The Problem With the Middle East's Borders

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[@SirHenryMaximo]

The Habsburg and Ottoman Empires were fierce rivals for centuries, but ironically died fighting together during the First World War.

[@barrackobama7962]

Enemies to lovers

[@the3zoooz1]

Never thought I'd die fighting side by side with an Habsburg.

[@xKazeshi98x]

@@the3zoooz1 What about side by side with an ally?

[@NoahBodze]

@@the3zoooz1 If you were a Turk, it was the one just thing you did.

[@Tirocoa]

@@xKazeshi98x Aye, I could do that.

[@justelliot4870]

Oh boy, time for a wholesome comments section that won't be controversial at all!

[@hughjass8502]

I cant wait for all the wholesome coments too

[@HDTomo]

No Jewish or muslim discrimination and racial slurs at all! Totally the opposite!

[@Justin-cw7zf]

Time to bring out my popcorn to enjoy all the defiantly wholesome comments

[@raditiyavalendeto4112]

this comment is a milk

[@juliusnepos6013]

@@raditiyavalendeto4112 yeah

[@iwi127]

wow, the first time I see something educational from somebody in the West that is actually so accurate and honest about the Middle East. Well done!

[@UnholyWrath3277]

Your average people in the west are under educated on the subject but never trust our medias view on things. They are bought propaganda machines made to get the narrative they wanna push across. Very few of the average people in the west actually view the middle east as lowly as we are portrayed to

[@FriedEgg101]

@@UnholyWrath3277 History as a subject in the west is under taught in general, although I think this is equally a result of young people struggling to relate to the past, and there is a lot of history to learn. Too much really, alongside the other important subjects. I hated history in school, but have developed an interest in it as I got older. Modern academic historians in the west (and elsewhere) take a fairly scientific approach to history, in that much of it is consensus, based on the best evidence, with peer review. Obviously there are limits to this, meaning history still has more conjecture and dispute than most scientific subjects, but my point is our historical understanding comes from a good faith desire to understand what really happened. KZbin is actually my main source of historical information these days, and most of the documentaries I watch seem well researched and balanced, in that they don't shy away from showing the failings of our past. This video being a good example. Critical thinkers from any nation will know that there are always two or more sides to a story. Extreme patriotism is a barrier to this though.

[@corbeau-_-]

you haven't been looking very well... Maybe just on youtube - but that in itself speaks volumes...

[@joes1429]

It could be because your country spends school funds on rockets and ak47s? We already know the women aren’t going to school alalalallalalallalalallalalalla

[@p382742937423y4]

Are they mostly not honoust?

[@kaisalhasan2398]

I am a syrian refugge who needed to flee the country at the age of 14, I now live in Sweden. I never truly understood what all the conflict was about inside my own country... I've heard about the sykes-picot thing once briefly in some history lesson but I was too young and naive to focus and understand. I am 21 now, and I finally understand.... so truly, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for opening my eyes.

[@p382742937423y4]

And thus the migrants created their own violent conflicts in sweden. So rude, so ungrateful, so uncivilized.

[@hydro0759]

Everyone: *blaming britain* France, who were also involved: *hiding in the corner*

[@collaborisgaming2190]

Sykes picot agreement more precisely

[@ryanovski]

LMAO

[@azmanabdula]

"who were also involved: hiding in the corner " And pointing their fingers elsewhere

[@azmanabdula]

Same goes with Vietnam USA gets all the shit, when in reality we were defending French territories

[@fartmaster--po4ti]

Absolutely none of this has the ottomans to blame. None at all.

[@ricozepplin]

"Why were they decided upon that way in the first place" -Shows London Ah, the usual reason for chaos then

[@thepubgguy595]

Lol so true 😂

[@Fruitsmymainispomgranates]

Yes

[@snare5903]

It's sad how many people believe this despite no historical evidence for it and a consensus among historians that it's not true.

[@Chimailai]

@@snare5903 what is there no historical evidence for? The African and most of the middle eastern borders were made by Europeans, there's no denying that

[@snare5903]

@@Chimailai The French and British did not draw borders to cause chaos in the independent countries. Is my point.

[@MoeQ_]

as a middle eastern who is interested in geopolitics , this is by far the most accurate explanation why is the middle east is so violent and divided, the borders were designed to cripple the middle east and keep it under control ... thank you

[@charleybarley7148]

Countries in the Middle East today are not unstable simply because of colonial map making or because of religious or ethno-linguistic diversity. With a few exceptions (Israel-Palestine is unique in many ways), instability has to do with the dynamics of state-building and changes in political economy over the decades. Pointing at WW1 as a means to explain today's issues in the region in their totality effectively ignores decades of history, and the notion that cultural diversity leads to instability is not necessarily true, as we can see in other regions. The origin of the war in Syria is not sectarian, for example. People mobilize around ethno and religious identities to address and tackle the issues, but it isn't the issue in itself. It had to do with major changes in the state's distributive capacities, state and private investment in nonproductive economic endeavors since the late 1980s, and a failure to meet the challenges of a massive drought and resulting migration of over a million people from the countryside into the major cities in the early 2000s. "Redrawing" the map would do little to nothing to bring peace and stability because it wouldn't address the actual material issues driving sectarianism and social-political instability.

[@darkcreatureinadarkroom1617]

@@charleybarley7148 But countries without such serious ethnic tensions also suffer from economic and political issues (is any country spared of it at this point? I doubt so...), the difference is that those conflicts don't tend to devolve into bloody affairs or outright civil wars that may span years or even decades of political instability.

[@charleybarley7148]

@Dark Creature in a Dark Room The idea that the problem is just borders is to ignore decades of history. It is nonsensical also because it is an argument that just goes from A to F with no intermediately variables or explanation. It is an analysis anchored in fate, which doesn't make sense. Having a multiethnic society or "artificial bordere" does not automatically condemn you to violence. There are other elements at play, from the dynamics of political economy to the failure to institutionalize a coherent and inclusive nationalist narrative.

