Saddam Hussein: The Butcher of Baghdad

[@Biographics]

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[@matejebach5487]

Again, shame on you.

[@jairehedselvillapando2110]

Biographics Can you do Bill Clinton? LOL

[@theindianshiamuslim5777]

Please do a video about Ayatullah khumeini

[@EmLoskii]

Biographics HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN PUBLICLY CASTRATED. SADDAM SHOULD HAVE HAD HIS HANDS, TONGUE & FEET CHOPPED OFF & FINALLY PUBLICLY DECAPITATED 100% + HIS REMAINS BEING BURNED

[@theindianshiamuslim5777]

@@EmLoskii wouldn't that drop us to his standards

[@ragnakok7973]

I’m from Iraq, and I’ll tell you Iraq was 10x better with him than it is now.

[@waxl4449]

better with but nightmare to other..there's always an opposite side of white pal...

[@علاويالاسدي-ي3ض]

It actually was 100x better.

[@waxl4449]

@@علاويالاسدي-ي3ض maybe for you..but the other was total nightmare...he is no different than any other dictator..rise to power by slaughtering and murdering millions of iraqi..even Kurdish too..

[@treehugger3615]

With all the public purges and hangings? What if today's President did that in the name of order? Would you agree with him?

[@علاويالاسدي-ي3ض]

@Tommy Lee Simply, *you can't* :))

[@ryanschudel6753]

The sound would cut out for minutes at a time for me

[@houstonhensley9324]

Same I think that the song was copyrighted so it was re uploaded

[@pixydust4112]

Same lol

[@pakde8002]

It's called falling asleep

[@AcornElectron]

I think it just feels like minutes and is actually just a few seconds.

[@combatmedic7748]

Same

[@reverseshotgun721]

In two days, Iraq went from having the 4th largest army in the world to having the 2nd largest army in Iraq

[@Abdirahman_Mohamed]

oof, glad its a free country now

[@AnandaChakraborty21]

😂😂🤘

[@exodus1646]

Abdirahman Mohamed «free» are you mad?😂😂

[@Abdirahman_Mohamed]

Hevar Taeeb i snorted a bit of crack

[@SA-yn6pg]

Abdirahman Mohamed is Iraq is free, so is the DPRK.

[@somecuriousperson2233]

Rule number one in not making your child a dictator: don't abuse them

[@Cindy67917]

Saddam: "Hey relax, guy!"

[@brandonschreiber6403]

Honorable mention: Don't be a dictator with a legacy to begin with.

[@BeraubtWerden]

Ok let's see in 10-20 years

[@Bee-kk8jf]

Facts the 2nd rule is disguise ur dictatorship with “democracy” lol

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Starhub Bob

[@zainiqbal9580]

You left out the part where the USA supported his regime over that of Iran and were willing to overlook his crimes!

[@Bartdm2086]

Gajkrupa 2020 The US Sold Them Weapons And even had american soldiers fighting iranians because they needed irans oil

[@Bartdm2086]

Suhail Alhegry Where do u think they got it from 😂

[@sympathiser_of_Germans_in_40s]

@Suhail Alhegry bro how tf do you think those fuckers built up all of it

[@manaki666]

Saddam invaded Iran because he felt threathened by Khamenei. Yes the US supported Iraq, so did the saudis. The US also sold weapons to Iran during the same period.

Christ, Saddam Hussein pales in comparison to the current and remembered Presidents of the USA and Israel and I'm 72 !

[@JohnGalt916]

It's always amazes me how every single one of these horrible men in history have the same backstory. Mistreated as children, unwanted, and brilliant

[@semdavidanger]

True

[@cleverusername9369]

Don't call trump brilliant

[@AtheismF7W]

mistreated? downright abused

[@willie5958]

Neither Hitler or Stalin or Kim jong were brilliant. Benito Mussolini was another not brilliant child. All bonkers

[@basedkaiser5352]

@@willie5958 whatever makes you feel good lmao keep coping.

[@26michaeluk]

As a veteran of OIF, I must say as bad as he was, he should've been left in power. Dozens upon dozens of Iraqis told me life was better under Saddam. Just look at the mess we created.

[@abscbn6599]

What did Saddam contributed in Iraq if life was better under his reign ??? Just curiose because Im from philippines, and mostly im pretty ignorant about middle east conlfict...

[@26michaeluk]

@@abscbn6599 sunnis and shias lived peacefully together. We let loose a civil war and broke all the infrastructure. Iraq was way ahead in the middle east in regards to hospitals and technology. Don't get me wrong, he was a vile evil man but those are a dime a dozen.

[@sparks1792]

@@26michaeluk that’s the problem do you allow him to continue because life is ok for most but also he’s evil same thing as gaddafi

[@26michaeluk]

@@sparks1792 with 20/20 hindsight, yes both should've been left in power. Sad but true.

[@sparks1792]

@@26michaeluk hopefully they have peace and prosperity forever

[@WasabiSniffer]

I remember speaking to the army physician that gave him his physical before he got handed over. He described him as “like that one racist grandpa everybody has.” Made me think about how power in certain hands can have very different outcomes

[@luissegura8474]

Just imagine the outcome of giving that power at the beginning of history.

[@kittybmob]

"Hey, relax guy, you need a rest" -Saddam Hussein

[@xamrocket1]

Underrated comment

[@dshmechanic]

@@xamrocket1 Agreed! Haven't laughed so hard at a KZbin comment in a month of Sundays LOL

[@CocoKickz94]

Come onnnn guuuyyyy

[@svloger]

@@CocoKickz94 i'm not your guy buddy

[@BergmitetheBlueandPointy0712]

I mainly know Saddam because of South Park.

[@gingaddict]

Simon: He gave him his first prized procession Me: Aww... Simon: which was a hand gun. Me: Oh....

[@isisbathory]

@Mr. Scuz lool

[@Sinn0100]

Actually, this really does not mean all that much. I realize the guy narrating this is British and their feelings towards firearm ownership is well known. Now, I do think 10 years old is a bit young but 13-16 is the right age to teach a young boy how to shoot. I was 14 when I technically received my first rifle from my father. He passed down to me an Colt AR-15 A1 that he was given by my uncle in the late 1960's. It came with a nice metal carrying case, cleaning kit, and two 20 round magazines. The rifle was kept under lock and key for safe keeping. We would take it out when we went shooting and was officially given to me at my 18th birthday. I own many firearms today including the AR-15 my father gave me. I almost 40 years old and we still go shooting today. It is the only bare stock rifle I own. I wanted to change the direct impingement for a piston for years but my dad begged me not too...I agreed and it have not changed it. I wound up buying an AR-15 M4 A4 that I completely converted and they both are great.

