2003 Invasion of Iraq (Full Documentary) | Animated History

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Sources:
Yossef Bodansky, The Secret History of the Iraq War, 2004
George Bush and Brent Scowcroft, A World Transformed, 1998
Mike Tucker and Charles Faddis, Operation Hotel California: The Clandestine War Inside Iraq, 2008
"Operation Iraqi Freedom | The Invasion Of Iraq | FRONTLINE | PBS." PBS. Last modified February 26, 2004. www.pbs.org/wg....
"War in Iraq: Day by day guide." BBC News. Accessed March 8, 2020. news.bbc.co.uk....
Lowry, Richard S. Marines in the Garden of Eden: The True Story of Seven Bloody Days in Iraq. London: Penguin, 2007.
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[@OnxGrid]

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[@neworu8668]

Oke

[@detectivehobson7465]

I feel for you man, yous guys put so much effort into the videos, just to get it all torn down, I’ll check your website out

[@k4four615]

hope you have a good day, Griffin !

[@java9245]

ok

[@TheArmchairHistorian]

I cringe every time I hear my voice beeped, but I tried uploading this without the beeps and blurs and it was instantly demonetized and shut down. The moment I threw the blur over it and beeps, the KZbin reviewer instantly let it pass... This seems to be the only way I could get it monetized without just completely removing that segment, which I had originally done for my Iraq War Part 1 video released months ago.

[@OnxGrid]

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[@pyeitme508]

Well sad to know

[@redactedagentdataexpunged9431]

Look on the bright side, atleast you actually got this up on here

[@fwarmaan]

HELLO GRIFFIN

[@TurtleChad1]

A turtle approves of this awesome documentary

[@mufasaiam7794]

I've lived in iraq for the past 22 years, and during that time we've rarely seen peace. All I hope is that people learn from us and not just pity us.

[@comradepolarbear6920]

Form a militia based on a secular ideology that is generally leftist on social issues.

[@kollapsiblelungs]

....it could’ve been a cool country, being at the crossroads of the origins of civilizations. but land soaked in blood and countless conflict for thousand of years, it will never be at peace with anything. even with its own existence.

[@rickv9180]

@@comradepolarbear6920 Yeah, and it's the Ba'athist Party all over again

[@markmatthews7202]

Yeah sorry about that. How Blair and Bush walk free is insane.

[@ecksdee1637]

Hello my fellow Iraqi, i lived In iraq for 9 years and then i came to America, my dad told me he could hear the bombs being dropped during his university graduation. Although i moved against my will, i want to let you know that you are the future of our homeland, we must not let the invaders ruin our ancient land, we must boost our economy! I believe in you my Iraqi Brother -Hussein

[@googleuser1937]

I love how KZbin promotes sexual clickbait videos but bans history and facts

[@MeuzeAnthem]

There is literally sexual movie exist on youtube, but they do nothing about them, instead they are tried so hard to censor history

[@weirdofromhalo]

It's not banned, just demonetized. Big difference. Also, I'm sooooooo surprised a corporation only cares about profit.

[@cyberdyne9480]

@@weirdofromhalo If they only cared about profit they wouldn't be quite so loose with the demonetization hammer lol

[@weirdofromhalo]

@@cyberdyne9480 They're demonetizing whatever the advertisers don't like.

[@cyberdyne9480]

@@weirdofromhalo No, it's also political. "The advertisers" aren't a single entity with one mindset

[@crittomato7043]

4:08 This actually made me flare up with anger. I do not understand the actual point of censoring other than some brand does not want their name with any terrorist group, but damn its so stupid.

[@Front1er_Gaming]

Allah almighty

[@MUSTANG_P51]

Agreed! Griffin is doing his job as a historian, KZbin! Stop making it harder for him!

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

Wow! KZbin must be so glad that the [censored] got [censored]! It really adds to the moral complexity of the [censored].

[@carrie8393]

I look at you vids I

[@TravTravRA]

right? man if only *[user deleted]*

[@atouhoufan607]

I see what you do

[@looney9105]

wanna be my valentine

[@atouhoufan607]

@@looney9105....

[@ethanodell8044]

"The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history." -George Orwell

[@tinycockjock1967]

But they didn’t destroy Iraq’s understanding of its own history. The US just acted without understanding Iraqi culture. Feels like you just quoted George Orwell to seem smart

[@hans3000]

@@tinycockjock1967 I feel like he's talking about YT.

[@jonathanmckarlison1203]

@@tinycockjock1967 Clearly that they talk about KZbin censorship like others comments

[@fullmetalalchemist9126]

Absolutey true

[@ManofPeel]

“Excellent” -Wayne Campbell

[@Nomand55]

"Sorry kids, you can't learn about one of the most seminal events of the 2000s because my advertisers dont like us to talk about it."

[@logoutnexttime4883]

Well I can't blame him, because then the video will be restricted.

[@audiosurfarchive]

Sorry kids, cant have you learn about probably the single most important 21st century geo-political event for Western states; so inevitable signs and symptoms of similar fuckery will be A OK with you.

[@urbanhyena4063]

@@logoutnexttime4883 he did that himself to promote his web page. KZbin doesn't censor only block entire videos

[@urbanhyena4063]

@Phi6er I saw that too! It's working though, how naive is everyone

[@r3v3rbs0ul]

@@audiosurfarchive Why can't you learn about it? You have the internet. Books exist. Videos exist (even if they don't make someone money). There are millions of unclassified documents you can read. No one is stopping you from learning about the "single most important 21st century geo-political event for Western states."

[@izdigi25]

Fun Fact: Shock and Awe was just blitzkrieg, and the coalition, mainly American, forces were gaining around 200 miles a day and were out running their supply lines and had to halt the attacks and wait

[@ajp5556]

Really goes to show how poorly the Russians are performing in Ukraine

[@killer41756]

@@ajp5556 WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH RUSSIA

[@paperbray]

@@killer41756HE IS PROB REFERRING TO THE FACT RUSSIA’S INVASION WAS SUPPOSED TO LAST A FEW DAYS

[@nicolauslr9937]

​@@killer41756 IT'S A COMPARISON OF SAME WAR TACTICS AND THEIR EXECUTION

[@flippynapkins7708]

@@killer41756IT IS QUITE SUNNY OUT TODAY!

[@sokka1005]

KZbin: allows porn ads and animal abuse on their site Also KZbin: oh yeah remember that terrible thing that happened only 20 years ago? Cool me neither

[@jimmyneutron1295]

It ended less than 10 years ago

[@danfield6030]

@@jimmyneutron1295 good tell him, you let him know......come down feom the mountain and share the LIGHT!!!!.....you found truth and want to brighten up our world with it !

[@franzm.8940]

It wasn't censorship or a ban. It was self-censorship pushed by completly misguided YT demonitazation policy. Similar outcome, but still big qualitative difference to fullout ban on that kind of content. Armchair historian unfortunately fails to clarify in his disclaimer. If it was fullout censorship, the video couldn't be uploaded at all. But it can be, at least without ads. Of course and understandably, Armchair can't because they have to refinance production. So overall bad for education about controversial content. But censorship is not the right label here.

