How The U.S. Stole the Middle East

[@johnnyharris]

Hey friends. Just a reminder that this is a very broad overview of a big topic. I could make a 12 part documentary series on just Saudi Arabia alone. But I hope this provides a broad understanding of how things have gone down in the region since the 30s. I encourage to go down the rabbit holes of parts of this that are interesting to you. There's so much more to learn about each of these events. Thanks for watching!

[@Samiekl]

would watch a 12 part documentary!

[@HannesBrickman]

Johnny can you make a video about Taiwan and China?

[@pipitameruje]

I just love that you start your post-Vox Borders by kicking open a can of worms! Keep it up

[@guymandude6628]

Do Central/South America next! This is awesome!

[@alfiegodsal2830]

Love these videos man keep it up. Shame about borders but you kept it interesting so you’ll be fine

[@EmperorTigerstar]

Haha thanks for the shoutout! Always glad my maps could help! :D

[@rajbagwe3732]

Wow

[@djTSOI]

Awesome

[@medom1786]

That map was awesome

[@Adrian-pk1uh]

So you’re the man behind the detailed maps. Amazing work.

[@potts995]

Wow, this is a crossover I never thought would happen but I'm glad it did

[@ThisIsTechToday]

Your talent and ability to make me love history is mind-blowing. I absolutely love this series.

[@adamstuff8968]

Robux

[@jaystewart4823]

100% agreed🔥

[@Uchihaayoub]

Kings and general is a great channel for that

[@bartblinging7922]

Lol, Harris is just some leftist America hating DC swamp dwelling trash

[@abdihassan7208]

Its insane. Best youtuber to watch. so facinating

[@HgihAsFcuk]

You deserve a netflix show man this was top notch quality

[@Aman-wq4xz]

after cuties, id say national geographic, hes much too good for netflix, only natgeo can handle this boi

[@HgihAsFcuk]

​@@Aman-wq4xzYeah NatGeo would be cool too, but it's hard enough to get on Television, he's got a shot at streaming. Netflix,Hulu,Amazon.

[@Aman-wq4xz]

@@HgihAsFcuk tru

[@julianjawadahmad1006]

He is going to work with NY times, this could also be a very good journey.

[@HgihAsFcuk]

@@julianjawadahmad1006 That's dope! He deserves to keep this going. Honestly History was my most hated class from elementary to college but people like Vsauce and this dude from Vox Borders keep me intrigued. There's some legit learning going on here on youtube and that's helpful for so many people. :D

[@yaserazrak]

More people need to educate themselves about the history of the Middle East, to build a clearer picture of how the British and Americans get involved in every major crisis.

[@everything777]

You're talking like those nationalities are "different" or "other". Don't fall into the trap of thinking you would have or will behave differently when you find yourself in similar circumstances

[@zakirnaikahmaddeedat3651]

​@@everything777not if you have objective moral anchor from Allah, the only one ultimate creator, the all knowing, most loving, all just.

[@everything777]

@@zakirnaikahmaddeedat3651 how's that "moral anchor" holding up in ISIS households?

[@meerzeeshan9783]

​@@everything777The way human rights defender USA and its people killed 1 million people in Iraq.Let alone the others

[@elyon9329]

Since the United Colonies of England (aka: THE UNITED STATES INC.) has set foot onto the Continental Americans it has been a war with the aboriginal and indigenous people every year. And they call it a Christian nation! Now, the de facto UNITED STATES INC goes around the world conquering nations in the name of democracy. Yet, that word never appears in the constitution. Read: (Civil Orders of June 10, & July 4, 2014; Clearfield Doctrine.

[@kanishkthe3rd]

Johnny Harris needs his own Netflix Series honestly.

[@kwamkproductions]

I'll honestly be surprised if he doesn't get one

[@CurryCrave]

He is a part of explained on Netflix

[@ChaoticRain1]

Start a petition! Let's show netflix how much support he has. Let's be honest, Netflix has funded much much worse in :P

[@jacqy6619]

urgh they cancelled hasan minhaj’s patriot act.....netflix really hates good socio-political shows

[@KarenSundays]

Seriously! Quality content all the time 💯

[@Yourczarmine]

Vox: Borders is cancelled. Johnny: Bish, you can't stop me from doing magic with maps on KZbin.

[@beetroot6591]

lol

[@chfrqn4dl]

SO HE IS THE VOX GUY

[@icekoldcilla8470]

I believe that UK is the biggest mischief maker on the planet right behind their warmongering daddy America. I hope these 2 countries plummet and never recover.

[@x_owen.ms_2020]

@@icekoldcilla8470 Where are you from

[@DaveSmith-cp5kj]

@@icekoldcilla8470 More like China. I'm really surprised how many people are so ignorant about what China does. Like seriously China is easily one of the evilest regimes in history, and yet many people don't even think about it.

[@nathanieldrew]

This is a brilliant video and I really appreciate the plug :)

[@ToadyEN]

+ 1 this guys channel is great.

[@Vced]

Is this a crossover episode??

[@ar.goku1]

@@Vced they should really do a crossover video actually

[@icekoldcilla8470]

I believe that UK is the biggest mischief maker on the planet right behind their warmongering daddy America. I hope these 2 countries plummet and never recover.

[@marstheknife7396]

@@icekoldcilla8470 Ok I need to know why I am seeing you in practically every reply section.

[@GreyGoose000]

I love how everyone knows about this stuff except for America itself.

[@HydeCorvus]

They're living in denial, because ignoring the problem is easier than addressing it to be actually able to move on with your life. America lives in two extremities,one wants to convince you the US is the greatest country on the planet and the most innocent,the other wants to convince you it's the worse county on the planet regardless,one ignores history,the other weaponizes it.

[@jimreilly6933]

Americans are as Netanyahu once said easily moved. Easily moved to the ball game, to the hollywood movies, to the smorgassboard, to the beer store, to the hotdog stand ! but not to the libraries, the museums, etc.

[@hadeelahmed8874]

America knows about this stuff.. but they don't talk about it

[@RyanNgFilms]

Why can't history classes be taught like Johnny Harris videos. These are so beautiful and rather than confusing it's so interesting. Leaves me wanting more every time.

[@pulkitrastogi295]

Because it takes time to make video like this

[@TheAjatin]

Plus this is more objective history will be altered depending on who wrote the book and for which country

[@scottfranco1962]

You mean besides the fact that it is heavily biased?

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

History classes shouldn't be taught like Johnny Harris videos. The guy knows his stuff on Saudi Arabia but he completely misrepresented the situations in Israel and Iran.

[@michaelcheng2331]

Because he is biased...

[@kelsisco]

"Osama doesn't chill..." Johnny you have no idea how happy I am that Vox introduced me to you. The quality of this video and the way you're able to deliver such a complicated topic in such an understanding way is incredible , bless you and your love of maps

[@hellot-8004]

He is the best journalist on KZbin. You can't even compare him to others.

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

Vox endorsed this guy?

[@San-rp2fs]

@@snakey934Snakeybakey He worked there, then he left and start this independent channel, and also his other business brighttrip. You must check out the "border" series he made in Vox, its also very well made!

[@jimreilly6933]

On Sept 11 the day of the attacks, the Bin laden family were guests of President Bush and had to be quickly ushered out of the country in the days following lest some clever American found out about them.

