The REAL Reason For War In Syria

On the latest episode of Aggressive Progressives Jimmy Dore and Steve Oh discuss a recent article from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about Syria. Read the article here: www.ecowatch.co...
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Jimmy Dore and Steve Oh talk DAPL, NATO’s plan in Syria, “Friends of Syria” coalition, and Malcolm X’s speech about the 1964 election.

[@BenjL]

I'm very surprised to see you reporting on why the Syrian war is actually happening. The war started not because "innocent protesters" were shot by the Syrian police, but because >>>Qatar-backed

[@TxRiverElf]

Jimmy Dore was the BEST THING going on TYT… I am so glad he got his own show!

[@uttblackboard]

Why are americans are always the last to figure this out?

[@LightWeaver]

Because we're brainwashed by the tv and force fed mind altering chemicals that make us more apathetic and addicted to their products. Easier to control with soft minds. Don't worry, once we catch up things will go quickly and this election is helping to show just how effed up our system is.

[@lalalalalala4870]

Iran is not an arab country!!, they are persians

[@deathuponusalll]

Poor mens children fight rich mens war

[@P1ranh4]

This is one of the most important videos I've seen on the Syria war from TYT yet. It dispels the notion that "they hate us for our freedoms", it reveals the hypocritical foreign policy of the US, it reveals Sunni and Shiite tensions in the region and even explains Russian involvement with the pipeline business. Yemen fits in there as well, but is arguably an easier story.

[@debbiemarquis3231]

another fuckin pipeline. ..the next important thing to gas and oil...thanks for the info....

[@ironfist2253]

Russia has its own geopolitics they're economy relies on gas!! turkey buys russian gas!!!

[@P1ranh4]

Debbie Marquis Russia's control over the European energy market is really interesting. In Europe energy independence means independence from Russia (and partly the middle east), which is geopolitically really important. Just look at how Europe behaved in the Ukraine affair.. that was mostly fear of their dependency on Russia. It's more interesting however how and that the US is meddling in Syria and how they are balancing different priorities there. Basically they're against everybody: Russia for its power grab (or defense of it's energy market) ISIS as terrorists and Assad. It's another complicated proxy war that creates a lot of unnecessary suffering.

[@JayKayTay]

+Iron Fist turkey buys oil off the black market from ISIS

[@talayafrancois652]

Thanks Jimmy and Steve, I really appreciate that you're talking about this issue. Please do more videos about Syria

[@yeromey1]

"In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act". George Orwell, and I, thank you Jimmy for telling the truth.

[@masterjedi1980]

Thank you for this channel. Gives me a little hope to hear real news and the followed discussion.

[@Rhythmicons]

This isn't REAL news. It should be treated with kid gloves.

[@imingzee]

Nice to see some actual, real news for a change on this channel. Quite the contrast to their regular videos.

[@crumcon]

Jimmy is on rampage!! great to see the only progressive host left on TYT

[@burningaether2053]

Since *MOST* Americans have ABSOLUTELY NO CLUE what we're doing in Syria, how can the government be "doing the will of the people" there?

[@bamwesty8158]

Federal reserve owns yall

[@narutonarutono5515]

Iran is not an Arab nation most of Iran is Persian only 1or 2% of Iran is Arab and yes in Iran they speak Persian

[@Adam-gf3jg]

US: "How dare Assad attack Syrian civilians!! That's our job!!!"

[@cocospops9351]

I applaud the honesty in this video. Why can't you guys be as honest when discussing other topics?

[@ZombieInc661]

i'm curious about what other topics you think they are dishonest about, i'm not trying to bust your balls, i really want to know what you think

[@lucakanga8537]

Finally, a media outlet that tells the truth.

[@kardondo]

+Lee Lee how is that suits their narrative?? department of state, DIA and high ranking military officials statements and also johadists handling TOW missiles isn't real for you ??

[@amirdidovic7052]

+Lee Lee You pathetic troll....