[@theenemyofthearrogant4784]

It is just another co(HE)inCidence.

[@edd8914]

KZbin was trying to block ISIS from uploading videos I think, and trying to appease advertisers that don't know anything about how the details work, but cringe at the thought of "terrorism" showing next to their brands. The companies don't want bad branding associations.

[@halo3odst]

The darth vader thing was real btw, it was saddam’s son’s idea to give them helmets that looked a lot like his. Look it up.

[@jensgustafsson5255]

Interesting, didn't know that. Star wars esthetics is cool.

[@amatthew1231]

That and Star Wars stormtroopers were based off of Wehrmacht Stahlhelms and SS uniforms from WWII, so it always comes back to Nazi Germany. Coincidentally Saddam often talked about emulating the German Reich in his own regime. If your ever at the point where your putting Stahlhelms on your soldiers its just gonna end badly.

[@halo3odst]

@@amatthew1231 "If your ever at the point where your putting Stahlhelms on your soldiers its just gonna end badly." enter stage left: every country that has used the PASGT or one of its derivatives since the 1980s.

[@matthours1783]

@@halo3odst and Chile, they’re fine

[@kookieless]

The psychopath son? Or the more normal one? I’m only aware of 2 his sons tbh

[@joshtrotter6467]

My brother was killed in 2004 at Arramadi. It's sad how we can't learn about history.

[@omarabusarieh5867]

:(

[@timg2088]

So sorry to hear about your brother.

[@emilegriffith1473]

Sorry he died for nothing

[@turkiiye1123]

@@emilegriffith1473 nothing ? Saddam is dead

[@noelyanes2455]

Your brother is a hero

[@HeWhoComments1]

My grandpa was a U.S. Federal marshal deployed to Iraq to handle the trial of Saddam Hussein. He often tells me about it and this video reminds me of a lot of his stories.

[@eliotness4029]

did your grandpa U.S. Federal marshal show you test tubes with white powder? did you see it?

[@TimesFM4532]

​@eliotness4029 ask the kurds he droped them on

[@creber4790]

@@eliotness4029He probably just showed the same propaganda to him as well

[@enclavesoldier8893]

Last time I was this early the Poles still thought France would help them.

[@animationfanatic2133]

Hail the Enclave

[@void_skyy]

Ouch. Same bro same.

[@jaushuagrahamthefloridaman1124]

Last time i was this early western Europe weren't traitors to every cause they committed to...... So the stone age

[@ramiabouchakra2726]

Lol

[@savagex466-qt1io]

Up The Enclave ! Praise the LORD and Pass the ammunition !

[@rafafr9]

this sounds like the most obscene documentary ever made, you should try using the dolphin sound from sponge bob as the censorship sound next time.

[@mwanikimwaniki6801]

Looool😂😂😂

[@knicks5426]

🤣

[@Zero8764]

try BitChute

[@Toons595]

@@NonStopActionJDog Its funny

[@joeyskywalker1322]

@@NonStopActionJDog Bitchute doesn’t censor everything like KZbin nowadays

[@karlhans6678]

KZbin: "our fact checkers say history is false!"

[@parsa6526]

Well history is told by the victors so indeed a lot of it could be false

[@ThorfinnSonofThors892]

War is peace Freedom is slavery Ignorance is power

[@krimsen.]

@@ThorfinnSonofThors892 Dont try to sound like a genius.

[@ritvikupadhyay7120]

@@krimsen. he was most probably quoting George Orwell's 1987.

[@BlueBirdThing]

Fact checkers? you mean robots

[@dario5178]

Writing my undergraduate dissertation on coalition blunders in Iraq and the subsequent rise of terrorism. Even learned some new things. Great video! -Also thanks for including sources in the description

[@zoranbogdanovic1971]

Do you believe they are just blunders?

[@samuelsmith2599]

lol...."the subsequent rise of Terrorism" Its going to be quite the paper starting over 3000 years ago....

[@dario5178]

@@samuelsmith2599 Yeah, I wrote it and got a good grade but you are right. I wasn't able to cover nearly as much history as I wanted to within the word count. Had to start around WW2

[@dario5178]

@@zoranbogdanovic1971 Blunders is a nice way to put it.

[@gengiz80]

Wouldn't the invasion be considered a war crime

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

And they wonder why we're not giving up our weapons

[@qq5847]

Lol

[@rc59191]

High casualties is a useful deterrent wouldnt want to upset voters at their breakfast tables.

[@aaronb9017]

A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be INFRINGED.

[@LocalTaxEvader6000]

You want some more?

[@LocalTaxEvader6000]

@Just some yeti with internet access Ukraine doesn’t make bombs, my organization does.

[@elsimain]

Naked Yoga: exists KZbin: I sleep History: exists KZbin: How dare you?!

[@randomxm-1875]

ahhh yes KZbin must have taken to much coca...[USER REMOVED]

[@MazzaAzi]

Naked Yoga: exists KZbin: I sleep Basically porn thumbnails: exists KZbin: I sleep torture/pregnancy/surgery porn directed at children and labeled as "for kids": exists KZbin: I sleep FUCKING PORN BOTS(often show up around news videos): exists KZbin: I sleep History: exists KZbin: HOW DARE YOU CORRUPT OUR WEBSITE!!!

[@andyfernandez9695]

@@MazzaAzi videos showing animals getting tortured and dying KZbin: i sleep History KZbin: a w a k e

[@jamesholland6101]

I misread that as naked Yoda.

[@i.z2335]

@@jamesholland6101 you didnt misread anything

[@strudel7776]

I love the accuracy of vehicles, uniforms, and weapons in these videos. Absolutely amazing.

[@kevingonzalo6811]

@MR.random57 Dude wtf. Are you okay? Dude this is a history channel and not religion or philosophy.

[@uncharted7againblackking256]

Yea me too the tsliban now has it oh didn't see that coming did u

[@dedanshotgunyt8295]

@@uncharted7againblackking256 The Taliban is in Afghanistan, not Iraq.

[@wattsnottaken1]

He even got the woodland camo right. Reminds me of the scene in Generation Kill: “Does anyone remember that we’re invading a desert country?”

[@spencerphilippinedream3706]

i found them so accurate that i started trying to find errors. he put the TOW missiles on the wrong side of one of the bradleys but that was all i saw. A+ for his attention to detail.

[@MasterDibbles]

As a history buff I have to say I’ve learned so much from these videos!

[@johanmetreus1268]

Unfortunately, half of it is dead wrong. I unsubscribed after the video of Finland in WWII where I clearly could spot all the errors.

[@gonfreaks937]

many lies

[@HappyHippieGaymer]

So this is what it feels like to see a “history” doc about a war you were in.

[@shinon748]

Must feel weird. I can't even imagine. Thank you for your service btw.

[@seanblack9085]

@@convertedmana1857 i think iraq and the middle east is a lot better off without saddamn threatening surrounding countries and the civillians?