[@YesTheory]

What a masterpiece of a video. Bravo 👏

[@ThreeToedRooster]

Holy shit how did you come up here.😍😍

[@manojayyappan284]

The best storytellers meet!

[@fatamy7828]

collab with one another

[@vraxxar2275]

Amar?

[@theunknownguy265]

Do you like my country Saudi Arabia?

[@kaysha]

Watching these videos today takes them to another level

[@AnasNuurAli]

This was amazing

[@mohammedmuneeb6888]

OMG, my fav study youtuber.

[@mohammedmakhdoom1207]

What you doing here?

[@clementphang4982]

@@mohammedmakhdoom1207 not studying for sure, all that aside, loved your content anas, definitely helped me out in some rough patch whilst in UK

[@blainegabbertgabonemhofgoa6602]

Too many important details left out in this video

[@am3014]

Ayyy

[@bbacalhau]

This is so well done!! I wish these videos existed back when I was in school. Keep up the amazing work Johnny!

[@rehanjungthakuri1995]

Hey cod fish ? I’m in love wid pastel de bacalhau 😍😍😀

[@newheights4782]

I’m considering showing this to my teachers, so worth it

[@karlosdeevs]

@@newheights4782 but i'm fearing he's starting to sound like Geography Now (not that i got anything against Barbs & co. Just.. _authenticity_

[@icekoldcilla8470]

I believe that UK is the biggest mischief maker on the planet right behind their warmongering daddy America. I hope these 2 countries plummet and never recover.

[@crowned2088]

@@icekoldcilla8470 Like the rest of world nope hope it finds it's way

[@sanjeetachoun5843]

Osama Bin Laden being the son was the biggest plot twist ever I GASPED

[@russ8156]

Hence proved that Osama actually was not a evil person

[@asicdathens]

Unfortunately I knew it.....

[@thisthatotherdude1128]

I actually didn't know about this too

[@omairahmad7860]

@@russ8156 he is still more than evil. Killing innocents can never be justified no matter whatever the reason was behind it

[@AntonioCostaRealEstate]

Did not get enough of daddy’s attention. One in fifty. Daddy takes him to work, and this is how he repays. Rebel without a cause.

[@PersianoPapaya]

Thanks!

[@WilliamCarterII]

Me: "Why didn't he say his last name? Half of the Middle East is named Muhammad." *five min later* "oh my."

[@benkim6969]

LOL

[@jepbarhalmyradov9135]

First of all it's forbidden to give prophets name to child in Islam, so there must not be a guy named only Mohammad.. you have add some more names to it , because of rules.. like Mohammad Ali or etc. It can be anything else but not Mohammad only

[@asadb1990]

@@jepbarhalmyradov9135 not necessarily. plenty of people named Mohamad out there. thats more of a cultural tabu thing. not religious.

[@youssefmansour4392]

@@jepbarhalmyradov9135 that's not true

[@jepbarhalmyradov9135]

@@asadb1990 there's always add-on name after/before Mohammad in names but most of guys just call it as Mohammad especially in Western countries with "modern culture" don't follow most of the rules

[@hasanbahaa9834]

Man, I’m from Iraq and i have never seen or heard anything more accurate than yours! Thank you!

[@umangd]

I would have paid way more attention in history class at school if I had Johnny as my history teacher

[@jude-joseph]

Totally

[@iamkat5e]

unfortunately I don't think American history classes would be so understanding and sympathetic to "the other side"

[@PhoenixBlade538]

Lara Maybe they should be though

[@ksearcher4623]

True bro ❤️❤️❤️❤️, history would be like reading fiction books if aka JOHN HARRIS was the teacher...

[@zeffery101]

@@iamkat5e I live in California and my hs history teachers have mostly been unbiased and presented facts pretty well. Like how the US funded Al-Qaeda initially to fight the Soviets and how the US went to the Middle East for oil. But yes, truthfully, most history textbooks do not include much about the Middle East until the last chapter and most teachers "don't have time" to cover the last chapter or nobody takes the last few weeks seriously.

[@Themodernartista]

I’ve learned more in your videos than I’ve had in my entire life watching history, and you do it in such an entertaining fashion. You deserve 100 million subscribers You are absolutely incredible.

[@TheTanvirMunna]

😢😮

[@giosanpedro]

Can't wait for the next part, man! By any chance, would you consider covering America's "benevolent assimilation" of the Philippines in the future?

[@marine1732]

I thought it was a Latin country like Spain who had more and early influence over the Philippines.

[@yusefdanielhassounharmouch1520]

@@marine1732 hispanic, Latin countries don't have power over anyone, European powers do

[@marine1732]

@@yusefdanielhassounharmouch1520 I believe the comment was referencing assimilation. If that is so then I think generally speaking this has some impact. "The Philippine Islands are named after King Philip. Spaniards are referred to by Filipinos as "Kastila" (Castilian) named after the former Kingdom of Castile, now a region of Spain. The majority of the Filipinos of Spanish descent are of Spaniards and Mexican origin, while a minority are Latin American descents." I do understand that Benevolent Assimilation is talking more about the Philippine-American War though.

[@reiztersalagan]

yeah, that part of the history when the America played and backstabbed the Philippines; and surprisingly made a deal to the Spaniards.

[@reiztersalagan]

yeah, that part of the history when the America played and backstabbed the Philippines; and surprisingly made a deal to the Spaniards.

[@hobosdominecraft1]

The background of Osama Bin Laden is something that is not talked about at ALL in history. Excellent Job

[@debr4265]

Whats with that?

[@ioanbotez7128]

It was, back in the day, but people have short memory, or weren't really looking into such things.

[@aapkefather1872]

No matter, what's the background and circumstances, the way his actions killed innocent people, including women and children, cannot be justified, no matter how much BS leftists and liberals spit out.

[@gavinluthi8679]

I wouldn’t say he justified it but more put it in perspective

[@hectorjenkins934]

@@aapkefather1872 at no point does he justify it just clarifies how the american governments decisions in the years leading up to 9/11 and the greed on our part assisted bin laden in both his accelerated radicalism and his financial growth

[@sanctuary6285]

I literally gasped when you said Osama Bin Laden was the son of the guy who built the US military bases

[@erenmademewritethis9833]

That company is still building shit to this day , they just changed the name

[@mrpeanut6267]

Top 10 plot twist in human history

[@anonymousperson4933]

@@erenmademewritethis9833 they didn't changed there name it still is "bin Laden group of company" they are one of biggest construction company still now

[@erenmademewritethis9833]

@@anonymousperson4933 oh shit I thought they did lol , that's even crazier

[@anonymousperson4933]

@@erenmademewritethis9833 its all dirty geopolitics

[@naduvnjak957]

"Forbidden oil bromance" this guy's commentary is gold I love it

[@george_kimani]

It's out of this world 😊

[@LessPlatesMoreDates]

anyone have any proof it was osama bin ladens dad who built American infuscture in Saudi?

[@alyallam9743]

As a middel eastern i thank you for shedding some light on this problem

[@bible4truth]

He lied to you.

[@bible4truth]

@Omar Elatrash yeah, he is not saying the obvious: the elites fund and create these terrorist groups to induce outrage and justify the war the elites want to shape the world they want under white supremacy

[@umapolymer6341]

@فاعل خير barbaric stoneage cult

[@Z10895]

@Wuxxy I'm muslim. We do not have a 'similar' God. End kf.

