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[@downunder8883]

@@bakr6405 Ethiopia is not banan republic!

[@bakr6405]

@@downunder8883 It is actually the best example of a banana republic

[@Cneq]

This is why I love geopolitics, such a simple issue over a dam but underneath it's filled with complex political intrigue and major consequences for all parties involved.

[@snickle1980]

Less stressful than watching local and national politics.

[@yahiaaymen7876]

you are actually saying i love how conflicts occur between humans that can lead to disasters. wow talk about high level of humanity.

[@PrideDefiler]

As someone who lived in UK, South Korea, Japan, China and now in Australia, I would never understand the psychological instability of having nation's major water source being located outside of its own borders... In every countries I lived, they always had their major water sources completely within their borders but looking at the map of Africa, holy shit! that not the case for so many nations actually... I guess that's the difference between borders that evolved naturally over the centuries of struggles vs borders that were artificially drawn overnight. LOL

[@wadeasaad3842]

@@PrideDefiler intelligent valuable observation

[@garrangery8180]

@@yahiaaymen7876 People can enjoy the macabre, because the macabre is interesting. get over yourself.

[@rufustrukhin3894]

I believe that instead of an open conflict, there will more likely be a proxy war of sorts in Ethiopian Tigray region. Cairo will most likely supply weapons and such to Tigray in order to divert funds and attention from Grand Renaissance Dam.

[@lakshyakashyap1490]

@Salah Al-din Ayyubi But Egypts needs to act because Water is a basic necessity.

[@ziadhaithemamin1431]

Well the tigray have already have strangely advanced small arms and the seem to not be running out of ammunition, someones probably already supplying them whenever Sudan do Egypt nobody really knows , the tigray conflict isn't given justice in the video, it's draining the countries funds rapidly and the government has raised taxes as a result, it was said to be a short war that would crush the freedom fighters but it's been months and the Ethiopian army has been pushed back

[@DekaHana38]

It definitely is a poxy war.

[@sepep6288]

Egypt would never aid the Tigray , as Eritrea (Tigray's worst enemy) is a strategical ally of Egypt. Also the Tigray can't do anything about the dam since it has already been filled.

[@slipperyjack007]

Or it can wait for the dam to be built, then just bomb it and wait for Ethiopia to make the next move. Ethiopia will not be able do any major damage to Egypt, they don't have financial power to sustain a conflict

[@raymondcoventry1221]

The coming water wars will look back on this as a prelude.

[@malithaw]

For real

[@johnh23z]

Pakistan is out of water 100 mil. refugees soon

[@raymondcoventry1221]

@@johnh23z the nukes will be flying before the decade is out

[@elbertmoreno2159]

Just when 2020 was a surprising year, we get 2021... Next 2022 elections in U.S

[@elperrodelautumo7511]

Water wars! 💧

[@kyledavidson8712]

My great great grandfather was the water sheriff during a tense time in our local history. My family still say "Whiskey's fer drinkin, water's fer fightin". Good luck, Nile river inhabitants.

[@sanjeevdandin9350]

So one has to fight water to make whiskey eh?????!!!😅🤣

[@infidelheretic923]

Sadly not much whisky available in those nations.

[@kaidanalenko5222]

yer olpop is ney coconut

[@in_ur_moms_house]

@@infidelheretic923 maybe not whiskey but they love alcohol in Ethiopia.

[@infidelheretic923]

@@sanjeevdandin9350 Essentially what is meant by the saying is that alcohol is something consumed. Drunkards are known to become violent. But the thing that men fight over is access to water. Such as this situation.

[@phurian_6560]

I remember when water wars were just fiction

[@KatariaGujjar]

When was it fiction? Pakistan and India have been fighting over water for 70+ years.

[@reneroux2391]

@@KatariaGujjar I feel like those two will fight over anything

[@Dorkeydaze]

Mad max was scripture not fiction! I’m joking of course but damn.

[@KatariaGujjar]

@@reneroux2391 The endpoint is always the water, how to share it, and who controls the source.

[@noonelikedthis4362]

Water is more important than land

[@pehash]

Well, it sucks to see a whole nation depending on a river that springs 3 countries further.

[@theolonius8865]

@Tuhin maybe use oil for water salign techonolgy

[@evilmonkeyfromchriscloset1211]

@@theolonius8865 saltwater desalination :) it indeed works as is seen in Israelian case but it produces salt water brine (high salt concentration water) that can damage marine environment important for fishing plus the process is energy dependent.

[@theolonius8865]

@@evilmonkeyfromchriscloset1211 egypt has huge natural gas in their sea so they dont need money for financing the problem is they just dont solve this problem and even doing 70 billion$ modern city for 6 million people.xD

[@Mysinismikako]

@@evilmonkeyfromchriscloset1211 Israel is only 7 million yk You're not gonna desalinate saltwater for 100 million..

[@yeshuasage3724]

@@Mysinismikako israel supply a large amount of area with the water AND surrounding countries like jordan, gaza etc.

[@deadmartian3271]

Shout out to the french for playing both sides.

[@skeletonwguitar4383]

Shoutout to the French always making money on any sides, regardless, since early 1950s-ish

[@salamandiusbraveheart4183]

M-m-m-money

[@silverhost9782]

Classic France moment

[@deadmartian3271]

Either way they win

[@hrishabkumarsharma1355]

@@deadmartian3271 outstanding move

[@manofculture4249]

Girl are you reason behind Egypt-Ethiopia tensions? Because daamn.

[@davideseadjara1170]

ahh so you are a man of culture too

[@mohammedelsayed6482]

nice one hahahaha ;)

[@FlymanMS]

Booo

[@saccount-z3]

@@aratirao9007 i watched it, his content is shit.

[@sturgeon2888]

That was so shitty it circled right back to being amazing and then circled right back to being shitty again.

[@tylerbozinovski427]

Interesting that you mentioned the rate of the Nile River's flow. It's not something that most people typically consider.

[@magnacarta9364]

Well said,

[@jamesmurphy2828]

Seriously ! Without the Nile Egyptian government could decide a military mitigation of its population more a long term solution

[@razortheonethelight7303]

I know i'm a bit a late but could tell me why rate of river flow is important or send me a video explaning it?

[@edward9674]

Let's hope they can settle it peacefully. The nile stretches a long way...

[@rexcolt9742]

I dont think Ethiopia is aiming to strongarm Egypt. They could help Egypt to look for alternate sources of water.

[@f.b.lagent1113]

@@rexcolt9742 you’d assume there would’ve already been an alternative option for water before this conflict even began.

[@rexcolt9742]

@@f.b.lagent1113 While mostly a white elephant, the *Qattara depression dam* project might be a solution. The biggest issue is cost. Either Ethiopia could help with that project, or Egypt could just cover some of the economical loses for the slower filling of the dam. There is options. Being honest, people here in the comments is just picking sides, pointing fingers and labeling them as _"evil";_ but only either for the religion of one, or the color of the skin of the other.

[@crescentprincekronos2518]

@@rexcolt9742 you're right, I don't understand how our collective problem solving got this bad. Probably incompetent leadership is mostly to blame for why we can't control our emotions and stay rational.

[@DurzoBlunts]

@@rexcolt9742 I say let it be settled like old days, let the strongest be the victor. Whether one wants to surrender is another story.

[@MM-kv8ly]

The first of many water wars to come I'm sure.

[@sxli3340]

water is needed

[@putrapratama-sq8hu]

Im affraid so..

[@E4439Qv5]

The prospective contest in the Himalayas is gonna be freakin' crazy.

[@aratirao9007]

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[@spaceman9599]

Hardly the first, but certainly a major one.

[@vanillasnowx]

i saw a documentary years back called "the future of water". they covered the topic of how countries are constructing dams along the nile and threw in a side comment on how this could negatively affect Egypt if they dont come to a solution. just seeing the thumbnail gave me the answer to that statement. highly recommend the series - 3 episodes

[@gxlorp]

How can there be a negative integer of episode...? Idiot.

[@vanillasnowx]

@@gxlorp lmao why are you so mad? I guess you dont know you can use dashes as a break or pause in a sentence....

[@dearsirormadam20]

Egypt uses 80% water from Nile for cotton farming which is water intensive plant. Egypt needs to learn from nations such as Israel for effective/efficient water using technology, Desalination Techniques, etc.

[@Dorkeydaze]

Looks like fallout “Resource wars” will become a real thing but instead of oil it will be water and food that we fight over.

[@sterlingferguson1704]

The whole middle east has oil, but no water/

[@NiftyShifty1]

Filling the dam as quickly as they did was the smartest thing the Ethiopians could have done. Now they can fill it more slowly to prevent war

[@mabhodlelajj1195]

I don't see why egypt want to attack Ethopia if they have already filled much of the dam..

