A couple of points: 1) Nowhere in this video did we suggest that Qatar is, in fact, diplomatically neutral. The video is about what they're aspiring to be and how they're going about that. 2) A substantial portion of the video is devoted to discussing how true "neutrality" is almost impossible in diplomatic contexts. 3) When discussing "neutrality" in this video, we phrase it as (verbatim) "an interpretation or neutrality" or "their perception of neutrality." We never characterize it as our or an outside observer's perception of neutrality. 4) When discussing Al Jazeera's reputation, we were careful to phrase it in a comparative manner. They are *more* trustworthy than most media outlets in the Middle East, largely since most media outlets in the region are state-controlled, whereas Al Jazeera is state-owned with only indirect state influence. 5) While I understand critique about not discussing the Kafala system, we chose not to discuss it since it is largely irrelevant to the topic of the country's diplomatic strategy and well-known considering it was the core critique of FIFA's decision to allow Qatar to host the World Cup. I understand why some might consider this an omission regardless, but I wanted to clarify to assure that it has nothing to do with avoiding critique of Qatar and its human rights violations (in fact, we've discussed this very topic in other videos.)
@Orthengren8 ай бұрын
This is an excellent video. Don’t give into the haters.
@MrWuggles8 ай бұрын
(having not finished the video yet) I appreciate the clarifications, but I hope this video isn't an attempt to jump into the geopolitics KZbin space. There's already plenty of content and geopolitics on KZbin has been oversaturated for a while. Keep it up with the logistics/plane videos!
@korakys8 ай бұрын
Oman is the Middle Eastern country most diplomatically similar to Switzerland.
@AL-lh2ht8 ай бұрын
dude pin this
@PXAbstraction8 ай бұрын
Hamas is not a "movement", it's a terrorist organization masquerading as some form of representative government. Call it what it is.
@bababababababa61248 ай бұрын
Only difference is Switzerland ACTUALLY pays its foreign workers
@whard99618 ай бұрын
real fkn original bud
@azumishimizu18808 ай бұрын
Look at the Swiss crime rate. Very sad.
@adinfinitum0008 ай бұрын
Also doesn't fund islamic terrorists.
@nealrigga69698 ай бұрын
… and if you look above me you see two knuckleheads 😂 One of them deleted his comment but he said that Switzerland’s crime rate is lower than Qatar’s because they pay their foreign workers… that is delusion to the next level
@WanderingExistence8 ай бұрын
USA funds Zïönïst têrrôîsm@@adinfinitum000
@callumsomerset11078 ай бұрын
3:49 “rain here is measured in millimeters” Sam rain everywhere is measured in millimetres
@MsEyelinered8 ай бұрын
No, it’s measured in CM or inches. Duh.
@JacobSmith-fv1cw8 ай бұрын
@@MsEyelineredNo, it’s measured in millimetres and he also said less than a CM of rain but the graphic said 74mm which is 7.4CM
@megaking4608 ай бұрын
@@Fr3nchFlagHere in Germany we use millimetres, idk bout the rest of the world really
@Mar1s3z8 ай бұрын
@@Fr3nchFlag Bro... South East Asian countries measure rain by millimeters. If you call that region dry then the ocean is basically a desert.
@johnlynch13538 ай бұрын
As an American I can firmly say that is wrong. freedom units baby😂
@korakys8 ай бұрын
One doesn't _try_ to become neutral like Switzerland. Switzerland's neutrality is achieved through the subtle art of _not trying._ In the mid east it is Oman who is like Switzerland. Oman doesn't really try to do anything, but is quite happy to act as a neutral meeting ground for others. Qatar has actively backed sides in various wars, like in Libya. Although it does seem to be turning away from this strategy as these sorts of wars seldom have outright winners.
@vigilantcosmicpenguin87218 ай бұрын
I like your point. The very existence of Qatar is built around trying very hard.
@adarshmohapatra50588 ай бұрын
I like Oman, it's a nice country
@artman128 ай бұрын
Qatar actively supports the Islamist sides in conflicts throughout the Middle East and the wider world. It’s in no way “neutral”.
@artman128 ай бұрын
Qatar always supports the Isla ist side in conflicts throughout the Middle East and the world. It’s not “neutral”.
@monty588 ай бұрын
Hell, having a US mitary presence is choosing sides in some way. What Qatar is trying to do is become the diplomats and the diplomatic hub of the region, which is probably a much bigger deal.
@midnightanimal45988 ай бұрын
"The art of good business is being a good middleman."
@pauljones91508 ай бұрын
This is a good quote 😮 Where is it from?
@user-ru1xc4qf4r8 ай бұрын
@@pauljones9150 It's from the film Layer Cake
@mhyzon18 ай бұрын
“War is good for business.” “Peace is good for business.” - Rules of Acquisition 34 & 35
@williamzhu78458 ай бұрын
@@mhyzon1Great DS9 reference 😆😆
@jon91038 ай бұрын
Indeed, in a sense, every business is a middleman between its customers and its suppliers.
@tomalexander43278 ай бұрын
The comment section is certainly good for Wendovers engagement figures.
@Ghost_PM118 ай бұрын
Sadly, not so good for their credibility.
@elon61318 ай бұрын
Yeahhh!!! engagement!!!
@BlackHawkTejas8 ай бұрын
@@Ghost_PM11Exactly! There will be one point people will Just stop watching their videos etc...
@therealking62028 ай бұрын
@@Ghost_PM11Not at all (not good for their credibility). There's some major state backed propaganda in this video. It's sad when you see a trusted brand jump the shark. I don't think I can ever trust Wendover again....This was FAR from independent journalism .
@GrigRP8 ай бұрын
@@Ghost_PM11Why?
@TheinnerCircl38 ай бұрын
Hard not to be wealthy when you have millions of indentured servants as "workers"
@johnproduction44308 ай бұрын
lmaooo keep pushing keep trying 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@the-letter_s8 ай бұрын
@@johnproduction4430 what's it like living in the southeastern United States, circa 1860's?
@waynejohnson17868 ай бұрын
That’s not why they’re rich 😂
@TheGahta8 ай бұрын
You say potato i say poslavery
@Eye-am-Metalchip8 ай бұрын
Same story with the UAE, this stuff Ain't exclusive with Qatar (not the disprove anything you said 😀)
@TGX038 ай бұрын
I do understand your intention with the comparison to Switzerland is to show that Qatar wants to be a neutral powerhouse, however Switzerland's neutrality is vastly different. Ignoring the fact that Swiss neutrality is currently changing because of the war un Ukraine, Siwtzerland was always neutral in the sense that they wanted to be completely left out of anything and only handle the money of everyone. They never really got into international diplomacy, and for example they would never alloe a foreign military base or HQ of a terrorist organisation in their country.
