The Decision That Ruined the Middle East

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Well before I talk about another scenario, it's time to talk about the history of the modern Middle East. How did we get in this curfuffle? What led to the chaos of today? The problem stems back to, WWI.
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[@AlternateHistoryHub]

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[@afhistory7644]

My parents use dollar shave club. Also... Yay the new video is out! And also... What microphone do you use?

[@afhistory7644]

One more thing: Can you make your own subreddit?

[@hueman8955]

May i dab on the controversy

[@THESAMMANCAN]

I knew about the sykes-picot agreement but I had no idea how much it's shaped our modern world. Shocking really. I can't wait for your alternate timeline video

[@constantinediomedes6277]

But I like my hermit lifestyle

[@comradegeneralvladimirpoot1313]

French and British: "These borders will work fine" Middle Easterners: *confused screaming*

[@ReconPro]

Comrade General Vladimir Pootis reeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@Sofiaode18]

Reminds me of how they divided up Africa. "Yes, this straight line won't cause any complications at all!"

[@kameronjones7139]

Comrade General Vladimir Pootis *autistic confused screaming

[@bleyk_267]

pretty much the history of africa

[@nomadic-loyalist]

*WHERE AM I?*

[@calebsargent4664]

Notice how almost every time Britain and France made an agreement during the ww1 era it eventually goes to shit.

[@redeye4516]

I'm beginning to think we should have supported the Central Powers instead.

[@setnakhtekera4259]

At least we wouldn't have a war hole in the Middle East....

[@fasoooli2751]

@@setnakhtekera4259 oh really

[@TheBucketSkill]

@@setnakhtekera4259 wouldn't have nazi germany either lol

[@setnakhtekera4259]

@@TheBucketSkill Nazi Germany > Britain and France

[@jorgenoname6062]

"Lots of the world's problems can be traced back to a mustachio'd Englishman drawing a line on a map like ah yes this should do quite nicely" -John Oliver

[@michaelm3691]

You forgot, those countries weren't exactly paradises before they drew those lines or even arrived. The English are like alchohol. They're the cause of and, apparently, solution to all problems.

[@euphoric1183]

@@michaelm3691 middle east was much much better before britain

[@shafayat1004]

@@michaelm3691 this and the partition of India. Really fucked with us South Asians.

[@saptsagn3697]

Like the partition of India

[@comforth3898]

@@shafayat1004 not forgetting the total colonisation of africa creating artificial borders

[@leonardodavid2842]

Did the entente actually keep their promise to anybody? 1. They didn’t maintain their deal with Itay (balkans and ottoma spartition) 2. They didn’t maintain their deal with Yugoslavia (whom they promised much of the same as Italy) 3. They didn’t maintain what they told the Germans (whom were told that versaille would have revolved around the 14 points) 4. They disn’t maintain their deals to Japan (about equallity and china) 5. Disn’t maintain their deal with Arabia 6 told something to the greeks 7. Something to Bulgaria 7. Promised something else to the turks (same territory as greece and bulgaria) Dude, wtf!

[@holypaladin4657]

Leonardo David 28 This is why honesty is perhaps the greatest of virtues.

[@leonardodavid2842]

@@holypaladin4657 I don't get it? They didn't maintain promises, but won the war aniway. So why should we not lie to everibody?

[@unraged6004]

@@leonardodavid2842 because of the fallout of those lies

[@USSFFRU]

@@leonardodavid2842 Because the fallout of lying to the Arabs was the whole reason The Middle East is in total shambles, maybe it would be still but it wouldn't be this devastating if Britain didn't lie to them. Look at Japan, the Great Powers lied to the Japanese regarding Equality and recognizing China as their backyard, this led to Japan isolating itself to Ultranationalism and Ultramilitarism which gave birth to the Bloodthirsty Empire of Japan we know. Look at Czechoslovakia, Chamberlein and France lied to them that France and Britain would protect the Czechs Territorial Integrity, and what happened? The Munich Betrayal, and it didn't even achieve Peace in our time. Look at the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, Germany and Russia guaranteed Non-Aggression, and Germany provoked Russia, Sure Russia was gonna invade if it weren't for Germany, but Stalin was sure the Nazis won't Invade because he thought Hitler wasn't that suicidal or stupid to cause a Two Front War that led to the demise of his thousand year Reich. Sure, World War II was won, but if you think the Great Powers should continue lying, then let's see the inevitable fallout of those lies.

[@CoralCopperHead]

There is no government on the face of the earth that has not betrayed another to horrible, devastating effect. Worse, there are none who haven't done the same to their own people.

[@Eccentrick218]

Holy crap, an unbiased explanation of the conflict in the middle east. Cody, you've done the unthinkable and I'm truly impressed.

[@YamacKocovali7]

True, but for some reason he sounds so irritated to me, haha.

[@joshweickum]

Genji Shimada He sounds like he came to win today.

[@mattlittlej]

Well you'd be irritated too if you discovered a secret pact that fucked over millions of people and set the stage for the longest and bloodiest conflict of the nuclear age.

[@omgsam7185]

This is what I hate about your videos. You never blame Westerns and especially America in any of your videos. How America supported Saddam and in the end created an incredibly unstable state. How America supported Afghanistan's Talibans, and created an unstable state. same with the Israel-Palestine-Egypt situation. Yes, Saudia was never a good peanut either. But the fight between Allied and Soviet is what created an unstable Middle East, even after Sykes-Picot Agreement, there were many chances during which America could have easily solved the problem, but it was too busy gaining influence over Soviet. By the end of 1993, there was an unstable Korean border, unstable armenia-azerbaijan, unstable iraq-iran, conservative Iran, conservative Pakistan, unstable Afghanistan, unstable rest of the middle East. Why because one fucking country could not get enough of power. So yeah. Dont blame brits, or Islam, because Koreans are surely not muslims, blame United States of fucking America, and if you think I am so wrong and out of proportion, do make a video about what America and Soviet's Cold war did to the entire region and be fucking honest about rather than doing some Micheal Bay bullshit about HOW FUCKING GREAT YOUR AMERICA IS.

[@solaireofastora3]

Osama Anwar As long it’s not hurting people let people have their own beliefs

[@muhammadabdullahwaseem3040]

Arabs: we are free from the ottomans Britain and France: more like under new management

[@bakhtawarqurban598]

No Edit: I suck

[@dismantledhenry5006]

I love when people say no for no reason at all

[@dismantledhenry5006]

@Ibrahim Osman whats up dude

[@dismantledhenry5006]

@Ibrahim Osman how's ur day

[@dismantledhenry5006]

Ok

[@EmperorTigerstar]

Sykes-Picot agreement? More like... PSYCHE-Picot agreement.