[@darkcreatureinadarkroom1617]

@@charleybarley7148 and how on Earth are you supposed to establish a "coherent and inclusive nationalist narrative" when your country is made up of people who share no common cultural or religious background or even language, or share very little, or even hate each other, or have hated each other for the last couple thousand years? True, "redrawing borders" isn't going to solve the socioeconomic problems a society has, but it could help prevent tensions between groups that scapegoat each other or are oppressed by other groups, or are used by foreign powers as a means to gain power in the country, etc. That's the whole point. Of course it's a moot point nowadays that there are so many factors at play (oil reserves, geographic advantages, maritime access, not to mention foreign pressure, etc), so it will probably never be more than just speculation.

[@charleybarley7148]

@Dark Creature in a Dark Room Youre missing my overall point for a red herring, you see that? But OK, well, there are plenty of.multiethnic countries that have been able to create a unifying narrative with varying degrees of success (like Canada). But again, as I stated, multiethnic societies are not fated to come apart. That is fatalistic nonsense that ignores history and all of the variables that come together (or dont) to establish a functioning multiethnic society.

[@arinlilevjen6114]

It's such a shame that KZbin would demonetize a video for talking about Israel and Palestine, as well as all these other countries. This history is important for us all to know, and KZbin should allow it.

[@lookwhostaking6700]

This is not history, this is a western version of rewriting history allowed by jews who control the US

[@mthgul]

it probably wont get demonetized hes just saying that to plug his nebula

[@neolithicchickennugget3414]

Britain did the literal geopolitical equivalent of farting in an elevator as they were stepping off the elevator

[@masterofcoin1217]

Lol nice analogy

[@rogerszmodis6913]

OK, draw the borders according to language and cult affiliation. But then what about the inevitable war for control of all of it? Imaginary lines aren’t the problem, the primitive superstitions are.

[@manuelsalazar5257]

Nah, it's more like putting people who don't like each other in the same group, so that the group will do nothing. But all the people there are perfectly able of redrawing the borders as they see fit. They just don't because power play is more important than helping their people.

[@bjs301]

@@rogerszmodis6913 I said roughly the same thing. Except assuming all the problems revolve around religion is just wrong.

[@gurhanweyrah3930]

Nice one 😂😂😂😂

[@5GGL]

Britain and France: "Hobbies include drawing straight lines on maps."

[@m4z805]

Love the pic of Annie. Gosh she looked so cute when she finally laughed.

[@Azide_zx]

and the United States*

[@MrAllanGA]

Wait but I thought diversity is our strength?! Wouldn’t different religious and ethnic groups make a country stronger?! Sounds pretty racist to suggest otherwise to me! /s

[@nevergivingup3434]

@Allen, that's mainly why the countries decided to use the European borders.

[@MrAllanGA]

@@nevergivingup3434 but then why do the United States, Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Sweden, Australia, New Zealand, and many more “Western” countries preach that diversity and multiculturalism are our greatest strengths? It’s almost like different ethnic groups and different religions divide people and common nationality and religion are what makes a country unfied and strong. Yet this idea is considered white supremacy and white nationalism in the west. Hmm...

[@illuminaticake4528]

Europe: creates Middle Eastern borders specifically to cause chaos and anarchy Middle East: falls into brutal chaos and anarchy Europe: *shocked pikachu face*

[@Alex-gn2rb]

Really good explanation, I've never heard such a clear breakdown. The countries make a lot more sense to me now.

[@wanali4504]

“Why is this border so messed up?” At that point we are just waiting for a picture of London

[@Blue-pk4ny]

ikr

[@tonyh7994]

Evil

[@MA_KA_PA_TIE]

Bro all these peoples, religions, and languages were all in the same state prior to the ottoman fall. They literally had more diversity and no borders and there were no problems. The logic train just doesn't work.

[@vukmilosakovic6895]

@@MA_KA_PA_TIE No problems? Ask the Armenians

[@MA_KA_PA_TIE]

@@vukmilosakovic6895 Well when you want freedom from an empire it requires war, see the americans vs the British Empire. To stop an insurgency it requires attrocities or else you get a Taliban situation where they hide amongst the civilians and blindside you. Its why Ghengis would completely level cities that resisted and kill all in them.

[@duncanmcgee13]

The same thing happened to Africa. The main difference is the Middle East is both a strategic location and holds major strategic resources.

[@hooby7045]

Africa has gold and diamonds

[@hooby7045]

@Eagle Not 100 years ago when Europe conquered Africa

[@Tawishma]

@@hooby7045 very correct, but in the global politics of today the Middle East is much more strategically valuable than Africa because of its oil and geographic location. Which, in turn, is why we hear a lot more about the issues of the Middle East and less about Africa, generally speaking at least

[@hooby7045]

@@Tawishma Of course, later the oil value will fall, and a new region on earth with a new valuable resource will rise with wealth and with problems

[@Cindy99765]

@@Tawishma Countries like Nigeria and Ghana have huge petroleum and crude oil supplies, with some companies being top trading partners with the US. Not to mention the precious cobalt used for cars like Teslas or lithium for phones/electronics that come from Central Africa.

[@rus.t]

This might need an update soon. But this is probably the first time I actively looked for a specific video of yours. Thanks.

[@Shockprowl]

I thought I knew quite a lot of stuff. But every time I watch one of your videos I learn SO MUCH more. Thank you, Real LIfe Lore.

[@RainbowQuartz2.0]

It wouldn’t be a problem if the entire borders were just Toyota Corollas, just saying.

[@juliusnepos6013]

Yeah

[@jay-tk9tm]

How would that work

[@marcello7781]

Moving borders

[@crazeelazee7524]

The problem with the Middle East IS Toyota. Their black ops marketing team is responsible for every single war there so they can create demand for Toyota pick-up trucks.

[@oDrashiao]

Yep, you could move it around

[@the.gimper]

"Except Turkey, Turkey makes a brand new Turkey" So this was the story behind that

[@ancientic]

the fact that i sang it just how he did.

[@nickgrigoriou1643]

He forgot to mention that Turkey was heavily backed and supplied by the Russians, while Armenia and Greece were left stranded by their allies, with Greek troops being 40 km outside Ankara.

[@greenkoopa]

*ERDOGAN HAS ENTERED THE CHAT*

[@bobbulat1393]

I read that in Bender's voice "We'll make our own Turkey, with blackjacks and hookahs"

[@luciano262]

Latino?

[@kikkzibrahim]

Salute to your honesty man loved the content for sure

[@carlinthomas9482]

"That a lot of people in the West think it is" It's not just Westerners that think like this, stereotypes about the ME exist all over the world.

