Libya: The Good, the Bad, and the Downright Insane

[@IntotheShadows]

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[@jonnhygonzales3030]

simon cnn fake news commie as usual , dont speak of the un reunion where kadaffi speaks the true about the globalists, the covid infection plan, and all the other evil goverments in the world AND the reason why he was killed by cia. Also doesnt say that all those arab countries where to civil war are cia making.

[@MrChriss000]

Very interesting video! It seems strange that Gaddafi did as much for the people as he did but then descended gradually and further into megalomania and interfering in other countries. Absolute power corrupts absolutely? If he had just called free elections after helping his people achieve some stability he might be still alive and living comfortably. (I mean, if they mess it up its down to them, right?) I heard rumours his last words were "what did I ever do to you?" And he was stabbed up the rectum with a bayonet. Now that is a slow VERY painful end only fit for the evilist of men and he certainly does not fit that category. But these are rumours. Thanks for doing the research on this subject, it is not very known about by my age group.

[@lolmao500]

You should do a video on the insane Saddam Hussein family, especially the sons... these guys were mass murdering sickos.

[@Stable_Genius]

@@jonnhygonzales3030 That's fascinating, Alex Jones. Tell me, how are Jews involved? Nutjob.

[@Kaltagstar96]

I have to think that it'd be interesting to see this channel cover also fairly obscure places in history like maybe Rhodesia (British controlled Zimbabwe) or basically any part of British controlled Africa like Kenya; since I don't think what happened in those places gets brought up a lot.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

2:50 - Chapter 1 - Libya 5:50 - Chapter 2 - The king of libya 7:35 - Chapter 3 - Coup d'état 8:40 - Chapter 4 - Gadaffi 10:45 - Chapter 5 - Asserting control 12:00 - Chapter 6 - A rocky ride 15:20 - Chapter 7 - International influence 17:40 - Chapter 8 - Open terrorism 18:50 - Chapter 9 - Isolation 19:55 - Chapter 10 - 21st Century 21:05 - Chapter 11 - The Arab spring 22:20 - Chapter 12 - The final fall 23:05 - Chapter 13 - A failed state

[@houseplant1016]

@@pyro7234 Pathetic

[@RubyDoobieScoo]

It's amazing how much forgiveness oil can buy you.

[@Avenger19111]

I'm surprised you didn't mention Gaddafi's idea of alternate currency to petrodollar considering this channel is called ''Into the Shadows''...

[@ajh6354]

The Golden Dinar.

[@curtisthomas2670]

Saddam and Hugo Chavez touted the same idea. All three now dead. Coincidence??

[@nicholasthoms9521]

Same thing as what saddam was doing in 90z hence desert storm

[@Adam-kr1bb]

He's trying to make Gaddafi look as terrible as possible. He'll never mention it.

[@usonumabeach300]

The US Marine actions in the Barbary Coast also led to a marine officer being awarded a sword of mameluke by an Ottoman prince, and a copy of it is still part of marine commissioned officers dress uniform.

[@jamesfoley1150]

Bro, love the channels. Could you do one on Lebanon? Love to see your take on how it became what it is now 👍

[@TeddyKrimsony]

poor investment decisions, corruption and favoritism, the Syrian civil war, the pandemic decimating the tourism sector, incompetence of officials, sectarianism and foreign intervention

[@UNOMations]

That'd be a series in itself

[@imaneelkouzoudi3992]

I am a native North African from Morocco, I love the content you and your team create, thank you. Just a side note: we don’t like being called berbers but Amazighs :)

[@slimdiddyd]

Are berbers a separate ethnic identity or is just considered a derogatory term?

[@semaj_5022]

Mind if I ask if the naming thing comes from the words "barbarian" and "berber" having common history and it being like a slur? Or is it mostly just wanting to be called what you call yourselves? I'm sorry if this comes off as ignorant or disrespectful.

[@509734]

Berber is colonial and named by occupiers and outsiders, amazigh is what they call themselves

[@poonoi1968]

You North African amazigh person made me Google that. Turns out your wish is not asking too much. Thank you for inspiring me to educate myself a bit. All people everywhere would naturally prefer to be recognized as Amazighs in learning that plural of the word amazigh, imazighen, litterally translates to free men. Everyone should at least have that. I also Googled berber and it just seems to relate to a family of afroasian languages. If there is a slur or derogatory meaning behind I sure can't detect it. Then again I am, by no fault or achievement of my own remind you, a native Norwegian. That makes me about as white privilege as it is possible to get and for sure not the one to ask how racism feels in the receiving end. Ffs even Hitler approved and apperently had twisted wet ubermench dreams about tall fair and blue eyed Norway people. All my life things like freedom, safety, food and personal choice has been plenty. This here is life on easy mode while a North Africa/Middle east existence seems more like a forced speed run seen from here.