[@naga5707]

EmperorTigerstar freaking british man. Always with some jokes (that may or may not cause wars)

[@EmperorTigerstar]

No U

[@aer0886]

Can someone please enlighten me why there are so many people hating on Tigerstar.

[@theotheagendashill818]

Aer0 88 inacurate videos...He is like pewdiepie of the mapping community,his brainwashed fans believe everything from his videos.

[@blackflame_]

THEO the agenda troll lol

[@Killzoneguy117]

Britain and France: *perform Sykes Picot* Also Britain and France: "wHy dOeS tHe mIdDlE eAsT hAtE uS sO mUcH"

[@stevenwarne69]

why does islam hate us you mean

[@ahmedikawika2204]

@Dr Sanguine Sunrise still not an excuse I bet they teach u this history in schools so u have loyalty to your country and believe that the British empire was the hero of the world and did colonialism not invasions

[@ahmedikawika2204]

@@stevenwarne69 stop being a racist And bring a Proof that Islam hate non Muslims or don't spread your ideology

[@nerosfreak]

@@ahmedikawika2204 your name is 'anti jews' and you're telling other people not to be racist? 💀

[@ahmedikawika2204]

@@nerosfreak ty x99 for saying I am racist not anti semitic ಥ‿ಥ

[@sernie4689]

What if the Australians won the great emu war?

[@wiredfox3451]

Its basically a civil war at this point

[@sylvestermutuku5654]

Then they would use that momentum to quickly overrun the far east, topple the Chinese regime, occupy Japan, Indonesia and Malaysia and become a global Empire. So now, we'd all be trying to immitate an Aussie accent coz they would be so cool, and we'd all be watching higlights of Aussie footie and not superbowls or world series. IF ONLY!!!!!!

[@ocelotryuu6352]

or, more likly, there just would be fewer/no emus in Australia, and most everything else would be the same. It probably would have happened if they used a competent and properly equipped crew instead of 3 guys with a truck and 10,000 rounds of ammo

[@ocelotryuu6352]

Donald Trump there wasnt too much room left for humor, the biggest joke in American (if not world) history already made a comment on this post 😛

[@magmavision2000]

there would be an earthquake that would summon the tribe of crab people who would start a genocide in Australia.

[@oneofmanyparadoxfans5447]

Let me guess: The arbitrarily drawn borders that separated tribes and ultimately lead to the friction that caused the political instability of the region.

[@bubermarcus8607]

Oh hi Africa.

[@timvanrijn8239]

who fucking knew

[@oneofmanyparadoxfans5447]

Not quite Africa, but rather tribes like the Kurds and the Arabs who, yes, still exist.

[@Nicarand]

Calling Kurds and Arabs tribes is kinda like calling Germans and Brits "tribes", though. Sure, you can call it that, but it's pretty outdated.

[@oneofmanyparadoxfans5447]

Yeah, fair enough. While there are some nomadic people out there, for the most part everyone's enjoying modern technology.

[@benabramowitz18]

“Let’s cut the cake,” said Sykes and Picot, splitting up the remains of the Not-So-Ottoman-Anymore Empire. *EXCEPT TURKEY, TURKEY MAKES A BRAND NEW TURKEY!*

[@Ali107]

You could make a religion out of this.

[@efekurtcebe7697]

Ali_Army107 No don’t. 😂

[@senseiadam-brawlstars9465]

It’s because the Turks fought after the war in order to keep their land.

[@l.k5244]

Sensei Adam - Brawl Stars They didn't really fight their way to liberation, it's just that France and Britain were too broke for a new war so they just left the Turks do whatever they wanted.

[@Mikasacusfan]

Well they are cutting the cake, not the turkey XD

[@slipperycipher9889]

*Turns out, the game was rigged from the start*

[@tonyal3235]

Fallout New Vegas reference?

[@Pangloss6413]

"Whachta see woods?" "Sand.....sand and more fucking sand"

[@boxman9033]

I hate sand...

[@ThatGuy-a48]

Gutenberg The Great what a random comment. ( PS i have remembered that scene from COD bo2 for years )

[@sayvionwashington1939]

Darth Vader's worst nightmare!

[@timvanrijn8239]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@chroma1080]

This made me smile cheers m8

[@TheNorthie]

Britain: Arabs you can have your own country with sovereignty if you help us against the Turks! Arabs: Sounds good! After 1918 Arabs: Hey we helped, can we get our country? Britain and France: Oh my god you just got pranked! Arabs:...

[@RAKITHA9]

Ottomans - it was just a prank bro!!!

[@alimneimne]

The Northie Chill it's just a prank bro, look here's the hidden camera.

[@dumbasslazyman2248]

The Northie Well they did after a few years.

[@3DHDcat]

House of saud - allah akbar

[@toaster8907]

Robrot I feel bad for laughing at this

[@crystaltrees4013]

Middle east: phew the ottomans are finally gone- Sykes and picot: ALLOW US TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES

[@zuko1569]

*I can feel enraged comments from other comments pouring in already...* Want some popcorn?

[@zuko1569]

Palinghufter + Of course ;)

[@s7robin105]

Fried beanies He didn’t. He pointed out how we inadvertently led to the rise of the most radical form of Islam.

[@vanguard616]

got any flaming Doritos?

[@supersentaipepsi3736]

Put sweetened butter on mines and it's a date

[@jyotiradityaguleria907]

Got some mtn dew

[@adamseay216]

A video about the middle East sponsored by a razor company... so many lulz

[@512TheWolf512]

Adam Seay at least it's not an explosives and/or firearms manufacturer

[@faxmachine5306]

+Eugene InLaw lol at least it wasn't a company founded in the Middle East

[@adamseay216]

Eugene InLaw 😂😂😂 think I've pissed myself. So true. Still the irony is so damn hilarious.

[@klutzycactusgaming1188]

Age restricted because you mentioned the MIDDLE EAST

[@slimshady1006]

@@pimppastry7700 umm stereotypes exist you know and KZbin is mostly run by whites who would probably freak out if they saw a very peaceful Arab

[@foxtrotnine]

I just thought KZbin was making the world look like a paradise and hiding problems.

[@ericobut]

Said "violent Islam". Definitely cause for demonitization.

[@VicioRay]

KZbin probably thinks everybody in the middle East is a terrorist

[@yamaggot3115]

@@VicioRay unfortunately

[@saynbezmenlerlutfenacarmsn9231]

Arabs after WWI: Hey man we're fine right? France and Britain at the same time: SIKE!