[@pauliewalnuts100]

You have no clue about how many lies The Young Turks tell on a regular basis. They're full of shit and that scumbag with the glasses (Jimmy Dore) should be in prison for spitting on a man.

[@lucakanga8537]

Paulie Walnuts LOL so your saying that CNN is a saint.

[@pauliewalnuts100]

Luca Toni Where in my comment did I mention anything to do with CNN, you utter moron.

[@mrantoinegranger]

No shit Sherlock. Years ago everybody said that this was conspiracy theories.

[@javedahmed1258]

now someone is talking sense. we knew these things from decades

[@Lamarr168]

You guys freakin' nailed it.

[@jamestaylor2237]

There are many other countries in Africa Ethiopia that have Warlords to kill hundreds or thousands people every year I don't see a sending any missiles to stop them I believe it's all about power money and greed , one word , oil

[@ianbenjiman]

I was going to say "wow, TYT got something right for a change". Of course it has to come from Jimmy Dore. Follow his channel guys, it's really informative stuff.

[@darrelldadams]

Saying this shit 5 years ago would earn you a "conspiracy theorist" label.

[@sailfisheire9618]

This is the finest piece of journalism I've ever seen

[@bobsmith2149]

I was just telling my wife this last night when she said “why the heck are we in Syria anyway?”

[@jhorne18]

This video nailed it! The vast majority of US persons, aside from not being able to locate Syria on a map, are clueless about the pipeline issue.

[@nicob1327]

Americans are not politically aware enough to understand this.

[@GREENTERROR2112]

That's right Americans are ignorant, Seymour Hersh wrote about this in his article Red Line to Rat Line years ago. And furthermore "not Politically aware" does not even scratch the surface of how uneducated and gullible Americans are. I'm American, I see this first hand and it's shameful.

[@Music2Xplode]

Last election may change how your government will handle one or another thing.

[@PeeedaPan]

I recommend a really documentary on American interventionism called "The Power Principle."

[@dexterwilliams4289]

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[@brock12003]

This needs more views.

[@TheJamieAnderson]

Iranians aren't arabs.

[@mr.marmot39]

no , they are Iranians

[@TheXV22]

and? are you even going to make a point?

[@TheJamieAnderson]

People use arab as shorthand for muslim. It's wrong. It shows a lack of understanding of the complexities of the region.

[@Music2Xplode]

They are persian, and?

[@StrangerHappened]

James did not say Iran is Sunni. He has said Iran wanted to help Arab world also to have democracy, which is accurate, they did want. (By the way, even now Iran, for example, supports Palestine, even though they are not Shia, as well as Syria, which is a secular state. Iranian policies were never as sectarian as of Wahhabi/Salafi tyrannies such as the Kindgom of Saudi Arabia and Qatar).

[@OneManMilitia69]

I'm really surprised you guys JUST covered this.

[@tudorme7680]

To add another layer of greed, now there has been oil discovered in the Golon -Heights.

[@atomicsparks6709]

Correct. Google: 'Genie oil' company and the members of the Strategic Advisory Board. Golon Heights. maybe one of the largest oil fields in the region (at worse larger than Iraq oil fields)

[@the.sherlock]

Best video watched in 2016 regarding Syria.

[@theghostofpatrickhenry4516]

Jimmy telling the truth.

[@morongosteve]

Most important video I have seen in a while! Jimmy and Steve, great job.

[@LeontiSilviuIonut]

Never in the history of humanity was a war really about religion or bringing "democracy". The true nature of war is about geopolitical power and resources.

[@Debbie52S]

Leonti Silviu Ionut That's not exactly true, pretty naive thing to say

[@Mike-im6gu]

They hit the nail on the head on this

[@MarcelR-mp3gp]

That guy in the blue shirt with the glasses for president 2016

[@kevintaylor9560]

In short guys , ANY life lost is a tragedy , wherever that life happens to come from .

[@wallylee8470]

Hopefully this is an eye opener for all Americans who has not waken up to the facts. Great show.