[@newguy8288]

@@509734 doesn’t feel like a colonial term, but more of a wester European term. Like how we call India India even thought it’s actual name is Bharat, or How we call Turkey Turkey even though they recently changed their name to a more accurate Turkiye

[@SolonJhee88]

Gadaffi compared to all the other dictators was an angel. What he did for the nation in his timeframe was unlike any other African nation. So of course he got screwed over...

[@Tinei1]

💯 couldn’t have said it any better

[@matthewdopler8997]

Granted he also screwed over a lot of other people if he wasn’t directly involved with killing them.

[@baronvonlimbourgh1716]

You don't mess with the holy us dollar. Wasn't the first country destroyed because of it and not the last. No amount of death or horror is to much for the money men.

[@mpick26]

Compared to some the the worst, you aren't far off. If this was a European country, the UN would have showered him with support and overlooked the treatment of the ppl.

[@mpick26]

Simon, maybe you shouldn't completely step over the years between cave writings and straight to European colonization... that was over 5000 yrs of indigenous rule and prosperity. African history may be hard to track (due to said euro colonization), but it's not impossible to find things of note. Keep up the good work overall

[@alyssinwilliams4570]

I wonder what might have been, had the Libyans not risen up in rebellion during Arab Spring; at least from the information from this video, after Gaddafi did his 180, it sounded like the country was doing pretty well - sure they werent a democracy, but the people seemed to be well taken care of, with the free education, health care, power and water and so forth. Obviously I dont have all the info, just what was in this video - maybe there corruption in the government, or a vicious secret police or something, but since they werent mentioned, just going by the facts here, yeah; they seemed pretty well off. Especially compared to their neighbors in Syria and Morocco and such

[@TeddyKrimsony]

they were manipulated into thinking that western democracy will turn their country into the new Dubai, well instead everyone with higher education have left the country even though it is a democracy now and the petrol is in the hands of large private corporations not the national petrol corporation.

[@cracksmoker1506]

@@TeddyKrimsony yep they went from being the best country in Africa to being a security threat to its North African neighbours, I wish nothing but the best for my brothers

[@leaveme3559]

@@TeddyKrimsony they are a hardly a western styled liberal democracy....Look up how norway dealth with the large supply of oil that it found you don't need dictatorships to benefit your people democracy are much better and much more stable

[@mhd2680]

@@leaveme3559 Some countries works with dictatorship better than democracy And democracy cannot be an absolute logic to Libya

[@mhd2680]

@@leaveme3559 There is a open -minded thinkers in Libya regardless of their religion since you mentioned western libral lifestyle

[@rhiannejones3815]

Not one of your best - Libya has gotten crazier since Gadaffi downfall. Would have been interesting to compare

[@michaelfrazia4569]

as did Iraq after hussein...always happens in tribal areas brought together under one leader...powder keg

[@yourfriend8052]

@@michaelfrazia4569Iraq was not tribal areas united, Hussein tried to enact a genocide against the Kurds.

[@theawesomeman9821]

Surprised Simon didn't mention that the US retaliated for the bombing over Scotland by firing missiles at Libya.

[@nebojsaknezevic977]

No surprise there. As soon as I heard Tony Blair accent I knew he is a credible source 🤣🤣🤣

[@curtisthomas2670]

There is considerable doubt now that Libya was actually involved in that. The evidence and court procedure were bs, even many of the victims' families doubt it and a Scot appointed review committee came to conclusion that the case was deeply flawed. Later evidence including information from an lranian defector pointed to it being personally ordered by Ayatollah Khomeini in retaliation for the US terr0rist shoot down of an lranian Airbus passenger jet. However, the US was at the time negotiating for the release of hostages in Lebanon including Terry Waithe and did not want to scuttle a deal by accusing the lranians.

[@theawesomeman9821]

@@curtisthomas2670 don't know what your saying is true but I follow history as dictated by my professor, and I'm sure he's credible

[@yuka-youtube]

@@theawesomeman9821 no offense but that is not very good. always try to have doubts on professors. and they have duty to prove their statements.

[@justarandomname420]

Ghadafi's actual sin was going outside of the World Banking System. No gold for oil!

[@curtisthomas2670]

Why the West got rid of Gadafi: His work with other African countries on African unity (via the OAU/AU, African Common Passport and currency) economic independence and interdependence (via internal trading systems), banking independence and interdependence (via the African owned Central bank and African gold backed dinar, military independence (via African Peacekeeping Force and African owned arms manufacturing industry), energy independence (via African Energy Plan), communications independence (via African owned made and launched satellites and African owned telecommunications conglomerates), African owned continent wide hydroelectric and renewable energy grids, African owned rail, high speed rail, airlines, ferry lines and transportation networks, along with stated plan to stop accepting US dollars for Libyan Oil (Saddam and Hugo Chavez had same plan for their oil).

