George W. Bush: A War on Terror (2001 - 2009)

George W. Bush is the second son of a former president to become president, after John Quincy Adams all the way back in 1825. Always the black sheep of the Bush dynasty, he eventually became governor of Texas, and then ran for president in 2000, an election that would go down in history due to the drama surrounding the recount in Florida. Bush's presidency was no less dramatic, given the events of September 11th, 2001, and the foreign policy decisions that were to follow. This is a meaty one, so let's dig in!
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[@BetaDreTV]

well done. as a veteran of Iraq I can tell you that when we were in service, everybody in my platoon hated bush.

[@404errorcodeV]

@BetaDre.TV Thank you for protecting us, for having our backs, and for covering our asses. I never had a bio brother or a sister who loved me enough to standup for me and protect me. From the bottom of my heart I truly say thank you. Thank you for keeping me safe. I hope that you have found peace and that it feels you with joy, hope, and pride to see that we support your efforts and that our numbers grow everyday. For me, it has been a gut wrenching and sobering realization that the biggest threat to humanity and the world is sitting right here on our own soil. "the call is coming from inside the house" Yikes! Btw, we still can use your help. You know things. About security. About mobs/mob mentality. You've got very useful deets that we could all benefit from by knowing them. I always taught my kids that: "were only as strong as our weakest link" and "necessity is the Mother of invention" TY Professor Dave for another great vdo lesson.

[@jimsmith7212]

"The U.S. wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Pakistan have cost American taxpayers $6.4 trillion since they began in 2001. That total is $2 trillion more than all federal government spending during the recently completed fiscal year. The report, from Watson Institute of International and Public Affairs at Brown University, also finds that more than 801,000 people have died as a direct result of fighting."

[@NFawc]

There's a reason why there's so many representatives from arms firms involved in and around the White House :)

[@altal2993]

Nobody would argue that friend....

[@Multi407D]

If we won tora bora and never went into Iraq, the wars would have cost less and would have been a massive strategic victory. Murphy’s law was not kind to the USA.

[@altal2993]

@@Multi407D Regime charge rarely works, Iraq was a disaster and more shameful to the US now, Afghanistan will the same way Vietnam went when the Yank cut and run there..... I fear the Taliban will regain power making a mockery of all the lives lost in trying to prop up the regime in there....

[@NazmusLabs]

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[@gryph01]

I remember the fight for Florida. A friend of mine from Texas called me and said, " I have never seen anything like this before. Where a court chose a President instead of the voters"

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

@@dixztube I’m not Neo either but Gore’s commitment to addressing climate change is good

[@nebtheweb8885]

"Hanging chads" is what I remember about that election.

[@StarSong936]

@@dixztube I voted for Biden. Not because I like him, but cause I felt if we didn't unite behind someone more left than Trump then we would never have a chance to recover. As it happens, I'm thinking the capitalists have a strangle hold on the government. Not that I didn't think that before but I was hoping. I was also hoping Trump would fade away, but that hasn't happened either. Further, Trump is clearly complicit in the events of last January, and is not being held to account for it. So, I'm all in favor of peaceful resolution, so who do we back going forward. Don't get me wrong, as far as I'm concerned, Biden is far right. Who do we back to get the government to back the people instead of big business. By that I mean renewable energy, Medicare for all, Social safety nets. I'm retired, and I've seen prices on groceries hiked at least 2X in the last year. To the point where I had enough to live on to where I have to cut corners, such as not going to my doctor, and not buying shoes. Corporations are not supposed to put tax burden on their customers, but I'm convinced that they do, then do everything they can to put that money into their pockets, and leave us little people holding the bag, as it were. @ 7:00 You just answered a question I've had for years, namely, why were our political leaders pushing so hard for something I saw nothing in. I did not believe the reports about chemical weapons, nor nuclear stockpiles. There had been no reports before, and afterword, there were no supporting reports. It was for profit for corporations, not for national defense. Just my opinion here, 03 Aug 2021, If we keep on as we have been going, we will lose this planet. The little guys (microscopic life forms) will have to rebuild this planet, and we will be gone, if any life continues to exist at all.

[@gregfeasel5874]

This is not true. Bush won Florida by the voting laws agreed to by the state. Al Gore made the error in not asking for a full recount and disallowing the overseas military ballots. The newspaper recounts confirmed that if Gore had his way, Bush would have still won Florida. The only way Gore would have won the election is if they did a full recount of the undervotes and discounted the overseas ballots.

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

@@dixztube true

[@MourningCoffeeMusic]

All the outrage towards Biden and Trump should still partially be directed to Bush and his cronies.

[@jkseraphim4]

I concur.

[@Viichan777]

Most of the outrage. Trumps hate of other groups and self destructive nature shouldn't be ignored

[@timdaugherty4014]

@@Viichan777 What about Biden's greed, ignorance and hate too?