[@josephkhalil1149]

The 2nd filling failed, they intended to fill 13.5 billion cubic meter of water, and they end up filling 3.2 billions. All amount of water behind that failure project that started 10 years ago has succeeded to fill total amount of 8.2 billions, and yet ZERO watt of electricity. Way to go Ethiopia. Let’s see if this project will survive this year flood.

[@montymichael3480]

Egyptians should blow it up consequences be damned.

[@binumania5258]

Actually Ethiopians not even close to be that smart !! You will see what's gonna happen to them just 4 thinking miss up with Egyptian Pharaohs 🇪🇬

[@oghetokevin8746]

@@josephkhalil1149 if ethiopia wants to finish egypt. Deforestation will finish the nile..not the dam..if egypt think they can stop ethiopia they better not think...I have seen rivers dry..I guess if ethiopia wants to cripple egypt they will just destroy the source of the nile...the dam has no harm

[@thekingdedede]

As an Ethiopian, I honestly don't see Ethiopia surviving 3 years, if that at all. The PM's job is more like walking on a tightrope over The Grand Canyon, that's on fire, whilst doing back flips. From what I've seen and heard, it's the closest thing to impossible that the Tigray region decides to stay with Ethiopia after the war is over. Ethnic tensions in many other areas, notably Oromia have also just been getting worse. It's very likely these regions will side with Egypt out of spite.

[@hm.7959]

Where do you think the ethiopian refugees will go

[@thekingdedede]

@@hm.7959 Perhaps Sudan or Djibouti, mostly Sudan though.

[@Aman777ization]

Eventho the stakes are low for Ethiopia to collapse but even if it happens with regards to the Nile it doesn't really matter what the other states say or do. Majority of the water around 74%, Originates from a region named Amhara. And the dam is bulit in a region called BGR Metekel, which is historically Amharas land having the highest Amhara population. So with regards the Nile is more of Amhara vs Egypt thing, so if other states secede it wont bring that much change especially once the construction is completed.

[@lopsideduser-lz1bg2oc7r]

I bet you thought Ethiopia wouldn’t last a week when the Tigray war lasted.The government has demonstrated that it could win the war 8 months ago when it captured mek’elle in less than 3 weeks if it was not for international pressure the government wouldn’t have backed away.Remember Ethiopia is under US sanctions so the tight rope I see here is walking the line between the US and China who are both competing for interest ,but the US particularly who is giving Ethiopia a hard time by undermining our national security.

[@thekingdedede]

I never said that, and I'm mostly talking about a post-war scenario.

[@hahahahahaha8747]

Im Ethiopian and oromo in ethnic but ever body here is stand with our pm Dr abiy .. #its my dam 🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹

[@hamzasleem4252]

It's your dam and you will draw with it

[@JimboShogun0686]

I see Egypts point but Ethiopia is trying to modernize its infrastructure while dealing with internal problems

[@jacobkobald1753]

Super cool but that'll result in famine and drought somewhere else...they should invest in solar and tidal. Hell they should go all in on desalination tech and be the water source for all of Africa

[@JimboShogun0686]

@@jacobkobald1753 that's true but Egypt can't infringe on Ethiopia sovereignty by international law Ethiopia can build whatever it wants inside its territory besides Egypt threatening military action against the dam would only result in minor delays until the dam is complete

[@hassanmohamud3096]

Ethiopia needs to break up. Amhara colonization needs to end

[@jacobkobald1753]

@@JimboShogun0686 true but since when does international law matter anymore. The u.s proved it was useless when they invaded Iraq

[@anubis8586]

@@JimboShogun0686 not really there were multiple international treaties signed by Ethiopia regarding the Nile and its share from it so why tf should I care about their sovereignty when they have broke all of those treaties and are threatening us publicly, daring us to use military action? Be careful what you wish for I guess

[@majeedali6432]

BEFORE EGYPT GOES TO WAR WITH ETHIOPIA THEY NEED TO KNOW ETIOPIA HAS NEVER LOST A WAR EVER SINCE BIBILICAL TIMES, LOVE FOR ETHIOPIA FROM KENYA.

[@Tate.]

AMEN

[@americannationalist4820]

Respect from the us

[@noticedruid4985]

Well technically they did lose a war though. The Ethiopians lost a war with Italy, becoming temporarily occupied right before WW2.

[@mazenlatif6722]

Kenya is a piece of shit country plus Egypt lost battles yes but not wars plus this war is going to be totally different no more horses are being used for wars. By the way Egypt is not going to go near Addis abba Just the dam

[@lolololololol369]

Okay let's not forget eritreas independence war

[@alexpolo7864]

France : I was a businessman doing business

[@MrCamille9999]

Well if Ethiopia is buying French equipment it's through private corporations (that could easily be German or any other nation) with little to no government interference. Arm deals (including planes) on the other are largely negotiated by government even when the contractor is a private corporation. So it's not really that France is playing both sides (or any of them for that matter) but she has arm deals with many nations including Egypt and Ethiopia happen to have chosen a French company for some of the equipment they're buying and probably chose other companies for other equipment from other nation (that don't seem to matter because the country they originate from isn't selling weapons to Egypt?).

[@OptimusWombat]

"I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further."

[@paulcoover7057]

But the princess and the wookie. Damm it!

[@aratirao9007]

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[@kemkopi]

Do people like you actually watch the video and have insights to share, or are you just going here posting stale memes for strangers?

[@OptimusWombat]

@@kemkopi do people like you actually watch the video and have insights to share, or are you just going here criticizing strangers for kicks?

[@ArawnOfAnnwn]

@@OptimusWombat do people like you actually watch the video and have insights to share, or are you just here to criticize strangers for criticizing other strangers for posting stale memes?

[@ripura]

It is highly unlikely that these two nations will ever go to war. I think the war sentiment is mostly a western point of view. Yes, there are legitimate concerns but a war will most negatively impact Egypt as it will give Ethiopia the perfect excuse to disrupt or even sabotage the water flow.

[@mandandi]

True, Egypt cant move the source of the Nile from Ethiopia, but Ethiopia can divert the flow of water to another direction if the GERD is bombed. Who loses more then? Egypt. But both would suffer in such a scenario. The talk and threat of war is not very wise.

[@millevenon5853]

@@mandandi Ethiopia has plenty of rivers too. So it would be better off

[@abyssiniatomhabeshawiyuten9932]

@@millevenon5853 How would you be better of off/without your head? That's Nile to it's sources. We Africans should be as wiser as our ancestors than Eurovision erosions. Just sayin.

[@abyssiniatomhabeshawiyuten9932]

@@millevenon5853 And also, it is just a Dame, they not holding the whole water or something the Western media hating on. They calling us poor, why they against us when we try to be ourselves, then???

[@phoenix2.020]

@@millevenon5853 but those aren’t really major rivers. The Blue Nile is a huge river in Ethiopia. Also, remember that Ethiopia is now landlocked, as it lost access to the Red Sea after Eritrea left.

[@cathalkelley8751]

You know it’s gonna be a good day when Caspian Report releases new content

[@Dayvit78]

The content is good, but the day... not so good for Egypt and Ethiopia !

[@MY-zj8pb]

Sometimes is full of false information based on rumours and blogs

[@aratirao9007]

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[@sebys1414]

i hope this region can peacefully resolve this issue

[@kolerick]

one can hope... but water wars are a thing predicted since ancient time... Turkey vs Irak/Syria China vs India (and most probably, other states of the Indochina peninsula) Ethiopia vs Egypt Ukraine vs Russia (cutting the canal that provide Crimea with water) and probably more...

[@dwaynethecuckjohnson2.08]

Yeah, don't hold your breath.

[@COLDoCLINCHER37]

@@dwaynethecuckjohnson2.08 okay Dwayne

[@emizerri]

Bahahaha, doubtful

[@rohanindra6401]

World Bank should fund nuclear power plants which will provide equivalent energy to the Renaissance Dam in return for not building the dam that will havoc Egypt. This way Ethiopia can develop and we avoid a war and refugee crisis.

[@daniell1483]

The Nile situation sounds like a Sword of Damocles hanging over everybody's heads. It feels like the past few years have pushed back global peace efforts, and that is damn depressing.

[@mohamedhamed-we9no]

I am Egyption and I hope Ethiopia and Egypt will reach an agreement that will please both parties and together give the middle finger to France that tries it's best to prove its self and that is the sign of weakness of the French they want to appear in every scene

[@ahmadfathy7994]

الحل الوحيد اللى ربنا يخليك دولة منبع بس الظاهر ربنا بيكرهنا

[@Modagne23]

As a Ethiopian I completely Agree.

[@alaazakaria5738]

@@ahmadfathy7994 استغفر الله

[@desmondjombe307]

They should be grateful Ethiopia is filling the Dam as slowly as they are doing and keeping them updated. By international laws, Ethiopia is doing absolutely nothing wrong. Egypt has a dam on the Nile to make it more ironic. Egypt's lack of preparation and innovation has nothing to do with preventing Ethiopia from making decisions to lift its people out of poverty. Sorry Egypt, you are not the rulers of the Nile, whatever pre-colonial deals Egypt signed have nothing to do with an independent and sovereign Ethiopia. Egypt should just go do one!

