Saudi Arabia’s Catastrophic “Everything” Problem

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[@RealLifeLore]

This is the longest video I've ever posted and naturally, KZbin decided to demonetize it immediately upon release. This has been resolved now, but it nonetheless severely affects performance because YT doesn't promote videos as heavily when they are demonetized, and the first few hours of a release are critical for gaining momentum, which is handicapped when the video is demonetized for those first few hours and being underpromoted. These massive videos are extremely expensive and time-consuming to produce, so if you want to watch even more and support the channel directly, please consider checking out the next part of this video covering how the international coalition eliminated ISIS in Iraq and Syria between 2014 and 2019, which you can view on Nebula here: nebula.tv/videos/reallifelore-modern-conflicts-the-fall-of-isis It's all a part of my Modern Conflict series over there, and there are dozens of other episodes you can watch as well. Thank you

[@mrsalty9277]

I will check out

[@Miro.A.Mursu-]

Classic Yotube. Do They never learn?

[@Dr.Kay_R]

When you troll Saudi Arabia so hard that it becomes a documentary.

[@RNGclips_]

Why would they demonetize it, seemed like a pretty legit video..

[@Omar-Facio]

What was the reasoning they gave to demonitize it?

[@ryansearle6157]

If there’s one thing this channel has taught me, it’s that there is no country that doesn’t have some kind of existential problem in the modern world

[@Kikunosuke777]

I highly doubt it is just a modern problem.

[@TruthWillPrivail]

*India*

[@themachine9366]

⁠@@Kikunosuke777Although the geographies of success have changed with the course of technology, places which historically had very low populations and only recently have experienced relative population booms compared to everywhere else, are direct products of modernity and at risk of disappearing in a changing world. Other places, not so much so as they have been populated for millennia and it is likely that will continue.

[@airhabairhab]

@@TruthWillPrivailIndia won’t exist as a country in 100-200 years. It will be violently Balkanized into 20 different countries based on Language, Religion and ethnicity.

[@MrLense]

Norway

[@malekzin4788]

The founder of Dubai once said: « My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, I ride a Mercedes, my son rides a Land Rover, and my grandson is going to ride a Land Rover…but my great-grandson is going to have to ride a camel again » He was talking about UAE but it’s the feeling of Arab world in general

[@moaen1]

More like gcc countries specifically and not other Arab countries

[@user-wx4nv8xr3d]

Except he actually made sure the UAE doesn’t go this route and instead he diversified the economy

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This is seriously one of the best documentaries I've ever seen. I wasn't expecting to watch the entire thing in 1 sitting after randomly clicking on something that looked interesting. Well done!

[@pygmalioninvenus6057]

You haven’t seen good documentaries then

[@alphahex99]

@@pygmalioninvenus6057 k

[@hometv128]

It’s all lies I’m telling you- it’s just an American perspective of the Middle East and Saudi Arabia

[@danstewart2770]

Too bad everything in it was so skewed it's like the CIA wrote it - which is something they routinely do. But how could you possibly have known any of that?

[@danstewart2770]

Funny, so when the Biden administration set $80/bbl for WTI crude as the base (minimum) price, they were just joking?

[@cthymnn2010]

Thank you for this. It is so complex and overwhelming for a novice on this subject but it is. highly appreciated to allow me to gain knowledge.

[@michaelhart3410]

I learn so much from your videoes - this and your other ones. I'm very grateful for the time and effort you invest into every video. Keep up the amazing work.

[@MikeHarris1984]

Going to watch on Nebula now!! I love Nebula and love that all my fav youtubers got together and built it!!!!!!! Such a great service and showing all the educational videos I want to see!

[@drago939393]

I like how Oman is just chilling there in the corner, being like... "Oh, man...". What an extremely rarely mentioned country.

[@k3lerxwew]

yea lol

[@fatimaachouri3433]

They also have an INCREDIBLY pretty country. All colorful and clean. It's actually surprising that it isn't mentioned so much

[@neko_birel]

If you don't have any controversy or super news. Most of the world will forget you exist so

[@barryirlandi4217]

British protectorate

[@harveyspecter111]

Which is a good thing considering the middle east.

[@wiszak9370]

Several counter points: 1- KSA has at least 700b$ in their national wealth fund invested everywhere in the world. 2- KSA still has the support of the Arab and Muslim world because of its religious importance 3- The world may need less oil as fuel in the future, however, KSA is focusing more and more on using its oil in petrochemical industries 4- The ages of coal and wood are over. However, we are still consuming massive amounts of coal and wood as sources of energy. If you can produce oil cheap enough (KSA can), you will always find customers. 5- KSA still has many other sources of income that they are hardly exploiting now, from religious tourism to massive mines of natural resources to seaports exploiting its great geolocation. *The challenges for KSA are great, but it is far from being doomed.

[@pikapi6993]

Their biggest enemies are Muslim countries and Muslim groups though, because they have theological issues with each other. I assume they want to own Mekka and Medina and control it the way they view as right.

[@MelindaSordinoIsLiterallyMe]

But: KSA will be too hot for humans live in in just a few decades. KSA also is a vapid, vain, totalitarian dictatorship that executes gay people.

[@The2808erik]

The land itself is still doomed. Nobody is going to live there anymore once the oil is gone, especially with climate change making the desert even more hostile.

[@IceKing7i]

Good points but I still think video is more accurate

[@moaen1]

@@IceKing7i both are good

[@Merrymangoes]

Wow…excellent work, So interesting and how have I not found this channel before…new fan ,Australia

[@jclarkent3757]

Wow this stuff is fascinating. Thanks for all the work and time.

[@thedude5449]

The idea that any nation will be oil free by 2050 is hilarious. Edit: There's nothing worse than commies and liberals.

[@VoltzV1]

2050? I don't think so, it'll be longer than that. Even if the age of oil is going to be over just like wood and charcoal, there will be always a customer to be buying them

[@cmath6454]

We'll be far dead before that.

[@thelinedrive]

Oil free? No. But depleting the use to where it doesn’t become a source of international conflict because of economic logistics? That’s possible.

[@thedude5449]

@@thelinedrive 😂 wait until the lithium wars then. The nations with oil will be leagues ahead as usual.

[@aiv4873]

Not entirely, the plan isn't to be oil free it is to be net zero. Means even if you use oil you can make up a way to get rid of that carbon that your released making you. There are ways like more plants and trees and carbon capture, that reduce your overall carbon output.

[@kairos_fluent]

I think a video about the Balkans geography and how that influenced the history and politics of that region would be very interesting.

[@dog9302]

Who can commit the most warcrimes challenge

[@ishkanark6725]

I can summarize first it was the Ottomans fault, then it was the Serbs fault

[@mikeydubz1785]

Croats and Bosnians were just as guilty. But yes do the video

[@nasman188]

@@mikeydubz1785 I think your forgetting who started the war in the first place, Serbia.

[@snomcultist189]

It would be very cool if he did an impartial video on the balkans about how geography impacted them. 🇷🇸🤝🇦🇱 🇭🇺🤝🇷🇴

[@RedXlV]

And really, Saudi Arabia's current fairly dire situation is actually their *best-case* scenario. Imagine if the US were to not merely stop protecting Saudi Arabia but become *actively hostile* to them.

[@user-cp2fw3sq8k]

America‘s only option is to protect Saudi Arabia. As soon as saudi arabia falls israel will disappear

[@lagrangewei]

then they will ally with China.