[@HiPlains1]

@@timdaugherty4014 There are a few presidents that have set up our economic doom in the states. Firstly, Reagan changed the tax code to pre 1929 allowing individuals to become supernormally wealthy which leads to control of politicians and domestic policy by a handful. This was huge. Citizens united ruling by the supreme court cemented this and made it legal for "big" money to corrupt politicians. Bush lying to congress with false intel to start a war ruined America reputation as the leader in the Free world and more then doubled its national debt. That war just escalated the wrong direction this great nation was heading for. And when putin says why are we blaming him for something the US is equally guilty of? And in all honesty, the US has no leg to stand on for that argument. Zero. Hundreds of thousands dead from the wars that Bush started.

[@timdaugherty4014]

@@HiPlains1 I see. I not only hate bush for Iraq but all who voted for it too.

[@Juiceboxdan72]

This is a really interesting video to me; I am old enough to remember some of this stuff, but what I hadn't quite realized was just how one-sided my parents' views were. They absolutely loved Bush, so I only ever knew him as the ideal president. Granted, my parents are young earth creationists, so I've had a lot of catching up to do in general.

[@Mr_Gray_Sky]

Well done for breaking the cycle. That takes balls.

[@randal_gibbons]

You poor man. Good luck on your journey to the modern day. I hope you aren't having to acclimate yourself from a flat earth to a globe earth. Peace

[@grayson0916]

Yikes. Sorry bro

[@thomasneal9291]

"They absolutely loved Bush, so I only ever knew him as the ideal president" could be worse. My dad voted for Bush literally because he couldn't stomach the idea of a President named "Gore". no, really. BTW, 6th generation american, 4rth generation Californian here, lived in the US for 45 years. Left the year after W was re-elected. no regrets. it was pretty obvious which way the wind was blowing in the US by that point: Right Wing Authoritarian, supported by the dumbest RWAs I have ever seen, and a liberal america that had absolutely no idea left how to deal with them.

[@Milkmans_Son]

@@thomasneal9291 Could be even worse than that. It's called straight-ticket voting.

[@manuelsalgadopalacios6729]

Someone sneezes and the president of the US makes a tax cut for the rich.

[@kingcrabbrc]

"poorly planned and inept at governance" Yes

[@ChaosundSandale]

Its a shame these war criminals arent in prison.

[@anasbelmont8945]

As a iraqi i just wanna ask how could a 5 year old in the body of 50 years old gets elected as president

[@chadatchison145]

Blame a large part of it on American media, they tell people how to think instead of the truth, they've been doing that since Reagan.

[@ChillyBite]

Democracy doesn't give you the leader you need, it gives you the leader you deserve.

[@thomasneal9291]

"how could a 5 year old in the body of 50 years old gets elected as president" ask the orange skinned 3 year old in a 70 year old body.

[@Duchess_Van_Hoof]

He was spoiled rotten, given money, status and so on by being born an aristocrat. And cared little about reality or how many he would hurt or kill for the sake of his ego. Sounds like another US president doesn't it?

[@yousefalsammarraie4020]

i ask the same questions dear borther

[@retrowave762]

The only thing I remember W. Bush for is the Megadeth albums that came from his actions.

[@micahhoylman9773]

Don’t forget about all the Eminem bars too

[@glennpearson9348]

Wasn't Dubya also the target of Green Day's, "Sieg Heil, Mr. President Gas Man?"

[@DrCatdeJong]

And System of a Down, he gave them more than enough material

[@thuse5532]

and don't forget linkin park too... the little things give you away indeed

[@Koz6336]

The Beastie Boys and Immortal Technique also.

[@pandit-jee-bihar]

The whole 2 decades of war in the middle East looks like a practice match for American troops just like more than a decade of war in Vietnam. It's almost like they choose a new region outside their country to practice their combat skills.

[@kingLroc]

Securing oil 🛢 that was the real reason...us is the king at using false flag maneuvers as much as they paraded 911 I'm not surprised if it was orcastrated at this point...especially when theirs proof of Saudi money bailing Bushes old blunders it makes you think.

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

As an American I agree. This country likes war to much

[@kanpurunplugged9970]

At least nam taught a lesson to the eagle not to aim foolishly at a hornets nest

[@pandit-jee-bihar]

@@EdwardHowton The predictions about my country collapsing was more real in 50s and 60s when such predictions had some ground but not anymore. Creating jobs in defence related industries is no excuse for killing millions of innocent people for no reasons and creating multiple failed nations after the war is over as side effect. I think world is watching everything and internet is recording every bit of information, none of us will be alive to see how world will look in 100 years from now but I would like to believe that the world will be more peaceful and sensible than it is now.

[@57thorns]

By creating an outside enemy, the people in power can stay in power without actually making the country better.

