Ugly History: The El Mozote murders - Diana Sierra Becerra

[@Marsfi16]

As a Salvadoran, born after the war, I never really knew anything about this except for all the stories my parents and grandmothers told me about the war. They are survivors and hearing their stories and all the information I have studied on my own (sadly this is not well taught in schools) I came to understand the current situation my country lives in. How important it is to know our countrie's history so we understand the present. Thank you TED-ED for shedding light about this.

[@RAMBO14001]

Why do they not teach you this things in El Salvador ?! The Revolution is still pretty much alive there, what's up?

[@NitemareMoon]

record their stories somehow if you can. that’s super important history.

[@christiana5453]

@@NitemareMoon I second this, eventually the last survivors will pass and it’s important you protect their stories from revisionists and from being lost to time, Good luck

[@wintrysnowflake3385]

@@NitemareMoon Agreed. Here in the Philippines a lot of the history concerning Martial Law during the 70's to 80's (especially the human rights violations and economic downturn) was whitewashed and distorted, which aided in currently electing the son of the dictator who declared ML in the first place. Said son was running for president to clean up his family's reputation and role in the orchestration of the atrocities in martial law and is still denying that such crimes ever happened. So, record their stories and help in keeping and spreading them if you can.

[@christiana5453]

@@wintrysnowflake3385Sending love from the US, I watched John Oliver’s breakdown of the past election and from what it looks like, the situation is abysmal. I hope youre people will be able to correct the whitewashing of your history and actually have a outstanding president who isnt connected to the atrocities of your people’s past

[@derkaiser420]

I knew a lot about this story my Spanish teacher fled El Salvador and she taught us this story. The fact the Colonel got blown up makes it at least a little better. Keep up the good animations. I watch them all.

[@JP-br4mx]

The us needs to apologies to Latin America

[@itsblitz4437]

@@JP-br4mx which may or may not never happen.

[@itsblitz4437]

Somebody getting blown up is never better no matter how terrible the person is, it only just exacerbates the problems.

[@JP-br4mx]

@@itsblitz4437 they will if we demand. We minorities need to start demanding apologies and reparations

[@antonioscendrategattico2302]

There's one thing I'd like everyone to think about: The US government was complicit in these mass crimes. The perpetrators learned their criminal tactics in US schools. The US government sent military aid to the governments committing these crimes. There is, to this day, continuity between today's US government and the government that aided and abetted these atrocities is maintained. The US never had a revolution or regime change that eliminated the institutions and people who participated in and protected the perpetrators of these crimes. The agencies that did this are still up today.

[@jayvd0317USMC]

Yes, as a Marine during the height of the war including working JSOC I can tell you that our country is ruthless, controlling, destructive, and greedy using the entire world like it is their personal bank and military actions are run by politicians who make $ off the suffering of the world. Our country was founded to escape and prevent exactly what it has become, entrenched untouchable lifelong politicians who rule together in the shadows for decades. Yet no one says or does anything. This will continue to be the way America controls the world until they are made to stop.

[@antonioscendrategattico2302]

@@jayvd0317USMC I hope more start thinking like you.

[@somecuriosities]

Wait! Turns out the Americans are the bad guys pulling strings in the background?!?! [Surprised Pikachu face].

[@toolbaggers]

Complicency implies no involvement. The CIA actively overthrows and destabilizes governments in Central and South America (and the rest of the world.)

[@diegobravo641]

It's impressive how little americans know of this, right?

[@aleksandarvil5718]

*_“When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say.”_* -Tyrion Lannister, _‘A Clash Of Kings’_ from the book series _‘A Song Of Ice And Fire’_ by George R. R. Martin

[@rashedyadig]

don't think this was included in the show

[@ezio1993i]

Wow, all of these great dialogues and they still chose “because you don’t have balls”. Still great quote thank you for sharing

[@toolbaggers]

I don't listen to country music because I fear it.