[@convertedmana1857]

@@seanblack9085 what can you tell me about the middle East before 9/11

[@the2pages62]

Converted Mana I’ve changed my stance on abortion specifically for you. Please take yourself to the closest facility

[@FinnishHammerItOn]

@@seanblack9085 yeah the Islamic state and much more turmoil in the Middle East. Thanks for nothing for starting a war based on lies.

[@icysaracen3054]

My Iraqi friend was imprisoned under Saddam regime accused of being a Spy (he knew four languages i.e. Arabic, Turkish, English and French). He was tortured as hell. When I ask him if the post-Saddam interim regime was any better he said no.

[@freakrx2349]

All of this was just because President Bush mistakenly thought Saddam possessed weapons of mass destruction. Instead of going after the perpetrators of 9/11 directly, they just decided to invade Iraq and destroy it. Congratulations, not only did it take until 2011 for the U.S to actually make progress, but the U.S also created even more problems and more terrorists.

[@conservativedemocracyenjoyer]

@@freakrx2349 should've just finished the job in '97 imo Edit; The us didn't invade iraq in response to 9/11 that was Afghanistan

[@حسينمانوس]

Of course because USA brought well known killers and thieves personals to rule us

[@caseclosed9342]

@@freakrx2349 it wasn’t just Bush, congress supported him. Of the key people in getting Congressional approval - Joe Biden (then a Senator)

[@capncake8837]

The guy who helped tear down Saddam’s statue wants him back.

[@dawson3152]

I feel like I'm watching an SCP video with all the redacted content 🤦‍♂️

[@kamanashiskar9203]

Though, the SCP Foundation has reason to redact some of its stuff. KZbin has no reason.

[@rvc7468]

KZbin’s basically the Global Occult Organization, they screw up everything.

[@danfield6030]

@@rvc7468 ummm , No. But you should thank the Freemasons for giving you your PERSONAL FREEDOM, EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS u ignorant wretch

[@mannamedisaak3316]

@@rvc7468 true

[@btsnake]

Random crossover but I totally approve. Now we just need the foundation's account of the Iraq invasion. Saddam didn't have any WMD's... but what anomalies did he have???

[@WeirdBrainGoo]

The part about Saddam Hussein repeatedly refusing to cooperate with UN weapons inspectors is inaccurate. I'm reading a summary of the Chilcot Inquiry, which is a 15 volume report on the decisions that lead to the Iraq invasion. Hussein did allow the weapons inspectors back to do their jobs. The US decided to invade despite that, instead of waiting to see what the inspectors would find.

[@Lordiboy14]

KZbin is a big joke at this point, keep the good work.

[@thehighscalls]

POV: You want a POV of the Iran-Iraq War.

[@mustafasattar8452]

am dad fatd in the iran-iraq war becoz fo sdim hsaen but the us killd sdim an we r freed

[@ElVanitos]

@@mustafasattar8452 cool

[@sid2112]

@@mustafasattar8452 I hope the 21st century treats you and yours better than the 20th did. Peace with Israel is a great start. The Israelis would do a lot to help your people build a peaceful and strong state. I'm sorry, but with the current administration in office do not expect help from the US.

[@mustafasattar8452]

@@sid2112 thx for it i apesaet it

[@sid2112]

@@mustafasattar8452 love ya buddy. Stay safe.

[@paulmcewen7384]

The second Iraq war blew my mind at the time that America would do something so crazy and everyone would fall in line. 19 years later it still seems unreal. I wonder how many Iraqi people died in total.

[@vinz4066]

​@@gregoryriojas16 🤡

[@banehthistle7709]

Censorship is ok

[@rickv9180]

Somebody new must become KZbin CEO

[@FrankBlaise09]

@@rickv9180 So long as KZbin is under the thumb of ALPHABET/Google, nothing will change.

[@nicolascerqueraangarita5243]

Such statement is false, history will always repeat itself because human nature itself will never change. And even if people knew history, they would still let history repeat because circumstances fluctuate so much that avoiding it to repeat is impossible.

[@acatwithafancyhat5782]

@@nicolascerqueraangarita5243 I’m inclined to agree. It’s simple, strong men make good times, good times make weak men, weak men make bad times, bad times make strong men. Yet we still, albeit slowly, move forward. Technologically, ethically, societally. When people grow comfortable, society faultures let are guard down and give resources to the worst people possible. There’s a genocide going on in China right now. Disney thanked the people running the camps and there was no real boycott. No people boycotted one movie rather than all of Disney. A company that manufacturers their merchandise in sweatshops where kids go blind of mercury poisoning. Dark times are ahead. We were in a golden age for a long time.

[@banehthistle7709]

@@nicolascerqueraangarita5243 Actually, a statement like "history will always repeat itself" has no scientific data backed by historians to prove it as much more than an anecdote. While Historical Reoccurrence is absolutely a thing, we have absolutely no way to understand how it will be effected by the internet. Days of burning books to hide information are long gone. Accredited Information has never been so widely available to the non-scholarly average citizen. It's just as likely that giving someone the full breadth and reality of a situation may steer them away as much as it could steer them towards whatever the topic may be.

[@icarlyIV]

That is it. After trying to learn legit history and seeing you have to cater to YT stupid guidelines, you got yourself a new subscription on your page. You rock dude, seeing history from others' perspectives is absolutely refreshing. Please keep this up, man.

[@AHolyPaladin]

Dude... You seriously fell for that ploy? Come on. It's clear he only 'censored' it so people would subscribe to his site instead (for $5 [Including taxes] a month!) Even as an American right leaning Constitutionist I clearly saw this phony 'censor' nonsense as a gimmick. Many KZbin history channels don't censor actual history. I mean c'mon, him bleeping out the events of 9/11 should've been proof enough as it is. Every video to this day still has him going on about subbing to his site. Literally shows how corrupt as a KZbinr he's become over the years. Literally lying to you guys and laughing his ass off while counting the money rolling in.

[@killermarfidyoh138]

We must boycott youtube.... And it is happening slowly but surely.

[@uluomu]

are you still subbed to his website?

[@freedombear9941]

It’s disgusting this man has to censor his content when he’s CLEARLY just an educator and a good one at that. Is this what our history classes will sound like, bleeped out like a F-Bomb on cable?

[@unknowngod8221]

Just because it censored Does't mean everything Will be censored

[@Sam-mx8lb]

loll he did those bleeps by his own choice to promote his site. understandable, but yeah

[@messagedeleted4307]

Blame the gen Z. "Im so offended, -- WAAAAHHHH"

[@secktuss9610]

​@@bigmoniesponge it was actually demonetized, not deleted. he wanted to make money off of videos that he has a passion for so he censors them. it's not bad wanting to get paid for your work like this but you guys should get the difference between censorship and demonetization.