[@jimsmith7212]

Thanks for this! This must not be forgotten!

[@aresmars2003]

6:40 "Afghan war 2001-2014?" They just left in 2021, giving it back the the Taliban!

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

Probably a typo or something else like a treaty being signed and America leaving now or something

[@Stop-and-listen]

Just like Vietnam, the USA is leaving a disaster.

[@ROBOT1990s]

They got what they want

[@majorkramer]

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[@thesudaneseprince9675]

Lol the tax cuts for the wealthy really cements the Republican party as the party of "fiscal responsibility" Also, I actually feel bad for being born during the time range of the Bush administration. Also the summary of this video was spot on.

[@AFIDD21]

A true example of the disgusting actions of American and British foreign policy. The Bush administration. Great video prof

[@tonyduncan9852]

Seconded. One sends one's genes into the future in the hope that they might find their true expression, on a far less shameful day than the present. That's a toast.

[@TickLikesBombs]

The election of 2000 was more focusing on the personality than policy. (Much like the 2020 election, huh)

[@voodoodummie]

I would argue that every election after 2000 became a personality contest and brand recognition. Obama, McCain, Romney, and Trump all being about presentation with Clinton and Biden being more brand recognition

[@thomasneal9291]

well, considering that trump literally HAD no policy...

[@kevinmorris3200]

Not to mention the refusal to concede

[@peekster0]

Small rectification: Abu Ghraib prison is not in Iran but Bagdad Iraq

[@blackreign673]

imagine a reality where Gore became president. Whether it would be better or worse is definitely a matter of debate, but holy shit things would've gone very differently

[@BoogieBoogsForever]

It would be better, cause Gore understood that climate change is real.

[@NFawc]

@@BoogieBoogsForever Climate change is real, but the problem is extremists are leveraging it out of proportion for their goals. Consider over the past 40-50yrs how many worrying climate change predictions aimed at generating alarmism have proven to be correct? Very VERY few. What does this say for the validity of their models? And we're in the situation now where any bad or unusual weather or events are by default put down as due to "climate change," while weather or evidence to the contrary is ignored. eg: The recent California forest fires were put down as due to climate change. But in truth they were nothing out of the norm, and historically (eg: over 100+ years) quite small. And then made worse due to increasing green measures meaning less controlled burning is being done. Fear sells, albeit for politics or economics. ie: Declare there's a severe problem, and you know the cure... It's selling snake oil.

[@georgestrvanger6878]

@@NFawc It was blown up out of proportion to ensure that the worst never ended up happening; that the worst could be controlled by minute changes to lifestyle. The reason why nothing bad seems to have happened is because of the fact that nothing bad could have happened till now. As the world continues to heat up, more and more natural disasters will start happening, more and more innocent lives will be taken, more and more people will become homeless or starve to death. The fires in California were actually because of climate change. Changing wind dynamics because of climate change caused them. Same for the extreme winters that NYC faced. It is not a direct result, but indirect strains. Rising sea levels have already caused several ports to close down. Many believe (though I think it is a bit of a stretch), that the Coronavirus was a genetic mutational warning to humans from Nature. The panic was infused so that the worst could stop, and it still can be. Go look up online. There are many ways in which small changes to lifestyles would ensure less heating up of the Earth, buying enough time for innovation to catch up.

[@wadedennis864]

@@NFawc the "extremists" are not leveraging climate change for personal gain, they are leveraging it to save the world you selfish idiot. Also you don't know whether or not the California fires were due to climate change or not and they definitely were not normal, I live in California so I would know.

[@NFawc]

@@georgestrvanger6878 "It was blown up out of proportion to ensure that the worst never ended up happening" - Possibly. Probably. But repeatedly creating warnings, which prove incorrect, risk undermining things. "As the world continues to heat up, more and more natural disasters will start happening, more and more innocent lives will be taken" - Possibly, but the data at the moment is less and less people are dying from natural disasters. So once again, the risk is all these short term apocalyptic predictions risk undermining things. "The fires in California were actually because of climate change. Changing wind dynamics because of climate change caused them" - And yet in scale/size they were nothing out of the norm. Far larger fires were happening a hundred years ago for example. "Rising sea levels have already caused several ports to close down." - I'd not heard of this? Have you got a link I can have a look at? It's important to note once again though, apocalyptic predictions of short term devastation, such as the Maldives disappearing by 2018, have not come to be. "the Coronavirus was a genetic mutational warning to humans from Nature." - And that's just plain silly woo woo isn't it :) Again, I'm not disputing we have a battle on our hands, but the problem is we're being told the enemy will be on our doorstep, in numbers, next week, over and over... and the army seemingly never arrives. This is not productive. The motives may be good, but the outcome of doing this is not. I suspect climate extremists and the MSM are the main forces behind the desire to sex up climate change... The scientific community need to make more 'honest' IMHO. ps: And of course we seem to have politicians pandering to the alarmism, resulting in basically expensive follies.