[@mrace498]

@Wuxxy Jesus is a Prophet (human) in Islam created by Allah (God) However, in Christianity this human (Jesus) is seen as God (even though in his lifetime he has never said he is God nor does it say anywhere in the Bible 💀) but has 3 different forms because it wouldn’t make sense if a human is God.

[@FadiYounes]

As a middle eastern, I am so excited to watch this 😃 keep it up Jonny 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 Update: This was the best 21 minutes I've seen so far. It's legendary. As a middle eastern who was born in Kuwait and lived the 1990 Iraqi invasion, I can say this was very well presented. Can't wait to see the coming videos 😊 keep up the borders movement 👍🏼

[@mostiiisediri9832]

Fadi Younes اهلين

[@ottobenthaus3349]

There is a Chanel, it is also very good on that term, Brain4breakfast, he is sadly dead so only old videos, ut there is also Kraut, he is also very good, but he is very very critical of Islam, but also very professional, give them a try

[@Unichab001]

انتتت ههنااا *-*

[@FadiYounes]

@@Unichab001 دائما 😊 أنا في كل مكان 😅

[@Zeus-th5ow]

Calling yourself middle eastern is no unlike 'West Asian'.

[@maxz3661]

Wow, what a great video! Articulated and executed with perfection.

[@BeckiandChris]

WOW this was good. Would watch a 2h video about this from you. Fascinating and extremely well told!

[@MdFaisal-ut9uv]

🌍🌍

[@icekoldcilla8470]

I believe that UK is the biggest mischief maker on the planet right behind their warmongering daddy America. I hope these 2 countries plummet and never recover.

[@Jean_Jacques148]

@@icekoldcilla8470 why? More civilians would die. It’s more like they need a new government.

[@AmandaFromWisconsin]

@@icekoldcilla8470 Love you, too! ❤️ 🥰 ❤️ 😘

[@commentor2614]

@@Jean_Jacques148 not a new government They need to be educated properly Democrats and Republicans just brainwashed them and destroys the world Civilians have no fault But they need to educate themselves.

[@zxcytdfxy256]

Imagine being taught History like this. No way you wouldn't learn.

[@Pat_KraPao]

This is the TikTok version of history. All the highlights but without going into the boring details.

[@michealw6229]

Mllr Hr I like how he doesn’t trash Stalin or try to blame the Soviet Union also

[@feligato_]

Looking for this comment to do it myself if not found

[@missmymama1140]

@Independent Thinker it's funny how this guy just boils it down to west bad. Its almost infantile.

[@NISHAN452]

Totally Agree

[@MinMin-oe5od]

The second he said "Son named Osama" I was like HOLY SHITT😱

[@vipertact]

It isn't news. So this guy Osama Bin Laden was the US number 1 enemy and you never Googled his name to learn about the guy?

[@MinMin-oe5od]

@@vipertact I'm not from US. My life doesn't revolve around America... I'm from a 3rd world country I got my own shit to deal with. I simply didn't care much about him to google him. I'd rather read about the hero's martyred.

[@EnigmaEnginseer]

@سبحان الله وبحمده و الثاني right back at you

[@OnasaD]

@@vipertact the world doesn’t revolve America, wherever Americans go things always end up worse including they’re own country that’s on the edge of collapse

[@dennisleon2368]

@@OnasaD u do realize if the US economy were to collapse, almost every other country would fall with it. The US is one of the biggest trade partners to all the other big countries and a lot of third world countries rely on the stability of the US dollar as their main form of currency

[@taranjeet6084]

I have recently watched over 10 videos from your channel in the last 48 hours. Man, if this was my history teacher back in school, my present career may look a lot different than working in IT. Your story telling skills are beyond appreciation. On daily basis, I consume a lot of youtube content from comedy, economics and geopolitics and history. You are probably my fav channel out there. I am never stopping myself from spreading the word and introducing your channel to everyone i know. Keep up the good work!!

[@sanjogh777]

Man, your storytelling is out of this world, I am talking about the way your other videos link up with the current video.

[@czystekurestwo]

Yeah except that the title speaks of theft and no theft occurred... especially not of a whole region. It’s just an exaggeration

[@hydrolifetech7911]

@@czystekurestwo let's turn this in a way you might understand. Let's reverse roles of US and Saudi Arabia. If Saudis have military bases in the US and the US is in no position to say no or ask them to leave, then Saudi Arabia would have literally stolen the US

[@czystekurestwo]

hydrolife tech countries exchange ports and had sister cities for ages now its got an objective in transportation, selling of goods etc. America got involved in the Middle East and benefitted from it as much as the Saudis did. The oil even though on Saudi soil was discovered by AMERICAN geologists, not Saudi or any other Arab country. The involvement in war and facilitation of it to a degree can’t be blamed on the US. Arabs are fully responsible for their actions & they act on their agency.

[@zarathustra4649]

Weronika Krähe if you were thinking of stolen in literal times watch the video again mate

[@zarathustra4649]

Weronika Krähe the point is not that who benefitted the point is who kept exploiting his benefits from all this mess. It was clearly US . They helped terrorists in Afghanistan so they can fight ‘soviet union’ why US did this obviously for power so they can control the whole region for benefit . Did Saudi benefitted from US defeating soviet nope of course not but US got a reason to benefit from it US always presents itself as the saviour of democracy and paints communism as the threat. US would have controlled Saudi oil instead it thought of ‘helping afgahnis for their own profit’ and what happened it backfired lol. So US has always been rapacious in its approach and hypocrite

[@ahmadalkhansa5294]

I'm from Lebanon and I would like to say that since my birth, I have never witnessed peace in my region(middle east). It's exhaustive and frustrating because it erases stability and siezes, if not reversing, development at all levels. Thank you Johnny for initiating this documentary. Your videos are interesting. Keep going 👍

[@YerSiNia14]

I felt bad for the ppls leaving in middle east... Always haunted by wars and violence started by other big powers... There is no conflicts in middle east that doesn't originated from the battle between soviets and americans...

[@poke5443]

@GazB Saudi arabia vs Iran is a totally funded war by USA and Russia.. Yes the British are the ones who started this whole Israel thing but that's until the US became the big brother of israel and made of it a powerful country. (About the kurd's situation, I don't have much knowledge about it)

[@ayylmao2190]

@@poke5443 Israel was created by UN partition actually. Also, Israel was powerful before the US support (see the 6 day war). We have the highest incomes, are the most educated, have the most Nobel Prizes per capita and have disproportionately benefitted humanity in the fields of theory and technology. It isnt hard to see that we can be successful without help lol

[@Slovenia132]

Hahaha

[@haidysama3005]

@@ayylmao2190 Another hilarious jokes from a lapdog

[@mckenna2460]

THIS IS AMAZING. You helped break the complicated history of the Middle East down, something I’ve been trying to understand!

[@Cdr_Mansfield_Cumming]

Are you that simple? "Amazing", " help break down the complicated history". Yeah, apart from he got it all wrong. Just spend five minutes researching the real history of the Middle East from 1850 onwards.

[@xAyad3]

@@Cdr_Mansfield_Cumming Out of curiousity, what exactly did he get wrong? This is exactly the history of the US presence in the middle east cooked down, which means any other date before the Sykes-Picot agreement in 1916 or even before 1933, where US companies got permission to search for oil, is irrelevant.

[@iispicychicken7180]

@@Cdr_Mansfield_Cumming you’re probably believing those western governments

[@thanosthemadtitan5518]

@thatand1 She said the history, not the goals only.