[@Sinn0100]

@Boi Yeah...what's your point? What I said was correct. Typically, people outside the US have an irrational fear of inanimate objects. I am proud to have the right to defend my family and home from criminality. The right to keep and bear arms has saved my life. On October 18, 2016 two armed men attempted to force their way into my home. They banged on my front door so hard that my living room shook (approx 12:30 AM). My fiancee and I were in the living room working on a project for our religious studies class. I jumped up from our couch and grabbed my handgun (my conceal and carry is always close by). I went to the door and looked out of the peephole...I saw no one. As I now have degrees in both criminal justice and criminal psychology, I knew what was happening. I told my fiance- "This is likely a criminal at work, call the police." She looked out the front window and saw two men kneeling underneath the window waiting for me to step outside. I swung ooen my front door and backed up 2 meters (6 feet) and centered my weapon on the door. My fiancee watched them as they were in complete bewilderment that I did not take their bate. They rushed to my front door wearing masks, one carried an ice pick while the other had a crowbar. They stopped at the threshold of my door and were so blitzed out of their minds they did not realize that I was pointing a 1911 Colt .45 at them. They screamed at me- "We are coming in and if you know what's good for you, you will give us what we want!" I said nothing to them in response and once again they barked the same thing. That was when they realized that I had a gun in my hands and their attitude changed instantaneously. From that point foward it was- Yes sir and no sir. I made them take off their masks and stand against my garage while the police came and collected them. The police took over 20 minutes to get too my home. What was almost comical was how the police reacted to the scene. They fully expected to find dead bodies when they arrived. The cops asked me why I didn't shoot them. The reason is fairly simple, I do not want to shoot anyone. That's the kind of thing that will haunt you for the rest of your life. They stopped what they were doing giving me no reason to push it further. Hell, I wouldn't have tried to stop them from running away either. At any rate, you can say "Americans" all you like, I'm proud to be in a land that enables me to defend my family.

[@tomwithey711]

@@Sinn0100 You're a little trigger happy.

[@Sinn0100]

@@tomwithey711 I'm glad you read what I wrote and not at all misconstrued what I said...that was sarcasm. I didn't fire my weapon once and turned them both over to the police. That would be the exact opposite of being trigger happy. Reading comprehension is fun.

[@Spright91]

"Iraqis needed a strong leader" I hate that he was right.

[@meshlrd1047]

how about a humane person? after all Iraqis are just like the rest of us humans

[@Spright91]

@@meshlrd1047 they would just get shot by the next ruthless dictator or extremist

[@deadbutmoving]

@@meshlrd1047 You are what we call a delusional Westerner. You always choose to look at things from an idealistic perspective, when judging others, yet refuse to look at the reality of your own situation. A weak leader/government will be violently overthrown by the next ruthless guy that comes along. You have to have strength if you want to stay in power, even Western governments understand this, that's why Western Governments are the most well funded and well armed militaries in the world. Completely disarm your Western governments and fill it with "humane" people and see how long it takes for some violent person or organization to take over your countries.

[@itzAurora_Xoxo]

@@deadbutmoving as a westerner i loved this ,spot on

[@justaniraqiman9253]

@@deadbutmoving what you're saying is not relevant to Saddam at all , Saddam was a narcissistic criminal and extremely paranoid about everyone around him ,the man killed his own sons-in-law , his sons were living the best life with luxurious cara and houses while the Iraqis were starving , he stole the money of Iraqis and killed anyone who questioned , we were so afraid of him that there was a saying " the walls have ears" because whoever talked badly about Saddam even in private would end up dead , this is not a leader who wanted the best for his country ,this is a criminal whose crimes we're still suffering from today

[@dws0828]

20 years ago, my brother was one of the marine units sent in. He lost friends he enlisted with there and received brain damage after his vehicle convoy ran into a mine in Fallujah. He’s never been the same and he saw crimes being done to civilians that he’s never repeated stories of to me while he was sober. Whatever the real goal of our military was whether it was petroleum or the Heroin fields; it wasn’t worth it

[@alial-shaikhilly5213]

I was there I know what you are talking about and I remember every second of it

[@Quantum-1157]

The neo-cons , whose children don’t even serve a day in the military, engineered this war, deceived the American people on WMDs and told people that God wants us to invade Babylonia! They’ll have theirs in the Highest Court on the Last Day

[@MustacheCashStash125]

War in general isn’t worth it

[@umarc2634]

Who told him to go there

[@aspect359]

​@@umarc2634serious?

[@mike814031]

LOL ...saddam was shocked that the USA has no law to stop anyone from complaining about the president, imagine if iraq had their own version of Saturday night live..lol

[@balooko31]

Fresh new cast every week!!! (The old ones keep getting killed)

[@sandrogrech236]

Opening the show by shooting aks to the roof.

[@FIRSTNAMELASTNAME-zt4kf]

hacckksheckledach nigh live. Note I dont speak the language

[@entireglxy4338]

And then its those same stations that claim trump is a dictator

[@AhmedMohammed-bg8gi]

Nowdays in Iraq we have "Albasheer show" , but the cast have to live outside Iraq 😂 Somehow we are experiencing democracy and dictatorship at the same time

[@davidcole2337]

This guy was a bad dude, but he kept half of the Middle East in Check.

[@gobblegobble3766]

David Cole he was the one who kept ISIS down, they were afraid of him, but once he was gone, they took their chance.

[@ARM4170]

Talk about Bush

[@lexshifflett757]

And bush loved him but sadaam really did keep half the middle east in check.

[@RealSupaHotFireVEVO]

He's a "bad dude" but definitely not worse that most if not all US presidents in history.

[@DerEchteBabo]

@@haitamchouiekh5229 loved in iraq? Who loves him more, the kurds who he killed or the shias who got bombed because of him? Idito

[@az43996]

“Butcher of Baghdad”? I thought that title went to George W. Bush. 😂😂

[@ARM4170]

Yeah

[@jasonarmstrong5750]

Technically Dick Cheney if you dig a bit deeper, Bush was just a face for the invasion, Cheney was the one pulling the strings

[@Tchachitos]

Nice youre repeating the top comment....

[@209Richsta]

@@jasonarmstrong5750 yes sir. Watch the secret history of isis. Former Intelligence workers spoke as well

[@jennas9033]

My family is from Iraq, specifically Baghdad, and what bush did was devastating

[@fueledbycoffee7391]

My dad worked for UN when saddam invaded kuwait.. during the kuwait siege saddam planted thousands of mines in the kuwait land my dad worked as a military engineer to extract those mines..and got severely wounded by them lost part of hand,finger, jaws he had to carry those painful sharpnels through out his life..

[@brucewarchild2156]

That's your dad's fault how can you work for America or the UN, United nations is good for nothing only stealing for their masters, stealing valuable resources on my soil Africa

[@nv7287]

He is unlucky and lucky, he could go home were others must remain, unlucky that his life is damaged by policies of others and deserves to be treated with respect for his sacrifice. All he wanted was to remove mines so others can live a normal life, and was willing to put his thoughts into real action. What an amazing dad

[@jamesrivers5303]

@@nv7287 no his job was to remove mines so America could freely occupy Kuwait and draw closer to Iraq oil.

