America's Wars in the Middle East (Full Documentary)

[@TheArmchairHistorian]

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[@michaelsamuel9841]

Appreciate it I followed your videos from ww1 to ww2 and I been waiting for war on terrorism. Keep up the good work 💯

[@mate6049]

Please release the Russo-Ukranian war 2024 summary as soon as possible please.🎉🎉🎉🫡🫡🫡🫡

[@m.abusada]

The US occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan, which led to the destruction of the two countries and killing, wounding and displacement of millions unjustly and aggressively, in addition to the atrocities committed in US prisons such as killing, rape , torture and humiliation like Abu Ghraib, Bagram and Guantanamo. All of this in order to steal Arab oil, dominate over the Middle East and support the genocidal Israeli occupation in Palestine, It is America's losing war that will lead to the fall of its empire that lasted from 1950s.

[@jewishlifematters]

i like your videos, i would like a video about the Barbary wars etc. also maybe more ancient history, such as the roman conquest in the middle east, or the Punic Wars etc.

[@64videosgunner]

ground news is the most too good to be true service i have ever seen lmaooo

[@iansanchez331]

Born too late to deploy to the middle east. Born too early to deploy to the middle east. Born just in time to deploy to the middle east

[@Nico_N.]

😂😂

[@26michaeluk]

I literally fought in both wars, Iraq twice. All i have to show for it is a prosthetic left foot, insomnia because of the nightmares, severe tinnitus and crippling PTS. GREAT TIMES.

[@ToiletBowl-fi5vm]

Did you atleast get compensated a littke bit by the state for that?

[@guraminiro]

I am really sad for you man and wishing you the best! but to be honest i am more sympathetic with your victims.

[@_x__q]

You type like someone much younger.

[@26michaeluk]

@_x__q be that as it may I'm 41.

[@lllllliiillllll]

why'd you join?

[@marcwhitlock5002]

Using Saddam's South Park caricature will never get old.

[@MaclovioJLopez]

Character is the correct word to make sense?

[@Armoredcompany]

@@MaclovioJLopez nope, he got it right. The definition of caricature is "a picture, description, or imitation of a person in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect."

[@Jarulara]

@@Armoredcompanyidk looks just like him to me ;)

[@Armoredcompany]

@ Yeah its supposed to, if it didn't look like the intended person, then it would not qualify as a caricature.

[@Jarulara]

@ lol you’re missing the silliness from me and the other commenter. We know it’s a charicture but we are being insulting towards him by saying it looks just like him

[@guydreamr]

So if you're ever feeling useless, just remember the US spent over $1,000,000,000,000 and twenty years in Afghanistan to replace the Taliban with...the Taliban.

[@joshuafrimpong244]

They also financed them, so add more cash to that

[@ContentEnjoyer-gm3ky]

Not what I would use. That’s tame compared to billions more on the Iran deal, an international drag show program, and aiding the war in Ukraine that could have been averted.

[@guydreamr]

@ContentEnjoyer-gm3ky "International drag show program" WTF did I just read? Are you enjoying liking your own comments by the way? 😂

[@Your_local_Nevadian_resident]

Yeah...so,there is a tax for that

[@_x__q]

Winning is not the point.

[@That-guy-there1]

As an American it always saddens me to see how much we wasted on this war, the money we could have spent on our people, the wasted years of war with two countries who didn't attack us, and above all else the real trauma we caused to the untold number of Iraqi and Afghani people, and to our own soldiers. Being a kid and seeing all this history happen on the news was wild, but it was even crazier to become an adult and still having these wars still going on. All for nothing.

[@Aiman-hw9ev]

the war is not for us average people, its for the rich

[@Melhimri]

After iraq repeatedly refused to cooperate with weapons inspectors? That's not what the weapons inspectors said. That's what GWB and the rest of the neocons said.