[@shady999100]

Man! Ethiopia *Can't* fill the dam faster than this, it's not they are filling it slowly!😂 the dam haven't even generated a single watt even after the second fill, what are you talking about!

[@desmondjombe307]

@@shady999100 Exactly, it hasn't generated a single watt even after the second fill for one reason: Its being filled SLOWLY. Ethiopia is within its rights to fill that thing in one rainy season, but they have morals and wouldn't do that. Egypt should stop throwing its toys out the pram and realize it doesn't own a River that originates in Ethiopia

[@shady999100]

@@desmondjombe307 that is so funny, because it looks like i follow up your Official's more than you do! Ethiopian president said in last October that the dam will generate electricity in 12 month your Minister of Irrigation said in last April that Ethiopia will generate electricity in August. Ethiopia couldn't fill the dam successfully nor generate electricity. it's not that Ethiopia is filling the dam slowly!

[@wizwello]

I see people in the comments saying "wHy dOnT EgyPt jUst dESaliNatE seA WaTeR?" It's because It's tremendously expensive

[@aratirao9007]

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[@bodhi4886]

It's also not healthy, It contains high amount of minerals

[@SoundSpeeding]

Israel can.

[@bodhi4886]

@@beye2519 Yeh, Every country needs a powerful military, Especially knowing that ww3 is near

[@tzarcoal1018]

@@SoundSpeeding israel is much richer than any other countries in the region.

[@modiputinjointaccount789]

The man who drew Egypt's map had a great fond for geometric shapes

[@crenellation705]

He was simple A straight line

[@Rvoid]

Must be British.

[@hentai6582]

It looks like a fez.

[@Thanagor525]

It was the British indeed, during colonialism. Egypt’s borders were different before that it included parts of Libya north of Sudan and parts of Palestine

[@darth3911]

@@Thanagor525 During colonization Egypt’s borders included all of the Sudan both North and South Sudan was part of Egypt reason the colony was split up was because of civil unrest in what is now Sudan.

[@tewodrosabatatek5588]

Talk is cheap. It is not weaponry but bravery. Egypt had seen our might before and will get another biting if it tries war. We say “bring it on, it wouldn’t even take a 6 day war with us.”

[@DominantDodo]

Also dumbass its about weaponry and bravery thats why Egypt will absolutely dominate Ethiopia

[@yaabro663]

@Xerius that's because the US help them, if it was only Egypt and Israel that would be an easy win for egypt but USA have to be involved in it 🙄

[@millevenon5853]

@@yaabro663 Egypt was funded by the Soviets and it still lost. Israel fought 7 Arab countries which had 10 times more people and won.

[@matthewmanuel8965]

9:03 France: I was a businessman doing business

[@MrCamille9999]

Well if Ethiopia is buying French equipment it's through private corporations (that could easily be German or any other nation) with little to no government interference. Arm deals (including planes) on the other are largely negotiated by government even when the contractor is a private corporation. So it's not really that France is playing both sides (or any of them for that matter) but she has arm deals with many nations including Egypt and Ethiopia happen to have chosen a French company for some of the equipment they're buying and probably chose other companies for other equipment from other nation (that don't seem to matter because the country they originate from isn't selling weapons to Egypt?).

[@primus108]

Egypt needs to watch its step. If they damage the GRD, what is to stop the Ethiopians from doing the same to the Aswan High Dam? If they blew that up, Cairo would be gone, and Egypt would cease to exist as a country. Long term, there will be almost as much water flowing in the Nile after the GRD is filled as there was before. Little of it will be used for agriculture, almost all will make electricity, which should kick start the Ethiopian economy as well as the economies of neighbouring countries, and reduce both external and internal conflicts; people who are prosperous or perceive that they have the chance to achieve prosperity are less likely to fight each other than they are to do business together.

[@aratirao9007]

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[@jordanbell4736]

Ethiopia's military is vastly weaker than Egypt's. Egypt can defend themself militarily, Ethiopia can't. Also Ethiopia sells itself terribly internationally. Your representatives in interviews about the dam boil down to "we can do what we please" and in a conflict Ethiopia would have few friends.

[@Mohammed-ee8ec]

Ethiopia doesn't have the capability to launch such an attack the most advanced aircraft in their inventory is 90s su27 and they would get shot down by air defenses before they get close

[@MahdiShibly]

Care to explain how Cairo would be gone and Egypt would cease to exist as a country?

[@melk7020]

@@MahdiShibly Its simple, understand how the flood flow, from where to where. Answer is the flood will flow from to Sudan then to Egypt. Now let explain you how it works #1. If you blow up GERD then flood wipe Sudanese Dams and Egypts large Aswan Dam. Then Cairo will wiped into red see. No flood is coming toward Ethiopia. Any way Egypt has not capable enough to blow the GERD and the defiance systems waiting Egypt's air craft to turn into ashes. If Egypt lucky enough to blow the Dam Ethiopia will add some spices on the river at the end of Ethiopia boarder. You know what I mean

[@daveg4563]

1st Ethiopia Contributes 86% of Nile water and that is a FACT and has 48.27 % Access to electricity in 2019 while Egypt has 99% Access to electricity, the way I see it the Nile is well enough for all countries it's just we don't have to be Greddy about it and expect Ethiopia to sign a deal which is not mutually beneficial, but no one can tell Ethiopia to stop filling the dam.

[@natenae8635]

@Zeyad Zestro So Egypt is allowed dams but not Ethiopia hmm

[@johnssmith4005]

Who stopped Ethiopia to have 99% access to electricity ??

[@getugebretsadik9876]

Forget about the military power, Ethiopia can turn 100 million Egyptians into mummies without using a single weapon. Ask me how.

[@bekilegesse]

hooowww lol

[@hydrohasspoken6227]

Moralist: you support Egypt or Ethiopia? Businessman: i support the conflict.

[@qwertyuiopzxcvbnm9890]

Among most local people: Realist: I support peace Businessman: I support peace

[@amirtarek6140]

Its not 13 million cubic meter, is 8-8.5 million cubic meters. That’s why egypt didn’t strike it until l now…

[@nathanpolk2523]

Do you think they will blow it up next year during the next filling

[@amirtarek6140]

@@nathanpolk2523 Well Egypt went for war when it came to land, it will definitely go for war for water.

[@ephemeraljaunt]

@@nathanpolk2523 no this amir guy is a weirdo who does not understand geo politics Egypt would never attack Ethiopia a country with 100 million potential destabilizing migrants

[@amirtarek6140]

@@ephemeraljaunt there is Also 100million migrants going to Europe from egypt if there is no water… 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@beruhhenok4527]

The thing everybody says, "ethiopia is going to finish egypt's watersource" And yet, Our dam does not even consume %20

[@actimel4244]

?

[@beruhhenok4527]

@@actimel4244 ?

[@Youfhb7-]

Your correct because it consumes about 75% of our farming industry and we could run out of fresh water by 2025 so thanks for your dam :)

[@unopinionated1823]

Wow! What a well-balanced and accurate analysis of a very complicated issue. Impressed once again!

[@ger13nunyah56]

It’s Ethiopian right to develop and defend it self

[@noujaadw]

It's Egypt right to develop and defend it self to.

[@RedPhoenix550]

Shirvan, every video you make is an absolute masterpiece and I wish I had money to give to your Patreon.

[@w8stral]

As long as the video has nothing to do with Middle east they are good. Anything middle east related touching/associated with Islam, his vids are a joke... Just like this one.

[@tobias8931]

@@w8stral just like his russia videos, like russia is trying to take over the world

[@aratirao9007]

🔲SERCH ADITYA RATHORE- HE ALSO MAKES INFORMATIVE CONTENT LIKE CASPIAN REPORT

[@utvara1]

No, every video he makes is not a master piece. Look at his analysis of Ethiopia from just before the civil war started. He completely failed to notice any movements on political or social level that would alarm him about a conflict and his whole narrative is peachy.

[@chandrakalamundra4152]

@@w8stral so Islam is a joke?

[@HeadsFullOfEyeballs]

"Deals have a peculiar quality -- they tend to change over time. Which brings us to today's sponsor, HONEY"

[@daud1543]

missed opportunity

[@AbdallahRaslan92]

Had me cracking up loll

[@kundasam4173]

If war breaks out Ethiopia could simply pollute and contaminate the downstream portions of the Nile. Something you armchair Generals need to consider.

[@mibal7757]

The Nile is already polluted and contaminated enough

[@__rafi__4933]

Nile aint clean lol

[@kundasam4173]

A few pieces of trash is entirely different from a hostile military force actively trying to poison the river.

[@paritoshdaurwal9484]

@@kundasam4173 agree but in that process they'll antagonize sudanese too.