@johnlynch13538 ай бұрын
The clear counter argument to that is the Switzerland made itself economically/financially indispensable the same way Qatar made its self diplomatically indispensable. Sure they might not have unsavory individuals living in their country, running corrupt organizations from their land or but they do, or at least did have those type of peoples money, sitting in their banks, funding, and being used to maintain those organizations.
@moesifasdasd41518 ай бұрын
Switzerland invited Nazis during WW2. It's literally the same thing
@shotelco8 ай бұрын
“Neutrality in the classical sense is not really compatible with UN membership and even less so with EU membership, ” Most EU member states were still colonial powers when the European Economic Community, the EU's predecessor, was founded in 1957. Although Switzerland had no colonies of its own - which is exactly why it was able to profit from colonialism in the FACT that as a "Neutral" capital/banking center, they constitutionally laundered profits from other European brutal and barbaric colonizers that violently plundered other peoples and lands. Also, Switzerland was the favorite haven for German Third Reich bank accounts and safe deposit boxes, which often contained property plundered from the holocaust. I understand the visceral resentment of these FACTS from those with Anglo/Euro supremist worldviews, but these are *FACTS* just the same.
@TGX038 ай бұрын
@@johnlynch1353 Switzerland isn't really indispensable to governments. One of the biggest differences to Qatar is, Switzerland is fully surrounded by friendly countries, which Qatar isn't. Switzerland is doing a lot of shady shit with money, yes, but especially with Russia that has actually moved to Austria and Hungary. Switzerland isn't indispensable in Europe, not at all. It's just that it doesn't have enemies, and is actually tied very closely with the EU.
@geoms62638 ай бұрын
Money doesn't change, it just changes its form or owner
@officiallyunofficial18 ай бұрын
I've struggled to focus on the information in the more recent videos because the background music is too distracting. I'm not sure that videos like these deserve suspenseful orchestral pieces, especially if it draws the audience away from the facts being presented.
@DRDJGHOST8 ай бұрын
I would classify Qatar as diplomatic rather than neutral. Qatar does not officially recognize Israel, yet it recognizes the Taliban in Afghanistan.
@sirajnakhuda54468 ай бұрын
They do not officially recognise the Taliban
@moej938 ай бұрын
Yeah the Taliban are legitimate government while the state of Israel is an occupation force helped by the west. and they are a left over of the colonization era
@liamcluett62038 ай бұрын
It’s complicated. Do they recognize the Taliban as the official government? No. But they are one of 16 countries to have a diplomatic mission in Kabul
@raeeznjr8 ай бұрын
Qatar doesn't recognize genocidal maniacs. One would assume it's a good thing.
@yefimk8 ай бұрын
Stupid @@raeeznjr
@当たり前-d1q8 ай бұрын
Neutral is a bit of a strong word… they clearly have a certain propensity towards certain actors…
@FortuneZer08 ай бұрын
Having an agenda of your own doesnt mean you arent neutral.
@the-letter_s8 ай бұрын
so does Switzerland, but are you calling them out on that too?
@FortuneZer08 ай бұрын
@@the-letter_s I am swiss and right now we are being sold out by the cunts of our own goverment.
@zakr11878 ай бұрын
Who?
@waynejohnson17868 ай бұрын
Yep, America
@aidenhall85938 ай бұрын
“that they could brush shoulders in the supermarket is bazarre” I see what you did there
@voltsp2888 ай бұрын
Bazzare is kind of similar to a Hindi word meaning market
@beback_8 ай бұрын
@@voltsp288 That was literally the joke
@jonathanodude66608 ай бұрын
@@voltsp288 "bazzare/bazarre" isnt a word. the joke was that what sam actually said ("bizarre") is similar to the word for a middle eastern market in english ("bazaar"), while talking about a supermarket in the middle east.
@lzh49506 ай бұрын
@@voltsp288 It's similar to the Malay word for 'market' too ( _pasar_ ) while in SE Asia the Chinese word for 'market' is transliterated from there (巴刹) (in mainland China it's called 市场/場 instead)
@RamiNoodles-4234Ай бұрын
Lebanon is called the switzerland of the middle east already because of its natural beauty.
@nomodz4real8 ай бұрын
Maybe a better title "How Qatar is trying to become the Switzerland of the Middle East". Maybe Switzerland has some baggage I am not aware of but the current title seems far too friendly to a nation that has rampant slave labour and was recently in hot water for the Olympics they held. Odd choice of words Edit: Current baggage on the same level of Qatar is what I meant. Good call out on the nazi gold thing, slipped my mind
@lomiification8 ай бұрын
Swiss banking is the baggage
@cofresidotexe8 ай бұрын
Hard agree. Much better title.
@baseballfan998 ай бұрын
World Cup not Olympics.
@LinoPacheco8 ай бұрын
Google Nazi gold Switzerland
@aarocka118 ай бұрын
Nazi gold, stolen art from Jews, free port money laundering, money laundering in general, Swiss banking in general; and it’s still less ethically dubious than Qatar
@defcry_again8 ай бұрын
Switzerland is like, I don't want to deal with anyone. Qatar, is the opposite.
@GrigRP8 ай бұрын
Wrong. Switzerland joined in the sanctions on Russia.
@JorgenKreedz8 ай бұрын
I would say Qatar is more similar to Sweden of old. a bridge builder of countries in conflict. Folke Bernadotte, Arab/Israeli conflict, Vetnam, Apartheid, Iran/Iraq war, Dag Hammarsköld and more.
@shahrukhkhan83078 ай бұрын
Switzerland is not important. Whereas Qatar is very very important.
@dannyzero6928 ай бұрын
@@shahrukhkhan8307 Switzerland is very, very important in the banking sector and they know that. They mostly keep and handle everyone else's money to build their economy around it, the Swiss banker is a popular trope for a reason. However Qatar is important in different ways, they actively sought out people to make deals with while people came to Switzerland to make deals.
@juisss8 ай бұрын
@@dannyzero692 "build their economy" ?? Switzerland has been a mountain safe for the bloody money and gold of war criminals and world-class citizen money thiefs starting from WW2 until now, and they failed at using that too just look at the state of credit suisse
@drbadzerАй бұрын
I’m one of those rare Qatari citizens, and I truly enjoyed your video. Your objectivity and thorough explanations are truly commendable.
@quadon26208 ай бұрын
Minor correction: 3:55, 74mm equals 7.4cm. Not less than a cm
@Michael_Chater8 ай бұрын
Thank you bob ross
@quadon26208 ай бұрын
@@Michael_Chater My pleasure, Micheal
@Psara6 ай бұрын
i had to back up to make sure he hadn’t said decimeters 😂
@MrMattie7256 ай бұрын
The simpliest system, ie. the metric system, can indeed be pretty confusing for some.