[@steelewalter558]

Go eslewhere. This guy is a hilarious liar. I mean, the video literally starts of with WW2 ending....then goes back to the 1930's...how could the German's losing the war in 1945 be the impetus to the US to look for war in 1930? Plus he glosses over that "little oil company" being Standard oil...a state run oil company...with connections to the Bush family. DERP!

[@ShaunJalil]

I was about to drop this guy because of bias report on the current crisis. But then he does another report which is non bias. And it was fantastic. Made me stick around. I enjoy this guy’s journalism and I’m glad he did the non bias report to resuscitate my confidence in him. Thanks Jonny

[@cowmath77]

making only "América bad" videos is quite literally the definition of bias.

[@knae9216]

​@@cowmath77 because that is the ultimate truth.

[@cowmath77]

@@knae9216 no hunny, go outside.

[@PoisonelleMisty4311]

Global Governance: Several countries seek to shape global governance and institutions to reflect their interests and values. This includes playing a leading role in international organizations such as the United Nations, influencing global regulations and norms, and participating in international negotiations and agreements.

[@ilkakastenjohnson4437]

Learned more in 20 mins than I did my whole life.

[@joebowden4065]

Well that’s pretty bad because this video is vastly oversimplified not to sound like a dick

[@prinznikitaiii]

Open a wikipedia, just one article can give you more and diverse information than this video do.

[@ilkakastenjohnson4437]

Joe Bowden pretty sure he explains that several times

[@ilkakastenjohnson4437]

GazB I do

[@ilkakastenjohnson4437]

Katsuhirou 😂 yeah but without the visuals

[@manoj4730]

Whenever crisis happens anywhere around the world there is always presence of USA or Britain

[@fcheung4214]

mmm nope

[@myusername3689]

@Karl Marx Yeah and the founding rathers said no imperialism but Libertarians no longer have a lot of control over america. Libertarians prevented imperialism by strengthening the constitution. Democrats and Republicans are now chewing down on the constitution and that let all this crap happen.

[@bnusabeel]

Russia need just to drop a bomb on them. Just kidding sarcastically

[@salahaldin447]

Except in places where there are no oil.

[@isabelle.ranson]

Like father like son 🤣

[@ourdailyenglishachoiceyouw3494]

I'm so glad KZbin has become this amazing platform of smart people who share their knowledge. Thanks.

[@hetaeramancer]

That is true, I hate the US, all countries now must come together and oppose the West's policies and values. China, Russia, The Muslim World, The Turks, The Eastern Europe. Fight against the West! Ben Laden hated the US for many reasons: 1. The US has double standards in favor of Israel against the Palestine. 2. The US keeps bombing cities and commiting atrocities in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, and other Muslim countries. 3. The US military dared to occupy Mecca and Medina, the holiest sites of Islam, which is an outright disrespect to Islam and Muslims around the globe. 4. The US is so ignorant when it comes to viewing other people's way of living. They want the Muslim countries to copy America's democratic model, totally undermining the cultural, religious, and social factors that builds the foundation for those countries.

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[@chrisbana5874]

@@hetaeramancer You forgot about Africa we are willing to fight the West because as you can see they have damaged us for centuries

[@dailyrevs1320]

It’s a double edge sword. There’s also a lot of stupid brain cell killing things on here as well

[@JLFranc000]

I was absolutely blown away at how simple you explained the whole situation of American presence in the Middle East , well done . I will be running in for more of your videos , just subscribed

[@vishakhad373]

Why does this sound exactly like how Europeans came to India for "trade"

[@audobone]

Because it is that. The only key difference between colonialism & neo-imperialism is that in the latter case, the colonial/imperial nation doesn't take on the administrative duties in an official capacity.

[@vibewhen]

@INERT imagine waking up and thinking "im going to write the dumbest comment I can think of and place it on youtube". Seriously dude take your moronic sentence and keep it on the shit hole of the internet = facebook.

[@vishakhad373]

@@audobone at first British only did trade and bases later they started administration

[@tstcikhthyss]

@INERT Lol yes, the country that was producing 40% of the world's GDP would still be shitting in the fields if it weren't for a backwards-arse, tiny colonial island to come in and run it into the ground. As for wiping their arses with their hands, they still do that because it's only natural. I heard all of the US got their panties in a bunch when the coronavirus hit because they ran out of toilet paper; how's that working out for ya?

[@zuboy4272]

@INERT I dont agree with you on the field parts as Indian but UK did better job in 200 years than Muslims for 600 years , UK preserved and "took" artifacts while Mughals destroyed it , UK preserved archeological sites and ancient temples while Mughals destroyed , UK preserved everything that was historically ancient while Mughals destroyed everything that isn't Islamic , also India despite being rich Mughals wasted the money on building stupid shit like Taj mahal AND THOUSNADS OF TOMBS AND MOSQUES AND STUPID MADARSAS , like fk off with tombs , Uk used the money to make railways to exploit , but railway is still railway

[@syedmaazbukhari9014]

One of the most neutral explaination of this topic, didn't blame religion, didn't blame culture, gave a factual story. Love it 😘

[@bluepearl_22]

Let's see how "neutral" he's gonna stay once he starts going into Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen, Afghanistan and Sudan.

[@hopefulromantic.]

@@bluepearl_22 It's actually pretty easy to avoid those things if you really put a lot of work into it. This channel is a legend

[@vvvsss796]

@yumpladukfoo where can I look into this?

[@ScottDavis-be7nt]

@yumpladukfoo yes man, where can we read it. Im interested too

[@scottbeaulieu13]

@@ScottDavis-be7nt one dark aspect is the control over Afghani opium for heroin making and distribution in the USA, forcing its citizens to become addicts and criminals so the States prison and police industry can benefit off it... it’s all about industrial lobbyists making money in circles ...

[@coryascott]

Missed the part where the CIA helped put Saddam in power

[@coryascott]

@YSK it’s a fact

[@nominalfee7330]

At this point, I can't even wrap my head around how much the US is obsessed about maintaining its sovereignty by doing shit like this

[@coryascott]

@@nominalfee7330 overextended militarism is the late stage of every former empire and will be the end of the US empire too

[@TheDecapitatedApple]

@@coryascott how do you think it'll collapse tho?

[@wealthymansourladyempire8752]

Hmmm...

[@kittyjsiwjsb7609]

First thing first, the video was great, but I'm gonna correct you: 1. Women driving is not signfull in Islam, but was illegal in SA for some reason. 2. Marrying 12 women is Haram, and not allowed whether in religion or culture, so to say it is "a thing" is misleading, while marying 4 women is allowed (as long as you treat them equally and Allah in The Qur'an said you won't, so marry just one) it made complete sense long before at that time, when men used to die at war in large numbers and women were left alone with kids, or with no one to support her, it helped them.

[@mohammeduzair7796]

Yeah but wahabis of Arabia still have more than 4 wives and the same can be said for women driving

[@kittyjsiwjsb7609]

@@mohammeduzair7796 It is illegal to have more than 4 wives in SA and sinful, so they don't have more than 4 wives idk where did u get that information from. It's like saying "but people still marry their siblings in Germany" It doesn't make sense. Women driving is allowed now in SA so I don't see your point

[@mohammeduzair7796]

@@kittyjsiwjsb7609 but didn't bin laden's dad have more than 4 wives so was it allowed back in the day?