[@AVI-lh6rm]

@@messagedeleted4307its more like greedy advertisers having a strangehold over an even greedier company

[@WeirdBrainGoo]

I like the approach, clearly the Armchair Historian is trying to bring a truthful take on history, including both the successes and failures of both sides of the conflict. I also like that the description includes a list of sources. They consist of both books and articles; It seems the Armchair Historian is well read and probably knows a lot about the topic. :)

[@Joseph-mw2rl]

America: Can I do this? Literally the entire world even Canada: N O America: *I'll take that as a yes*

[@willm1019]

No offense but you must not know anything about the desert storm because the UN voted on the armed influence and bush tried to talk to gaddafi 6 days before it started which angered Britain and Egypt actually

[@Cookieslayer3000]

"Even Canada" xD

[@zippyparakeet1074]

America has no respect for international laws and conventions and yet its hilarious how they try to enforce them on other countries

[@Baconcatboy]

@@zippyparakeet1074 it makes the laws

[@zippyparakeet1074]

@@Baconcatboy lmao ok cupcake

[@oliverbalmforth4250]

"But this is no ordinary game of poker", Man just got a royal flush as if it was nothing, damn straight it aint ordinary

[@marksman3945]

KZbin: Yeah put those sexual ads, wich policies lol? we only want the money Also youtube: sorry you can't teach history because it's "offensive"

[@patrickmcbrien9303]

So damn true. We consistently uphold our policies my ass.

[@franzm.8940]

It wasn't censorship or a ban because of "offensive content". It was self-censorship pushed by completly misguided YT demonitazation policy, bad AI, and corporate advertisement strategies. Similar outcome, but still big qualitative difference to fullout ban on that kind of content. Armchair historian unfortunately fails to clarify in his disclaimer. If it was fullout censorship, the video couldn't be uploaded at all. But it can be, at least without ads. Unfortunately and understandably, Armchair can´t do that, because he has to refinance his production. It also has little to do with "political correctness", beyond the fact, that controversial vids just aren´t very "sexy" for advertising companies. Hence, YT, if pushing monetized videos, does the same as newspaper editors who decide on the cover story that increases sales. Just as Newspapers, YT is not a public platform but a private profit-oriented company with some public function. So in case of this vid it's not censorship, but (bad) editorial decisions. So I fully understand anybody´s critique about i.e. demonitazation of controversial and educational content, but expecting YT to act "altruistically" is simply contradicted by its capitalist nature. Even if you don't pay, it's not for free. It's about ads and sales, and not democracy and unrestricted freedom to information. Most people using YT, or FB or any of these platforms misunderstand that. In any case, I think we should all grasp that high-end education always has a price, and should have. Otherwhise, it´s YT and advertisers who get to decide on what we see or what not.

[@antek-sq8tl]

@@franzm.8940 yeah censoring the terrorist word and making money of uncensoring it

[@franzm.8940]

@@antek-sq8tl?

[@theenemyofthearrogant4784]

It's anti semitic I guess.

[@ageanpolluxdelarosa5421]

Nice video Griffin! Some of my arts are HEAVILY inspired by you, like the F-16 at this part: 1:21 Thank you SO much Griffin!

[@scacchiereglobale]

this is a common problem for all KZbin channels dealing with history. Even my channel, in its small way, is affected by these problems. I think it is absolutely necessary to push for a change in the relationship between KZbin and the creators of content who spend so much time in their work and then have it censored.

[@profesionalshitposter675]

search naked yoga and look in the comments for sneak peeks thank me later -- KZbin Staff

[@franzm.8940]

Absolutely Agee with you. But it's not fullout censorship, it's demonitazation that pushes channels to self-sensor. Similar outcome, but still far away from from a fullout ban of this type of content. Armchairs fail to show this small but important qualititative difference in his disclaimer caused a lot of confusion here.

[@sebastianlambert8771]

drastically

[@lb4581]

@@franzm.8940 it amounts to a censorship ban when YT knows that creators rely on the ad revenue. Pretending this practice okay is a problem. The United States needs to expand the free speech provisions in the constitution

[@_invencible_]

@@lb4581 free speech only protects you from the government. They can't force companies to publish something they don't want

[@tsar2057]

I love the fact that the animations are actually the same thing as the real ones, the planes, the tanks, the looks of the troops.

[@VexingWeeb]

you mean like not just simple ,cookie cutter animations? I hate those too lmao. it's one of my favorite things about this channel. everything is animated and personalized for every event and video

[@yaboialphapsi-krieger2709]

Imagine getting demonetize for teaching history.

[@caesarseizure1625]

I love how even though some words are censored, you can still tell what’s being said.

[@j-hod6274]

When you know your history so well you don't hear the beeps

[@bensharpie7718]

Lol the real legend

[@protopershing]

It took me a second, but I got it eventually.

[@astrosherlock374]

When it ain't even your country's history yet even you can identify what all the bleeps are

[@aerophy2894]

Im guessing al-qaeda. And osama bin laden. I dont think they got him in 2001.

[@Sundownnnn]

@@aerophy2894 and 9-11

[@Nebuchadnezzar18]

I'm originally from Iraq, I went back to Iraq with the Marines, worked with the military and state department. Bottom line is this the overall outcome of the campaign has been a total disaster. We had roughly a month after the fall of the regime to get it right and we didnt. Lost blood, lost wealth the only winners are defense contractor's. From a strategic point of view total failure. Iran is dominating the region.

[@CaptainMartinWalker]

Maybe saddam shouldn't have taken advantage of a post revolutionary iran that was vulnerable. Us iranians are as vengeful as it gets.

[@bryananderson3772]

Iran will soon be in shambles like Iraq. Keep talking

[@r.p5380]

@@bryananderson3772 so you can destabilise Iran and destroy yet another Middle Eastern nation

[@DANYANTE]

@@bryananderson3772 the fact you’re replying to every single comment on this video in a hateful way is hilarious you got too much negative energy u should find a way to fix it bro

[@ddandymann]

@@bryananderson3772 How do you figure that? Iran has all the traits of a functional nation state: a large majority ethnicity, large majority religion/religious sect and a shared and rich culture and history. Due to this Iran has shown incredible levels of resilience despite constant foreign interference of the last 100 years with its sense national unity. Iran is arguable the only true nation in the middle East and has never fallen to chaos no matter the hardships it's faced, I see no reason why it would now. Even if the current regime was deposed, which is unlikely, there would likely be a relatively quick and clean transfer to a new regime of some kind without a large civil war. Maybe learn about other nations in future before making dumb predictions about them.

[@particularbored6072]

It's almost surreal when you start watching history you were there for.

[@yehor_ivanov]

I'm from Ukraine and this is kind of true )

[@therobbedsonofdan9774]

My brother did three Tours of Duty in Iraq U.S Army 03. Understandable he doesn’t want to talk about it. He’s home and doing great I have a niece and nephew from him. He just turned forty and couldn’t be more proud of him!! Love you big bro!

[@Ghost-gu7kg]

My name is Zulfiqar Diaa, and I was born in Iraq in 1998, exactly before the American forces entered Iraq. When they entered Iraq, it was like a dream. The reason is that the people want Saddam to step down from power. But with Saddam’s execution, Iraq began to go through a bloody phase of sectarianism. I lost many of my friends through brutal killings or bombings. So believe me, that was it. Days are like an endless nightmare. And until this moment there is no peace.