@De_Sam8 ай бұрын
I know some others have mentioned that already but... Rain EVERYWHERE is measured in millimetres. That's just the internal standard, as 1 liter of water over an area of 1 square meter stands one millimeter deep. Or in other words: 1mm of precipitation = 1L/m² And 74mm is 7.4cm, which is more that 1cm, not less ( 3:55 )
@DrowsySquid758 ай бұрын
Nerd
@Mr_MikeMikeMike8 ай бұрын
Lmao I guess the point he was trying to make went right over your head
@DrowsySquid758 ай бұрын
you’re nerd buddi doesn’t not realize that 74mm is unnatural, under 1cm, and against gods will
@Bob_Smith198 ай бұрын
US exists, it’s measured in inches. May be the only one but that means mm is not used everywhere.
@EspeonMistress008 ай бұрын
@@Mr_MikeMikeMikeThe point he was trying to make could have been made by saying something else instead of a false fact.
@BMXaster8 ай бұрын
I mean the only 2 somewhat real simillarities between the two nations is their will* to serve as a place for discussion between other not so neutral nations. And secondly their wealth, tho it's debateable on how this wealth was achieved and how sustainable their respective economies are.
@1YellowUmbrella8 ай бұрын
More Singapore than Switzerland, in my opinion.
@rayzr11208 ай бұрын
I was thinking it has some similarities to Taiwan aswell
@lupin87508 ай бұрын
@@rayzr1120 In what ways is Qatar similar to Taiwan
@starkidforlife1368 ай бұрын
@@lupin8750Island
@ShhhHhhhz8 ай бұрын
nah, singapore has zero natural resources, its a fluke they even got this far.
@A.F.Whitepigeon8 ай бұрын
@@lupin8750 They're shaped roughly oblong.
@huangGQ8 ай бұрын
Having money is more useful than having morals.
@desertblade18748 ай бұрын
Most countries run like this, especially western countries... It's not specific to only Qatar
@eshankulkarni28438 ай бұрын
Morality is pretty much irrelevant on the geopolitical scale.
@User311298 ай бұрын
Is that you, Donald?
@lookingforsomething8 ай бұрын
@eshankulkarni2843 That is not true though. Morality often IS actually beneficial. Countries which share similar moralities often flock together, giving strength in numbers. Often the more selfish countries are rather alone, and only get alliances of convenience through strong arming and purchasing support. There is definitely a lot of value in soft power, which often follows good morals, which result in better ties. Morals make a difference, but money is obviously very strong as well. Most countries have a fair bit of money. Morals can be a significant power multiplier, and a country which is internationally liked find bigger and smaller benefits from easier trade to even direct military aid.
@MinusMedley8 ай бұрын
Yup, what a shitty world we live in.
@mtathos_8 ай бұрын
With a bit more of slavery and worker abuse. What an insult to Switzerland this claim is.
@samh89778 ай бұрын
Don't forget funding terrorism
@SirFrancisBaconn8 ай бұрын
Just gonna ignore all the money Swiss banks hold for dictators and other truly evil humans, that they continued to trade with and treat with the Nazi's throughout the holocaust and protect child rapists like Roman Polanski? "In 1999 an international panel of historians declared that Switzerland was "guilty of acting as an accomplice to the Holocaust when it refused to accept many thousands of fleeing Jews, and instead sent them back to almost certain annihilation at the hands of the Nazis"." Switzerland has plenty of skeletons in it's closet.
@BigMuskachini8 ай бұрын
boohoo imagine if those Indians/South east asians decided to work in their own countries rather than abroad. absolutely 0 sympathy from me
@TONI__KROOS8 ай бұрын
Every country was built by slavery
@woodpenguin9547 ай бұрын
On the slavery index, Qatar is better than every single middle eastern country and is similar to Hungary and greece while having more than 10x the number of foreign residents nevermind as a percentage.
@TheHylianBatman8 ай бұрын
I find the dynamics and the relationships within the Middle East so interesting. This was an interesting topic, thank you.
@samh89778 ай бұрын
What an insult to Switzerland
@Eye-am-Metalchip8 ай бұрын
(opinion) Qatar is to -Africa(💀)- THE MIDDLE EAST as Switzerland is to Europe. Qatar ≠ Switzerland!
@EpicgamerwinXD66698 ай бұрын
@@Eye-am-Metalchipbruh, Qatar is in Asia.
@FortuneZer08 ай бұрын
Yea, we swiss have fallen far. For some saracens to easily overtake us. We should never have joined the UN. We shouldnt have enforced women suffrage without equal duty to serve in 1990. We shouldnt have enslaved us with bilateral treaties with the NGO "European Union". We should never have caved on our banking secret. We have been sold out.
@Eye-am-Metalchip8 ай бұрын
@@EpicgamerwinXD6669 sorry😅, let me rephrase, Qatar serves the Switzerland's role for the middle east and surrounding nations, Qatar is not being directly compared to Switzerland, it's just taking up the role Switzerland would fill for the Middle East, Africa & Surrounding nations, (Qatar is not Switzerland, they have done many ethically bankrupt things, but Qatar's role is for what switzerland is to Europe, as Qatar is now for where it's located). (TLDR: Too long, didn't read)
@waynejohnson17868 ай бұрын
The country that got rich off gold stolen from occupied countries during WW2? 😂
@gootywooty8 ай бұрын
Al Jazeera is not this neutral haven of a news source that this video tries to paint it as (there was ONE brief mention of how this only applies to issues not related to Qatar directly)... Skeptical on how truly accurate all this information actually is with the endless praise despite well known controversy and criticism of its government. Edit: Lots of other comments seem to suggest this video being paid by Qatar lol, just the complete one-sidedness of this entire video is something to consider and I can see how some have come to that conclusion.
@Andrew_Kohn8 ай бұрын
The same news network that employs a journalist in Gaza who just so happened to be filming himself inside an Israeli Kibbutz on October 7th. I cannot believe he actually posted this video.
@elon61318 ай бұрын
Feels a bit like the video started with the interesting premise and kind of got worked around that a little too much. edit: more generally though, i think the video was accurate - they just didn't go out of their way to highlight every single issue with Quatar. I think that's a very reasonable way to go about this content, but it's understandable that people struggle to match the overtly negative coverage they are used to with this more pragmatic take.
@Eye-am-Metalchip8 ай бұрын
I agree, though I believe what Wendover as trying to say (at least to me) is that Al Jazeera is a neutral haven of news compared to other fellow state run news stations from neigbouring countries. Al Jazeera's news is not neutral and very biased when it comes to domestic and forign news; yet, Al Jazeera acts a very flawed altenative compared to one's already very flawed state owned news stations. (be free to reply with anything you want to add or anything you want to critisise)
@gootywooty8 ай бұрын
@@Eye-am-Metalchip Agree with it being a lot better than similar channels in the region. There is also a noticeable difference between the Arabic and English versions with the former showing its bias more explicitly. Ultimately they're both state-run so people should do their own due diligence on what's being reported and how.
@unknownperson36918 ай бұрын
He doesn’t want to be killed by a rogue Emir.