[@kittyjsiwjsb7609]

@@mohammeduzair7796 Just for the record, one person does not make the rule, having more than 4 wives is and was never allowed after Islam, maybe he has married an divorced more than one so u think he had more than 4. If he has more than 4, then he sined and went against the law

[@mohammeduzair7796]

@@kittyjsiwjsb7609 so basically he did illegally

[@stuff4035]

“His son was osama” Me: oh shiiiiiii

[@thepufferfishguy3467]

"And then everyone went: OOOOOOOOHHHHHH FUUUUUUUUUU"

[@copelandbowen7766]

Top 10 anime plot twist

[@barslaf]

Oh my god i literally went "Ohhhh fucckkk" before i saw your comment 😂.

[@stuff4035]

Hhhh

[@jay-babbasi9056]

Here we go again

[@lukidjano]

lmao at "dude, there are no caves in kuwait!"

[@chromebomb]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@greenvelvet]

This channel is Netflix level binge-worthy

[@willifieldedouard7847]

He just made the whole “war on terror “ make sense

[@yahyaaabdelmoez553]

War on people who don't want Thier oil stolen

[@brandonlivega]

Middle East: The Americans are overthrowing our governments and making our region a playground!! Latinamerica: First time?

[@josegarciarodriguez9580]

Latin America is not a playground, is the back yard *cries and laughs in latino*

[@akramquol6737]

We stand with you guys Arabs❤Latinos we must stand together against the oppressive western imperialism

[@josegarciarodriguez9580]

@ Good news is China has followed this advice 😬

@@josegarciarodriguez9580 yeah and if china has the will, they will probably conquer the world. i have no issues, it's just the alpha male taking what's his now. this is the world we live in.

[@adarshmohapatra5058]

@ I would rather live in a world of cooperation than one of domination and hierarchy.

[@ksang2121]

"War is just an excuse for the elites of society to waste resources so living standards don't have to be raised."-George Orwell.

[@Tuncapoo]

💯

[@ksang2121]

@Ab Cd Pretty extreme accusation. WW2 was probably the only war in history worth fighting and even then Wall Street Bankers and Big Businesses funded the Nazis even when they knew the holocaust was happening. The war could have ended in a month if France attacked first, they had a better and larger army which would've swamped the Wehrmacht. Every war since ww2 has been purely out of financial interest, the military industrial complex is practically welfare for the rich.

[@ziad_jkhan]

@Ab Cd "where are your evidences that the rich control wars?" - Nothing falls at free fall speed unless everything underneath is out of the way yet the official narratives are comfortable with it somehow when it comes to WTC7. That, in itself, speaks a lot over the level of control those in power have over public opinion. If you want to dig deeper then your turn now to provide evidence that there was barter before money, which is what all established economics books taught us at school. And if that's not enough then feel free to lookup "58 Admitted False Flag Attacks globalresearch" and try to debunk any of the sources there. Good luck because you'll need it!

[@ziad_jkhan]

@Ab Cd LOOL, to begin with, did you actually give a like your own lastest reply???

[@ziad_jkhan]

@Ab Cd Hahaha...you've been so judgemental in your reply that I was wondering the same about you actually. Age ain't nothing but a number dude. You trying to define someone's capacity to be close to the truth is not limited by age. You're already making yourself prey to logical fallacies this way. Also, I have nothing against the rich and I consider myself as rich. That kind of black or white thinking is typical of an immature mind and, again, I know many college guys who are way more mature than you in this respect.

[@MyNamesChai]

this video was so well made that my skin cleared up and my mum got a promotion at work

[@MyNamesChai]

@Troye Lemon are you the chronological precursor to the video game Halo 1? because you are REACHing :)

[@mahikmamun3711]

@Troye Lemon the video is literally called "how the us STOLE the middle east". I think he's pretty sympathetic to the middle east here

[@raficlimaco718]

Lol

[@aj69needshelp91]

@@mahikmamun3711 but They did

[@razerone49]

Your pronunciation of Khomeini was extremely impressive. Mad props on learning how to pronounce things

[@rezimahmad]

Hi Johnny, if you want to make a video "How The U.S. Stole Indonesia," contact me. I'll record and take photos for you. I'm Indonesian journalist and fan of your work.

[@chimergo6501]

What part of Indonesia that Murican stole? Grasberg? But Papuan own that island tho

[@MrGulayLagulay]

“How Australia..” is more accurate

[@netijhen]

@@chimergo6501 Soeharto who is dictactor get support with usa

[@-_AmirAsyrafi]

i was about to comment about that too, how the us fund the seperatist in west sumatra and about the us "involvement" in 65' coup. yeah, please make a video about indonesia or lesser known south east asia story like malaysia, singapore, or thailand : )

[@5ithofnov159]

What about the genocide in Papua new Guinea because of oil ?

[@Techninjaspeaks]

Notifications = On. LETS GOO

[@joanneho5356]

My long-time confusion about affairs in the Middle East has finally been solved because of this guy. Such a wonderful, enlightening and illuminating explaination! Definitely in for more

[@johnnyt8286]

crazy how it all ties together, right up to last month with Afghanistan

[@ifgodiswithyouthenwhoisaga1371]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKuYl42wnrKKe6c

[@James-ip5gz]

Yeah, I never knew Osama's backstory and why he hated America so much until this video

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

I had to take what he says with a grain of salt. There are a lot of inaccuracies here and while he seems to be well versed on the situation in Saudi Arabia, he completely misrepresented the situations in Iran and Israel.

[@romanianhustler3309]

@@James-ip5gz osama was an American agent. The real reason is because both gaddafi and huseim wanted to don’t accept anymore “the devil dolar” for oil and to accept only gold. Read the book “history of central banking “ and spread this hook so we can stop another war.

[@grandmasterMellieM3l]

a clip on Tik Tok guided me here and Im so glad it did. Amazing job breaking everything down.

[@stipekn]

When you can learn more from a KZbin channel then my entire highschool history class

[@makepeacewithyourbrokenpieces]

Facts! After everything that has been fed to me, I can’t believe how far from the truth it is.

[@thatstrigga1052]

You never must’ve paid attention in school then

[@nickraph67]

History class was very boring and always lul me to sleep.....so, I just memorized the key points from revision book a few days before the final exam and once the exam ended, i forgot everything immediately cuz i dont really find the knowledge to be any beneficial to me since i'm was going into science anyways..in class, it was extremely sleepy too during history lesson, so i pretty much dont learn anything...i dont even finish reading the textbook, instead, i just used the revision book with simplified notes. Luckily i had to learn about history only on 1 class for my entire study during my university life.....so, it's kinda surprising how this video actually made me sit and listen with interest

[@d.x.1152]

You never must’ve paid attention in school then

[@arsalanamiri5908]

nothing to learn here this guys info is 70 percent wrong, and he has about 70 percent less testosterone than a average male

[@muhammadnaim8203]

At the end, the Arab culture and Islam will be blamed for the political instability of the region. The same things happen here long time ago during European colonization in Southeast Asian Archipelago. They left us with borders that seperate our family and our people. Until now, me as a Malaysian need to cross the border just to meet our relatives in Sumatera and Riau Archipelago. If the Johore-Riau-Lingga Sultanate and all the Sultanate in Sumatra still exist, surely it will be wonderful.

