What Happened to ISIS? (And are they coming back?)

[@aceundead4750]

The Islamic state being dubbed isis made it really god damned motherfucking difficult to do research into the Egyptian goddess Isis, and even the birds called the Ibis for a while. Half the time google would be like did you mean to search for the terrorists.

[@Max-hw7xl]

my GFs horse at the time was called Isis. it kinda fit, that beast was also a terrorist

[@liquidocelot5976]

It also meant they had to rename the agency in Archer a bunch of times lol

[@nifralo2752]

There is an isis prison I'm the uk

[@cDTeVe]

... only western people and journalists still call them ISIS!! Obama only said ISIL.. the Arabs say Daish (or like that)...

[@royalroyal2210]

Here's a little tip, you can search Isis Taylor instead. It's good for research purposes

[@marshaltito7232]

I flew over Mosul a few months after the city was retaken. Even from the sky you could see it was completely ruined. Those poor people deserve peace after so many years of shear brutality.

[@sea_clicks]

Must be horrific and urban devastated

[@joeyates3909]

the battle to retake Mosul was horrifically brutal and caused much of the destruction you will have seen, especially in the desperate last stand in the old city where they even destroyed the Mosque that Baghdadi originally announced his caliphate in

[@Giantist]

Feel so sorry for the civilians, isis took hostages as human shields, kept men woman and children in rooms without food and water for weeks on end, separated men from their families only to slaughter them when liberation forces were closing in. Heartbreaking

[@BasileosHerodou]

​@@Giantistand these monsters claim themselves to be men of God, hah!

[@rando9033]

@marshaltito7232, out of curiosity, where’d you take of and what city were you headed towards when you flew over?

[@mh8748]

ISIS: "let's return our technology to c.600AD!" How? "AK47s (c.1949) and social media (c.2004)"

[@onejediboi]

Just shows how incredibly stupid they are

[@burningchrome70]

Thank you Simon and Mr. Moloney for explaining all of this. The research alone was brutal.

[@Hayanomie]

As a Syrian, why they play down the Syrian government's role in the creation of IS is beyond me.

[@HK00088]

@@Hayanomieit was 🇮🇱 Government created lSlS

[@Hayanomie]

@@HK00088 hahahaha

[@tawheedfidunya]

@@HK00088 and yet you cannot provide one source or evidence for that you hypocrite deceiver. jahil

[@24mmfilm40]

Don't forget to thank america for bombing the shit out of these terrorists

[@jackkurze2618]

Simon and all the members of your team: thank you and I owe you a beer. I'm a history teacher and I'm currently teaching about this group. This will help them immensly! Cheers mates!

[@matthewgrove-jones3001]

Love Simon, he's the best!🍻

[@_divinityyy]

Ily too

[@yoyohoneysingh1143]

I hope you don't join this terrorist group.....😂😂

[@Hayanomie]

Make sure not to leave out the cruelty of Assad's government and their hand in these affairs. For reference check out Christopher Reuters work on the subject.

[@jackkurze2618]

@@Hayanomie I don't sugarcoat history, so Assad's dealings are also a part of it.

[@lazytommy0]

The youtube algorithm didnt like this video at all lol. I'm glad that you still push content that people need, even when our censorship overlords dont like it (:

[@modal_derp]

speak about not liking, I can't watch the video at all, becuase when I click on proceed after the warning, it redirects me away from the video

[@lazytommy0]

@@modal_derp yeah it did that to me a few times. Try watching it on a different device. It refused me on computer but on mobile it let me watch after the warning

[@randomchannelgandalf]

I was actually surprised to have this video with a viewer discretion warning recommended on the frontpage. I've never had a video with a warning recommended yet.

[@ZMB-on5ub]

Yep. Never had to click more than once to watch on YT. This is a first.

[@GrievousReborn]

​@@randomchannelgandalfSimon Whistler has had a few on his into the Shadows Channel

[@TheDirtCook]

Finally no cheesy stock footage! Happy you’ve brought back legitimate historical footage even if you need to put a warning on the video

[@tomcarlton8760]

How’s your free KZbin channel?

[@pvt.potato1943]

It was KZbin who added the warning, they hate any kind of modern transformative content related to "terrorism".

[@NitroDragon]

@@pvt.potato1943 Almost a guaranteed sign that the video is demonetized as well.

[@semaj_5022]

The KZbin algorithm almost certainly demonetized this video and added the warning the moment it was uploaded. Probably buried it deep so that it's hard to search for as well. I only found it through the embed at the end of the last video I watched on this channel.

[@Prophetofthe8thLegion]

@@semaj_5022it was recommended to me? And it seems to be doing well? Maybe it has beaten the odds?

[@Felcaster]

I worked 15 minutes from the San Bernardino, CA, USA terrorist attack. The craziest part of that attack is it basically occurred at a meeting of office worker municipal employees. Scientists, specialists, and clerical staff were gunned down at their company event. The couple who committed the attack lived in the safe, respectable, higher income city of Redlands. In the west we tend to think of terror attacks occurring in an exotic bazaar in a far off country... There is nowhere safe

[@stewartyates4510]

Better get on that gun control so that the bad people can’t go acquire them by legitimate means! Wait……

[@RedDevilStudio]

I mean it feels like your country has mass shootings almost every other week...

[@kylefisher5138]

Lol OK....you're more likely to die in a car crash than a terrorist attack I feel safe enough for me

[@imnotyourfriendbuddy1883]

In the USA, an American is far more likely to be gunned down by a dirtbag loser kid(teens and 20s) at a grocery store or somewhere than be killed by an organized terrorist attack. Hell Americans are more likely to die slipping in the shower and hitting their head than be killed by an organized terrorist attack(excluding years with a successful "spectacular" like 9/11).

[@Smearrrrrrgle]

Fear mongering much lmao

[@jaysalisbury193]

So glad to see Simon still making fantastic, well researched, highly informative content post the fall of TopTenz etc. Thank you, Simon. You really are the very best of KZbin.

[@shayann2228]

Well researched? The whole video? 30min? Quick answer, no. Extended answer, some even can spot severe ignorance

[@jaysalisbury193]

@shayann2228 I get your point. What im saying is that many of us know very little (which is a shame) and don't have the time to do any research at all, so even if this isn't perfect, it still offers a better understanding to many, by the end, than what they had going in. Ignorant, maybe, but its surely better to understand some of it, however small, than none of it at all, right?