[@d_payperbag]

@@toolbaggers That doesn't even make sense

[@vladivosdog]

@@d_payperbag what

[@Gala-yp8nx]

I regrettably happen to know one of the CIA officers responsible for helping the El Salvadoran National Guard during the 80s. He maintains to this day that it was necessary. Sufficed to say we don’t get along.

[@Jarod-vg9wq]

How’d you come to know him?

[@Linterna001]

Thats impressive! Could you develop a little bit more about his opinion of the operation?

[@Gala-yp8nx]

@@Jarod-vg9wq He is a friend of a friend who I run into regularly. I’ve made it abundantly clear that I think he’s a murderer.

[@Gala-yp8nx]

@@Linterna001 He’s mostly not allowed to talk about what he did directly but he has said in broad terms that what happened kept Central America from becoming a host to Soviet friendly governments. He can neither confirm nor deny anything but anyone who knows him and where he went during the 80s knows he was very directly involved in deeply clandestine activities. He was the unnamed gringo in aviators who was always around just before something happened. I don’t understand why my friend tolerates his presence.

[@AmyDentata]

Villains are the heroes of their own stories.

[@paloma-alfaro]

My mom’s family were Salvadoran refugees. I was born after the war in Canada. I didn’t know much about it. Thank you so much for educating about El Salvador, which is usually overlooked. I love your channel!

[@olamideadio]

Wow. That's like the first time I've seen karma properly work against politicians in real life.

[@tabbythehousecat5419]

Karma has been broke and out of order since the early 1400s. However often and when you least expected it to happen, it does work tho

[@ilgeorgioahp543]

Nearly any karma. Almost no politcians paid for their crimes.There was no justice.

[@whatisbow2865]

Karma doesn't work

[@TheHorseOutside]

@@tabbythehousecat5419 why do you cite the early 1400s? What happened around then?

[@louvendran7273]

@@whatisbow2865 It works in different ways, sometimes over generations. Some guys are good at stealing and murder so they cover their tracks. It takes a long time for the consequences to catch up. Sometimes they get away, but their children or grandchildren might pay. It can be a vicious circle.

[@LunaHeartnet]

It's never fun to be reminded that the US has played the 'bad guy' a number of times... but it's something we need learn from.

[@mihailoradovanovic7283]

the ultracapitalist and imperialist structure of the US make it impossible to not be a bad guy. Without foreign meddling and countless atrocities, it couldnt survive in its current form. It seems it cant survive anyways, though.

[@EbidoX]

"a number of times" is the biggest understatement of the century

[@meyr1992]

@@EbidoX number of times ? You mean almost all the time

[@rustyshackle917]

"has played"? as if this ever stopped. Military industrial complex big as ever. Too many three letter agencies to count. Rampant corruption and greed. Ain't no learning I see.

[@BenHopkins1000]

Never said we were perfect

[@nunyabiznes33]

The US has been complicit with many dictatorships. For example they allowed the Marcoses to stay in power in the Philippines and even saved them from the angry mob that would have caught and then executed them, like what happened to the Ceausescus of Romania.

[@comradekenobi6908]

*POL POT*

[@edwinhuang9244]

And Cuba too.

[@wintrysnowflake3385]

As much as violence is never the answer, the more I see the moneyed elite and corrupt politicians, the more I started to incline towards the French peasantry liking the guillotine.

[@skeletonentertainment4201]

All in the name of stopping communism, what mass genocide? The country is free thanks to them!

[@comradekenobi6908]

@@skeletonentertainment4201 wdym

[@mackocloud924]

Ted Ed should do a video on the atrocities of the Marcos regime in the Philippines, his downfall, and his disinformation campaign in the present.

[@maboroshi2550]

True! But Filipinos are too caught up believing Marcos is heaven-sent

[@digitalstories2179]

Move on sore losers. Prove your point and have a debate with Enrile

[@bored_potato]

Yes, please. The rest of the world knows and remembers what the Marcoses did to their own country, and now, there's just something tragic and amusing about the fact that it was only the Philippines who had easily forget. Our national library, which includes files and documents about the Martial Law has become inaccessible, them saying that they were "updating content and improving security". Never did I ever think I would be living in such times where historical revisionism becomes an actual threat and yet here we are.

