“I toppled Saddam’s statue - now I want him back" BBC News

[@fairnesspaul2594]

When you have problems in your home, Do not invite outsiders to help, they will come to help themselves, NOT YOU.

[@stupor_mundi]

Yeah they didn't go out of the goodness of their hearts. Otherwise there'd be places in Africa they'd have helped a long time ago. But those places have nothing for them to exploit, only people in dire need of help.

[@s.d.plissken8986]

1 of the many truest sayings right there. Words to live by

[@Y.M...]

@@LlyneM-rf3gd these lands have also seen their peaks under Islamic rule. Religious leaning isn't the downfall of the region, it's the protracted rule of local authoritarians and lack of education in the populace, each factor ensuring the endurance of the other.

[@certifiedbruh2180]

Developing country: Is in political turmoil, has dictator USA: I sleep Developing country: **Has oil** USA: *_R E A L S H I T_*

[@gurumatematika2947]

Indeed.

[@lrodger2486]

I am amazed that the BBC has actually showen this video ...

[@lazar95ful]

Probably the Russians hacked youtube channel. haha

[@melsmith3500]

XAVAX I actually died

[@rkt2583]

same here. I didn't expect this coming from BBC.

[@rp2697]

L Rodger me too that actually wrote a comment

[@beingsshepherd]

I opened this BBC video (which I seldom do) just to see if its content matched the surprising title.

[@saifchowdhury3581]

When a man says he would rather have a dictator who killed his family member rather than the current regime, you know how brutal the American regime was and what is left of Iraq...

[@nuclearwarhead9338]

Saif Chowdhury true 😢

[@bringsik100]

Herp Kerman true? . oh damn! just give me some good pill's. so i can go to "fake reality"

[@Zoeee93]

Saif Chowdhury true

[@Timbo5000]

+bringsik100 Over a million people died under the American regime. They completely failed to keep order and essentially allowed murderers and whatnot to roam Iraq with impugnity. That was the direct cause of the Iraq war, not even counting the deaths in the war itself. So yes, the American leadership was worse than Saddam not because they were evil or something, but because they were criminally incompetent at actually leading Iraq. Maybe British control over Iraq would've been better with their experience ruling over other countries, but America left over a million people for dead and clearly has no idea how to lead a country

[@Zoeee93]

Poffertje America doesn't know the nature of a country n want to interfere.they did this in Afghanistan too n after many years now they don't know what to do after killing many innocent .

[@Illuminate09]

It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal. Henry Kissinger

[@Naruke2k5]

Wait did he really said that?

[@Illuminate09]

@@Naruke2k5 Every American foreign secretary keeps this in mind whether they say or not

[@S.D.323]

What does that quote mean exactly

[@Naruke2k5]

@@S.D.323 just understand that being betrayed is worse than being an enemy from the first place

[@tekinmoustafa8141]

same apply to the british!

[@oguzhanklavuz6748]

Same goes for Muammar el-Qaddafi. Libya has torn apart after he's death.

[@tahaelnafati77]

true I'm from Libya and sometimes wish we didn't do the so called "revolution "

[@tugrulserhat]

@@tahaelnafati77 it was a really stupid idea probably spread by americans. qaddafi was going to bring trading with gold instead of USD. murica didn't like his idea so they tricked the opposition to riot and kill him. in the end, the ones who lost are Libyans and the ones who kept the value of their money are americans. you gotta be smart about shit like this and look at the big picture. here in Turkey a lot of people hate erdogan to the point that they want to overthrow him with force but it would literally tear the country apart so people are more cautious. They learned from the mistakes of the arab spring countries. (I hope)

[@yondabigman4668]

He supported the IRA which kinda annoyed us. But you got a point

[@tahaelnafati77]

@@tugrulserhat really I thought the Turkish citizens were with Erdogan he has a lot of troubles and interferences in other countries but the Turkish economy is good I guess besides Qaddafi was no angel but at least life was safer I guess

[@elmehdierraji3189]

@@tahaelnafati77 you never did révolution its just an american oil party

[@dragon888193ftw]

As an Iraqi I don't like how this video implies that Iraqis welcomed the invasion. Some people hated Saddam for sure, but those that were dancing in the streets when the Americans came were a very tiny minority, but the West made sure to point the cameras at them.

[@souraya7lay7el30]

As a sunni lebanese i 100% agree with u the arab countries need a real man like saddam hussein to rule them Love iraq from lebanon and rest in peace saddam hussein al majid

[@Sponge_Bob_Square_Pants]

Shut up you illiterate, grow up, if you are stupid then all people will fool you

[@TheJoker-ye9dc]

@@Sponge_Bob_Square_Pants yeah that's why they (Nato) can never destroy countries like China and Russia.

[@pakaajkal124]

Jews and Christians love shia bcz shia is their invention.

[@qasimmuhammad6986]

Obviously not all Iraqi celebrated, but even a small number of traitors are enough to bring a state down to its knees by foreign powers.

[@Chesteritea]

"During Sadam we have Sadam But now we have 1000 Sadam " Was a good one... Very deep

[@banglaanimeproject9036]

@@tree3y763 shut the fuck up.. This shit happens when dick America invades other countries. Fuck america and people like you...........

[@JK-gu3tl]

That's why democracy sucks. Groups of bandits fighting over the loot.

[@banglaanimeproject9036]

@@What-gb6vk fuck USA and fuck other hypocrites like you who are continuously founding this monsters who have made a stupid home made Islam to support their sins........ So shut the fuck up hypocrite. i guess hypocrite like you belongs from a cult....

[@jefinathariwirza6578]

@@What-gb6vk wow, you must be come from really tollerant and peace loving community

[@ComradeHellas]

Sad indeed

[@Infern0121]

As a young English person I thought that "we" were doing the right thing here. I was lied to. I'm sorry to the people of Iraq.

[@sasukeuchiha3096]

Sorry ain't gonna cut it but ty my country was taken from me were precious powerful strong the richest in the world and now ethopia is better than us curse poland curse The British not you curse the US curse the Australian s you killed an empire 🇮🇶 👑💪🔫

[@zuheyrcade6239]

You're mocking on the people , (what is taken by force will be taken back by force ) I think the western countries will be very weak after the end of the war going on Ukraine even may reach a level that Iran 🇮🇷 can invade to them, So I'm waiting at that time . I will be happy at that time as you are happy today.

[@Infern0121]

@@zuheyrcade6239 you think the war in Ukraine is going to mean Iran can invade UK, US, France, Germany etc etc? I don't see that happening

[@thilakhari]

At least Kuwait faced no threats.

[@APersonOnYouTubeX]

@@Infern0121 whole Middle East was fucked in USA’s hunt for bin laden Then they overstayed

[@matthewfard2196]

Wow, I never thought the day would come when the media actually told us the truth about Iraq

[@Kaster-UK]

So when you agree with the media it's the truth... but when you disagree with them, it's all lies and conspiracies lol. The situation now may be worse but Saddam was an evil tyrant that got what was coming to him.

[@matthewfard2196]

James Williams Saddam protected his country, he killed who he needed to... George Bush was the evil one, slautering Iraqis for no reason

[@Kaster-UK]

+Matthew Fard Saddam used chemical weapons against the Kurds. This man would kill innocent people and send a bill to their families for the bullets. His sons would turn up to a wedding and rape the bride. Iraq is such a miserable country if it takes such a tyrant to keep a lid on Pandora's box.

[@matthewfard2196]

James Williams he might have used some chemical weapons, but not as much as the media made out... Also, where did he get those chemical weapons? oh yeah, Ameica, who told him to use them. People were brainwashed in Iraq to think that their leaded was bad, which he wasn't... The same thing happend in Iran in 1979, when the Shah was overthrown for that religious govenment and that terrorist Imam Khomeini

[@sohrabnavahandi3974]

Javid Shah. but out of curiosity, are you willing to do something to bring back the pahlavis

[@tintin8296]

if u kill snake of ur farm......rats become free to destroy ur farm

[@ALSILVERU2]

So then you get a cat and spread afew rat pills.. No snake no rats just you and a nice cat 🚜😸🛋📻🎶 #yourwelcome🍻

[@MMA_BEASTHUB]

ALSILVERU2 one cat cant do shit to rats lol

[@shasankkunwar4032]

If u won't kill 🐍 then it might kill u.poor philosophy

[@linkinparkmickyshri]

The people of the country don't have money to clean up things so they are lost

[@theArab__]

ALSILVERU2 saddam was the cat...

[@omare1076]

My mom who lived in Iraq in the 70’s said that Baghdad was like the Dubai of that time

[@91010186]

Because islamic influence isnt strong

[@teukufadel8293]

@@91010186 how is this opinion of yours showed up?

[@bennett6853]

@@91010186 iraq has islamic influence even since medieval

[@bennett6853]

@@91010186 it's more like west influence that make they collapse

[@91010186]

@@bennett6853 sorry, i mean not strong at that time.

[@kaaosaf]

I'm proud of the fact that I was one of 800,000 Australians who marched on the streets against that war. I'm forever ashamed of the crimes our politicians and soldiers imposed on the Iraqi people.