[@elgoog7830]

Usa always throws their friends allies under the bus. Saudi on its last leg.

[@Grim_Azrael]

What would happen? Exactly nothing! Saudi Arabia has it’s mercenaries the Egyptian army. The Egyptian army is no joke. Egypt and Saudi Arabia are like brothers.

[@Fabianwew]

@@Grim_Azrael Egypt couldn't even beat us backed Israel.

[@tejshanbhag3998]

I can’t say enough about the quality of this video. A great learning experience in regards to how the history of the Sunni-Shia conflict at it’s core plays into the proxy sides pitted against eachother in the Middle East, and then dialing into KSA itself and assessing the depletion of this cash crop likely rendering them helpless if unable to diversify its economy on short notice. Keep excelling as the great creator you are, many thanks!!

[@savalynjones8336]

Now.we the outsiders are still trying to understand these clan..if they all had a piece of land ;why were they fighting each other and trying to eliminate each other tribes.They had enough space ,to share the wealth..

[@savalynjones8336]

"🏞🏤🏠🏚"Of course..nothing is for free..we take care of your social and personal needs..but we will tell you what to wrar..what to eat or drink..thats what happen when citizens allowed gov..to give free run over their personal lives..that you are no longer able to make any decisions on your own.because the gov.contol you in every way.".

[@simonsadler9360]

Have to add that in socialist Spain our prices of Russian oil products falling & butane in bottles as well ,some via pipeline from the once hated Lybia . America is now the most hated nation on earth , their government controlled by boy mutilators the conflict Israel / Palestine may kick off WW3 , even Putin helping Palestine .Another British disaster 1947 , in the book of lies No mention of Egypt & Pyramids . Most Palestinians not religious , just farmers , horror in Spain to see Israel destroying olive trees fir more houses !

[@MD-px6oe]

It's a great in "Islam was created by jews and Christians and this country is a dump"

[@malindadenlinger882]

They have a culture of hate

[@fett4life250]

By far, the best Saudi Arabian centric Middle Eastern history documentary one could produce. Well done 👏

[@raxenladevaldak1749]

Honestly, it sounds like Saudi Arabia started this adjustment too late. The more I hear about most things in the world, the more it sounds like entrenched power has repeatedly set itself up to fall entirely because they aren't willing to give an inch.

[@Shenaldrac]

Oh absolutely. And look what happened last time they tried to do reforms, the second there was any pushback from the religious extremists they undid everything and doubled down on the religious conservatism. I'd bet that these "sweeping reforms" will end up the same way. And frankly they're a drop in the bucket of what's needed. Women can drive now, wow! But reporters can still be disappeared, homosexuality is still punished with the death penalty. It's just not enough. Like you say, they've left this too late. Maybe if they kept going after that mosque siege instead of caving in to the religious fanatics they'd have been able to continue making gradual changes and be in a decent place by now, but they didn't. So they can either do things gradually enough to avoid provoking strong pushback, in which case it won't happen fast enough and they're screwed, or they can force reforms through quickly and face tons of pushback and turmoil, in which case they're screwed.

[@katamariroller2837]

It just keeps happening. People with the most power and money in the world refusing to invest even crumbs of it into propping up a world that can survive longer-term so they can enjoy what they have.

[@e2rqey]

Because the ones making those decisions are not going to be around for the consequences.

[@E4439Qv5]

​@@e2rqey We'll make sure of that.

[@mp77744]

British monarchy modernized and adapted. French, German, and Russian monarchies refused to change. Result? Napoleon, Hitler, Bolshevisks

[@abdulmohsenalmohammedi732]

as a saudi hearing my country referred to as "doomed" is a little bit irking but i can understand why these concerns exist. Yeah oil wont be around forever but we are so far away from a future where oil isnt important. By then im sure Saudi will have developed loads of other income streams no doubt

[@jessy1982]

Yeah, the fact Saudi Arabia has been working so hard on distributing revenue streams already is a much bigger head start than most nations' attempts to prevent future issues.

[@MeemKhaMeemDhal--khaYaRaWawNun]

You as a Saudi should be SUPER CONFIDENT that Allah Himself will protect your nation UNTIL the time ! because Islam is obviously 100% from the divine too due to countless miracles in the Quran ! ------------------ Muslim all over the world going to HAJI or UMRAH are by the hundred of millions every SINGLE YEAR !!! probably TRILLIONS of DOLLARS of profits from just this alone, never mind the oil !1 They can easily BUY ANY football players they want with ANY AMOUNT ! BUT most importantly, GOD Himself WILL protect Saudi at all cost.........even if the enemy has 1 million nuclear bomb or 1 billion soldier, God will STILL defend Saudi with all kinds of method..........SUPER VIRUS, asteroids, gamma ray burst, super volcanoes.... this is because, ISLAM is 100% the truth from God whether you haters of Islam like it or not !

[@eliasziad7864]

Saudi Arabia is a terrorist state. And it's funny how you call yourself a "Saudi" which is basically named after your war criminal royal family.

[@ksaaaa9902]

كلامك صحيح

[@motive4224]

u get it frfr

[@boyinavault]

Top notch production , this is high quality content !!

[@pythagorasaurusrex9853]

Excellent video! It's explains the major geopolitcal problems in that area down to the line in a short but precise manner. This should be mandatory to teach our kids where all these problems originated from and developed until today. My deepest respect for the creator of this video!

[@10Sambo01]

Great video, although it misses a couple of very important key facts: 1) As alluded to, the US is well capable of producing an excess of oil over and above what they need domestically, they just choose not to for various reasons. 2) When making the deal with the Saudis for their supply of oil, the US added another stipulation to the agreement; that the Saudis use the US dollar for pricing and transacting for oil. This gave the US dollar IMMENSE strength and power globally and was one of the main cornerstones of the USD's global dominance and subsequently US global power. 3) Recent Saudi deals with China to trade oil in Chinese Yuan and agreements with Russia regarding oil supply and pricing have significantly strained the relationship with the US. 4) Despite their best efforts and intentions, the world will not be able to remove their reliance on oil any time soon. Alternative energy generation is still a long way from being good enough to replace oil. While nuclear power generation could likely do the job, this is not a favoured option for many countries.

[@TheRogueAdventurers]

I feel like alot of people don't realise how much we us oil for. Just producing power and fuel for cars is just a part. Just think of everything made of plastic.

[@Niemand1947]

What are those reasons?

[@em.1633]

Nuclear power is increasingly not cost effective and in fact is the only alternate energy source to not have decreased in price over the decades. Solar, wind, and hydro are going to be the deal, not nuclear.

[@10Sambo01]

@@Niemand1947 Well, that depends on how deep down the rabbit hole you want to go :)

[@augustojose5159]

The USA is the largest producer of oil in the effing world! Joe biden decided to turn it off,.........why?

[@R2debo_]

As an African, I'm glad people are talking about this dark history of ours. May it be a lesson that evil is not based on race but based on the very nature of human beings and we should all as humanity, not races, learn from the mistakes of our ancestors....

[@Planag7]

"as an African".... Hmmm

[@heidirabenau511]

Just saw you over on Real Engineering.

[@umbrella3096]

bot moment

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[@MTM4]

NPC

[@bizichyld]

I learned an ENORMOUS, amount from this MASSIVE video. Thanks!