[@Brslld]

Ferdinand Marcos is a Kleptocrat.

[@GCDio]

This is so cool and insightful. With the current political climate, I hope you talk about Philippine's Martial Law soon because the son of the former dictator is about to assume office, where he plans to erase his family's crimes and rewrite history, playing off that the Martial Law was a peaceful time. This would be really helpful as major sources and evidence of these crimes are starting to be erased now.

[@blepblop6181]

💚❤️

[@fandroid6491]

One paid troll above me ^

[@wintrysnowflake3385]

@@fandroid6491 Starve the trolls, don't reply to them and report the comment if you can. I reported the comment so I can't see the troll's comment, though I think that you can see it on your end.

[@jackwilkins7972]

@El AMP ON both marcos and aquino were bad

[@joerionis5902]

@El AMP ON Eh... one's incompetent, the other's tyrannical. No double standards yet you just switched the topic

[@verolyssaurio7778]

I remember my Grandpa listening to Radio Venceremos. My brothers and mom remember everything that happened during the war, it always get me in tears when I hear them talk about it.

[@CestLePanda]

Just hearing the details of the countless atrocities makes me feel like my heart sinks. Awful stuff.

[@verolyssaurio7778]

@@CestLePanda there is a movie called Voces Inocentes where they show kids from 12-13 yrs old being forced to be part of this war it’s really sad. I’ve visited some of the places where some of the gruesome things took place like soldiers taking the lives of babies and women. there still some people that lived through it that still telling stories until this day.

[@CestLePanda]

@@verolyssaurio7778 I've been meaning to watch that film for too long, I'm probably going to sit down and finally do so this week. I've been to Morazán a few times since we have friends out there and my great great grandparents were from there originally. I've gone to the civil war museum there. Actually, in the middle of trying to dig into my family's history in El Salvador I found out last week that my deceased grandmother's house in La Union, where I've spent so many summers, was actually used as a jail by the military during the civil war in the 80s and not only did apparently many people die in there, but it turns out that at some point some of the people being held in there retaliated and murdered the sergeant that was in charge of the jail inside of it too. 😶

[@dakotanelson5722]

I didn’t even know anything about El Salvador or US involvement. This needs to be taught more and American public schools.

[@navidsia2487]

Really? You think the Americans will admit to their war crimes? Because if they start then there is a looooooong list to cover

[@ramonvizcarra8335]

Lol, if you only knew about all the US involvement in Central, Latin America, Asia and Africa. The US education system is never going to teach you about CIA involvement with Pinochet in chile, or how the US invaded the Dominican Republic twice, and haiti, how the creation of Panama as a country was a manipulated revolution in order to create the Panama canal. Why would the US schools teach their kids that they are the bad guys?

[@emanuelescarsella3124]

USA government: "We want to spread democracy and free speech" Free people: spread socialist ideas* USA government: "stop it, now"

[@kartikpoojari7066]

Also USA allows KKK and N@zis to exist

[@SidewaysBurnouts]

israel actually provided the guns.

[@justsomebread]

US Government when a country tries to spread some socialist ideas: "woah buddy, you weren't supposed to do that"

[@sushobhansaha3028]

One thing I have always noted is that most videos or texts on this subject say “the US Government”, and that sort of sanitises the issue. Instead of this, the governments should be named as under whose presidency and CIA chairmanship. The perpetrators need to be held accountable.

[@linaszukaitis822]

America has done this in so many countries, Russia does something in the name of "national security". The world: "war crimes, trial them!". Double standards on another level, honestly it's like a bully getting his own medicine and than screaming "he's the bully" to anyone that stands up for themselves with a surprised pikachu face.