[@alexmartin1253]

​@@jamesrivers5303...anti American much?

[@bondrewdthelordofdawn3744]

Why every dictator I know have amazing mustache

[@Oatmeal_Mann]

Physiognomy

[@charlesroberts3650]

I think the term you're looking for is "amusing moustache", funny facial hair that helps them hide their sexual insecurities.

[@gourabsarker6895]

Kim jong un agrees with your assessment

[@jishb2505]

what about Idi Amin?

[@zorbaz3940]

@@jishb2505 he means every GREAT dictator

[@michaelsuder3217]

He may be considered the “butcher of Baghdad “ but he prevented every form of terrorism in that territory coming to power

[@ffccfjsj]

A TERRORIST KEEPING OUT TERRORIST YEAH FUNNY IRAQ ISNT BETTER WITHOUT HIM BUT THE WORLD IS DEF IS ALSO IRAQ WAS NEVER BETTER IF U CHECK IRAQ HISTORYY IT WENT FROM SHITTY PRESIDENT TO ANOTHER SHITTY ONE

[@blackgold754]

JusThat And u really call a president shitty who gave free education free healthcare and stability to his citizens and if Iraq really had a hard time during his rule u gotta have a website rather than telling me to go look for it. U have to support your claims

[@Charlie-502]

He was the terrorist

[@shunsuikyoraku5428]

DJ Grandpa how did he provide this free education and free health care? Because we have a presidential candidate promising the same thing here in America and I guarantee you he would be one SHITTY president lol socialism

[@sparx180]

@@ffccfjsj Look who we have!

[@rc_youtubeaccount1331]

When the CIA claims you have Weapons of Mass Destruction, you better make sure it's true.

[@princeytron]

He did have Weapons of Mass Destruction. He just didn’t have Nukes.

[@princeytron]

@Marechal Zolotoy They started making Nukes almost immediately as a deterrent against the nuclear powers. They saw how the west and NATO would enter other countries and wage war. They saw themselves as in the crossheirs. It was the only method of self-protection from a tactical standpoint.

[@Charles-hy6gp]

The same CIA that helped him to get the power also kill him, such a weird agency

[@sparx180]

Riverton Cooper Not the CIA but Israel claimed Iraq had WMD. We obliterated 7 ME countries in 5 years. Countries that never uttered a bad word towards the USA. We have murdered millions of innocent people just bcs of Israel. We never had a problem with the ME until Israel was formed. Like we have done nothing to other countries. We are not squeaky clean.

[@rc_youtubeaccount1331]

@Marechal Zolotoy North Korea went through severe famine in 2017-18, but somehow stopped since early last year after the nuke experiment was very much confirmed successful, just like PRC did in early 1960 who got the atomic bomb in 1964. Then it came back after sanction from the US. I would say the US should have major accountability for the Koreans who starved to death in these years.

[@luishernandezblonde]

Saddam Hussein's rise to power is a dramatic story, yet unveils a very sad past of his. Had he been raised more humanly, he would've been a different man.

[@jassemalshamaa5850]

I’m Kuwaiti and just wanted to add this tidbit, so when Iraq attacked Iran they took loans from kuwait and after the end of the war they were still being asked to pay the loan and refused to forgive the amounts. It was another reason the idea of just taking over the country sounded smart.

[@timothyknoles976]

I've heard this too. It's the reasoning that makes the most sense to me.

[@comradek57]

Kuwait was once part of Iraq, strerching back from Ottoman rule. Only the British carved out Kuwait from the rest of Iraq so the former has no access to the sea and for the British to keep their interests in the Middle East.

[@Ahmed-vw3iw]

Hi Reaper....But the move to occupy kuwait was stupid thinking the world would just keep quiet. Saddam was arrogant and had no feelings for sufferings of people, especially the killings of thousands of kurdish civilians is unforgivable.

[@eliasziad7864]

Kuwait was part of Iraq

[@Ahmed-vw3iw]

@@eliasziad7864 in that way all Arab nations were part of Ottoman caliphate, will they be ready to go back to Turkey now? Your mentality is like a right wing baathist to justify anything wrong done by the regime. Grow up. I am a Sunni Muslim, Saddam was not a good Muslim and was a Brutal Tyrant who was mainly concerned about his power at the expense of even killing abd torturing thousands of Iraqis.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

0:50 - Chapter 1 - Early life 5:00 - Chapter 2 - Rise to power 8:30 - Chapter 3 - Personal life 10:15 - Chapter 4 - Decades of conflict 16:25 - Chapter 5 - Saddam's fall

[@mrrandom1265]

Thank you

[@Adam-gf3jg]

19:37 - Western propaganda

[@toof7513]

@@Adam-gf3jg bro that 1 sec is propaganda true lol

[@williamsonah5667]

Thank you

[@tofiqbabayev7725]

Who was Saddam? Of course, the dishonorable one. He killed thousands of innocent people. While people were starving in Iraq, he was throwing himself a million dollar birthday party. He closed the road to Karbala. He destroyed Imam Hussein's harem. How many people he unjustly imprisoned. At the time of his death, he could not testify. May God make the place hellll

[@tanbir-ul-israq9577]

"Butcher of Baghdad"- I thought that is referring to Bush & Blair.

[@VinnyLam]

And Cheney.

[@tufelshariefsharief152]

True

[@benjamindixon3512]

To think Blair walks around to this day scot and guilt free.....disgusting for all the civilians and soldiers lost from this pointless war.

[@sbsb4995]

That is correct. USA and its allies laid ruin all over the world. But China will tame them. USA has been the biggest bully. We need China to establish world order.

[@gruweldaad]

The vast majority of deaths in Iraq were caused by jihadist militias, not the United States, and the figures are far lower than certain groups like Amnesty International command you to believe. The civilian casualties the US is directly responsible is extremely low compared to the amount of Iraqis killed by non-state actors, including former Baathist political and military officials who joined Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, an international jihadist who had been invited to Iraq to receive medical care by Saddam Hussein after his involvement in the failed attempt to destroy the World Trade Center in 1993. I realize that it sucks to be wrong about absolutely everything, but you've been manipulated into believing the removal of the Hussein totalitarian dictatorship constitutes premeditated mass murder on the part of American and British leaders.

[@shahzenanakai2499]

i lost my uncle during the iran-iraq war. we don’t know what happened to him, but he’s been assumed dead. that was just two weeks before the war ended. he was only twenty.

[@bobburger6485]

Threatening his primary School teachers with a handgun lol

[@bobcharlotte8724]

He belonged in amurica!