@GabrielReid-st6ix8 ай бұрын
Literally everything I've learned about the Middle East has come from this channel. Every news network either assumes I know everything already or says "the region has a complex history" and then makes zero effort to elaborate. So you know, I appreciate all the hard work you do!
@Crownpanda8 ай бұрын
GDF is pretty good when it comes to its modern history and conflict and is arguably better than bendover productions when it comes to covering the middle east
@MAISTAAAA8 ай бұрын
you are completely wrong it's Oman. i have been to both countries it is Oman
@m0d1f1c8tor8 ай бұрын
What did Oman do? At least Qatar is on the international news for being the mediator to several rival countries.
@mistermood41648 ай бұрын
Oman is neutral but lacks influence
@idontlikepeachybbies7 ай бұрын
You are right,it is Oman.But isn’t the video about qatar trying to become Switzerland?
@CraBundy4 ай бұрын
@@m0d1f1c8torOman doesn't harbor the leaders of the big terrorists organizations in the Middle East.
@mattr87508 ай бұрын
This was a great vid, something I knew little about, yet interesting and important.
@ajernandes8 ай бұрын
Hide and Seek in Qatar when?
@suparmohammed19977 ай бұрын
They're not hiding
@BrockRiches8 ай бұрын
Your maths is off. 74mm = 7.4cm, well over 1cm.
@karlslicher85208 ай бұрын
Switzerland is a mountain fortress. Qatar could at most be the Ireland of Islam, but without Britain geographically bound to protecting it.
@uhohhotdog8 ай бұрын
That’s why they have US military bases there
@mattdombrowski84358 ай бұрын
Oh, you are going to get a lot of angry Irish people for claiming they are in any way protected by Britain.
@uhohhotdog8 ай бұрын
@@mattdombrowski8435 yea. They’re actually protected by the U.S.
@Del_S8 ай бұрын
Trouble is, if you play both sides of the street you're gonna get hit by traffic both ways if something goes wrong.
@CLmssan8 ай бұрын
Weak analogy
@Del_S8 ай бұрын
@@CLmssan True though.
@chairforceoneYT8 ай бұрын
@@CLmssan Nah its the perfect analogy, you can only play both sides for so long 'till you catch heat for being two faced
@abbasshahjafri8 ай бұрын
it's not doing it empty handed though, Qatar has oil which the world so desperately needs rn.
@Ra99y8 ай бұрын
yes but Qatar can handle it
@dhavalincredible8 ай бұрын
Nice…never knew that Wendover is a subsidiary of Al Jazeera 😂😂😂
@JacobRockower8 ай бұрын
Hilarious!
@rustix38 ай бұрын
13:51 How Bahrain airspace could cover Qatar's one and being above Qatar's EEZ? And how they can close the water ways to their ships, which are within Qatar's EEZ?
@herisruns8 ай бұрын
Airspace doesn't always line up exactly with EEZ. Airspace is managed by the UN's Civil Aviation Organization, and disproportionately large areas are often given to countries that have more robust air traffic control infrastructure. for example, US air traffic control covers large portions of the pacific and Spain covers a part of Africa that's close to the Canary Islands
@rustix38 ай бұрын
@@herisruns Ah,ok. But the video mentions "closing ... their waters to Qatari ships", how that's possible with the EEZ?
@danielamir4528 ай бұрын
@@rustix3The video never claimed they prevented Qatari ships from accessing Qatari waters, nor that ships were stuck in Qatar and couldn't leave. They just couldn't sail through most UAE, Saudi Arabian, and Bahraini waters, which means they had to take a more circuitous route.
@michaellinehan7108 ай бұрын
@rustix3 EEZ has nothing to do with shipping, only internal waters can truly be closed off, and territorial waters (12nm) are the only waterways that can be controlled by the nation, notwithstanding innocent passage. EEZ only controls which states may use the resources underneath the surface, such as fishing and seabed exploitation.
@lzh49506 ай бұрын
@@herisruns Indonesia has also voiced disquiet over neighbouring Singapore's FIR extending over the former's Riau islands (just ~20km away, & near enough for some terrorists to plot to fire rockets from there to Singapore). Maybe because this meant added bureaucracy for Indonesia's domestic flights that overfly Singapore's FIR but within Indonesian airspace - of having to handover from Indonesian to Singaporean ATC & then vice-versa, though I think Singapore does pay rent to Indonesia also so that the former has enough airspace to accommodate planes stacking near its Changi Airport.
@WanderingExistence8 ай бұрын
Neutrality, except for breaking human rights...
@Eye-am-Metalchip8 ай бұрын
Qatar is Neutral (comparitively) externally, but is just as ethically bad as the UAE externally.
@xxluggixx25598 ай бұрын
There's a significant lack of criticism in this video.
@prestondobber8 ай бұрын
Was honestly expecting a “this video is sponsored the Qatar Investment Authority” at the end of the video. Such blatant propaganda.
@shauryavashisht87438 ай бұрын
😂😂 This video is blatant propaganda
@burhan15278 ай бұрын
This video isn't about criticism shittard. It's about discussing Qatar foreign policy and they have only done good in their policies so there is nothing much to criticize about. You can drop this hate and think without having preconceived thoughts turd
@Smalp-jn4kn8 ай бұрын
@@prestondobber he is a liberal don’t you get it?
@Smalp-jn4kn8 ай бұрын
@@prestondobber yeah for a country that’s harboring terrorists. Isn’t he gay himself? I don’t think they appreciate his kind in Qatar.
@spointz89365 ай бұрын
I actually think Al Jazeera is no more biased than ABC, CNN, NBC, MSNBC, etc. In fact, I think often times they provide superior, less biased, and less selective news. Ofc one shouldnt go to them for Qatar news
@khaledqatarmiz7860Ай бұрын
I have friends in al jazeera and i can asure you that al jazeera actually has restrictions on what they can and cant show. For example they have tons of restricted footage about the genocide in gaza that they wont actually show due to a couple countries not allowing them to
@Raditram8 ай бұрын
10:05 is what you're all here for, the airplanes and airlines lmao
@Nazuiko8 ай бұрын
What is this, HAI?
@NaenaeGaming8 ай бұрын
Got to love the entire comment section being people rightfully criticising the system of modern day slavery that is Kafala!
@Karma468198 ай бұрын
Qatar showed the world what it thinks human life when building the station for the World Cup
@autograndeunlimited8 ай бұрын
Got to love how clueless yall are LMAO
@EspeonMistress008 ай бұрын
It's so tiring. May be we should also talk about the many many US war crimes everytime he talks about US then? Also as if US citizens aren't slaves. Capitalistic slaves
@q2yogurt8 ай бұрын
yes but it's literally irrelevant to the content of the video
@Smalp-jn4kn8 ай бұрын
@@Karma46819 what about allowing terrorists to stay at the four seasons
@Mrqwerty2109Ай бұрын
When your entire country is the Continental Hotel
@killrmillr8 ай бұрын
The operators of this channel really need to disclose if they are taking Qatarti money for this. Transparency is important and we need to know if they can be a trusted source.