[@collin6728]

Exactly what i came here to say

[@carn941]

Iraq denied entry to the inspectors in 1998 and did not allow them back into the country until 2002

[@Melhimri]

@carn941 the latter was the time being discussed in the video - pre 2003 invasion

[@akinolafolarinoguntuase]

There weren't no weapons of mass destruction. Besides, chemical weapons have a shelf life.

[@ifuttbucks]

@@akinolafolarinoguntuase Chemical weapons can last a very, very long time if stored correctly.

[@expocleaner4611]

I’m sure the comment section will be civil, friendly, and especially unbiased.

[@TheCoolBananaMan-rv2my]

This place is going to be the average who’s the best for new Vegas fallout new Vegas discussion

[@lyevdiegocalani6742]

I just loved the Saddam in south park art style

[@Just_a_turtle_chad]

More people need to educate themselves about the history of the Middle East, to build a clearer picture of how the Americans get involved in every major crisis in the region.

[@celestialsatheist1535]

America will get involve anyhow. We are a superpower

[@500ccRabbit]

Too many people just say "oil" and don't get the whole picture

[@rtasvadam1776]

@@500ccRabbit Of course its the internet. Historical events happen for one reason and one reason only,

[@twistedyogert]

Or why their defense spending is so high. It's expensive being the world's police force.

[@TheDigitalApple]

@@500ccRabbitor they wrongly blame Israel.

[@quamtum5619]

Here are the timestamps of the individual videos! 00:12 The 1990 Persian Golf War 21:50 The 2001 Invasion of Afghanistan 36:13 The 2003 Invasion of Iraq 53:56 The 2004 Battle of Fallujah 1:13:40 The conflict in Iraq 1:26:22 The 2020 evacuation of Afghanistan

[@09tiger54]

those are the public wars only, operation timber sycamore.

[@psiklops71]

2025 Taliban still has Afghanistan ISIS has Syria ... the ISIS just changed his cloths to western Wear

[@ContentEnjoyer-gm3ky]

*2021 close. But off

[@Syrianmapper1]

Thank you so much

[@InmyMindInmyEyestheLoveweshare]

2021*

[@G59forlife.]

This is a great video to listen to while I craft 1,357 Dwarven bows in Skyrim to level up my smithing skill 😀

[@Mohamedistan_offical95]

Same but i steal guitars in notoriety

[@gamingtrashcan9030]

lol i was editing and said "yep."

[@brian6070]

Touch grass lil bro

[@G59forlife.]

@@brian6070isn’t that the green stuff on the ground outside in Skyrim? Never knew that was actually real

[@InterrogatorchaplainAsmodai]

I usually dupe gold for rings

[@Tno_is_a_great_mod]

The sheer effort you put into these videos are amazing! Definitely signing up for armchair TV.

[@crikerstudios]

w name

[@ghostdiv7sion194]

Great job, we want more long documentaries like this.

[@aaronblank2318]

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[@Farkmetal]

It’s sad that KZbin tries to inhibit people from simply studying history. They should make a new general video app like yt. I think armchair tv app will be a big deal for people searching for history research

[@KyleLarsen-bw5hw]

Thanks for such a nice long video that was interesting all the way through- loved the pace you kept up through each conflict felt orderly and coherent.

[@ndplayed]

I’m a simple man. I see Armchair Historian, I click.

[@balabanasireti]

Shut up or write something original

[@stefanpelzer5156]

facten

[@briane.cabrera4272]

Ja

[@Dioneh-qi9pb]

Saddam Hussien committed genocide against the Kurds

[@Hrkmi12]

The only 1 hour long video i will watch this year's 👌

[@epiceducation867]

Excluding the unskipable ads💀

[@Warcriminal843]

Excluding the live streams

[@mathijeba5375]

CIA's search history : how to make youtubers Dissapear

[@Numba003]

I quite enjoy these long supercut documentaries. Thank you for each individual video and the collective whole. It's interesting getting to look back on it now after seeing news of these conflicts all the time while growing up. God be with you out there, everybody. ✝️ :)

[@eduardofernandes8155]

This is like “Middle East: The Epic”

[@michaellynes3540]

Hearing this video uncensored is like music to my ears.