[@johannesmohner8695]

It was for me, an Germany also. Thank you

[@aissa196]

This is a very important video. The intentions of nations need to be recognized.

[@santiagotazzioli2816]

Love to see this type of real journalism instead of the usual propaganda crap.

[@mrk45]

Not a big fan of TYT but this guy has hit the nail on the head. They should give him more airtime instead of some of those pretty airheads.

[@brantsemallory726]

Except he makes a huge mistake when talking about the rulers of Saudi Arabia, the are Wahhabi muslims - this sect believes in rule through violence and war. They were put in power by the British. They want the Sunni's and Shia to kill each other leaving just them and their hardline version of Islam. This is how the CIA have been able to to get the Saudi King to go along with all of the troubles we have seen and those being discussed in this documentary. Non of this is a secret, all of it is common knowledge and freely available to read up on.

[@sarge420]

Oil, natural gas, & greed. Thanks TYT.

[@angelwhitney1818]

Oh I know Jimmy Dore. As soon as I read and watched all the videos about this I seen the dots.

[@FactFusionU]

This is a very dangerous generalisation which these two have made about sunnis. What they have failed, and very badly failed at acknowledging, is that the saudis, qatar, ISIS, al qaeda arent main stream sunnis. They are wahabbis or Daesh/ Takfiris (one who proclaims that even other muslims are disbelievers on the slightest of differences). The sunnis are by and large the biggest body of muslims in the world and wahabbis, who like to call themselves as sunnis, are just a small portion of them.

[@MrDeicide1]

Wahabism, a wholesale invention of british military intelligence. Koranic literalist sect, essentially, an attempt to create "protestant", nationalist version of islam. Muslim Brotherhood is, in very much the same way, a wholesale creation of Abwer, poised to take over, if Rommel won at El Alamein ...

[@ofin9335]

this explaination is wayyyy too simplistic for a complicated war

[@petermoygannon698]

whoever owns the resources is the winner one day it will be for water

[@gww5385]

One of the best reports by TYT from the presenter I like the least. Closest the main(ish) stream media will get to this subject.

[@ismscsim]

Excellent YT....great analysis.

[@markussleonard127]

Took you how long to work this out?

[@Ahicksaf]

Back when TyT had principles ! Well... And Jimmy Dore

[@MichaelBerthelsen]

That has always been a problem. Too many Americans don't care about their reputation and actions abroad, but still believe that they need to police the world. If you want to police the world, listen to the citizens of the world about what they want... Don't ignore them.

[@debbiemarquis3231]

americans live in a bubble..

[@1stLtDavis]

Most Americans aren't terribly well-educated. Worse, most Americans aren't well-traveled. I don't mean a vacation or spring break, or a semester in Rome. I mean working and living abroad for at least a year. America doesn't even have a working holiday program, so basically the only Americans living and working abroad are in the military or English teachers (tiny, tiny minority of the total)

[@JayKayTay]

Americans don't even listen to Americans being abused by police at home.

[@imuwe]

Exactly and absolutely true! But the video you made for such an enourmously important topic is way too sloppy: you could show us some maps pointing out the gas fields and pipelines and really make it more professional.

[@alexandervasquez6030]

We will pay for everyones else sins shame on us americans greed will destroy our nation

[@onestunningdude9445]

Alexander Vasquez facts.... I fear that the people here in the USA will pay of the actions of our government, and most Americans have no idea why other countries do not like us.

[@alexandervasquez6030]

onestunningdude agree

[@Dr_Callidus_Corvus]

It's not really the Sunni who are the problem, is Wahabism.

[@jeffsmith7369]

As usual, Jimmy's analysis is ridiculously simplistic. To understand the Syrian war you would have to go back to WW1 and the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire.

[@amalyah46]

It's always about different countries resources and how our government came own them.

[@dontshootthemessenger5382]

Proposal written in 2000? Hmm, interesting. I wonder what happened a year after that? And I wonder which of those listed countries was invaded after that event? 🤔

[@bahaabadri8995]

ISRAEL 🇮🇱..THE MASTER MIND BEHIND ALL THIS WAR☠️

[@abbaismail2058]

You forgot they overthrew the Libyan govt, Afghanistan govt..