[@jewellui]

Yea very clever, if anyone is to go as low as poisoning the water the world would start to join in, not to mention the water from Ethiopia flows through Sudan dummy.

[@genghiskhan6809]

Lets see where the first water war breaks out. Is it Turkey vs Iraq and Syria, Ethiopia vs Egypt, Uzbekistan vs Tajikistan or the biggest one yet, China vs India and Indochina.

[@frankieseward8667]

It'll get ugly that's for certain.

[@irishmerit]

How about California vs. Nevada in the US ?

[@genghiskhan6809]

@@irishmerit They won’t try anything as long as the feds are around. Putting it bluntly they don’t have the balls so it’ll stay as at most, an embargo war that the feds will likely intervene in anyway.

[@abelsoo5465]

@@irishmerit Throw in Hoover Dam for a free for all.

[@bigmanroadman3910]

China vs India could easily escalate to a ww3, so I hope to god it won’t happen.

[@dahasolomon7314]

Honestly the ongoing Tigray conflict could be a region where Egyptians arms flow into Tigrian hands to further destabilize the Ethiopian federal government. President Abey was too rash in starting a war within his own nation even though he could have avoided it.

[@shaddythewiz3836]

that wouldn’t work cuz it would lose an ally(Eritrea) and flood sudan with refugees . that isn’t smart at all especially with the fat egypt doesn’t have a team big enough to do something like that.

[@whatsintresting]

Lmao your funny the war was inevitable the TPLF literally attacked a military and brutally butchered and tortured the soldiers and also TPLF tried to invade a neighboring region. And here you are saying he could’ve avoided it, you better be joking

[@bman4267]

Any Ethiopian citizen expects their leader to protect the integrity of their country from attacks internal or external. This was an attack and he made the right move to pursue the weyane junta and neutralise them

[@i.canalista7718]

Maybe they are already supplying them

[@aratirao9007]

🔷SERCH ADITYA RATHORE- HE ALSO MAKES INFORMATIVE CONTENT LIKE CASPIAN REPORT

[@jasonkurtrix357]

The war of Nile. I'm calling it

[@jimpickins7900]

the first nile war. If you're a pessimist

[@jasonkurtrix357]

@@jimpickins7900 at least it not at Balkans

[@aratirao9007]

🔷SERCH ADITYA RATHORE- HE ALSO MAKES INFORMATIVE CONTENT LIKE CASPIAN REPORT

[@caldoreo]

@@jimpickins7900 damn

[@bornstar481]

I am going to put down a 1000 dollars the Ethiopians win with my friend he is betting on Egypt

[@DjTahoun]

Greetings from Egypt 🌷🌷🌷

[@yaabro663]

Omg! Your from egypt that's so cool!! I love you guys history! ❤

[@DjTahoun]

@@yaabro663 Thank you so much, you’re so lovely 😇

[@DjTahoun]

@Johannes Peace and Love 🇪🇬❤️🇪🇹

[@Ashour.H]

@Johannes I really pray our countries can get along and work together. We should be partners. God make rational minds prevail.

[@justanerd414]

I feel like the place of battlefield matters the most. Even if Ethiopia ultimately wins the fight, it might not win the war as it has to defend itself from external as well as internal threats

[@evanmedi6144]

Egypt case is no better the local devid between militarists and the Muslim brotherhood is shown through out the region but the main battlefeild is Egypt, also dont forget the islamist insurgencies in sinai, both countries face external and internal threats

[@A.D.540]

@@evanmedi6144 Islamist have fleed and are seprated dont have any power in middel east.

[@evanmedi6144]

@@A.D.540 i am an arabic speaker who follows the local news covererage all the time, to simply shrug it off as islamist powers have fleed the region is naive to say the least, the muslim brotherhood still challenge sisi coup and have a sizable population that is growing each passed day who support it doing so, the extremists in sinai are attacking egyptian military posts by the hundereds each month... egypt have its own challenges and its not in a better position than ethiopia

[@lif3andthings763]

Egypt will not be able to successfully wage a victorious war in Ethiopia it would eventually hurt them more.

[@whenlifegivesyouLSD]

@@evanmedi6144Egypt has an absolute control over its territories. Except maybe for section C and D in sinai (which is under firm control as well but not as safe) where no significant military equipment can enter according to the peace treaty. The muslim brotherhood is almost non existing in political scene today. Ethiopia on the other hand is at a full on civil war + it's a federal state to begin with. They're no comparison here. Side note: since we're talking about battlefields, Egypt has two Mistral Class helicopter carriers which are litterly a mobile army. One of which is already deployed near djibouti. Also Egypt has rafal fighter jets that can be fueld while flying. Egypt has the 13th most powerful army in the world while Ethiopia doesn't even make it to top 60 let alone its exhaustion from inner conflicts. I don't wish for a war and it's most likely not going to happen, but if it does, it's not even a fair fight.

[@drpk6514]

The statements of there is no treaty between Ethiopia and Egypt and the lack of UN laws for such situations are incorrect. There is a treaty that has been mediated by UK but Ethiopia brings excuses that it is old... There are also International laws for rivers which are used by different countries downstream. Actually what Ethiopia is doing isn't perfectly legal.

[@Cinemacllips]

Dude Why don't you tell that to your puppet masters who utilize the Colorado River 100%. and you bitch about when we take 13.5 billion cubic meters out of the 74 billion we give you.

[@ezradamie2836]

Sudan and Egypt signed the paper your talking about Ethiopia never signed anything because she was not colonized. Your leaders where always sleeves for Westerners and still are.

[@drpk6514]

@@Cinemacllips Puppetmaster, coloroda river?? What the heck are you talking about? Im not Egyptian nor American you moron.

[@uboy2215]

Because they did not consult Ethiopia when signing the treaty and we don't accept a colonialism treaty

[@Pvt_Badger0916]

M. Karbaschi could you provide a link to this treaty mandated by the UK with regards to the blue Nile and Ethiopia

[@JMM33RanMA]

Another fascinating, fact filled, thoughtful and rational video. Çok teşekkür ederim! Çox sağ ol! Merci, and thanks!

[@Idleo]

What?! Why so one-sided ? ETHIOPIA had signed treaty of 1929 as a free nation !! ETHIOPIA didn't possess the land which they are now using for the ETHIOPIAN dam until they signed this treaty of 1929 which stated a share of water for each country !! There is an international law for international rivers !! Egypt has the right to demand respect of international law and has the right to defend itself when it's being denied its legitimate rights

[@CN_SFY_General]

Even the dam is built, the water still comes down and is shared with other countries. I do not see any problem for Ethiopia to build a dam to generate electricity. The loss of water by a reservoir is very limited. I can safely say that the downstream will still get 85% of the original water volume.

[@Idleo]

@MR MAN sounds like you have no argument & no logic which explain why Ethiopia has no right to hurt other nations by mega projects

[@Idleo]

@@CN_SFY_General Egypt accepts the dam to exist but it's very big so Egypt doesn't want it to be filled in less than 7-10 years to keep getting water in those years enough to live.. You are just trying to miss lead people here.. I really wonder why?!

[@Idleo]

@MR MAN bias opinion ?! me?! 🤣🤣 It's funny because I stated only facts while you wasted your time already to share your bias *opinion* - This piece of land doesn't belong to Ethiopia if it doesn't recognize treaty of 1929. - Water of an international river doesn't belong to Ethiopia, in all cases.

[@CN_SFY_General]

@@Idleo 7 years or 5 or even 3 years to fill the reservoir can be discussed. The most important factor is the quantity of water that is kept to fill the reservoir. If the quantity is less than 20% of the original flow without any dam, it's acceptable.

[@burakayan3360]

support for ethiopia.. from Turkey

[@swedichboy1000]

I may not be well versed in geopolitics and how they work, but i find the situation strange indeed. It is understandable that Ethiopia would utilize their part of the waterways to bring electricity and power to rural regions, that makes sense. But at the same time, could potentialy screw over the neighbouring countries agriculture. Have they even considered it? By all means, egypt have all the right to keep that from happening.

[@skeletonwguitar4383]

Territories and resources. Tale as old as time But in this case, territories as in sovereign holdings that only the holder wants, but vital resources stays the same

[@skeletonwguitar4383]

Also, not only Egypt is getting the end of this bad news

[@ziadhaithemamin1431]

To put simply the Ethiopian federal government doesn't give a crap, they constantly say we should peacefully resolve the situation and then walk off as soon as the part about a bidding treaty in talked about, they literally did this btw when Washington was involved and negotiations were on D.C, it's heavily speculated that the damn has a second purpose other than the electricity which is getting water Rights concections from Sudan and Egypt, or forcing Egypt or Sudan to pay for water, this has been a genuine talking point brought up the the most recent negations, and was flat out refused by both Sudan and Egypt Essentially this damn is a big screw you to Sudan and Egypt, although it did have serious benefits for Sudan by preventing flooding, the Sudanese actually supported building the dam in the beginning until the Ethiopians constantly refused the binding treaty which made the Sudanese partly switch sides although the benefits of flood prevention still make it so they haven't completely opposed the damn

[@lopsideduser-lz1bg2oc7r]

Isn’t it disingenuous to say a country that gives 80% of the water not to use it.