[@curtisthomas2670]

Like Saddam and Chavez

[@aletheiai]

21:18 "Egypt's president Honsi Mubarak"? I doubt that anyone in Egypt has ever heard of Honsi Mubarak.

[@jamesrobinson9176]

You need to think about making this video again, it's terribly incomplete

[@patrickhasachannel]

the First and Second Barbary wars would make great videos for Warographics!

[@seanbrazell6147]

We need an Into The Darkness about life insurance me thinks...

[@infinitecurlie]

A few years ago I went to Tunisia on deployment and going to a museum and we had to have armed escorts, it was weird seeing armed military walking around just like the civilians. Another time going to Libya on a mission and I remember seeing our helicopters going out along with many other things. So many things could have gone wrong so fast. I had never been so grateful to haul ass out of a place once the mission was done. The museum in Tunisia was cool though! :)

[@Adrian-zd4cs]

I have a good friend who's born and raised in Tunisia. Good people and place... Just war takes and dictates. 😞

[@NigelAndTommyAreGrifters]

Whilst I know Gaddafi was no saint you only have to look at the state the country now lies in compared to how it was to think that they were better off with him in charge

[@destroyerarmor2846]

He should have known when to step down and preserve his country

[@houseplant1016]

@@destroyerarmor2846 Step down? The whole west was arming people against him and froze all his money. It was fighting or dying.

[@NigelAndTommyAreGrifters]

Thats not what dictators do by nature. As mentioned he was no saint, but during his dictatorship the country flourished. Look at the HDI for previous years for Libya compared to its neighbours and other Arab states

[@stevem.o.1185]

I'm gonna go a step further and say that Quadaffi was, indeed, actually a saint, peace be upon him. \ Also, he looked a lot like Ernest (Jim Varney) when he was younger, which is super cool.

[@Vondracar]

Yeah I agree. Helping removing him was a mistake. Just like removing Saddam in Iraq was a mistake too.

[@DeliaLange]

It's dissapointing how you skipped over one of the most defining parts of Libyan history. it's period of Italian colonisation.

[@Stayyyysilent]

Yeah it’s unfortunate when people create informational content about history and don’t include important information… 🙏🏽 it’s like drawing a picture and forgetting to completely paint the entire picture!

[@tamimfannoush8434]

I love how you did your homework - or tried to - but you have yet to learn. Check “Megrahi : you are my jury “ by John Ashton.

[@andrewharper1609]

I've see Your policygenius ad. Just fyi having been a licenced financial adviser everyone in the UK insurance industry is individually licenced by the FCA unless you're an execution only broker. The industry has moved to a fee charging basis.

[@tyler4082]

A solid episode! Also, just learned about something for your other channel. The casual criminalist. Fred an Rose West. Out of the UK. Right wicked

[@themouthofsauron6926]

Syria’s Assad is the only guy to escape the regime change brigade.

[@TeddyKrimsony]

That's because Russia intervened and now the West have embargoes on anyone helping them rebuild which is so damn evil since they had a very big role in the war.

[@michaelpettersson4919]

Take him out and we will have yet another failed state ravished by religious fanatics...

[@curtisthomas2670]

Don't forget the absolute worst, the Saudi regime, where up to a couple years ago women couldn't even drive, where slavery still exists, where human/sex trafficking is rampant, which funds more than 90% of Middle East and "lslamic" terr0rism, finds far right groups in Europe and US and narco terr0r groups in Central and South America. But then they're pals with the US, controls internet and communications and arrested and detained thousands of potential troublemakers from prepared secret police lists at the beginning of the "Arab Spring" protests including even members of the royal family, military and police.

[@spencerthompson1049]

Great video thanks Simon, and team!

[@t0rschlusspan1k]

I was hoping you would at least mention the detention camps for African migrants...

[@michaelpettersson4919]

They come to live off European taxpayer paid welfare bringing no asked for skill sets to a region with unemployment problems. Facing the risk of slavery or drowning in the sea on their way here are apperantly worth the risk. Considering the destructive cultural crushing demographic changes in Europe the last coupe of decades I just cannot feel sorry for them.

[@perstaunstrup3451]

Among his failures are his persistent waring efforts and land-grab attempts with much poorer Chad to the south. Libya consistently better armed yet always lost out. Also should mention his shady deals with Italian PM Berlusconi to keep African economic migrants on the south side of the Mediterranean.

[@nr1NPC]

Its all propaganda. Gaddafi was the best leader any african or middle eastern country ever had. He got the literacy go from 20% up to 80% He made having a home, water and electricity human rights. He made Libya the best country in Africa (having the highest living standards) He also made the GMMR - The Great Man-Made River so African countries could have clean water. In 2009, Colonel Gaddafi, then President of the African Union, suggested to the States of the African continent to switch to a new currency, independent of the American dollar: the gold dinar. The invasion happened immediately after this introduction. There is videos on this topic on youtube, but none of the mainstream media outlets ever mentioned the golden dinar plan.