[@PearlFox-ss6lc]

Great video as always

[@Tunnils]

Thank you so much for this content

[@codysing1223]

32:16 Can't unsee cave fighting as Pac-man now.

[@William-c2o]

“I am your father”-Persian empire

[@Mohamedistan_offical95]

Iraq:nuh uh

[@William-c2o]

@ Good

[@rahwan1]

actually Iraq is the father , civilization started in Iraq

[@William-c2o]

@ ok 👍

[@thomasaungst7475]

Babylon must be granddad then

[@hongshi8251]

Very enjoyable. Thanks

[@tomsu2517]

love your long video🎉🎉🎉

[@jacquelinebundala2806]

Another day, another banger video from Armchair historian. Dude i have been digging your vids since 2018 when i was in sixth. Thanks for educating us about world history and keep it up bro👍❤

[@Vickran]

Currently using this as background noise while I paint 40k models, life could be worse!

[@stalinnotballen7592]

Interesting would recommend this video pretty good

[@ZorroOfTheLaw]

thanks for recommending this video.

[@xannyed1248]

Thanks

[@mesohornay]

Thnx good recommendation

[@stalinnotballen7592]

@ZorroOfTheLaw no problem

[@gamingtrashcan9030]

thanks for recommending this video.

[@NoahJohnson1981]

I went from seeing this in my feed to clicking it in about .1 seconds

[@HistStory-ns]

Fascinating documentary! The detailed breakdown of the Gulf War events and Saddam’s invasion of Kuwait is both informative and captivating. Thanks for presenting history so clearly!

[@severalwolves]

I was in college during the lead up to lraq, and I remember the drumming up of the war cause was so ubiquitous and pernicious. There was a concerted effort between the neocon admin and an obsequious mainstream media, but the case they made seemed so flimsy (it was largely predicated on overt nationaIism and retribution - a terrible combo - and questionable intelligence). Anytime I brought this up though I got called “unamerican” and a “t-ist sympathizer.” Within a few years, however, the whole WMD narrative fell apart and the war become unpopular, and all those people suddenly got reaaaaal quiet haha. Unfortunately no one faced any consequences, and I don’t think the population learned any lessons about groupthink or uncritically going along with popular sentiments.

[@RickStar5672]

Sadly the establishment always prevail. But we just have to see Trump administration combat this. Whether you like him or not he is anti-establishment, an outsider to Washington DC political elites both democrat and republicans like in cases where Bush and Obama administration got us deeply in the middle east(Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and Syria wars)

[@anonymousperson9735]

You pretty much described MAGA in that last paragraph. Lol.

[@enriqueperezarce5485]

@@anonymousperson9735Isn’t MAGA anti-war, they literally are the ones who have their leader wanting to end wars

[@RickStar5672]

@@anonymousperson9735 you must be actually joking. That is literally the Bush and Obama administration. Trump is anti-establishment and against the Military-Industrial Complex whether you like him or not. Bush got us into Iraq and Afghanistan while Obama got us involved in Libya and Syria(he was actually get CIA to invade Syria).

[@RickStar5672]

@@anonymousperson9735 fake news. That was Obama and Bush administrations

[@nolakillabeast]

I don't think Ive ever see better on youtube. Insane quality.

[@sujalchhetry6151]

Brother you've made a lot of videos about almost country involved in a major conflict along with various famous regiments all around the world however I'm eagerly hoping you'd make a video about the Gurkhas letting the public know the sacrifices made by the Gurkhas in every major conflict that has happened. I hope you'll make a video about them. Im eagerly waiting for it.

[@DoktarRaven]

What a great video to listen to while grinding on some random game.

[@Ahartic]

Gwot was the weirdest phase in military history oat

[@braydenchan302]

It’s kinda crazy to think that it’s only been 4 years since it ended

[@Tobi-ln9xr]

It wasn’t a "real“ war. The most powerful countries in the world teaming up against shepherds in sandals is nothing compared to traditional wars like we see in Ukraine right now.