[@Rolando_Cueva]

The craziest border is the one with Singapore. But then again, Malaysian politicians forced them to make their own country 🤨

[@febbykamila1301]

I mean if they exist other kingdoms in Indonesia might exist too (as you know there's tons of them) and it'll be much harder for me, and indonesian, just to go from central java to west java. But indonesia and malaysia's relationship is great, and even tho we have to cross the border, atleast we don't have to pay for visa, etc. Moreover, if kingdoms still exist, I don't think the political state is stable as there's so many kingdoms :)

[@muhammadnaim8203]

@@febbykamila1301 i dont thinks so, if u looked at the formation of Malaya, it is a federation that consist with 9 Malay Sultanate that agreed to united together. If you watch carefully to the culture of Nusantara people, we can see that there are a great tolerance with each other, like how one of the royal court member of Lingga married with the Terengganu Sultan in order to strengthen the state's relationship and its people. I believed if even all the kingdom of the Nusantara is not united, an organization like EU but with better understanding will be exist too. Too bad, because of the European influence to the culture, identity and way of lives between the countries of the Southeast Asia, we still feels the difference until today. Hopefully ASEAN will bring back our unity.

[@muhammadnaim8203]

@Zahin Shahazad Agreed, if Singapore still under the rules of Johore-Riau-Lingga Sultanate, it would not be a problem at all.

[@febbykamila1301]

@@muhammadnaim8203 Well that's the case of Malaysia. Sultanate are all muslims, if I'm correct ? Kingdoms in Indonesia have great tolerance ofc, but it's hard to keep one not offended. What cause them to have tolerance is ironically the dutch that colonized indonesia for 3 centuries. I think it's different with EU, because they mostly have one goal, i don't know much about them. But one of the reason why the Dutch CAN colonized Indonesia is because some kingdoms are fine with the monopoly that the Dutch did (because of money, ofc). For example, the Solo sultanate is dismantled because they helped the dutch, unlike the Yogya who helped the Indonesian govt during the hard times. European invasion is somewhat a plus and ofc the minus are much worse, but that's one of the key factor of why we tolerate and unite at the first place. Till this day, conflicts in Indonesia are still happening, especially toward Papuans. Those "conflicts" are trying to seperate us like the Papuan freedom. In fact, Timor Leste actually regrets they break out of Indonesia because : they get used by foreigners like Australia. I think it's better to stay like this, because if you think Indonesia have massive tolerance, no it's not. I heard Malaysia are actually more conservative than Indonesians, idk. Younger generations like me are (mostly) not racist because we grew up in multicultural enviroments, rather than the older generations. I appreciate ur commentst tho, I hope ASEAN will reunite SEA countries and protect us from the greedy china who's taking our sea ^^

[@det3135]

WE NEED A UPDATE ON THE CURRENT MIDDLE EAST SITUATION PLEASE

[@nageshwaranrahul]

Pray for Afghanistan.

[@elzika739]

The true afghan warriors warded off the American Dictatorship that the US put into Afghanistan. And finally it’s the true afghans leading the country. Now americans are using propaganda to win the war.

[@det3135]

@@elzika739 why the Afghan citizens not wanting taliban ruling tho?

[@elzika739]

@@det3135 they do. If you’re talking about the plane situation, everyone wants to go to the USA and it’s a war going on it’s not because they’re scared of Taliban. They protect people protesting against them, freed people, even people who didn’t want them and fought against them for america they pardoned and forgave. This is propaganda you see, give me any evidence of the fact that the Afghans don’t want TB.

[@jamesygerrard2626]

The current situation is that the Afghan army of 300,000 wouldn’t fight 75,000 Taliban. Therefore, they’ve lost their country again

[@nonofyourbusiness7019]

This had me on the edge of my seat from start to finish, well done

[@yespls6260]

This is one of the best videos that I've ever seen on the Middle East

[@klaus_lightroast]

or: "how the U.S. made osama bin laden possible ..."

[@ILoveYani]

Osama was a billionaire lol

[@fyreal9123]

@@ILoveYani not really, it was his father that was a billionaire, osama was a millionaire

[@ILoveYani]

@@fyreal9123 he was still rich enough to afford alquaedq

[@anxskhxn]

@@ILoveYani and he afforded Al-Quaeda to wipe out those "Democracy" guys...

[@Theffries]

ahking __revived hey does anybody know how they made all that money by any chance

[@nickcooper4265]

Crazy how relevant this video is today. Superb work!!

[@rahulraina4048]

The moment he said 'one of his son was osama ' . Dayum

[@czystekurestwo]

Yeah, I gagged too! I had a similar gag when I learnt that Assad is a grandson of a guy who was the Syrian leader who attacked Israel back in 1947.

[@zainhottson7393]

I saw it coming

[@AllStar]

This was so fun to watch. Thank you!

[@ASLUHLUHC3]

'Fun' lol

[@3rd_iimpact]

He meant to learning aspect, people. Chill.

[@JSB1729]

@@3rd_iimpact you’re right

[@appleslover]

However It was "fun" for me to experience/live day to day especially that I'm syrian...

[@muhammadishtiaq3587]

weird that we always learn about terroir and 9/11 but never the motivation and reasoning behind osama bin laden. Not saying his reasons is justified but it gives more to think about to a person.

[@akorn9943]

honestly, the United States is attacked by men who are willing to end their own lives to kill thousands of people and never stops to ask why. It’s easier to just dismiss them as “monsters,” when, while their actions were monstrous, they were just men, and by ignoring this fact the United States allows itself to keep committing the actions that drove those men to do those things in the first place, insuring that new men will continue to come to take their place.

[@scorps4471]

Yeah the impression most people around us have is that Osama was this crazy dude motivated by the Quran and who just went bananas at some point.

[@wariare12world95]

@@scorps4471 he was indeed a crazy guy, but the thing people always gets wrong is that he was motivated by religion or the Quran like BRUH! you haven't even read the Quran to judge it...SMH

[@planerunner4020]

@@akorn9943 dont mind me asking but what else do u think will happen when you destroy more than 11 countrys, Terrorism started as creation of an army that will defeat the US and Israel and france, and more hate EVEN grew when the US started "destroying" countrys just to stay as a super power, Kids would grow with hate in their hearts, and when u ask them why? they will say I lost someone, again i cant justify their actions even my country (im half Egyptian) is losing hundreds of soldiers in the fight of terrorism

[@ultimatefitnesstraining3002]

We cant blame power but the philosophy of every country pushing America just like in life u influence me to marry models only like trump then also the person influencing me is guilty the usa Soviet union and Britain has always been big influencers but now adays they are quite a bit because they are afraid of Korea and china they were being noisy again with trump like George Bush in thier era but they learned big time with North Korea about thier new way of Trade war initiated by thier communist leaders but they never stop

[@areebabbas5356]

Sometimes i wounder how truthful this person is ❤

[@Hotheaddragon]

These were insane amount of details in a very simple conversation and expert level animation. Thanks Johnny

[@vince128]

The story-telling accompanied by great music, and the very detailed and very engaging illustrations! These are the reasons why you are becoming my favorite youtuber ever. This is by far the most interesting video of all the quality videos you upload. Keep it up! Waiting for How the US stole the Philippines as well!

[@sivagabbi127]

dude.. you are just amazing.. this is literally my first comment on ANY youtube video.. hats off to you.. vox or not: you are bound to shine.. keep up the good work.. will support you on patreon..

[@Abraar_ahmad_]

man you just smashed it with honesty... please suggest some books and articles to get into this further....