[@slimshady1006]

S-pico

[@daferfathi7041]

Arabs are rich and they have oil (: and in ww2 France was invaded by nazi Germany in 3 days so don’t talk and also the British almost got fucked by hitler and nazi Germany

[@history-fanatic66]

@@daferfathi7041 are YOU rich?

[@daferfathi7041]

No but I live good (; alhamdullah

[@nuclearnadal3116]

@@daferfathi7041 what if Germany border any of the middle eastern countries it would steamroll them

[@souptime8635]

*DEMONETIZED!*

[@festethephule7553]

Sad Pepe On the plus side, Cody has a sponsor to make up the difference.

[@ricardofit5553]

U.S Military: “Did you say oil?”

[@ovs8691]

OOOOIIIIIIILLLLLLL

[@ricardofit5553]

I’ll suck peepe for nothing.

[@majdalhaj9830]

Looolllls

[@apollo1415]

World News Updates oh....

[@olvustin6671]

Turkey:Meh we are not in danger there is no oil.. batman(it is a city):Hey I found oil Turkey:ARE YOU KİDDİNG ME U.S Military:Oil...OİL İS İN TURKEY

[@RojoFern]

"Age Restricted" *An uncontrollable rage builds inside me slowly until it finally tops out* *Just sighs and moves on with life*

[@supermouse73]

Cool Boy 2006 that’s great but no one really asked

[@atomisedman6235]

@@CoolBoy-jc8xk Good. Knowledge is power

[@Ake-TL]

RojoFern *CRAWLING IN MY SKIN*

[@vermillion3859]

-coughs in fathers account-

[@londoncrow500]

Because : Border gore I guess

[@itaybron]

you must remember, history is written by a guy named victor

[@essexclass8168]

is he the same guy that tells us to vote for wisely?

[@VenomSnakee]

Fucking victor

[@exquisiteaquarium9675]

At least victor doesn't make many spelling errors

[@caz0141]

itaybron w if you lose a war you have to accept the consequences

[@Aru_im]

Tipsy Bun unless you got into a war you didn't want in the first place, and forced into by the aggressor.

[@nismojutsu]

I hate sand.

[@paymo14]

Ha ha star wars reference what fun

[@jaojao1768]

nismojutsu should be a IHE video

[@darnit1944]

I hate dust

[@greaterdanemark2397]

nismojutsu it’s coarse and it gets everywhere

[@noblesixes]

Dane Dillon i was just about to comment that lmao

[@tamworth1025]

Britain & France: Hey look! New land and it's all ours! USA: ummm no, you guys leave now! Britain & France: But it has oil... USA: *S A Y S I K E R I G H T N O W*

[@leviathandrumming2175]

Hahahahahahaha

[@peterstamatiou4530]

(33735) Narat Ratanawiphanon -I....pht😂😂😂

[@-_--ex5lt]

Well they support communism was the motto not they have oil. In fact US launched an attack on democratic Iran because British convience US that Iran is joining communist block .

[@VicioRay]

If The US was involved, They would have bombed France and Britain twice like Hiroshima Nagasaki

[@noahpalmer709]

@@VicioRay your not funny

[@OneOnOne1162]

Another important point: The British and Americans overthrowing the government of Iran and installing a Psjah who was overthrown turning Iran into a theocratic state (of sorts) and indirectly helping to cause a cold war between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

[@UrMomsChauffer]

OneOnOne1162 all because of oil. Operation Ajax

[@soroushshiri5592]

That monarch was the son of shah reza and the rightful ruler of my country.sure mosadagh was a great guy but he wasnt bad either

[@amirpourghoureiyan1637]

Palestine is the main point of tension in the cold war between Iran, Saudi Arabia and Israel.

[@supremelordoftheauspicious2928]

OneOnOne1162 Psjah? That's the weirdest Shah spelling i have ever seen

[@LionKing-ew9rm]

Once Well, Iran (formerly known as Persia) is not a PsykesPicot product.

[@thewallofguns550]

Are you are saying that a perfect line made with carbord ignoring anthing else is not an actual good border? How that can be?

[@thewallofguns550]

Ser Davos Seaworth the virgin border and ethnic researcher vs the chad imperial liner

[@hamooozmugharbel]

Ser Davos Seaworth funny enough there WAS a plan to divide the middle east in a way that respects cultures ethnicities and religions and it was the king-craine commity. The british didnt like the results so they hid them until after the borders were already drawn

[@dumbasslazyman2248]

THE WALL OF GUNS There's no such thing as a good border in this context.

[@serdavosseaworth4643]

Oh yeah I heard about that a while back. Too bad they got greedy.

[@nomadic-loyalist]

damn if that's true, then that's just shitty

[@russiaunion4713]

Middle east countries: we have oil Britain and France : Hi there

[@xelio9050]

America: Let me introduce myself

[@friendlyreminder3280]

Russia: how about a little more

[@macmiller6055]

No more oil from you *^*

[@Donjuanantoine]

@HunterRKS41 underated comment.

[@dford4014]

Actually, he mentions Britain and France in the 40's and oil dis covered in the 50's so it was more US involvement.

[@massineben7198]

Sykes-pico agreement, also known as "SYKE Arabs, you thought you can PICO how you want your country to be, we decide" I won't apologize.

[@mrbenoit5018]

Fliyo MB Sykes-Picot where a pair of Sycots..

[@benignobrionesiii]

No need to. It was funny.

[@Qwerty-ov5fq]

Agreed no need to apologize

[@joezeinaty]

😂😂😂

[@baraamassalha9355]

So ? Hitler who did destroyd europe what about him lmao

[@deathdoor]

The Middle East was "ruined" when the Shah Ala ad-Din Muhamman killed mongol emissaries and challenged Ghengis Khan in 1219. That was the moment then the whole region was ruined, it was turning into the greatest center of human knowledge and progress and was never the same.

[@nomadic-loyalist]

i think Ghengis would still want to Conquer Arabia, even without The Killed Emissaries, Arabia is my meat and Ghengis is me at 3:00 AM

[@Vityvikt0r]

Space Loyalist He simply wanted to sign trade aggreements, as he had all the land the Mongols needed. His successors, however...

[@sirjj3123]

Why isn’t this in Knowledge Hub?

[@halad.b1647]

Human: lives peacefully Britain and France:I’m about to end this mans whole career..

[@KielanGaming]

They where warring tribes, hardly living peacefully, in that era everyone was fighting each other to survive and we judge them with todays lense like fools who have learned nothing of the past.