[@sawidi]

youre acting like gaddafi wasnt fighting france not chad

[@michaelotieno6524]

He supported rebels in Chad who were fighting against the French sponsored dictatorship ruling Chad. It was not a land grab as you allege.

[@SaDclann]

Could you do a video on the Taiping Rebellion? That’s would be an interesting video, either on this channel or your warographics one

[@kdkorz10211]

I second this! I would very much appreciate this channel’s take on the topic.

[@DiracComb.7585]

2:55 Ah yes, 1.7 km², so we indeed know Libya is larger than the Vatican

[@Cenentury0941]

"larger than" is an understatement. The Vatican is just 0.44 sq. Kilometres. Libya is a whopping 1.76 sq. Kilometres, making it quite literally four times the size of the Vatican.

[@kenkalac6087]

I watch most of your stuff. You are a fantastic entertainer.

[@kllurfrnds]

thank you for sharing this. not many folks pay much mind to libya. i remember when gaddafi was killed and watching my friend and her family rejoice (and be afraid) for the country and their family back there. all of the horrible stories about his soldiers and what they did to the libyan women will always stick with me.

[@narayaniyer3761]

How is the situation there right now? From what I've heard it followed Afghanistan route, multiple warlords/factions trying to claim the power for themselves.

[@AliAbrahem]

@@narayaniyer3761 it’s much better than Afghanistan. It suffered a lot in 2011 then between 2014-2020 but life has improved since then and the war is over. Elections are happening soon. Even though the situation is better now, people’s lives are nowhere near as good as they were 10+ years ago where Libya had the best quality of life in Africa and most of the Middle East. And many times highest incomes in the world. Anything the USA touches becomes a mess

[@nr1NPC]

Its all propaganda. Gaddafi was the best leader any african or middle eastern country ever had. He got the literacy go from 20% up to 80% He made having a home, water and electricity human rights. He made Libya the best country in Africa (having the highest living standards) He also made the GMMR - The Great Man-Made River so African countries could have clean water. In 2009, Colonel Gaddafi, then President of the African Union, suggested to the States of the African continent to switch to a new currency, independent of the American dollar: the gold dinar. The invasion happened immediately after this introduction. There is videos on this topic on youtube, but none of the mainstream media outlets ever mentioned the golden dinar plan.

[@ashrafoun1878]

Gaddafi was a good and strong president. You can't believe what you hear from them. What happened from 2011 until now was destruction, killing, displacement and starvation. I live in Libya and the words they say are these people who call themselves from Libya, they are liars. I am from Libya. If you knew what was happening, I would not commit suicide. There are no elections now, it's all lies, lies, they steal and flee. This is a mafia on the ground. Their day will come soon.

[@curtisthomas2670]

Libya had education, health, education benefits people in the US could only dream of. Owning a home was considered a human right, and newlyweds received interest free loans to get a home. Healthcare and education locally and abroad were free. Citizens directly received part of oil sales. Citizens wanting to get into agriculture could get free training, seeds, land and equipment. Libya owned its own Central Bank and was debt free.

[@bnorris8625]

One possible for you Simon wars you mentioned in this video. Barbary wars?

[@ALavaWolf]

The Toyota war is another interesting side note of gadaffis rule

[@mgithaiga1]

Where does Simon Whistler go when he stands up at the end of the video?

[@EAcapuccino]

Intro - 01:20 - Libya's geography - 02:50 04:00 - Islamic empire and Barbary states 05:50 - Italian empire 06:20 - Kingdom of Libya 12:05 - Muammar Gaddafi implements control Bizzare Antics - 14:45 Terrorism - 17:36 Isolation - 18:45 21st century and Arab spring 19:53 Such a shame, Much like Iraq and Syria Libya🇱🇾 would have so much potential for tourism 😒 Muammar Gaddafi was an eccentric dictator Female entourage is me favourite of him 😅

[@keryeeastin4022]

There's that beard we all know and love!

[@BleedingBasco]

I don't know, he puts out so many videos he single handedly forced me to dedicate my life to watching KZbin..

[@morganallen9081]

Factbeard.

[@morganallen9081]

@@themichael3410 My thoughts exactly. Simon's just a weird Uncle Fester type who awkwardly sits there while Cousin It ambulates his mouth. Simon's efficiency isn't just hard work and an army of basement-dwelling typewriter goblins; he's undergone a symbiosis with the beard. They're working together.

[@thebossman9176]

@@morganallen9081 new channel idea for Simon 😂

[@jodiecrosby7819]

Maybe his beard will put out its own channel. BEARD BLAZE. He could sponsor it with his own beard oil.