[@samdesigns4427]

At least someone realising truth. Australians are honest. Don't bow down to your coward politicians and generals

[@natashanonnattive4818]

Paid Actors pulled down the statue

[@isokessu]

I once hear from australian educational video that protests are basic right in Australia. In EU, Usa and Russia the police usually arrests protestor managers and put them in a bus hand cuffed to a seat 😢😢😢😢 i was filming random protests in Finland about random things and police looked naive and they had tear gas, horse troops and everything ready even when it should be basic democracy for people to do small legal protests. Amnesty international said that protests are legal in western countries without asking permission from police but media says always the opposite

[@natashanonnattive4818]

@@isokessu That's because they left the land & States Common Law Gov. For Commerce, go to the jurisdiction on the land and join your native nationals gov. Rescind commercial ALL CAPS LICENSE

[@sabalad3716]

​@Ron Jones true American soldiers and allies soldier and local soldiers and million civilians that died in the result of these wars and people still sees them as biggest evil ?

[@waluigiisthebest2802]

Iraq citizens: You have freed us! America: Oh, I wouldn’t say “freed”, more like “under new management.”

[@josephcanavan5325]

Dude, I actually read that in the voice of titan..lmao

[@andreascool3041]

Iraq was a freedom country they had everything to them, Saddam gave the poor, universities were free tell me if schools in the US are free!! Everything was provided to them, on top of that they had a strong president. Don't forget Iraqi people are not easy they needed someone so strong

[@Cjnw]

Fascism Inc.

[@blahblah-hw3xg]

"now were do you keep your oil?"

[@chickenboi693]

@@andreascool3041 na he massacered his own people fuck him

[@nqobilemsomi3656]

This made me think of the saying “Better the Devil you know, than the one you don’t”

[@CrismariuMihnea]

Can You marry me now?

[@nqobilemsomi3656]

Hahaha, please refer to my earlier statement 😂

[@CrismariuMihnea]

@@nqobilemsomi3656 it means 💯 right!

[@CrismariuMihnea]

In my country we say: only clowns feel joy when king is changed!

[@nqobilemsomi3656]

Wow, first time I’m hearing that quote but I get it. Where are you from?

[@zafarkhan-jf1iz]

Imagine how much situations has detoriorted of Iraq when a person whos 14 to 15 family members executed by sadm wants Saddam's regime back.

[@prostation3844]

He wasn't saying in anyway that Saddam was good but he's trying to clarify that he was better than those who rule Iraq today

[@kapiljain5191]

Make sense

[@AuraJewel]

Even though saddam was bad ruler to Iraqi he didn't let any terrorist group operate in Iraq, without insuring the successor to saddam they shouldn't have executed him

[@mohdislam1]

@Nas Kane understand country well? 😂😂😂😂 U not funny habibi

[@bencaldwell4820]

@@Yo-ps2pf any one that kills 5000 people over a period of a few days is not a leader. He deserved to die

[@globalcitizenn]

Who’s here after Syria fell? I feel sad for Syrians

[@bigbubble4282]

It's literally the same thing, but I don't feel bad from them. They refused to learn from their literal neighbor, and now they've got a bunch of sketchy-ass rebels with ties to Islamic terrorism in power.

[@cuckoospider111]

Really? American and British forces invaded Syria when no one was looking and toppoled Assad and then handed the country over to Paul Bremer to run it? Interesting

[@hazaramujahideen2177]

The story of libyans are the same as this .they regret for what they did to gaddafi

[@hazaramujahideen2177]

raven's son yes I know 💔😔

[@DoktrDub]

raven's son You’ve been blinded by propaganda, regardless of the fact that people may have made him seem even worse, but he was the complete polar opposite of a good person.

[@manchesterunitedhighlights6810]

@@DoktrDub better than the current puppit imposed by Americans

[@hdadam203]

MUJAHIDEEN PANJSHIR , nice photo by the way

[@Tarteh]

Yea, the ' Libyans ' that killed Gaddafi.

[@darkleader5962]

Just to clarify: Hes not saying Sadam Hussein was in any way good. But instead what America did was actually 1000x worse. That is how bad it is.

[@mbreeze2203]

+Iran+Turkey

[@Noadvantage246]

It's not what America did it's all the in fighting and corruption from the ppl trying to replace sadam

[@tacfr6627]

@@Noadvantage246 it would be better if they already planned on who will change him, its still USA fault for not thinking ahead to it

[@dannyhuskerjay]

what ive been saying since 2013. Say what you want about hussein, he was a bad man who starved his people. Butttt he kept all the radical terrorist OUT..

[@joeswansonthesimphunter2612]

Iraq began to fall into demise after the Iran-Iraq War. They fell into debt, felt threatened by Kuwait "digging under their borders," the Gulf War happened, they were in even more debt, Saddam began to go a little crazy, the US invaded, now they're in shambles

[@swastikturan257]

The person actually said the bitter truth about America

[@anexplode7268]

As a civillian i don't care.

[@swastikturan257]

@@anexplode7268 that's your personal choice. As A civilian I do care

[@trollege9618]

@Jacob Mayfield yeah, with your current president. You ain't gonna recover from this pandemic.

[@センナ-h4c]

@Jacob Mayfield sanctions, sanctions, sanctions, the only other thing except for war that the great USA can do Btw are you sure that your citizens are willing to work at the factories? With a low wage? With no fast way to transport the goods? USA is screwed because they've been focusing on wars and consumerism, no infrastructure to support the massive transportation and shipment

[@olleani]

@Vinay singhal BTW do you know a Chinese man named Gui Minhai? Look up that guy before you start to celebrate China. If you don't wanna read on about him I can tell you he is a Swedish national who is a book publisher in Hong Kong who released books about the leaders of CCP exposing stuff about them. One day when he was on vacation in Thailand he was kidnapped. Guess who kidnapped him? China! And wanna know why they kidnapped him? Because they claimed some obscure traffic accident he had caused in China. But then they changed it to treason. And then when the Swedish embassy asked to see him they just ignored and refused. The Chinese ambassador in Sweden even threatened the Swedish government for putting their nose in what they claimed was internal Chinese affairs despite him being a SWEDISH national and they even claimed he had renounced his Swedish citizenship without the Swedish embassy having been able to meet him in private and get an confirmation. If you still sincerely believe there would be any real difference for the better in Chinese hegemony at it's current state you're in for a dire shock. Don't get me wrong I would love to see the world change but I would not let an autocratic regime decide the fate of other countries citizens just for that.

[@kyliereed200]

He’s right. Saddam was brutal but he somehow managed to keep the crazies at bay. Now the crazies are running rampant.

[@bob-g3e3x]

who told you he was brutal..?

[@Gooeymoose]

​@@bob-g3e3x the man in the video said that

[@Wolfboy_109]

​@@bob-g3e3x it is a fact sir, but people can't see that their own communities have people more brutal than him waiting to be unleashed. Now it is more true than ever.

[@BGatts666]

Well, his own son was one of the worst psycho so I wouldn't be too sure about that, Saddam was in it for himself and nothing more.

[@abracadabra16234]

​@@bob-g3e3xthe 10000s of Shias and Kurds he murd3red during Iran-Iraq war

[@rtr0_insn323]

And some people keep asking themselves why the whole Middle East is screaming « death to America »

[@palestinianisfreeforever2554]

I'm Lebanese my country get attacked by America in the civil war Palestine is getting bombed by usa Syria is getting bombed by the usa all my neighbor countries are getting attacked from usa Death to America

[@dawoodsedeqi922]

Because the USA is killed 1000s of civilians .you have no idea , how much it hurts if some kill your love one . you know why ? No one speaks against Saudi Arabia because they have paid 450bn dollar per year to the USA.

[@mahilansary2001]

@@labadaba5088 shut up lol, stop putting your nose where it doesn't belong. entitled brats

[@ilikepigeons6101]

The "death to America thing" is bullshit. But the reasoning behind it is kind of understandable

[@hodor9851]

Tell that to the Obama administration who fucked up Syria and Lybia

[@lillyie]

"During sadam, we have sadam, but now we have 1000 sadams" This is what happens to every country that america "liberated"

[@sooryan_1018]

The only time America actually liberated countries were during WW2 I'd say

[@ilikepigeons6101]

@@sooryan_1018 in WW2, anyone who fights Nazis is deemed a good guy, like Stalin

[@MrInkblots]

Like in Kosovo? True ay.

[@boogyman3545]

@@ilikepigeons6101 well Kosovo was in a bad place, if the UN didnt intervene they would get wiped out by serbs, which they did because Milosevic fed them with hate for other ethnic groups.

[@ilikepigeons6101]

@@boogyman3545 I dont know about that situation so I'll stay out of that

[@youngman8694]

MY PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER ME ONE DAY...last words from SADAM....

[@Rsyraf]

@erik Sahala He Slaughtered Shias and Save Sunni. Just like Pharaoh did to Children of Israel.

[@ShubhamKumar-gm8ln]

@erik Sahala but what americans did ? They destroyed libya...

[@linkinparkmickyshri]

Sadam was a very bad person. So he deserves to be in hell

[@ShubhamKumar-gm8ln]

@@linkinparkmickyshri better than cliton and bloody george bush

[@ENTERTAININGVIDEOS1]

USA and Israel wanted Iraq to attack on Iran by creating misunderstanding between both the nations .... And Saddam got into their mouse trap becoming oppressor to an extent ..... "Israel and USA are friends of Themselves" And now USA getting free oil from Iraq and selling it all around ....