[@JohnSmith-np3cd]

To think that America had just given everyone only 1 side of the story with the whole terrorism and Middle East thing is just insane. Thank you for the multiple perspectives!!

[@maedesmond2461]

lol right? "Osama bin Laden, terrorist and dude the US had been supporting with $2 billion in guns and money."

[@Starwinarwin]

He didn’t mention one tiny detail. That Osama was in fact a CIA agent. If you don’t believe me.. Look it up.

[@Starwinarwin]

And the US was not just loving Osamas fight with the Sovjets. They where funding them as freedom fighters.

[@husseinalsweid5062]

You guys u must know that we in the Middle East love enjoying life like you. Killing is not our thing but that Chaos which made by US an EU made us looking for alternative to find our value. And many people enjoyed ISIS because they were looking for something that can make them alive. To grow up in the Middle East is like to start. A game in the Last level.

[@Rikiid_]

Never stop this series. I’m learning way more than I ever did in a classroom❤

[@amariner5]

But now you're misinformed.

[@samdmv7998]

@@amariner5how?

[@isabelreyes6387]

Be careful not to pick sides - the problem is this type of oversimplification of issues and problems in these countries he skims over the internal conflicts and humanitarian problems with a lot of these nations and their leaders

[@amariner5]

@@samdmv7998 the very premise, that the US "stole" the Middle East" is false. The US first came to the Middle East to recover hostages from North Africa, and end the threat of piracy, in the late 1700s. The US doesn't care for, or want to be in, the Middle East. We have oil, we have assholes, so, what does the ME have to offer the US? Nothing. And, the US doesn't own any part of the ME.

[@kithoongadrianhanjwss]

i wish these series stop

[@TBLiov]

I'm from the middle east, and I can say that most of us doesn't hate Americans, but we have all reasons to hate American politicians, all the crises we had for the last century America and UK has dirty hands on it.

[@Buccallmann456]

Exactly brother , we don't hate America we hate the schmuks they have planted into their government

[@eodyn7]

The death cult known as Islam is not without blame.

[@376ayasmohammed3]

@@eodyn7 of course there had to be a ignorant comment like yours.

[@staldani]

@@eodyn7 Can you explain how Islam is a death cult? No?

[@themercifulguard3971]

@@eodyn7 The real death cult is Liberalism and Ultra American Nationalism

[@Edgarsart]

Bro you are so intriguing in your videos you make history fun. I appreciate your work my friend.

[@harveyfelipe2436]

I retract my statement in the PH or Middle East vid poll before, this was the right vid to post. I dont have a personal connection to the 9/11 attack, so i cant even begin to imagine the terrifying implications of that event. However, im sure that many are still hurting to this day, and i hope that they get the healing and reconciliation they well deserve. This video is timely, and well-written. I like how you told another perspective of the 9/11 attack. A kind of reminder that no nation is truly innocent in our history. Looking forward to the part 2 of this vid, and also the PH one!

[@Theblackhippieh]

If they taught history class like this we would all be woke.

[@lalaland2107]

I agree, but for others, not for me.

[@nominalfee7330]

@@razorultra9202 Honestly you're pretty right. We civilians just wanna live our lives being useful for society and ourselves, and we see this confusing political and military shit happening while we are within the blankets of comfort. We can't do shit anymore.

[@kanakkhullar3031]

Yay technology😎🥰

[@k_supreme_3371]

@Yaseen Al-Sudani and Israel

[@icekoldcilla8470]

I believe that UK is the biggest mischief maker on the planet right behind their warmongering daddy America. I hope these 2 countries plummet and never recover.

[@neelamsapovadia1440]

i feel so dumb after watching this video. I wish I was taught these things in school :/ but this is America.....

[@latinoheateddieguerrero7644]

I am an American and I did learn this and more in school. But I like to read books.

[@ujko8878]

yes you were brainwashed by US gevornment

[@johnkeefer8760]

Yeah I learned all this (with even more detail and nuance) in high school as an American. If anything describes American education it is “Various Outcomes” the US education system has some of the highest highs and lowest lows

[@Serpenteent]

@@ujko8878 brianwashed!!!!!! big brainwash woahahah

[@waylonmercy8125]

If you are going to live in the USA It wouldn't kill you people to learn how to speak English and drive properly smh

[@TheKreative]

when i saw that timelaps i thought thats fucking amazing i went to the like button and i immediately liked the video then you gave credit to the talented person who made it

[@xaviermiah5979]

This is probably the best history video I've ever watched in my life.

[@ΧαρηςΚοκκινος]

Easily one of the greatest history related KZbin videos. I was never really able to grasp why everything that's happening in the Middle East is happening. Thanks for this, excitedly waiting for your next vid. Cheers from Greece.

[@joetheperformer]

The reason why Johnny Harris was kicked out of Vox: He was learning so much about the world, his mindset was changing to fit the more realistic situation of the world. Vox didn’t like that because it didn’t fit their politics.

[@susandemir9960]

Go Johnny Go

[@dylanmurphy9389]

Just watching his videos, didn’t know he was on Vox. Thankfully he’s independent because there is no independent thought working for big media corporations, it simply isn’t allowed to exist and I’ve experienced the proof

[@Goat-bu9kl]

Stay Safe bro!! U provide such an important, historical content that a lot don't want ys to know it..

[@naheedm4261]

His videos are actually so amazing, he really should get more exposure

[@leeartlee915]

“Forbidden oil bromance” boy did that line kill.

[@retsreinyrelgeinthrelaveri1456]

.

[@Destroyer-dk6oj]

Literally

[@kdamprae4236]

Offft the video literally played after I read this .

[@ericmanget4280]

People keep saying this but no oil was stolen. The Iraqi government, which hates the U.S. at the moment, did an inventory and found ~99% of their oil reserves and infrastructure intact.

[@ishworshrestha3559]

Ok

[@Vader_1199]

Honestly, I would totally love watching a twelve part documentary of this. You explained it in the most simple way possible and I can't wait for the next part.

[@adamjoumad9286]

Videos like this, is what will change the world's intellect and understand the truth that was hidden form the general public for centuries.

[@roro19966]

This is why when we middle easterners talk about the ME we always mention the US we’re not “blaming our problems on the US” the US is literally imbedded in and is the root of every single problem present there today from Palestine to Afghanistan to Iraq to Syria etc

[@remasalhawari8077]

Thank you as a Jordanian myself I can see it clearly in the presence of Israel in the region and the massive debt we owe the US

[@remasalhawari8077]

@@Ragingcap1212 umm plain ignorance but okay :) Actually, if you want a breakdown here you go: When Islam was being practiced by Muslims and I emphasize on (practiced). which happened in several empires but I will highlight the last one. Which simply means using Islam as a system of life and as means of self development. Back in the Ottoman Empire ,most ottoman women were permitted to participate in the legal system, purchase and sell property, inherit and bequeath wealth, and participate in other financial activities along with other political activities. RIGHTS which were unusual in Europe until the 19th Century. All granted by our creator Allah swt. Slowly, but steadily muslims started moving away from religion, and surely things started to decline. Muslims stopped looking at Islam as a way of life, and its influence was only on artificial activities. The Ottoman Empire started weakening and once the world war 1 ended the empire collapsed. After that the empire was divided into countries based on the region, and only then did the US start having an influence on the Middle East. Women started being oppressed and their rights were overlooked by governments that were placed by the US itself. Now my lovely human you know that you didn't get the education you deserved.