[@mathus4969]

I haven't been back to Libya since shortly after my birth when my dad decided to show me off to his family, but with the current situation, it doesn't look like I'll be visiting for a while longer. My grandpa died during the civil war. He likely would have lived if he'd received proper medical attention, but this was when the fighting in Tripoli was getting worse. As a 'fun' aside, the son of a former personal doctor of Gaddafi's attended my parents' wedding in Switzerland in... '89 or '91, I think. He had some interesting stories to share about the man's declining mental health and more erratic behaviour behind closed doors. A lot of it is public knowledge now, but back then, it was shocking, if not exactly surprising.

[@BR00P]

Would you please make a video about the namibian genocide by the germans it was the first genocide of the 20th century but nobody knows it happend also on youtube there is very minimal information aboht what happend there

[@hullinstruments]

8:45 damn was not expecting him to be so handsome that’s kind of weird

[@Dino14345]

@@BrySmi we are looking at it with the benefit of hindsight. If they weren’t charismatic leaders, they may not have been able to obtain power

[@amb163]

He was such a bizarre man. I don't think he was completely sane. He certainly wasn't the worst dictator ever though, and had he stayed out of the world of funding/supporting terrorists, I think we'd still be talking about him as an eccentric, yet somewhat benevolent, dictator.

[@nr1NPC]

Its all propaganda. You literally been indoctrinated by mainstream media. I wouldn't be surprised you are one of those people saying that Joe Rogan is a racist too. Gaddafi was the best leader any african or middle eastern country ever had. He got the literacy go from 20% up to 80% He made having a home, water and electricity human rights. He made Libya the best country in Africa (having the highest living standards) He also made the GMMR - The Great Man-Made River so African countries could have clean water. In 2009, Colonel Gaddafi, then President of the African Union, suggested to the States of the African continent to switch to a new currency, independent of the American dollar: the gold dinar. The invasion happened immediately after this introduction. There is videos on this topic on youtube, but none of the mainstream media outlets ever mentioned the golden dinar plan.

[@curtisthomas2670]

Saudia Arabia is responsible for more than 90%+ of so called "lslamic terr0rism" and actively finances far right groups in Europe and US and Central and South American narco terr0rist groups. 15 of the 19 9/11 hi jackers were Saudi, the other 4 worked for Saudi intel. OBL was Saudi, his family owned one of KSA's largest contracting conglomerates and was the monarchy's chosen firm for work on the Grand Mosque and Kaaba. Groups like Al Qaeda, lS, lSlL, Al Shahaab, Boko Haram, Taliban etc have their ideological home in Saudi Wahabi Salafist Jihadism and their main source of donations come from within KSA.

[@nr1NPC]

@@curtisthomas2670 I believe you when you say they are responsible for the terrorism. But what is your proof of them financing far right groups?

[@latviankhan2989]

Maybe the United Terrorist States of America should stop funding and supporting terrorists, maybe the imperialists shouldn’t be involved in Africa at all

[@OlyChickenGuy]

Thank you for informing us about this- I don't think I was aware of these issues in the least! Maybe some of these topics were touched on in school, but I know nothing about the current state of Libya. I know this is one of your more affluent channels, but the ad read left me feeling like I wouldn't have missed a thing if I skipped it, unlike BB. Over on Brain Blaze, I watch the ad reads with about as much engagement as I do the rest of the video, because there's often tidbits relating to what we're otherwise discussing, and missing out on those ad reads CAN result in missing out on golden moments, or interesting facts not otherwise touched on in the video. Sometimes we get a whole story while something like, "Surf Shark code=blaze" is just... superimposed over top of your moments of reminisce.

[@thecliffdweller1212]

Gaddafi once fired a SCUD missile at me. He missed by a mile, 14 in fact. No kidding, I was on the island of Lampedusa with the USCG in 1986. We got a call a missile was inbound one day. It impacted off the coast and we saw the splash.

[@michaelpettersson4919]

Wasn't the SCUD originally designed to carry a nuclear payload? Accuracy is less of a concern then. It is also possible that iit wasn't meant to hit but launched for psychological reasons.

[@mbathroom1]

video starts at 1:21

[@christopheplumm2849]

We Africans have a very different view on him than you have portrayed...

[@GlassEyedDetectives]

thanks, that was a nice succinct piece on Gaddafi. Another little factoid about him was that he supported Burnley FC during his studying stint in the Uk. Even Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair's Official Spokesperson - also a Burnley fan, tried to tempt Gaddafi into laundering some of his money through the club!.... eeh, it's funny this Geopolitics business.