[@shayann2228]

@@jaysalisbury193 However, this isn’t good at this point. When people start to believe that they know something, they will tell it to the world without doubt or any concern and they will entirely live with that (very little) knowledge, which they then describe as 'truth'. So, either being ignorant in one big matter and not damaging anyone, or damaging others with false knowledge that they have. Right?

[@jaysalisbury193]

@shayann2228 I don't know then, I've already said I don't know enough about this. I certainly don't know enough to be arguing with someone who does. Have a good night

[@tylerf3369]

​@@shayann2228 any specific examples of where this is a poorly researched video?

[@JBRAI22]

I think something you should of mentioned is that ISIS managed to radicalise a 10 year old boy in England, and that boy ended up managing some operations, such as a planned attack on ANZAC day here in Australia, but not just any ANZAC day, the 100th anniversary Edit: I should just clear the air that the kid was not physically a part of the attack, he was communicating with a man who intended to perform the attack

[@007kingifrit]

yes this is a clear sign that the internet cannot be allowed to be what it currently is. nobody under 21 should be on social media

[@C-Farsene_5]

Edgy kids amirite?

[@JBRAI22]

@@007kingifrit I say 13+ but you have to pass a test to see how susceptible you are and it should only apply to Social Media and online communications (except for apps like messages and stuff so you can communicate with family)

[@timothy2935]

​@JBRAI22 lmao you guys are SO BRAINEASHED TO GIVE UP YOUR FREEDOMS FOR TEMPORARY SECURITY! HAHA YOU DESERVE NEITHER!

[@007kingifrit]

@@JBRAI22 well i don't know where you came up with 13+ but i have a littany of studies on how social media affects young people and 13 is not old enough

[@deathbeforedishonor9012]

I remember watching a documentary about the Kurds fighting Isis and they said they called them Daesh as a disrespect

[@RoseNZieg]

I called them that as well. I don't like that the acronym of their name is identical to one of my favorite gods.

[@badluck5647]

Daesh roughly translates to "bigot" in Arabic. It actually fits quite well.

[@jffry890]

​@@RoseNZieg Okay Marquess of Queensberry

[@multiyapples]

Rest in peace to those that passed away. I really hope we defeat IS for good.

[@smokedbeefandcheese4144]

It’s an idea at this point idk if we can we clearly can’t bomb our way out of this

[@Thigamabob]

The entire world needs to come together to thoroughly cleanse extremists all over the world, for IS to actually be eradicated.

[@ahahuehafook4207]

Rest in peace to all the toyotas

[@GrievousReborn]

It's more than an organization at this point it's an idea and ideas are not easily killed.

[@USJTAC]

@@smokedbeefandcheese4144 We certainly tried bombing, continues to this day. Vast improvements from 2014.

[@jaws666]

"Parasite"...perfect description...i would also call it a "Cancer"

[@sleepyjoe7518]

CIA Assets would be more apt.

[@MateoMPM]

Like Islam

[@comradecrawdaddy]

Leaving a comment so KZbin understands that there is nothing wrong with this video at all.

[@kevinwilliams6613]

One of your best videos, Simon. Thank you for the great content!

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:00 - Chapter 1 - Rise of the islamic state 6:55 - Chapter 2 - Syria, iraq & full scale war 17:20 - Chapter 3 - Battlefield defeat 25:15 - Chapter 4 - Global infection - Chapter 5 - - Chapter 6 -

[@ahahuehafook4207]

TOYOTA!!!! 🎉

[@satanicmicrochipv5656]

This is the guy? Ok. Hi, Achmed is it? Outstanding, I'm Staff Sergeant @#$%&* and this is our interpreter. Now, what happened today is, we were securing this AO when we found what we suspected to be a booby trap IED and decided the safest way to deal with it was to blow it in place with some C4. Umm... Yeah, sorry about your house. Hey Wex! Get a fire extinguisher and put out Achmed's coffee table, would ya? Anyway, the good news is that it wasn't a booby trap IED. We're thinking it might have been a record player. Soo... Sorry about your record player. Here's $6,000. Alrighty, we're good to go then. Welp, good luck Achmed, don't spend it all in one place. SAPPERS!!! Mount it up and move it out! We've gotta nation to build.

[@badluck5647]

"Daesh" roughly translates to "bigot" in Arabic. It actually fits quite well.

[@DJZ3M]

Nope it translates as "dawla islamiya in Iraq-Syria" which means Islamic state of Iraq and Syria I'm NOT a supporter, I'm just clarifying facts

[@hydoffdhagaweyne1037]

​​@@DJZ3Mالدولة الإسلامية في العراق والشام (داعش). I remember the day they defeated the Iraqi army near Mosul and seized billions worth of military equipment. I thought that the Middle East was about to return to the stone age, fortunately the world literally stood up against Isis.

[@badluck5647]

@@DJZ3M "Daesh" is an acronym, but if you pronounce the acronym, then it means bigot.

[@badluck5647]

@@DJZ3M You are basically saying "MILF" can't be used mockingly for the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. _Yes, it's real. Look it up._

[@DJZ3M]

@@badluck5647 yeah I get it here in Algeria we call them ba3a3ich which means insects Btw Algeria was not affected like the video stated the te-roes had only one failed operation other than that they didn't even try

[@captainblackbeard7840]

you failed to mention HOW they got so powerful. 1) arms, intelligence and medical aid from Turkey, as well as the ability to use Turkey as a safe haven. 2) US decision not to attack IS if they were fighting against the Syrian army.

[@TheRealPsychoGeniusRevengeance]

Obsessed kurd above me

[@ianm7741]

One of the best videos you have made in a long long time. Thank you, I know it must have been a difficult subject to research and produce.

[@sheldon97sheldon]

I, like many, used to have that mindset of "It'll never effect me". That was until I was ever so nearly in the middle of a terror attack myself. I walked over Westminster Bridge in March 2017, literally just minutes before an attack took place by a car running people over killing several and injuring many. To think that we were so close to potential death, with a real terrorist just a matter of a few hundred meteres away from us killing people, this will haunt me for life. We unfortunately never came to the aid of any of the injured, as we'd just stepped foot into the Westminster Underground station as the attack took place, not realising anything had happened until we stepped foot at our final destination as there's pretty much no Internet at all whilst underground.