[@seankauder9721]

@@KielanGaming The Chinese were pretty peaceful when Britain forced them into widespread opium addiction

[@mistershadier8577]

Sean Kauder Nothing was forced they bought it

[@seankauder9721]

@@mistershadier8577 The Chinese outlawed the sale of opium in China and the British continued to smuggle it in. The British government even paid smugglers to bring opium into China. When China enforced this law and confiscated British opium supplies at Canton, the British attacked. How is this not forced? Imagine if during the cold war, the USSR smuggled heroin into our country, then continued to smuggle it in after we ordered them to stop. We confiscate their supplies and in response they declare war. This is just as outrageous and barbaric today as it was 180 years ago.

[@mistershadier8577]

Sean Kauder The Chinese were buying it willingly besides we needed that income we were dealing with a massive trade deficit with China we physically couldn’t afford not to sell opium it would bankrupt our state not saying it’s moral but we couldn’t afford not to have the trade Also this wasn’t an issue of what’s legal you said we forced the Chinese to smoke opium we didn’t all the Chinese people had to do was say no we as a people don’t want opium and they could do this by not buying it thus making opium pointless The illegal drug users aren’t being forced to buy crack by the people selling they are choosing to buy the Americans aren’t being forced to buy from the Mexican drug cartels

[@Charles37400]

See guys? Context is good. I actually really liked it

[@jaojao1768]

Charles Mazur i like the video too

[@Charles37400]

yeah i enjoy both the context (cause i like history in general) and the alternate history just because thats fun and interesting.

[@Charles37400]

Thanks for the highlight cody :D

[@neptune3569]

Before watching: this is probably about the sykes-picot agreement

[@DrRiq]

I sure as well hope it is

[@alikareem3829]

Neptune yes I knew that too, well cuz it's true.

[@InquisitorThomas]

Also the thumbnail is the British and French drawing the Middle East’s borders, it kinda obvious if you know about the Sykes-Picot Agreement.

[@TheKnizzine]

Inquisitor Thomas which unfortunately in the states even at the University level you really don't learn about.

[@vexxcon8125]

Kurds And Arabs: Finally, we're finally free from the ottoman empire. France And The United Kingdom: Well yes, but actually no.

[@edwardlozano8807]

9:59..."but instead became 80% history since nobody would actually know what I was talking about"..and how sad is that!

[@DoodleSamurai]

Why was this never in our history lessons? A tale about the country the United States is fighting *right now*, but one that never came up once in any history classes? This is one of the most important things a U.S. citizen should know, all things considered

[@TheDanEdwards]

It's part of the fallout from WWI. WWI syllabi do include this, at least the better ones do. If some history class is taught in school that leaves out the effects of WWI then that is just a teacher (or school system) not doing their job. It was a long time ago, but I roughly remember learning about the British/French cooperation about this region.

[@Ghostkilla773]

American schools doesn't focus on recent world history.

[@AgglomeratiProduzioni]

10:07 "I want to imagine a world where [the Sykes-Picot agreement] never happened." I know Cody, I know. That's something that I repeat sometimes, like if it was a lost part of "Imagine" by John Lennon.

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

It would still have problems. Getting rid of the Sykes-Picot Agreement wouldn't magically solve all the problems in the region.

[@kaitosanthepirate]

Bobby Lawson no isreal

[@totally_not_a_bot]

Bobby Lawson Doesn't change the fact that the Sykes-Picot Agreement was a dick move that turned a potentially friendly relationship into a guaranteed toxic one. Predicting how the present would have been if the past had been different is foolish. Using the mistakes of the past to inform future decisions is wise.

[@derpidius6306]

Bobby Lawson but it would sove the problem of ethnic groups bieng forced to be with others they dont like

[@bigyin2586]

Great potato, well, people can just 1. Stop disliking each other or 2. Separate. There is no imperial power stopping them. It has happened in Europe. Incidentally, when talking about borders cutting through ethnic homelands, I don't see that being much of a problem in Europe with Switzerland and Belgium.

[@Vitalis94]

Would united Arabia be more stable, though? Even if Wahhabism wasn't as infuential as it is now, there would be still Sunni-Shiite divide. Yes, united Arabia would be much better and more prosperous than all those Arab states of today are, but there would still be conflicts between Arabs and Kurds, various minorities like Christians, Assyrians, etc.. Or am I wrong? I can definitely see why French and British didn't want that to happen - united Arabia would be a regional power at least. Just imagine how wealthy that state would be if it was formed and survived to this day. Oil in Kuwait or Emirates alone is worth billions, add to that the wealth of modern Saudi state... Wow. I imagine that US or other major power would then use the ethnic and religious conflicts in the region to break that state apart, making it easier to control it.

[@malachiowens3423]

It may not be stable but imperialism sure didn’t help

[@AdamNoizer]

Vitalis It seemed mostly stable under the Caliphate. Other than minor skirmishes and brief battles that were comprehensively crushed by the Ottomans such as the Wahhabis, ethnic division wasn’t that much of a problem till the last couple hundred years with the rise of nationalism which was exploited by colonialists which tore the region apart

[@Vitalis94]

+Corvus Yes, I belive that had there been Arab state composed of well... Arabia, that formed somewhere between the XVII-XVIII centuries, Arabs would have developed national identity on par with the European ones. With the centuries of Arab rule continuing to the modern day, the country would be quite stable. Instead what we got is the Arabs that were dominated by the Turks for whole centuries. Even if the Western powers granted Hashemites whole of Arabia, it would be a new country, without said tradition of nationhood it would be difficult for them to stay stable - not to mention outside forces would always seek to use the ethnic conflicts to destroy the country. It's the same issue as with Africa or even Balkans - had there been continued native rule throughout whole centuries, instead of foreign one, those regions would have a chance to be stable and prosperous, even with many ethnic minorities, because all of them would be integrated in the society by that point.

[@Jan-rq8mo]

It would be like modern day Oman Which is actually pretty good Would probably even be a first world nation with all that Oil Perhaps even Super power potential

[@dom-ct6ie]

Vitalis Blacks and Whites of America didnt get along but its gotten much better and still is

[@polandisland3542]

Just to clarify things Britain didn’t help hussain they betrayed him at that they were working with saud from the beginning even gave them soldiers weapons and you can see the agreement if search hard enough

[@tonymontana7450]

They were helping hussain they gave him planes crying out loud

[@Danneman92]

@@tonymontana7450 Whether that's the case or not, Poland Island is still correct in his statement. Britain did in fact work with the Sauds. It's not a coincidence that Western countries today have such tight relations with Saudi Arabia. It's a dictatorship in which its government has tons and tons of innocent blood on their hands, but the Western countries do not care. One need to ask himself or herself why this is. And no, it's not because of the oil, because there are more than a dozen countries with vast oil reserves, but Western countries don't seem to treat them as well, such as Syria, Iraq and Lybia.