[@IAMinDreams]

Afghan gov were taliban after the USSR failed to install their own puppet...go ahead stick up for them lmao

[@abbaismail2058]

So all the Afghan govt are terroirists is what you are saying?

[@IAMinDreams]

Anonymous They were before US took Taliban out of government , the US was originally going to cooperate with them to find and destroy al qeada and bin laden but they refused. It actually was not even intended.

[@abbaismail2058]

***** So just because they refused to cooperate with the US then they are now terrorists? And have you for once sit and think, is what am saying in the media even true? Who are Al-Qaeda and who are the Taliban? Who is Bashar Al-Assad, Who is Gaddafi, Who is Saddam? Ever done that?

[@IAMinDreams]

Anonymous I find it funny you don't even know the history and you are telling me to sit and think.. Taliban were literally terrorists against their democratic government and after the USSR destabilized Afghanistan and left the Taliban took over. If you want to compare moralities i will any day, US is a million times better.

[@unconteur]

Old news. Very old news. Nice to be reminded though.

[@ahss6275]

Sorry boys, I love your show but this episode is not 💯 % accurate. Yes the pipeline is a crucial factor in The Syrian war but you forgot the mention The Greater Israel Project. Look it up. 🙏🍺

[@MegaGeneral1]

Azzam Hassan they can't mention that if they want to live and have families Israel will shut this show down and kill a couple of them as a warning ⚠

[@vandalmarxie4454]

The petrodollar can't last forever.

[@osamaelayan1035]

America can't last forever

[@phaedrusg3232]

The US empire can't last forever (or even much longer-- please universe!). And all the ordinary folks in the US will be much better off.

[@spiderlime]

a paradox of modern wars is that while fighting over fuel deposits you're using the same fuel you're fighting for...

[@dinoscagnetti4587]

thankfully these guys know everything so no need to worry

[@rockmanticgurl]

Are you guys just now figuring this out?!

[@grantmitchel]

they've figured out 1 reason

[@byooob]

9/11 is not sunni, it's Israeli.

[@erifajyahia5462]

Thank you! Truth finally.

[@decoloniz_afro]

WESTERN WORLD IS WHAT THEY DO ,,,,,,PUPPETS GORVERMENTS ALL OVER THE WORLD

[@sonydc4419]

The same happened to Iraq, Libya, and now Syria. Up next: Lebanon.

[@mom.emma2010]

SonyDC I hope not.

[@fredlaval93]

I've read an article about that months ago

[@richardprisuta8150]

Seems like a familiar theme, follow the money

[@LetsUnboxThat]

It's about protecting Israel's interest, plain and simple.

[@P1ranh4]

Not sure if you have watched the video: It's clearly about protecting Saudi Arabia's interests. I don't know if Israel benefits from an unstable middle east, but I guess as long as they fight each other, they leave Israel be.

[@StrangerHappened]

*It is both*: Clinton mails, published this spring, had analysis that openly talked about how destroying Syria would greatly help Israel's interests in breaking "Iran-Syria-Lebanon axis". For the same reason Israel is pretty fine with the jihadists in Syria and was even videodocumented to help them near the border, giving them coverage and providing medical treatment. Alas, there is a unity between Wahhabi tyrannies and Israel on some matters.

[@johnalexander651]

The war is too interconnected for anybody to be saying "plain and simple". Israel may have something to gain from Syria although it's still unsure if it's to support a weakened Assad government or a total overhaul by Islamic jihadists. The main reason Israel hasn't interfered outside of small Hezbollah engagements.

[@P1ranh4]

Denis Soliakhov This unholy alliance could only be fostered with the US as a mediator. Not surprising.