@BlackHawkTejas8 ай бұрын
You can tell his bank account surely received some qatari oil & gas love! What else explains this pure propaganda piece of video!
@theneonbop8 ай бұрын
they disclose other sponsorships, so the absence of a disclosure shows that they have not been sponsored
@Karma468198 ай бұрын
I do wonder how an American KZbin channel can make such a one sided story about a country that thrives on modern slavery
@theneonbop8 ай бұрын
@@Karma46819 It wasn't meant to be a general purpose video on "This is Qatar, and why Qatar is good/bad". It was meant to talk specifically about their diplomacy. It's not one sided if you present zero sides.
@jammaschan8 ай бұрын
I had a flight transfer in Qatar and I wasn't able to message my family because Signal (the messaging app) was blocked. There's no way it can become a "neutral" state with that amount of censoring. (If you also are in the same situation as I was, Signal has an inbuilt censorship circumvention toggle in its settings which solved the problem for me.)
@Ra99y8 ай бұрын
same thing with most gulf countries
@AbdulRehman-fb6ol8 ай бұрын
@@Ra99ythey have a weird policy regarding VoIPs
@Happy-Mint8 ай бұрын
Only signal calls are blocked in Qatar. Signal messages work fine. This is used to benefit mobile carriers financially.
@StandWithIsraelForever8 ай бұрын
Just like the Swizz helped the Nazi's hide gold during WWII, the Qataries are helping Islamists terrorists become Billioners and hide their money and them as well in 7 start hotels!!! People that Behead people are celbrated there, this is Qatar.
@jammaschan8 ай бұрын
@@Happy-Mint nope, I was unable to send messages to my family telling them that I had landed safely in Qatar. I did not attempt to call them on Signal. After turning on the censorship bypassing feature, the messages were sent without issue.
@Plasmafox8 ай бұрын
To be a pacifist you need to be strong. If you're weak, you're not peaceful, you're harmless, and you will be preyed upon
@sanketbaxi80648 ай бұрын
Strong "war is peace" vibes
@piedpiper11728 ай бұрын
@@sanketbaxi8064Switzerland had a robust self defense military (and an impressive set of anti-invasion infrastructure/strategic demolition investments). War is peace refers to offensive acts of war being described as peace. There is a substantial difference from having sufficient strength to make the prospect of invasion unappealing vs expansionist policy masquerading as peace keeping. There is also an element of ensuring prospective opponents know you are strong enough for self defense. There is a particularly poignant example in Ukraine atm. Russian decision makers massively underestimated Ukraine’s self defense capacity, and thus that same capacity failed to act as a deterrent. Military power, like everything else we collaborate to make, is a tool. It’s moral value-or utter immorality-is determined by how it is used.
@bruhice60588 ай бұрын
@@sanketbaxi8064being ready to fight is peace
@Admiral_Jezza8 ай бұрын
@@sanketbaxi8064 Its more akin to "speak softly and carry a big stick."
@immaterialspectator42098 ай бұрын
Being non-violent means not using violence. It not some philosophical mystery. If someone says "I will never shoot a human being." that position isn't invalidated by them not buying a gun. The whole idea that you need to be capable of violence to be a pacifist is deranged.
@kaizen_vbr8 ай бұрын
Whoa, Wendover. Didn't expect this. Perhaps "neutral" isn't the best word to describe this country.
@abhinav.pandey198 ай бұрын
Comparing Qatar with Switzerland, eh? That's like saying, a stable equilibrium and an unstable equilibrium are both the same. I get that both nations have a penchant for opaque practices frowned upon elsewhere and that they're pitting two adversaries against one another, while emerging as the sole victor. But, I don't really find the above practice quite sustainable in the long run. Sooner rather than later, the whole situation could blow up with the neutral turf turning itself into a battle turf.
@abhinav.pandey198 ай бұрын
Wendover Productions?? Nah... More like, BENDOVER PRODUCTIONS!
@zeeeek38 ай бұрын
Between this video and the video on Saudi sports washing, I guess it's clear who's paying the Wendover bills these days
@cretinousmartyr35228 ай бұрын
Nebula?
@cretinousmartyr35228 ай бұрын
Oh Brilliant, not Nebula lol
@mavis498910 күн бұрын
I’m a Qatari I love my country very much and I don’t know how to feel about this because it kinda feels like he’s making fun of Qatar but also kinda feels like he’s just expressing/explaining his opinions
@MinhNguyen-xu5yr5 ай бұрын
The video has some point like a US' media .
@mendel51068 ай бұрын
Quatar is not neutral at all but very partial to Palestinians and Hamas.
@quehablo8 ай бұрын
And also very partial to the US military and thus, indirectly, Israel. It's kind of like saying the Korean DMZ isn't neutral because both north and south are there
@khaledqatarmiz7860Ай бұрын
I mean thats all news channels
@psammiad8 ай бұрын
Why do Americans say EYE-ran, instead of Iran?
@scrambledmandible8 ай бұрын
Because that's the sound "I" makes when it starts a word
@korakys8 ай бұрын
Because they never hear non-Americans say it. Hey, at least he did far better than most Americans when it comes to saying Qatar. No "cutters" to be heard!
@Motionman378 ай бұрын
@@scrambledmandiblenot every word that starts with the letter “i” is pronounced “eye”
@cmmartti8 ай бұрын
@@Motionman37No, sometimes it's a short I (like "inept"). But it's almost never a long E (like the Es in "leek"). I'm sure there are some examples but in general, the letter I is not pronounced with a long E in English, particularly Can-American English. As a reminder, different languages have no obligation to conform with the pronunciations or spelling of foreign words/names, or even try to use them at all, e.g. Japan or Paris.
@mdwz8 ай бұрын
But Iraq is not pronounced ee-raq, it's the short i from inept@@cmmartti
@hgross058 ай бұрын
Qatar is hardly neutral internally - for example, they fund Hamas whilst also ‘leading’ ceasefire talks.
@BOZ_118 ай бұрын
CBC News, Oct 28, 2023:- "A year later, Netanyahu was further embarrassed when photos of suitcases full of cash going to Hamas became public. Liberman finally resigned in protest over Netanyahu's Hamas policy which, he said, marked "the first time Israel is funding terrorism against itself." Netanyahu's education minister Naftali Bennett also denounced the payments, and also quit." Former Israeli official Brig. Gen. Yitzhak Segev, who was the Israeli military governor in Gaza in the early 1980s, told a New York Times reporter that he had helped finance the Palestinian Islamist movement as a "counterweight" to the secularists and leftists of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Fatah party, led by Yasser Arafat. Avner Cohen, a former Israeli religious affairs official who worked in Gaza for more than two decades, told the Wall Street Journal in 2009 that Hamas is "Israel's creation." Hamas was the result of this, as Mehdi Hasan explains. First, the Israelis helped build up a militant strain of Palestinian political Islam, in the form of Hamas and its Muslim Brotherhood precursors; then, the Israelis switched tack and tried to bomb, besiege, and blockade it out of existence.