[@TheGatrGamr]

I'm sure KZbin will love you talking about this.

[@birb7548]

Ye men

[@HDTomo]

It's already demontised actually I get the joke just saying

[@Justin-cw7zf]

KZbin hates anything controversial

[@daviroza4700]

Enemy of Islam should be gone

[@johnpaulabocad6941]

@@Justin-cw7zf People at KZbin probably failed history so they're visiting their wrath upon us

[@mikvan9849]

RealLifeLore: "this video was made possible by CuriositySream" Me: Nope, it was made possible by the British and French

[@antonioklaic4839]

It could've been an alt history without them

[@pitapita6643]

@@antonioklaic4839 exactly, just imagine how diff it would be

[@pitapita6643]

😂😂😂😂

[@Matei2575Cip]

No no by the meteorite that wiped dinasours

[@antonioklaic4839]

The Carolingian Empire collapse estabilishing modern European borders enabled this event

[@joeyanny8018]

Excellently done documentary. Very much enjoyed your work. 🙏

[@khalimero99]

Love this channel!! cheers for the nice interesting subjects..

[@keksentdecker]

Reads the title: Daring today aren’t we?

[@ronnie1394]

Quite risky lol

[@anotherguy3554]

i was expecting hazzards in the comments, but wow, it's actually a lot better than i thought

[@SF-li9kh]

Gaza Strip and the West bank were highlighted in the thumbnail, yet the content is only available in Nebula? Here take my downvote

[@beyondthecage]

Talking about the Middle East is like walking through a mindfield.

[@_Sami_H]

Almost too risky..

[@Foodencio]

I feel bad for all the innocent people that died in this whole mess

[@speedercat154]

Nah

[@mavericktheace]

Wow, it's just a youtube video. I mean, maybe it's not perfect, but that's a bit harsh don't you think?

[@speedercat154]

@Abdullah AlKandari because

[@speedercat154]

@Abdullah AlKandari because i dont care

[@tlowry6338]

@Abdullah AlKandari they're clearly no older than 10 don't even bother

[@zyadamin]

I've been saying this to anyone asking about the Middle Eastern conflict, and I think it was summed up perfectly (missing the whole Palestine/Israel portion obviously).

[@Articulate99]

Always interesting, thank you.

[@arcticlaw9198]

"If there's two fish fighting in a river, know that an Englishman has passed by"

[@tk5gqj514]

A classic youtube proverb

[@someisraeliguy9570]

That poverb is actaully very clever

[@immortallegend7519]

A true classic...

[@benhood5492]

You sound like Sean from Rdr2

[@wentoneisendon6502]

I don't understand this. You can't put the fault on the English because people can't stop blowing each other up

[@MagnaAngemon07]

Everyone: "All happening in the Middle East is USA fault" France and the UK: "OMG yes it is"

[@frazierk300]

@@itsparker4253 he’s making a joke about how everyone blames the US fir the problems in the Middle East. The US def ain’t helped to much in the past 20 years tho lol

[@TWH-lp4bn]

Currently, yes.

[@caitlinwarren461]

Tbf it's kinda both lol

[@MarkSmith-vo1vn]

@@secretname4190 I disagree. This is what he left out from a middle eastern. This is not my real name. The British and French aided a Arab fellow and said to him “If you help us defeat the ottomans we will allow you to unite Arabia”. They lied and later on the House of Saud killed that Arab fellow and took what the British and French left over. The Saudis belive In whabbism a radical radical view on Islam. The Iranians are the moderates, but they get blamed for everything. Osma bin laden is from Saudi Arabia, Isis is whabbi. Shias and Sunnis got a long fine with each other for a long time before, there were wars, but not too much. Espically under the ottomans the Shia and Sunnis were fine with one another(considering 800 year rule, there were incidents) Attaturk the founder of the Turkish nation was a Shia Muslim leading a Sunni majority country and the Turks love him till this day. The U.S is the main problem. It bombs counties in defense of Israel, sounds ridiculous but true. They killed 1 million people in Iraq over a lie, it has been 19 years and we still haven't found those weapons of mass destruction. They killed Saddam yet the U.S funded Iraq when it was gassing Iranians during the iran-iraq war, then it invades them for WMD. And they are also against Assad because he is against Iseral. For instance, the U.S bombed Assad over use of chemical weapons, however Assad Chllanged them and went to the U.N and said come to Syria and investigate for yourself. However, the U.S bombed him anyway before a U.N investigation took place. The U.S ally is Iseral and everybody hates Iseral that’s the main problem. The Sunni-Shia fights kicked off due to the Saudis, espically when they destroyed imams graves, which is like destroying the grave of Jesus if There was one. The Iranians asked for peace, but no. Then Saudi excuted a Shia and then they cut diplomatic relations. On top of that let’s look at Afghanistan. The U.S funded Al Queada and the taliban to fight the Soviet Union when it invaded. It was called the “mujahideen”, which means freedom fighters, so the U.S funded people it did not know. They funded and aided Saudi Arabia, and Osma is from Saudi Arabia, 15/19 hijakers were from Saudi Arabia. The problem in the Middle East is: U.S supports Iseral and every one hates Iseral. Saudis are radicals, yet they are still being funded by the U.S. the U.S never takes responsibility and blames Iran for everything. Iran is actual very moderate (for Middle Eastern standards) and has a lot of Jews, but the U.S still calls it terrorist because it's easier to throw the blame on iran. Have you guys every heard of the U.S downing an Iranian passage plane killing 260 civilians?. Nobody mentions that incident, (you can easily look it up for more info). The commander of the ship, that shot down the jet came back to a military parade. The U.S called it an honest accident. However, when Iran did the same thing, it was intentional, and it showed how bad the government was. If Iran makes simple mistake, it is considered intentional, it was just some random dude, who fired the rocket, yet the whole government gets blamed. They should pay compensation of course, but it’s not like the whole government should be judged by one persons actions. What scares me, is that NOBODY knows that the U.S shot down an Iranian civilian plane. Like nobody. It’s not even in the history books.

[@MarkSmith-vo1vn]

@Galactic Tech Creator my apologies it is APIAC not APAC. That’s the Iserali funded lobbyist group. I mean they are doing this in plain sight. All of this sounds a bit far fetched, but look up APIAC and you will see Republican talking about Iseral. It’s APIAC that funds their campaigns in return they support Iseral.