[@TheRedjack77]

at the end when you do your get up and walk away thing... Onetime when you do that, can you mutter to your self "damn gotta poop" loud enough for the camera to hear . that'd be great thanks

[@mosbahkhalaf1438]

Really thought that a person who is so well educated in other “grey areas” would be a little less bias, and media capitulated as you were in this video. I am a Libyan, lived in Libya, both during and after the 2011. Let me give you some real news, Libya across all aspects, from educational literacy, to women’s rights, to medical healthcare, to infrastructure (hell be even built the worlds largest irrigation system), to GDP, to the general standard of living rose exponentially. It is true, Libya does have large oil reserves but there is so much more to it. Name and case Nigeria and Venezuela. Food, farming, education, housing and pretty much everything was insanely subsidised. This video lacks the critical argumentation that your viewers so often ponder over. Have another go. Dig a little deeper, not everything is what it may seem on today’s highly skewed media surface. He was a better leader than any western country has today, for he was for his people, a true socialist. Yes, some of his acts were bizarre, but under his rule people were happier. Way happier. Now wages are non existent, people and oil are smuggled out of the country on a daily basis, the largest slave market in the world exists here and elections are far from fair. People are starved of everyday necessities. There are fuel shortages, power cuts on a daily basis and unemployment is the highest it has been since the 1970s. Gaddafi refused the petrodollar, wanted to unite African and Arab nations. What gives the west the moral high ground to dictate how a country is? Are they really that apathetic about humanitarianism? I have a million words to write but this is not the place, nor am I competent enough to truly explain; for history is a far better teller than I.

[@MPADAD1]

Having sailed beneath one of his "Line of Death" campaigns, pirate is the better description for the lands of Northern Africa in general. Specifically the Barbary region still attempts to retain the literal piracy by changing their international boundaries beyond what the ENTIRE WORLD regards as "International" waters. Seizing ships and selling into slavery their crews. It in itself is a large part of their culture in this region, and still one aspect of their past that they still cannot resolve and move past and through. How many more carrier fleets will it take to destroy the proxy war equip from Russia and CCP to prove its point again.? I am sure that it wil evolve even further now, time will tell if they can mature above their previous levels of "Barbarism."

[@semaj_5022]

That seemed to be kind of the point though, that Libya under al-Gaddafi did and experienced some amazing things, but also some horrifying things. But how do you properly weigh one against the other? How do you praise someone for their great works, knowing the committed atrocities? How do you denounce someone for their atrocities knowing they did great works? Does one diminish the other? I think most err on the side of caution, and while acknowledging the good, focus on the bad as something of a moral standard. Though this does end up leading to apparent bias and risks missing the full picture. Yet if one were to focus too much on the more positive aspects, they would inevitably be demonized and accused of glorifying someone who also committed atrocities, or, by extension, supporting those atrocities. I think this channel definitely took the approach they likely seemed to be safest while still giving as much information as they could with as little bias as they could muster, while likely knowing it would come off as biased and present a somewhat incomplete picture. I will say that I highly doubt they think the west has any sort of moral high ground in this or any conversation. Simon, especially, since he's from the UK and lord knows what they've done to basically half the world. Nor would I ever claim the west has any moral high ground myself, as an American. My country lives and breathes committing war crimes while denouncing others for theirs. It's just really fucking hard to present topics like this without missing the mark at least a little bit for some people.

[@TeddyKrimsony]

you did this to yourselves, plenty of people told you not to demand regime change but ask for reforms but you didn't, just like the Syrians and look where they are today.

[@slimdiddyd]

@@TeddyKrimsony the movement against the old Libyan regime was likely AstroTurfed. Just like the Syrian rebels who are basically just foreign mercenaries at this point.

[@honeysucklecat]

Someone should have take him out long before. You’ve been conned. He got what he deserved. Your nations biggest problem now is Islam, the religion founded by a schizophrenic hearing voices, a religion known for murdering people who dare ask questions.

[@danicalifornia505]

Can we get an episode on the Barbary Wars?

[@NobletheSavage]

I hope one day Simon comes across Gaddafi's son football career . That is a tale all on its own .

[@radkovicbe]

Excellent as always, but Hosni Mubarak is pronounced “Hoz-nee Moo-bah-rahk”

[@amandajones661]

Awesome video!

[@georgep9447]

"A Maori uprising in New Zealand." Umm.. what? We're did that come from?

[@christinaify]

@20:05 Is that Gaddafi with Clinton?! It looks nothing like him; I'd never have guessed. Seriously, dude should've opted for a suit more often...

[@brianstocks8049]

thank you, this was good

[@markduffy5773]

As always, Simon, these videos are nicely done. Have you ever thought of doing the story of the General Slocum? Something like 1,500 people died as a result of the indifference of others. Not sure which channel it would be best on though.