[@Oxinder]

Well done. This covers so much information in a well laid out format

[@FreedomFox1]

You missed the most important part of the Saudi-US relationship, which is the Saudi promise to only sell oil for dollars. This is what ensures that the dollar remains the world reserve currency. It’s the backbone of US prosperity, which the Saudi’s have recently begun undermining when they announced their intention to sell oil for Yuan.

[@interest2006]

You are so correct and accurate 💯

[@vagelisvale3378]

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[@salvadorgonzales1]

source please

[@helloagain1400]

we dont have problem with US we are low cizten population as long the US keeps its words and protect us we will do what they want

[@FreedomFox1]

@@joshwuzhere1 I agree… by printing dollars and “exporting” inflation, the US is quietly stealing from the world. Currency competition would be good for everyone, but I fear the US will resort to military means, as it so often does, to protect this racket. The US government is taking all of the steps that would be necessary to precede war with China. Saudi regime change wouldn’t be surprising either.

[@waspwrap1235]

The shorter version of this video Saudi Arabia is doomed, because of it’s geographical position, being surrounded by enemies, and being part of a market, less reliable on oil

[@IbnWobbler]

Yeah basically could’ve saved an hour of my time

[@waspwrap1235]

@@IbnWobbler ikr

[@vanillapaper]

@@IbnWobbler nah idk video explains it more detailed like what is the importance of mekke, who rules the country, geopolitical situtations of arabia etc.If you are okay with a one or two sentence explanation you should unsubscribe this channel, because this is RealLifeLORE, not RealLifeInaNutshell.

[@deutschesmanutter1395]

surronded by enemies? Kuwait, Uae, Bahrain, Qatar~, Oman, Palestine, EGYPT and (some) of yemen are allied with saudi

[@GrigRP]

Yeah, not sure how that makes them "doomed". Most countries are in a far worse position.

[@rafalavor]

Incredible video. Thank you for this!

[@allansplace]

Very interesting, informative video. I can't offer anything more than other commentators haven't already said. But ... a bit of criticism - not enough pause between sentences / ideas to absorb them. Before an idea is absorbed, the next one hits right away. Good thing KZbin supplies a pause button.

[@dallasreid7755]

Well he squeezed an enormous amount of information into an hour. I must admit my brain hurt trying to absorb all the links and had to rewind a couple of times.

[@bigchunk1]

The modern conflicts series is legitimately good. Worth the nebula subscription for that alone.

[@ACreative_name]

Yeah

[@Gregs_sis]

wish I could confirm but I have no money for another subscription

[@CptStahlsworth]

seriously, Real Life Lore and the Wendover guys make Nebula worth way more than you pay for. The rest is just a bonus to me.

[@davisdelp8131]

Love nebula hate all the politics though

[@DaniG.German883]

🧢

[@Thebettermartyr]

Back when I was a soldier, I was an intelligence analyst, and I’m surprised you got all this right for the most part. Wish I had this video when I first started!

[@alal039]

If you think most of what he said is true, then this job wasn't right for you, try cheerleading

[@omaewamoushindeiru6581]

How many innocent brown people did you kl?

[@NerguA44]

​@@alal039what was wrong? I am just genuinely curious

[@MS-np2nf]

@@NerguA44 Some of the information might be correct but alot of it is spiced with bias and the usual western propaganda.

[@jeromeace1282]

I feel like there is something obvious the video misses though. Blockading the strait of Hormuz and the one near Yemen will piss of the rest of the world, which makes it somewhat of a limited time option.

[@zacharycadman8226]

Absolutely packed full of good information. Well done 👏

[@stephenwilliams1824]

Having worked for Saudi Aramco for 16 years in the eastern province, it was a fantastic experience. A chance also to travel all over the other Gulf countries as well. Especially by motorcycle.

[@bumbafa6181]

As an Iraqi who was born in Baghdad in 2001 and raised there for 5 years, I am severely disappointed in Iraq for wanting to invade Kuwait and Saudi for oil, rather than developing their own country to become a powerhouse like the United States of America, China, and Russia. As the video stated the Tigris and Euphrates river provided fertile lands for Iraq to set up an agricultural sector that would've fed the people of Iraq, and plenty of oil to get the money to put into developing schools and increasing the quality of life for the people of Iraq. Instead of Iraq being a war-torn country, it could've been a global political influencer. Really sad to see this as an Iraqi.

[@OSTemli]

You need to look at why Saddam invaded Kuwait, he was force to. Like how in world war 2 japan was sanctioned by usa making japan only have 6 months of oil left on reserve. Reason japan colonism on other countries, which american and its allies itself were doing. In case of your country Kuwait under usa guidance were exporting too much oil hurting Iraqi economy. Remember american propoganda, Iraqi soldier killing babies in hospital (lies) Hope ur country recovers.

[@adamsteinhardt6393]

@@OSTemliwhat a selective, revisionist load of crap this is.

[@rafiuddin99]

@bumbafa6181 ... Iraq may not have been powerhouse like United States of America, China and Russia, however, on the other part of your opinion, I fully agree with you. Invading Kuwait was utter nonsense and unwarranted. It was only caused damages and prevented Iraq from further development. Cheers 👍🌸

[@viraloracle5151]

saddams mistake to attack Kuwait and Iran was the downfall of Iraq, if he just focused on building his army for defense and long range missiles that could destroy tel aviv if threatened by war from the US (usa not attacks nations that can destroy israel) + investing instead in the economy. iraq would be very stable now and americans wouldnt have invaded.

[@markiobook8639]

Saddam had an historical precedent to annex Kuwait. Kuwait is simply snipped off the Iraqi map by colonials.

[@Wex_6]

As Aramco employee, i can confirm that ksa has 12 other resources for power and its starting to decrease the oil sales and rely on the other resources

[@ronjon7942]

What are they?

[@lithium84]

@@ronjon7942Must be rare earths. That’s the only resource that could still leverage significant influence as much as oil does.

[@Wex_6]

@@RogueCylon No.

[@zeckybuzgheia6239]

​@@Wex_6 haha why did u just say "no"?😂😂😂

[@Wex_6]

@@zeckybuzgheia6239 too tired for explaining any shi bro 💀

[@Astroboytoo2]

0951 pm, 02/08/2024, I wanted to complement you on your narration, I like the way you change the rhythm and tempo to make a point. Plus you speak very clearly, and your pronunciation is very good. You have a very good skill set for this type of work. I’ve had to suffer instructors who were monotone and it was putting everyone to sleep. Good Luck in your further endeavors. PS: I can not imagine the time and effort it takes to research, splice and edit each of your videos! Wow!

[@samleheny1429]

I'd find it really helpful if where was a little graphic down in the corner of videos like this that could tell you at any point aproximately what year in history we are discussing the events of. I'm constantly asking myself "Wait, so are we still in the 80's? Or is this happening right now? Or some other time entirely??"

[@samuhlm2]

Really good suggestion for pretty much all videos that discuss events over time

[@Fallout3131]

@@samuhlm2Agreed

[@YeeeeGreg]

Good idea, I hope they implement that in future videos

[@MH-hu5pi]

Great suggestion

[@valeriewiersma5584]

That's a good idea. Maybe RealLifeLore will see your comment :)

[@user-ok9qo5ty6l]

I'm always gobsmacked by the amount of research that goes into these. This does an amazing job at showing just how complicated geopolitics are..