[@Ahartic]

@@Tobi-ln9xr I dont care for your opinion nor was it requested

[@jaif7327]

@@braydenchan302 it hasnt ended and will never end because it isnt on an actual visible enemy but on a set of ideologies that serves themselves by global revolution

[@gmoder100]

@@Tobi-ln9xrthose guys in sandals and black pajamas were a lot more well armed and well trained than people like to imagine. It wasn’t just stone age farmers with AKs.

[@Swimant]

That is a very general take and perspective. “Not good enough” This is true at the absolute minimum.

[@FloopyNupers]

1:46 genius move with the South Park puns bro. Chefs kiss 💋😘

[@Ctpulcher1216]

1:01:39 My father was part of the armored unit sent to reinforce the marines during their house to house fighting, at the time I believe he was the gunner on an M1 Abrams

[@TwistinDibblys]

Kuwait: pay us back Sadam: You need a rest, guy !

[@dansmith4077]

Great video thank you awesome channel

[@imperial_soldat]

We need "WWI but from Bulgarian perspective". Great video whatsoever!

[@Specops915]

The South Park references are OUTFKNSTANDING!!! "Hey relax guy, look over there!" -Saddam Hussein

[@ChinaBallOfficial]

4:31 You know what else is massive

[@floppy_disk_5]

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[@PrisonEscapeV2Bandit]

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[@holyskittles_6182]

MY MOMMM

[@ChinaBallOfficial]

@@floppy_disk_5 moderate taper fade

[@ShaiYammanee]

A very interesting video. I would hold off on the South Park animations though. It undermines the legitimacy of the information you are sharing. But, apart from that, this was a very good condensed summary of what happened in this war.

[@indra8188]

great series. it would be nice if if you connected them is a more seamless manner to make it one cohesive documentary rather than a series of videos made years apart. Just changing the intros, dropping introductions and getting rid of recaps would go along way. New voice over commentary on reused animation or b roll to bring the different topics together. Could be a real magnum opus

[@tjadams8]

Love the French joke at 9:13 .. at least they didn't surrender. & What religion is Thacker? 🤣

[@notjarek237]

25:52 awesome use of some Mechicancus osts

[@Mark-gg6iy]

‘The Charlie Rose Show’, Spring, 2013 "Had you known prior to the invasion of Iraq that Saddam did not have WMD would you have continued to support the Iraq invasion? - Charlie Rose. "Yes, because he had had WMD" -former VP Dick Cheney. - Rose. The GW Bush administration repeatedly and publicly claimed Iraq WMD was a threat to the USA 2001-3. Immaterial is the WMD Iraq had 1962-1991, some of which the USA helped Iraq attain and develop. Iraq actively researched and later employed weapons of mass destruction (WMD) from 1962 to 1991, when it destroyed its chemical weapons stockpile and halted its biological and nuclear weapon programs as required by the United Nations Security Council.

[@balancedboys]

We still got attacked on 9/11. There was intel of chemical labs gathered post the attack. If someone goes out of their way to kill thousands of people and then you find out there is some evidence of actual WMD, and those who attacked deny allowing the UN to inspect the possible lead(s), then no. That's not something you just roll the dice on and hope it's not true. There has to be confirmation. 2001-03 America had every right to do what was necessary. And Iraq could've played ball but decided not to which can be presumed as guilt.

[@dfgbmo]

dear author, how do you create such animations, what program do you use for this?

[@MrGryphonv]

I don't know the validity of it, but early in the gulf war there was rumblings that the US was informed by Iraqs ambassador about the pending invasion of Kuwait, and the US told him that they would stay out of it. Makes you wonder.

[@keetiesweetie3284]

"Sadam valued loyalty over all other traits" this is why you need to study history if you are going to be a genocidal dictator; stalin did the same thing and it brutally weakened his army, because being loyal to the glorious leader does not denote actual skill on the battlefield or in the war room

[@BlueLightningHawk]

1:39:35, and who is at fault for this again? Care to mention who botched the withdraw from Afghanistan?