[@remasalhawari8077]

@@Ragingcap1212 you know you won't read it simply because you have no reply to historical evidence of how Islam was the reason the region flourished after centuries of darkness. Islam does not support terrorism. The US does, because it funds Israel and the occupation. Which unsurprisingly is terrorism :). Let alone that the US terrorized Iraq, funds the Saudi war in Yemen that kills innocents everyday, and even funds the Syrian Regime to kill their own civilians. About ISIS, or al Qaeda, you need to understand that just because someone does something in the name of religion doesn't mean it represents the religion. Hamas is not a terrorist organization just because you believe in the US classification doesn't mean it is. Hamas simply defends the Palestinian people who are being ethnically cleansed by the occupation.

[@planerunner4020]

@@Ragingcap1212 Dear, there is a Unofficial requirement to start a debate, and it is to have a brain, sadly you dont meet that req, so go waste someone's else time

[@metalheadcomicbookfan797]

How come u only mentioned the US? Did u forgot the UK and France? They literally started the Sykes Picot Agreement. The US didn't even start the Palestine-Israel conflict. The UK did although the US adds more oil into the fire.

[@jangodarkblade3360]

This proves that it’s nothing to do with religion and everything to do with, money, power, oil and territory.

[@the80386]

that's right. in fact, if one looks at the lifestyle of the gulf royal families, it's clear that they are far detached from their own religious teachings

[@jangodarkblade3360]

80386 correct

[@Doriiaan]

That's not entirely accurate since Osama clearly was motivated by idealism and not material gain.

[@IVaV1]

Actually Osama worked for Islam and Iran and other countries are built on their religon

[@BKall]

Doriiaan yea but osama and all that shit would never reacted like that had the americans keep their balls to themselves

[@nitro8394]

Some Country: We have oil America: I'll take your entire stock

[@commentor2614]

And we will invade you when the oil ends😂

[@codenamegamma7989]

@@commentor2614 name a case where that happened

[@disk38]

I'll take your entire stock! and you too

[@thinadlamini4671]

Greedy much 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@codenamegamma7989]

@@thinadlamini4671 not really

[@Jusdgreat]

Amazing documentary... Was very invested!

[@bhanusingh5533]

I just don't want this video to end

[@glenncamp733]

Having lived there in the mid- 80's I found what was left out was incredible. You can spend several shows about Israel and Lebanon, Iraq & Iran war, the treatment of minority Islamic groups in Saudi. Talk to the ground people from the embassy and consulates. Many stories develop behind what you are saying. Well done; however I keep saying why did Johnny miss this, miss that. Good to know you aren't done yet. Keep going.

[@richierich30001]

Yea he could go on forever on some topics. It was just a brief recap. And it educated the uneducated. Forsure things were left out, but I wasn’t explaining every last detail in 20 minutes

[@ankitdeshmukh654]

The animations, the details and the emotion with which these videos are made by Johny are truly inspirational! Imagine kids learning history in this format! The fear of missing out on his videos makes me watch each and every content of his within like 3 hours!!!

[@Rochelle2310]

Wow I'm so grateful I found your channel. You ate incredible please never stop posting these videos !

[@NewZeroland]

Wow, this is THE clearest explanation of the middle east conflict I've ever seen. Amazing job, man!

[@randomuser78]

This man just explained so well, we always had doubts regarding middle east issues, he cleared it and made separate videos for each one..Respect..

[@josephinetracy1485]

Literally the MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX in action.

[@LadyBoy_Barbie]

@@josephinetracy1485 this explains why there is mass immigration in USA and European countries and the karma about this is the fact that it is the countries involved in destabilising the Middle East and africa who are getting a lot of immigrants and refugees.

[@DoubleD72]

It's called propaganda. this dude literally works for the Democrats. CNN. He is just doing story telling in the most Anti-American way possible. If you watch enough of his videos you start to see a pattern. An Anti-American one.

[@chonky2129]

@@josephinetracy1485 yeah just wait until we do the same to Ukraine but I bet you think that's "different"

[@josephinetracy1485]

@@chonky2129 Humor me.... why would I think that's different?

[@Yes-kj7kb]

My family actually moved to Saudi Arabia back in 2006 to work for that Californian oil company (called Aramco today). My siblings and I grew up in one of those American communities in the desert and basically consumed American culture. Even the schools were based on the American curriculum and so they taught us American history (despite the fact that less than 1% of students were Americans). I always called the place where we lived “mini-America” and wondered how this place was able to be established in a country so conservative. As a community, we celebrated every culture despite our religious beliefs and befriended people from all sorts of background. It was like a melting pot of cultures. Although it wasn’t until I ran into this video that I saw these American communities as no more than the beginning of a tumor that would spread American influence throughout the region. I have no hate for American people or culture. But their political influence on the region played a major role in the regions instability. Thanks Johnny for shedding light on this topic..

[@KimAhrina11]

yeah I found a lot of Saudi kids that I ever met online or in real life they're quite trendy and consumed American culture

[@shgalagalaa]

Middle-east was such a peaceful and stable place before evil white man came

[@hellish8789]

@@KimAhrina11 well yea, ironically, people think think we’re the most conservative country in the world, where in fact, my coutnry (saudi arabia) is literally a mirror of U.S culture and some glimpses of our own, and we’re getting overrun by it by the second nowadays since we’re opening the country up to the world.

[@mymetalkay]

​​@@hellish8789so there are people looking up to American culture I guess and others who feel they lose their identity? We do see Saudi Arabia in social media consuming American culture that is true..

[@hellish8789]

@@mymetalkay eh, you can say that, but i don’t see us “losing” our culture or identity, it’s just that our way of thinking in the media and in popular culture is becoming like an actual mirror to the U.S, our social media “stars” are mostly copy pasting what american social media influencers do, it’s laughable. nothing creative.

[@saimmm5781]

The more I learn about the US,UK France & other western entities the more angry I get. Who tf do they think they are so entitled and up everyone’s business.

[@TD1237]

As a South African, I completely agree with you. And the aforementioned countries have never changed their mindset.

[@Dave05J]

I think you know very well who they are.

[@parabola1337]

The Saudis didn't know there was oil and didn't have the means to extract it. It's common sense really that a mutually beneficial deal would be made.

[@messla2resimia943]

​@@Dave05JJoos

[@Cosmoron]

Yeah yeah powerful countries invading other countries. It's as old as time. Roman empire, the ottomans, USSR, and as you already said uk and france.

[@RandallStephens397]

"Every global flashpoint can be traced back to a mustachioed British man drawing a straight line on a map going 'There we go! Learn to live with it.'" - John Oliver, 2017

[@geokomalo2790]

And something related to the USA of course

[@2023awakening]

@@geokomalo2790 what about the holocaust? Stalins famines? The rape of Nanking, Unit 731, and hundreds more. Idiot.

[@uptheblues1875]

@@2023awakening the nuke of Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Genocide of the natives of America? Racism against black people within the law of the government? If you look up the acts of terrorism commited by a state, you won't find a middle eastern country, as much as the west wants you to believe. But instead the US

[@bluepearl_22]

@@2023awakening if the U.S. hadn't coped out of the League of Nations then Hitler would have never risen to power.

[@soccerruben1]

As an avid watcher of LWT, where did that quote came from what episode?