[@l.n.3372]

@@linaszukaitis822 You ever heard the phrase 2 wrongs don't make a right?

[@linaszukaitis822]

@@l.n.3372 Yea, by that logic America continues to frolick around the world doing the same thing, but god forbid Russia does anything in the name of national security. How dare they.... You heard of double standards that fuel conflict and NEVER end well for any party?

[@l.n.3372]

@@linaszukaitis822 You still don't understand how 2 wrongs doesn't make a right. If you only want to punish America, but allow Russia to get away with everything, you're the one applying double standards.

[@linaszukaitis822]

@@l.n.3372 I can explain it for you, but I can't understand it for you. Both in the wrong, both are flawed. USA "sanctioning" Russia is like a bully that has beat up most of the school decided to have his gang focus on someone that defends themselves and therefore poses a threat as they're not bowing down to your bully tactics. I'm not going to educate you about the last 40 or more years of history, you should of paid attention in school.

[@dhruvpatwardhan4394]

Hate is temporary. Love is forever. Now more than ever do we need to spread this message.

[@mariustan9275]

Its disappointing for me whenever America claims to defend freedom, yet sh*t like this goes down

[@newstudent7473]

Agreed, I never learned this in US history and wish that countries wouldn't try to blot out their dark history

[@mihailoradovanovic7283]

@@newstudent7473 lol america doesnt have just a dark past, it hides its dark present also

[@newstudent7473]

@@mihailoradovanovic7283 Things I wish I also learn in Modern History. At this point, I might as well learn history by myself since every country seems to hide something

[@lauraangel3512]

This is Murica

[@mariustan9275]

@MokA Pretty much

[@prianjed9403]

It's sad that here in the Philippines almost everyone acts blind by the atrocities of the Marcos regime and is revising history because of their fanaticism. I, a part of the Filipino youth will continue to fight historical erasure and revisionism. Never again and never ever forget.

[@lyz6459]

I'm with you, kind sir #NeverAgain #NeverForget #MarcosMagnanakaw

[@gilmore6168]

Titindig tayo 🥰🥰

[@Gala-yp8nx]

Even as an American who knows next to nothing about contemporary Filipino politics I know that Marcos was so bad that he set back your country by decades.

[@maboroshi2550]

Thanks bro! Glad to see someone who isn't falling to the illusion that Marcos was god-sent and perfect #NeverForget

[@Jarod-vg9wq]

Resist love from Canada 🇨🇦

[@musubi6885]

Please make a video about the EDSA Revolution as people in my country tend to forget our history. 🇵🇭

[@PABC-qd4pj]

Same, I also wanted this moment to be heard again. I, too, was also a victim of misinformation before, good thing some files and people still remember their atrocities pivoted my mindset. Sadly, we have to fight the incoming trolls infesting these sections in case. Never forget!

[@leyalaatasto9096]

Please! :(

[@thebiscuit5963]

This vid has great insight into revolutions and history so keep it up Ted Ed your vids are great

[@TheAlkey55]

idk how Ted ed does it but stuff that I would find boring in class seems so interesting when I watch it here

[@franciscorios7255]

As a Colombian this really hits close to home, as we are going through a similar process. I hope for all of those affected by wars let their truths be known and justice come for any of those who commited attrocities. I t might take a long time but I beleive it will come

[@arianachinchilla6038]

Salvadorean here!❤️ Love this video 🎥 And loved the fact that people from other countries get to know part of our history 🇸🇻🇸🇻🇸🇻

[@mr.monhon5179]

Radio Venceremos to Colonel Domingo Monterrosa: You may have outsmarted me, but I outsmarted your outsmarting. **BOOM**

[@NickVennlig]

Ted-Ed, a fantastic topic would be the American involvement in shuttling nazis and other war criminals out of Germany/Europe to either establish new lives elsewhere or even work alongside American counterparts in combatting communism or developing technology.

[@catdogmousecheese]

But if it wasn't for the Nazi's rocket technology America would not have won the space race against Russia.