[@millardmaryland88]

This is what's going to be the case with Syria now. History always repeats itself.

[@Nsm123]

Allah save Syrian people😢😢

[@cuckoospider111]

Really? American and British forces invaded Syria when no one was looking and toppoled Assad and then handed the country over to Paul Bremer to run it? Interesting

[@mrwilljones3015]

What’s that saying? The devil you know is better than the devil you don’t know

[@deeegyptiandreads651]

Teach me Ol Wise One!

[@thehonesttruth415]

but both are still devils to the people. so still the same.

[@salarahmed5246]

Perfect

[@josp7502]

@Habela Wong yeah you put it right and I've come here only to check if anyone corrected it.

[@ghettorealpeople3728]

True words

[@spaideman7850]

i still remember all the US promises to rebuild Iraq after the war...bring in franchises, businesses...all the sweet talk. What the Iraqis gotten was 'Sorry, there is no weapon of mass destruction' from US... just a word 'sorry' for 500,000 Iraqis death and a destroyed country.

[@coldcartcold8633]

To expand: See naomi klein's book (i forget the name), summed in radical reviewer's (a youtuber) video

[@parthsharma688]

*1 million deaths and a generation lost.

[@detectiveamevirus8]

Us basically lies for everything.

[@lucas_2612]

They just come up with some of the most ass reasons to invade other countries, in this case for oil

[@owenhoong88]

I hate to correct you in this but it's a million death. And it's probably even much higher than that, the US can't even state the exact amount of deaths! They cheated everyone after 911 attack. Basically they just like to kill people. Dont believe me, go watch yourself the leaks of video by Julian Assange by the US army in Iraq. They treated Iraq as a playground and killed people for fun!

[@Far-cw8sh]

Also America: why every body hates us 😮

[@iuliusconstantcornelio2018]

@Carlos Cortez Too bad States' Rights are interfered with more and more by the Federal Government....

[@iuliusconstantcornelio2018]

@Carlos Cortez Good luck with that ! Let's see what happens in Europe as well....

[@DaSniper406]

@@iuliusconstantcornelio2018 if southern revolt happens with a Republican Party in charge there’s a 70% chance that Russia might intervene due to the Republican Party not intervening in Russia’s mainland affairs and the Democratic Party medaling with Russia

[@danksanchez4324]

@@DaSniper406 the Republican Party and the GOP is reliant on stupidity to get them elected

[@DaSniper406]

@@danksanchez4324 Nope the Republican Party got votes because of Patriotism, to be tough with geo politics, not getting ourselves involved with un necessary wars, the economical approach (As pre covid the economy was doing great) and Immigration policy i voted for them because of these reasons and they didn’t side with Blm

[@Willy-nu3oc]

Syria right now..

[@safatkarim630]

"When they are told, “Do not spread corruption in the land,” they reply, “We are only peace-makers!”" Sura Bakara Ayat no.11

[@muhammadesa2505]

SubhanAllah

[@ahillhassan]

Same thing came into my mind as i watched

[@ludwigvan-beethoven6840]

@@ahillhassan literally so true This is it. Quran is full of truthness

[@ludwigvan-beethoven6840]

@@jarifkhan3487 no See surat baqara

[@malikafanhameed2740]

Beshak

[@maheshmabraham6237]

Saddam’s statue fell to the ground only, but after that Iraq fell to hell. Similar has happened to Libya.

[@fireonawire]

Iran is next. GG.

[@fmiza009fmiza9]

All arabs are on in line one by one😥😥😥😥😥

[@bobyford8051]

@Hatem Raafat more like he wanted to ditch the petrodollar for gold backed dinar currency

[@ivanemilov522]

Boby Ford finally somebody said it

[@ilviandante2040]

Boby Ford ok so the killing of his own people don’t count...

[@HDClipsCinema]

When Saddam was given death sentence by the judge he laughed and said '' I am protecting you. You are going to remember me after my death"

[@dilawarkhan2713]

True

[@kandy1399]

You guys have a source?

[@clonesolar]

Well, everything went wrong after the gulf war. There was NO power in iraq, it was there for 4 hours a day. They had to sleep on their roofs, my mom told me all of this. Now im back here.

[@kandy1399]

@@clonesolar I hope the best for Iraq

[@ordinary786]

Saddam sir will remain as a HERO always.. He died with imaan & like a Lion..

[@brianbogholtz9485]

As an American with a basic understanding of everything that has gone on over the last 20 years, I can agree that this whole invasion was based on misinformation at every level and that it did a lot more harm than good. I wish we could help, but it looks like we have "helped" in all the wrong ways. 😔

[@eusantos4907]

❤

[@Jthk4855]

Yeah ur kind been doing this things since stone age, its in ur blood

[@lordsafi775]

U are a civilian I believe. I don't mean to offend but the US government is always looking for trouble in the world. Like they denied the freedom of our country and sent the military to our country when we were at war. Hopefully Russia interrupted. I am talking about BANGLADESH..

[@HayfaTunisian]

Ten years later: as an American I can agree that Biden Lied about beheaded babies and that Hamas bombed al ahly hospital to justify the genocide of Palestinians. After all if Hamas is terrorist, they learned it from its oppressor ! Isreal is the biggest terrorist. It would really be smart of the west to detect the lies instantly not after letting your government ruin a whole region with war

[@atiqyousafzai]

it wasnt misinformation and it wasnt anywhere near “trying to help”. the west has always planned out these wars and they are ALWAYS about money. saddam was going to move his oil exports using another currency other than USD, which would cripple the western economy, so obviously america got rid of him like they always do. same with gaddafi in africa and dozens more

[@Legionaer666]

The Americans and Brits even manage to make people miss their worst dictators...

[@ljgold5157]

I think you should not write Americans and Brits- write Bush and Blair. The British people did not want the war in Iraq. To date the biggest protest we have ever had was the the protest against the war. Our government would not listen-Blair was too desperate for Bush's approval. It may not mean anything to the people of Iraq but we thought the invasion (which is what it was) was wrong.

[@sinandiwan333]

LJ Gold American and Brits made the world unstable.. I knw its wrong to say Americans & Brits did cos it was the Bush/Blair duo fuked the entire planet up, its the same way others feel when ppl say Islam and Muslims, Neither of them did anything but the blame is tossed cos ISIS has been epitomised as Islam.. #Stupidity

[@ljgold5157]

@Цар Никола Charming- from that one sentence it is clear that you are not someone that can have a polite/ intellectual discussion. And just because I am British does not mean I am English. Britain is after all made from 4 United Kingdoms.

[@fabrizio483]

It was indeed a mistake for Americans to think primitive societies could function under democracy. They can't. Democracy is for the civilised only.

[@timlee6971]

Fabrizio democracy is for the easily manipulated only.

[@raga210]

"A known devil is better than an unknown angel"

[@harekrishna1264]

True👍

[@Reinhard_Erlik]

USA is not an angel

[@raga210]

@@Reinhard_Erlik thats depends on the specific perspective or situation

[@Reinhard_Erlik]

@@aaronalva3797 so you think america is an angel after messing up the middle east?

[@Aester]

@@aaronalva3797 al-queda was created by US

[@speedydog45]

The fact that America almost did this do Iran a few months ago makes me feel that the American government will never stop doing this if it has the power.

[@youssefkandeel3667]

They did this to Iran, when the extremely popular prime minister because he nationalized his oil. They replaced him with the shah that westernized Iran but gave people no benefits whatsoever, ie: he kept all the money for himself. This led to the creation to the IRI. The US is creating a new Iran in Iraq.

[@yacinekcl]

@@youssefkandeel3667 and the fact that people were still siding with America even with it's bloody history irritates me.

[@nathanielmatthew9555]

I think that we absolutely had to defend Kuwait from Sudaam. But I think that instead of getting rid of Sudaam we should have helped him alter his government. Iraq could have became the new Russia. A country with a virtual dictator, but with some freedom, a good amount of safety, not too much poverty, except we could actually be allied with them.

[@biliminsrlar5752]

They couldn't do this to Iran. Iran is full of mountains and not a plain desert that they can just send troops easily. Iran would resist like Vietnam.

[@nathanielmatthew9555]

@@biliminsrlar5752 with the cruise missiles and stealth bombers we have now 🤷‍♂️

[@reverseflashes]

I pray the people of Iraq know peace one day. 🤲🏻

[@Discretement]

My dad told me in 2003 that only someone like Saddam can maintain peace in a country with so mutch ethnicity and différents religion that hate eachother... I guess he was right

[@christophernelson9891]

It's one option. A better one involves individuals not living in fear and not hating other people.

[@robbyjulian311]

Look at Indonesia. They have 700 different ethnicities and languages, has the most Muslim population on Earth. Yet they're peaceful and democratic. They're not a theocracy even though the massive amount of Muslims, they're a democracy. Theocracy rarely works.

[@joeyj6526]

I was told the same thing by my old man aswell. Both our fathers were right. If they knew it then so did the UK and US governments. This was not about the people it was about what the West could gain. "Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely"

[@Zyscheriah]

@@robbyjulian311 probably because they're arabians. not gonna lie, most overseas workers male or female(mostly female) from my country(philippines) gets raped in middle east. Although im a muslim myself, I cant defend their backwardness. other muslim countries are peaceful why cant they be?