[@perigeehypertrophy5916]

Very sorry to hear this

[@chriswood9836]

Just think of all the potential people around you at all times

[@Celestial1000]

Complacency kills

[@a.b3203]

The price of importing 3rd world Muslim immigrants.

[@siphotheguy1870]

I love how their flag looks like something the Bevis and Butthead art department came up with!

[@bokiNYC]

😂😂😂👍

[@GeN56YoS]

Fun fact: the flag comes from the stamp of the first Islamic coin (6th-7th century). They're so dumb they made a coin their flag hence the logo is a circle

[@TomorrowWeLive]

It's supposed to be the actual handwriting of ole Mohamed so pretty much

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

This channel is great. Thanks for all your work simon! Please do the battle of Agincourt!

[@InquisitorXarius]

Agreed good suggestion, plus its a good example of the decline of chivalry in Europe.

[@--enyo--]

Was just thinking I’d like to hear some historical battles and conflicts. However I don’t think Simon likes non-modern stuff.

[@blinkanimals9720]

Comment for the algorithm! As always, a concise yet thorough analysis, a wonderful overview, and extremely entertaining! Thanks team Whistlerverse, you guys are the best!

[@denielf.7169]

This channel is rapidly becoming my favorite channel on this platform. Keep up the good work, Simon and crew!

[@werebitch1313]

I'm not even Muslim, & even I think it's disgusting how much these assholes misuse, twist, abuse, & defame Classical Islamic names & concepts. My sincerest condolences go out to all of the sane Muslims out there who have to deal with radicalised bullshit & the Western backlash against it every day.

[@DillaDonuts]

Except they are actually doing what the quran teaches. Islam is an extremely dangerous religion and i cant even understand why its tolerated around the world. The only reason it spread was because of murder, rape, and intimidation.

[@GamerLoff]

They lived like your prophet and his followers. What tf do you mean “defame” Islam when they just followed what that pedo bastard told them to?

[@redactedanticretin]

read it for yourself dont just repeat leftists talking points or just watch the islamic peace conference in norway there you can see clearly what mainstream islamic beliefes are

[@DillaDonuts]

@redactedanticretin uh no I just went straight to the "unchanged" source, the quran. It's just a massive more evil crappy rip off of the Bible

[@Butterzzzz]

@@redactedanticretindoesn’t it even directly say in the Quran to do acts like this?

[@josephgriffin2388]

There's TWO ways to deal with "radical" Islam (as If there's any other variety): -- contain it -- irradicate them We failed at both.

[@dstaff7373]

You can't Contain a Idea my Friend nor a Mindset.

[@1wun1]

Not failed to contain, the opposite happened. Islam got spread via refugee/migrant crises, those fellas were content in their own different lives back then.

[@007kingifrit]

you can if you kill everyone who has it @@dstaff7373

[@Tonius126]

Very informative and educational.

[@kayilvengtas7903]

How could Islamic State fighters capture Mosul without popular support? Many Sunni Muslims in Iraq and Syria supported the Islamic State. Also, there are Sunni Muslims in Iraq who are guilty of crimes against humanity against their Christian and Yazidi neighbors.

[@--enyo--]

Could you do an ‘Into the Shadows’ video on the so-called ‘ISIS brides’? I genuinely don’t understand what’s happening there. Like, I can kind of see why guys might be into the whole rebel macho army stuff, but how on earth did they lure in women to such a conservative regime where there’re just wives. It doesn’t make sense to me, so I’d like to see an analysis of it.

[@enemixius]

It's basically the same. Even for the guys, the "rebel macho army stuff" is just the surface, under that surface is insecurity and the searching for purpose and community, and that's what radical groups offer. When they're in, they get broken down and rebuilt, classic brainwashing. You see the same thing with people not wanting to leave destructive cults and abusive relationships, because they've been made to depend on what they know, and been taught that the rest of the world hates them.

[@badluck5647]

In simplest terms, teenagers are just stupid.

[@colehoward5074]

Conservative women still exist. Women who want to be a wife, and take care of the house and children, cook and clean, and believe in gender roles They probably take a large amount of pride in doing their duties as a woman, and were attracted to a belief system that was similar to theirs.

[@benjaminmalisheski6494]

I have no evidence to back this up, but my guess is hybristophilia - sexual attraction to violent crime and those who perpetrate them

[@thefirm4606]

A kind of grooming. Initially by other women. It’s why teenagers are targeted. They live quite strict and secluded lives. They can’t be seen with the opposite gender, let alone have any relationship. Coupled with aspirational religious fervour… Ex-Muslim in the uk

[@robandcheryls]

We had ‘former Canadians’ do the same thing. When they tried to come home, they were shocked when told to Ram it! 🇨🇦 Vet

[@EireHammer]

Based Canada!

[@GeN56YoS]

The UN is still bitching about human rights to Iraq for those terrorists in prison. They offered nothing when the fight was going on!

[@robandcheryls]

@@EireHammer was that a question?

[@EireHammer]

@@robandcheryls typical a question has a question mark at the end.

[@Hayanomie]

As a Syrian-Canadian they don't belong in Syria either. They never did. They belong in Canadian prisons and it's the fault of intelligence services that they were able to make it into Syria in the first place.

[@skiba789]

The destruction of Palmyra breaks my heart. Centuries of history lost to zealotry.

[@hanzalaomar9915]

That was based 😂

[@Buster_Piles]

Could've stopped them in their tracks if someone just airdropped loads of sexy goats in.

[@Monyato]

@@tawheedfidunyaisis are the khawariji. Rassulollah saw warned us about these men. Don’t be an idiot. Read the quran and the sunnah and don’t fall for the khawariji’s tricks and fall down to jahannam with them.

[@Prabhu108.]

​@@tawheedfidunyaAllah was killed by Abu Tahir

[@spartanracer]

@@tawheedfidunyathose “idols” are part of the middle east’s history moron. allaenat ealayk.

[@Hobbes4ever]

kind of pathetic that many EU countries let many of those fighters to return

[@hazzardalsohazzard2624]

I remember when the Mayor of London said he didn't know how many had returned. Meanwhile we locked people up for fighting ISIS with the Kurds.