[@starcapture3040]

war crimes in iraq

[@hydromic2518]

Space Race

[@EvanFerrao]

@@starcapture3040 +

[@blackbroadwayandbeyond]

Project Paperclip

[@bassl3647]

Something similar happened in Nicaragua. The U.S. supported the contras while the Soviet Union the sandinistas. We and other nations like Korea and Vietnam were fighting wars of superior powers, and created division among population for those supporting one side or the other. Unfortunately in Nicaragua, there is a dictatorship currently ruling, and of course what happened then contributed to today's reality.

[@Hallows4]

The term for what you’re describing is “proxy war“. Many conflicts in the second half of the 20th century were really about the USA and the Soviet Union trying to prop up and establish governments in other countries that would benefit their own political goals. Since both sides had nuclear weapons, these two super powers going head-to-head could easily result in another Hiroshima or Nagasaki, so the proxy wars were essentially a way to exert a sphere of influence without worrying about total annihilation. Unfortunately, this was all happening when many former European colonies were still struggling to find their own identity and in some cases were still fighting for independence, so the whole thing really just degenerated into a violent and long-lasting mess.

[@the3nder1]

As a United States citizen, former military member, and human being these events are the most important things to teach to our children. We need to take responsibility for the actions of our country and prosecute those involved in this. Horrifying and shameful for every US citizen that puts capitalism above freedom.

[@mr.marmol9243]

Than move to socialist County and see how it goes.

[@Peace_And_Love42]

This is the history of America: "Law and Order... Profit Over People"

[@naveengwalia4007]

Ty ted ed for bringing these realities to life.

[@Marsfi16]

I'm from El Salvador. It's sad to see how lots of people including very young people gave their lives because they thought they were fighting for a cause like the people from radio Venceremos. FMLN became a political party after the war, as they said in the video, and they came to power in 2009 but nothing changed. If anything, poverty and violence got worst. The authorities of the party who claimed to fight for the poor and against injustice, betrayed all of those who fought and died for a better country. They only got rich and never really cared about the people.

[@IceQub3]

You commented 2 comments in this video, its a bit confusing can you edit one of them for people to know? I see this comment is the latest but still. Edit Non the less, the story is important and need to be told.

[@sisyphusvasilias3943]

Absolute Lies! I dont belive you are Salvadorian. Noone from Salvador would speak of recent times without the context of US political and economic persecution that continues to this day. It's a perfect example of how even in Defeart USA vibdictiveness knows no bounds. E.S. cannot rebuild economically because USA has sanctioned their economy. Preventing all attempts are rebulding and creating a fairer economy and society. It's the same as Cuba. If countries "chose the wrong party" to lead them, USA will crush you with sanctions and economic bloackades.

[@seansharpes9495]

For how much we claimed to be on the side of democracy, freedom, and so and so forth we sure supported an awful lot of dictatorships...

[@modkip25]

do you get the hint?

[@nicolaszenho]

countries do bad things to stay afloat? this is news to me!

[@darkknightmd]

hello ted ed. please make a video on the horrors of martial law in the philippines. there's a lot of disinformation nowadays painting it as a "golden era," i think it would be beneficial to have one of your great videos to support the facts about the tyranny of former president ferdinand marcos

[@mr.minnesoulja1257]

The animation on Ted-Ed is top notch!

[@fabian24123]

The is because the educational system needs some serious changes...

[@joshjosh6714]

Please please please make a video on the Martial Law in the Philippines. Our history is being revised with the dictator's son rising to power because of it. The dictator is now being seen by the majority as a hero. The Presidential Museum and Library website containing records of that era has already been shut down. Please help us

[@AmikYoungDon]

Indonesia’s 1965-1966 communist massacre by Indonesian Military helped by the CIA, is one of the least talked about mass murder/genocide in history

[@大砲打老鷹]

What about Stalin, Mao Zedong and Pol Pot ? These Communists kill more people than Suharto did

[@SlapstickGenius23]

That’s tragic.