[@resetjondoe4344]

I love these vids keep'em coming. Have a nice day 😈

[@samvimes9510]

I would just like to point out that the Ottomans' decision to side with Germany wasn't "foolish." Winston Churchill, along with naval admirals and others in the British government, had already decided to invade because they knew they needed to convert from coal to oil. The Ottomans _tried_ to stay out of the war, and in fact had tried to form relationships with Britain and France, but these were rejected. Not only that, but at the end of July 1914, Churchill barred Turks from boarding two of their dreadnoughts being worked on in British shipyards (the Reshadieh and Sultan Osman). At the beginning of August, the Ottomans found out that Britain had basically stolen their ships. Since Germany was the one European power that actually had a working relationship with the Ottomans, they sided with them. There is of course more to it than that (lots of shenanigans by the Young Turks and the military leadership, hopes that Germany would protect them from an invasion, etc) but to say they "foolishly" sided with Germany is oversimplifying things.

[@Caesim9]

People totally forget how big of a deal Dreadnoughts were back then, and just stealing them was a huge diplomatic affront. Also, Britain was meddling in Arabia. They had ports there, iirc they supported some precursor of Saudi Arabia.

[@anshulankit6357]

"Border problems" "Britain" Sounds same right?

[@ritupandey2324]

*B*order problems *B*ritain

[@Leo7s1822]

@@ritupandey2324 and BBs are ammunition for *toy guns* “*toy wars*”

[@joshuabarbosa4824]

True to an extent. Beyond that it is the fault of the current leaders.

[@Pax.Britannica]

​@@joshuabarbosa4824 "To an extent"... I mean... You may design the borders to reduce co-operation but you can hardly say that would inevitably lead to war. I remember Churchill once said China ought to be split up & divided, he was called a racist, but he was right. The very reason Thatcher gave HK to the CCP and not the true successors to the Qing was due to China's power. If you look at HK, Xinjiang, Tibet, & Mongolia, one can hardly help but think China might have been a bit more peaceful had we listened to Churchill.

[@themercifulguard3971]

@@joshuabarbosa4824 The borders were the seed for future inevitable conflicts I can't help but think this was intentional lol

[@ergenekonualkslayanliberal1077]

I like how this channel is slowly turning into geopolitical analysis. Started up as Middle Earth lore ended up in Middle East gore.

[@Q_reezy]

Why don’t you believe in Christianity

[@fudgemonkeyz69]

@@Q_reezy - WTF?🤣

[@JoseLopez-do8gn]

Wat

[@ergenekonualkslayanliberal1077]

@@Q_reezy Why are u gae????

[@antoniobautista6718]

He actually had a geopolitical analysis of ISIS a while back too.

[@ChoobChoob]

I would be interested to see one of your maps showing the colour indication of the tribes and clans. Edit- Though it's probably going to be very similar to the lingustic map!

[@johnwiebe4293]

But I thought diversity for the sake of diversity makes a country stronger. 🤔

[@ellenday2155]

That’s only if the country is mainly white.

[@Monochrome_math]

"How many borders do you wanna screw up?" Britain: Yes.

[@goon5757]

You realize that there was peace up until Israel was formed right? The Arab states all get along, they have this thing called the arab league

[@Perririri]

Normie

[@goon5757]

@@Perririri reddit moment

[@goon5757]

@Mathew John there's 23 other nations in there

[@goon5757]

​@Mathew John they didn't need America to improve relations they united because of Iran

[@NorroTaku]

"these borders suck and just brew conflict" -"yes we designed it that way"

[@manuelsalazar5257]

It's not a bug, it's a feature

[@TasX]

@@manuelsalazar5257 Get the guns and ammo DLC for 1.7 Billion an year

[@corbinglenn2567]

@@TasX 1.7 trillion

[@izaactheberean6860]

So, to prevent Middle Eastern countries from being a threat to them, the UK & France made these borders, yet it backfired since the conflicts can harm & involve their own citizens too.

[@datboyace13]

Very educational and eye-opening for a very touchy subject.

[@zyplixx1415]

I swear anytime there is a video about the Middle East, everyone in the comments is now a master in geopolitics

[@amirroslan2545]

its not rocket science. just a bunch of white westerners vibing and being ignorant as usual

[@off_Planet]

@@amirroslan2545 q. e. d.

[@youareveryannoying9179]

Maybe because I live there

[@masterspark9880]

People like you are now masters of how everyone else is a master of geopolitics

[@David-sp4tc]

@@amirroslan2545 “white” yes because no other race is ignorant. Cool bro.

[@ameliarodriguez7667]

"Middle East's borders are terrible" Africa: Hold my civil wars!

[@Adoptmetradechat]

UN- hold my beer

[@jimboonie9885]

@@pani777 /s?

[@fathfez7991]

Well civil wars and borders are both completely different thing

[@michaeljava8736]

Diversity is strength - left wing people

[@NoVisionGuy]

@@pani777 North Africans have no tribalism

[@b.newsome8696]

These videos really make me smarter. Thanks!

[@BumbleBeeTF]

The video you made on Nebula about Isreal should be made public. It is very informative and needs to be seen.

[@happyagarwal9506]

"If two fishes are fighting in a river,a British must have passed by" -American native proverb

[@loremipsum3610]

While true, the two fish could still decide to stop fighting by themselves. The colonial powers may have catalysed the conflict, but it's the people (and leaders) there who have continued and maintained it for their own self interest.

[@KwansuMyDudes]

@@loremipsum3610 You're forgetting the part where those people and leaders are still being pushed to and supported by the same countries who put them in that position in the first place.

[@invalidaccount6147]

Directly or indirectly Literacy rate determines a lot in these matters

[@offcolour3814]

​@@invalidaccount6147 It's hard to be in school when you're too busy worried about... not dying you know.