[@tonymontana7450]

Daniel Vergara The Saudi government stopped selling oil to the British when they attacked Egypt and in 1973 they did the same to the Americans and the British put hussain son as a king in iraq jordan even syria and hussain son is married to the daughter of a British officer and above all that Lawrence of arabia asked to meet the Saudi king and the Saudi refused

[@lemortedbrian6070]

@@Danneman92 and history repeated itself with the US bringing the terrorists to power in afghanistan.

[@Danneman92]

@Just some Forest Ranger with Internet Access Missed this comment for some reason. Yeah, it is a monarchy, but just like China is a dictatorship, Saudi Arabia is too. It's a totalitarian absolute monarchy. From Google: "Saudi Arabia is a totalitarian absolute monarchy, effectively a hereditary dictatorship governed along Islamist lines."

[@teardeem]

don't forget the 1953 iranian coup and how that ruined the chances for the rest of the middle east

[@ReformedSooner24]

jesse scheepmaker True

[@GiraffeFeatures]

Lol what, Iran was looking to be the perfect balance of West meets East before the Government that was placed in power in 1953 was overthrown by Islamic fundamentalists.

[@NovaFrederick]

That too

[@bigdickpornsuperstar]

You mean the one backed by the American CIA which overthrew the democratically elected president and installed the Shah as it's puppet dictator thereby all but ensuring a religious revolt less than 3 decades later? That one?

[@ashpasibo7989]

Yes, that one.

[@jackk9366]

You should've released this vid sooner and made a copy of the script, BECAUSE IT WOULD'VE HELPED ME ON MY TEST

[@tulimartin1]

if you need this video to pass a test you aren't too bright...

[@jackk9366]

It is a written test in which you sight sources

[@powerplayer75]

Jack The muffin this sorta related to an APUSH LEQ that I had. I didnt really think much of the mandates and had no idea of their significance

[@NardoVogt]

Jack The muffin you should have learned

[@iankiller1]

What was stopping you from finding other sources?

[@lStranger]

"Strong man dictators usually take hold of unstable societies", sounds very familiar.

[@euphoric1183]

İts familiar to lots of cases

[@ferrice]

I'm sure we can all think of 10 examples lmao

[@euphoric1183]

@@ferrice more than 10 lol

[@pinheadtheyumenikkifananti6969]

Hmmmmm...... Is it that one dude that kept screaming "freedom for everyone" with red and white stripes?

[@game_boyd1644]

Trash Series You forgot Nazi Germany, Revolutionary France with Napoleon, Communist Russia, and Fascist Italy.

[@derpynerdy6294]

Usa: Oh look oil

[@Alex-uc2ny]

Yeea boi

[@pizza-for-mountains]

DID SOMEBODY SAY OIL

[@ravindranathnikunj6164]

That's why they reconige Jerusalem as Israel capital

[@TheBruceGday]

Not just USA. Europe and USA.

[@TheBruceGday]

The first oil companies in the Middle East were British in Iran in 1908, New Zealand in Bahrain 1921, and British in Iraq in 1925. U.S. was first into oil in Saudi Arabia in 1938, thirty years after Britain in 1908. So European interests were gobbling up oil in the Middle East. The United States was the largest oil producer in the world until 1950’s...on their own soil. The Middle East was Europe’s oil supply. In the 50’s and 60’s US began producing less, Middle East more, because it was cheaper there. Then there was the 1973 Middle East oil embargo. That’s when U.S. really turned their eyes to needing control of the Middle East oil supply...so that an embargo like that could not happen again. Then in 2000’s fracking was developed. North American oil production soared. Obama administration guided by the environmentalist special interests limited American oil production through regulation. As of 2018, U.S. is again the #1 oil producer in the world! Large reserves available with fracking tech. U.S. has its own oil source. Let Europe worry about getting it from Russia and the Middle East. That should make everyone around the world who keeps accusing the U,S. Of being the oil greedy ones in the Middle East. Europe, with practically no military combined and the ones who started the Middle East mess can have it back. Let those who are holier than thou fix it.

[@geptux4134]

Goes to an alternate history’s channel, happy for the new vid, then finds out that it’s a history video... “Traitor...”

[@FallenShadowNinja]

It's a two series. He always gives context in the first half of every video he does. The next video will be the alternate history part. It's better to have two 10 minute videos than a single 20 minute one because you can release the first part sooner. KZbin's algorithm demands as frequent uploads as possible.

[@dorkking100]

Lol

[@Tirocoa]

Profile pic checks out.

[@geptux4134]

?

[@bobclover4634]

+Ternimator Turtle Your profile pic is an England flag and it's a video criticising Britain. They're implying that you're upset over that.

[@lesleeherschfus707]

Husain-McMahon Balfour Declaration Sykes Picot Why don’t you name the other 2? This is vastly oversimplified.

[@history-fanatic66]

Didn't wanna get banned for antisemitism

[@longiusaescius2537]

Banned for criticism of AIPAC

[@andrewbenjamin3128]

*cough cough* Knowledge hub

[@jaojao1768]

Herra Vöfflur yes, i wonder why he uploaded this to his main channel

[@gemtownMANCHURIA]

nah mate ur just blind lol

[@varnisa]

This is directly relevant to his coming alt history video, and so he wanted it visible to the alt history audience.

[@blindtruth128ify]

*Mortal Combat Theme starts playing in the comment section*

[@krisstarring]

That's why history is important. You can't know where we are going unless you know where we have been. People jump to conclusions about places like Africa and the Middle East without realizing why they got that way in the first place. The important thing is to realize this, not make generalizations, and to make sure atrocities like this do not occur again. “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” - George Santayana. No flaw in human history has been more consequential than the ill planned Sykes-Picot Agreement. Santayana actually said this in his book "The Life Of Reason" in 1905, a full decade before that fateful meeting between British and French diplomats Mark Sykes and Francois Georges-Picot was made.

[@thom5499]

Thank you for teaching little known history fairly objectively. Almost all countries, United States included, warp history to maintain certain narratives. It impossible to be completely objective, but you do the best out of other stuff I've seen on KZbin. Keep it up!

[@kdude2479]

Hey! For once, it's not completely Murica's fault!

[@pierrecurie]

It's the British. Even the very existence of America is indirectly the result of the British.