[@w0jak373]

I Feel Your Pain, I Fainted Because Of A Few Missiles That Hit Near Our Home.

[@Ghost-gu7kg]

@@w0jak373Thank you, brother. I feel the same for what happened to your neighbors

[@jenniferswanstrom]

@@Ghost-gu7kg are you still alive over there

[@Dexter5kk]

You were only 5 when americans invaded, you barely knew whos mom and dad then lol you barely knew What was happening around you... how was it a "dream" didnt know 5 yo understand politics better than anyone kek... who dreams about his own country being invaded? Shame on you

[@braxxian]

Like it or not Saddam at least brought stability to Iraq. With him gone and the U.S being corrupt bumblers with no plan the country was bound to fall apart.

[@hbahoo]

Oh man, I hate and love those days. Being a teenage boy living through this ongoing "action", everyday was me never knowing if I'm stepping out of the door for the last time today or not. Now, I would never wish living through something similar to this on anyone! You did a great job telling the story of a country which in my opinion is dead now.

[@samuelsmith2599]

You from Chicago?

[@hbahoo]

@@samuelsmith2599 nope from Baghdad!

[@hbahoo]

@@samuelsmith2599 Oh I see, you mean Chicago, is comparable to this?

[@romanpyatibratov4361]

@@samuelsmith2599 nice one! xD

[@russkayaimperiya4918]

@@hbahoo Chicago’s nickname is “Chiraq” i think you get it

[@byg2na249]

My dad has those same cards, he is a cargo loader for the C130, C17, and C5 galaxy. He loaded cargo in planes in Iraq. On his free time he played those cards with his friends. He also had a Xbox 360 where he played CoD Modern Warfare 2. I guess they played a lot of war based games.

[@thelvl1bandit345]

ah yes, the CoD to PTSD pipeline..... my generation is all too familiar

[@bartsussygaming487]

I mean, you gotta get that PTSD away somehow. Even if it means role-playing as a badass American unit in a war game.

[@Serena_Eve]

My dad was a tech sergeant / flight engineer for the C5 galaxy exclusively. Makes me happy to see “fred” mentioned in anything. He was deployed during this time and came back with a pack of those cards that I still have.

[@YuriDyatlovYD]

Bro these videos are SICK!!! The intro was so cool! Very informative!

[@automotivegarcia1]

I was in high school when this war started, my friend was in Iraq. Talk about being apart of history.

[@anthonykatsivalis224]

Yeah, I too busy being born during that time

[@anthonykatsivalis224]

@Jake Stockton I mean I’m not THAT young, I mean still got the youth in me, I’m only 18, but what I do have is a news paper my dad saved that says “SADDAM HUSSEIN DEAD” on it and it’s pretty cool

[@dalic24]

So you were part of history because you know some one that went to Iraq while you were sitting and home doing nothing 🤔 f off dude you were as much part of this history as billion's of people around the world sitting at home and relaxing while others were daying for you. So stop it you were not part of nothing

[@automotivegarcia1]

@@dalic24 I don't have to explain anything to you.

[@KaijuMobsta]

@@dalic24 😂 you look like a clown.

[@JG54206]

It’s ridiculous that we can no longer have videos that accurately talk about historical events without pushing a narrative that someone insists everyone believe in.

[@EVANOISTAKEN]

What even is that narrative ? Forgetting the past ?

[@d4tas42]

@@EVANOISTAKEN leftist/jewish narrative

[@leonlawson2196]

@@d4tas42 lol @ the nazi

[@knicks5426]

@@d4tas42 Jewish narrative? Are you a conspiracy theorist? I’ve heard of the idea that the Jews hold high power but l... it seems stupid to push a narrative to forget the past

[@ernestjones8618]

@@d4tas42 Facts? Where is your evidence

[@ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e]

Yeah, I was one of those that went over there and lost friends for absolutely no reason other than our corporations' profits in 04-05. Still enrages me to this day. Some sickening stuff.

[@shamasyasinahmad3563]

Blame bush the liar he took Iraq because he wanted the oil

[@Capronice]

I am sorry you went through all of that. I am in my fifties . Knowing what I know now I would never fight for our country. I don’t trust our government at all. We are all being manipulated. Our own politics are destroying this country.

[@lifes40123]

The 2000s combat uniforms has the image of bush

[@ultimatetadpole9607]

So many people died in a completely unjustified war. Iraq still hasn't fully recovered and it's the normal working class people who suffer for the decisions on unaccountable elites.

[@uncharted7againblackking256]

My dad said as a black man don't join the army now I definitely know why now lol yep and that saying the Russians laugh at American is now even more true

[@rainbowtractor]

Let’s be clear. KZbin doesn’t “ban” that content. It’s disingenuous to say that. They instead won’t monetize the video with advertisers, which makes sense! Companies don’t want their ads to come up during a video about 9/11. There’s such a thing called negative association!

[@motorTranz]

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana

[@chrysler5thavenue822]

That suits googles political position perfectly.

[@norfcarolinadude8179]

Just because someone said something doesn't mean it's true. Regimes aren't created by people not knowing that a militarized state is bad, regimes are usually created by exploiting the people, be it through how the Germans did it, they were angry about the losses during WW1 and were in debt because of the amount of money they had to pay, Hitler comes in saying that he can fix everything and the people need someone to follow.

[@callumrae5769]

The amount of times I’ve seen that on cod

[@dazbeal5438]

probably why i keep drunkenly waking up in a police cell

[@boyc3_]

wasnt this a death quote in MW2

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

The censored parts are hilarious itself

[@SF-li9kh]

I didn't understand it. What does KZbin mind about this? It's the truth isn't it?

[@staC-wh6ik]

@@SF-li9kh random weirdos might flag the video and if it contains certain words the youtube algorithm might demonetize it.

[@kevin22105]

Timestamp ?

[@darealist690]

@@kevin22105 4:06

[@Juicy_wiwi]

@@SF-li9kh idk they just don't want people to talk about 9/11 and Foreign Terror Organizations

[@lordofthehouseofstormcrows8615]

I served in Iraq in 2010-2011... I was in Al-Anbar province from Ramadi west. Some of the most desolate and beautiful scenery on the planet. Sure, the western desert sucks..but along the Euphrates..Such green surrounded by a brown infinite. The summer was hot (130 degrees Farenheit) but the spring and fall were awesome. I spent an entire year there, and I will forever have respect for Iraq and its culture. Remember everyone...this is ancient Sumeria..part of the fertile crescent. Land of 2 of history's most sacred rivers! What a place to wonder and wander. Maybe 1 day.

[@lordofthehouseofstormcrows8615]

@@xunqianbaidu6917 thank you for helping me...realize that I cannot speak a da engrish.

[@lordofthehouseofstormcrows8615]

@@xunqianbaidu6917 in all seriousness, thank you for correcting me. I refuse to use spell/grammar check. I hope all is well with you.

