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

[@BetaDreTV]

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

[@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

[@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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[@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.

[@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.

[@manuelsalgadopalacios6729]

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

[@kingcrabbrc]

"poorly planned and inept at governance" Yes

[@jimsmith7212]

Thanks for this! This must not be forgotten!

[@ChaosundSandale]

Its a shame these war criminals arent in prison.

[@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.

[@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]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWW9h3muoquCfJo

[@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.

[@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

[@KC4RAE]

Thanks!

[@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.

[@TonyLeva]

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

[@izzynobre]

I love your channel SO much

[@jumpymatt]

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

[@peekster0]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@shinpaws1014]

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

[@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

[@BoogieBoogsForever]

I remember that unfair election.

[@57thorns]

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

[@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.

[@genshinunleashed8455]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWW9h3muoquCfA

[@scottfala8733]

Not corrupt in the slightest 🙄

[@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.

[@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!

[@Mr_Gray_Sky]

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

[@EllyCatfox]

This deserves 1,000x the views.

[@moeelza7816]

Everyone needs to see this

[@hosseynshanbehzaadeh9342]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@backstreetfan2887]

looking forward to the comments section

[@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!

[@SuperSophist]

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

[@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.

[@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!

[@pierrepa8372]

10:07 Abu Ghraib was in Iraq

[@bsmlbn]

i love how the audio sounds makes me feels nostalgic

[@georgew.bush4372]

Nice video on me

[@carultch]

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

[@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.

[@creemyice]

Abu Ghraib is in Iraq not Iran

[@Goat5747]

And you copied this comment

[@rbeinstitute5639]

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

[@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.

[@alexmorfi5931]

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

[@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.

[@linkin543210]

Basically a war criminal.

[@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

[@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.

[@mikegenco9646]

Good video.

[@mactire6045]

I love the song choice at the end. Brilliant.

[@justfrankjustdank2538]

the vids about politics = the best

[@ComputerCurry]

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

[@lunchtreyy]

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

[@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

[@kurman4749]

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

[@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)

[@XiagraBalls]

Abu Ghraib is in Iraq, not Iran.

[@thomasrupert6458]

President Professor Dave, 2024?

[@reysolo3672]

Can't wait for you to roast Obama too.

[@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.

[@uncomplicatedi]

Amazing summary!

[@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.

[@amadiohfixed1300]

Presidents are such good people

[@daveslow84]

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

[@mathsdebater231]

Should not have gone to war it was emotionally charged

[@TheStarTrekApologist]

4:52 only slightly better the Pager U but the way I read it the surplus almost looks like it started durring Bush Sr. admunistration and only started declining durring Clinton's adminsteration. I could be wrong it would be nice if it did not skip 10 years.

[@danmorrison8194]

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

[@gabrielsamaroo6691]

Abu gharaib was in Iraq, not iran

[@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.

[@johnmulhern2833]

I watch the videos for the content but I know I'm not alone when I say I'm also here for the "Professor Dave Explains mmmm" 🙂

[@PapolloDraws]

Man thank you so much. I love your videos. Specially the history ones. I have learned a lot with them. Keep the great videos!!!

[@chrisandrew7577]

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

[@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

[@viviondioline]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@m.streicher8286]

Thumbnail is perfect

[@KebunH]

0:31 he really looks a lot like todd howard here

[@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?

[@aiparemorons8908]

8:36 Wow! I wonder why...

[@kevinquispe1272]

What's does it say in the intro?

[@אליעזרנוביק]

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.

[@Jimmy-Vance]

Dave, Abu Ghraib is in Iraq, not Iran.

[@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.

[@Matt-zk8qh]

My man I'm trying to learn about orbital geometry what the hell is this

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

Thanks for the video, very interesting, I remember that one video of George W. Bush trying to open a locked door lol

[@georgew.bush4372]

Hi SuperThunderGoodGuy

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

@@georgew.bush4372 :D hello

[@tedfranks1186]

Ok we're done here so 😥😔

[@professionalrose7889]

and 12 years latter and America has learned nothing

[@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.

[@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

[@softwhiteund3rarm0r]

Both bushes should go the way of Nuremberg trials

[@Abyzz_Knight]

8:34 [Insert America Invading for Oil meme here]