[@vutruongquang3501]

Robby J lul Indonesia "peaceful"

[@rxa-z1124]

Ohh Americans! They did the same thing in Libya with Muammar Gaddafi.

[@VergilDarkslayer]

and with papadopoulos

[@VergilDarkslayer]

@OrdinaryN Gamer Gaddafi was removed by the us

[@tree3y763]

Eric Katula but Libyans actually hated him you libyans were idiots all of you killed him

[@rxa-z1124]

OrdinaryN Gamer Have you been living under a rock?

[@elvenkind6072]

@@VergilDarkslayer Actually Libyans killed Gadaffi, the Americans just dropped a bomb at the car concoy to stop it.

[@Mogul_inthemaking]

You are not alone... Even Libyans and Syrians are regretting their decision to trust the western powers.

[@jameslantzke3654]

张Megumi no Chinese bot

[@mdarshadhussain5081]

@@lwacc Chinese is doing same with ugher muslims as America did most of muslims country ....so shut up your mouth...

[@MrPickledede]

If only they regretted their decision to trust Islam

[@mdarshadhussain5081]

@@MrPickledede I think you r brainless

[@moehomsi5289]

@Mythical Myth He was a fucked up individual i agree, but Libya has gone to shit since he was taken out

[@rudykadous4005]

Baghdad was so beautiful it's really a shame what happened to iraq.. long live saddam the martyrd lion or iraq. May God grant him paradise and peace.

[@afshanasghar9219]

Amen

[@lanamkids]

14-15 family members killed and he misses Sadam... that says it all

[@CheaterMega]

my name is my name Isis OR usa? Its the same thing

[@haliaeetus8221]

♛ĦăŁį ĞâĻį♛, "It's the same thing", as in " we all know ((who) holds the strings on them too "

[@valve_highlights9072]

Yowzers we also know who holds the strings of America.

[@atsonaga5520]

Ironic! isn't it?

[@taylormanes5492]

2003: We will be in and out of Iraq. The war will be over in 72 hours. 2019: We're still there.

[@BetterCallThall]

@I What are you talking about? Nobody on earth thinks the F-35 can beat the Chengdu. The F-22 beat the F-35 in dogfight simulations most of the time.

[@fiifimcclurkin1476]

Just pathetic!

[@josefaschwanden1502]

@I except jews

[@johnhardman3]

"Mission Accomplished(!)"

[@tristinjudd2595]

Well to be fair it's just a few thousand troops. Nothing like the invasion force that was there in 03. And Saddam's forces were wiped out in 2 weeks

[@nahiyanahmed8887]

I'm not defending myself, I'm defending you. -Saddam on his own trial

[@OKANGUVEN99]

saddam was hanged for killing 50.000 people American invasion killed in total 1-1.5 million and later gave way for the syrian civil war that killed 500.000 total number of lives destroyed is well over 30 million by the most conservative estimates

[@frick2555]

"B O I" -Saddam's statue at 1:26

[@frick2555]

@@OKANGUVEN99 "B O I" -Saddam's statue at 1:26

[@Emforlife445]

The man killed innocent people for fun and you guys idolize him , in Arab culture killers are idolized the likes of Saddam and Hitler are considered heroes , no wonder the region is fucked.

[@dogepasta6974]

@@Emforlife445 i would say you live in a bubble but you wouldnt hear, your sheer ignorance is astounding. During the reign of saddam the countrys illiteracy rate was less than 5%, the only other country that smart was japan.saddam was a hero, america did not want a hero leading that country, neither did the gulf. The proof is in the pudding, the flourishing contry he once ruled is devastated.

[@Fahad2k1]

Once the centre of civilization is now reduced to ashes.

[@kenrie20022]

Same with Libya many Libyans are regretting the fall of Ghadaffi. Libyans now queue for gas and fuel which used to be free in Libya.

[@johnclegg4993]

Gas and electric were both free for the people of Libya, correct.

[@silverace87]

I saw the vids. The last word of gaddafi asking what did he do wrong to his people still fresh. The libyan kill his own leader. You will answer in front of Allah coz working with enemies, US.

[@shadowmistresswimpy7750]

Wallahi libyans u r ungrateful....and u all ummah,mute spectator,allah will not be pleased with u...

[@shadowmistresswimpy7750]

@Ben Videographer who is saying this white skinned looter or local libyan?

[@shadowmistresswimpy7750]

@Ben Videographer So your job us to issue certificate for morons?! HA HA HA ,Father of morons.... I am talking about ungrateful libyans who flourished under Gadaffi's regime and rebelled against their leader...They chose westerner than his own blood,thats why iraq,libya is suffering...when the second economic recession slaps you in the face,when your dollar falls,then.... Shame on you oil looters,innocent blood suckers...

[@angieweathers7180]

That's what happens when you let strangers interfere with your country.

[@hiighway7570]

Well said dude ! The United states always wants to get involved

[@eziokill9112]

Haha A-10 go BRTTTTTTTTTTT

[@TastelessKiwi]

We don't have that much of a choice

[@fatimaalaa2659]

It's not exactly like we _let_ them interfere

[@seafoodpizza]

The USA interferes with everything but can't sort out it's own domestic issues. Let's interfere and help them!

[@mrnootnootmcnoot4954]

Iraq has gone so bad that even Kurds,the Number 1 victim of saddam said it was better when he was around... that says a lot and hurts a loy when you hear it.

[@anon-iraq2655]

NerdyLlamaFarmer plenty kurds do

[@sodaking6858]

@@NerdyLlamaFarmer well Saddam or Isis they will choose the first

[@sodaking6858]

@@NerdyLlamaFarmer nah I just like to trigger people and from your reaction mission accomplished 😂😂😂😂😂 Get Baited son

[@uselance1741]

Iraq was shit to begin with, America first🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@chaleta.7813]

NerdyLlamaFarmer Honestly, I'm Kurdish and my parents were both persecuted during Saddam's times and yet till this day even though my mum hates his guts, she still thinks the government and the country thrived with him as the leader and not the newer corrupt government who are oppressing the Kurds even more. Even though Saddam bombed and murdered my people, I can't say that standard of living in Iraq and Kurdistan was worse then than it is now. Kurds are treated like shit by Iraq and America these days and yet we're the most sought out people in the middle east in the fight against terrorism. Tells you just how bullshit the American government has made it for the middle east and much they don't care unless it threatens their precious oil reserves.

[@JohnUsername]

" i toppled the Assad Statue - now i want him back" - Syrians possibly in 2039

[@caralhoguy]

True

[@Wadihanhalal]

True

[@cuckoospider111]

Really? American and British forces invaded Syria when no one was looking and toppoled Assad and then handed the country over to Paul Bremer to run it? Interesting

[@MoAbuAkb]

Not at all Assad is a Israeli puppet

[@belkYT]

@@MoAbuAkbnow that Assad is gone, Israel is invading Syria and occupying land. Stop pulling things out with no basis.

[@studentlife2182]

Did i just watch a man that have family killed by saddam, wants saddam back? Bruh it means his words are real 💯

[@frenchguitarguy1091]

Student Life true, but why would the bbc publish a story that makes the western world look kinda crap? Probably because there is a lot of truth to it, but it is a very taboo subject to mention in British press, as people will instantly equate you to being a terrorist sympathiser. This is an important video because it’s arguably the closest the bbc has actually come to acknowledge the blunders in the Middle East

[@studentlife2182]

@@frenchguitarguy1091 nah mate i dont know why. Sometimes bbc has this kind of unpredictable attitude 😂. But at least i say thanks to them for uploading this interview.

[@jameswhite3415]

Student Life Saddam was under the impression invading Kuwait would not cause war with America. Saddam was permitted to invade Kuwait to force them to forgive his debts but not for long/pull out. Saddam overplayed his hand.

[@frenchguitarguy1091]

James White yeah the whole Middle East is under constant geo-political strains, it is no wonder that the region is a warzone with so many external countries trying to grab hard and soft power in the region

[@RAYTHEONGAMING]

Brainwashed

[@bernkoh343]

Iraqi learn from the lesson..don't ever let Western wash your brain..

[@mdnisar9904]

They learned but it’s too late for that they are centuries behind now

[@briannotafan3368]

i still get a hardon watching saddam's rope dance

[@tj2835]

How did they get their brain washed? They weren’t crying out for America to topple their government? If anything it’s the western people Who got their brain washed by media justifying the war

[@user-bc3ri8ez9c]

@@mdnisar9904 Qing got jumped and eventually broke off

[@lmapls9690]

@@tj2835 not only the west, people in Iraq too and your also forgetting the Iraqis in the west getting brainwashed then in turn brainwashing people back home. Also the riots and movements against sadam was orchestrated at that time using Facebook people were getting paid to get the crowds going. You know basic political shit

[@Freezercool10]

The audacity of that soldier to even think about putting up the American flag in a foreign country. Can you image if someone did that in the U.S.??