[@TonyLeva]

With all that’s happening today in Afganistan… this just makes it more depressing!

[@KC4RAE]

This is pretty much how I remember it. I've lived through some of his policies, the Katrina disaster, the fallout of the Iraq invasion and the end of Catch and Release. This before I knew that Bush was just a puppet in the grand scheme of things. The inside politics that were going on in DHS would alarm most, especially conservative's views on immigration.

[@57thorns]

Sobered up and found jesus? Unless he found his soulmate in a Latin American man, he just traded one illusion for another.

[@jumpymatt]

Great job! So heartbreaking to revisit all of this...

[@shinpaws1014]

scary stuff, now organic chemistry seems lighter, so ill be going back to that... thx dave!

[@mattmirelez5121]

Thanks for making this. I think some people (myself included) during the trump administration found ourselves looking back at the Bush presidency in nostalgic fashion, as a time when "it may have been bad but it wasn't THIS bad". But turns out it actually was that bad. I just didn't realize it because of how young I was

[@geraldh.8047]

Bush made mistakes, lots of. But he was not a malignant narcissist, and to compare him to Trump is neither fair or valid. PS: bush did not proclaim to be in love with foreign dictators or to have received „beautiful letters“ from them. That alone is enough to tell the difference. Bush screwed up, but don’t misunderestimate him !

[@lainiwakura1776]

@@geraldh.8047 He did way worse than Trump ever did. Trump has a bad habit of mouthing off.

[@thegreathadoken6808]

@@geraldh.8047 Yeah, Bush locked America into decades of war that would claim the lives of millions, and stood by when presented with warnings of terrorism and financial collapses which would claim the livelihoods and security of millions more, but Trump was a big meanie and that's much worse.

[@majorkramer]

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[@uzimonkey]

Abu Ghraib is in Iraq. Why would we have a prison in Iran?

[@persiathiest1963]

That was definitely a blunder. Iraq and Iran are pronounced similarly and often confused.

[@BoogieBoogsForever]

I remember that unfair election.

[@gamal_m_mohamed]

Abu Gharib is in Iraq not Iran

[@Mr.Studies9599]

“Working hard to put food on their families” Ah the bushisms. They seem so quaint after Trump.

[@josephh891]

Wow. People really do not learn from history. Just like consent was manufactured back in 2000, and people allowed themselves to be fooled by politicians and the media, so to with the manufactured hatred for Trump. Simple people believe everything other people are saying and never allow themselves to actually think for themselves. You just watched a whole video about how simple minded people can be tricked, yet after all that "orange man still bad because a lot of people say so...derp...er herh!" No individual thought processes. The ideal American voter. If you could see a little through the fog of disinformation, you would have rightly concluded that Trump was the most honest, "for the people" president the USA had since J.F Kennedy. The couldn't kill Trump, even though I'm sure a lot of people thought about it. So they used the next best thing... *LIES and DISINFORMATION* . Congratulations sir. You fell for all of it.

[@shannonparkhill5557]

@@josephh891 Trump himself openly admitted sexual assault, but his supporters didn't care and just called it "manufactured hate", as if Trump himself hadn't openly admitted it. I guess Its now the media's fault that Trump himself admitted to sexual assault? Its not only Trump who makes the stupidity of G.W.Bush look quaint, very quaint indeed.

[@josephh891]

@@shannonparkhill5557 Really? He admitted to that? Well then provide me a link to this by all means. Of course if you cannot, it means your indoctrination is coming along fine. No too bright yeah? Cheers.

[@JosPoortvliet]

@@josephh891 you missed the “Hollywood tape”? Wow. Anyhow, after another competent democrat who had to clean up the mess, another incompetent and corrupt republican was elected based on lies, who is now again followed by a competent democrat… a pattern emerges.

[@josephh891]

@@JosPoortvliet Right. You equate locker room talk between guys who are exaggerating as “an admission of sexual assault”? That will really hold up in a court room. Quick dummies. Call the police! Poor indoctrinated Morons.

[@tnbourne]

This comment section is going to be a dumpster fire. While I agree with everything you said, it came across as biased and personal

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

When objective facts are this inflammatory, there's nothing that can be done about that.

[@waldo8040]

@@ProfessorDaveExplains as someone who's moderate, you have nothing to apologise for. Except for hardore neocons, almost everyone on the political spectrum agrees that the Bush administration was a t dumbster fire of epic proportions.

[@catofthecastle1681]

It didn’t seem personal at all, unless YOU know Dave personally!

[@seansmith3058]

I Still maintain he was worse than trump because his lies were more effective and did greater and more lasting damage.