[@tyowens7481]

pierrecurie Britain is the indirect cause of everything lmao

[@denethweerasinghe4523]

well America made shit worse by allying the Saudis, launching a coup in Iran and invading Iraq and Afghanistan.

[@kdude2479]

Note: I said it's not COMPLETELY Muricas fault

[@aleksihakli1125]

John T You mean 'Murica?

[@hollowt3a199]

Woah, this was age restricted and now I can't watch it, (even though I already have many times). Thanks KZbin!

[@usuarionormal6778]

I was born in 420 b.c 69

[@katelynmason9179]

The middle east would be such a beautiful and cultural place if it was at peace.

[@plumebrisee6206]

Nop because of desert and shitty climate

[@Alex-ht5ci]

@@plumebrisee6206 they managed well enough in medieval times man, at least a part of it, also check out pre islamic persia, it did good in shitty climate

[@user-uz3fk8zq3u]

@@Alex-ht5ci also the Islamic Golden Age and how the Abbasid Caliphate was pretty much the scientific and economic center of the world during the Middle Ages

[@tasinal-hassan8268]

@@user-uz3fk8zq3u Umayyads were better. The Ottoman Empire was also at the centre of science and trade.

[@mohamedkabha6861]

@DerBoss fuck the ottomans

[@boldCactuslad]

Finally, a video which goes into the actual details instead of just screaming "BLAME THE UNITED STATES" for three to thirty minutes. Thank you for providing a usable history of the issue, we need more channels like this.

[@arsya4053]

Damn right

[@MrTigracho]

Your people only feed more fuel to the fire thought

[@rayanhey2411]

In fact lebanon was founded with the demands of the Lebanese during the treaty of Versailles. And why lebanon is not on the map in the video?

[@alarabi98]

Lebanon was created from the Mandate of Syria after Versailles.

[@hamooozmugharbel]

Rayan Hachem exept it wasn't

[@Mmvarto]

Too damn small is the answer

[@kingof4203]

No 1 gives a fuk about Lebanon

[@rayanhey2411]

King of 420 and I don't give about your contry

[@SerenityGS]

Please make more of these straight history videos. Absolutely love Alternate History, but this is one of my favorite videos you've made.

[@tylertyler1360]

This is one of your best videos Cody. It tells us where all the violence and instability in the middle east came from.

[@cpowell4227]

Thank you

[@Thurgor_Supreme]

Shouldn't the formation of Israel be included in this video?

[@hlary8320]

no there only on contribution is militarily embarrassing the arab world multiple times

[@jdawg0507]

Israel was one of the countries made my Sykes and Picot. The whole controversy was due to the Salafism

[@ohwaitchristian]

hlary oh shit

[@SSDTV123]

There were a lot of things missing from this. The formation of Israel, and the fact that our Cold War foreign policy spread fundamentalism to other countries in the middle east, thereby increasing violence and proxy wars. Previously, fundamentalism was unique to Saudi Arabia.

[@yalkn2073]

No, they still have shit ton of oil

[@gracef.8145]

why isnt this on knowledge hub

[@LumenArty]

It wouldn't make sense to split a 2 parter between 2 channels if they both contain the same subject.

[@babylonking6104]

What about the Assyrians in the middle east? The brittish promised them a state and a safe heaven after they allied with the brittish

[@marcooosbibendorsht1334]

Gaben pls ????

[@babylonking6104]

Marcus Badenhorst the Assyrians of Northern Iraq, Syria and South Eastern Turkey

[@o7016-c7i]

they only have little land to no land in iraq or syria so they really would be a piece of shit country alone,the sides syria and iraq are regional states more than arabic states.

[@alanlee1355]

Gaben pls dude it's one t 'British'.

[@Eoin6661]

do some reading en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyrian_genocide

[@TheEmm4lpha]

Interestingly enough, there was a later chance of a united Middle East under the Hashemites, during 1947, the Syrian Druze were in revolt, and wanted to unite with Jordan, whose king had promised to unite them with Jordan's own Druze in an autonomous region. Jordan's king was Abdullah I, son of Hussein, and brother of Faisal, who had been elected King of Greater Syria. After Faisal's death, he became the head of the Hashemites, and championed repeatedly the idea of a Greater Syria. Not only that, but Jordan's army was the best in the Middle East, and easily capable of taking over Syria. Basically had they managed to exploit the situation to invade, they would have won. It would also have caused the Iraqi monarchy (also Hashemites, Faisal's line) to survive and probably to unite with Syria like it did with Jordan in our timeline. It might have caused an earlier Lebanese Civil War, and Israel being quite different. It's a pretty interesting scenario.

[@merrittanimation7721]

What about that United Arab Republic thing Nasser was doing a bit later on? Could that have worked?

[@TheEmm4lpha]

Merritt Animation From my understanding, it could have worked, had it been less Egyptian dominated, the problem is that it would be have been dominated by Egypt in any care, due to it being larger and having a larger population. There's also the fact Syria and Egypt are not contiguous. It doesn't mean something like it would always fail, though, had it been with Sudan and/or Libya, it probably would have survived.

[@joaobr3419]

Why is this age-restricted

[@yellowmagickian1163]

Censorship by british

[@pizza-for-mountains]

Too many statements for the bot to understand

[@zeknight4352]

Because it rants about terrorism or something offensive to the UK and France

[@gildedphoenix]

Because it states the facts of why Middle East terrorism is a thing and how US, Frenchmen and Brits fucked Arabs in the ass.

[@justincase4892]

They don't want another generation knowing the real truth.

[@iant720]

What blew my mind was photos of Iran from the 50’s. It looked like America. People dressed hip. It’s bizarre that they went so backwards.

[@ace7669]

I'm glad you finally made this video

[@diegonei]

Well, now I wanna see the alternate history to this.

[@thejay8963]

5:48 Good luck everyone! No changing the borders now! (Screams) That means you, Kurds. *(MORE SCREAMS)* I'm dying!

[@gildedphoenix]

I'm soo onboard with the "no land to Kurds" policy! Heck, they didn't even have their own nation for a LOOOOOOOONG time that, they are better off accepting the fact that they will never have their own nation. Not to mention that's 20th century's thing. Now world is getting connected to each other and borders are getting meaningless anyway.