[@AmikYoungDon]

@@大砲打老鷹 that doesn’t justify the killing, no one care with the ideology, if they’re violent, they’re wrong

[@mayrag1776]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 thank you for sharing this. It is not talked about enough.

[@Mary-J-OK]

These TED Ed videos are really helping me to learn a bit more about world history. Grateful for that! It's so important to educate ourselves since schools don't do it (and I say this as a former teacher!). I must admit, I felt quite pleased when the colonel was blown up in that helicopter!

[@sammykat2hb]

"Pollinating a more just future." That is such a beautiful way to describe those constant efforts of remembrance. It won't be for nothing. As an American, thank you for sharing this story. I want my people to pursue justice too.

[@chan.sorman]

The US has a long history of promoting not democracy, as they present it to their own public but promoting fascism & authoritarianism in order to maintain economic interests. Guatemala & El Salvador are just a few of their many victims. Cuba arguably is the result of when the US pushed too far and the population retalitated in self defence. The US should be held accountable for these crimes just as the British should be for their involvement in Iran (alongside the US), the fire bombings of Dresden, the displacement of the people of the Chagos Islands and their treatment of enslaved persons.

[@ReySchultz121]

As someone who's country also once suffered from US-backed oligarchs. I'm sorry, and i'm glad of today. Let us pick up the pieces & move to a peaceful future.

[@albertduke9142]

Sound of the oppressed, will be heard at last at any circumstance

[@modkip25]

the U.S. will never be punished for their war crimes.

[@Jarod-vg9wq]

I wish love and freedom to El Salvador 🇸🇻 from Canada 🇨🇦💐🦋🦋🦋❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@aleksandarvil5718]

Do *_The Carnation Revolution_* ( April 25th, 1974 ), that started by Paulo de Carvalho's Eurovision Song _"And After The Goodbye"_

[@riteshsharma3193]

Wherever there is Conflict/Dispute/Quarrel/Scrubber/Terrorism/Atrocities. There is always U.S.A of America Directly or Indirectly and sometime absence of U.S leads to same.

[@AryanSharma-qj4eu]

And then there are people who think US was always innocent.

[@luisandrade2254]

“Decolonization without land reform is native recolonization”

[@SlapstickGenius23]

Wow, that’s hopeful.

[@altinmares8363]

Ted Ed please post more videos about - Cicero (On the Ideal Orator) - Philosopher King

[@colleencook4434]

Wow! That blew my mind! Heartbreaking

[@mahlataban686]

omg I can't stop my tears...how people fight for their rights and get killed, oppressed and tortured..yet the tyranny and injustice hasn't suffered a bit still going strong..how can we be oblivious to the horrendous crimes of the empire...Thank you a million times TEDEd for bringing these stories to life, hope is always there and no empire lasts forever🙏🙏❤️❤️

[@rexonbadar9588]

Really hope that Ted Ed can let me enlighten from the time of martial here in the Philippines.

[@arcie3716]

Seeing the amount of Filipinos in the comment section brining up Macros breaks my heart. The Philippines deserves leaders who actually care about the Philippines…

[@earthling_parth]

This made me cry during dinner. I really can't imagine the atrocities of humans to start wealthy and abuse other people and species. American officials involved in this should be punished and declared war criminals and this should be taught in schools so children know about the responsibility that comes with power. Even if the officials are dead, it gives justice to the survivors of the massacres and children of survivors who would have heard about this blood curdling horrors.

[@lamola4414]

Why people are already praising the video without even having finished it? For Internet points? *Point* less points?

[@terminalimpact2771]

Lol

[@comradekenobi6908]

Bro it's a six minute video what

[@comradekenobi6908]

@MokA who wouldve thought?

[@lamola4414]

@MokA my brother in Christ, I had written this while I saw comments literally less than a minute of the upload

[@cecilia08yeah]

This was such a great video I don't know a lot about Central America but I wish I did learn more about it at school. I would love read more about this. Even watch movies/ TV shows or documentaries about it.