[@thequietterkina2095]

As a Libyan... i can say that what many people simply do not know about the Libyan situation, and is probably one of the main if not the main reason behind why the country is still in chaos today more than a decade after the revolution, is that in 2011 few months after the revolution started in February, Ghaddafi's regime made a "last ditch effort" in the form of 3 things: -they opened up many prisons and released the prisoners (many were dangerous criminals & terrorists) into the population. -The usage of media and propaganda to fuel tribalism and hatred between different regions & cities within of the country. -they started distributing firearms and weapons to civilians en masse, this alone has lead to an astronomical increase in the amount of firearm related crimes and robberies, considering that before 2011 the population of libya was mostly gun-free.

[@hx5525]

Did you think the revolution was a good thing or did it replace a piece of shit for another?

[@thequietterkina2095]

@@hx5525 unfortunately... the whole Arab was a giant shitshow ...

[@danicalifornia505]

Can we get a megaprojects on the Great Manmade River?

[@danielreuben1058]

What an amazing video. Thanks for helping me learn new things everyday. Can I have some free beard oils?

[@CartoonHero1986]

Wasn't Gaddafi the one Robin Williams made a joke about in the 1980's about "The Line of Death; you cross it you die!" * American forces cross it * "Okay you cross this line you die!" * cross it again * "Okay you knock on my door, I'm not coming out!"

[@lilrex2015]

I like that shirt Fact Boy

[@peterkirby1753]

Nice touch to skip the "like comment subscribe"

[@pikeman80]

I think he has been given far too much negative press over his years. There have been far worse leaders over the years. He was against colonialism and gave the country an identity.

[@adamfrazer5150]

@2:20 ohhhhhh, I know who you're talking about Sim- what ? Gandaffy ? Oh 😐

[@deangoodall7411]

A good overview and perhaps an appetiser for some deeper dives? I served, lived and worked in Libya from 2009 through to 2012 and saw first hand Ghaddafi’s insane regime and how much he was feared and hated. I was in the middle of the chaos of the 17 Feb uprising and what followed. Perhaps some more in-depth looks in to the Barbary Wars? The Italian Colonisation? Lockerbie (and the Iranian/Palestinian hypothesis) and the current failed state/civil war will all make good topics? Thanks again Simon

[@Stayyyysilent]

Key points of this report. 🙏🏽

[@jobanh7ify]

2:35 there’s Waldo…

[@MoezPS3]

You haven’t mentioned how my country of Cyrenaica was independent from 1949, and then united with the rest of Libya.

[@arrjay2410]

You did gloss over the excesses of the period of Italian rule. There were concentration camps on a level close to that of The Holocaust for the various rebellious tribal groups in the region. Something possibly worthy of its own report.

[@AliAbrahem]

This guy is very biased lol he mentioned things gaddafi was accused of but never the bombs that America dropped all over Libya

[@theawesomeman9821]

Simon, you left out the fact that the Vandals once ruled Libya.

[@aletheiai]

13:51 "Wage *pariety*" Is that a portmanteaux of pariah + parity?

[@emixmim]

Now do Iraq, Factboy Slim! Great video btw!

[@orcus6893]

Seeing the news about the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in the PH is quite amusing because every news outlet uses their unofficial acronym "MILF"

[@theawesomeman9821]

I didn't know before, that the US had confrontations with the Middle East since its founding.

[@JoshuaBabasa]

Good god, how many channels does this dude have?

[@mladenmatosevic4591]

Oil fields are pumping oil and nobody asks what happened with Libyan money stashed on Western banks during sanctions. Apparently, for West this is all that matters.

[@k-brick9996]

Defund CIA.

[@curtisthomas2670]

Why the West got rid of Gadafi: His work with other African countries on African unity (via the OAU/AU, African Common Passport and currency) economic independence and interdependence (via internal trading systems), banking independence and interdependence (via the African owned Central bank and African gold backed dinar, military independence (via African Peacekeeping Force and African owned arms manufacturing industry), energy independence (via African Energy Plan), communications independence (via African owned made and launched satellites and African owned telecommunications conglomerates), African owned continent wide hydroelectric and renewable energy grids, African owned rail, high speed rail, airlines, ferry lines and transportation networks, along with stated plan to stop accepting US dollars for Libyan Oil (Saddam and Hugo Chavez had same plan for their oil).

[@97suhail]

Like all oil producing countries, when they want to stop using the US Dollar for sales, they quickly get destroyed and left for ruin.

[@fireguy98gaming]

At 2:55 i think you forgot the word million there.

[@dwhitefield4348]

Future Warographics on the Barbary Wars?

[@stevensawicki9123]

"Whats a dark story that goes deeper into the minds of people that is relatively ignored?" "Libya" "Well that's the best idea on the board"

[@rogerpenske2411]

I want $1 million life insurance policy on Simon “DB Cooper “whistler

[@Kyle-qd2sy]

You should have pointed out in the upcoming Libyan election Gaddafi’s second son and presumed heir is one of the Presidential candidates

[@michaelriley2]

Not all nations are ready for democracy...Gaddafi knew how to run his country and certain large countries didn't like that.