[@darthparallax5207]

So did we do enough war crimes to convince them we're not a paper tiger? We could still always glass the desert?

[@GSXR-1000]

I’m pretty sure the Taliban committed more war crimes

[@ContentEnjoyer-gm3ky]

It wasn’t to prove we weren’t a paper tiger. It was to get stronger. Warfare is a punching bag.

[@GSXR-1000]

@@darthparallax5207 and how many war crimes wasn’t committed by the taliban? Go ahead I’ll wait

[@fireflythe7]

we created the Taliban.

[@tuterruyi5178]

​@@GSXR-1000mf forgot who created taliban😂😂

[@fandihaekal]

As for those who abuse believing men and women1 unjustifiably, they will definitely bear the guilt of slander and blatant sin.(QS. Al-Ahzab verse: 58)

[@kbram7363]

we had no business in the middle east

[@ContentEnjoyer-gm3ky]

Then where? We’ve been to Asia and Europe, Latin America and Africa. We’re across the fucking world at this point.

[@ToddAllenKitzler]

Most of those nations asked us to be there but okay lol

[@CatChrist]

Oil business begs to differ.. lol Not that I agree with it, but we literally had BUSINESS there..

[@kbram7363]

@@ToddAllenKitzler then say no

[@kbram7363]

@@ContentEnjoyer-gm3ky Let the world stand on its own two feet for a change

[@BlueLightningHawk]

1:04:25 Sounds like mosque is another word for weapons cache.

[@crazydinosaur8945]

i mean, if its the only place you know is safe from bombing. everyone would choose that place over the other none safe alternatives

[@BlueLightningHawk]

​@@crazydinosaur8945The Taliban knowingly jeopardized the safety of their own people by turning a safe area into a military target.

[@jmanusmc2006]

The southpark reference took me back. 😂😂😂

[@plathunder]

I have watched the full viedeo allready oh you uploaded it 39mins ago oopsie

[@N5D-N1]

Can someone download this video before it's removed?

[@justinmisiuda48]

36:48 you can thank my grandfather for those cards

[@LukeShakespeare]

Why

[@justinmisiuda48]

@ he was the sole developer for those cards. He made every single pack

[@LukeShakespeare]

@@justinmisiuda48 don’t suppose you have a pack knocking about . I would pay rather well but not too well 😉

[@LukeShakespeare]

@@justinmisiuda48 the Hoyle ones

[@spanian7521]

I was 10 when Invasion happened and grew up in small town in Poland.I remember my older Friends going to war and now thinking back they all trusted USA...

[@audreypulzner8051]

Listening to this while playing WoW

[@jorgea.hernandez5585]

Did you mean the United States’s wars? I didn’t know that the whole continent went to all of those wars!?

[@wizbromanakajeffthejoykill7635]

I guess USA is multi ethnic by now, there are many people from other countries going there

[@jorgea.hernandez5585]

@ Hi! You’re right, the United States has always been multi ethnic and now it is even more, it’s no a surprise that it is the most powerful nation in the world

[@MARTINISUNCENSORED]

Hey buddy, I'm not your buddy pal, I'm not your pal friend..

[@jamesbodnarchuk3322]

I remember when operation dessert shield launched I was at work tending bar when it was announced

[@aaronblank2318]

Anyone else remember when the Kuwaitis tried to give medals made of gold to all the U.S. soldiers that liberated the country, but Bush Sr. wouldn't allow it?

[@phalxor]

check your sound settings. you are blowing out the low end

[@michaelhowell2326]

When I clicked on this, I thought it was the History that deserves to be remembered, and was animations like those on this channel, and thought to myself I really hope he's not poaching ACH's style.

[@touhoutrash2436]

Another armchair historian video my bros!

[@misfit_xyz]

Interesting. Amazing. Could you please tell me which software was used in creating such mind blowing videos ?