[@itsmebymyself8033]

Review on Kurdish rebellion against a foreign dictator ruling Iraq?

[@20samwiches]

day 2 of asking Ted-Ed to do a video on Ferdinand Marcos and his brutal 21-year reign in the Philippines

[@akshayrameshan]

Thank You, Ted-Ed. You are a rebel

[@b.richardsalas1393]

Loved the video as a Salvadoran American

[@nera345]

Thank you

[@-JA-]

Thank you.

[@akankshasharma7498]

I often wonder how Americans feel about it... do they question their government's actions abroad? Do they care about such things while voting?

[@modkip25]

they do not. they have repeatedly shown they do not.

[@ElectricAlien577]

I do. But im in the minority. The problem is our government actively tries to obscure the reality of our actions through weak justifications about maintaining freedom and democracy. The average american imperial indoctrinee eats it up and lives life believing that everything our country does is justified. As someone who has broken free of that indoctrination, seeing so many of my fellow people still under its spell is depressing.

[@mccookies3664]

i don’t know how anyone can watch this and still support capitalism

[@ElectricAlien577]

Lots and lots of pro9aganda being fed to everyone in the west from the moment they are born keeps us good little worker drones, mindlessly praising capitalism, and idolizing selfish rich people who want nothing more than to work us to the bone to squeeze every last drop of profit out.

[@remingtonadamssara3334]

Walter Model,is a favorite character,do a good watch on him..,such fun intell you posses,TIK!,between you and Indy Niegel I have added so much knowledge to my obsession w the German Wars.

[@jandreid1056]

Unfortunately in the Philippines, the former dictatorial regime that also caused unspoken massacres back in the 70's and 80's had been brought back into the country's government.

[@linaszukaitis822]

America has done this in so many countries, Russia does something in the name of "national security". The world: "war crimes, trial them!". Double standards on another level, honestly it's like a bully getting his own medicine and than screaming "he's the bully" to anyone that stands up for themselves with a surprised pikachu face.

[@imagonnasah8319]

Are you actually defending Russia's actions WHILE admitting that it's basically deplorable? Just because another 'superpower' country has done something of the same deplorable nature? Hard to believe you can't see the double standards in that statement as well. Both actions are sh*tty, at least acknowledge it even if you don't give a damn what the actual victims have to suffer through

[@linaszukaitis822]

@@imagonnasah8319 At least you had enough brain power to phrase it as a question so I'll answer it. I'm illuminating the hypocrisy and double standards of USA frolicking around the world doing all sorts of brutal things (Guantanamo bay) just to set up puppet states, but god forbid any other state does that, that's it, game over. That state could be Russia, Kosovo, Iraq, more than half Latin american countries. Yet I'm somehow defending Russia? So perhaps now you can explain Wtf are you talking about as it seems we're talking 2 different topics, different conversations- it's like we're talking apples and oranges. Edit: Please give me an example of when these type of double standards produced positive change? From what I gather it always ends in conflict and brutality.

[@poulomi__hari]

This is the first time I am commenting within 2 minutes of upload.

[@noncom]

Great animations as always but sadly, youtube compression butchered it.

[@lucybonilla1797]

My mother to this tells me stories of the violence she witnessed as a young girl, these crimes are not forgotten by the Salvadorean people

[@luifranco1457]

The only Conspiracy Theory I believe in: Joe Strummer wrote “Radio Clash” with Radio Venceremos in mind (the same year they started broadcasting) but were made to change it. Strummer was very much interested in Central American Geopolitics having released “Sandinista” the year prior. The original version of “Radio Clash” had the words “This is Radio Clash resuming all transmissions, beaming from the mountain tops, using aural ammunition”. The album and single release versions were changed, and the song title also changed to “This Is Radio Clash” (look it up).