[@michaelpettersson4919]

This is true and any attemot to impose democracy from top down are doomed to fail. Democracy are like planting a tree, it take many years for it grow large.

[@joopvanderheijden7494]

Why is this video age restricted ? I dont want to send my creditcard data or ID to google just to be able to see it..

[@handyvan3422]

look up how to install youtube vanced, thank me later

[@austinwagner3231]

Im disappointed that Simon didnt sing the entire Marine Corps Hymn

[@mike-sk2li]

The average Libyan would agree life was much better under Gaddafi rule! Now it's an absolute hellhole

[@MrTexasDan]

Yeah, he was a real peach.

[@christopherconard2831]

@@MrTexasDan He could be a royal bastard, but a bastard that kept things under control. Would you rather live in under a dictator or in anarchy. Unfortunately there are several examples of nations that were only held together by an iron fist (Yugoslavia and Iraq for example) that explode when control is taken away too fast. Gradual release of power is the best way. But too often this leads to attempts at a power grab by the new "leaders" who either don't really know how to run a nation, or end up trying to settle old scores.

[@kaiseramadeus233]

I still don't understand why he was overthrown. Right before the Arab Spring, you mentioned how he was pretty popular internationally and domestically. What about the Arab Spring suddenly resulted in the massive shift in opinion?

[@curtisthomas2670]

Why the West got rid of Gadafi: His work with other African countries on African unity (via the OAU/AU, African Common Passport and currency) economic independence and interdependence (via internal trading systems), banking independence and interdependence (via the African owned Central bank and African gold backed dinar, military independence (via African Peacekeeping Force and African owned arms manufacturing industry), energy independence (via African Energy Plan), communications independence (via African owned made and launched satellites and African owned telecommunications conglomerates), African owned continent wide hydroelectric and renewable energy grids, African owned rail, high speed rail, airlines, ferry lines and transportation networks, along with stated plan to stop accepting US dollars for Libyan Oil (Saddam and Hugo Chavez had same plan for their oil).

[@davidparadis490]

How can you leave out when Reagan had his tent bombed?

[@jackazzyk]

Simon serious question, how many channels do you have?!?

[@dimidimi5537]

Can you do one video for the Kosovo war ?

[@AliAbrahem]

U should mention that the Lockerbie bombing was never confirmed to be a Libyan job. It’s most likely Iranian or Syrian

[@curtisthomas2670]

lt was personally ordered by Ayatollah Khomeini in retaliation for the US shooting down an lranian Airbus passenger jet. The US was negotiating with lran backed groups for the release of hostages including Terry Waithe held in Lebanon and didn't want to scuttle the deal by accusing lran. A Scot appointed case review committee decided that the case was seriously flawed and evidence insufficient, even some of the victims' families believe it wasn't the Libyans.

[@QueensGTO_Viper]

gold dinar

[@ytgytgy]

Damn KZbin does NOT want this video to be watched

[@Kaiserland111]

1.76 square kilometers, eh? I think you meant to add a million in there Simon ;)

[@sjmarham]

My browser hung @9:13 so all I heard was "his father was a goat..."

[@jennametalsome2445]

Life insurance…. A good idea. Unless you’re on casual criminalist

[@icarus_falling]

1.76 square km is a little small. must be crowded lol

[@vasilerogojan4520]

If you asked me I would say that Libya would have looked today if the monarchy had not been removed.

[@ДжонПартлов]

In the Lockerbie bombing part, can you say the plane was over locker be in parts came crashing down but in the next sentence you say while the plane was on the ground a bomb Went off and people on the ground died I’m confused is it in the air or was it on the runway? Edit…. I misheard you and I understand now… a bomb, planted while the plane was on the ground, detonated in the air over Lockerbie….English is confusing…

[@igotajarof...2978]

You're getting me some crap times Simon. GG

[@nostraanus]

Where is the rest of the video? No mention of Bengazi, no general Haftar, nothing. You can do better

[@Rick-jf2ig]

It's only a basic overview, he doesn't have time to go into deep context with these subjects because of his tight upload schedule

[@nostraanus]

@@Rick-jf2ig who are you, his agent? An overview doesn't have to go into detail, but has to give an overview of the whole story. If you make a video about the Manhattan project and it ends with the trinity test instead of the bombings of Japan, your video would seem incomplete. Same here.

[@Cenentury0941]

@@nostraanus "would seem incomplete" isn't the same as "is incomplete". In the Manhattan project example, the video will entirely be justified ending with the Trinity test as the Manhattan project is concerned with the development of the bomb not it's deployment. It's a 24 minute KZbin video, if you really want more, go read the Wikipedia page 🤷‍♂️