[@orangedragon5441]

It ironically isn’t even that accurate, he intentionally leaves out or demonizes many things.

[@DWIGHTNOTSCHRUTE]

im saudi he did a terrible job and his info is outdated

[@Edberk_]

You literally stole that first sentence from a comment that was posted a couple days ago 😂😂

[@backthatthingupyoyoy]

The simplest solution to geopolitics is a bright light; a VERY bright light that also produces a lot of heat.

[@iqbalindaryono8984]

​@@orangedragon5441like what?

[@MikeDean-le1cx]

Thank you for this amazing video!

[@1234MrShane]

This has been really informative thankyou for putting out this piece it's all been really confusing trying to work out what's Really going on over there u explain it so clearly it's so easy to follow and understand

[@moabubakar605]

The late King Faisal of Saudi Arabia once told Henry Kissinger "You (the west) are the ones who can't live without oil. You know, we come from the desert, and our ancestors lived on dates and milk and we can easily go back and live like that again"

[@MrZocker92]

How times change

[@GangstarComputerGod]

Do they think “The West” and it’s people sprung into existence during the Industrial Revolution and never existed before then lmao.

[@breft3416]

If it comes right down to need, do you think the people who built SA's oil infrastructure might just come and take the oil? Ask a native American. There would be plenty of milk and dates available.

[@LDrosophila]

I would be curious to know how dates grow with ever increasing temperatures and dwindling ground water?

[@meyouonly]

Thank you for the effort. As a Saudi I have somewhat of a different perspective when it comes to some of the things that you mentioned in the clip. As you’ve explained, it’s a rough neighborhood. I wish that we had Canada and Mexico as our neighbors but unfortunately we don’t. You did an excellent job of explaining the geopolitics of the region and many of the challenges that are faced; in fact, better than most mainstream media and “Middle East” experts. The areas where I might differ the most are mostly around the positioning of the societal and internal dynamics, for example it is inferred that the only reason that the country still exists is because of the discovery of oil and that the people are being “bribed”. While oil has been an extremely important part of the growth and development of the country, it’s important to remember that it was established and existed well before oil was discovered. And I wouldn’t exactly call spending on the healthcare, education (both of which have been the main budget items since the establishment of those sectors) and wellbeing of its citizens bribery! In fact, many European countries spend more on welfare as a percentage of their budget than Saudi does. Additionally, I think that the positioning of the nature of the relationship with the US, while it is an important relationship for both sides for many reasons, as an existential one for Saudi is highly overstated in the clip. Saudi is important to, and has influence on over around 1.8billion people around the word since it houses the two holiest sites for Muslims and it has often leveraged this weight to resolve many issues in the region and beyond, working alongside the US and others, a role which is often overlooked in the mainstream media. Overall, I think that this was a good summary, one of the best that I’ve seen, specially when it comes to geopolitics, (not so much so the cultural aspects around internal dynamics, government and society) so with the exception of the positioning of the issues that I mentioned above and some others that I won’t go over (which I attribute to cultural bias and/or differences, in the existing and available material on Saudi), great effort! PS. I also must very much disagree with the title of the clip, I think that Saudi Arabia has a very bright future ahead of it!

[@grmpEqweer]

I would like to see Saudi become a solar and wind generation powerhouse. Especially in regards to direct solar distillation and desalination of seawater? ...It's not the way things are usually done ATM, but it would be great if Saudi was able to become the electricity source for countries around it. For a fee, of course. This would require a pan-Arab power grid. ...Which would be spiffy, and probably help the political instability to not be so pernicious. (I'm aware European powers have certainly encouraged fighting at times. I would rather y'all not be divided and conquered, even if that makes my life harder.)

[@Chopper153]

All islamic countries are more or less unstable because there's always a religious faction which is "greener". It's highly probable that the Saudi royalty will get overthrown by more fundamentalist groups if the oil revenue declines in future. It's a dangerous geopolitical game.

[@arbjful]

Doubtful, if you couldn’t improve the quality of life in your country, with all that wealth, there is no way you are going to do that in the future. If any change had to have come it should have come in the formative years of your country. Oman on the other hand has a very high literacy rate, high GDP, a very good quality of life. All this is possible due to their progressive thought

[@mkms1777]

🫡

[@Lloydo111]

Yup the bribe thing was bizarre,laughable actually, because its literally made from his ass , protection of America's rn isn't needed like how it was before, we have free healthcare & education something most countries don't have, so many misinformation in the video, then again its made by an American i didn't expect anything less.. its always bizarre when they talk about human rights when they killed millions and millions of ppl in the last 100 years and still do, they want us to doom and we aren't going away,the more they wish us gone we will thrive more, they can't still can't believe we don't need them as much as before since king Salman era began, he got the cultural part in the video wrong

[@henrysevern]

Good informative video, learning lots of information I didn’t know.

[@Train_Eat_Rest_Repeat]

Incredible insight! Thank you for your hard work!

[@kennethflores-hv7uf]

This video was helpful in relaying why the Yemen war happened. The media made a mish mash of the subject, making it increasingly to difficult to understand what’s happening and why.

[@JoseJuvenalDavila]

Absolutely.

[@ggzzbb]

lol

[@BF109G4]

I will explain it simply Saudi sunni Houthi Shi’a Houthi attacked saudi in 2009 with the support of Iran (Shi’a). The Arabian spring went off and the Houthi declared war against Saudi Again in 2014.

[@Thawhid]

It's alarming how this video doesn't differentiate how this is more due to politics then simply "islam" or "extreme Islam" whatever that means. Islam is lawfully (by Qur'an) should only be ONE. No sects. Strictly no division. So this is and was not a religious conflict. Similar to Christian v Christian wars. That wasn't from their scripture either it's just politics trying to justify itself with by misusing religion. One brief example is America's involvement in Iraq. He didn't express how that was unlawful. 1 million + Iraqis & US soldiers died bc President Bush lied expressing Iraq used WMDs. In other words America weren't the heroes there, rather the ones who escalated it, keep the conflict between them, let them settle it we obviously don't understand. Oh yea don't forget the part where we took a "tiny bit" of Iraqs resources with us. It was definitely not a war for profit 🤫 Regardless of this channels propaganda, I always love the visuals and the variety of topics

[@pambennett8967]

@@BF109G4no. The Saudis invaded Yemen in order to subjugate and enslave the people and take their oil and land . We supported them To jockey for a better position to attack Iran, which we've always been salivating to do. The first move we helped the Saudis do was to destroy the water filtration so hundreds of thousands of kids got cholera and died. We also bombed schools hospitals and surrounded them at sea so they couldn't get food or clean water . It's called 'seige warfare' or 'sanctions' but it's war and death and misery. The Yemeni people never understood why we ( USA) were doing this ( we guided the bombs and told the Saudis where to attack, being lords of war) then we finally added soldiers on the ground as well as sea support. We decimated them . Any help they got from Iran was totally justified as there was never a 'civil war' a lie spun by the Saudis to get all manner of support int heir efforts to subjugate and occupy Yemen They even bombed fishermen ti starve more people . So wake up please

[@ricardoc.]

I really hope Saudi Arabia overcomes all these challenges ahead and becomes a hub of tourism, technology and progressive thinking in the Middle East.