[@invalidaccount6147]

@@offcolour3814 I didn't get it

[@kannan991]

Brits in 1947 while drawing the border between India and Pakistan "Ah sh*t. Here we go again"

[@prakhartripathiviii-a4235]

They did work that was(and should) going to take years in just few months to shave TIME

[@npc3758]

@@prakhartripathiviii-a4235 if they weren't divided then civil war was inevitable during those times

[@silverfish2380]

@@npc3758 now there are more Muslim living in India then Pakistan but India is still stable country if India was not divided Hindu and Muslim population might be fairly be similar and Muslim might got good enough representation in politics but what ever I can't be sure better be here then in that sinario

[@parkeroof4705]

@@silverfish2380 not true

[@kannadiga_0225]

@@parkeroof4705 yes it is

[@route2070]

Gee, i wonder whyvthis is recommended again in October of 2023.

[@m3g4_154]

I am subsribed and i love your video's.. wish that youtube would let you go further into detail because i wont be able to buy the documentaries.. however it is interesting to find out about these issues with society because im aware of some corrupt politicians.. i am interested in supporting the channel further and finding your videos on some other sites, where do i find them?

[@draphotube4315]

The Problems with the world’s borders: *The British slowly sneaks out of the room* Because the comment section under this comment needs it: *the French; if I don’t move... maybe they won’t see moi*

[@eps200]

Ill have you know atleast a third of them are the fault of the French....

[@draphotube4315]

@@eps200 yeah true, same could be said of most other western countries...

[@liamadams5121]

English, half of the countries that are part of the UK/ Very early British Empire don’t want to be apart of it. And the reason some of our population do is because the English invaded and placed certain people in power whos ancestors still run our countries

[@64ankka]

*Mark Sykes and François Georges-Picot sneak out of the room*

[@draphotube4315]

@@liamadams5121 The world needs a total border reset, than being done so that fewer tensions will exsist. Yet all people care about is, “What will we gain?” Peace isn’t something seen as valuable in this world, atleast not by its governments!

[@Dr._Rizk]

Hello! I’m from the Middle East and I agree with everything you said in this video. The region is full of culture but ethnicity is what divides everyone. Most probably you won’t see my comment, but it would mean a lot if you could do a video on the Beirut blast of August 4th 2020 (the RealLifeLore way). This has been a very life changing event for us, and the situation in Lebanon is getting worse by the day. It would mean a lot if you could shed some light on it. If not it’s fine! Keep up the great content and stay safe!

[@riccardoz2953]

u can post yourself a video on beirut blast so maybe we in occident can understood what the situation is in real there. still can't belive a government holding chemicals dangerous as explosive in the center of the city.

[@missaziz9875]

I am from pakistan . As i seeing this video i really feeling why we Muslim make unity by forgetting all difrences on the basis of one allah one rasool and ine quran pak. Why we dont open our hearts for one another if someone believes slightly differ way in a long way....but the main and basics are same.........i hope so in sha Allah

[@themercifulguard3971]

@@missaziz9875 TAKBIRR This is correct. Islam is what unites us

[@matan2924]

@@riccardoz2953 because its not the government that held explosives there. It was the terror organization Hezbollah. And after the blast the had the audacity to say that they stored fireworks in there

[@theaveragegamer1719]

@@themercifulguard3971 islam hates non muslims

[@syedpacha3515]

Great content and information.

[@ramkanjeenterprises5416]

Very educative and well rehearsed.

[@twojacksandanace3847]

Middle East: Blame the US! Europe: "Slowly walks out of the room".

[@Rishi123456789]

The US is basically an extension of Europe, culturally speaking. Let's be real here.

[@bobthebuilder3615]

@@Rishi123456789 I mean we didn't draw the borders

[@themercifulguard3971]

@@bobthebuilder3615 They started to enter the scene after the borders were drawn

[@bobthebuilder3615]

@@themercifulguard3971 yeah I think around 60 years after

[@Atiq_s]

@@bobthebuilder3615 tell me bob which country caused 911? Where did the majority highjackers come from? Hint: a gulf monarchy. Why that country is thriving while others have been destroyed. Who lied about the nuclear weapons to destroy Iraq. Who changed govt in iran and bring monarchy back there. Yes it's America and some other European countries. No wonder they hate America. And so do many other countries. Thankfully that nation is in decline.

[@thegreatteaman]

Moral of the story: Some Brits and French drew some lines on a map with crayons, and ruined everything.

[@ah4d47]

Yeah that’s basically it😂

[@ynnalyl6195]

@@user-op8fg3ny3j what about Canada? Australia? New Zealand? United States of America? India?

[@ynnalyl6195]

:awesome

[@goodhardlife]

to be fair they also killed, stole, and pillaged.

[@apmechev]

The British and the French thought that diversity is strength so they tried to make the Middle Eastern countries as diverse as possible

[@Za_ev]

The only problem with you uploading the Israel-Palestine video exclusively to Nebula is I and other can't watch it, I am very interested in what people have to say about the subject as I am a Zionist Jew but I'm also a teenager without a credit/debit card

[@jannesgeneraal110]

But you ARE a teenager with parents/caretakers. Ask them

[@Digmen1]

I have loved history and you did a geat job of explaining all fo this. I wonder if some of these borders will ever change!

[@josiahhockenberry9846]

As Jessica Rabbit said, "I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way."

[@HelloKitty_IRL]

Wait how

[@CodmChamps7]

WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU SAYING

[@timberwolfe1645]

Yay!! I love Jessica Rabbit

[@Xylos101]

WOWZA! Where’s Roger?

[@yee5538]

They ruined lola in space jam

[@fish8622]

This topic aside I've noticed that some of the seriousness of this channel has returned. I think a good balance has been met.

[@GregTom2]

I almost can't believe that the European colonizers did it on purpose. Is there historical evidence that there was an intentionality of fomenting war in the regions when the borders were drawn? I feel like it must have been done by people who were not savvy to the situation just trying to get expedient with signing a peace treaty. Why do we blame the British for separating India and Pakistan based on religion, but we also blame them for not separating shia and sunni regions based on religion? Did anyone look into the geopolitic consequences of the redesigned maps?

[@alferdojuaqin4233]

I love when someone says the true real story about the middle east without adding any little of the west's propaganda. Cheers to you bro, I'll share and subscribe and show it to everyone i know!

[@protix9880]

havent watched the video yet but all i can say is: Britain.

[@karyncobra5989]

And france

[@thisismacom3723]

@@Lorddonen then who will we gonna blame the Jewz, Arab, creator. Don't deny what the oppressor have done.