[@thundershirt1]

Thank you for your service

[@EricToTheScionti]

Wander for one day? Like dont stay more than 24 hours?

[@EricToTheScionti]

@@lordofthehouseofstormcrows8615 you sound fine.

[@InfoBlox762]

We need to campaign to KZbin publicly to get them to uncensor this one and other videos.

[@InfoBlox762]

@@xunqianbaidu6917 its a suggestion

[@InfoBlox762]

@@xunqianbaidu6917 i dont care

[@franzm.8940]

It wasn't censorship or a ban. It was self-censorship pushed by completly misguided YT demonitazation policy. Similar outcome, but still big qualitative difference to fullout ban on that kind of content. Armchair historian unfortunately fails to clarify in his disclaimer. If it was fullout censorship, the video couldn't be uploaded at all. But it can be, at least without ads. Of course and understandably, Armchair can't because they have to refinance production. So overall bad for education about controversial content. But censorship is not the right label here.

[@sandrohernandez4401]

@@InfoBlox762 you literally said it is a campaign...

[@MaksimKozakov]

History should never be censored.

[@michaelday5605]

The animation quality, storytelling, and presentation in this videos is incredible. Great job!

[@vynca596]

I like how KZbin actively does everything in there power to ruin all the content on their platform

[@user-dd8vo7or2d]

NGL Desert Storm poker cards look hella neat

[@bonnieprincecharlie3566]

Desert Storm pokemon cards when?

[@user-dd8vo7or2d]

@@bonnieprincecharlie3566 Gonna get my limited 1st edition star foil Saddam Hussein Pikachu

[@bonnieprincecharlie3566]

@@user-dd8vo7or2d I'm gonna get a scratchy shiny Abid Hamid Mahmud

[@OzoneLead]

I'm gonna browse and link it if I find it.

[@EricToTheScionti]

They sold them in gas stations at the time

[@GeorgeZaharia]

this is the biggest use of Spine animation i ever seen, this channel is how skeletal and mesh animations should be used. Amazing work guys.

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Mission Accomplished* *may experience unforeseen consequences

[@alessiodelcastillo1613]

*Isis and Al-Qaeda have entered Iraq*

[@widgetcardau218]

consequences: 1.milions of iraqi civilains dead 2. 5.6 trillion dollars of American taxpayer money flushed down the tioleit 3. saw the creation of isis 4.increased cia spying 5. america losing its repuation 6.increased islamphoia

[@alessiodelcastillo1613]

@@widgetcardau218 The destabilization of the Middle East too

[@widgetcardau218]

@@alessiodelcastillo1613 oh yeah forgot about that

[@ZTOXZZ]

@@widgetcardau218 nah america stay winning we dont give a poo about are rep. cuz all of u rely on us.

[@filipnielsen1000]

Please do a video on Syria. It’s extremely relevant today. Love the good work

[@sheluvsaaron1178]

Waiting

[@dannehcocoa3445]

These animations are so cool! I never really was one to pay attention in history class, but your videos are so amazing and well made that I was sucked into them. I've been binging these videos for three days now, I love them so much.

[@luciach9742]

The fact that he can't even say the things he wants from 4:00-5:10 is very telling who's in the wrong here.

[@TimDutch]

Watching this quickly so i have seen it before it get's deleted :)

[@darrel9928]

Wdym?

[@sapphiredragon8149]

@@darrel9928 when armchair would post stuff like this, it would get deleted by KZbin for “violating their rules”, which is not true

[@OldHickoryTN]

Real talk

[@KaiserStormTracking]

@@sapphiredragon8149 this is history. Is youtube suppressing history

[@sid2112]

@@KaiserStormTracking yes.

[@str2010]

Last time I was this early, KZbin still had some common sense

[@raptordoniv6779]

So never

[@spicey4522]

Dude, I just binged all of generation kill and you just released this

[@JackMueller23]

"At least my mom took me to NASCAR!"

[@sam8742]

@@JackMueller23 "MORE LIKE TROMBLEY!"

[@cameronstuart1397]

"THAT HEMLET WASN'T YOURS TO LOSE! IT BELONGED TO THIS UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS! IT BELONGED TO EVERY MARINE!"

[@josephpelletier9494]

POLICE THAT MOOSTACHE!!!

[@adammorgan7874]

It’s ridiculous that you have to censor history. Thank you for these well made productions.

[@RenerDeCastro]

And Six Days in Fallujah, coincidentally, just got un-cancelled.

[@weirdofromhalo]

Wow, thanks for the info.

[@weirdofromhalo]

@@DrTiggy666 Looks great

[@deiongoldsmith515]

They released a new trailer too 👀👀

[@proletariapricotf155]

Looks like another shameless propaganda puff piece intended to garner sympathy for black water mercenaries. No thanks lol

[@justanotherrandomfilipino9018]

Of course, the bloody communist doesn't like it 😂

[@TaihouLoyalist]

What has the Coalition achieved in Iraq? -Civilian Protests -Ethnic Cleansings -Rise of terrorist organizations -Civil War -More destabilizations -Rise of the Islamic State or Caliphate -Iraq preferring Iran over the US

[@zealord9399]

Despite the bad achievement.Politically,the situation get what the Usa government and politicians want in the end because right now iraq are a part of us allies and usa get to place their military base in iraq without problem or opposition from the iraq government.This is disgusting honestly since they killed innocent live of both iraq and us soldier to get what they want

[@badluck5647]

@@zealord9399 The death toll between the US and Iraq was minimum. The vast majority of deaths were cause by opportunists Iraqis killing their neighbors over petty differences. Just look at at how the number of casualties grew exponentially after Obama withdrew US troops.

[@classunknown]

More like beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep

[@looinrims]

Sorry anime pfp, not exactly a well thought out conclusion

[@DoctorDeath147]

@@looinrims 1. It's not anime 2. Who asked? 3. Who hurt you?

[@MMOchAForPrez]

Griffin is going to lose his mind when he finds out KZbin doesn't like content with too many censor bleeps either 😂

[@TheWizardGamez]

the censored words at the start of the video is "terrorist" for those who didn't get it

[@patrick7137]

My father was a Sgt. in the U.S. Army National Guard at the time of the 2003 Invasion and even as a child, I can remember that set of cards with the Iraqi generals and ministers on our coffee table. Unreal man. Thank you for all your great videos sir!

[@reclusiarchgrimaldus1269]

@مستر كلك بيت + Romans 10:9-10 "That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved."

[@reclusiarchgrimaldus1269]

@مستر كلك بيت Are you saved by Jesus Christ, my friend?

[@patrick7137]

@مستر كلك بيت Thank you for sharing your experience, sounds like one crazy evening for sure!

[@lionelmartinez9090]

My father was deployed over their he was in the us army

[@mahmood6149]

@@reclusiarchgrimaldus1269 Every muslim is saved by Jesus Christ because he is one of our most important prophets.