@WanderingExistence8 ай бұрын
Netanyahu approved of the funding! “Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hámàs and transferring money to Hämäs … This is part of our strategy - to isolate the Palestinians in Gaza from the Palestinians in the West Bank.” - Netanyahu, 2019 at a Likud party conference "‘Buying Quiet’: Inside the Israeli Plan That Propped Up Hàmás Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gambled that a strong H@m@s (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state." - NYT
@NoNameAtAll28 ай бұрын
meanwhile in the video: "Quatar funded Israel" "Quatar funded Hamas" "both at the same time, right across the road" supporting both sides, but being accused of supporting one is strange
@RyBrown8 ай бұрын
@@NoNameAtAll2Peoplr get really stupid when it comes to the conflict in Palestine 🤔
@Eye-am-Metalchip8 ай бұрын
But that's not what he's saying, he's talking about how Qatar is Neutral Externally; yet, it's no surprise how Qatar is just as ethically bad as their neighours (Qatar follows many ethically bankrupt practices such as MODERN SLAVERY), Qatar advertises itself as a """Lesser Evil""" compared to UAE or Saudi Arabia, even if it's not actually true. This lets Qatar take the role of a Switzerlandic nation for anyone to set their stuff there (hence the comparison).
@bankerdave8888 ай бұрын
Money talks, loyalty walks
@tombo4168 ай бұрын
Switzerland is a Lawful Neutral whilst Qatar is Chaotic Neutral
@Dudenier8 ай бұрын
Lawful or not, its all relative
@TheBaldOne8 ай бұрын
Qatar is not neutral, it tries to portray itself as neutral but to anyone paying attention to that region it's not neutral by any means.
@Eye-am-Metalchip8 ай бұрын
@@DudenierExactly, Switzerland is to Europe as Qatar is to Africa; Qatar is no where near the same nation as Switzerland!
@korakys8 ай бұрын
lol, this is such a good way to put it
@nykos2228 ай бұрын
Qatar is Chaotic Evil, harboring terrorists from Hamas, such is Ismail Haniyeh.
@robmack5198 ай бұрын
Imagine being on the administative end of a terror organization with an office and everything. I always assumed that would be more of a work from home gig
@yab_6138 ай бұрын
At 19:25 you said Qatar brokered a deal “medication for Israeli hostages” which never actually made it to said hostages.
@Ra99y8 ай бұрын
is that the fault of Qatar though? They still made it happen
@danielamir4528 ай бұрын
@@Ra99ywell evidently they didn't make it happen...
@Ghost_PM118 ай бұрын
I don't know Jack, this one looks suspicious.
@CLiss158 ай бұрын
"Iran supports terrorist organizations." - Not a quote you'll hear from Wendover Productions.
@MohammedR-fk2ju8 ай бұрын
Qatar is not the only key country in the Hamas and Israel negotiations, Egypt plays an important role too. And certainly, qatar was not the sole factor on the recent ceasefire brokered between isreal and hamas.
@789know8 ай бұрын
yea he completely forget Egypt. Qatar get itself in bc they r major backer of Hamas and leadership r there.
@Jaffjv8 ай бұрын
Egypt just doesn’t want Palestinian migrating into their country. Look at the massive wall they’re building to keep them out. Compare that to Poland opening it’s doors for displaced Ukrainians a few years ago, night and day
@Crownpanda8 ай бұрын
Egypt? What are you smoking
@Agtsmirnoff8 ай бұрын
Qatar has largely failed at mediating this conflict
@TheBaldOne8 ай бұрын
Dude, having lived in the middle east for the past 10 years, hearing you say Qatar is neutral is like a punch in the stomach. Tell me this is ironic.
@ILovePancakes248 ай бұрын
I don't live in the middle east. Do you care to explain why they are not neutral?
@zeeeek38 ай бұрын
@@ILovePancakes24besides actively funding and supporting genocidal terror groups with strong connections to Iran? Or their state run propaganda outlet, Al Jazeera, which they use to push their agenda under the guise of independent journalism? They allow the US in to give them plausible deniability and reduce the fallout of their actions -- US presence there means America is unlikely to retaliate against them for being some of the worst people on the planet
@waynejohnson17868 ай бұрын
They are neutral but lean more towards the US.
@BlackHawkTejas8 ай бұрын
@@ILovePancakes24Sheltering terrorists leaders from all around the world live there as kings like life! Don't pay their migrant workers, have horrible human rights( this coming from a non-western perspective) etc...
@user-ci4hi2ui2k8 ай бұрын
Because they have financed basically every islamist revolutianry group realated to the muslim Brotherhood
@theprofessor34786 ай бұрын
Ok I think something needs to be cleared up for the people screaming about human rights abuses in Qatar. Yes it happens, but as someone who lives there and has done for 10 years south of the gas city Sam mentioned. Where a majority of the workers who fuel Qatar’s economy live. I can tell you people live better there than where I am from (the uk). So before you come down screaming about constant human rights abuses because u read them on some CNN article do a lil more research. The people employed by the governmental run Qatar energy and shell are treated hella well. It’s the construction companies owned and controlled by other Middle Eastern countries that are the problem. Like damac and emaar. What people also fail to realise is that employers legit fully pay for all expenses, including housing, food, flights. Where in the developed world is that a thing btw.
@emmettturner94528 ай бұрын
I got caught in that June 2017 fiasco when flying back to the USA from Thailand and Japan. So many countries closed their airspace to Qatar Airways that the plane had to be routed far out of the way and the flight ended up being something like 21 or 23 hours. We weren’t allowed to have any of our electronic carry-on items either, so my Nintendo Switch (just launched) and laptop were out of reach in the checked luggage… which I **really** didn’t want to do after my New Nintendo 3DS XL was stolen from checked luggage on the ferry from Samui Island days earlier. :( Doha was obviously impressive though I never left the airport and knew full well that the airport and city were a Potemkin Village of sorts. The employees were nice tho’
@Ra99y8 ай бұрын
unlucky about the DS and the situation. I’m sure you would rather have a safer flight though.
@emmettturner94528 ай бұрын
@@Ra99y Oh, for sure, but there wasn’t actually any threat causing the heightened security. Just other countries closing their airspace over some allegation that the country’s leaders had supported the wrong people. Nothing to do with air travel. It was just a strange “do something” reaction where the U.S. was willing to allow flights as long as they did stuff like that.
@smallworld7077 ай бұрын
Nah there was a real possibility of ground movement from Saudi. But that didn't happen. It's not so much of a potemkin village. Unless you're a wagey. Then it is very, very bad.