[@axios7603]

that was probably a long time ago, I d say britain, france and any other europe country that colonizes these countries are the the ones to blame. But Britain is to blamed mainly solely because it used to be a Empire and essentially can do anything they want. Also look at the pakistan-india situation the british was there too!

[@hamza-chaudhry]

You were right

[@off_Planet]

And ever since noone had any agency in the whole fucking region right?

[@cozyvoyage5142]

Middle East: Americans are the cause for our historical problems Europeans: *sweating* haha... yeah

[@darkhandha9040]

It's okay America has still done enough in modern history

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

Don't worry, we're just following our forefather's footsteps :/

[@thelostbunny6953]

Americans ARE Europeans

[@cozyvoyage5142]

@@thelostbunny6953 Descendants of Europeans, Africans, Asians, who have all developed their own unique American identity over the past 300 years

[@eddixon2015]

@@thelostbunny6953 that’s not how that works

[@timochyfilix5176]

I really appreciate for your pure honesty!

[@sup-ht7to]

Congratulations on getting one additional subscriber."me"... just for the simple fact that you called it palestine.. love the way that you share information without political influence.

[@lidormizrhai1176]

Well it was the geographical name for years. And how everyone called the land, even the Jews (though it was only because Palastine was more known than Israel or Judea)

[@silentwolf6555]

If people looked into videos like yours, people would understand why there’s heavy conflict in the Middle East

[@tsd5661]

Or they could watch the news or read a news website from time to time.

[@TheNewblade1]

It's easier to watch Fox and blame authoritarian dictatorial communist fascism.

[@KFC_Pyongyang_AssistantManager]

@@tsd5661 the news usually only shows what’s happening currently and doesn’t give much context

[@carlinthomas9482]

I think this channel gave a poor explanation as to why conflict exists in the middle east. Apparently, none of the tens of millions of people that live in the middle east have any agency for the conflict.

[@AG-vb6vv]

What does this have to do with ISIS eh.. the main reason is Islamists, plenty of other nations have terrible borders due to colonialism - see South Asia, Africa, perhaps Latin America etc

[@icantthinkofaname1975]

When you go to the comments expecting beef but they all agreeing that british made the problem

[@Komnenos83]

Well, these problems would so some degree exist either way.

[@SimWyatt]

I'm British and I approve this message..

[@stoat2]

British Beef bby!

[@troyarrington5492]

@@Komnenos83 they might. Because humans always make conflict. But there isn’t any doubt that the British(and French) made it worse

[@sanda386]

Exactly

[@abates49ers]

where is his new video on the conflict??? I came straight here for an update!

[@shigetsan]

Amazing video. Thank you

[@HDTomo]

"Look I know how likely this will be demonitised" Me: yes "So instead of uploading it to youtube" Me: wait "I uploaded it as a nebula ORIG-" Me: NOOOOOOO

[@futuregmchess1561]

RLL: Me gonna be demonitized Me: ok... RLL: So I didn't upload it to youtube Me: Then what is the remaining 3 minutes for RLL: I uploaded it as a... Me: O no. Please. Anything but that. ANYTHING BUT THAT. RLL: Neb... Me: Please. Please. RLL: ula Original!!!! Me: *Mental Nukes have detonated*

[@besher532]

well this is his job, Imagine working for free

[@NorroTaku]

I payed like 12 bucks for a year currently it's 15 bucks I haven't used it much besides "bonus content" that is like 2 min max each and the site is super laggy and the app doesn't have 2x but if you share an account with s friend it could be worth it

[@fusiongaming8281]

@@besher532 my dude i watched ads on the video, do you think that they just put them there for decoration? Nebula is a horrible value and is for people who have more money than sense anyway, if they could not treat it like a garbage bin to put extra content in, it would almost be decent

[@HarryTurney]

yea I kinda wanted to watch the video but that's a big turn off. It's not about the price but having to go to another site just to watch one video and from what I heard the site is laggy af

[@fa7meh]

Very well made video. As a Syrian I would like correct that there is a simple way of how we connect and see ourselves: Simply draw a line from Aleppo to Amman. now everything west of that line we have much more in common in terms of dilect, geography, and culture than east of that line. at the end we do not want to re-draw borders. we just want to get rid of borders.

[@Mohtellawi]

We want a Great Arab nation, not redrawn devided one.

[@highpath4776]

Was that because, until Oil, the inhabitants were mainly nomadic, taking flocks etc to the next water source and so on ?

[@SmallFreakingJack]

People want to redraw borders in the middle east to reduce diversity but insist on diversity in the west, when clearly it causes instability everywhere else...

[@Mohtellawi]

@@SmallFreakingJack A united Arab nation will be more diverse than the mosaic of countries we have now. But I get your idea, having a homogenous society has its own benefits.

[@spoopow]

@@Mohtellawi How is that Syrians, Lebanese and all that area are not even Arabs ethnically ,

[@frostea7043]

I feel like the borders could have been drawn better but I honesly don't know if it's entirely the UK and France's fault. those people have lived together under the Ottoman Empire all those years. Also, multiethnic empires are common back in the day. I feel like the UK and France would have to be really smart and see like decades ahead to intentionally destabilize the region - and that might be giving them too much credit.

[@HumanitarianTeam]

You can take a colonial history class and look at primary docs if youre interested in learning

[@fredmac1000]

Thank you for your efforts,,,🌷🙏

[@DevSarman]

Uploaded right in the event of Suez Canal traffic jam.

[@dinosolder6454]

Yes we are missing on so much money

[@ToastieBRRRN]

Suez Crisis Intensifies

[@someisraeliguy9570]

@@ToastieBRRRN *Laughs in Hebrew*

[@m4z805]

Some dude is doing an Austin Power's 1000 point turn on that boat as we speak.

[@tahahagar7664]

@@someisraeliguy9570 yall got smashed in 1955 so sit down

[@Edward_YT_WEC]

“Khuzestan makes 57% of Iran's oil” United States: 👁👄👁

[@arhaanaslam5905]

U.S:Can I intrest you in some freedom Khuzestan?

[@alfrredd]

Also the US: please don't build nukes to defend your land.

[@imcloud305]

Obviously America will find a reason to Invade iran

[@muxijim6442]

Kujistan or Kuzhestan ???

[@tommyber8836]

* *flashback to early 2020* *

[@lovenicholson]

Great work brother.