[@thepinkplushie]

Having them return is essential, and our allies in Syria are begging for countries to repatriate their fighters The problem isn't them returning, it's them returning free. They have to be imprisoned and deradicalized. We should have learned this with the Nazis. Saying sorry isn't enough (and some of them didn't even go that far)

[@Hayanomie]

​@@hazzardalsohazzard2624those people are just as fanatical lol anyone who leaves their country to fight in Syria should definitely be charged nobody wanted them to come they were recruited using the same ISIS tactics but by PKK/PYD.

[@NotKimiRaikkonen]

And how many of the Europeans that volunteered to fight ISIL with the Peshmerga were arrested when they returned.

[@kingofcards9516]

Thanks to leftists.

[@benjaminmalisheski6494]

“Beaten down past the point where they will ever be able to control territory again.” What? Certainly they are in no position launch an offensive now, but back in 2010 I don’t think anyone would have said there was any chance of them taking control of half of Iraq. Overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer, and should another catastrophic civil war break out in an area they hold a strong presence, there is every chance they will be able to take advantage of the chaos. They remain a potential future threat - and not only in the form isolated attacks.

[@OK-yy6qz]

Yeah this was actually a Straight up lie. IS still controls territories in Africa (primarily The Sahel and Somalia) and with the situation very likely to worsen in these territories there's definitely a possibility they'll gain more. Currently one of the biggest reasons they don't have more territory is competition with other similar groups like Boko Haram and Al shabab

[@coconutsmarties]

Yeah this made zero sense to me at all. The rest of the video was great though. Great and deeeply freaking depressing.

[@Garmin21111]

​@OK-yy6qz With Niger at the forefront of regional crisis and Mali and the Azawad rebel focused on killing each other, along with the leaving of UN ans french foces from the region, I would not be surprised if they started expanding again. The nations in the region are already stretched extremely thin, with armies of only a few thousand often dealing with multiple crises at once. ISIS brand of extreme violence and fast attacks may be too much for them to handle.

[@OK-yy6qz]

@@Garmin21111 honestly Niger is in almost as bad a situation as Syria was in the rise of ISIS. On the brink of a civil war starting that will really be Proxy war between a dozen different countries, including Both Russia and USA. And shit will really hit the fan if it escalates into an all out war between ECOWAS and Alliance of Sahel. That's a dozen African countries that ISIS could get a foothold in

[@ahmadalhassan3747]

They can take territory, if they bring back car bombs and start controlling territory, but they are waiting for a change where the 2018 scenario won't happen again

[@tyblorp585]

Its awful hearing about all of this, but how they destroyed cultural sites, makes me think a video about ancient cultural buildings were destroyed in modern times could be a good subject.

[@مرادمحمد-ث7د]

Oh yeah ?!! So what did ur cute country USA do to iraq just a few yrs prior??? Was dropping chocolate 🍫 on iraquies people right ??!!

[@tyblorp585]

@@مرادمحمد-ث7د I dont live in america and they did horrible things there and all over the world

[@catholicchristdisciple]

@@مرادمحمد-ث7د what else should they do let isis take over Or let saddam get away with his war crimes?

[@YarpYarp-qu5or]

​@@مرادمحمد-ث7دwhy are you defending the is ?

[@kelrogers8480]

Do you not know what the Islamic invaders destroyed in ancient Persia, when they invaded and colonized that region? Ancient knowledge of the culture, language - all were burned and destroyed. Nothing new in these actions for Islam.

[@polishherowitoldpilecki5521]

2:32 Jihad isn’t an ideology, salafism is an ideology. Jihad is a tenant of Islam. That encourages the spread of Islam like missionary work. The Quranic interpretation isn’t clear. But violence and conquest was used in the Past and historically by caliphates to spread Islam. Jihad literally means striving, or doing one's utmost in name and will of God(Allah). So feeding the poor or defending the weak. Can be considered Jihad in Islamic interpretation.

[@equarg]

Dear KZbin, why you censor this? This was an amazing upload!

[@jenniferclark9842]

Because it's not “family-friendly “ enough.

[@cliquecommunity4655]

Always a delight when I click on a new channel, and your face pops up Simon. I know it means quality writing, editing, hosting, and a ton of interesting information (and or laughs)

[@noname2490]

Never see this in the news. Thanks Simon for another deep dive quality video

[@shosc16]

They get this information from… the news

[@sendthis9480]

Really? What news do you watch? Between 2014 and 2018 you couldn’t find a news channel that DIDN’T show this all day every day.

[@Hayanomie]

ISlS is literally the most sensationalized story in the 21st century. Notice this all happened in the backdrop of a Syrian revolution that everybody forgot about? Now nobody talks about Assad despite him having murdered far more than IS and despite IS being practically defeated in Syria. There's a reason for that.

[@richardm7713]

as long as a lot of muslims either support or tolerate IS such organisations will continue to pop up. If Muslims were as united in their hate of Jihadism as their hate of Israel that would be a nice change.

[@abidshimanto4524]

As a Muslim. I think Israel has the right to exist and they fought wars and won to come into existence. Palestine existed as an area but never as a functioning county. And root of all this shit show is destruction of the Ottoman Empire , and then British made the bandits of Arabia , the saud family to control the Arab world. Those fucks spreading Salafi and Wahabi doctrine since 1930s. A perverted and disgusting dogma that destroyed the Islamic free thinking and all those advancements. And for that , large parts of Muslim world is now thinks Israel is the enemy, West is the enemy. Only Muslims in West knows what reality really is.

[@slurp3194]

Literally no muslims support isis, what are you smoking. 99.9 percent of muslims don’t. Isis did not even implement islam in the slightest they claimed to do so but they were more mocking the religion and using it as propaganda. You think muslims support isis? Fuck sakes america is the one dumping money into rebel groups destabilizing middle eastern governments. Playing puppets with local politics. Like fucking libya? What happen in libya was straight up evil and disgusting just because we didnt like their leader. Every libyan is suffering now. From one of the richest countries to poor no jobs economy havoic What do you expect? If you weaken local government criminals will run free. Maybe stop funding rebel groups first. Where do u think all these weapons and money comes from? Syrian government iraqi government? Fuck they are poor as shit. Its us Americans. Not to mention its pretty common these days even Washingtons elited admit it, they fucked up big time. What do you think is going to happen with you topple a regime and send soilders to jail, growing anger and hatred for westerners. Not justifying their actions but its stupid how hard we fucked up. The average people in middle east are helpless they are the ones suffering. You think isis is the only problem plenty of “christian” terrorist organizations is africa running rampant and doing alot of fucked up shit too. The reality is, its not about religion its never been. Its about money hungry greedy narcissistic people

[@Emir_969]

Hating Jihad is like hating Islam itself.