@emmettturner94527 ай бұрын
@@smallworld707 Thanks for the info, but even that is a far cry from bombing civilian air passengers with bombs smuggled on the plane. The Saudis would not have needed to resort to such tactics even if they were willing to take it down. Closing their airspace makes it harder for them to hit when you think about it. Maybe you mean ethnic Saudi rogues, like 9-11?
@Dap1ssmonk21 күн бұрын
It’s less of a Potemkin village and closer to the tourist areas of Mexican cities: an island of opulence in a sea of poverty.
@zapfanzapfan8 ай бұрын
3:50 "...receives less than a centimeter of precipitation a year...", while in the table on screen it says 74 mm, which is more than 1 centimeter...
@AlbatrossCommando8 ай бұрын
>Al Jazeera >Balanced nuanced view
@ashliehiggins8 ай бұрын
If you compare it to Fox it is.
@AlbatrossCommando8 ай бұрын
@@ashliehiggins Not when it comes to Qatari business or Israel.
@juicy342yt48 ай бұрын
@@AlbatrossCommandoi mean, quite hard to have unbiased news about isntreal
@AlbatrossCommando8 ай бұрын
@@juicy342yt4 They still haven't retracted the al-Ahli story despite basically every organization on earth coming out by this point and saying it was the PIJ.
@AL-lh2ht8 ай бұрын
@@ashliehiggins If fox news said whatever the goverment told them to.
@ryankertzner43438 ай бұрын
"Al Jazeera offers a more balanced, nuanced view."
@zeeeek38 ай бұрын
ahahahahahahahahah
@Distress.8 ай бұрын
I laughed stopped watching there
@d.b.cooper18 ай бұрын
Some great insights sam my old mucker, never disappoints
@EpicgamerwinXD66698 ай бұрын
As someone who is half Arab themselves, I truly despise Qatar. And I'm far from alone in that assessment, people in Saudi Arabia and The UAE probably hate Qatar orders of magnitude more than myself.
@salifyanji78898 ай бұрын
Saudi lol🤣🤣, I can't think of a government more despised by muslims
@zakr11878 ай бұрын
Why?
@EpicgamerwinXD66698 ай бұрын
@@zakr1187why do I hate them? Well for starters as someone who's half Egyptian, they keep 300,000 Egyptians as slave labor in their country. Why do The UAE and Saudi Arabia hate them? Because Qatar is on good terms with Iran.
@madhavyu8 ай бұрын
Why? Genuinely curious.
@hcn67088 ай бұрын
Saudis and Emiratis hate it because they see it as a competitor lmao
@Hobble.8 ай бұрын
InB4 Comments turned off lol
@WanderingExistence8 ай бұрын
Did this guy just use "brushing against somebody in the supermarket as bizarre" as a pun for Middle Eastern markets being called bazaars??? Lmao.
@gobbel20008 ай бұрын
Thanks, that was very informative. I did have some image about Qatar from various events, but never knew that it was of such large political importance for the region.
@StandWithIsraelForever8 ай бұрын
Just like the Swizz helped the Nazi's hide gold during WWII, the Qataries are helping Islamists terrorists become Billioners and hide their money and them as well in 7 start hotels!!! People that Behead people are celbrated there, this is Qatar.
@gvfc8 ай бұрын
What happens when the gas runs out?
@modernadmiral8 ай бұрын
They have over 600 years of reserves left. But as stated in the video, it's a non issue because of the other massive financial generating projects they have. Their portfolio is incredibly diverse.
@ethandouro43347 ай бұрын
@@modernadmiraltheir agriculture is growing way higher than their neighbours except for Iran
@norah48924 ай бұрын
I am just happy he mentioned my small country in East Africa: Djibouti 🇩🇯 😂😂😂
@erictaylor54628 ай бұрын
Wendover is like that one person who can explain complex events in a way we can understand. Just freaking brilliant.
@mathiask.54748 ай бұрын
My country (Switzerland) is too different from them, we do two things: We don't house *literal terrorists* and we pay our foreign workers, and pretty well for that matter.
@apeters53398 ай бұрын
You aided the Nazis….what are you talking about?
@endjfcar8 ай бұрын
You have North Korean money tho
@mathiask.54748 ай бұрын
@@apeters5339The Nazi argument is literally the only thing people have on Switzerland, you guys should update to new arguments because this one is just invalid now. We just wanted to stay neutral.
@mathiask.54748 ай бұрын
@@endjfcarThat we can freeze at any time if the NK gov't tries to commit a nuclear war. So we can basically freeze their ability to even be able to launch them without suffering extreme casualties afterwards.
@Gerrwords8 ай бұрын
your country did house nazi's stolen money and art etc.
@bhratbrat8 ай бұрын
Admittedly i lived in Qatar in 2017 and there was a lot of pride in becoming more independent.
@markwils50426 ай бұрын
Really well presented !
@Molikai8 ай бұрын
And ignoring that Switzwerland got away with it by a) Being in a really defensible spot, and b) Supplying mercenaries to most of Europe for several centuries...
@theant42686 ай бұрын
Only watched because of the beautiful thumbnail
@erikziak12498 ай бұрын
I tend to disagree with the claim that Qatar is becoming the Switzerland of the Middle East. There might be some parallels to be drawn between Qatar and Switzerland, but they are just a few and the differences are much bigger. Economically, politically, historically, geographically, etc.
@mooingAlong8 ай бұрын
Publishing this video a week before Jet Lag Switzerland is released to Nebula? I see what you did there, Sam. 😊
@erictaylor54628 ай бұрын
1:10 Well, seeing as it is in the middle east, it would be bazaar. Unless you are talking about a strange event, in witch case it would be a bizarre event taking place in a bazaar. In that part of the world a strange grocery store is a bizarre bazaar.
@Breakfast2218 ай бұрын
Sam, you're usually pretty solid, but calling Al Jazeera's coverage of Middle Eastern news "neutral" is not your best work.
@eshankulkarni28438 ай бұрын
COMPARATIVELY. Name one other middle eastern news source that is less screwed than AJ. Yes, AJ sucks, but relatively, it is more "neutral" than the others. Everything is relative my friend.
@eshankulkarni28438 ай бұрын
@@johnhudson2210 Never heard of Middle East Monitor, Haaretz is Israeli, so they're dealing with an automatic stigma. Point still stands.
@Ellaliluleloka8 ай бұрын
@@eshankulkarni2843Israel is the only democracy in the middle east that has free press (for now anyway). It counts for something that the other countries dont have.
@adhynugroho94248 ай бұрын
@@Ellalilulelokarape is also free in Israel.
@sip2758 ай бұрын
@@Ellaliluleloka free does not mean unbiased. Israeli media is basically as biased towards Palestine as a state-media platform would be.