[@ThugShakers4Christ]

I got to give Dubya this much: he didn't actively court white nationalist and he didn't undermine the peaceful transition of power after his party lost. From my hard left perspective, he wasn't all that different from Bill or Barack.

[@seansmith3058]

@@ThugShakers4Christ the consensus that seems to be emerging is trump may be the worst PERSON ever to be president and the jury is still out on worst president. He certainly wasn't the first to court white nationalists.

[@ThugShakers4Christ]

@@seansmith3058 I wasn't saying he was the first. Just was saying Dubya didn't do that. He did court the evangelical vote very hard though.

[@thomasneal9291]

@@ThugShakers4Christ memory fades with time. W was *almost* as bad as trump. both have just about as much blood on their hands, but Trump's was all american.

[@AzzrudinJamil]

Remember the guy who throw his shoes at bush. F**king legend!.

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

I would love to buy that guy dinner.

[@canbest7668]

@@ProfessorDaveExplains I guess you'd buy him some soul food!

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

0:29 look at those bushes lol What’s also interesting is if had Gore lost by 538 votes instead of 537 votes he would have lost by the same amount of electors in the electoral college. I wish that was the case so 2000 was more poetic I guess

[@therockbottomcarpets3475]

This videos are excellent. As much as I’ve enjoyed your debates and takedowns of junk science, this is the most informative and concise content you’ve put out.

[@Netbug009]

Dave, I appreciate your efforts to be impartial, but do we really have to include fringe conspiracy theories as "controversy"?

[@unagjac890]

Yea that's the part of the vid I didn't like

[@dvdrtrgn]

Which conspiracy was theoretical?

[@lainiwakura1776]

What exactly?

[@unagjac890]

@@lainiwakura1776 @David Turgeon 6:06 to 6:21 "but there is some controversy over this conclusion" (of Osama being responsible for 9/11) Like Netbug said, that's fringe conspiracy theory, not just controversy.

[@Hakeem-uz1ng]

Imagine being a dumbass enough to still believe the CIA narrative 20 years after it happened.

[@izzynobre]

I love your channel SO much

[@georgew.bush4372]

Nice video on me

[@carultch]

How is Jeb the "Heir Apparent" in your family? You are the older brother.

[@kurman4749]

Bush and Trump are unquestionably the two worst presidents I can ever remember. One was a war criminal and the other a traitor.

[@scottfala8733]

Not corrupt in the slightest 🙄

[@Mr_Gray_Sky]

This is about as measured and fair as you can be with this pric...president.

[@JoshMaxPower]

This is amazing...having been around during the 2000 election and 9-11, when a firefighter on my Brooklyn block died, and then losing my job in 2008 and not working again until around 2010, one forgets what happened to make the world we have today, which is, to my limited perspective, a mess that can never be unraveled. But doesn't mean we don't try each day to bring some sanity to our own lives and those of others'. I am not an overly educated person but this vid really reminded me of what transpired during the old days to get us where we are. Good luck, everyone.

[@glennpearson9348]

I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that George W. Bush doesn't rank too high on Professor Dave's "All Time Fave Presidents" list. ;-) Excellent summary, Professor Dave. PS - I just re-read your latest book, "Is this Wi-Fi Organic?" I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys Professor Dave's vibe!

[@bellywood7688]

Fair enough. I'm gonna buy it.

[@glennpearson9348]

@@bellywood7688 Quick read and it'll remind you of every Professor Dave video you ever watched on KZbin!

[@Alpha-cv1ce]

I'm not an american, so I don't know a lot of american politics. Bush really didn't do anything good like this video says?

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

He was a good president in terms of personal qualities but apart from that, hard to think of any good he did.

[@Rokaize]

He helped spearhead AIDS programs in Africa. Which as a direct result, has significantly dropped the number of HIV/AIDS infections and deaths. No president is all bad. Obama did some bad things and some good things. Trump, as bad as he was did some good things too. If you’re not American youl hear all the talk about presidents but keep in mind the president isn’t really that powerful. He can’t create laws. The House of Representatives and Congress are the ones who do that. And they get overlooked a lot.

[@thomasneal9291]

@@Rokaize "He can’t create laws" no, but Trump proved just how badly one can misuse executive orders to do effectively the same thing.

[@Rokaize]

@@thomasneal9291 Well yeah, but Obama also practically enacted immigration policy with his Dream Act. Each side is going to abuse the executive order privledge.

[@archivist17]

I remember when we used to think Reagan was the most stupid man who could ever become President. The dismay when GWB made his presence felt, and the despair when Trump assumed power told how naïve we were.

[@lainiwakura1776]

Trump isn't stupid, but he is rather bullheaded. Bush was still the stupidest in recent memory.