[@Richard_Cranium]

​@@Emir_969well I guess I hate Islam😂😂😂😂

[@hanzalaomar9915]

Jihad is the way

[@flaffy329]

Great work, glad you put it up despite youtube being youtube

[@W1LDTANG]

DEAR KZbin WANABE OVERLORDS, I'M 38 AND WANT TO WATCH WHAT I SEE FIT!!!! WITH THIS SAID RESPECTFULLY FOOOOK OFF

[@-REDaCtED1789...-]

complete b.s.

[@Killshot15]

As a Muslim who was born here in America it’s very hard and confusing to understand the politics in the Middle East, yes terrorists are horrible and I think should be killed if caught but I truly feel for the innocent people and especially children caught up in this that end up growing up to hate anyone that’s not Muslim since that isn’t true for me and many other Muslims sucks to see honestly but I’ve been doing research trying to dive deep into all the conflicts in the Middle East from Israel to Afghanistan to Libya

[@ijsbeermeneer9952]

Yo man, respect. Every religion has its extremists, and they should all be condemned

[@celestialsatheist1535]

​@@ijsbeermeneer9952no Islam by nature is extremist

[@yoloswaggins7121]

American Muslims seem to be very chill. Extremism is a much bigger problem in the European Muslim community. Look how many European Muslims joined ISIS.

[@commontouch1787]

The problem stems from western, especially American but also French and British imperialism in Muslim countries. They impose their political system there and oppressed, massacred millions of civilians. IS and such are just reactionary groups/states and as long as the West doesn’t apologize or recognize it’s crimes, it will continue to happen forever until the « West » eventually disappears entirely…

[@commontouch1787]

@@ijsbeermeneer9952and the West has the most extremists people on earth, liberalism is today’s most harmful religion imo

[@deadponic117]

My dad once told me that ISIS is so extreme that even the Taliban are afraid of them, I don't know if that's true though

[@ahmadalhassan3747]

It is

[@onejediboi]

They’re not necessarily afraid of them, they just think ISIS are a bunch of crazy animals

[@tawheedfidunya]

@@ahmadalhassan3747 no it's not.

[@chacha6438]

​@@tawheedfidunyait is

[@shahmizulfanshahrein3953]

Isis is different level bro 😂, they boomed their self, Taliban don’t do that kind of stuff

[@nolancarte6015]

This is one of my favorite Warographics videos

[@jmanj3917]

The city of Mosul was in much better shape when my unit left it. It shows how moronic it is to have public opinion polls dictate military strategy...yet again. 🙄

[@tom.m]

It's so frustrating how much hard-won progress gets swept away with the stroke of a pen, all for people who don't really know or care what's happening. And now that public opinion is so easily influenced with tweaks to algorithms it's terrifying.

[@Woody_Florida]

God bless you. And thank you for doing the work that needed done there.

[@greatwolf5372]

What was the point of the war on terror when the US and Europe have admitted millions of terrorist sympathizers into their borders over the last 20 years. Useless wars fought for no reason.

[@USJTAC]

What years and unit were you with in Mosul?

[@OK-yy6qz]

And im betting it was in an even better shape before your unit went there 😅

[@w_a_b_b_i_t2781]

Love the videos you guys make. Thank you Simon and co🙏

[@andybryson3887]

How FU is Islam? They can't even agree between themselves that Sunni and Shia worship the same deity. Such religious fundamentalism was last seen in Christendom during the Spanish Inquisition. This shows how far Islam is behind modern times

[@sampeacock3819]

because different sects of Christianity totally don't disagree with each other anymore... Extremists do not represent Islam.

[@GeN56YoS]

The reason is the Ottoman empire. They spread the fundamental flaud that you're (as a Muslim in the ME) are to follow your religious leadership no matter how absurd they seem, and that they're the only source of "legitimate leadership" Islam and the ME culture never recovered from the day Baghdad fell to the mongols and the burning of the house of wisdom library from 1200s till now.

[@feedbrains8979]

Shia worship 12 scholars (imams). They ask other women for help, like you do to Jesus and his mother Meriem.

[@alexlents4689]

I was a preteen back in the mid 2010’s, and that was when I really started paying attention to global news. If you weren’t there (although I’m sure pretty much everyone watching this was), it really is hard to overstate how much they absolutely DOMINATED the news at the time. I was never really scared of them; they were literally on the other side of the world (I’m American if you hadn’t already guessed), and what I did hear about them was pretty sanitized, but I have to imagine them receiving SO much attention inadvertently helped them grow.

[@blakegoulds8313]

To pretend that their "version of Islam" isn't Islam is ignorant. They try to immitate the profit Mohammed. Who also conquered, enslaved, raped and murdered his way across the middle east. It'd be like saying preaching is not like Jesus.

[@Kardas1]

Let me guess your a Christian?

[@007kingifrit]

i'm an atheist and i agree with him, islam is uniquely evil@@Kardas1

[@onejediboi]

That’s exactly what they want you to think. They actually believe they’re doing what their prophet did, but in reality, the Islamic conquests of the 7th century didn’t have a fraction of the brutality these psychopaths do today

[@007kingifrit]

@@onejediboi they were always pretty barbaric

[@karlhunt5774]

Now they are all throughout Europe just waiting for the nod

[@polumathes9729]

@2:40 “uncommonly violent” my dude… you are clearly not informed about Islamic doctrine and history

[@Thigamabob]

islamic doctrines were violent to begin with.

[@eifelitorn]

"Islamic doctrine" is huge my dude. There are violent and peaceful doctrines in islam. Even salafists have quietists and jihadis which are 2 massively different versions of salafism

[@TheForeignGamer]

Combatants and rulers throughout history, irrespective of faith, have committed equally vile atrocities against their fellow humans in the name of whatever deity they supposedly believed in. Islam alone isn't particularly unique or notable in this respect.