[@blackcat2075]

about time some truth ,well done

[@houssam9991]

Saudi Arabia, Daesh (ISIS) and AQ are Wahabis which is APART of sunni Islam

[@per_ringnes]

Great video

[@kingboo843]

It is not just about a pipeline, it is also about placing a Israel-Friendly nation next to Israel....this is just one of those situations where so many interest come into play from all sides...and in truth NOBODY is innocent but the Syrian people, everyone who is in Syria is there to promote there own agenda.

[@sonydc4419]

Israel has already stolen the Golan Heights from Syria for the OIL.

[@TheApaura]

Capitalism never seizes to amaze me.

[@tougeruzbay]

The Greatest Fascist Albert Einstein once said that the economic anarchy of capitalism is the real source of evil

[@pdes1347]

We're not a Democracy we're a Republic.

[@alexlaz9907]

You are representative democracy, which is form of democracy. Americans don't do logic. No wonder that you are on the list as one of most retarded countries in the world. But you are not Republic. You are effectively now Plytocracy.

[@opheliajade1986]

The only tyt journalist with any real integrity! Jimmy Dore!

[@Loonistrator]

The spice must flow!

[@rizzcel]

"Saudi Arabia is terrible... and we never talk about it" You watch your back now, Steve. Cenk might sneak up on you...

[@rizzcel]

per sebra I know bud, but I couldn't resist making that joke.

[@iriemindz]

The problem w/ this show is that they refuse to talk about the Zionist elite and anything negative about Israel.

[@goatfucker3906]

iriemindz Are you being serious? The Young Turks have for years lied about Israel and their efforts to defend themselves

[@iriemindz]

Islam Hates Us All That's bullshit. Any criticism against Israel is all for show. The minute the words Zionism or Zionists come up they defend it fully. The TYT David Duke interview was hilarious, it shows Cenk's stupidity.

[@openthemind1244]

Jimmy you're wrong on the date. This Saudi/US deal was struck in 1945 between Pres. FDR and King Ibn Saud (king of SA) on the deck of the USS Quincy. Protection for cheap oil. (FDR also gave the King a wheelchair as a gift) - Keep Going! LOVE THE SHOW!

[@farbodwhatever8005]

Iran is not part of the Arab world , Iranians are mostly Persian with around 2% Arabs.

[@ic8575]

Not all Iranians identify as Persian, and some of them (a minority) are Arab. Iran get's grouped in with the Arab world because it's a middle eastern country that's mostly muslim, and that's been influenced geopolitically very similarly to it's neighbours such as Afghanistan and Iraq. The distinction between Persians and Arabs to most of the world is like the distinction between French and Breton.... it exists but most people are unaware and don't really care.

[@markmoz]

I'm not sure if any of this is news. I thought these were fairly well established facts.

[@caposton]

Americans are embarrassingly uninformed. Part of the ignorance about America's foreign policy is the result of misdirection by the media and politicians.

[@bamwesty8158]

Lol 1% of muricans would know this

[@bamwesty8158]

2% can point out syria on a map

[@HarrySmith-hr2iv]

USA kisses Saudi ass because it wants to maintain control of oil, via ARAMCO - Arabian American Oil Company.

[@MG-iy1oh]

Not only in the Arab world do people know what you are really like. The entire world, but yourselves, knows.

[@IShallNotSubmit]

If Russians dont want any pipelines seeing them as existential threats, then why is Iran cooperating with Russians? Wouldnt Iranian pipeline also be a threat to Russian interests?

[@MathewBrunetta]

I like Jimmy the most. Big fan Jim!

[@GustavDerKaiser]

I just love him too!!! He's got so much self respect, spitting in the faces of other people!!! He's kind of like Human Garbage, don't you think? I Just Love Him!!! Go The Young Turds.

[@MathewBrunetta]

Thanks for the views ;) each one is another dollar for the Young Turds hahaha keep em coming

[@GustavDerKaiser]

Mathew Brunetta Thanks :) Hope my couple of cents goes a long way!!!

[@MathewBrunetta]

Gustav210 Every vote counts, every view counts! Thanks again for supporting TYT :)

[@GustavDerKaiser]

Mathew Brunetta Not if the election is rigged!!! :)

[@redmoonspider]

That's what the war became about, but it wasn't at the start.