[@syedashamsianazneen5032]

Typical American thing to do other than doing warcrimes

[@mathewgonz]

People put up all kinds of flags in the US. It’s called freedom of speech

[@Freezercool10]

@@mathewgonz I understand that, and that is not what I’m referring to. You can put up flags in some other countries too. It’s not the same when your country is being invaded though. Imagine the Lincoln memorial being toppled and foreign soldiers putting up their foreign flag. Under similar circumstances the U.S. would lose its mind if that happened.

[@Zenovarse]

Yeah, if it gets invaded and defeated

[@rainmanhart2809]

@@mathewgonz then why do you guys get mad if someone do that with a confederate or nazi flag?

[@lawand_kurd]

He said when I’m dead y’all will cry for me like a girl And he said the truth. Update: I meant that for Iraq Cause iraq is getting worse day by day Im glad he left Kurdistan early

[@medaizeh2401]

baxwa bas saddam bash bu bo am milata kara.

[@lawekdoski4537]

Jashh

[@adrianmajoros5409]

Cry like a woman ? Very creepy. Even men cry is diffrent in the middle east ? :D

[@azoozbahufain9570]

Death to cowardly America Saddam Hussein lived in paradise

[@adrianmajoros5409]

@@azoozbahufain9570 You must feel ashamed just by what you said. Wishing death to anybody is creepy and bad. Think twice and write once

[@mohammadtajar6796]

It reminds me last words of Saddam...The Iraq will not survive without me...

[@shaktiswarupmitra8250]

Even various intellect say that Iraq had a positive during the Saddam Hussein's regime. Now Iraq has turned into a pile of dust with the Advent of US invasion

[@johnreeveswilliamson7228]

Mohammad Tajar and he was right.

[@terepo3219]

Брязлькрнабалдарндагы адамиад ушкхозларенен тауриясе , мэн мэйд моунтхтар

[@fwraman2383]

Well it did

[@mctapper5988]

I still remember how AMERICA said that they will bring democracy to this country .. Congratulations 😂

[@GiNyYu222]

And steal oil too xD

[@stevebrown6508]

The Iraqi people have a responsibility to govern themselves. It seems they cant exist without someone who killing women a d children.

[@stevebrown6508]

@جوزيف دارك That's interesting

[@mtraa.942]

What's so funny b*tch?

[@caseyjason-ws3fr]

Steve Brown Lol and in you went to liberate them,do you think the person who ruled them doesn’t know this?Saddam knew IRAQ more than Bush know more than you white people

[@dondaernohhh2]

i hope syrian can learn from this. never trust the west and turk

[@cuckoospider111]

Really? American and British forces invaded Syria when no one was looking and toppoled Assad and then handed the country over to Paul Bremer to run it? Interesting

[@mixedsauce7330]

Sometimes dictatorship can be better than democracy

[@prestonjones1653]

Almost always*

[@naufal441]

Democracy is a joke when the voter are the clown. For example, USA.

[@jarifkhan3487]

@@naufal441 Fact

[@zerinzinia8660]

Yes especially, imported democracy from the British-American Democracy Company is the worst.

[@LarryWater]

China’s dictatorship lifted millions out of poverty.

[@aliemad8222]

same thing about Gaddafi for libyans

[@fruckstuck]

W

[@nodinitiative]

Ali Emad now Libya has "three governments" lol.

[@aliemad8222]

More than three governments. Every Street/town/city makes its own government/rules,

[@kamilmusalat]

Ali Emad it’s ridiculous but that is what’s all about, no piece just constant turmoil, this is good for America and their economy, that’s how they thrive

[@dsadsa726]

That's what people dont understand about "dictators". Some countries just need strong,centralized power to stay together. One strong figure,good or bad,keeping all the pieces in line with iron fist. That's why Russia would literally fall apart without Putin,but people still protest against him.

[@negan-saviors92]

13-15 of his family members were executed during Sadams time. How terrible must the US Invasion and their influence on Iraq be that you prefer the time when 13-15 of your family members were executed. That hurts so much No words to describe...

[@nightvibes143]

It's better to die then to live a life of bondage

[@iamnisar812]

Yes that statement was scary as fuck. US is real criminal.

[@mik6908]

@@nightvibes143 Did you just quote black panther 🤣

[@nightvibes143]

@@mik6908 indeed coz this sht is really happening

[@mik6908]

@@nightvibes143 True but it doesnt really apply here though

[@travis9062856]

I wonder if in 20 years time you’ll have Syrians saying the exact same thing about Assad

[@MGP_2024]

Iraq had a leadership of some sort during Saddam 's time. Now they are left with factions fighting with each other with the west influencing the outcomes

[@gendoruwo6322]

1000 saddams.

[@angusbigham2462]

The US been playing total war, Iraq style, instigating proxy wars and shit :')

[@gendoruwo6322]

@Jimmy P , it's a problem for any nation that has had a 'dictatorship' for a long time. Basically, if there's only one autocratic leader for several decades, all the people have learned all that time is how to 'please the boss', no one really is learning how to be the next generation of leaders, and you get a bunch of ass-kissers and flatterers who despite having no leadership skills of their own, actually think highly of themselves. So when that one strong leader is gone? No one has any real idea what to do, and all they have to learn from is that one autocratic leader that just got deposed... And each aims to be the new dictator-leader. Hence you have 1000 Saddams in Iraq... Likewise in Indonesia: when Suharto's gone, Indonesia gained '1000 Suhartos'. Just as corrupt, but much less capable. It would be some time again before someone new emerges, someone who has clear idea on how to lead... And that's assuming there's no 'outside interference'. Other nations and other powers that just want a piece of the action too, (or at least, they HAVE to be there because their rivals are there, and they are not happy about it) making things way even more complicated.

[@jimmyp9105]

@@gendoruwo6322 makes sense

[@aleksanderblinn4492]

Oded yinon plan 1980s

[@Soho9111]

“The liberation of people” USA & UK style

[@chanish9363]

Ya. They're liberating the countries from people.

[@scootergrant8683]

We are all annoyed about Tony Blair taking us into war. Pathetic of all sorts. I feel for you all.

[@Soho9111]

Scooter Grant The past is past We hope you take a lesson and do not use force against less power countries

[@tawfek4483]

@Teringventje Yes, it is true that war has always been present, but UK and US just fucked countries over so much that they are still in conflict today. For example, the Israel-palestine conflict and the India-Pakistan conflict were both conflicts created by the UK, and those conflicts still exists today.

[@TrusteeNail]

Hoepfully. They learn history and LIBERATE THEM RIGHT

[@gogadgetgo3125]

Christ, when a man wants the killer of his family members back I can only imagine how horrific it has/was/is now after 'America' inserted 'democracy' into it, heart wrenching.

[@joshiated8597]

Jesus saves

[@u.nforcesalx9892]

@@potatobang7713 can't wait to hear what'll happen to an occupied Russia

[@ricardomora9913]

The gringos are not the problem is this scenario, the ones to blame are the ones in that country that because of their greed are causing all that mess instead of bringing their country to a better place, but because is more easy to blame others.

[@lonemaus562]

Stop blaming Americans , don’t forget it’s there own people killing each other not Americans , not a single American is there ,why can’t the people of Iraq stand up and get there shit sorted out ? Have elections maybe ? Instead of living in the dirt , Japan was invaded by Americans and nuked twice yet they are doing better then most? What about Korea ? Germany ? Philippines? How come those countries pulled it together and Iraq is still a shithole ? It’s the people that are living there

[@killacam876]

It's unfortunately a fairly common coping mechanism of humanity. When things are bad, it doesn't matter how bad things used to be, we cherry pick good memories in the awful times and reminiscent on them and wish we could go back to those "good old times".

[@globalcitizenn]

I remember in the 80s Iraq was a beautiful place and Baghdad was a hip and wealthy place to go. Even Kabul, Beirut, Damascus, Tehran all were modern cities like Baghdad. America has sent the Middle East to the Middle Ages.

[@fair-o8t]

Well said

[@angelaanaconda55]

Muslim countries need dictators. This is a truth. I'm Somali, Somalia has had no government since the dictator Siad Barre was ousted out by Americans and subsequently killed. He even said before his death " If I leave, the country and everything it has leaves with me." Somalia exported goods, had airports and bustling cities. We dressed modernly and had a great educational system. Nothing has progressed since he left, it's only regressed. The firm hold that dictators hold is the only thing that works for countries like Somalia, Libya, Iraq ect. They keep religious zealots in check, and keep the country safe.

[@dirtybomb4219]

felicity h yeah, i feel sorry for you.. your country gain a bad rep after the us intervention.. i don't now how somalia would recover with the current UN in power..

[@wheelfan100]

BluGyal Jordan is the exception morroco Algeria and tunsia aren't Arab

[@mohamedred5746]

Sebastian Moya Yes we are... I am moroccan arab

[@narasenapati3773]

BluGyal true bro. Some countries need iron fists to make it more peaceful. A dictator is just the same as a monarch.

[@afiqh9909]

BluGyal wow. Sis. Ameen for tht

[@ractacsquad]

Wow. And BBC showing the truth. There is hope afterall

[@HighFlyingOwlOfMinerva]

Don't get your hopes up *too much* son, a broken clock can only be right twice a day.

[@PasscodeAdvance]

Scotland takes control!