[@kazamakell]

Yet places like Burma and Africa have the worst school systems

[@internetual7350]

@Gajkrupa 2020 I'm no Saddam supporter but it was quite obvious that Saddam was no supporter of Islamic Terrorism as the Ba'ath Party was officially Secular infact during the Lebanese civil war he supported the Christian president rather than groups like Hezbollah and other Islamic groups

[@goatfucker1413]

@J D what do u mean by”behavior”?

[@mrrandom1265]

Sounds like France

[@benburgess9428]

I had a computer game in the ‘90s where Saddam would walk across the screen, and when he stopped walking to make a speech you had to drop an anvil on his head. The ‘90s were a different time.

[@utsabsingharay4654]

What was the game 😂😂

[@Daniel_WR_Hart]

I remember when South Park would have him as this weird character

[@benburgess9428]

@@utsabsingharay4654 Don’t remember mate. It’s been 2 decades

[@ritujaharidas259]

Yo! We used to play this game too! There was another one from mid 2000s which was called Bin Laden simulation or Al Qaeda or something of this sort. It basically had a variety of weapons that you could use to "destroy" your computer screen. And the movable pointer used to be Bin Laden's face. I can't believe we didn't think anything of it then. 🙈🙈🙈🙈

[@darkbydesign1031]

got any proof ?

[@sourceofhacks]

I'm Kurdish and I can say that it was better when sadam was alive than now.

[@puneetsonpal5340]

Really?

[@p4rs4.15]

@@puneetsonpal5340 yep in his we getted money at time salarys electricity now we have electricity 16 hoours and its been 60 days right now that we havent got salarjes

[@nalisaed8725]

You do know about the anfal genocide right.

[@احمدباسمعاتي]

No

[@MJ-bp3gv]

Beast is a beast ... Be it saddam or Bush...any Comparisons can't prove him innocent except prooving ur bias..

[@Dennis-nc3vw]

Fun fact: Saddam said he intentionally acted like he had WMDs to scare Iran. Boy did that backfire.

[@mezykin]

and then the idiots Bush and Blair bought into it

[@JohanRalle]

No everyone knew he Didnt have any aswell as the US they would always find a excuse to invade Iraq as they were causing troubles for the US """biggest ally"""" Israel

[@ZacharyMarshall]

Gave him his first real possession: 😊 It was a handgun: 😮

[@lucastursi]

ironic how in many times, the beginning of a life of violence starts with traumas in early infancy

[@informitas0117]

Where's the irony? It's a straight correlation.

[@TimFuzail]

Added details to make the narrative plausible.

[@julsteablog3677]

That's why id think ppl should discipline kids with lashings everytime they do something bad. Id with my first two and they turned out just fine. It could be something their lacking, mentally, emotionally etc. That's just lazy parenting.

[@violinsinthevoid4579]

That explains Uday Hussein as well!

[@escapefr0mslender]

@@julsteablog3677 No. Children do not deserve to be hit or whipped. If they’re already a dictator ur just making them more violent

[@jeruelsarmiento4926]

and after removing the evil saddam and qdaffi? what happened to their country? hell

[@princeytron]

Nope. That was due to pulling out of Iraq and not leaving a stay-behind force to secure the region. Guess why they did that? Because of people like you, who demonise America. It was due to political pressure from people like *you* that Obama pulled all forces from Iraq. *THAT* is when the country collapsed. Because we left a massive power vacuum with no stable power structure, and ISIS claimed it. The problem wasn’t removing Saddam, it was leaving without properly replacing him. Blame the ones who pulled out of Iraq, not the ones who went in.

[@Shreddah]

@@princeytron Sure, US has been in Afghanistan for soon 20 years, using the same argument. Now tell me, how is that working out for you?

[@princeytron]

@@Shreddah The US entered Afganastan as a defense against the USSR invasion. I can't believe I have to explain why Iraq and Afganastan are terrible comparables, but fine. Afghanistan has always been one of the most unstable and tumultuous regions on planet earth. First of all, it is set apart and isolated from surrounding nations by the Hindu Kush. Afghanistan is not a flat plain desert, it has a 800-kilometer long mountain range cutting through it. This makes it one of the most difficult regions in the world to govern. It remained a region filled with nomadic farmers and small tribal chiefdoms far into the 20th century. The country was not able to even get a modern infrastructure before the 1978 revolution and resulting invasion. Afghanistan did not have anything close to resembling a single government. The "Democratic Republic of Afghanistan" was barely more than a monarchy that controlled a few major settlements. It wasn't until AFTER the pull out of the soviet union that any sense of government was established, and that was The Taliban, who did not rule through traditional governance. You're comparing a modern country with infrastructure, a real government, and a central culture, Iraq. To a geographically divided, unstable, barely modern region, Afganastan, as if they should have equal outcomes. Just because they are both in the Middle East doesn't mean anything about them should be the same. Finally, you're wrong. It is Pakistan that is the most heavily involved in Afghanistan and has been pumping influence into it since Pakistan gained independence. It is Pakistan that provided the bulk of the resources against the USSR, it was Pakistan that supported and propped up The Taliban Regime. The US is barely invested in comparison. Again, an entirely different situation to Iraq. A more apt comparison would be Germany or Japan, or even South Korea. These countries *still* have US troops stationed there. These are examples of invasions resulting in a breakdown of the power structure. If we had pulled out of Germany in 1946 (if not for the USSR) there is no doubt the Nazi regieme would have resurrected. If we had pulled out of Japan without forcing its government down another path, the Imperialistic spark would have ignited again. We invaded Iraq, we paid the cost of securing that country. After we had secured it, we could have stabilized it. By pulling out, we not only gave up the entire country to enemy insurgents, but we abandoned our allies and the citizens who supported us. Contrary to idiotic anti-American nonsense, a huge amount of Iraqi citizens were pro-America, and plenty joined in the fighting against the Iraq regime. Plenty of militias and other fighters were our allies. You know what happened after the US was no longer there to protect them? The insurgents and fighters who were hiding like vermin in the cracks and crevices, waiting for their chance, went door to door, found anyone who cooperated or assisted the coalition forces and killed them and their entire families. Tens of thousands of people. Those were Iraqi people. I abhor this "America bad" prism of looking at the world that blinds you to reality. It was America that was protecting those Iraqi people, and it was the pull out of America that caused their deaths. Iraq would be in a much better state right now had we continued our presence there. But sure, just saying "but Afghanistan" totally works, except it makes no sense.

[@Shreddah]

@@princeytron What are you talking about? USSR? I am talking about the 2001 invasion, which today is a perpertual war. But nice try to underplay the role of the CIA and US in propping up the taliban regime in 80's, with funding reaching $600+ million per year at the height of the operation cyclone. I'd say that's plenty helpful. Yet it came to bite them in the ass, just like with propping up Saddam in the 80's. The US is still hundreds of thousands casualities, of which 200.000+ occured before 2011, because the war should have never been started in the first place. So of course it's only valid to blame a country for starting an illegal war which had calamitous consequences for the region and the world. It's also valid to have contempt for US government for being the shyster bullies of the world.