[@lif3andthings763]

@@ziadhaithemamin1431 Well Ethiopia hasn’t cut off their water supply andn never will lmaooo. It’s literally just a power move by Egypt. If the Ethiopians did they would be fucked by the entire world. Sudan doesn’t just get flood protection but also electricity to buy. If the Egyptians destroyed the dam it would cause sever flooding in Sudan leading to them joining the Ethiopians side.

[@SHAHIDKC]

Make a video on how the prime minister of Bangladesh dismantled democracy and became a dictator.

[@aky10011]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2fZkJ-bq8eIhJY al jazeera did a bit was pretty informative.

[@markhammar3977]

You mean Canada?

[@aratirao9007]

🟨SERCH ADITYA RATHORE- HE ALSO MAKES INFORMATIVE CONTENT LIKE CASPIAN REPORT

[@soumen_pradhan]

At least, better than the opposition.

[@CN_SFY_General]

Ethiopia has the right to use its own water!

[@Idleo]

International river can't be called "own water"

[@CN_SFY_General]

@@Idleo The river is not cut. The river is still there. I think that Ethiopia has the right to use the water for its development and release most of the water down. Anyway, the water is from Ethiopia's inner land.

[@Idleo]

@@CN_SFY_General so you are saying that Ethiopia doesn't have the right to cut the river.. let's build on that. one of the most basic rules within the internation law of cross borders rivers is about building structures without hurting other countries on the river.. It doesn't mean anything that water comes from Ethiopia.. doesn't make it Ethiopian water and if it does then Ethiopia should be paying penalties for the damage which "their" water caused during flood of the nile

[@CN_SFY_General]

@@Idleo Water coming down and causing flood is like an earthquake, it's a natural phenomenon. When an earthquake in Vancouver causes damage in Seatle, Canada does not owe anything to the United States. Ethiopia could build as many dams as they want in the tributary waterways of the Bule Nile and keep the water for their own use. They can build dams in the Blue Nile and release the water downstream. This is what shall be allowed.

[@DavidJGillCA]

The population projections for both countries are horrifying.

[@theluckyegg3613]

They know how to breed

[@DavidJGillCA]

@albert einstien Guess what, having more kids is not the solution to overpopulation.

[@xstshepo]

@@theluckyegg3613 same for USA 300 million

[@andresduques2013]

@@xstshepo the US has gone a long way to get to that mark, lots of immigration and natural growth over the centuries, but having a population growth of over 100 million people in only 30-50 years??? Holy shit man, that must be a Guinness world record or something lol

[@darth3911]

@@andresduques2013 Not really the Arab nations and the Chinese are the greatest in terms of population growth.

[@kentershackle1329]

Those Dam is not built overnight. The failure of Egypt Government to mitigate the effects of well known studied problem while the dam is filled is just plain Ignorance . Soo many ways EGYPT could hv create water security for its population.

[@snaker9er]

Like what

[@lif3andthings763]

Also they have already been filling the dam during rainy seasons nothing bad has happened.

[@kentershackle1329]

Creation of lakes n small ponds to trap the waters ,lasting dry seasons , especially within its green belt.?. Hell they could even divert some to refill or create underground aquifers.

[@abdirazacksergio4636]

@@kentershackle1329 nile doesn't belong to Ethiopia

[@kentershackle1329]

@@abdirazacksergio4636 Nor does it belongs to EGYPT. That's why theres reparian rights. Clearly Ethiopia did nothing wrong here, because we hv not seen any UN declaration its unlawful. Like i said, the failure of EGYPT (sleeping maybe) government to plan years ago.. for the eventuality has bite them. If the Egyptian people is angry, well clearly that should be pointed to its government, not following the dumb rhetoric of blaming others n war!!. Such, lame ..political diversion of the real problem. Whats next? Spend more money for arms? Or start using that money to increase EGYPT water security deposit?.

[@kebruya]

The project took well over a decade, that is plenty of time for Egyptians to prepare themselves for the coming water shortage, instead of spending millions on stocking up military crap.

[@sabrinarodrigues629]

Egypt thinks no other nation can build a dam on the Nile. The hypocrisy is astounding.

[@goldenice9283]

You're not familiar with the 2011 revolution, are you? Egyptian GDP started to increase around 2017. Things (especially those including diplomatic issues) are more complex than what Fox news and CNN fight over in your beloved 1st world nation with its 1st world problems; like when you were trying to legalize abortions in Texas, we were literally in the midst of 2 revolutions, political instability, people literally looting apartments/shops/museums at gun point, famine, huge power grid problems, terrorists literally colonizing entire cities, etc. Military wasn't optional unlike what your beloved nation does. Things are usually more complex than your little biden trumpy debate fighting over mexicans. Now, shut the fuck up. You know, It's funny that you bring up the military budget when over 60% of American income is spent on military equipment, recently in space force too. Imagine talking trash about military budget in the middle east when your country wants to fight aliens, ironic isn't it?

[@goldenice9283]

@@sabrinarodrigues629 Egypt has one dam that affects absolutely no one. This video is not only inaccurate regarding international law since he forget to mention the 1902 Nile agreement, but also is very outdated and fails to describe, to American dummies, how a dam before downstream countries is a bad thing. Building a dam when you're an downstream country is fine. Building a dam when you're an upstream country is not cool. You get how it works? You build a dam that shuts the water tap on other people isn't cool. According to the 1902 Nile Agreement, downstream countries basically control the Nile: they get the largest portion and such. Ethiopia is in fact required to comply with Egypt's regulations when planning to build dams. They don't wanna do that. Now to your stupid, uneducated western mind, it doesn't seem fair, right? Well, it is fair. You see, downstream countries are basically just a huge desert and get only 1% of rain that upstream countries get. You get a map, you look at it, you'd find out that upstream countries are actually green? no lack of greenery or water whatsoever? so why be a little fuck and cut water from other people who don't get as much as you do in the first place especially when an agreement says you can't? Now again to your stupid western mind you're thinking 'no they won't cut the water, they'd just generate electricity with it' and I say to you go kiss your stupid ass good night and sleep in that comfy bed of yours, and leave it here if you're that naïve. Political pressure is a thing, and that's exactly what they wanna do. Now, 'political pressure' is a hard sentence for you, so imma further simplify it. Let's just say Ethiopia won't be opening the tap for us unless we give 'em some candy. Their careless approach in diplomatic resolutions says it all.

[@ሕያው]

@@goldenice9283 1902 treaty was never ratified because the amharic and english versions were different. The english version said ethiopia won't build projects while amharic version doesn't have this (Search it up). All other treaties were done without ethiopia allocated a single percent. All international river basins in the world follow international law of sharing the water. Egypt and Sudan with the help of their colonial masters allocated themselves 100% of the water while all the other upstream nations receive 0% (which is technically illegal). Ethiopia has not broken any agreement and all the other countries upstream will soon build their own dams as well. If ethiopia had to follow the egyptian/sudanese treaty they would not be allowed to use the water or build on 70% of their rivers being that they are tributaries of the nile. If egyptian government was as desperate as you claim they are, they wouldn't store water in artificial like nasser which allows 25% of the yearly nile output to evaporate and instead store it underground. Egypt has massive aquifers which hold more than hundreds of years of yearly nile output and could also desalinate to supplement its water needs. Egypt rather spend billions on weapons and cities for the rich than help their own poor. Ethiopia and the 9 upstream countries deserve a fair share of the water instead of egypt having 80% of it while not investing in any other water resources.

[@yoseph3625]

Let the dogs bark.Ethiopia is working. #itsmydam

[@ego9247]

Hope both can reach an agreement instead of chaos The comparison between Eithiopia and Egypt is meaningless Egypt is almost from the top 10 list

[@shakalalalalkh1098]

And no one wants a war. Egyptians suffered in the past two years of Economic reformatories, and no one wants to through that in the window

[@The-ZebraFinch-Channel]

@@shakalalalalkh1098 Egypts economy is doing better than Ethiopias one since forever lmao

[@tunc34]

The Turkish military is squeezing Egypt between Libya, Sudan and Ethiopia. I hardly doubt Egyptians can do anything when Turkey is in full support of Ethiopia 🇪🇹

[@mohamedmostafa1375]

Ethiopia's position is so difficult politically and militarily. Time to face the reality.