[@blackgold754]

ᛗᛁᚾᛖᚱᚡᚨ'ᛋ ᛟᚹᛚ quoted don’t always work like they written

[@hb4095]

Why does everyone hate the BBC...? Plz explain

[@03056932]

@@hb4095 they are state media masquearading as a public broadcast. they help carry out the consensus which in this age is a Fabian socialist agenda . in 2019 we can observe they are anti brexit and refuse to admit the blindingly obvious.

[@Spencer_232]

I'm a sri lankan, and something just like this happened to our country in 1815. We had this king called Sri Wickrama Rajasinghe and people were dissapointed in him because he wasn't like the previous kings and was cruel. And british took advantage of this and spread rumours and stuff and literally captured the kingdom through an agreement with the chieftains. People and chieftains realized the mistake and fought back in 1818 but that was suppressed cruelly by the british. I think history does repeat in weird ways.

[@Zeitaluq]

I think 🤔 Britain at the time made three attempts to take over Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 in 19th century.

[@AshishSingh95]

Americans are better in the sense that they don't come as rulers. But they're cousins of the British after all.

[@christopherjohnblack3526]

@@Zeitaluq what is the battle or war called? And did the British succeed?

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Singapore American

[@christopherasdfsd152]

Not history, the folly of man. We will be our own undoing.

[@TIENxSHINHAN]

I don't have a strong opinion on Saddam since I don't know enough about him to say for sure, but one thing is for certain and it's that no matter how bad a leader is, the US' alternative will *always* be worse. I can't name a single country on earth where America has overthrown the leader and replaced them with someone more competent. America needs to stay out of other countries' business and allow the people of that country to handle their own issues. They know what's best for their own country.

[@megaham1552]

Nonsense, Iraq is doing better these days than they were before

[@secrets.295]

​@@megaham1552Nonsense. Iraq is a war torn country today and it will take decades for it to be at the same level as it was before the war. They even have ISIS these days for crying out loud, how is that better? Plus, 1 million Iraqi lives is not worth the change. Its like if somebody tells u, I will ki.. your family but after that I guarantee your country will be much2 better. Are u willing to do that? Easy to say when u aren't the one who had to suffer the consequences.

[@megaham1552]

@@secrets.295 ISIS is mostly non existent now days, it wasn't 1 million, in general the country is doing better now days. Ask the Kurds if things are better now

[@secrets.295]

@@megaham1552 ISIS can balloon at anytime and u never know. During Saddam there was no ISIS. And it was 1 million. Regardless of it is 1 million or 400,000 people,that is already too many. You wouldn't be saying this if it is your family that was murdered don't you? And the country isn't doing any better. Prior to international sanction its GDP per capita was $10,000 now it is $5000. 33 years after it still hasn't reached what it did back in 1990. Only a fool would say it is better now than before. Even if Saddam is bad, that is something Iraq has to deal with. It has nothing to do with the US. Just because Saddam was bad doesn't give you the right to invade a country. I kept on hearing how bad Xi Jin Ping and Kim Jong Un is, why didn't the US invade China or North Korea? And I kept on hearing how bad Joe Biden is, does it give other countries the right to declare war and topple Joe Biden?.

[@yin6287]

A dictatorship or a democracy the one common thing that people want is stability

[@anroiduser1222]

BlueStarGaming 2017 and Security!

[@iCYpReSSv1]

Too bad they're trying to acquire security through the murder of free thought. :(

[@zhcultivator]

True that

[@ngaefweh5712]

Yeah, that's why many Iranians who actually doesn't like their regime still choose to support their regime

[@AhmedElsayed-fd6gr]

Iraq was the richest arab country at Saddam's time.

[@stuartsummers1303]

Evidence

[@12stem.b-obenita]

@@stuartsummers1303 I have evidence in the 70's 80's and 90's it wasn't a pile of shit it had a chance to be like the west and now what its a pile of shit constantly attack by extremist group is that evidence or you need more i miss Sudann he was a ruthless dictator but he brought his country together

[@12stem.b-obenita]

@@stuartsummers1303 www.loc.gov/rr/frd/cs/profiles/Iraq.pdf

[@Soho9111]

That is why invaders came to Iraq Not MDW as they claimed

[@adrianmajoros5409]

@@12stem.b-obenita Like west ? No way... West is not just about being rich but about being free and equal. There are huge problems with human rights,gender equality,religious bigotry in the middle east.. You would have not become like west.

[@JoeyXSmith]

The saying: "Better the devil you know" comes to mind.

[@randysavage1]

Wait u mean the dude who got rich working on a genocidal maniac. ( kurdish genocide) would rather be rich than have civil war. Then almost stabilization. Then ISIS civil war?? Noooo waaaay

[@danielbarratt3437]

@@randysavage1 If you're going to be sarcastic and smug atleast employ basic sentence structure and grammar. Nobody likes a smug illiterate.

[@sagan08]

@@danielbarratt3437 savage

[@jack-z2h]

@@randysavage1 nice going dude

[@TheJoo-Kher]

"i toppled Assad's Statue - Now i want him back" Syrians in 2044 Possibly

[@OutragedPufferfish]

Based on the fact that this interview was in 2016, the Syrians will be saying the same in 2037.

[@cerenbrs]

May Allah save our Syrian brothers and sisters from saying that.

[@Aziz_Kayum]

yeah, i was looking for this comment

[@cuckoospider111]

Really? American and British forces invaded Syria when no one was looking and toppoled Assad and then handed the country over to Paul Bremer to run it? Interesting

[@MoAbuAkb]

Never

[@l.g3370]

I wish you can do the same video to Libyans who killed Gaddafi back in 2011 now all of them are regreting

[@darthridic123]

Like Hillary Clinton once bragged, “we came, we saw, we conquered”.

[@johnclegg4993]

Libyans had respect for Gaddafi.

[@l.g3370]

@Senoir Montique this is sad.... It can take a century for a country to develop and only a few seconds for a country to fall

[@AugustinianThomist]

Darth Ridic she actually laughingly said “we came, we saw, he died”

[@TekkenBones]

"Saddam has gone, but in his place are 1,000 Saddams" - that'll stick with me.

[@mwanjatmugambe3015]

Same to Libya a 1000z of gaddaffi in Libya may the Lord have mercy

[@tankman20064]

It natural.

[@Romulan2469]

Bush and Blair have a lot of blood on their hands. Why haven't they been tried for war crimes?

[@abdurazique2344]

Saddam kil the people who try to destroy iraqi nation

[@tankman20064]

@@abdurazique2344 he should have sent them to USA. Don't kill them.

[@ВикторМ.Шадокин]

Well, now it is too late. Enjoy the fruits of the "Arab Spring" and American Democracy.

[@arawn1061]

@@wololo__ democracy? Dont you mean oligarky?

[@arawn1061]

@@wololo__ and yes. Although im not From the US. Perhaps we should send little blue men to St peterburg

[@jamesl7205]

Demoncrazy = worship of demons in frenziness

[@micker7666]

Aron Johansson you sure he's Russian? Russians are not the only race that uses sylleric letters.. No doubt I think he might be Ukrainian which is the slaves of those Americans

[@thenecromancercherif5594]

I'm arab and I love Putin and also love Russians because they actually make sense unlike the rest of the world .

[@pengen_gantinama]

Damn KZbin recommending this just in time after the recent Syrian revolution. Lets hope the revolution doesnt create more dictators and corruptors.

[@atozgkfacts1092]

I am not defending myself I am defending you, "Saddam Hussein said this in court

[@Earth-is-beautiful]

Fk saddam and Fk US too

[@acap4395]

@@Earth-is-beautiful f*ck US only.Saddam is angel compare to USA and NATO.

[@Earth-is-beautiful]

@@acap4395 He killed million people of Iran and Iraq

[@Quipie]

@@Earth-is-beautiful exactly.

[@thotslayer8392]

@Adolf Hitler idk why but i read that in Gordon Ramsays voice

[@yeremyahneuhart]

As the saying goes: the value of a man is not yet known until he is no more. This saying goes to the Libyans, Iraqis etc.

[@MrJdsenior]

@Water King Yes, but in some parts of the world, even when he is a brutal dictator, things get worse. Go figure.