[@Kwolfx]

I'm sorry, but that is a comical set of ideas. A monarchy; led by a known murderer, is going to become a hub of progressive thinking. Yea, I don't think so. And, while I could see religious tourism increasing to Saudi Arabia increase over time, it is very hard to believe that many non-Muslim Westerners would want to make Saudi Arabia their next vacation spot.

[@OrontesRM]

progressive thinking? In the middle east?

[@umitcontuk4487]

Very informative. Thank you.

[@shadiafifi54]

Being a resident of the region, I knew most of this already, but it's still very eye-opening and educational. I'm sorry to hear this video was demonetized, but not really surprised to be honest. Hope things get better for you, your channel truly is a gem.

[@taharabbas6480]

Hello Shadia , Can you give me your contact, let make friendship

[@taharabbas6480]

Do you have IG

[@gen-xboomer9489]

Can't they just do what UAE does since they don't have oil? If I have my facts straight. I know some of the middle east doesn't have oil.

[@basharstats4482]

are you really that stupid? "demonetization story" is a proven story line used my many KZbinrs to get the money from the foolish crowd which in their own documents they labelled as dumb sheeps and potential sheeps. now don't tell me you have already paid for a while year for something that is actually free

[@basharstats4482]

@@gen-xboomer9489 yes in Spain and and Gaul alongside Bavaria in the middle east dont have oil or maybe they are hiding their oil bcx America moved the whole of Venezuela from the middle of the east after they found oil in Venezuela. do you have these facts straight. are you a lawyer? i think you have done PhD in Politics sudao science and double masters degree in Economics sudao history of human waystaanbula shi taas with honors... very intelligent man you are... i suggest more comments from your genius mind

[@Jarsia]

Sucks about the demonetization. Appreciate what you do though. Very informative video not just about SA, but the politics behind so many conflicts in the Middle East over the past century. Keep up the good work

[@bitchasshoe8719]

Nice donation, RLL might be able to eat for the day

[@lebawsski]

I had 4 ads during the video.

[@Jarsia]

@@lebawsski he got it remonetized but it got knocked down in the algorithm

[@BH-rm1ch]

Yet he has 2.7 million views

[@arthurpotter9092]

​@@BH-rm1chcompared to the 20-50 million most of his videos get

[@lc3225]

As someone who is fascinated by the history in the area (especially classical/pre-Islamic), it pains me to hear you refer to the region as "useless" (pre-oil) :( But I understand that it's through a resource-based perspective, and it is really a comment on their dependence on oil. I guess their cultural history doesn't bring much revenue xd

[@maxcritchley619]

Before the Portuguese navigated around Africa Arabia was an important middle man between Indian ocean trade networks and the west. With the decline of this trade following the age of discovery Arabia did become quite useless.

[@user-zh6wi9lo4k]

VERY informative and interesting Documentation of Our world Great work, and Continue with this course of content

[@Elghast]

It is INSANE that I’m learning the real reasons for many things AT THIS STAGE in my life Real Life Lore is a priceless channel giving amazing info for free. What a world we live in

[@luizsouto4019]

not for free, is just US propaganda

[@Garmin316]

​@@hidetakamiyazaki1825better than terrorist propaganda

[@faraazmeer6283]

@@hidetakamiyazaki1825So learning anything in any country is propaganda? if I went to school in Saudi would that be Saudi propaganda? or if I watched a youtube video from an Arab person?

[@xadadax5014]

@@luizsouto4019can you please point out what parts of this documentary you think are false or misleading? Legitimately curious

[@luizsouto4019]

​@@xadadax5014 04:23 "the world's most powerful country, the USA" 07:25 "one of the worst human rights records on the planet, an archaic religious absolute monarchy that *most of the outside world* finds repugnant and a lack of protection from the united states" 08:15 - He said that's very little to know before 300 hundred years ago in the center of the Arabian Peninsula. Just google NAJD to see how much history there is. But for the USA only petrol and war is relevant. 17:46 to 18:15 - Briefly said about the USA's interest in oil and puts much more emphasis on some supposed protection the Saudis supposedly wanted. 18:43 - The largest oil reserve in the world is located in Venezuela, another country f*cked by the usa trough embargos 21:38 "America needed to protect Saudi Arabia at all costs" then continues saying again how monstrous is the totalitarian absolute monarchy in the medieval kingdom as an excuse to send troops and incite war. 23:32 "even jeopardize its relationship with its own greatest protector and security guarantor... [guess who]" So much protection that started the Gulf War... how kind are the USA😍

[@seguefischlin]

While of course there's so much MORE to this story than meets the eye, your history lesson is extraordinarily helpful nonetheless. Thank you for your hard work on this.

[@arcaneisboring7675]

So gay

[@OeaoTaruaYT]

​@@arcaneisboring7675tf does that mean

[@Sadako2602]

​@@arcaneisboring7675 Wtf

[@AhmedAli-im9fl]

​@@arcaneisboring7675😮

[@fringster]

@@arcaneisboring7675WHAT?! THERE IS NOTHING GAY ABOUT THE HISTORY OF GLORIOUS SAUDIA

[@Sabelzahnmowe]

Thank your for this deep dive. Very interesting stuff

[@EdwinaTS]

Wow, this video answered a lot of what was behind the news. Many thanks!

[@senianns9522]

I learned more in this 50+ minute showing than I did when working for 5 years in the 80's. I drove across Saudi a few times, explored mountains and vast open spaces. I actually enjoyed most of my time there! I certainly saw the country. I saw obscene wealth and I saw poverty. Yes, there are poor Saudi's for sure!

[@juniorsanchez4157]

One thing I’ve learned is that every country has poverty some just cover it up better than others

[@stinga_]

I now realised why Saudi Arabia and America did 9/11. Bin laden was giving the Saudis a warm time. This is why most the hijackers was from Saudi Arabia.

[@julesl6910]

You're so lucky, I wish I could only work for 5 years and in the 80's! AMAZING!

[@bigaveblue70thst]

The poor are shiites that's for sure treated like third class citizens

[@osmanmohammed6304]

Worldly matters everyone is smart enough, but Spiritual matters not so, God’s given short time to learn, to explore & discover God unseen, Only Mind can grasp, God Giver of all blessings. Mostly People failed to acknowledge, Now Science unfolded many facts, How God managed world & Universe. Open Phenomenon!!! Prophets declared the same introducing God Almighty. A crucial test for mankind.

[@michaelp8844]

Been subscribed for longe than I can remember. This channel has thought me so much about the world. Keep up the amazing work!

[@craiglongan]

Very interesting! I learned lots of things I didn't know.

[@mariaescalona9647]

Learn much from this document! Thank you.

[@memph7610]

I'm still very skeptical about whether the world will really stop needing Saudi oil. The vision to decarbonize economies is wishful thinking, we aren't doing nearly enough to increase the production of copper, lithium, cobalt and other minerals needed for renewables, which aren't a reliable source of energy anyways, and there hasn't been a sufficient increase in nuclear energy either. Especially with Russia being a pariah state to much of the world now, Saudi Arabian oil will be needed by someone. Maybe not America, but probably Europe, and definitely China, Japan and India.

[@kellharris2491]

The US actually has found great stories of lithium, Cooper, silver in Nevada. It maybe the largest deposit in the world at this time.

[@tardisrider25]

I was actually going to comment something similar. The idea that we are moving away from oil is a political position, and still an impractical thing to expect in the near future. The electric car revolution is stalling out too. And like you say, all of this supposed progress is really only something being pushed in rich western countries. Everyone else still needs fossil fuels.