[@able101g]

Iraq and Libya too where millions died and many generations destroyed due to direct/indirect actions of United States.

[@diegobravo641]

And one would think that americans would know more of these kinds of stories, and the ones that took place throughout ALL of latin america in the 70s, but their government, in its ever silencing iron fist, does not let history run freely

[@Diablodave363isawsum]

such deep insight

[@olhi8445]

Based pfp

[@alparslankorkmaz2964]

Nice video.

[@reymundalagos9889]

Now do the Martial Law in the Philippines!

[@markroyhetgarcia5748]

Can you do the Philippines Martial law it is quite an interesting topic, and I'm not aware of what truly happened during those times since i was born 18 yrs after it happened

[@syafiqsya465]

Us government intervened many countries throughout history, mostly for their own interests, got nothing to do with justice or war on terror.

[@theenlightenedone1283]

*The graves of the Fireflies* -anime Movie

[@kholeka8475]

First time watching made me cry, by far my favourite Ghibli movie.

[@theenlightenedone1283]

@@kholeka8475 mine too 😓

[@paleoph6168]

Domingo Monterrosa: we finally captured the FMLN radio! FMLN rebels: haha radio go kaboom

[@roxylius7550]

Ah yes U S A, beacon of democracy

[@Prejie]

I hope my country wakes.

[@comradekenobi6908]

From what

[@megalodon3655]

Pls do history vs Sultan Abdulhamid II or history vs Queen Victoria II, pls.

[@dreamersdisease2481]

This story is an awesome horror novel

[@eduardpeeterlemming]

Currently this video has 69422 views. We were so close to greatness

[@codyshi4743]

I wonder how is El Salvador doing currently?

[@papnpdprpep]

Lights out

[@mikebrown7689]

History is dark, our present time is dark, the future to come is dark. Only salvation last forever.🙏

[@kuitaranheatmorus9932]

Awesome

[@DJMarkCorneliusThaDon]

The narrator has a good voice. Please utilize her again.

[@katherineknapp6604]

Praying that everyone responsible for all the deaths will be put on trial.

[@noellundstrom7447]

based video

[@micahbush5397]

Communism (cah-mew-niz-um), noun Actual definition: A socio-political and economic system characterized by the public ownership of all property and industry, as opposed to private ownership. American definition: Literally anything that political conservatives deem threatening to their political and economic interests, even if those interests rest on a foundation of oppression and exploitation.

[@joshbradshawskater]

There is absolutely no nuance in American politics, anything with a slight socialist history or leaning marks you as hardcore communist. its crazy no room for a system similar to the Scandinavian model who's countries top the list for happiest countries in the world. any thing that's slightly left, you may as well just scream out the communist manifesto because morons have no sense of scale and perspective.

[@danielf986]

Why are we so cruel to each other?

[@h.t.awesome3822]

No moral code to keep you in line.

[@themendorean]

Calling a man defending his land "cruel to others" shows everyone your negative IQ

[@jdlmpo]

Why did you change the video's thumbnail photo?

[@Philosophyinfocus01-o3q]

It's perfect example of 'Karma hits back'

[@Brslld]

Greed is one of the cause of Corruption in the Human Soul.

[@mihailoradovanovic7283]

it almost seems as that capitalism might have been the problem all along :/

[@Godjann]

An oligarch and a millionaire are not the same thing

[@brianchancellor9710]

I’d rather have capitalism over the Gulags anyway. 🤡

[@tekinet7958]

@@Godjann billionaires are oligarchs, not millionaires

[@mihailoradovanovic7283]

@@Godjann The definition of oligarch is someone who has significant political control, and if rich people are not that idk who is

[@gilmore6168]

No system is perfect but the real problem is the oligarchy who has self interest. Greedy leaders

[@InternetStranger476]

What did the CIA seek to gain from intervening in El Salvador?

[@rolahassan007]

Of anyone knows the name of the background music please tell

[@crack42]

The story even the names arnt that different from what happened to Philippines