[@passivedre]

@@princeytron I mean soldiers cant just pull out, they were *ordered* to pull out and the government left Iraq with no leader

[@michaelkennedy315]

amazing how you say he is a dictator and was brutal when in his time Iraq was the wealthiest safest and booming economically. After he was invaded, Iraq now is like a jungle.

[@Petra44YT]

I remember hearing about one of these wars. My dentist at the time used to have a radio on. He was drilling on my teeth, then he heard one of these news about the war, and he stopped, and said, "oh my God", and listened to what was going on. Then, he said, "alright, let's continue with the work here" and kept on drilling. He was a really good dentist and replaced all my old amalgam filling with plastic filling. At the time, it was believed those would have to be replaced after five years or so. But that was over 25 years ago.

[@Unholy_milk]

Sometimes I talk to my taxi driver about things like that

[@JL-cn1qi]

This is a very vanilla version of it all, never scratching the facade, backroom dealings, true motivations and the true powers working behind the scenes.

[@jackjhonson5757]

It involves Israel and you arnt allowed to talk about that in America for nation security reasons

[@zaryabK-vi8fh]

@@jackjhonson5757 but america has freedom of speech or whatever they call it

[@jeffbrownstain]

@@jackjhonson5757 Uh guys... Simon is British 🤦‍♀️

[@cloidclied3835]

Actually we don’t -.-

[@shailonnoelle7175]

It's Saudi Arabia and Israel. You are anti Semitic trash if you mention the jews taking over the world

[@Adam-ws4wi]

"Socks are socks, dont waste money" - Sadam Hussain

[@tuti5521]

What does it trying to say?

[@duiwithc4corvette403]

@@tuti5521 “Socks are socks, don’t waste money”

[@tuti5521]

@@duiwithc4corvette403 !

[@perkosherrigh7243]

Coming from him living in a palace eating the best foods

[@lumskull1084]

Why is so much audio missing? It’s really frustrating to be injoying this video then Having no idea if you missed something important to his history or not because there’s several points where it just goes quite for minutes.

[@MustacheCashStash125]

It’s the Iraqi Government trying to censor anything bad about Saddam

[@none377]

I'm an Iraqi and this video is accurate. However, I have a few minor notes, at 6:13 the image is not related to Saddam's regime, this is the modern Iraqi forces. At 10:31, it's Sh-ite majority Iran not "minority." It should've also been mentioned that Saddam did receive intelligence from the U.S against Iran in the Iraqi-Iran war. Overall, it's definitely a good simple video for those who are not acquainted with Saddam and his policy. He was undoubtedly a brutal dictator. (Mass graves uncovered after his rule ended.)

[@raindoset5408]

In the caption it said majority

[@none377]

@@raindoset5408 Well, it may be a mistake deviviating from the script. I don't know. It's incorrect either way.

[@quinnholloway5400]

I regret the War itself, espically as it lead to more chaos and death then was needed In my eyes it's both a show of what could have been in the past (American Landfall of Japan) and a reminder of the fact that Bush Jr. was a dumbass who shouldn't have tried to invade the Middle East, as it only made things more disorderly But Saddam and his sons (espically Uday) deserved what was coming to them, if not by the US, then one day by the People or even one of his own Sons

[@none377]

@@quinnholloway5400 Many of the decisions America made are questionable. Not sure whether or not America saw the chaos and the civil war coming when they invaded, but I could see why Americans would oppose it. If the chaos was predicted, then the whole thing was intentional and probably had some hidden evil agenda in it. If it wasn't, then America simply doesn't know what it's doing and making such a big decision to invade another country without understanding the consequences is simply reckless. Nonetheless, from my view point as an Iraqi, I still think that it was good that it happened. Many Iraqis would probably disagree with me because in most cases they think we went from bad to worse, but it is not that simple. He was simply good at keeping his own people in check using fear. It's probably difficult to predict what could've happened to him had the U.S not been involved. I would guess though that it's unlikely that he would've met his demise by the hands of Iraqis without some external help.

[@noahallard1313]

i think the 6:13 was just a placeholder image obv the image quality is way too high to be from saadams era

[@lifestyledesign2208]

Uuum, you skipped the whole part about CIA involvement bro!

[@darkbydesign1031]

because there wasn't any

[@Dennis-nc3vw]

The CIA trained him to fight in a coup in his 20s. That was it.

[@shahinkamali]

Thanks for your great videos. I am a fan. I think you had to mention three points to be historically fair: 1- all western countries, along with the USSR, supported Saddam and Iraq during the war against Iran, as illustrated by the image of Donald Rumsfeld shaking hand with Saddam during those war years. 2- The chemical weapons used by Saddam against Kurdish civilians were sold by his western allies, particularly Germany and France. They were given to Saddam on the expectation that they will be used against Iranian forces. If Saddam had not used them against Iraqi population and instead just had killed Iranians with it, the story about these chemical weapons would have been forgotten in the west. 3- George H. W. Bush gave the impression to Saddam, before the invasion of Kuwait, that the USA will stay out of a potential conflict. Saddam was not stupid enough the invade Kuwait had he projected an American involvement. Now, shortly before the American involvement, George H. W. Bush asked the people of Iraq to riot against Saddam. They did so, expecting Americans coming for help. But the US president ignored those calls after Kuwait was liberated. The riots were harshly oppressed by Saddam's forces and many civilians were persecuted and executed. George H. W. Bush was in no way a hero in this matter ...

[@Dennis-nc3vw]

It was not just "the West" who supported Saddam.

[@fredg8328]

You're wrong. France supported both Iran and Irak. Khomeini was exiled in France just before the war. Yes, we like all kinds of dictators...

[@shahinkamali]

@@fredg8328France was home to all Iranian revolutionaries before the revolution. Khomeini was one of them and, at the time, had not yet shown his ugly face. Things changed after the revolution when all groups who had contributed to the revolution were violently removed (revolution eats its own). When Iraq invaded Iran, Khomeini's sect had taken over the country, and soon their extremist agenda (including the hostage crisis) soured their relationship with the west. Nevertheless, the country was united against foreign invasion. It took tremendous support from both East and West for Saddam to not lose the war.

[@fredg8328]

@@shahinkamali Sorry I didn't read again my comment after posting it. In France it is spelled with a "k"

[@shahinkamali]

@@fredg8328 I see. Thanks. I am learning your beautiful language :)

[@DeejayVillain]

This has quickly become one of my favourite channels on KZbin! I’ve listen to it all the time when I’m driving to and from work!