[@thomasneal9291]

@@lainiwakura1776 wrong. trump IS stupid. very very stupid. he proved it nearly every day by openly admitting (without even realizing it) just how much he didn't know... about almost everything. what on earth makes you think it takes a smart man to steal from the american public via staged bankruptcies?

[@majorkramer]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWW9h3muoquCfJo People cannot see something staged even if it's blowing up right in front of them. Except for the people on ground zero. Unfortunately the media doesn't publicly ask victims of 911 of what they saw & heard on that day for the world to see. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWW9h3muoquCfJo

[@user-yr6my9dp1p]

Prof. Dave, i can't understand. How can you, a staunch fighter agains conspiracy theories (flat earth, young earth ect.) Give a stage to the 9/11 theory?

[@majorkramer]

Are you kidding me? How much do you know about ground zero? How much information have you gathered from the actual victim's of 911?

[@majorkramer]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWW9h3muoquCfJo Here are facts, not what YOU call conspiracy theories.

[@Schavshva]

he didnt give his opinion on it, he just said facts wdym.

[@Whoami691]

I mean, I'm not American but it's not like the Dems are squeaky clean either.

[@catofthecastle1681]

Watch his other videos in this series! He blisters both when they deserve it!

[@dvdrtrgn]

That’s exactly what an American says to keep the conversation in a box. “Them too”

[@Whoami691]

@@dvdrtrgn you make it sound like politicians actually care about more than votes. They don't. Both sides of the table are as bad as each other. Who was the better leader, Hitler or Stalin?

[@blackjackhiphop]

You'll love his Obama video

[@genshinunleashed8455]

Nice take... I remember watching all of this go down.

[@lolitaras22]

And after Trump, G.W. Bush seems like a normal guy. What else to say about our era...

[@NFawc]

And if you weigh up that statement on outcomes rather than CNN hit pieces? Shall we consider the amount of foreign military action? Shall we compare the economic growth? Shall we compare the investment in colleges? Shall we compare unemployment? Or shall we compare hurty fee fees fueled by MSM lies and smear? Trump was without doubt his own worst enemy with the likes of Twitter, but policy wise he was pretty solid and grounded IMHO. And the out control smear from the MSM And big tech was just insane and dangerously toxic.

[@nachfullbarertrank5230]

@@NFawc All of these are pretty much the same as any previous president honestly, with the added baggage of Trump turning millions of people into conspiracy theorists

[@catofthecastle1681]

@@NFawc Trump couldn’t define policy!

[@NFawc]

@@nachfullbarertrank5230 Can't agree with that. While Trump was his own worst enemy at times, the level of smear and basically untruths from various sources was/is insane. To think at this moment big tech still bans Trump, while happily broadcasting posts from terrorist/brutal leaders and groups shows the level of bias involved. And the fact you use terms like "conspiracy theorists" first and foremost? Once again highlights the lack of objectivity. It's interesting how often people immediately resort to feelies and loaded rhetoric against Trump, while not discussing his actual policies and achievements. We need only look where the US is now, and numerous issues that are growing, just six months into Biden's term, while the press all but give him a free pass on the issues, to see the bias. And can you imagine if a laptop from one of Trump's son's had appeared with hugely damaging material? Would that have been all but hidden by big tech? Would Trump have got the same pass Biden seems have received from the troublesome material. Let's be frank. Trump would have faced another farcical impeachment if such a laptop belonged to his son had appeared.

[@fellinuxvi3541]

@@NFawc But what was said about Trump that was a lie? Yes, it's true levels of hatred were higher against him than anyone else, and that might not be justified considering Bush was clearly worse, but it's also true that Trump said a never-before-seen number of lies, and was much more inept than Biden is.

[@SuperSophist]

Very informative video, as always. However, there is one glaring inaccuracy. Abu Ghraib is in Iraq, not Iran.

[@alexmorfi5931]

are you kidding only me or all of us? Abu Ghraib has located in Iraq Mr. Prof.

[@linkin543210]

Basically a war criminal.

[@rbeinstitute5639]

8:04 Is that guy looking for the WMD in a kitchen drawer??

[@danpreston564]

My word this is a depressing series. All these presidents are proof of the idea that everyone is promoted to at least one rung above their competence level.

[@hosseynshanbehzaadeh9342]

10:08 As an Iranian, I don't think we have a site in here called Abu-Ghraib.

[@deviantarsenal]

Love the channel, Dave! I remember the election and Florida's recount. lol I also remember that goofy picture of the guy holding the magnifying glass! The Patriot Act was one of the worst things to come from Bush's presidency, in my opinion. I was surprised when Obama chose to extend the Patriot Act.

[@moeelza7816]

Everyone needs to see this

[@AmritGrewal31]

Oh boy Although it's just facts, I bet my kidneys that this video is going to be a controversial one

[@retrowave762]

just like the reagan video

[@kingcrabbrc]

Next do the collapse of WTC bldg 7

[@penguinuprighter6231]

Heavily damaged and burning, it collapsed. Boring video.