[@MrJdsenior]

@Кайл OK, you got me, I understand in the literal meaning what you wrote, just not how it relates to what I said. Do you mean me, Saddam, what? I actually had to look the first word up, though, so you definitely get credit for that, though you missed an e at the end. :-)

[@wowomah6194]

@@MrJdsenior This is so sorely mistaken. I'm going to try not to be rude but this really pisses me off. Look, you're absolutely conflating some things here. Iraq isn't worse off because Saddam is gone, Iraq was SHORT term worse off because of a MASSIVE WAR that lasted for like, IDK, 5-6 years and which turned into a HUGE bloodbath civil war between the Sunni and Shia factions who hated each other? This is far more complex than "oh no, Saddam is gone, that's why Iraq is worse". The reality is that Saddam's regime was a totalitarian regime which controlled EVERYTHING but the other problem was that it was a rotting and evil regime which was going to try and keep itself afloat no matter what the costs whether humans costs or whatever. Things had gotten very bad in Iraq even before the 2nd war because if you recall, during the 90s Saddam invaded and annexed the nation of Kuwait and the USA pushed him all the way back to Baghdad. At the time, our leadership thought we should just go ahead and take his regime out but it was decided to NOT go ahead and do that because of the bloodshed and money it would take to do. We didn't want another big war in other words, and we sorta saw it as mission accomplished after freeing Kuwait from his invading forces. So instead, we placed sanctions on his regime which crippled his economy. Iraq wasn't having a fun time at all, many people died from sanctions alone. But Iraqi people didn't try to topple him at this point. The reality is this: Iraq needed a lot of help after the war, help which the USA and its allies was giving by building police stations, schools, whatever, helping set up free elections for Iraqis to go vote and elect their leaders FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, and so forth. In my humblest of humble opinions, we were actually helping A LOT and on the right track to making Iraq stronger but President Obama made a HUGE MISTAKE and decided to pull us mostly out of Iraq in around 2010 or so I believe. This left a power vacuum in Iraq because they were not yet unified enough or strong enough to defend themselves against foreign attack. To make matters WORSE, there was a civil war going on in Syria after the "Arab Spring" started and so Syria was also in disarray enough that ISIS was more or less free to move around the border regions of Syria and Iraq. THIS is what led Iraq to being a total clusterfuck again because Obama had taken troops out of Iraq and he knew his popularity was going to absolutely DROP if he sent in more troops to Iraq and got more US soldiers killed and the Left wing in the USA also was just not going to support it because they have a fairytale view of the world anyway and act like the military is bad no matter what. However, we did end up sending more troops to help Iraq and eventually Iraq was able to liberate its territories from ISIS with A LOT of help from the Kurds who live around Erbil/Irbil in Iraq. I think if anything, it was this destruction of ISIS that actually brought Iraq a little more unity after having achieve a victory together for once. But the point I'm trying to make, the overarching purpose here is that a nation isn't built in a day. It isn't built in a year. It isn't built immediately after a war either. Nor is it even build in 10 years. The whole point of the war was to FREE Iraq first, which we did. It's now free. People are able to go and vote in free elections for the ir leaders which over time establishes more trust in the government, it lets people know and feel that they have an effect on their destinies and of that of Iraq as a whole, and over time that also leads to a tradition and desire to protect that freedom through investment in it. Over time, no matter how bad the 2nd war with Iraq was and how it totally dismantled Saddam's regime, Iraq will become freer, more prosperous, safer, and if they work hard together MORE unified and hopefully able to put aside any religious/tribal differences and see each other as Iraqis and humans first. But that takes TIME. This is the one thing too many are forgetting. You can't hold onto an infected wound with infection all over the bandage and expect that after you rip off the bandage (because it won't come off any other way) that somehow there will not be a long healing process.

[@TempleofBrendaSong]

As well as to every single family on earth.

[@rovas41]

"I am not protecting myself, I am protecting you" Saddam Hussain

[@Mental_Illboy]

I know man on his trail. And he was right to. He was like a father to me and now he's dead... I still think of him a lot.

[@Stophurtingmelol]

@@Mental_Illboy you'd say that even if he killed your family?

[@romyroiroi5736]

@@Stophurtingmelol killed who .ISIS Baghdadi ? Yess,,100% if sadam there

[@Mental_Illboy]

@@Stophurtingmelol he was the leader of my country man what are you talking about ..? He was a glorious leader I would donate my wife to him back in the day. Did you see how it is now with my country? I'm not blaming the USA citizens. I'm blaming Bush ! I don't hate America, I HATE BUSH!

[@meti9230]

@@Stophurtingmelolmy uncle's mum and dad got killed by this prick

[@EternalEmperorofZakuul]

Who's here after the fall of Syria

[@cuckoospider111]

Really? American and British forces invaded Syria when no one was looking and toppoled Assad and then handed the country over to Paul Bremer to run it? Interesting

[@refrencetofire]

put blair in the bin

[@matthewfard2196]

Send Bush to hell first...

[@phildobson8705]

The loony bin

[@refrencetofire]

No Farage for me mate, Britain has had enough far right loonys.

[@refrencetofire]

you are talking about neo labour/ new labour which was a right leaning centrist group of the socialist party. in combination with the concentrative party is what led to isis. exactly "special interest"not the current state of labour policy atm.

[@sebfleebee]

Jeremy Corbyn is the answer, a man who speaks the truth, with a strong moral compass and ethically guided principles

[@mehranshah4856]

During Saddam's reign, there were free medical facilities and education. Yeah...he was a dictator. But he did many great things for Iraq...

[@kryptoid1218]

gaddaffi was the same he gave free housing and free university educations, the reason america eliminated them both was because they both wanted to scrap the petro dollar and like clockwork an invasion began.

[@downswingplayer9712]

@@kryptoid1218 Exactly look at Qatar as soon as they tried to do a gas deal with Russia they were "harboring terrorist" then they cancel the deal and suddenly no more terrorists in Qatar.

[@prebenjaeger]

Well he was a socialist

[@Kizdo69]

Only a brain dead communist sheep uses this type of logic. “Yeah he fucked with our freedom but if we kissed his ass and pretended to be happy then he was ok”

[@luisllorens70]

He treated the people like dogs. Free veterinary care and obedience school.

[@adityanarke7540]

Democracy is not solution for all countries. Some countries needs dictator.

[@haz00my64]

Democracy and arabs do not go along, like think about it all the arab countries that r monarchy r either one of the richest countries in the world or at least in a better state than the arab "democratic" countries.

[@adityanarke7540]

@@haz00my64 Yes you are right. There are live examples of Libiya and Iraq. These countries were destroyed by so called superpowers for oil politics under the name of democracy.

[@potatopotato1639]

The West always love to impose their way of life onto others even it doesn't fit

[@phantasma8401]

@@haz00my64 Not all ethnicity are the same and that is reflected in their governments before outside intervention from starkly contrasting cultures and race.

[@user-gi4qk7qm3t]

hazim ali They only look rich. They are spending all the money at once. The Saudi royal family can go to hell.

[@007rangers]

Now its happening in Syria.

[@cuckoospider111]

Really? American and British forces invaded Syria when no one was looking and toppoled Assad and then handed the country over to Paul Bremer to run it? Interesting

[@laibanush5431]

I hope Iraqis, Libyans and Afghans learn from their mistakes and trust their own people more than the USA.

[@abdallaabdinasir1577]

That's definitely true 👍

[@fadillah6014]

Did Libya trust US? I'm sure they fight US except when ISIS come in.

[@laibanush5431]

@@fadillah6014 Yes they did when they brutally tortured and kiIIed their leader Gaddafi and believed that Americans wanted better for their country than their own leader Gaddafi! Look what happened to them after that!

[@fadillah6014]

@@laibanush5431 ok I need more information about this one.

[@anilam274]

@@fadillah6014 ISIS, US...they sound the same to me

[@fishlearnin6252]

Who remembers the "Weapons of Mass-Destruction" bullshit ?!

[@ekihidayat4582]

Exactly.

[@OKANGUVEN99]

And people are hating Kim jong un. As they should he is a maniac, but a maniac is better than -as the guy in the video says- 1000 maniacs. North Korea will never give up exactly because of this war and korean people will suffer seemingly forever. Kim jong un knows if he doesn't have nukes this is what will happen to him and his nation. I'm certain life there is worse than south korea the same way im sure life is better than it is in syria and ıraq.

[@belkYT]

2002 bush

[@saikatdominicgregory9157]

My father still says, Saddam Hussain was the right man for the job. The people there are strong warriors and rebels. They need a strong hand to be controlled. And this was the right man. In some places, certain rules do not work.

[@jackieOAT]

My dad says the same (we are Eastern Europeans for reference). He says we don't understand middle Eastern psyche or customs, let them deal with their issues. Not every nation to function needs Western 'freedom'.

[@huangmingcha]

Our mother also said almost the same. In indonesia we have hundreds of tribes. Some tribes are full of 'warrior' type of people who sometimes go undercontrol. That's why some region/province has infamous leader/governor for being fierce. But under their leadership their cities are stable. No chaos. No demonstration. Everything is undercontrol.

[@fabe61]

There’s a difference between a strong hand and almost arbitrary, wanton executions.

[@m.yousuf2920]

@@jackieOAT you are right.

[@saikatdominicgregory9157]

@@fabe61 yeah there is. But people in those areas, even they are blood thirsty for power. They are not your normal pseudo democracy loving two faced citizens. They show what they are. They want raw power to belong to their group or their tribe, and they will do whatever they can to gain that power. To govern wolves, one has to become a wolf.

[@kindheart9300]

Saddam was not evil actually he became evil to stop that 1000 evils...

[@apollo1694]

Are you talking about the person who fired scud missiles at civilians, performed chemical attacks on his own citizens and commited genocide against the Kurds?

[@Z46Edelweiss-001]

@@apollo1694 how about America the devil country which sole occupation is to invade attack destroy fck USA let USA burn in ashes karma may fall apon USA

[@ThePianist51]

@@apollo1694 That’s what I wanted to say. Don’t forget the threats against Turkey and Israel. That guy went nuts. He tried to become the „terror-force super power.“ It pisses me off, too, how everyone is crying about poor Iraq. Yes, mistakes were made… but the final outcome could have been a lot worse. Let’s not forget the alternative to mass destruction weapons („super missiles“). -.-

[@ThePianist51]

@Кайл I am an attorney for litigation and arbitration with 2 state‘s exams and a Master. But nice try, paving your way by attacking people personally. You should overthink replying to people spontaneously…

[@zuheyrcade6239]

@@apollo1694 kurds , You have a death mind , Do you think that the Americans bombed and murdered only the arabs , They were more fed up of USA more than saddam . What other thing you're talking about .