[@GeorgiaAlbert]

Batteries pollute with the lithium and cobalt. Why are the car makers not using Fuel Cells to power their Electric Vehicles???

[@tardisrider25]

@@GeorgiaAlbert Too expensive and complex as a technology.

[@umadbra]

Cooper this, lithium that... WTF do you guys think is powering the machines? Your wishes? Lol

[@calebbearup4282]

I love the length of this video. Thank you for producing it

[@cme98]

What you fail to mention is that the manufacturing of plastics & other products like pesticides consumes more from a barrel of oil than we do for energy. It is no longer energy that we need to fear it is everything else. Our clothing, homes, furniture, everything we seem to touch comes from oil. As for the future of Saudi Arabia, thats on them. We need to think about our own future & stop worrying about others who don’t even like us anyways.

[@debrajohnson6395]

Venezuelan oil is thicker younger oil. The Canadian oil is the oldest best oil, but harder to access because it's in the coldest terrain.

[@JusticeAlways]

Venezuelan oil has high content of sulphur as well...

[@ElAnciano767]

The Canadian oil comes primarily from the Alberta tar sands. It is more expensive to extract, but sells as a discount to refineries because of its low quality. Alberta oil accounts for over 80% of total Canadian oil production.

[@MtnNerd]

The videos here and on Nebula have taught me so much about what's happening in the world. Recent news stories about the gulf of Oman, the bridge in Crimea, and the blockade of the Black Sea are things I understood so much better because of your videos

[@kamel3d]

a lot of what he said is not accurate, he conveniently removed china from the list of Saudi arabia oli clients just to make it looks ctastrofic and many more mistakes

[@churblefurbles]

What sources is he parroting is the question.

[@OneBiteoftheCherry]

​@churblefurbles Well you've got to get your information from somewhere

[@SALEHKR76]

if u really care about learning u should look for a better source because this is only like 20% correct

[@_c_y_p_3]

​@@khalilali2531 You are funny. 😂

[@failed_physicist]

This does an amazing job at showing just how complicated geopolitics are.

[@Ahmed-wb7ko]

geopolitics is boring

[@failed_physicist]

@@Ahmed-wb7ko Lol as someone who lives in the Middle East, recent events have only increased my interest in geopolitics.

[@Ahmed-wb7ko]

@@failed_physicist sports more interesting

[@TheRealHaloLover]

Especially for US citizens because we got to filter through so much propaganda revolving around the Middle East because we're largely responsible for the conflicts there.

[@Storoks]

All It showed me that people in the Middle East are killing eachother over their „peaceful“ religion

[@calimantis]

This has been a legitimately fascinating look into the history of this region of the world. Thank you for putting this video together for us!

[@massimosquecco8956]

Finally I've understood something about this intricate situation. This is why I thank you so much for this meaningful video!

[@GravityTrash]

Its funny because my great-grandfather was one of the few American oil workers that was first there when the Saudi oil was discovered -- infact my mom literally has a physical picture of the first oil explosion (which is more terrifying to me than wondrous) We still have camel whip-blades from the sultan himself at that time (the only thing that ever got passed down, he never shared his wealth with my grandfather, and my mom grew up quite poor because of it, so we aren't rich from this domino effect)

[@theone707]

Many American Workers at that time ran away with Saudi heritage and Historical monuments going back thousands of Years and demanded all of them back, and Aramco at that time wasn't as big as today so no wonder why he didn't get rich out of it or he spent it all recklessly.

[@erikthomsen4768]

@@theone707 Where did you read that?

[@mz6367]

back then Aramco wasn't as powerful as it is nowadays However ,I still believe that he would've made a fortune if he hadn't left the country

[@Rmandxb]

Why didn’t he pass down the wealth ?

[@Max-wl5ll]

Sultan??

[@meteofur9604]

Time for my weekly dose of 50 mins of maps and stock footage which is somehow still really interesting.

[@raxenladevaldak1749]

It's the stock footage that really makes it. Where else can I see this high quality of stock footage?

[@ImGairBair]

This didn’t bother me until you pointed it out 😂damn it

[@123dapizza]

Go back to kissing boys, you heckin normie 😤

[@TheMSBNA]

I really love this video, well crafted!

[@lionrock3]

As a Saudi watching this. You told the story only from the west point of view. For example Bin Laden actually was a CIA agent and Saudi helped US to defeat the Soviet union "Communism" through the war in Afghanistan. And so many other examples

[@Itried20takennames]

If the Saudi government thinks they will be getting much Western, non-religious tourism….can’t really see that happening, no matter how much wasteful and flashy construction they do. Dubai has that niche pretty much filled, and can’t imagine many Western families wanting to visit.

[@josevictorribeirolisboa7576]

They are pretty xenophobic aswell. Not the kind of place a family should even consider stepping into.

[@A_Derpy_NINJA]

Killing journalists, and locking people up for Twitter posts certainly doesn’t help. I’m not going to a country where I can be locked up or killed so easily.

[@joshuaortiz2031]

I hope everything goes to shit over there

[@GamingBogart]

Basically they are the worse UAE

[@DaniG.German883]

They don’t need western decadence

[@Faris-cs2tb]

Saudi Arabia is not only an oil exporter, but also has a religious importance no country in the world has. Also, Saudi Arabia is quickly diversifying their economy, where it is much less dependent on oil. I recommend reading about the 2030 vision. And not repeating what many western media outlets have been saying and continually be proven wrong about. Saudi Arabia has a much bigger future then most expect

[@Strangetbh]

Fr western media likes to cover and blow past its own countries wrong doings, if they can, and just focus on Arab countries

[@Dubadubadu123]

"a religious importance no other country has" bruh ever heard of Jerusalem? That city alone has more importance

[@Strangetbh]

@@Dubadubadu123 isn’t that place in bloody pieces

[@christinevaughn5468]

That is too funny, had no history but has a bright future,

[@Dubadubadu123]

@@Strangetbh so is the entire middle east, does that mean that it's got no religious importance?

[@Capo51]

This vlog was a real power info package of the history of this area of political and religious contradictions. The development on explains very precisely why and where the present conlicts root from. Thank you, well done✌️

[@jstantongood5474]

good comprehensive video overall .

[@PedroLimaPTS]

Understanding Middle Eastern geopolitics is a brain melting endeavor... Congratulations, my dude.

[@azzamziply3039]

Nah, this is only an attempt to it, and it's incredible

[@somerandomguy000]

This is a huge copy and paste from Tim Marshall’s book The power of geography

[@basharstats4482]

what? what's so difficult to understand here? just because the west wants to play dumb in order not give Arabs a fair deal it doesn't mean these are fundamental barbarian desert monkeys who you western civilized man can never understand reasonably. that's a fucking lie in order to control the Arabs. everything is very clear to anyone with a brain. about the monarchy. even all major European powers are monarchies. US ruled by the deep state of oligarchy. just bcx you say words like democracy that does NOT mean you have one

[@ahmeddeghady4510]

Except that he was presenting it from a pure western point of view, not from where the actual middle east sees it.

[@palestasza]

@@ahmeddeghady4510 That's the best point of view as to minimize the amount of bias in it lol...

[@freckledspeckled5406]

This is just exactly what I want from KZbin videos. Educational on topics I would never know about otherwise.