[@GodTheBear]

So wild that this dude would play such a huge role in my life. Spent a lot of time in the suburbs of the city he used to rule with an iron fist. Lots of unfinished military officer housing, 2 giant unfinished mosques, life just stopped for awhile after we showed up.

[@onwardupward9392]

murderers replaced murderers

[@Golaithan]

@@onwardupward9392 But the ones that did the replacing are a thousand times worse

[@yashraut3384]

@@Golaithan a murderer is a murderer both deserve a life imprisonment or death.

[@dopaminedreams1122]

@@Golaithan that’s crazy dude, please explain how they are somehow worse than a man who murdered between 250,000 to over a million Iraqis and kurds? You pro Saddam clowns are absolute sickos

[@youngbloodnba]

@@Golaithandaesh are way worse hahahah

[@bengoddard7712]

I’m an Iraqi and let me tell you it was better with Saddam. When he died, the Shia started getting vengeance on the Sunni and the Sunni then started ISIS. Saddam was secular, had a more stable economy with infrastructure, and stopped the Ayatollah. Look at Iraq now. It’s the same with Gaddafi. It’s the same with Sisi. I want Saddams rule again. Secular strongman is needed in this area instead of a fundamentalist Islamic group. Christians are being killed but not under Saddam. Women are denied education but not under Saddam. There is no schools, jobs, safety, roads, bridges, or hospitals but there was under Saddam. When you lay off soldiers to be unemployed and are part of a discriminated minority then expect insurgents who have access to weapons.

[@ritwikghosh5833]

his childhood was terrible but thats no excuse

[@xx-_dominc-_xx5726]

Ritwik Ghosh so childhood don’t matter to ya?

[@regularman5914]

Dude, how would you feel if your mother left you?

[@codyshi4743]

Hitler was said to have a bad childhoods and so is Hideki Tojo.

[@anneeq008]

Easy for someone who's gone through no trauma to say

[@baggingstruetoyou5881]

@@regularman5914 I wouldn't feel like slaughtering my people and executing people I didnt like in whatever horrible way I desired

[@ReformedOrthodoxy-t8i]

I recently did a report on Saddam Hussein. I showed it to my mom, and she was very well pleased. Then she asked me the most curious question: “Do you think if his dad was around or his stepdad was treated him kindly, do you think Saddam Hussein would’ve been a great leader?” I told her absolutely.

[@edwardjackson]

Dream on!

[@BabySonicGT]

Is it me or is there no Audio starting at 0:38

[@RadioStarDude]

Just you

[@justinill2705]

@@RadioStarDudelmao I came to say the same thing

[@rionthemagnificent2971]

"oh come on guy, you make me sound bad." - South Park's Saddam (They sent Saddam to Mormon heaven to punish him)

[@BergmitetheBlueandPointy0712]

Why Saddam never appear again after season 7 ?

[@cupio-stardust]

@@BergmitetheBlueandPointy0712 Cause he’s dead.

[@BergmitetheBlueandPointy0712]

@@cupio-stardust But in previous seasons he also die yet still appear.

[@cupio-stardust]

@@BergmitetheBlueandPointy0712 I don’t know lol, plothole i guess.

[@neezduts69420]

So a middle Eastern Stalin? Also damn his life is pretty interesting

[@johnuferbach9166]

Yeah, he definitely wasn't right in the head after that childhood..

[@YouTubeUser-qx8ki]

Unlike Saddam, I don't think Stalin would have helped middle eastern Christians fight and resist against the threat of genocide ... I would never compare these 2. For the record This video leaves out alot of details on this man's life and only focuses on the worst aspects of his reign ! Don't get me wrong ... he was a ruthless and murderous dictator after all but he definitely wasn't nearly as bad as western media depicts him and he definitely was (objectively speaking) the best leader among his middle eastern contemporaries ! He's not even close to H--ler or Stalin's pure evil and hatred ! If anybody is interested in more details or has a different point of view I'm all ears :)

[@Sneednfeedn]

@@KZbinUser-qx8ki The only reason why he isn't worse than Hitler or Stalin is because of the death toll. If the U.S never invaded his shithole of a country, he still would've been killing his own people to the point where the numbers would've certainly hit the millions.

[@reference1017]

Joseph Stalin had South Ossetian origin . His ancestry could be traced back from Iran

[@reference1017]

@UCB9USn6HV-wqcN_mXQohDJw you are idiot mate . Iran was prosperous compare to what is now under Saddam Hussein .

[@stephenbedell7296]

Not a popular opinion but Iraq needed a head of state like him. World would have been a better place if we had never toppled his regime. We need to quit thinking everyone needs to be run like us.

[@benjaminwilliams41]

He did have chemical weapons stockpiles, we looked at the receipts and we definitely sold some to him.

[@t.buitano5093]

Best comment period 😂

[@mustafahussein9238]

"He was never filmed walking for more than few steps" I'm sure that's not true seen video of him performing traditional Arab dance.

[@BmgGunsAndStuff]

This dudes a fckn joke this is like the 10th video of his I’ve seen and it’s liberal nonsense

[@zmm88]

I just realized that nearly everything in this video came from an article in The Atlantic published in 2002. And they’re not even credited?

[@legstitchedtigerftw2455]

Andrew Daka i think you mean 2003

[@Left4Red]

No it didn’t

[@stuffwithsoph8264]

Probably using MLA where you cite the sources the article used and not the article itself

[@damn4292]

I’m tired of people who have nothing to do with Iraq glorify Saddam. He was a terrible dictator and nothing else. My father was in Saddam’s army and they threatened to kill his family if he left the army. Everyone who is loving this guy has nothing to do with Iraq and has no idea of the horrors.

[@stigmist]

Yep he was a bad guy especially his son except for Qusay he was a good guy instead his brother uday but kicking him out was a big mistake for iraqis like libya

[@promeitheus]

"The best fortress is to not be hated by the people."- Machiavelli

[@carolynthomas3938]

Person: Dude what is wrong with you?! Saddam: My father used to punish me severly

[@Metal9040]

Dude, Uncool.

[@trailerpark7170]

A man of culture I see you are

[@cuddyluciano]

sounds like Stalin

[@napoleonbonaparteempereurd4676]

To the guillotine!

[@ajaystephen869]

Almost every infamous person in history has the same family background. Domestic violence.

[@SupaEMT134]

I'm completely fine with this video, but *_WHERE ARE THE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION??*

[@bobcharlotte8724]

So they didn't need to invade.. oh wait! OIL!

[@SupaEMT134]

bobcharlotte - was that the reason for the invasion?

[@sammyjohn.production4783]

SupaEMT134 didnt u listion all they destroy isreal and usa listion up

[@mistag3860]

Ask the Kurds...oh wait, they're dead, and the empty sarin canisters were found nearby , used by SH on them. is that not enough, for you? how many bodies do you need?