[@thomasneal9291]

@@penguinuprighter6231 "butbutbut, aircraft fuel doesn't burn hot enough to melt steel!!!11!!" yeah... go tell me how strong red hot steel is; it doesn't HAVE TO MELT, it just has to bend. I swear if people weren't so fucking stupid, the world would be a much better place.

[@penguinuprighter6231]

@@thomasneal9291 These wingnuts are preparing to emerge next month like cicadas that eat poor reasoning. I took the opportunity to add a comma to my comment for better effect. Cheers.

[@backstreetfan2887]

looking forward to the comments section

[@pierrepa8372]

10:07 Abu Ghraib was in Iraq

[@djtripnosys]

You're not a 9/11 truther, are you Dave?

[@majorkramer]

Do some homework & you'll start to see things a lot more clearly. Calling people conspiracy theorists & truthers doesn't work anymore. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWW9h3muoquCfJo

[@djtripnosys]

@@majorkramer how about jackass?

[@muggsylauer2683]

You mean the Truth that a bunch of hijackers with a political agenda crashed passenger jets into the twin towers and the Pentagon? Yes, I think he is.

[@bradhilton2283]

Jobs have been going over to China since , Clinton. We need too see a return of our manufacturing! No more homelessness. And stable back bone for our economy, too full wars , build infrastructure or explore space with . No more liberal blood from a stone liberal taxing ! We will put people in hire tax brackets , by putting them back to Work . The best social program is a job “ Ronald Reagan “

[@filipv2167]

Hate to do this here, but just watched your "debate" with JLP and it is truly painful to listen to him, you did great, I know there's not one college credit among his supporters.

[@Dloin]

But Communism!

[@lacanian1500]

comrade?

[@alexalbuquerquerodriguesal108]

But... but... the communists are in the walls, let's bombard a foreign country, that's gonna stop our nonexistent Cold War in some weird way that I don't understand but don't think about that, fight the communism.

[@mathsdebater231]

Should not have gone to war it was emotionally charged

[@daveslow84]

Wait a minute... Did professor Dave just say he's a in with the 9/11 truther conspiracies?! 😳😃

[@XiagraBalls]

Abu Ghraib is in Iraq, not Iran.

[@EllyTaliesinBingle]

This deserves 1,000x the views.

[@gabrielsamaroo6691]

Abu gharaib was in Iraq, not iran

[@TheCerealHobbyist]

Thanks!

[@softwhiteund3rarm0r]

Both bushes should go the way of Nuremberg trials

[@reysolo3672]

Can't wait for you to roast Obama too.

[@stevenkubrick7231]

Legacy politics disgusts me, it's hardly different from a monarchy

[@viviondioline]

But bush is a quirky old man who makes paintings and attends photo ops with the Obamas! He's a nice guy!

[@anselmschueler]

I find it problematic that you present the idea that 9/11 was staged with the nonchalant words “with some suggesting”.

[@Nameisworkinprogress11]

im only 19, so this was pretty much before my time, with only broad fact recounted to me (like "there was a economic housing crash, 9/11 happened, we went to war in iraq"). Seeing the intricate details with nuanced and mostly unbiased commentary and analysis is exceedingly interesting. I'm just starting to try to understand politics, and my small town conservatives Highschool did not give me all the historical prerequisite facts i needed to make any rational decisions. I look forward to utilizing your, along with many other's information and analysis in the coming years to formulate my political opinions.

[@tepobori]

Imagine how different things would be if the votes were properly counted and democracy wasn’t usurped in the 2000 election

[@danmorrison8194]

Imagine how different the world would be now if ALL of Gore’s votes were counted.

[@tedfranks1186]

If you couldn't understand what a kids experiment looks like on the page I would hate to see you try to figure out how a matter to energy conversion device works and that's not even a tough subject

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

Um... what?

[@zantoxdnx459]

"War on terror" More like " i created terror" *FBI* regards.

[@Jin420]

As a 70's baby..... 80's -- hectic & chaotic yet politically, it was "boring" ... 90's - 2010'ish... crazy times.......... I'm more than old enough to remember all of these crazy moments in history. 💯 After 2008 ....... man oh man..... crazy "shift" 💯 .. further divided and continuing on to this day in 2023.

[@lunchtreyy]

i wonder if there was a processing and upload problem, there seems to be some tearing in the video.

[@Jimmy-Vance]

Dave, Abu Ghraib is in Iraq, not Iran.

[@lucasbrien5008]

This is absolutely one of the most underrated channels on youtube. This video deserves 100x the amount of views it has.