[@aratirao9007]

⬜SERCH ADITYA RATHORE- HE ALSO MAKES INFORMATIVE CONTENT LIKE CASPIAN REPORT

[@herroherrarlee6769]

Egypt best choice would've been Somalia, but they failed Somalia and didn't support them in 2006, they should have deployed troops to Somalia in 2006 to prevent Ethiopia Israel USA to invade Somalia

[@xamael1989]

@@mohamedmostafa1375 can you state more dacts please difficult in what sense i would for you to elaborate more on this

[@mohamedmostafa1375]

@@xamael1989 Well, from a political point of view, Ethiopia has almost no political support. Turkey cannot get involved in a lost cause. On the other hand, Egypt has the support of the Arab countries and even some Western countries, including the US. The US. has strategic interests with Egypt, so it's so difficult to blame Egypt in case of military action. From a military point of view, everyone knows that the military balance between Egypt and Ethiopia is not in Ethiopia's favour. The Egyptian army is ranked number 13 in the world, according to global fire. So, Ethiopia's situation is very difficult, in case of a confrontation with Egypt.

[@davidtvanover]

This repost is mostly hype. Ethiopia will fill their dam and Egypt will continue to receive their water down the Nile River. This conflict is like two bald men fighting over a comb.

[@Mahmoud-qz9zo]

"Two bald men fighting over a comb". The title of the war between Eritrea and Ethiopia (1998-2000)

[@b1kReviews]

Precisely.

[@OK-ww1mn]

@@jayo7812 80% or more of nile river coming to Egypt comes from blue nile originating in Ethiopia

[@ahmadradwan5914]

You r so nieve

[@bigoof8391]

Hasn’t Egypt always lost vs Ethiopia?

[@hersirnordic2814]

hasnt egypt always lost vs anyone?

[@otherpatrickgill]

As a correspondent, I rank this guy up there with Alistair Cook, only he does the whole world, rather than just America.

[@dongately2817]

Yeah, he gives a good overview of regional power dynamics that most western news agencies gloss over or ignore completely.

[@aratirao9007]

⚪SERCH ADITYA RATHORE- HE ALSO MAKES INFORMATIVE CONTENT LIKE CASPIAN REPORT

[@otherpatrickgill]

@@aratirao9007 thanks for the recommendation. I'm not a dedicated geopolitics watcher as I come from a country with many internal problems which is not always directly effected by current events. I watch Caspian Report because Shirvan's presentation is level headed, interesting, balanced and actually quite relaxing, he and his team should be awarded for the research they do into history, culture and politics and the insights they bring across. I'll check out your channel, but I will continue watching Caspian Report. thanks

[@aratirao9007]

@@otherpatrickgill bro serch Aditya Rathore he is very good journalist

[@osiand9328]

Shouldn't Europe support Egypt here? If they thought the Syrian refugee crisis was bad, stopping a potential Egyptian migrant crisis should be in their best interest. In the worst case scenario, 10s of millions of desperate Egyptians might try to cross the Mediterranean within just a few years. There is no way Europe could deal with this.

[@FOLIPE]

Egyptian crisis would be bad, but a dam will not cause a crisis while a war would. That's why the Europeans will be against any military action

[@bornstar481]

The Egyptians should flee to fellow Muslim Arab countries

[@TheOne-um7rp]

I read an article many years ago titled "The Blue Gold." It was referring to water, and how it was becoming a rare commodity. Turkey is doing to Iraq and Syria what Ethiopia is doing to Sudan and Egypt; and same problems in the region where you'll find Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

[@thathandsomedevil0828]

China and pretty much every country around its border.

[@unknowninfinium4353]

Care to elaborate on Uzbekistan and its surrounding area?

[@urdunibnpeter7276]

makes even more sense why turkey wants to avod a kurdish state at all costs. the euprate flows through mostly kurdish majority areas....

[@segevkrespi8609]

​@@unknowninfinium4353 One of Uzbekistan's major waterways starts in Tajikistan and Tajikistan wants to dam that river which will cause water shortages in Uzbekistan. So a war there is likely to happen soon

[@ahmedalzubairi3218]

You have all the time to use oil money for irrigation and water resources

[@stevelucky7579]

As it has been spoken by one far greater than us, so it shall be. 5 The waters of the river will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and dry. 6 The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up. The reeds and rushes will wither, 7 also the plants along the Nile, at the mouth of the river. Every sown field along the Nile will become parched, will blow away and be no more. 8 The fishermen will groan and lament, all who cast hooks into the Nile; those who throw nets on the water will pine away. 9 Those who work with combed flax will despair, the weavers of fine linen will lose hope. 10 The workers in cloth will be dejected, and all the wage earners will be sick at heart.

[@tonycapella2063]

The toddler in me laughing at all these Dam negotiations

[@sorenstarchaser]

@Tinsae Tsegaye Do you know jokes? Seems like you dont. what a shame, this deserves a wooosh.

[@inserisciunnome]

"Dam" as in Damn negotiations? If not i don't get It.

[@Rose-zl6ox]

@Tony Capella Once upon a time, the beaver dad told his beaver son to ‘shut the dam door’

[@sorenstarchaser]

The fact that tinsae tsegaye deleted their comment is just hilarious

[@zionvision6942]

Egypt has no legal grounds to attack Ethiopia over the Nile since Ethiopia is not a signatory to any Nile convention. Ukraine has completely cut off water from Crimea, yet Russia has not waged war against them.

[@vishalgiraddi5357]

Ukraine cut off the water because Russia started a war and annexed Crimea in the first place You wouldn't really like your neighbour cutting off the municipal water pipe and using all of it for himself, would you ?

[@kasadam85]

@@vishalgiraddi5357 Nobody would like that obviously but that isn't to say it is unlawful. They've all the rights of action on rivers within their borders. Ethiopia can cut off to Sudan and Egypt legally, Turkey can cut off to Iraq and Syria. It is a cruel leverage but it exists unfortunately.

[@DieFlabbergast]

Hah! Legal grounds! When your entire economy and even life is at stake, legal niceties are so much hot air. Egypt would have the support of the entire Arab world and most of the Muslim-majority countries. The ruling group in Ethiopia are Christians, which basically means they are on their own.

[@kasadam85]

@Zeyad Zestro Only what flows through your borders are yours technically. You can wage any war you want to my country, it is a regional power that missed fighting anyway.

[@kasadam85]

@Zeyad Zestro Not interested, you can fight for nile all you want.

[@ibizilong8907]

Made us wait ages. Bring more videos Shirvan!!

[@TM-lw8wn]

I remember a time way way back when Egypt thought it had an advanced military and tried to use it, didn't work out very well for them.

[@mazenlatif6722]

When was that? Never

[@rxtr664]

@@MotivateMoments2023 What the hell that have to do with anything?

[@TM-lw8wn]

@@mazenlatif6722 there have been several examples but two of the best were 1967 and 1973, suckit.

[@fennviktorvich]

I hate that in the couple of past years on the internet it's just all about you and us pointing fingers at each other, not far from today I don't remember Egyptians holding a grudge or hatred towards Ethiopians in particular but things changed since the construction of them dam, I have to state that I wish for Ethiopia to grow in prosperity, generate power for homes and factories, a dream come true for sure, but I don't want to lose the 3% of arable land we have (out of the entire country), we're entirely a desert country, we don't possess anything like your humongous lakes, equatorial rain seasons or huge underground water basins. Truly sad to see things go that way but concerning your comment I remember when Ethiopians keep boasting about something that happened more than a century ago, for example when Ethiopians boast about 1896 and how they have stood against all odds and beat Italy, but then Italy Invaded Ethiopia in 1935 and reigned victorious (it is worth noting that they've use chemical weapons), this is *NOT* me hating on Ethiopia but just a reminder that between a well-deserved victory and a horrible defeat was a time gap of 39 years. A lot happened in said 39 years, from technological advances to the Italians learning from their mistakes, employing different tactics, the decent generation who fought (commanders specifically) in the first invasion dying out of old age and so on. So, yes Israel did this and that in 1967 and you like to mention that alot and there's no denying that we were defeated, a horrible defeat, well they underestimated us and in just 6 years we did what they didn't expect at all, as they would say "we beat them in X, we beat in Y, what a joke, they will never do Z", regardless of how 1973 ended up, in just 6 years a lot has changed. Warfare is evolving faster than ever, what used to be a state of the art weapon is either rotting in a storage facility or serving in the rear echelons. War is naive and won't benefit anyone but don't think that just because you've won a battle 140 years ago that it would give you any type of advantage against different circumstances (those of the modern day).

[@TM-lw8wn]

@@fennviktorvich yeh, who knows what either of them is capable of today.

[@Kylo_Ren_2033]

The Ethiopian economy has been grown for years and they absolutely need extra electricity from the dam to keep this growth in coming years. I don't see they will stop the construction.

[@w8stral]

IN fact, they will build many more dams. Then there is the religious angle which Caspian report always ignores.

[@AMR_k400]

@@w8stral there are no major religious conflicts in Ethiopia and no religious extremists

[@haezlitt]

@@w8stral what religious angle?, Orthodox Christianity and Islam are well represented in all the major tribes of Ethiopia, the conflicts in Ethiopia have been mostly ethnic/regional.