[@ariko5254]

they havent been kicked out because they are being protected by israel cause israel gets 70% of their oil from the kurds which Saddam wasn't giving to israel and with missiles that could reach israel it felt threatened and forced the US to go to war with iraq and have the kurds govern their own region in northern iraq THE IRAQ WAR DID NOT BENEFIT THE UNITED STATES IT DID NOT GO TO WAR FOR OIL OIL PRICES WENT UP ACTUALLY IT WAS NOT IN UNITED STATES INTEREST IT WAS IN ISRAELI INTEREST IT WAS ALSO IN ISRAELI INTEREST TO TAKE DOWN IRAQ BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO GO AFTER SYRIA AND THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH IRAQ FIRST TO GET TO SYRIA

[@epicray4916]

@@gildedphoenixBlud found his historic college degree at McDonald’s. Mate the Kurds are a own people their own ethnicity, they have the right to be independent. It’s like if the french people dident have a country and was under Spanish rule the french don’t have the right/freedom to have their own country. Before posting shit know your shit.

[@gildedphoenix]

@@epicray4916 you know what? French under Spanish may actually be good thing. Fuckers fucked up Africa

[@grrrtschh3859]

Wow, never thought i could learn so much from family guy's joe

[@aceebz9827]

Grrrtschh looool you’re right!

[@ihavetowait90daystochangem67]

What if cody from alternatehistoryhub made a face reveal?

[@jackguest145]

I have to wait 90 days to change my name He has on twitter

[@mydadneverlovedme8567]

Id be scared

[@ryandebruin9221]

I have to wait 90 days to change my name he has already showed his face many times.

[@XxiPoisonZxX]

He already did a face reveal on Twitter

[@netizenkuripangistanyolo3339]

Poison give me the link NOW!!! sorry please just give it to me im sorry

[@GuyNamedSean]

This is a point I’ve made many times myself. I’m glad to know I’m not alone in seeing it this way.

[@samuel10125]

GuyNamedSean and what point is that if I may be so bold.

[@marvium-howthingswork723]

Yes, we that have read history usually have a broader view of conflicts. We can see the reasons behind them, not only the direct causes

[@asneecrabbier3900]

*am lebanese* TRIGGERED Cody saw the comment and changed the intro

[@OmarSlloum]

You're Arabic not Lebanese

[@idontwannagetbanned]

D Johnson that’s not our fault

[@rear9259]

CrabbierBull 391 your Isralie

[@knifepony]

you guys are a fucking shitfest but a lovely one.

[@asneecrabbier3900]

knifepony hehe thanks

[@wclark3196]

You didn't mention the Balfour Declaration. That is part of this whole thing. The West betrayed the promise of an Arab homeland, then promised Jews a homeland in the same region and then actually forced it into being. That has been a festering wound.

[@brucetucker4847]

Britain pretty quickly broke that promise too and tried to prevent further Jewish immigration to Palestine after it became clear that it was sliding towards civil war over Zionism.

[@zahranalabri9530]

the Middle East : fighting about religious and economic reasons mean while Oman UAE : yeah were just going to stay out but hey. good luck ( as they walk out the door )

[@aguyunderabridge.8794]

Count Dankula has been found guilty. Spread the word.

[@Jan-rq8mo]

wow

[@Miquelalalaa]

Sheepdog Wrangler Because being a moron is a crime 😐😐

[@coysgub5599]

that offended me. TO JAIL WITH YOU!

[@Admiral_Jezza]

The UK is really going downhill.

[@killamonjaromon]

All he did was make a video prettending to make his girlfriend's dog a Nazi because she's always going on about how cute it is and Nazis are the least cute thing he can think of

[@aMiyafuji]

You went over it so well that I really hope that some teachers use this to help teach what this section of history is. It's something that too many people don't know about and it's why the whole world is in such a mess today... or at least part of it.

[@Ali_0h]

I am speechless, this is exactly mine stance! Divide and conquer. I always thought that there should be more attention to the consequences of the first world war! Sincerely thanks for these important insight and facts, you’r a hero!

[@muslimcrusader3085]

Except it backfired soo hard on the British that their entire civilization is now in jeopardy because of the refugee crisis causes by the wars they inadvertently started. Oh well, guess that karma..

[@aoki6332]

@@muslimcrusader3085 look at this if this aint the consequence of my own action

[@doekiller4810]

It's funny, I just watched Lawrence of Arabia last week, it helped lay the context for this video which I had no idea was being made. But I really wanted to say thank-you for making this. This is the first video I've watched that clearly explains the instability in the Middle East, and how it came to be like that. I hope a lot of people watch this.

[@augustweiss2667]

O.I.L Operation Iraqi Liberation

[@blankblank7016]

hahahahaha

[@dylanstrachan3689]

anthony howell did somebody say oil?

[@vladstefan5216]

Oh no, you said the forbiden word. Now the US army will came and inva... I mean liberate this comment section. I just want to declare that I hate commies, I love McDonalds and that eagles are my favorite animal before they come.

[@C02ver]

Dylan Strachan oil, You cooking something?

[@faxmachine5306]

Oh no not the forbidden word, the us occupies.. I mean liberates and frees the native people

[@irontusk341]

The comment section is like a public toilet.... you open up to take a piss (make a comment) and theres already turds floating in it (angry comments and replies) and someone forgot to flush it... So i try to flush it myself but the hammer is broken.. Now i look behind me and theres a line of people who need to drop a couple fluffy turds themselves (waiting to comment) and i will probably get evil stares, and muffled grins. Oh wait... This isn't walmart! Its the KZbin Comment section. :P

[@mooheadummm9414]

irontusk341 I didn't even know Wal-Mart had restrooms

[@SerjTerrible]

irontusk341 well said in a humorous way and completely accurate

[@ahoomanonearth5530]

Well described

[@MrCubFan415]

irontusk341 Best summary of YT comment section I’ve ever seen!

[@ivm1983]

Kkkkkk

[@frazzleface753]

We can see clearly from the comments here that the inter-ethnic conflicts between peoples of the Middle East might have played a bigger role than some lines on a map.

[@Kaparzo]

I believe that this is your best video yet. Good to see you’re nuancing why the ME is a chaotic place. Good that you’re educating your watchers. Keep up the nice work :-)

[@ziadhaithemamin1431]

Welcome to comment section of this video a.k.a hell

[@ACEnBEAKY]

I've seen worse.

[@merrittanimation7721]

Less comments blaming the Jews or something than one might see in other videos.

[@dustinbranson8047]

Ziad Haithem Amin thanks bud :)

[@JohnSpike8888]

There have been empires screwing thw word up, lomg before the US got it's turn. But hey, at least the US is trying the best it can, to out do tjem all. LOL

[@novaknightanimations9243]

I really needed this video I read the comments about events that happen in the middle east and it's just a bunch of countries screaming and blaming eachother. But I think if we realised this whole mess is something everyone involved was somewhat responsible for we could make active progress to fix it instead of devulging into argument

[@evillimey6965]

Captain Hindsight......... To the rescue

[@SOADslipsURknot]

Evil Limey What an awful hero, he has the worst timing.