[@AbuctingTacos]

Imagine if gore won

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

He probably did. The way Florida voted in 2000 was suspicious. But it was two decades ago and now we need to be busy cleaning up the mess the GOP left the United States in.

[@Rayzersword]

I will never understand why people vote based on personality rather than policy. You know who had a very interesting personality? Hitler.

[@thegreathadoken6808]

Funnily enough, Germans did not vote for Hitler to be Chancellor, he came 2nd. Nor did they vote for him based upon his personality, but based on policies they believed would rescue them from the yoke of the Versailles Treaty. Still, I agree. I lost count of the number of people who said they voted Biden over Trump because "at least he seems a decent guy"....

[@Rayzersword]

@@thegreathadoken6808 OK, first of all, nowhere did I say that Germans voted for Hitler to be chancellor, you seem to have imagined that. Second of all, I could be wrong here, but you seem to be suggesting that Trump had better policies than Biden which is patently absurd.

[@Rayzersword]

@@thegreathadoken6808 You come in swinging at a straw man and then try to push some idiotic and unrelated narrative, good job idiot.

[@chrisandrew7577]

I was 11 when the attacks happened. Watched it in school. War never changes

[@tylerkutschbach]

Unlike both Adams, Bush’s father was one term while he was two term

[@johncraig4407]

As you are a scientist I would love to get your honest opinion about the 9/11 Toronto hearings should you have the time to look in to them.

[@UCreations]

Back then, I saw 2 buildings almost free falling in a perfect straight line. I'm very sceptic about conspiracy theories, but this one got me. I made some calculations and used my common sense as a physics teacher, and came to the conclusion that the changes of all the things happened at 9/11 are lower than evolution by pure luck (I'm refering to those ridiculous misunderstandings of evolution by creationists).

[@thomasneal9291]

@@UCreations if you watch how "implosion" style demolitions are done, you will see that charges are placed at the exact points where the center steel supports of those buildings would have been entirely weakened by heat from the fires. it really is that simple. the problem is you don't know anything about building demolition. your common sense don't mean shit, and you should KNOW this AS a teacher.

[@UCreations]

@@thomasneal9291according to you, the kerosine spreaded exactly over the points where the steel bars connect to the core... on all floors? And also in building 7, which also collapsed without being hit by a plane.

[@johnb3829]

Wow, I served from 2000-2004, enlisted at 18 years old and watching this video brought up some memories for sure. Thanks Dave

[@wilnerolivier7971]

Not good memories!! I'm sure??

[@johnb3829]

@@wilnerolivier7971 well 9/11 is never fun to think about, but more the rush of nostalgia this video invoked. He touched topics i forgot about.

[@wilnerolivier7971]

@@johnb3829 Who would've thought that those years would be looked at as nostalgic compared to the present?? Says a lot about the time we're currently in.

[@johnb3829]

I don’t want to sound redundant, but yea memories of my youth invoke nostalgia

[@reidflemingworldstoughestm1394]

In the face of El Orango Blight it's easy to lose sight of how fouled up GW's legacy truly is.

[@stylis666]

And of how the orang-oetan isn't the cause, but like the chimp was, a result. Look at the inhumane brownshirts in the Republican party. They've always been there. They haven't suddenly appeared when Potatoehead took office, they just felt less inhibited to show their bigotry and stupidity when over 100million Americans showed their support for exactly that sociopathic behaviour which makes the Republican party what it is.

[@lainiwakura1776]

@@stylis666 Trump was a Democrat when Bush was in office.

[@lainiwakura1776]

At least Trump gave us covfefe.

[@psymcdad8151]

8:06 - My Favorite quote from that time comes from Volker Pispers, who claims (urban legend?) to quote Vladimir Putin: "If I'd be the Americans, I would have found some." (WMD)

[@rafaelrios1514]

This is top quality content. Please Please Please, do the War on Drugs in America. I need to get your perspective on it! Thank you.

[@professionalrose7889]

and 12 years latter and America has learned nothing

[@thomasrupert6458]

President Professor Dave, 2024?

[@toddbannon3380]

Bush has never received priper blame for 911.

[@justfrankjustdank2538]

the vids about politics = the best

[@joshnabours9102]

Lots of this i knew, but lots of it i was wholly unaware of. Thank you for the video. I didn't know you did american history videos too.

[@damedusa5107]

Sadly this isn’t USA history, it affected the world. Pretty shocking

[@amadiohfixed1300]

Presidents are such good people

[@jerrylearn7024]

Goddamn this is depressing. I never thought I'd feel nostalgic for GWB but the orange clown's reign of chaos and corruption actually made me wish we had someone in the White House who at least acted somewhat human, if not intelligent. This video just reminds me how horrible Bush and his cronies really were.

[@majorkramer]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWW9h3muoquCfJo

[@ComputerCurry]

6:53, I don't think it should say "present"?