[@Christopher-bx8qs]

I haven’t watched an Armchair production in a while and I’m so glad I clicked on this. Reignited my interest and definitely getting the armchair tv subscription now

[@yousufalmusawi2565]

As an Iraqi born in Baghdad, watching this reminded me of how good we were doing before the war. Iraq was a Beautiful country with a people of great pride. We would have multiple visitors from libya, Syria and Egypt looking for work in Iraq. Our currency was almost double the value of the US dollar. Sure life was a tiny bit unfair due to some of Saddams policies however they were far outweighed by the incredible feats he achieved as president. Whoever doesn't miss the saddam Era has no heart, but Whoever wants it back has no brain.

[@moritamikamikara3879]

If there ever was a time to do it, I'd say it's probably now. Do it for your country man, you'd be helping them as much as yourself.

[@Choclet_08]

Don't be sad be happy because it happened

[@burningphoenix6679]

Saddam committed genocide against Kurds and other ethnic groups. He also got hundreds of thousands of his people killed in his imperialist wars against Iran and Kuwait. He was a complete monster

[@kestutisvaiciunas8663]

So... it's worse right now before Saddam, or better? Why do people who want it back "have no brain"? Shouldn't it be the opposite if it was better? I know you used that statement like Putin did about the USSR, but the USSR was awful and we are all better off now without it, except Ukraine, of course...

[@oliveradams1270]

Love your backgrounds and animations

[@PearlySharkie]

Me: *saw the censored part* Also me: “My happiness has reduced” (Timestamp: 4:06)

[@chickennuggets8685]

what

[@texastaxes6016]

Timestamps please?

[@VeryVeryConfused]

Not much he can do about it, KZbin is kind of idiotic

[@kevin22105]

Timestamp ?

[@PearlySharkie]

I have edit the comment to have timestamp

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

Comment section is gonna be as violent as this conflict

[@texastaxes6016]

The Iraq war is reenacted in the comment section

[@staC-wh6ik]

nah, just full of oil-related jokes

[@0g0mogosepikworld31]

No they are just complaining about censorship

[@MrCat-sl6zf]

it's internet, where you can dump garbage as without any damg to environment

[@ItsHimBro]

@@0g0mogosepikworld31 And people are arguing about said censorship.

[@Raicopium]

Nice animations bro keep it up

[@josiptito7130]

*History that actually teaches important stuff shows up* KZbin: Ban *sexual clickbait that can give our computers viruses shows up * KZbin: ok your good

[@franzm.8940]

It wasn't censorship or a ban. It was self-censorship pushed by completly misguided YT demonitazation policy. Similar outcome, but still big qualitative difference to fullout ban on that kind of content. Armchair historian unfortunately fails to clarify in his disclaimer. If it was fullout censorship, the video couldn't be uploaded at all. But it can be, at least without ads. Of course and understandably, Armchair can't because they have to refinance production. So overall bad for education about controversial content. But censorship is not the right label here.

[@DIN0911-]

@@franzm.8940 sure it may not be full on censorship but taking away revenue from these content creators who make videos like the armchair historians is a good way to discourage this kind of content from being made.

[@franzm.8940]

@@DIN0911- you are certainly right. But YT, if pushing monetized videos, does the same as newspaper editors who decide on the cover story that increases sales. Just as Newspapers, YT is not a public platform but a private profit-oriented company with some public function. So in case of this vid it´s (bad) editorial decisions, rather than censorship. So I fully understand anybodies critique about i.e. demonitization of controversial and educational content, but expecting YT to act "altruistically" is simply contradicted by its capitalist nature. Even if you don't pay, it's not for free. It´s primarily about ads and sales, and not democracy and unrestricted freedom to information. Most people using YT, or FB or any of these platforms misunderstand that.

[@DIN0911-]

@@franzm.8940 You are also certainly right and, thanks for clarifying your point to me since I'm pretty sure I misunderstood your point earlier.

[@bobshenix]

@@franzm.8940 They don't want people even mentioning the "War on Terror" because when the words are uttered it is usually in a sarcastic manner... ie everyone knows it's BULLSHIT!!!!

[@azaun6916]

Can we just appreciate how good this guy's animation is

[@awfan221]

Everything is good about this page. It should have millions of subscribers

[@simobojanic6223]

Is a fucking US Bellshill You kill so many people for no reason Hope someday someone wipe out all us

[@KaijuMobsta]

Let’s take a moment to appreciate this is free🤜🏼🤛🏼 thank you for what you do man

[@SuperEman500]

I appreciate dad for invading back in 2003, USMC.

[@bailey-johnasquith237]

Good video . Its good to see as my dad served with the royal engineers in 2005 and 2006

[@MrSnake551]

With that bit of British forces up close I was staring at the guns for about 5 minutes and realised it was animated and was in fact the best SA80 the animator could do

[@Sjcb99]

I gotta say the artists for the channel are really putting out bangers

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Therapist: Leonardo DiSamio isn't real, he can't hurt you Leonardo DiSamio: 28:42 Even the US admitted that Saddam's intelligence organization Mukhabarat was effective in its methods and kept radicals in check. And while Saddam had a religious devotion to Islam and used it for the regime's legitimacy (which immediately backfired when the Ba'ath seized control in 1968 when they re-wrote the constitution with several references to Islam; religious leaders clashed with the Ba'athists because of their different interpretations and thus the constitution was rewritten once again in 1970 to remove all those references), it is important to note that he acknowledged the Christians. After all, they were there before the introduction of Islam. The Christians during his era lived good lives, as long as they stayed out of the way. Because of this, they did well economically. They became lawyers, doctors, and engineers. The regime kept a lid on anti-Christian violence, too. His deputy prime minister, Tariq Aziz, was also a Christian

[@Longlius]

True but US officials were also still haunted by the breakup of Yugoslavia. Christians might not be an enemy today, but once the Sunni pacified the Shi'a majority, there was a good indication that the Christians would be at the top of the list. I'm not wholly convinced that they took the right course, but pretending that Saddam's regime was some kind of good deal for Christians in the long run is a little naive. No country that persecutes a religious minority can be safe for any religious minority.

[@jackthorton10]

Action had to be taken... otherwise what would we have done otherwise

[@Voucher765]

Although Iraqi Freedom was a huge success since we toppled Saddam's government the whole point of occupying the country and continuing the war in that region seemed pretty pointless because Bush's claims of WMDs being stored within the country were completely false and furthermore the insurgency would cost lots of American lives for another decade before pulling out.

[@julioschiller6613]

I happened to come across your channel in the recommended videos section and boy am I glad to have seen your video. The production is so great and the way you explain in detaill what happened is so amazing. I'm definitely subscribing to the channel.

[@NoName-sb9tp]

Lesson of the day? Never let the CIA to rebuild a country you just crush

[@josephstalin9604]

Maturity is when you realise that CIA is the biggest terror organization.