[@polumathes9729]

@@TheForeignGamer “Fight against those who do not believe in Allāh or in the Last Day and who do not consider unlawful what Allāh and His Messenger have made unlawful and who do not adopt the religion of truth [i.e., Islām] from those who were given the Scripture - [fight] until they give the jizyah1 willingly while they are humbled.” - Surah 9:29 The idea that Islam isn’t uniquely violent when compared to the other world religions is just laughable. It’s demonstrably so.

[@iw2684]

@@polumathes9729 maybe put some effort in reading the exegesis of this surah

[@eifelitorn]

The pronunciations are killing me 😆

[@gmr4life884]

Aloha snack-bar

[@thepinkplushie]

Hello, I'm a researcher who for years studied and covered the war in Syria (and Iraq to a lesser degree). Your video is a great summary and covers many of the core points very eloquently! One critique I have however is your labelling of the SDF as a Kurdish force. While from 2012-15 the YPG was almost entirely Kurdish and simply allied to some Arab groups, already by 2016 about half of the newly founded Syrian Democratic Forces were Arab, Turkmen, Armenian or Assyrian. By 2017-2018 over half of the SDF was Arab, and both the military and political leadership committees were minority Kurdish (Arabs being the most represented demographic followed by Kurds, then Assyrians). While it is difficult to cover all of this in a video of this scope, labelling them Kurdish falls into an issue that western media has had for a long time, which enforces the idea that in the Middle East, multi-ethnic multi-religious and multi-cultural societies and fighting forces aren't possible or haven't been successful. While the SDF is far from perfect, and the Autonomous Zone they control has issues, if nothing else they stand as a clear example that Christians and Muslims (Sunni and Shia) are able to effectively fight and rebuild the shattered society of Syria, and that gender equality can exist under Islam and Christianity even surrounded by fundamentalist movements. My suggestion would be to instead separate the YPG and the SDF similiarly to how you explained the different eras of Daesh. It is accurate to describe the YPG as Kurdish forces, but for example the prison escape you mentioned wasn't in Kurdish territory. It was in an Arab majority region, with a major Kurdish minority, as well as notable populations of Armenians and Assyrians. This is why the SDF is important to introduce to a western audience, to help convey just how ethnically and religiously diverse Syria is.

[@richpoorworstbest4812]

yes, but also no, depending on allegiance factors.

[@Hayanomie]

Hope you're aware no Arab feels represented by the SDF, that these are conscripts and therefore they make up the majority of the rank and file, not the leadership. The reason why the group is considered "Kurdish-led" is because it's founded by PYD, an offshoot of the Turkish PKK. I'm sure you know this part already, but just so you don't get any ideas that they are actually a multiethnic group, I am clearing it up now. Protests have been ongoing in their regions particularly by Arab Sunni tribes but also from Assyrians both within AANNES and worldwide have sounded the alarm against the practices. Not to mention they're willing to cooperate with Assad against actual Syrian rebels.

[@thepinkplushie]

@@Hayanomie I have personally spoken with many Arabs who willingly participate in the Autonomous Region and SDF. The SDF has more Arab commanders than Kurdish. About 60-65% of the soldiers are Arab, meaning if they were forced against their will to join they could easily use that majority to demand change or even outright separate. Moreover we'd be constantly be getting news about SDF fighters protesting, or infighting, and yet this hasn't happened. I'm deeply sorry that the so-called "Free Syrian Army" has been so co-opted by fundamentalists and fallen so deeply into infighting, but complaining and spreading misinformation about the SDF won't make them an effective fighting force again. The SDF has many real problems to point out, no need to spread long debunked propaganda. I truly hope Assad meets the terrible end he deserves and federalism and democracy can be achieved in Syria. Unfortunately due to Turkey and Russia's interventions and the US losing interest in Syria, that seems highly unlikely now.

[@Hayanomie]

@@thepinkplushie for the love of God please spare me your fake sympathy. Your so called "Syrian Democratic Forces" are neither Syrian nor democratic and hardly a force without the USA. You pkk fans are despicable.

[@Hayanomie]

@@thepinkplushie I'm deeply sorry you're so bored with Canada you feel the need to live vicariously through the Kurdish revolution, but it's not your conflict. Bow out and listen to more natives, not ones in the SDF.

[@mkhalid9079]

Isis was a result of the American invasion of Iraq . when the US left , Iraq was destroyed which made those groups able to grow Anyways Rest in peace to all those who lost their lives because of this

[@muhammadzariff7075]

Well, many of the Jihadist groups in the Middle East are a byproduct of the US in some way or another.

[@krishnangaklittlemachines2631]

So nothing do with religion? 😂 lol.. keep lying to urself and the end will surely come for ur kaum❤

[@MateoMPM]

you're just going to ignore the massive influence of Islamic belief?

[@simplycookie3315]

​@@MateoMPMhey which "islamic belief" are you talking about exactly?

[@Monyato]

@@MateoMPMthe prophet muhammad literally warned people of isis and al qaeda and such, he said that in the future there would be people who would misinterpret his teachings and take them out of context for personal gain, and they would be violent people, he called the the khawariji and he said, was i to live in that time i would fight them.

[@EpicgamerwinXD6669]

Is it bad I find the fact that ISIS never controlled Egypt hilariously ironic?

[@Tacticalerth]

They have pockets in Sinai

[@EpicgamerwinXD6669]

@@Tacticalerth just in the Gaza Strip or are there actual members in Egypt itself?

[@Tacticalerth]

​@EpicgamerwinXD6669 it is mainly eygptian Bedouin tribes

[@daduzadude1547]

@@Tacticalerththankfully not all Bedouins. But yes, majority are in the Sinai

[@MisterSpinalzo]

not yet

[@georgeau2523]

KZbin probably won't even pay for the tea your team drank making this video but Thank You!

[@pgbrown12084]

Wow....the Z warriors & Jihadists are working overtime in this comment section.

[@007kingifrit]

people here watch dragon ball Z?

[@devailica]

Thank you Simon this is one of the best videos yet!

[@wh8787]

Woah, woah, woah. A video on the rise and fall of Islamic State and you don't even mention the battle of Kobane. Not only was it a heroic feat of arms and bravery by the Kurdish YPG and YPJ units, but it also represented Islamic State's first real battlefield defeat and saw them continue to reinforce a battle that they'd realistically already lost or at best would be s pyric victory, so losing thousands of seasoned fighters.