[@lordteapot9740]

well, they'll stop it when egypt blows it up, simple as.

[@sabrinarodrigues629]

@@lordteapot9740 yeah and then the water will come down sweeping through Egypt. Wise move, no?

[@abebeassefa]

Ethiopia is the owner of the water that contributes 87% to the river what #Egypt and #Sudan they contribut to the river is is 0%. So if the Egyptians and Sudanese are wise they should cooperatate with Ethiopia for its peace and stablity not its distraction.

[@TronUse999]

No they can simply bomb the dam and nothing Ethiopia can do about it

[@mishmohd]

Ethiopia as a nation state doesn't own it - the river has been there since before the creation of these states. People will suffer because of Ethiopia's actions - I'm shocked at the dehumanizing rhetoric in some of these comments.

[@PlRATE]

@@TronUse999 bombing the dam is a suicide.

[@trillmoney263]

@@PlRATE Ethiopia gonna destroy itself with this dam after it destroys Egypt and Sudan. Kinda like turkey and Syria. Syria got destroyed and now turkey suffers from them. Turkey’s Economy has fallen and Syria is destroyed. If Ethiopia is gonna use this dam and ruin Egypt they will also ruin themselves.

[@Zlorthishen]

Rule of Acquisition 34: War is good for business.

[@Afalaa]

Kkkk.... Arms deal Ngo's stealing oil & minerals Organ harvesting & much more I couldn't agree with you more.

[@christianwhittall5889]

Quark also said that peace is good when noone has a clear advantage

[@haraldhimmel5687]

@@christianwhittall5889 Thats rule 35. Its easy to get them confused.

[@goosenuggets9693]

@@Afalaa You people are fucking delusional. The US is the largest oil producer in the world and out of the 23 oil companies in Iraq only 2 are American. Not to mention, that organ harvesting is not that profitable at all when considering the expenses/lack of buyers and overall poor business model relative to many conventional models.

[@1112viggo]

This sounds like a job for Aquaman!

[@familygash7500]

*EGYPT:* **BUILDS DAM IN THE NILE** *ETHIOPIA:* **ALSO BUILDS DAM IN THE NILE** *EGYPT:* You weren't supposed to do that!

[@mohamedlababidi9042]

Dumbest comparaison possible but ok .

[@Thenoisyoneyes]

Look at this dumb comparison Egypt's dam doesn't affect Ethiopia's water share but Ethiopia's dam does limit Egypt's water share

[@greenlaw6503]

@@Thenoisyoneyes it affects egyptian population alright. And the comparison is on point, because the problem is not the squabble btwn two poor nations, its the dam as a tech to produce energy and its consequences on rivers

[@paul5475]

@@mohamedlababidi9042 only 40% of people I. Ethiopia have electricity. They need to build damn to create energy for their people. Why would you chose Egypt over people in Ethiopia. Did the egyptians help Ethiopia in Energy recourses? They don't. Now who are they to demand them to stop building damn. That will benifiting their own people

[@shadowwarriorshockwave3281]

I think it would be kinda ironic because there’s a good chance if conflict broke out the Israelis would support Egypt considering the history the irony would be noteworthy

[@segevkrespi8609]

I don't see it happening. Israel can't really pick sides in this conflict since it maintains relations with both countries for different reasons. besides that, the US will probably make sure that they sit down and not intervene

[@millevenon5853]

Ethiopia is a better ally of Israel. Israel sent defense equipment to Ethiopia

[@GK-yi4xv]

Yes, the peace deal with Egypt is a vital interest for Israel (and by extension, avoiding complete political instability in Egypt). Friendly relations with Ethiopia, less so. Israel would probably prefer not to choose a side, so for that reason, their junior partner in Washington would be required to intervene to separate the two sides (Egypt and Ethiopia).

[@MasterGhostf]

A chaotic egypt wouldn't help israel, there would be refugees and dangerous players taking advatnge. This could be an opportunity for Israel to ally with Egypt and provide eachother with national security. Egypt might allow Israel to have palestine.

[@blackkennedy3966]

@@MasterGhostf if egypt becomes another syria or afghanistan then israel will be in danger of islamic jihadists.

[@box5319]

There is a saying that God gave Arabs oil and gave Ethiopia and Turkey water.majority of Arab population rely on Euphrates/Tigris and Nile water whose sources is Turkey and Ethiopia Respectively.Equitable sharing of resource is the only amicable solution for all the nation. I wish peace and prosperity to Africa and our neighbour Ethiopia from Kenya

[@carlosandleon]

Equitable sharing of resources? Really?

[@box5319]

@@carlosandleon yes..equity and never equality. Every country should get what it deserve and not what it want.

[@carlosandleon]

@@box5319 We're not in post scarcity yet. Good luck with that strategy

[@nduryamwadzaya3972]

This may be time to send Arabs back to Arabia and Nubians to take over Cairo

[@egyptiansoldier6535]

lol

[@fennviktorvich]

Not even Nubians harbor this level of hatred, I'm in no way representing or speaking on their behalf, yet you're talking.

[@nduryamwadzaya3972]

@@fennviktorvich then you need to ask yourself why the hatred? Look for the answer in history.

[@fareswalid4330]

Get out with this bullshits the Egyptians are not Arabs untill now th ancient Egyptians are the same Egyptians exist today Not a Nubian or an Arab was in Egypt

[@nduryamwadzaya3972]

@@fareswalid4330 nope. You belong in najd

[@nextgenhope7502]

Ethiopia doesn't want a deal, Egypt made a deal already that gives Ethiopia 100% of the targeted electricity during the normal flooding years and 80% of the electricity on the drought years (if any) but Ethiopia refused to sign it although USA and EU see it as a fair deal. Ethiopia still procrastinating till today after nearly a decade of negotiations. All I can say is that either Ethiopia cooperates and that would be a win-win situation or Ethiopia will be the only loser, it will not end well for them.

[@bamlaktadele3457]

U really think a deal tailored by US/EU is a win win deal? Think again pal! Ethiopia declined the deal for a reason! The last thing Egypt and Ethiopia wanna do is create a military confrontation. Had it been a win win deal, Eth would be the first one to sign it!

[@urdunibnpeter7276]

after all the progress Ethiopia made they now push Egypt into a corner they can only get out with violence .... unbelievably stupid ....

[@aratirao9007]

🔴SERCH ADITYA RATHORE- HE ALSO MAKES INFORMATIVE CONTENT LIKE CASPIAN REPORT

[@nextgenhope7502]

@@bamlaktadele3457 it was not tailored by US and EU, they were just observers and it really doesn't matter who makes the deal if it is a fair one. Ethiopia claims the main purpose of the dam is electricity production yet they refuse to sign the deal that gives them what they wanted without inflicting a major harm on Egypt. Ethiopia has clearly showed their bad intentions on that conflict, they wanted to use the dam as a political tool against Egypt which Egypt will never accept and they will have every right to defend the existence of more than 100 million of people. Ethiopia is the side who will decide how this mess will end, a deal with everyone is a winner or a conflict in which the very existence of Ethiopia as a unified nation will be at stake.

[@kingstarscream320]

Ethiopia would kick Egypt’s ass

[@danielbojkovski723]

Chad France just chillin in a Mediterranean resort selling shit to both sides

[@Gun_Metal_Grey]

After gamer Napoleon Bonaparte it's a stretch to call France """chad"""

[@dkassaca]

You forgot to mention Egypt was at war with Ethiopia for the past 500 years. Egypt have supported all the rebels fighting in Ethiopia for the past 500 years.

[@karlijnlike4lane]

Shirvan (I hope I'm spelling that correctly?) - I am so impressed with the depth, detail, and historical and geopolitical insights you deftly manage to package in these consistently bite-sized explainers. I'm going back & watching all your videos starting from a decade ago to help me better understand what was happening then and the origins of what is happening now. I'm especially grateful for your attention to your home region of the world, which we neither hear nor understand enough of in the US. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

[@abb5596]

"France and Italy, playing both sides" some things never change ay

[@wanderer10k]

Hey, of 2 people are determined to fight, you may as well make money from them.

[@r.c.1881]

Italian here. I'm not aware of any pacts on the matter with any of the two nations, but due to our historical ties in the Horn of Africa, and the fact that Egypt is our main interlocutor for what concerns East Mediterranean and Northern Africa's affairs, it shouldn't be surprising that we have to keep things running as smooth as possible with both sides. I do not know exactly what our stance on the subject is, but given the fact that our ability to exert any diplomatical influence is presently not remotely comparable to that of other actors in the arena, I guess we'll have to, as usual, play along the lines of what mommy EU and daddy NATO will decide...