[@RealDaviii]

it would make sense if it would financially benefit the US but the cost of the Iraq war far exceds the costs of the oil that they got

[@petergreen3721]

My uncle was part of the thundering 3rd who captured Sadam. He said to me, there was a problem when we over threw him, he was so brutal he kept all factions in his country in line, if we knew then what we know now, we might have let him stay”

[@stolentardis2111]

There was other problems over throwing him such as an illegal invasion, the massacre of civilians, numerous war crimes, torturing prisoners, the destabilisation of a region, empowerment of ISIS etc etc

[@remo_xl9024]

17:34 when you get comfortable on the bed and forget to turn the lights off

[@LeeTheKnight]

Responsible for less deaths than Winston Churchill. We should have left that country & region well alone.

[@alexanderhowarth6460]

Fewer*

[@LeeTheKnight]

@@alexanderhowarth6460 Thank you Stannis Baratheon

[@pauliegualtieri8071]

The Knight underrated reply

[@jw4984]

Winstone Churchill - Responsible for liberating Europe from genocide and fascism. Saddam Hussein - Responsible for chemically gassing thousands of innocent Kurds fleeing persecution. You wouldn't have the right to be in your comfortable home, posting naive, stupid comments like that without Winston Churchill. Get some perspective you clown.

[@jw4984]

@Zaid Saad you're right, they did a lot more. They did a lot more killing. A lot more torturing. A lot more forced labour camps. A lot more poverty. A lot more ethnic cleansing. You're right!

[@rr.potolsky]

“Miss me yet?” -Saddam Hussein

[@themercifulguard3971]

@ATG IMM Pretty much sums it up. Saddam was a bad man but he was the only best choice the region had over all. Dude had many sins but we all gotta admit his contributions led to a stable, strong society.

[@yawnlemon2080]

@@themercifulguard3971 heyy relax guyyy

[@alexfarrell3815]

Eyyyy budddy calm down freind!

[@zorbaz3940]

Yes

[@mohammadshahnawaz1]

Saddam❤️

[@adamrutledge4031]

How come the sound keeps cutting out at certain points?

[@arisaga822]

When I was at university there was an older learner living with us, and I swear he could have been Saddam’s doppelgänger. The guy was so cool about it he used to do these ridiculous impressions. Fun times.

[@attentionlabel]

Iraq: we avoided Hitler and Stalin Saddam: hold my Portuguese rosé

[@NI771-_]

True, this fucker is underrated in terms of commonly mentioned dictators. You always hear about Stalin and hitler with mao coming in close behind. But in my opinion saddam and pol pot are up there too yet hardly anyone ever mentions them. Some people on the internet even like saddam.

[@jay-t1030]

Im Starting to see a correlation with having a terrible childhood and becoming a Dictator🤔

[@TheCandiceWang]

Most all serial killers come form absolutely horrific childhoods of severe abuse. It frames your mind.

[@Apocalypse-ff5ut]

@@TheCandiceWang Ted Bundy?

[@Brad366-f3s]

Iraqi military:*gets wiped out by a massive coalition and looses Kuwait* Saddam:I see this as an absolute win

[@hatchxable]

I remember Hilary Clinton admitting that was the US who put Sadam in power.

[@shunsuikyoraku5428]

Yeah cuz Hilary is someone to be trusted

[@presence9745]

That's a given

[@g.w.7893]

Then it must be true right?

[@kitt3h]

@G. W. Yes

[@marypoppins2044]

U.S. purchase Castro in power too. Nothing new in that. Sometimes the CIA installs a puppet leader, but that leader goes rogue.

[@KR4Qep]

I came for his involvement with the CIA. Am disappoint. Now I'm wondering what else you're leaving out on other episodes

[@marypoppins2044]

I agree with you on everything except that "am disappoint" line.

[@blackgold754]

Maybe he is maybe he isn’t bias nobody knows. I guess you gotta do research of both sides

[@grimsleeper5945]

Unfortunately it seems like most, if not all of this guy's videos are heavily biased against whoever he is talking about and fail to tell a balanced story

[@tylerrose4416]

grimSleeper59 I mean these are pretty terrible people he’s covering

[@mcdonkey500]

I don't think he talks about nonsense spread around by incels on the internet

[@seanmcardle8196]

I'm late to the conversation, but i think it was worth mentioning that the USA had a big role to play in getting sadam into power in the first place

[@sohgaurababhan]

why was there some audio interruption ?

[@kirisategoman3228]

When I see saddam I see the South Park version of him lol

[@kylestevens1506]

Damn i didn't until you said something lol

[@BigGreen945]

"Hey! Relax guy!"

[@gorkhaligorkhali2500]

Same

[@JorgeGomez-hx5uu]

Lmao yeah

[@darrinscott6612]

God, that account of the chemical weapons attack was heartbreaking. Even a futile attempt to imagine that kind of tragedy brings a sense of sorrow.

[@rrroj]

My parents were close to that village back then when it happened.

[@drswag0076]

you mentioned that Saddam was also accused of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, but we know that it was Timothy McVeigh who carried out the truck bombing.

[@MrJuvefrank]

Timothy McVeigh thought he could get away.

[@kasrose8844]

Novela de todo por mi hija

[@gracieamazing2076]

Accused. Do you know the meaning of the word?

[@drswag0076]

@@gracieamazing2076 it means to single out one or multiple people of an incident depending on sign or lack of evidence. some accusations are grounded in logical evidence but to falsely accuse someone of something is way to shift blame from one person or another or to slander a rival as seen in political debates. in this case, Saddam was accused of the bombing in Oklahoma city but McVeigh was the real bomber.

[@gracieamazing2076]

@@drswag0076 Do you know the number of conspiracy theories, flying about in the universe? The narrative about Oklahoma was to highlight how ridiculous the accusations against Saddam were. But you took it literally...

[@OmarAli-hk2js]

Entrance hidden by bricks and rubble

[@Dasbagbag]

✿ham

[@AccountingandQuickbooks]

Biographies are useful sources of wisdom and lessons. Thanks for sharing

[@kenalebla]

Simon, WTF? You've created a bio feature of Saddam Hussein without mentioning his relationship with the U.S. CIA at all? It seems to me this relationship - which secured his rise to power - is pretty fucking important AND very damn interesting. It's difficult to take this seriously without any accounting of that pivotal relationship. It's a huge omission and makes me skeptical of the authority of your greater body of works. A follow-up video completing this history would really tie this together...

[@jazarousmand825]

I dont think the video would exist if he had included that relationship as CIA will take it down immediately

[@marypoppins2044]

Simon also promotes the lone gunman single shooter theory of the JFK assassination. Yeah, the gig is up - he's just another paid shill.

[@marypoppins2044]

@@jazarousmand825 - Simon obviously collects a CIA paycheck.