[@redmoonspider]

+Mikael Konst I followed the war from the very start...not from CNN, not from Alex Jones, not from RT, not from the American administration, not from George Soros, but from actual KZbin videos the Syrian people uploaded (now all removed by YT because of community standards,) I know how it started, I know when and how it went "sideways", I know when and how it could easily have been prevented from escalating and I know when all of the afore public figures started getting amnesia and twisting the story to cover up their fears, because a simple grass roots protest was threatening their geo-political interests. I'm not going to tell you what I witnessed on cell phone video from people who lived through it from the start, because it's a waste of time,

[@StrangerHappened]

It was: Assad peacefully ruled in Syria for many years, as well as seen protests for months without shooting people until the mysterious case *in March of 2011 when 4 (four) "peaceful protesters" and 7 (seven) policemen were shot*. It is not confirmed clearly in any way, but the typical pattern to ignite a war is to start shooting at both sides from under cover. Similar things has happened before and later. Also, as per leaks, the kingdom of Saudi Arabia has started installing Al-Qaeda cells in Syria since as early as 2004. This fact could lead us to a guess on who could be the executors of the job of starting the war. Additionally, from Clinton mails we know that Google and StateDep were collaborating on "Arab Spring" social media tracking/manipulating software that focused on potential defectors/actisists; it was later transferred to Al Jazeera, a PR arm of yet another Wahhabi/Salafist tyranny: Qatar. Coincidentally, Qatar now arms and finances its own Al-Qaeda clone in Syria: Ahrar al-Sham.

[@kardondo]

+Denis Soliakhov agree 100%

[@chuck2205]

There are probably multiple reasons for our interest in Syria. To me, what makes the most sense is the PetroDollar - basically, we require EVERY COUNTRY to sell oil for dollars. This makes all countries have to keep large amounts of dollars for these transactions, which props up the US dollar and keeps the US banks very happy. Saddam Hussein (Iraq) started selling oil on the euro - boom, we invaded. Gaddafi was trying to sell oil for gold - boom, we invaded. Iran does not sell oil on the US dollar - we can't invade as they are too big, but think of all the politicians you've heard demonizing Iran. Now Syria was selling oil on the Euro - boom, we invade. www.dailykos.com/story/2013/9/8/1237500/-The-PetroDollar-Why-Syria

[@shitguy7615]

Chuck Conover you are very knowledgeable my friend . 👍

[@sad_depressed_weeb4996]

*SO anyone who wants to know everything Jimmy said here early join "The Jimmy Dore Show"*

[@MG-iy1oh]

It is not about petrol/oil, it is about natural gas this time.

[@marciaroy2096]

really..........you just figured this out? Seriously, I knew about this 8 months ago. Seriously....I shouldhave my own show!

[@ΝικΛευτερης]

I realy don't like TYT but I gave them thumps up for this video. The wars in Georgia and Ukraine are also related to gas and pipelines, that west wants to make bringing gas from Azerbaizan.

[@what8139]

though I think we all knew that already. well said....

[@Sarm-mx6qy]

Hit the nail on the head gentlemen.

[@WordsofHarmony]

Sarm 1084 one clarification We were FOR the Free people's party in Syria Isis was a more religious faction that did start attack us then we started fighting Isis

[@Sarm-mx6qy]

Wordsof Harmony There is so much about the truth we don't know. This I can say,... I'm so sorry that you and your loved ones have to deal with this horrible conflict. Stay safe my friend.

[@michaelskoblin2315]

Being honest, I do not usually like anything from TYT, but I will admit that they hit this one on the head.

[@justwannaseehisface1]

Much better than TYT - straight information without all the political garbage. I'm non-partisan and non-political. Americans don't need to be "taught" or "persuaded". We have common sense and can sniff out dishonest information.

[@alirazi9198]

You think you everything then?i bet you can't even find iran in a map;even if you can most americans can't