[@joelhendry8728]

Anyone else surprise that Simon released a video where he's more than likely to get death threats for. Fact boi has grown some giant cajones

[@timothy2935]

What? Big who cares lol eff these cavemen

[@marcobelli6856]

In 2015 it would be Iron Balls to do this Video when that french Professor got decapitated by a Crazy man in the Middle of the streets

[@marcobelli6856]

For Showing mohammed images in school

[@needsmetal]

@@marcobelli6856 happened in 2020 to, because a child didnt want to admit to bad grades, except that was a Chechen

[@RoundBaguette]

It's cojones, cajones means drawers

[@man08839]

To the people of Syria, Stay strong and hopeful. One day, you will be free and live a happy life in your country. You are not alone in this journey. Many stand with you, offering support and solidarity. Keep believing and fighting for a brighter future. Your resilience is inspiring. We believe in you. With warm regards, A friend who stands with you

[@Jayjay-qe6um]

As of June 2023, the U.S. Department of State found "worrisome signs" that ISIS "core leadership is strengthening control over its global network of affiliates," and that affiliates are "pooling resources" and "growing capabilities", despite a "series of key losses".

[@falconeshield]

US needs to worry about its oligarchs and the evangelists. There is a disturbing circle between climate change sceptics and rapture addicted losers who won't admit Jesus ain't coming back. Especially not for them.

[@chance258]

Who else came back here after the attack in Moscow?

[@Jesus_P]

Thank you Simon for pushing this video through. The youtube algorithm doesn't want us to watch

[@chazclark86]

Brilliant and informative video, expertly told as per usual from Simon.

[@jimmydahn5720]

Why didn't you mention the Battle of Kobani, a captivating battle that kept focused and routing for the Kurdish.

[@ChrisVillagomez]

I remember when the Coalition formed to fight Islamic State, I was in high school, I was a stupid kid, and Reddit was a very different place. There were so. Many. Execution. Videos. Just hundreds and hundreds of videos came out before and during the conflict, I could never watch them all even if I ever wanted to. Det-cords, shotguns, mines, artillery, firing squads, burnings, a single crucifixion I think, and beheadings of all kinds. I genuinely believe that I have some kind of minor PTSD from what I saw back then. I'd seen people die before and been to the funerals of people I loved, but it was so much worse than anything I've seen since. It was just pure barbarity, the thought that any human could treat another human being like those poor bastards I saw, it just makes me angry but also rips my heart out. No one deserves death like that. No one.

[@Twigmyer]

Was part of the D-ISIS campaign in Raqqa... Would be interested in seeing a video on the "Beatles". And you really need to do In to the Shadows on Al-Rasheed Stadium if you haven't.

[@3-2bravo49]

The Beatles were those brits that joined isis correct?

[@jacksonGPT]

Yt freaking out on this one 💀 never stop stopping

[@kayilvengtas7903]

Turkey and Qatar provided logistical support to the Islamic State. Also, the Islamic State follows the same ideology as Saudi Arabia. Moreover, the role of America needs to be investigated regarding the development of this group.

[@tawheedfidunya]

source: 😹😹😹

[@kayilvengtas7903]

@@tawheedfidunya For which point do you want a source?

[@tawheedfidunya]

@@kayilvengtas7903 your accusations of the tawagheet providing logistical support for the khilafah

[@kayilvengtas7903]

@@tawheedfidunya Google: "Turkey's Double ISIS Standard - Foreign Policy."

[@justinminer1354]

I love how former enemies around the world united to wipe the floor with ISIS so thoroughly that we wondered where they went 🥲

[@marcustmusic]

I remember hearing about them in elementary school, we had a state channel where they sometimes broadcast clips of these events and this group in class. I learned since then, about the history of these types of groups and they still baffle me how they were freely able to form and organize and take territory at the same time.

[@jakereyes564]

You are so naive.. they are just created by the western power as pawn for their hidden agenda

[@orangutanenthusiast5631]

Many in the region are tribal and they follow what the elders/chiefs say in terms of factions to join this is also the case for groups like the FSA that was originally a tribal coalition.

[@louis.b333]

Well put together and well researched. Thanks.😊

[@AnoFlour]

With the coming food insecurity, especially in regions in the Middle East and Africa. I wouldn’t be surprised if this group made a come back stronger than ever

[@thepinkplushie]

While it is possible and something to be wary of, the last harvest in Northeastern Syria was one of the best in recorded history, so abundant that new grain silos had to be built to store it all. That said the harvest the year prior was below average due to Turkey cutting off the water supply to the Euphrates, something they are still doing and a particularly dry growing season combined with this could lead to disaster.

[@ovvsterancebaileysr3221]

It's happening in africa now not in iraq and syria anymore

[@Thigamabob]

Why didn't you include the ISIS loyal militias in Sri Lanka, india, pakisthan? (I understand that it takes time end effort to put together these videos, and I'm grateful for them, though I suggest you go a bit more indepth into these sooner or later)

[@Woody_Florida]

Good question and good point.

[@RoseNZieg]

I think that deserves its own video. the spread of wanting a caliphate in other countries is very real and dangerous.

[@josephgriffin2388]

How much time do you think he has? He could go on litterally FOR HOURS about these bottom feeders.

[@erth-d3s]

Nearly most of muslims in south asians and short indonesians have smapthy for dzeath

[@Thigamabob]

@@josephgriffin2388 Was halfway through the comment when I realised that, still posted though. Hopefully he may of may not make a video on it but I hope someone alse will.

[@jon-michaelsampson1120]

One of the more disturbing facts about the Islamic state in my opinion, is that more British Muslims joins the Islamic state than are in the British army. Sort of brings the idea of cultural assimilation into question.

[@coconutsmarties]

I'm British but not Muslim - If I was I'm honestly not sure how comfortable I'd be joining the army, obviously most of the army are good lads but there's still a lot of v right wing islamophobes in there, I'm not sure how welcome I'd feel. Obviously I'd never join ISIS either, that's madness. But the point is that the British Muslim "potential recruits" of each group don't overlap at all. And they have very different things to consider when making that decision. One group choosing to say yes to ISIS while the other chooses to say no to the British army, does not prove or even indicate that 'British Muslims are more loyal to ISIS than to their country'.