[@genyklemberg]

Would appreciate if a video would be done about Ichkeria, Ingushetia, Tatarstan, Chuvashia and many more slaved nations

[@mpforeverunlimited]

You mean slavic?

[@genyklemberg]

@@mpforeverunlimited no, slaved. even Slavic people are slaved there, unfortunately they don't understand that.

[@matas253]

10:29: * Creating borders over religious lines * *India 🇮🇳 and Pakistan 🇵🇰: Hey I’ve seen this!*

[@_Ari__.]

From what I know their dispute is on kashmir region which is Muslim majority and forced to be with India because the ruler decided that even when the people didn't want to be with India.

[@npc3758]

India would have erupted into civil war

[@AvinashSingh-et9lf]

@@_Ari__. If you go into detail, both king and public wanted azaad Kashmir but when attacked by militants from Pakistan's side under the name of "Aazaad Kashmir Army" the king and the public representative, Sheikh Abdullah most popular Kashmiri leader chose to stay with India with some special requests. So, it wasn't just a Hindu King's decision it was a decision made by Kashmiris with special concessions and protection given to them at that time.

[@ItsToolintime]

@@npc3758 Nah

[@AvinashSingh-et9lf]

@Sadaqat Ali junagarh, ferozpur were not unjust at all, it was public decision, only Hyderabad was occupied with use of force, but about Kashmir, Pakistan itself accepted at UN that he trained savage tribals for "Aazaad Kashmir Army" which tortured, raped and murdered people at baramullah district.

[@carl___________]

As a Lebanese myself, I always knew that before we gained independence, the Turks ruled over us for a long time before the French came. However, I never knew that this transition in power was because the Ottoman’s had fallen apart in world war 1. Honestly, so fascinating!

[@Aztesticals]

As an American. It's nice to find a video that shows how my ancestors as I am ethnicly British really messed up this world. Alot of my country is ignorant but it's nice be be aware of the past. I hope your life is peaceful

[@realroy999]

Happy coming out 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 be proud!!!!

[@novacentorium4943]

@@realroy999 very confused by this comment

[@ZK-ff2ru]

@@realroy999 haha i got the joke

[@hx0d]

Also adding onto that, the civil war was because of external forces meddling and therefore ruining it, which led to corruption taking over and here we are today

[@internetuser2721]

So let me get this straight. We acknowledge that having different ethnicities, cultures, and religions in a same country causes major trouble in the Middle East, while simultaneously we are supposed to cheer diversity and multiculturalism in the West? Seems like a double standard to me.

[@PK-tt5kk]

yeah i had the same thought, with this logic a country like India should not exist where there are 28 states , each having their own language, also different ethnic groups.

[@internetuser2721]

@@PK-tt5kk The strength of a nation is measured during its difficult times, not during its good times. Once India's economic growth ends, we will see whether it is genuinely a sustainable country, or whether it is simply a relationship of convenience.

[@ricardokowalski1579]

Fair question. And three weeks later, not a single SJW or progressive as dared to touch it. That in itself is telling. Respectfully

[@internetuser2721]

@@ricardokowalski1579 You're right. SJWs are unable to answer logical questions. That's why they keep out.

[@rulekop]

Yeah, it's easy to celebrate diversity and to tolerate others when they are not near. Statistically, most of the successful and stable countries in europe are the homogenous ones (ethnicity-wise). Edit: It's not that I'm against diversity. It's more about the fact that a group must have an agreed upon shared "story" to make it a group. It so happens that ethnicity supplies a very good communual "story" (but it doesn't have to be the "story" for each group).

[@zasas777]

Good video, i am a big fan

[@tablet2331]

"When two fish are fighting for territory in a river an english man drank water from the river" - some youtube comment

[@Perririri]

Normie

[@shahan484]

g'day innit?

[@SuperFra2002]

Why do I keep seeing this comment in every video about a british former colony? XD youtube invented a new proverb

[@nayeemhaider8367]

@@SuperFra2002 Nah I have heard elders speak variations of this one since I was a kid.

[@thegoldengamer9315]

Makes sense

[@levitschetter5288]

Welcome back to another episode of Britain ruins everything

[@aniketraina7797]

Literally in all the videos I've seen on border issues, it's always the british, rarely the other europeans.

[@offsidev6059]

Luckily we have the USA to fix it. Oh, wait, that just seems to be Britain 2...

[@offsidev6059]

@@aniketraina7797 I guess you missed the part where he mentioned the French were equaly to blame for this? Don't take away their well deserved credit...

[@malekqaddarah]

Also the French

[@fredericksinclair]

You missed the part where Great Britain was the biggest empire in history, therefore had influence everywhere.

[@VictorJD]

You make great points throughout the video. Implicit in your argument is the idea that a nation-state is a more ideal governing entity than a state containing multiple nations. Not that the latter is strictly impossible, but tension is inevitably created when different groups with different languages and different values are expected to compromise. This is especially unstable when you have a democratic government. Democracy is the idea that the majority of individuals get to decide common policy for all (minority rights have to be separately protected under constitutional and republican structures). This idea only works well in individualistic cultures where there is broad agreement on fundamental values but disagreement on the details of policy. It does not work well when the values gap is large and the culture is more collectivist. Fast forward to 2023 and western governments are pushing hard the narrative that diversity is a strength in order to accommodate different nations within the same borders.

[@connieh.4212]

In high school history, I learnt that the British brought slaves over from different tribes in Africa who all spoke different languages and deliberately split them up to different plantations in Jamaica so that they could not communicate with each other and could not see any people they knew from their own tribe, effectively cutting off any chance for the slaves to rebel or escape together. I thought that was devious. It looks like it’s just another old tactic in their handbook.

[@jackmiseno6940]

Stop blaming whites for every problem in the world. Africa is backwards because of the ethnic composition of Africa. Sorry, but that’s the truth

[@maxmustermann1386]

It can be as old as it is but it's so evil yet efficient their homeland should be divided deliberately by Africans, middle-easterns and indians and sadly many more ... Honestly fuck those few people that made Earth a less hospital place to live in ... Infuriating 😢

[@Labyrinth6000]

That was the point

[@logansmith4492]

“Armenia and Greece were gonna get some token land tossed their way too.” Greece: gets the entirety of Greece

[@robincoleman1350]

Greece was already independent of Turkey before the first world war.