[@checkcheck1579]

he replaced a brutal ruler of Iraq. it turns out he is another brutal. yes cia was involved but, they never predicted he would become a dictator. a brutal dictator who gassed civilians.

[@alessandromalinverno7097]

Ugrak Pletkiilik That doesn’t matter. The CIA have no right to interfere with other countries and handpicking their leaders. And on the subject of “ they never predicted he would become a dictator “ Wat about general pinochet? Wat about the shah in iran? Wat about Ngo Dinh Diem in south vietnam in the 60s? The CIA dont care if their choice will become a dictator, they care about the person serving their interests first.

[@MrDoob-xo3sm]

I am glad that you took the time and effort to cover both sides of the situation. It is very hard to find channels nowadays whom cover history like you do, especially on such a hot figurehead like Saddam Hussein.

[@AK-rv6dq]

Poor sound quality. Cuts out for about 10 seconds before each segment starts.

[@VGI4NI]

This narrator has a great style of explaining complex developments simply

[@Tinblitz]

The part about the little girl in the helicopter actually brought tears to my eyes...

[@yeshuasage3724]

?????

[@kristinalphamegamia1890]

I can't believe you didn't mention his relationship with satan? They are like, a total power couple.

[@LlibertarianGalt]

Oh dear..

[@tacorobbie8451]

Ha ha ha haha

[@nightprowler6336]

Don't u mean USA and Satan?

[@GigglesClown]

@ONE TREE HILL /11 holding the middle east together? Wtf are you talking about?

[@Irrelevantusername000]

😂 😂 It appears no one in the reply thread watches southpark

[@slenderskeptic]

why did it cut you off mid sentence multiple times?

[@MustacheCashStash125]

It’s the Iraqi Government trying to censor anything bad about Saddam

[@motorindianfunfact297]

I am Indian my grandfather worked in Iraq They always say it was golden country with big gardens fountains market and villa This all was in time of Saddam

[@theogarcez1999]

Well if you ignore the gas attacks, nuclear reactors being bombed and US troops invading from Kuwait it's a pretty peaceful place

[@gracieamazing2076]

Yes. He was an angel and Iraq was heaven...

[@TheEric03041]

@@gracieamazing2076 he was an asshole

[@gracieamazing2076]

@@TheEric03041 100%

[@alivvvvv1443]

@@gracieamazing2076 He literally killed his own people and also more people from other countries.

[@G-Linka.]

What a lovely person to share your birthday with..! 28th April is also my birthday.

[@samorry15]

Saddam is as evil as they come, but I cannot help but respect his rise from poverty stricken, abused child to one of the most powerful person in his Iraq

[@dustinhyslip4972]

Why are there muted part in this video?

[@passivedre]

The entire comment section be like: "Saddam fucking sucked but goddamn ISIS is worse" "Sure he sucked but he kept half of middle east in check"

[@superawesome5780]

It's facts though. Saddam was bad but now that he's gone, 1000 Saddams have taken his place.

[@tawiilive]

No, he didn’t suck. He was the pride of Iraq and I’m ashamed to be Iraqi now we are a lost cause and Iran’s province. Thank you for destroying my countries future

[@77Raffi77]

@@tawiilive So you think that using weapons of mass destruction against civilians and imprisoning/killing people that critisized the government "didn't suck"?

[@rigel9102]

@@77Raffi77 The us is the one with the nuclear weapons 😁 and guess who also were the only ones to nuke people with it

[@77Raffi77]

@@rigel9102 I was not talking about nukes. Those haven't been used since WW2. Very different situation.

[@boujiatexas1870]

The purge video where hes smoking a Cuban he got from Fidel is still chilling when you think about the ramifications

[@artjimeneziii8499]

Some of the narration you did was already muted off on this particular one I'm a bit disappointed in regards to Saddam Hussein's biography

[@bobwalsh3751]

I remember soon after Saddam was executed, I was at this block party and my neighbor said that he'd "love to go up to [Saddam's] cold carcass and poke it with a stick."

[@antrant7533]

Saddam after the Gulf War: I didn't lose; I merely failed to win!

[@hustle_or_scam8545]

Hey Simon, do a bio on Saddams sons please. They were crazy, super interesting stories..

[@semdavidanger]

True

[@cloidclied3835]

Those fu**ss

[@SmokeOneAndChill]

The devils double movie will show you

[@spggaming8792]

@@SmokeOneAndChill fabricated

[@envitech02]

Legend has it that the US operation to invade Iraq was supposed to be called Operation Iraqi Liberation. However the acronym OIL was highly suggestive, so the operation was renamed Operation Iraqi Freedom. And I take this with a pinch of salt....

[@walterwhitecar8670]

OIF

[@nottelling7600]

Sound has glitches on this video. Great video though as usual.

[@melsbeachdiamonds]

I've watched almost all of your biographies. They are so informative & well done. I've noticed a commonality between some of these individuals. Most of them have come from very dysfunctional, abusive homes. I wonder if they had been in a more nurturing environment if they would have still turned into monsters. Sad to think some children are potentially being raised in similar environments & could possibly become the new wave of monsters. Sad & scary thought.

[@pharaohsmagician8329]

Melanie Bradley Thats very true, I didnt even think it could be happening as we speak. In our own cities possibly. Peace is always temporary

[@melsbeachdiamonds]

stellvia hoenheim So you think it's my fault, because I'm white, that people turn into monsters? Sure, that seems like a totally legitimate theory. Smh 🤔

[@kaybevang536]

To stop future tyrants and common criminals as well u must find the source of it and it’s their childhood

[@thosegreengentlemen]

that's a severe understatement, an individual from a more nurturing environment could perfectly well grow and fit into what you call a monster.

[@beback_]

I just watched the episode on Heinrich Himmler. He had a nice stable family and still turned out genocidal.

[@charlesweingahr9232]

Wait why he’s not red?

[@selever8734]

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[@jdawg9742]

Love your channels Simon. You have very interesting topics that I find highly entertaining most of the time. From across the pond you have informed many minds. As always great job!

[@Silvvrninja8]

I mean, what Saddam did to the Kurds we will never forget. But if Saddam was still in power, Iraq wouldn't be the hotbed of extremism it is now.

[@thetruesmit]

Thought I should mention from 8.17 - 8.28 the audio cuts out. But besides that one issue, I very muched enjoyed this video. I'm a long time fan of all your channels. Keep up the great work Simon and your team.

[@jhors7777]

Well done. Thanks so much for posting!

[@videogames956]

Please do one on Oliver cromwell

[@lamboman68]

A2VM he’s boring

[@teddyn240]

Yes, would love to hear about him.

[@AllYourPals]

lamboman68 and his boringness somehow manages to make him interesting. I mean, the dude cancelled Christmas.

[@sasauge4230]

Hissam Ullah true

[@marquellcausey7245]

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