[@paulbrooks4395]

Thanks for having the courage to release this. I took a Medieval history class in college and much of it covered the origins of this region. Its history is one of nearly endless religious warfare. The question has been asked, since the 70's oil embargo "why does the US fund its enemies and war in the Middle East?". We're all complicit as long as we need oil or natural gas. The same question was asked after 9/11, during the Iraq War, the ISIL invasion, and so forth. The money of oil and gas purchases is the fuel for these wars, not oil and gas themselves. We buy what they have, they buy our weapons, we protect their right to exist, and then they treat us and each other terribly. This dependence on international resources can lead to peace, but only when dealing with ideologically worthwhile countries. Saudi Arabia, Wahhabists and Iranian-backed terrorists have state sponsorship because it hasn't been possible to hold them accountable. They have carte blanche to do what they want and the rest is history.

[@TheSpiritOf97]

They tried electing a smart, forward-thinking guy in the United States who wanted to get us off of foreign oil but everyone In the currupt media had a temperate handtrum and insisted he was "Literally Hitler" and the average dolt bought it, and are far too stupid/narcissistic/egomaniacal to ever admit that they were wrong.

[@SimonHough-hz8wp]

We need to understand that to change the path we need to rid! Terribly unpalatable to a modernised western world, but the only real solution to world evolution. Religion was created to opress and control, this needs to be overturned.

[@WWZenaDo]

"Its history is one of nearly endless warfare"... The discovery of oil has accelerated and exacerbated the ancient patterns of conflict, but from your own comment the tribal conflicts and warfare would have gone on even if humanity had developed hydrogen-oxygen fueled engines instead of relying upon oil.

[@Msheref]

I will show my kids all of your videos. Great content.

[@TheLivirus]

This is the most comprehensive and digestible summary of Saudi Arabian politics I've seen. Well done!

[@moealwehebi8391]

With all do respect for your opinion, this is the most bullshits peace of crap I have ever heard. It lacks stats enough knowledge about Saudi Arabia. I think he is one for many thousands of unemployed journalists who lost their job do to the enternet and information highway. He is yapping his mouth like a dog

[@chrisfrench5558]

😊

[@nig3ldoug1as63]

😊

[@crude888]

This is the worst propaganda BS I ever saw on youtube

[@TheLivirus]

@@crude888 Okay, can you suggests a summary you find more accurate?

[@asullivan4047]

Interesting and informative. Excellent photography job/maps enabling viewers to better understand what/whom the orator is describing.

[@markbarnes2041]

New subscriber I really love your show though this is going to be awesome 😎😃🇺🇸❤️❤️

[@eddieabal90]

great video learned a lot

[@adriantween584]

I highly enjoy your videos because it is really nice that you use so many videos, maps and features in your videos. It makes it worth it to prove YT to promote this 😊

[@Becky-yu4xi]

Thank you so much for making this video. It can be very difficult to understand how all of the conflicts in the Middle East relate to each other and the detail in this video really helps make things quite clear.

[@richardivonen3564]

I agree ! I have never seen or heard an explanation as thorough as this about the political complexities in the Middle East and Afghanistan. I'm thankful that KZbin brought this documentary to my attention.

[@rogueascendant6611]

There be a time when if mankind finally solved of a true alternative energy that can electrified our civilization for thousand of years. It'll be the day that the Middle East elites would faced utter humiliation and struggle to a growing developing world. This oil tycoons only help themselves but not to the rest of their countrymen.

[@user-wz7ef1fv4m]

White and European jealousy takes the top spot. They only like black and Africa and we all know why. Many KZbin channels have come up spreading hate against Arabs and Asians. I would lose count on channels that are only dedicated to bashing Asian countries. White supremacy is dangerous and it needs to be stopped. What about the dying Europe and the stagnant economy of European nations for over 3 decades? No white youtuber will discuss that.

[@selbalamir]

The research on some videos is a bit dodgy sometimes though - so take it with a large pinch of salt.

[@zainkhalil21]

Lots of bs stated in this video from an arrogant western-centric perspective

[@xXxWhiskeytangoxXx]

There's a reason they say there will never be peace in the Middle East. Not only is it home to 3 of the world's major religions, but each of these religions is split and divided.

[@clearviewmoai]

Different religions have very little to do with the Middle East's problems. Christianity, Druze, Zoroastrianism, etc. are miniscule religious minorities, and there's one Jewish state. The vast majority of the Middle East adheres to Islam, and Islam is a violent and intolerant religion at its core, they can't even tolerate each other's denominational differences.

[@redlights9991]

What a great documentary! Well done

[@tiron3218]

This is a stunningly interesting video and finally made me understand the conflicts and balancing acts I hear so much about in the middle east. I always knew that there was a lot of war, fighting and terror organizations but I never understood what exactly the background were. Very interesting to see!

[@andrewtataj497]

lol, this is a pretty shallow one-sided exploration of the geopolitics of the middle east. I'd be careful drawing any conclusions from it. To get a more balanced view, a good start would to not be afraid of demonitization like our boy RealLifeLore was decrying against in the first comment of the comment section.

[@abdulazizabdulaziz6304]

​@@andrewtataj497 any book or video reccomendation?

[@zosheik3454]

​@andrew You said it BOI !!! 👍

[@andrewtataj497]

@@abdulazizabdulaziz6304 there's no 'one book' or 'one video', that will educate you on the part of the world which has more history than any other. It's more that you've gotta look at all sides of an issue at the very least before forming an opinion, especially with an area as complex as the Middle East. By playing nice with youtube's demonitization criteria, the maker of this vid is subjecting himself to youtube's views on why the middle east is the way that it is. For instance, when speaking of Al Qaeda, is there a mention of the CIA funding Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan to fight against the Russians in the 1980s? Does it mention Julian Assange and Wikileaks' reporting of Hillary's Clinton's emails that her State Dept was sending money and weapons to the Saudis while knowing that it was going to end up in the hands of al Qaeda? Does it mention that al Qaeda's biggest operations since Afghanistan and 9/11 have been in Iraq and Syria and not Saudi Arabia? If it did it might start to look like al Qaeda was working in the interests of the Saudis and the USA instead of simply being a terrorist organization trying to overthrow the Saudis and install an 'even more repressive' form of Islam. By ignoring these details, it paints a picture of Middle East terrorism where the USA comes off smelling clean, and washes the Saudis clean of some of the worst events to happen there over the last 20-30 years. I don't know the guy behind RealLifeLore, I've never spoken to him. Because of that, I can't tell you what he believes or doesn't believe. What I can say for certain is since youtube is a censored platform, a guy like RealLifeLore here has to take the position he's taken, skipping over lots of opposing opinions and the evidence supporting them if he wants compensation for all his hard work on a video like this. It doesn't mean you're being lied to, but it does mean you can't choose what argument you find more convincing because only one side of the story is being told. tldr; youtube and all big tech censorship sucks. It means everything posted there about geopolitics, modern history and current events needs to be looked at with a very healthy dose of skepticism. P.S. KZbin is still pretty ok for cat videos.

[@StarlightBibi]

This was literally for a propaganda purpose and not educational in any way. Like he made an Egyptian King Farouq turned him into a Saudi King. Like since when?😂 Also, if Saudi Arabia just a desert like he claims then why The U.S is so obsessed with that country??