@13minutestomidnight8 ай бұрын
Although Qatar has a bad record with human rights abuses (unfortunately, like other countries in the Middle East), which I'm not disregarding, those issues are separate from its diplomacy, and it's a good thing Wendover Productions is objective enough to treat those issues separately on their own terms (which is very difficult). The truth is that providing a place for discussion and mediating dialogue and peaceful exchanges between different groups (so many of whom are highly militaristic) is still desperately needed and a good thing. They pursue their own version of neutrality (as stated in the video),and according to their own interests, but it may be the best cause for hope in helping to reduce conflict in the region. I don't believe saying "if you don't oppose them, you're supporting them" is a fair statement about neutrality, rather that statement is used by militaristic groups that don't like opposition (whether that's the current leaders of Saudi Arabia, the US or Israel). That said, it is definitely true that neutrality is always subjective and a very difficult line to walk. Due to that, neutrality is always biased by context and culture even before you get to politics, but just the attempt at neutrality and mediation is something that any country involved in a war-torn region should aspire to.
@StandWithIsraelForever8 ай бұрын
Just like the Swizz helped the Nazi's hide gold during WWII, the Qataries are helping Islamists terrorists become Billioners and hide their money and them as well in 7 start hotels!!! People that Behead people are celbrated there, this is Qatar.
@shahrukhkhan83078 ай бұрын
You think America don't have human right issues? There are 1 million undocumented migrants in slavery right now in America.
@TONI__KROOS8 ай бұрын
And america is the beacon of human rights?!
@StandWithIsraelForever8 ай бұрын
@@TONI__KROOS Yes!!! learn a bit of history buddy - don't compare America to America, but compare it to another country, say Turkmenistan, China, Russia and yes you will find the they are literaly the beacon...god you guys have it so god you don't even get it
@sullivanl33057 ай бұрын
@@StandWithIsraelForever typical murican... of course you misunderstood his comment! That's why you need to stop funding that inefficient military of yours and put all that money into your EDUCATION SYSTEM so you don't end up making ignorant comments. Stick to school buddy. Less guns, more school.... and more reading for gods sake so you can properly comprehend what people say.
@pucirepu8 ай бұрын
Ohh there it is!! Who had the 10:03 bet on how long he will go before mentioning something plane related??
@davidlevi80308 ай бұрын
Qatar has less than a DECImeter of rainfall, but 72mm is 7cm, so that's more than a centimetre. Hope to make it in the next mistakes video, cheers!
@baksatibi8 ай бұрын
This is not HAI, here they don't make mistakes videos.
@FionaLacey-pn1me5 ай бұрын
UNRELATED: Isn't the arabic abjad so beautiful? It's super cool, it's among the top 10 prettiest scripts ever. EDIT- here's the list 1, Georgian, 2, Arabic, 3, Tibetan, 4, Sanskrit, 5, Tagalog, 6, Thai, 7, Inuktitut, 8, Korean, 9, Sinhalese, 10, 𝔏𝔦𝔢𝔟𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔤𝔰𝔰𝔨𝔯𝔦𝔭𝔱. These are not in order.
@user-mi4lp2nv8r8 ай бұрын
one correction: for Hamas, the alternative to basing their political HQ wasn't Gaza itself - it was more likely going to be Syria or even Iran. They would need a foreign location to operate in, and all other alternatives would have been much worse for the US than them being in Qatar.
@suleyman86968 ай бұрын
Before 2012 it was in Syria, and the USA didn’t have much troubles with that and saw Syria as a mediator back then 😊
@official_alphabet_inc7 ай бұрын
Imagine if every country on this planet adopted the foreign policy of countries like Qatar and Switzerland...
@norm11248 ай бұрын
Are you sure the Swiss and the Qatary legal systems are comparable? n.b.: I'm Swiss and quite happy about my freedom of speech. And not happy about FIFAs policy 🤭
@FortuneZer08 ай бұрын
But we dont have freedom of speech. There are Artikel 173 StGB Art. 174 and the recently ambiguously expanded Art. 261bi.
@killercaos1238 ай бұрын
As far as I know, Doha is home to ONE liquor store. It’s huge, I’ll give you that, but it’s the only one in the entire nation.
@Ra99y8 ай бұрын
Yes and many licensed bars
@doujinflip8 ай бұрын
Which can only purchase from that one state-run monopoly. Hence a can of beer that starts at like $10.
@geffeniz8 ай бұрын
Awesome work team....top 3 best youtube channels ever😃
@user-oy9jq7ro5m8 ай бұрын
In an era of news outlets being a hot mess of they're biases your ability to present the facts and stay apolitical is refreshing.
@BlackHawkTejas8 ай бұрын
If Qatar is neutral,then china is a democracy, US really cares about human life, uk never colonized anyone, India has the world's least population, ukraine is the most non-corrupt country, Earth is flat, Japan has no industrialization etc...etc...
@danghoangluong29422 ай бұрын
Russia is respect international law
@Dap1ssmonk21 күн бұрын
It’s always fun when you can tell both someone’s political bend and how unpleasant they are by what they joke about. I can almost picture you in my mind.
@TCCL2276 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@abdullak70233 ай бұрын
I love reading Westerner's comments on supposed human rights. Don't they remember the lessons of WW2? Who initiated both world wars? Arabs or Europeans? Who committed the Holocaust? Who caused and facilitated the Holocaust? Arabs or Europeans? Funny business
@hadiisaboss53073 ай бұрын
So you compare qatars human rights to western human rights 80 years ago and think that makes you look good?
@abdullak70232 ай бұрын
@@hadiisaboss5307 loooool. Hundreds of years of European animal rights. Stay bitter though, we’re doing just fine in Qatar $$$ 🥰🥰😎✌🏻✌🏻
@hadiisaboss53072 ай бұрын
@@abdullak7023 liking your own comment is great way to show how insecure you are
@abdullak70232 ай бұрын
@@hadiisaboss5307 thanks for sharing. I’d rather be insecure than a hypocrite
@abdullak70232 ай бұрын
@@hadiisaboss5307 the only insecure one is you you’re checking the likes on my comment as if a like on a comment will give me validation 😂
@nienke77138 ай бұрын
The fact that hamas has their headquarters in Qatar, yet Israel keeps on targeting Palestinian civilian infrastructure and nothing in Qatar, shows what Israel's real goals are
@MrChrisRCT38 ай бұрын
real life lore ahh title
@nitehawk868 ай бұрын
And real life lore levels of misinformation.
@F_Around_and_find_out8 ай бұрын
Over here in Vietnam they're trying to become the Switzerland of ASEAN: play nice with everyone, but choose no one.
@justmeajah8 ай бұрын
Interesting
@MSthesmart8 ай бұрын
I am a Pakistani huge supporter of Qatar still I feel like I watched the advertisement from Qatar tourism. RLL could have done much better. Edit: Oh that was Wendover
@shivamjhanwar27828 ай бұрын
honestly liked watching the videos more when they had captions, haven't seen a couple since y'all stopped doing that