[@grimlockamusking9484]

17:39 I'm pretty sure the M1 Abrams did get night vision

[@LordSkullkid]

The South Park Saddan reference was peak

[@thatboya3335]

Thankful😊

[@w3s10]

3:25 dude got the alternate color pack running Red left and Blue Right

[@Von_nb]

Shame on yt for limiting channels such as this.

[@CapoJay-v9c]

Fallujah was a modern day Stalingrad Edit- I meant the battle of Fallujah ( second one in particular) was a modern day Stalingrad

[@Lpens]

do you guys no longer post in spotify? huhu

[@Jayden20099]

39:32 This is a change because last time this video was uploaded this part was blurred and censored

[@thenatester0324]

Can you do a episode on the ww2 Japan Mongolian border war

[@Lonestarwolf94]

My dad served in that war

[@alashiya9536]

iRaq & iRan Armchair Historian trolling 😂

[@jtsnowman66]

The South Park references sent me 😂😂 i need to watch that again.

[@chess_piece1916]

0:44 south park mouth

[@Jarulara]

South Park cameo

[@TRIPLESTACK-R9]

We did all that and now Ukraine has the most battle tested soldiers in the world now...

[@MistaTofMaine]

Wouldn't Russia be equivalent based on that then?

[@zsombortuza]

Helo can you make a video abaut wath hapend with hungarian solders after ww2. Becaus im a hungarian and im love your videos so if you make it i wil be so happy.

[@alexkfridges]

Guys. Youre making animated videos for each point discussed. Please put the date (or date range) of the events discussed in the corner of the screen. Having a constant reminder of the timeline of events makes it way easier to absorb information and construct a holistic mental picture of how things unfolded. I also recommend reminding people of dates and chronology ("five years after x...", "at the same time..." etc) more frequently in your script, so that people who are looking away or just listening can keep track of things without having to rewind. Timing is such an important aspect lf history and yet in your videos i find i lose track of it much more frequently than other history podcasts/videos. I have to try and pay attention intently for the full duration. At 1 hour 40 minutes, im usually consuming at least part of your videos in the background or while doing other tasks. Im sure many viewers are similar.

[@KiefferPlant]

When are going to get the next Ukraine war video for 2024?

[@TysonKonken]

You can thank the CIA for every conflict we have been involved in since WW2.

[@forexisho14]

in iran iraq war the world left iran alone, after the Kuwait invation the world knew who the real war monger was.

[@justinmisiuda48]

1:35:03 may 1st. The papers would print it out a day later on may 2nd

[@MedSerFez]

ok I Lost interest 10 mins in after multiple inaccurate facts can be disproven.... Please check your timeline and info I suggest you watch more of Roy Casagranda lectures on the subject where he clearly talks about every stage of the US involvement in the Mid-East area.

[@ncrpowersportsrepair1278]

Please tell me why there’s a baphomet head on the fireplace in the beginning 4.48 sec ??😮

[@ncrpowersportsrepair1278]

You can see it better on the tv screen

[@xerogue]

Afghanistan is in the middle east?

[@Mk2k4k]

It’s mostly Central Asian but it has strong ties to the Middle East

[@xerogue]

@@Mk2k4kAfghanistan has basically nothing in common with the middle east besides also being muslim

[@pranavvp5599]

The animation is fking epic 9:05

[@BruTheThreat]

I was just complaining to my old timer friends that we were never taught about our recent wars. The war on terror is kind of vague in terms of specific wars. I knew pretty much everything from the Revolutionary War all the way up to Vietnam but now I’ve got the full picture!

[@ContentEnjoyer-gm3ky]

Because it’s kind of something that’s happening right now. Give it 40 years.

[@BruTheThreat]

@ true but like when my dad was deployed to fight “terrorists” I didn’t know that meant Afghanistan. My hateful little 12 year old ass scribbled out Iraq on my map poster lol

[@JasonSpreyer]

You should do the Evolution of the Greek army

[@Darien928]

There goes my next 2 hours