[@banneduser9437]

Evil Limey It’s not a gift it’s a curse

[@rickrose5377]

Evil Limey What a cheap and meaningless criticism. OF COURSE we almost never see the cosequences of bad decisions or bad policy until they happen. That's especially true if the policy becomes anachronistic: the political world has fundamentally changed since Sykes-Picot, but we are still stuck with the result of a post-World War I agreement. Yet most people have never heard of Sykes-Picot, and don't know the historical events recited here. This video is as concise and lucid an account of complicated events as one could hope for. All in all, a terrific job by the producers.

[@evillimey6965]

rick rose Stop wasting your time over analysing a throw away comment, that I made and posted in a few seconds, the point being - is that I didn't even bother reading your whole response or anyone else's as I simply don't care enough, what anyone thinks in a YT comment section.

[@rickrose5377]

Evil Limey Then why bother to reply -- again?

[@ironmight3656]

Instability in the Middle East? More like *OIIIIILLLLLLLL*

[@347Jimmy]

In parts of this video, the phrasing of your sentences (particularly your pauses and the cadences you use) are reminiscent of how Carl Sagan spoke through much of the Cosmos series It draws the listener in with an almost hypnotic quality, and helps in absorbing information (in my opinion) Haven't noticed it so much throughout your other vids, so thought it worth pointing out

[@argamingthomson8234]

Arabs:" since we fought for you can we get our own state" Britain and France:" Sykes"

[@grandtheftruben8957]

Can You make A Video about What If FDR Didn’t die 2. Malenkov Came to power After Stalin 3. The Sino-Soviet Split Never Happened 4. The Kaisserreich timeline (If The Central Powers Won The War But in Hearts of iron scenario) 5. The Red World Timeline (If The Soviets Won The Cold War) 6. If Britian Sold Kuwait to Iraq) 7. Obama Never Came to power. 8. What If Ataturk Didn’t die 9. The Treaty of Versailles Never Happened 10. Whahabbism Never Happened Etc.

[@ParasaurolophusEwan]

Grand Theft Ruben haha red world was already done on his channel when it was just starting XD

[@rociogironza2464]

This video shouldn't go in your other channel?

[@Couscouscouscous]

I would just like to point out that the Middle East isn't synonymous with the "Arab World", as it is full of other ethnic minorities such as Kurds, Yazidis, Druze, etc. The term "Arab World" itself is a bit reductive as well considering that North Africa isn't technically Arab. Otherwise, great video!

The Arab world is what the 22 countries in the Arab league are

[@Couscouscouscous]

Fire elimental but my point here is that the Arab League is another attempt to arabize the region . As a North African, I can tell you that my fellow Imazighen cringe at being considered part of the “Arab world”. One could just say “MENA” (middle east north africa) or “SWANA” (southwest asia north africa)

[@Zi._Mat]

@@Couscouscouscous im moroccan and im an arab amzighs are a minority in north africa look it up

[@maogu1999]

*TURN AROUND. TURN AROUND. DO NOT READ THE COMMENTS*

[@paymo14]

They aren't as bad as I thought they would be tbh

[@d_c-fq7fb]

savioursmesmerized actually they aren't to bad

[@merrittanimation7721]

They're actually not that bad. That or I've been desensitized by reading the comment sections where everyone blames the Jews for everything

[@boxman9033]

way, way, wae to far down into the comment section to be of any help...

[@takeonetheater]

Cody, as a Syrian thanks for being on point!!!!!

[@chaos9731]

Rip Kurds

[@verypleased7989]

Stavro00 it is

[@QuarianGuy]

Berke Bilen You really want middle eastern lands? I'd rather drink a glass of acid full of needles. That place isn't worth even stepping on

[@verypleased7989]

Berke Bilen if its turkish how Come Almost no turks live there and 70-80% speak kurdish on day to day bases regularly

[@ee4142]

@@stavro-kun cause kurds were persians. It's just a new name just like rome and Italy today. You are right assyria is an ancient nation but kurds are also ancient

[@ee4142]

@@stavro-kun mesopotamians where the ancestors of kurds. Kurds and assyrians have similar cultures and both nations lived peacefully together why are you even complaining about this?

[@frefd2397]

"this video may be inappropriate to some users"

[@pizza-for-mountains]

And by some, they mean about 7

[@jasonprice5289]

Yes, people tend to frown upon the truth.

[@justincase4892]

Yes, inappropriate to those viewers who do not want to have their bubble broken.

[@ahmeddyasalkhwarizmi8783]

You know some froggies Will

[@manipulatortrash]

I find comfort knowing that the US was always going to look over at the middle east and know its root problems didn't start with the US (as much as we fumbled and screwed it up ourselves). On the other hand, I feel terrible for the people in the middle east, these people have been fated to live in terribly arranged regions, all of which were set generations before they were born, and have nothing to turn to. Oh how great you are, Western Europe, leaving the mess you made in your colonialist days behind for the US to trip over and screw up even more (except you France, you haven't quite left them lmao).

[@KonradvonHotzendorf]

France invaded Mekka once There was a terrorist attack Only the French Special Forces could help but they where barred for being Christian So they converted to Islam for a day and went in😂

[@harrycannon3927]

Not to be nick picky but you didn't mention the similar agreement (can't remember the name)made with the Jewish populations in the region, which as stated was also completely ignored. This led to both Jews and Arabs having ultra nationalistic movements aiming to achieve their own versions of nationhood. With this a divide grew between the 2 groups (which was not there previously under the Ottomans) and culminating into the horrible relations we have between Israel and it's Muslim neighbours.

[@blast1520]

well israel did offer palestine 80% land and they disagreed then 50%, and they disagreed ik palestine wanted all the land but israel was given a promise to the land from the birtish and before so its not rly anyones fault except historys

[@jaojao1768]

Harry Cannon true

[@alarabi98]

Actually the land was promised to the Arabs first before the Balfour Declaration was made.

[@אופקפינסקר]

The moment he said and of world war 1 it hit me with a flshback of history lesson and imma be like i know what ur talking about Thanks yael

[@XXXTENTAClON227]

Britain and France: Good news is, we get along better than ever! Bad news is, we oppress you x2 instead

[@williamdavidcraigjr7841]

This is great information. Excellent video

[@rabbischlomobengoldbergstein]

I like how every one is suddenly now " experts " on the middle east , where 3 of the main world religions were created and many civilizations & Empires Started and Ended .

[@KevinLikesBananas]

im not sure whats your stance on the middle east