[@annaleesaenglert2122]

'1 Saddam was killed but now we have 1000 Saddams', well done US 😤😤

[@shamshadqazi3520]

Gandu Anita

[@xyzk343]

Tension Mt lo ye sab marenge

[@emperor1460]

Im Iraqi and I love Saddam I love my country Iraq so much

[@2023awakening]

The US has done more for the free world than any other country in history. To even attempt to dispute that is pure ignorance if history in the past 50-100 years. When you are this ungrateful,no one will want to help.

[@TB-vb3ov]

@@emperor1460 You're country is filled with corruption. It's a garbage country tbh.

[@gv105468]

Main thing people can agree is Sadam kept order, and made radicals scared

[@sahilsomsagar9870]

Radicals were scared that's why it was peace when he died see they made Isis and killed thousand like anything

[@Absolute_Joker]

He was a radical himself.

[@Alkn24]

They’re never going to learn are they….

[@divyeshmirajkar1222]

"Divide and rule." -Bush and Blair

[@m8lu357]

The two dumb fucks that are most wanted to be killed for what they have done

[@Charles-hy6gp]

@@m8lu357 kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2OWoaytd7mBh7s The thing is that US intervention in the Middle east started before the 1980s, you have to blame Eisenhower and Churchill for the Iran problem. Also if you investigate more you also have to blame Eisenhower for Guatemala and Congo situation, as Latin America and Africa never learned a thing from Arbenz and Lumumba and finally read the book "War is a racket"

[@risay007]

You can see the pain and regret in his eyes.... Sooner or later everyone will realise, America always deceived its friends and allies....

[@jepoyquijano2204]

Look at how US left the kurds

[@dron4543]

@Parveen Banu no modi won't. Instead he will destroy china and America with the help of russia.

[@BenjaminGessel]

The American government did this. NOT the American people. Older Americans are still watching mainstream American news, for the most part. They trust the news. Younger Americans, not so much... Many of us are watching foreign news channels, KZbin, etc., ANYTHING that isn't Illuminati dominated, etc.

[@inventionunique3693]

I see India's current government now and lament it but my father who was born in 1952 says to keep faith in India because they were one of the most moral of the non aligned countries. A country with a big heart that's going down the wrong path. May the Indians save their country before Modi fractures it by ethnic and religious lines

[@Shylendhar.patels]

@Parveen Banu we are India, not a Iraq and libhya

[@gamerhistorian7843]

If only Bush never invaded Iraq...

[@lorraineimperio1739]

Cutie Marxist yes now everyone is blaming usa for everything no matter what they say people dont seem to believe in them

[@breenud39tv]

Cutie Marxist Literally every usa president invaded someone...

[@vulgres6316]

You channel makes me want to kill myself

[@breenud39tv]

*Your* grammar, makes me want to kill myself...

[@breenud39tv]

Supreme King Technically the British knocked out the natives, and created USA and Canada which continue to this day to discriminate the natives. And let's not just blame the US other countries like France and other UN countries were involved as well. And currently Germany the country that was relieved of its debts has put may European countries such as Italy, Greece, and Spain in debts that are almost impossible to pay off because of the amount they taxes their debts.

[@zivaradlovacki2666]

And now Syria... damn fools.

[@cuckoospider111]

Really? American and British forces invaded Syria when no one was looking and toppoled Assad and then handed the country over to Paul Bremer to run it? Interesting

[@jaypandya1346]

"An oppressive regime is likable anyday over a lawless one" -Me

[@souphiane10]

i'll quote you an that one

[@jaypandya1346]

Thanks

[@bulidrians2182]

$100 you didn't create this quote lol.

[@hellothere1201]

Hobbes quote

[@jaypandya1346]

@@bulidrians2182 no actually. It is mine

[@wimpwampwomp]

Iraq: Thanks for freeing me! Can you imagine what I can do now? Give my citizens a good education, restore peace, give heal - US: g o o d q u e s t i o n

[@deathgamer8086]

also US: uhhhh, iraq, do you know the password to the oil storage system?

[@pegasus3642]

*oh yeah about dat*

[@Arstotzaka]

US: "Hey by the way just one last question" Iraq: "Yeah?" US: "*Did you find any O I L?*"

[@leonine1]

@@Arstotzaka iraq : yes it's right there you can have it

[@Arstotzaka]

@Im a muslim If you talked about Iraq back then people would admire how advanced it was but now if you told anyone to go there they would be like "Are you crazy you want me to die out there?!" It sad to see a great state ruined by as you said foreign interventionism.

[@matejlj]

They did a similar thing in our country Yugoslavia. Media, controlled by the elite (Europe and USA, who tried to demolish us, for we were getting to strong), was deliberatelly washing brains of people to hate eachother. And so the war started in a country with zero to no criminals, where everyone had a job, a home and food, and Yugoslavia became history, replaced by small, poor countries with no future. Our leader Tito died before all of that. But I have no doubt that if he haven't, America would found some weapons of mass destruction in our country, and rushed to "save" us from the "evil" regime.

[@akramtobbieh8858]

Matej Bukovec I heard story's Tito was great leader . Saddam went to Yugoslavia meet him . they divide and conquer. all people from all races and religion lived in peace together . after they wanted Yugoslavia become different country's. which they did go it, to have there own way .

[@mertdemir5927]

What happened in Yugoslavia was consequence of Tito's success story and Big powers divided into pcs by helping war criminals so that it can never unite again

[@laitchdasi]

Matej Bukovec an American USA marine told me.. He was there protecting the Kosovo from Serbs.. He said: our orders where to let Serbs do what they want.. He then said: from the entire peace keeping force only me and 2 others helped villagers who where constantly under attack from men from other village.. One day the Serbs came and killed an old man in this village at night.. After that I started firing at attackers and only 2 soldiers of my unit supported me.. Then they started to bother us because we shot at Christians to help Muslims.. I came home knowing I didn't do my job well.. I spoke to my wife.. Got depressed and she left me.. Said (you are are no longer American and no longer Christian) I don't know how honest he is.. Just met him online and he spoke with great detail about his experiences even offered to keep contact with me but I rejected. I spoke to guy from Serbia.. He only blame others.. He see all Kosovo Albanian even American and Saudi must be killed.. He blame everybody.. He told me stories about how they fought armies of the world.. And he was patriotic.. What am trying to say is... Sometimes in divorce it's not wife's fault.. Or man's fault.. Its both at the same time.. We should listen to others we should know what others want and why they want it.. At the same time make it clear what we want.. And why we want it.. There should be always a middle ground we can stand on.. If not.. then divorce peacefully.

[@Paulo-zr5zo]

About that weapons of mass destruction part i'm sure Bush admitted that it was his stupidity... So i don't think the whole USA was to be blamed

[@medicalgashi3319]

Nobody did nothing to Yougoslavia Tito died, after that it was serbian ego who destroyed Yougoslavia. But I have to agree in Kosovo people during Yougoslavia had a better life , not any ethnic issues and were free to travel the world now it's backwards but yet it's the USA who have saved this soil and these people from getting wiped out from this world we are thankfull, not every story you see here it's true I think USA did some good jobs in some countries like Kosovo.

[@iqbalassyraf5058]

Some bad guy exist to keep the other bad guy away.

[@shrikrishna8165]

America can never be anyone's friend.

[@discoboy8169]

A friend? The US is supressor, with view of a lord and all others are peasants.

[@FusRoDah2]

Unless a country wants to be allied with the most powerful military in the world...

[@Mapledpa]

What about South Korea?

[@youtubeacc3975]

krishna was not GOD

[@malak3229]

Sooooooo true.

[@krezzie7420]

I worked for some Iraqi businessmen back in 2006 and they told me that Saddam was a great leader. I asked them about all the killing he did and they said "you have to be that way with those kinds of people." Blew my mind and I'll never forget it. I guess they were right!

[@carpetsomalia7904]

Yep,few realises.Arabs is not easily to be handle.

[@joshiated8597]

Jesus saves

[@almighty5839]

God you are uneducated my god

[@ashishjoshi8148]

Exactly the same thing happened with my parents. In the early 80s they were posted in Libya as doctors. Libya was a peaceful, prosperous country then. Gaddafi was ruthless, but as one Libyan said, you have to be like that with these people. Then one day the brutal Americans decided they wanted to change the regime. They eliminated Gaddafi...and look where Libya is now...

[@mohammedmclovin4450]

What do they meant by "those kinds of people" in their statement? Aren't "those kinds of people" themselves? I will not measure words here, and will probably get some hate for it, but people with that mentality deserve whatever comes to them, be it Saddam or America. The middle east is home to many of the most religious people in the world, yet it seems to have been forgotten by God. If a group of people needs dictators like Saddam or Gadaffi to prosper, there are much deeper and serious issues at the root of their culture and civilization than what transpires through their leaders. In fact, rulers are often, if not always, a reflection of those they rule. Given enough power, this man in the video would be as bad as Saddam, if not worse! You can see it through his words.