[@yonathanseleshi]

It’s really insane how much of the modern world was shaped by British Imperialists.

[@nick281972]

You mean the whole world has been shaped by the British empire.

[@S-North]

Indeed, probably the greatest power and influence the world, and certainly the modern world, has ever known.

[@StarlightBibi]

The British didn’t colonize Saudi Arabia + King Farouq is Egyptian and not Saudi + this video is plain propaganda and I noticed American accounts been spreading fake news on middle eastern countries lately too much which is funny. Because they need to worry about China and Russia instead

[@LongDefiant]

Capitalism fails wherever it's tried

[@meyokkob458]

Those Brits had their hands in everything!

[@French-Kiss24]

Wow! I would have to watch this video 10 times to take it all in. Thank you for this lesson in history.

[@F--ne9bd]

80% of the information is incorrect

[@bobam26]

7:26 False, Saudi Arabia is one of the safest countries around the world, and have an absolute human rights !

[@Mbappe_fan300]

No that is not true. It is great if you have money but the treatment of migrant workers borders on slavery and they do not want this known. It is the same as Dubai, Qatar etc. Eventually the country will collapse as we know it today. Also people are scared to commit crime due to its extreme and brutal judicial system

[@djjohnson502]

This was an excellent synopsis of WTF has been going on in the ME and why the US was involved at all…thank you for this information!!

[@soundscape26]

"Synopsis" is a fun word for a 52-minute video. 😄

[@nathanlevesque7812]

@@soundscape26 the subject could be an entire course-load

[@Aleblood]

@@nathanlevesque7812 And then some

[@halleffect1]

@@soundscape26 so well done it didn't seem that long

[@YukiPyro]

Saudi Arabia plays a factor in most wars due to their control over oil. Look up OPEC that's owned by Saudi Arabia. US is their security.

[@jordeahgrosko]

I was born in 2002, adults diddnt wanna tell kids about the war and why we were there and by the time i got to highschool it was all to recent to make it into the history books. I never actually learned about WHY, everyone just says "oil" and moves on with it. Thank you for this video!! It clarified SO MANY questions i had growing up that no one seemed to know the answer to or wanted to tella kid

[@jordeahgrosko]

Also funny to think we've been at war my entire life

[@Thawhid]

@@jordeahgrosko im 20 too! funny but sad. This video was mainly correct but also had clear bias. Apparently the video creator is Iranian so it proves further the vagueness of some details. Digest this info but please for your own sake check with other valid sources, from every side It's alarming how this video doesn't differentiate how this is more due to politics then simply "islam" or "extreme Islam" whatever that means. Islam is lawfully (by Qur'an) should only be ONE. No sects. Strictly no division. So this is and was not a religious conflict. Similar to Christian v Christian wars. That wasn't from their scripture either it's just politics trying to justify itself with by misusing religion. One brief example is America's involvement in Iraq. He didn't express how that was unlawful. 1 million + Iraqis & US soldiers died bc President Bush lied expressing Iraq used WMDs. In other words America weren't the heroes there, rather the ones who escalated it, keep the conflict between them, let them settle it we obviously don't understand. Oh yea don't forget the part where we took a "tiny bit" of Iraqs resources with us. It was definitely not a war for profit 🤫 Regardless of this channels propaganda, I always love the visuals and the variety of topics

[@blitzegron4848]

It was our current President's Executive Orders restricting oil production and exploration on certain govt lands that caused oil (gas) prices to rise and fund the Russian invasion.

[@danielviera7572]

Yeah, like the other guy said, this is a good video but it doesn't cover everything. We Americans went to war over lies for instance, and 9/11 had connections with the Saudi's, not Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, etc.

[@jordeahgrosko]

@@Thawhid thank you for your response!

[@brianpstn74]

Looking back at the British involvement in foreign affairs it is hard to imagine how they ever had an empire to begin with.

[@sandragee2864]

Thanks!

[@ryanb9873]

This is a phenomenal work! I feel like so many middle eastern issues make more sense now viewed through this lens.

[@HEZAMOTOSPORTswag]

@@khalilali2531 Good people that introducted by far the most violent and abusive form of islam and transported that to the rest of the world? Its no wonder that the large majority of terrorist groups are wahhabi's themselves. All of you will rot in hell

[@BamBamSr]

​@@khalilali2531 oh my, what about their teachings today? They are some of the most extremist in the world

[@hashimalsmael3396]

@@khalilali2531 tell us whats wrong so we can search and look ?

[@somhrsh]

I und edddfr

[@omaraboal-azm8705]

​​@@khalilali2531Wahhabism was bad all along i read muhammad ibn abd al-Wahab books it's the biggest problem the Arab world is facing today and KSA is spreading it by there money

[@mohammedfarrash3623]

As a Saudi I’d like to say with as objectively as possible that The information in this video are hardly accurate and are punctuated with some exaggerations, it can only lead me to think that there might be some impartiality or Personal tendencies of the maker of the video perhaps ? Yet it seems to me after I read some comments that obviously it took a mighty effort from the maker to come up with this video and so I’d like to thank him for that .

[@evanthienes661]

Unfortunately, being a citizen of SA doesn't simply make you right.

[@peacekeeper7836]

​@evanthienes661 also being a content creator on youtube doesnt make the video owner right ! So whats ur point?

[@mohammedfarrash3623]

@@evanthienes661 it was my honest opinion in the simplest way there is

[@ishotuknok]

"Opposes the idea of monarchies in islam" -> fights for a theocratic authoritarian government These bois have a very sophisticated sense for democracy

[@firstjohn26]

This video is a beautiful piece of work. Required watching for everyone talking about the Middle East. Thank you!

[@chillausmc]

Great job. Was in Iraq twice for long deployments, didnt really know why. Its nice to see the content like this making it to the masses. Your efforts are much appreciated. A bit of negative responses to be expected eh? While we sit here in the US being told where and why, then go over seas and talk to natives and hear thier perspective on our occupation into their home lands... TY

[@SubvertTheState]

I was there in 2008 too man. But if you don't know who Kermit Roosevelt or Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh are, you have about 80 years of history in the middle east to brush up on. This video is American Exceptionalist propaganda.

[@John-uh8kl]

Oh you were in I--aq. Oh right.

[@user-mi7vo6mz1n]

Just every other western insight video, this one also left out the opinion of local people.

[@oldbutslow5486]

thank you for your service my friend. it wasnt your call where or why you were deployed. grateful for brave men and women who sacrifice for us

[@oldbutslow5486]

@@chelseachelseafcsuperfan7220easy to say now 20 years after 9/11 and now that the propaganda is over and you have all the internet at your fingertips

[@Macedonio414]

Great video! A neat and detailed explanation on a topic that tends to be oversimplified in mainstream media.

[@SubvertTheState]

Oh Lord haha. look up Kermit Roosevelt and Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh. CIA coup in Iran. That's roughly the beginning of the CIAs wars in the middle east about 80 years ago. Just look up Afghani girls 1970. The reason that Hippie Girls wearing skirts aren't going to Kabul University anymore is because of the US. The Mujahideen was built by the CIA, the predecessor to the Taliban. This video is American Exceptionalist propaganda. It's very well done, makes you feel like you know alot haha, it's only that it left out EVERYTHING haha. Like the Genocide in Yemen, tens of thousands of kids are starving to death right now, the US Navy has a blockade of Yemen.