[@aratirao9007]

🔵SERCH ADITYA RATHORE- HE ALSO MAKES INFORMATIVE CONTENT LIKE CASPIAN REPORT

[@MrCamille9999]

Well if Ethiopia is buying French equipment it's through private corporations (that could easily be German or any other nation) with little to no government interference. Arm deals (including planes) on the other are largely negotiated by government even when the contractor is a private corporation. So it's not really that France is playing both sides (or any of them for that matter) but she has arm deals with many nations including Egypt and Ethiopia happen to have chosen a French company for some of the equipment they're buying and probably chose other companies for other equipment from other nation (that don't seem to matter because the country they originate from isn't selling weapons to Egypt?).

[@r.c.1881]

@@MrCamille9999 Government control extends beyond arms sales, and applies to any piece of hardware/software/brevet that a nation may think holds any kind of strategical value. Even if the private corporations making and selling said machinery were absolutely free to operate without any government participation, the state's security apparatus would surely know full well what kind of deals they'd be up to, and what consequences that would bear.

[@riddis8785]

Egypt 🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬 💪💪

[@lionsofafrica3786]

Ethiopia 🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹 💪🏽💪🏽

[@lif3andthings763]

Also they have already been filling the dam during rainy seasons nothing bad has happened.

[@MeMe-hn6vr]

Bffffffffg

[@dhagos]

Saying Ethiopia negotiations were not in good faith isn't true. Egypt simply failed to agree to a reasonable term. They continued to hold the stance that there will be no dam and wouldn't budge. They also failed to offer any funding for the losses Ethiopians would incur by not having a dam. They have 0 regard for the Ethiopian ppl, so negotiations went nowhere. When someone asks for something they should offer something other then threats if they want to reach an agreement.

[@rixille]

So Egypt should now have to pay for water that the people of the nile have had access to for thousands of years?

[@shaddythewiz3836]

@@rixille yes unless they wanna end up like Mexico and Colorado river or what china is doing to south and south east Asia or what turkey did to Syria and Iraq.

[@naseankershaw3071]

@@rixille There are other water networks besides Ethiopia. Have you forgot about Sudan?

[@rixille]

@@naseankershaw3071 From what I gather, the one from Ethiopia is the most important.

[@naseankershaw3071]

@@rixille But Sudan has the far more bigger river

[@bediaabdulfetah5793]

The only real option on the table is to accept the fact of the matter, we don’t give a dam

[@user936]

Ethiopia filling that damn as fast as feasibly possible was likely a shrewd call. It has now become a weapon an attack could trigger floods from and in that respect is more important that the army that sits behind it. They have generated their own trump card. As long as they aren't dicks about it I think everyone should settle down over time - actions speak louder than words.

[@3araab1]

They failed on the Second filling, and you forget that Egypt has the high dam that will protect her from flood danger

[@user936]

@@3araab1 I did not know this about Egypt, thanks.

[@andreilyas1426]

@@user936 that is because it's not true lol.the dam will literally end egypt

[@andreilyas1426]

@@3araab1 Lol what ? the dam will literally end egypt

[@andreilyas1426]

watch the video from 8 minute it was sucessful

[@crocslide1]

This is another bully not getting what they want. Go Ethiopia fill that dam!!!!

[@dust001]

Yeah go Ethiopia kill tens of millions of people

[@crocslide1]

@@dust001they aren't the ones increasing their military.

[@dust001]

@@crocslide1 So what exactly should they do? Just sit back and relax while millions of people die of drought and hunger?

[@crocslide1]

@@dust001 they should stick up for themselves. And they doing so. Im tired of countries in postions of power stepping over the little guy. No sympathy FILL THE DAM

[@dust001]

@@crocslide1 I don't quite understand what "stick up to themselves" means here, but I also don't see any stepping on the weak guy here that Egypt has done, Egypt had treated the situation with great respect and patience, residing always to peaceful and lawful solutions and the Ethiopians just kept pushing on and on forcing Egypt into a position of "it's either us or them". If it was a stepping as you said just imagine what a great power would've done, probably a full scale invasion of the country.

[@Daniel-pv4ut]

Egypt had been Defeated for many times by Ethiopian army. Read our history 🇪🇹🇪🇹

[@theodroskassa5709]

As an Ethiopian Citizen I wish Egypt were one of our neighboring country It was easy for both of us to get in to war and the result were the solution for good

[@abdullahahmed1673]

bro Egypt would wipe Ethiopia of the map

[@mg4339]

The report is inaccurate, and somehow biased to one side. Nevertheless, the Nile water is enough for Ethiopia and downstream countries. Ethiopia should not be restricted by any agreements to undermine its right to produce electricity for improving the lives of its people. Ethiopia, as it is known, doesn't have any intentions to stop or reduce the Nile water quantity to Sudan or Egypt, rather than to use the water to rotate the turbines and leave it to flow its regular route. Concerning the reduction of water quantity during filling the dam wasn't proved; in both of the two fillings, in 2020 and 2021, the downstream countries Sudan was flooded, and Egypt had more than enough water in its reservoirs.

[@burhanmushtaq7597]

There is a Hadith which talks about the destruction of Egypt,Iraq and Syria. It specifically says Egypt will be destroyed by water crisis.

[@rtl1003]

Same with the Bible

[@jpb2366]

Please dont get drown by religious non sense…

[@rtl1003]

@@jpb2366 only a fool would say there is no God

[@jpb2366]

@@rtl1003 only a fool would not understand why its not an easy question. Every bit of historical and scientific knowledge push us towards "mankind created their own gods to fit things they did not understand". As you are most likely a muslim, your religion is based on a political attempt at turning christianity into a military and political weapon. Religions appear man made. I believe in god despite that, but only a fool understand so little about the world that his faith is not challenged everyday

[@rtl1003]

@@jpb2366 I’m not even Muslim😂 humble yourself you don’t know everything smart ass

[@kidusyohans2825]

No one is scared of Egypt😂😂

[@laniedulay4043]

Egypts claims are from the colonial era,they think they own the nile because of a 200 year old treaty signed by the British 😂 Ethiopia has the right to use its own resources.

[@ahmadel-zebedy]

Well Israel said that the exact same thing before there asses got whooped😂😂

[@laniedulay4043]

@@ahmadel-zebedy when? Lmao your lying

[@ahmadel-zebedy]

@@laniedulay4043 1973 but apparently you are ignorant with history lmfao 😂

[@laniedulay4043]

@@ahmadel-zebedy you guys literally lost that war, you guys attacked the israelis in the holiest day inJudaism, Egypt managed to push the israelis back into the sinai peninsula but as were pushed back to main land egypt,the israelis also managed to hold back against the syrians,also 1948,1956 and the 6 day war.

[@Someone08119]

We moroccans support egypt

[@t.b.cont.]

The moment the dam was proposed I felt like things would just continue to get more tense

[@mandandi]

Its not the first dam in Africa built on a river shared by many countries - Limpopo, Zambezi and other rivers have the same shared heritage. Mozambique needs Zambezi, but that has not stopped the building of Kariba Dam upstream from Mozambique. The GERD has been filled for two years in a row now and Egypt has not been affected. There is water in Egypt and electricity is available. Now everyone can see the data(truth in fact) against fears and anxiety (emotions). This is the reality. 77 billion cubic water goes into the blue Nile from rainfall. Ethiopia says it needs 13.5 billion. The rest will go to Egypt and Sudan.

[@brianwashedhunter1150]

​@@mandandi We have been affected alot

[@TheCwolfe99]

Egypt has no right instead of talking they run to those who colonized them such a shame

[@primetimeclips3322]

@Zeyad Zestro Negotiations sitting on the back colonial agreements which Ethiopia had no say in. Egypt has shown how pathetic it is going so desperately low as to admitting it’s masters laws on them still hold weight!

[@MohOEM]

@@primetimeclips3322 Yeah!! "colonial agreements" in which your emperor willingfully agreed to not build any dams on the region of Benishangul-gumuz in exchange for owning it! The same capable emperor that also defeated the Italians wilingfully and protected his country! Who are you trying to fool with that claim of a CoLoNiaL AgReeMent!? Just admit it!! Your country doesn't respect international treaties and cherry picks what it like about them.

[@sketchye5943]

If Egypt invades Ethiopia it will be very bloody, costly and it won’t be worth it

[@dragosstanciu9866]

Egypt could use air strikes, it doesn't need to bring troops on the ground.

[@assgrabber5473]

@@dragosstanciu9866 destroying the dam would devestate Egypt as well with how much water it's holding

[@ayassines5841]

@@assgrabber5473 That depends on Egypt's speed of reaction to the situation. I think Egypt can prevent this from happening, unlike Sudan

[@lif3andthings763]

@@ayassines5841 Sudan would them be firmly on Ethiopias side lmaooo.

[@ayassines5841]

@@lif3andthings763 until now It on Egypt's side on the future who knows.

[@palettefineartschool]

I am Ethiopian # It's my dam!!!what am I say.... not only that the rivers are my mine.