[@davidbodor1762]

I think he meant the little bit of land on the Western side of Turkey

[@kd4n347]

greece were lucky to get some of greece

[@furkankorkmaz7991]

@AG 2021 loserstantinople was a pathetic fallen city with 30.000 inhabitants, which was initially built on conquered THRACIAN land. Anatolia was HITTITE and LYCIAN, NOT greek. Greek appropriation of ancient lands based on dumb linguistic assimilations ages ago is the dumbest sh** I see in this century.

[@furkankorkmaz7991]

@AG 2021 early 1800’s, greeks ethnically cl**** all non christians with british and french help. Armos try this tactic too thinking ottomans are weak, and collaborate with russians. 2M muslim lives lost, 5.5M Displaced. As a result rebels get deported, some didnt make it, majority survives, they start gncd lobbying with fake numbers to take the lands through political means. Bye.

[@DC-pe3fr]

Britain and France creating the borders: OMG we're so random, can't believe we just did that.

[@here_we_go_again2571]

Britain and France also made decisions in and regarding territory that is now in modern Turkey. What is now Hatay province was given to Turkey (taken away from Syria) and the Kurdish areas were split between Turkey, Syria (as well as Iraq, Iran) Also: Lebanon was once part of Syria. In addition during those post-WW2 "Pan-Arab" years Hafez Assad and the then prez. of Iraq had wanted to join their countries. (When this happend, Saddam Hussein made a coup and took over Iraq)

[@EchoBravo370]

Well, you were pissed about WWI. Just guessing.

[@seleukus856]

“Those dirty brits. You heard they call me the boneyman?” - Napoleon from oversimplified

[@afrochaltey]

As someone from Turkey, I find this highly informative.

[@omar47hitman]

I'm a Jordanian, and I want to download your video because I think it might get removed.

[@RavenFilms]

You can if you have KZbin premium. And I know there are programs out there that will record your screen too.

[@VenatusUprising]

@@RavenFilms Wait.. in Iraq downloading videos is free, without KZbin premium.

[@Void_Dweller7]

@@VenatusUprising You probably have a Free Trial.

[@z4kry44]

i am also jordanian

[@WinVisten]

There is a Firefox browser extension I use that allows you to download videos. It's called KZbin Downloader. You can use that, and it's free.

[@adyanthmallur5422]

"blame the British for the world's problems" - Art of war Sun Tzu

[@hughjass8502]

truly an in inspirational quote

[@krono5el]

@@Lorddonen its in the game

[@dirtypure2023]

@@Lorddonen In spite of the terrible and shortsighted decisions of European powers in the twentieth century, we can also that k Europe for the countless and innumerable technological and political innovations throughout history which have enabled things like the internet and representative democracy. It's not as simplistic as "Europe bad" - everything good about the modern world has come with a cost.

[@toboterxp8155]

@@Lorddonen Don't blame germany. We didn't exist for most of it (except ww2. That one's on us).

[@Chimailai]

@@dirtypure2023 we know, but it's funny how so many of the world's conflicts can be traced back to European diplomats drawing a border

[@thathollow5162]

I appreciate these videos but every one being 2/3rds the content I want and the last 1/3rd being an ad for a paid service I'll never use/get is almost worse than regular TV ads

[@eges72]

6:23 Correction: Ottoman Government signed the treaty, But it was rejected by newly formed Grand National Assembly of Turkey led by Ataturk, then revoked the citizenship of the Ottoman envoys who signed the treaty, Three Pashas and others who were loyal to the Ottoman Government. TLDR; Ottoman Empire signed the treaty of Sevres, not Turkey.

[@chickentit251]

“Got me a pen and scribbled some shite” -some guy

[@garmenlin5990]

"Some guy" is named Mark Sykes.

[@Blue-pk4ny]

@@garmenlin5990 yikes

[@opinionatortv6457]

@@Blue-pk4ny ayyyyy

[@AllanLimosin]

Some guyS, It happened in Africa too, especially Egypt-Sudan Borders

[@hughjass8502]

Somewhere that isnt europe: *exists* European powers: So anyway i started dividing

[@mrbisshie]

Hey now, don't discredit Stalin! He did some border meddling in eastern Europe!

[@AxxLAfriku]

I recently revealed the genders of my two girlfriends. It got a lot of hate and now has 30 times more dislikes than likes. I am really sad that people can be so mean. Sorry for using your comment to talk about my problems, dear cale

[@ynnalyl6195]

[@theviniso]

Hey let's just draw some randon straight lines on this map, I'm sure no one will mind

[@hughjass8502]

@Brownskikuca Just dont reply, hes looking for attention. if you give it too him, he wins

[@silwadi08]

Man your so honest! Thank you

[@Alpha-gj7rw]

amazing video bro

[@tylertate3584]

“... an independent state of Kurdistan was being discussed...” damn homie, pour one out for the Kurds

[@davidsuda6110]

Turkey is why you will never see an independent Kurdistan.

[@finnpeterson4335]

**Erdoğan would like to know your location.**

[@Nukestarmaster]

@@davidsuda6110 Yep, there's a reason the European powers didn't even consider it after Turkey, most of Kurdistan is within Turkey's borders. And with Turkey being in NATO, that's unlikely to change.

[@nuzayerov]

@@finnpeterson4335 , Erdogan is still better than the previous Turkish rulers. All Kurdish towns were named in Turkish, and they were forced to mix with Turkish culture. Erdogan on the other hand renamed Kurdish places to traditional Kurdish names and gave more rights to the Kurds. I know he might not be perfect, but he is better.

[@AB-fb7nq]

@@nuzayerov no one is perfect. As a Syrian I admire erdogan for what he’s doing. At least for his homeland unlike bashaar

[@CalebJMartin]

"Why were they decided upon that way in the first place?" _Cross-fade to Big Ben_

[@Perririri]

Technically, only the bell is Big Ben

[@Senkino5o]

I think this video didn't explore how the ethnic and linguistic areas don't link up well with newly important natural resources like oil, or that they haven't been independent countries and were under empires since the Roman days.

[@BGD.2980]

This will be my fourth video after just discovering this channel last night. Lets see if the talk about "big bad climate change" in the middle east!