[@onejediboi]

Tbf why would they join the British army

[@frankyq1757]

I remember when they took over much of Iraq. A lot of people in the US were shocked at how quickly they did so.

[@NapoleonicWargaming]

*lots of idiots that have absolutely no idea that the vast majority of the world hate America and everything they stand for were shocked...

[@007kingifrit]

america stands for peace and stability, you hate those things?@@NapoleonicWargaming

[@NoobKing-lz2hb]

​@@007kingifritAmerica doesn't stand for peace. It stands for anything that allows it to remain dominant.

[@demun6065]

I remember that nobody gave the Shiite militias the credit they deserve for actually pushing IS back to the borders. The news was skewered on every side, tbh.

[@timothy2935]

We were MOST DEFINITELY NOT shocked at how quickly they took it! We were only shocked by HOW QUICKLY our OWN GOVERNMENT HANDED NOT ONLY THE LAND OUR MEN AND WOMAN DIED FOR! BUT OUR FREAKIN MILITARY WEAPONS WERE GIVEN TO THE TERRORIST BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. EFFING TERRORIST THEMSELVES THEY ARE

[@mitchbailey4650]

Great episode!

[@DeeplyStill]

This is the sort of in depth research, and clarity of explanation, that I love about your channels.

[@crocrox2273]

This kind of Islam is how original Islam began, Idk why people don't admit that and try to protect islam

[@arsalanalonto6056]

Because it is not like that you bigot

[@matthummel8306]

Because every time you try to prove this point, you can't

[@leaf8009]

because it isnt lol? Literally the first "takeover" of a certain area in islam happened without a single weapon used.

[@jasondrew5768]

Great eye opening video!

[@wendyburrows4178]

You forgot to mention the attacks in Mozambique in Cabo Delgado a while back😔

[@UnyieldingMass]

Just wanted to say, this has been on the top of my feed since you posted. Just surprised with it having the violence and mature content warning

[@loonaeclipse3743]

damn 30 minutes in and its aged restricted what is wrong you tube you damn hypocrite

[@brs690]

Free Kurdistan! We had the chance in the mid 2000s and the 20teens again. I was in Iraq and I saw them, Kurdistan is a proper country and we need to get away from ww1 and colonial borders.

[@calebbearup4282]

That would be the single greatest move we could make in the Middle East to start correcting for past mistakes

[@GeN56YoS]

The kurds have no means of supporting themselves as a country. The reason they stand in Iraq is because Baghdad gives them 17% of the total Iraqi budget. They also voted to be a part of a federal Iraqi government

[@Sten111]

The world and Europe in particular has much to thank the Kurds for bravely fighting ISIS fighters, ejecting them from Kobane and elsewhere and rescueing thousands of Yadizis and Christians in Iraq . Their reward. America then just allowed the Turkish military to overrun Kurdish held territory.

[@user-xo2th7xo4w]

To be fair the US is still in Syria supporting the SDF, one of the few western countries actually helping (even if it’s not much)

[@Sten111]

@@user-xo2th7xo4w The Turkish army badly thrashed the SDF in northern Syria. Turkey to their dishonour took a soft touch to ISIS and treated their injured in their hospitals.

[@charlessmith3940]

Only 143k views. The entire work should be watching this.

[@javierwolfle3593]

What I never quite understood, is kids from developed countries joining. I remember this girl from Germany, her father was well off, but she felt the urge to join Is Is.

[@solidarity4567]

Hey KZbin restricted this. Love the videos simon!!!

[@RoseNZieg]

anytime a video is restricted, I know the video will be good.

[@assbag60]

Where's the content that needed a warning? There's nothing that needs a warning about this. It's facts.

[@Kevin3dp]

Simons british english was extra thick in this one. Had to rewind a few times 😂

[@arifmuhammed2478]

i was waiting for so long to do someone do this content

[@AJ-tb5ho]

Damn wtf KZbin? I had to actually search this channel and saw I missed like 5 videos, I haven’t gotten anything on my feed

[@chadjones2308]

I'm curious kind of weird, just sitting here wondering if at any time that you are recording a video about a specific group. Has anyone ever sent you a private email telling you that you did something wrong or they're not happy with what you said about them and or their organization? If that makes sense

[@decanusseverus8773]

This probably happens way more than people think. Can’t remember the names but if you look up “western Islamic state fighters” on KZbin there’s documentaries of Americans, Canadians, etc. who got to come back home somehow. You can see in their eyes and the way they speak, no regret about anything they just put on a filter because they know they lost, One of the guys there’s a documentary on (Canadian) is the guy behind IS propaganda videos he’s even in some of them. Wild stuff and crazy world we live in but anyway I hope I satisfied your curiosity a lil.

[@timothy2935]

How would they know

[@chadjones2308]

@@timothy2935 I mean you never know. One of the guys from the group could be messing around on KZbin and find it. Yes I know that might be a little far-fetched but anything's possible I'm just wondering if that has ever happened

[@JulesEAbril-wl7es]

I think he did. The Russian mob or something like that which prompted him to take down the video.

[@captainspaulding5963]

​@timothy2935 "how would they know"...... are you seriously asking that question while on the internet?

[@philipdemaeyer1665]

Your braver then you give yourself credit for. Posting this video 😮

[@ageofai7657]

It is interesting that you don't mention iran and iranian forces that trained iraqi and Syrian resistance groups and fought isis directly with irgc troops and missiles and it was iran who brought russia into the fight and the liberation of the cites of nobol and al-zahra and Abu-kamal and etc

[@samail1114]

One small inaccuracy that I noticed was your presentation of what salafism is. It’s not necessarily a violent interpretation or Islam, but a call to return Islam back to how the people during the time of the Prophet Muhammad SAW practiced it. Just because they use salafism for their heinous actions doesn’t mean salafism is heinous.

[@cmd7930]

Your comment proves salafism is heinous

[@adrikahaha9954]

how is it NOT salafism?? islam is fundamentally a violent religion

[@AlAl-b5j]

KZbin "video has graphic content" Me "thats...why im here" 😂

[@jmanj3917]

21:37 ...fierce and ruthless fighters, willing to sacrifice non-combatants... 😂