[@trissuke2191]

Imagine the PTSD the A-10 pilot who killed 6 marines got 😣

[@Champs55]

Always got to come back to this every now and then

[@gobblox38]

I was in basic training when the Iraq war started. At the time I was in favor for it since that meant I’d experience combat. From the little bit of information I could get, it was looking like it would all end before I finished AIT. And yeah, that happened. Little did I know, a year later I would be patrolling the outskirts of Baghdad. As mentioned in the video, I had no idea why the Iraqis would reject a democratic system. The leadership would push the “hearts and minds” thing that none of us believed. We were not at all the proper type of force for that kind of mission. All of us were trained for a high intensity conventional fight, we typically acted like that too. The army would change as time went on. The mindset shifted to counter insurgency and low intensity warfare. It got to the point that while in Korea, several soldiers would question why we were training for a fight there rather than Iraq. They did not understand why the US was in Korea nor did they consider that they might have to fight a war in the region. By the time 2011 rolled around, I was of the opinion that we should have never gotten involved in Iraq. While my fellow soldiers insisted that “we were winning” I argued otherwise, pointing out the fact the state of Afghanistan which we were seeing with our own eyes. How different would the world be if the invasion of Iraq never happened?

[@Kaanfight]

This is such an interesting perspective, thanks for sharing

[@gardeniabrune2125]

It's truly amazing that you served in the war and were a supporter of the war, then later reflected and changed your views. Its really difficult to do. Also, thank you for your service!

[@sartajparveen2001]

Did you find the answer to why the Iraqis rejected the democratic system ?

[@gobblox38]

@sartajparveen2407 as far as I understand, Iraq is currently a democracy. As to why certain segments of the population rejected democracy back then, I'm sure some groups felt like they'd lose power. Other groups felt they had more to gain by making democracy fail. Some groups didn't care, they simply wanted chaos.

[@sartajparveen2001]

@@gobblox38 I won't say Iraq has a healthy democracy. Even Iraqi citizens say that "earlier we had one Saddam now we have thousands". I wanted to know the perspective of someone who has spent time in Iraq because I have a theory, every society has its own history that has influenced the mindset of the society. Some concepts of one society are incompatible with other societies.

[@정민강-r1s]

I don't have a idea why the hell has this channel obtained 1,220,000 subscribers only. Every content is so well organized and constituted. This channel deserves to receive much much more subscribers!

[@zainkhalil21]

Maybe cuz more than 50% of what he said is out of context, misunderstood, orientalist rubbish.

[@ember2933]

Take a long look at the Infographics Show, worse than mediocre animation, inconsistent and mostly bad art and some of their videos have surface level or almost no research, take a look at the worst of their sins, a video named "DOOM Eternal Invasion but it's Against the US Army", quite literally no research was done and their art and animation is just horrid and inconsistent with both the characters and background. Guess what? These underserving ingrates are taking all the views from creators who put genuine effort in in making consistent quality content. They've even made an SCP channel and take views away from creators who make leagues better illustrated and sounding content than their subpar rubbish. It disappoints me that the KZbin algorithm is supporting them.

[@lunatic_nebula9542]

@@zainkhalil21 alright than show me where

[@Gutbomber]

@@zainkhalil21 wow!!

[@reginomics23]

My uncle died in Khalidaliyah on December 7th, 2004.It's sad in a world such as today that the word "terrorism." I stepped on an IED in 2014, June 7th, 10 years later in Iraq. I still think to this day, I almost ended up the same way Unc did. Was the invasion of Iraq justified? Peace and love

[@darklordofyocommunitah4781]

Make sure you apply for your VA disability benefits.

[@Jannat-gb5ir]

Me being an Iraqi😢 My bday being on December 7th 💀

[@ashvandal5697]

Coming here from the days of the 22-23 Russian invasion of Ukraine, I can think of two very good rules of thumb for all heads of state in the future. 1: no more wars of aggression. Let’s try that. 2: anyone in the war planning stage that says “the people will greet us as liberators and help us” should be automatically relieved of their positions and summarily dismissed from civilian/military leadership.

[@needfood3052]

I was 8 years old when this war started....im now 26 and its STILL going on...I never really understood what was going on because schools in the US don't really teach as they should. But I'm here to learn, we need to make sure history doesn't repeat itself...

[@writingref]

We officially left Iraq in 2011-2012, the Afghanistan War continued until this year. We, as Americans, have a manifest destiny where we believe everyone should be free - and have fought hard to spread it. Only, not everyone wants our brand of freedom, and it becomes a moral quandary as to if and when we should force it on them. We destabilized an entire region in the effort - which was bad, and we may have succeeded in Afghanistan if 100 percent of our resources were focused there. (And we tried for ten years post Iraq and still failed). That's why we can't go fight in Ukraine, as much as we would love to. We are only a little concerned about the nukes - but we are most concerned about the Russian people learning the truth of their leadership. If we defined Ukraine, the Russian people would only be convinced of the lies of their leader. I suppose my point is, we HAVE learned a little.

[@seaofroses8888]

Exactly, I had heard about the war, but they didn't teach me about it in school. I had to research on my own .In fact, my father "served" I cringe typing that word.

[@MrBobinski1]

@@seaofroses8888 We are told that we fight for "democracy", but what that really means is to install friendly governments and spread American influence and open new markets and resources. MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX. America is the largest arms supplier in the world. Not to mention VP cheney at the time was really tight with Blackwater and contractors. Wars benefit war industry, contractors and corportaions looking to expand markets. Unless the United States is invaded, probably isn't worth any of the lives of us peasants. It's all about the dollar bills yall. Whatever else they tell you is probably a lie. Our government is corrupt and ran by cooperations. We are the dispensable middle class that gets to fight their wars and spill our blood for profits. And the exporter of extremist Islam is actually the Saudis, where Bin Laden was from and not Iraq. Sorry for the rant brother.

[@nottodaywillj2723]

Perfect Timing, just uploaded after the end of my online class.

[@danielalasoo2930]

Which uni do you study at?

[@nottodaywillj2723]

@@danielalasoo2930 this quite embarrassing, but Im actually a high school student

[@TheOnlyNTRO]

@@danielalasoo2930 Providence College gang represent

[@Matthew-qx3dh]

It’s hard to understand the concept when theres 20,000 censorship beeps

[@Sarahbryson321]

Is this a complaint? Complain to youtube themself they made him do this.

[@DansEVRvids]

It was about the 9/11 attacks and osama bin laden

[@joshb4898]

Not really, the words bleeped out we're "terror", "9/11 attacks", "Al Queada" etc, pretty easy to infer considering the subject matter tbh

[@tissuepaper9962]

@@joshb4898 so you're saying it's easy to guess if you _already know the history?_ What a helpful comment...

[@thelvl1bandit345]

its a marketing strategy on armchair's part. He can talk about 9/11 and al-qaeda, its not against youtube's rules haha (people are literally talking about it in the comments); hes just choosing not to, in an effort to drive traffic to his website also a publisher (youtube) setting publishing guidelines for published content isnt CeNsOrShIp

[@louissanderson719]

At 12:30, I believe the British Pathfinders played a crucial role in providing the US marines with intelligence. Which helped them move forward