When Britain Welcomed Bashar al-Assad - Tony Blair Courts Syrian President Ahead of Iraq War (2002)

[@muratguzeldere]

Isn’t Tony Blair a war criminal too?

[@victorblock3421]

no

[@ohno22446]

Bush and Cheney probably more so than Blair, but there is definitely a case to be made that Blair is as well.

[@bellaflor8528]

@@muratguzeldere yes he is. and George Bush

[@navinasimoes]

Yes he is

[@ep1929]

Yes he is

[@bellaflor8528]

They wellcomed him in england. Because they need his help to invade Iraq . After that. They kicked him out

[@TinLeadHammer]

Yep. Blair and Bush invaded Iraq knowing full well it was not involved in 9/11 attack and did not have WMD.

[@tylerclayton6081]

Syria never aided in the invasion of Iraq and it was never asked to do so. The objective of this meeting was to further isolate Saddam from receiving any aid or diplomatic support. The invasion was well worth it. Great swift overthrow of a genocidal dictator and we put a democratic government in charge of Iraq which is still in power today and they still have elections

[@tylerclayton6081]

@@TinLeadHammer Iraq was not invaded because of 9/11, it was invaded due to intelligence that suggested Saddam wanted to build ICBM’s. And that he had already begun doing so. That intelligence ended up being wrong but the invasion was still well worth it. End result is Saddam overthrown, and a moderate democratic government in charge of Iraq

[@MrSpeedy99]

Sums up the ZOG.

[@British1122]

iraq is a fake country .. we made iraq

[@uksubversion]

Hilarious footage. That's politics, folks!

[@gavincassidy3276]

🤣🤣

[@VideoSpectator1223]

How is inviting a him hilarious?

[@westartfromhere7704]

Rich man laughs; poor man cries@@VideoSpectator1223

[@FunnySMLClips1]

I almost thought he was visiting before he was President but he did when he was President of Syria

[@DeeperLawsInTheMultiverse]

the darlin of damascus next to the butcher lol

[@supdude6968]

People here are acting like Britain is the pinnacle of morality and righteousness. Seriously? Folks need to look into the history of the City of London.

[@TexasLotteryPlayer]

London no different then King's Landing.

[@suleyman8696]

The UK have worked with dictators such as Gaddafi, Assad or Saddam. But those 3 were primarily allied to Moscow

[@supdude6968]

@@suleyman8696 UK itself was a big dictator during its colonial time. Did all the things these dictators did and never apologized for any of their actions.

[@AdistuffRBX]

@@supdude6968how have we not apologised for our actions, and how were we a dictatorship? We were the first (MAJOR) country to introduce a system of democracy in Europe, every other major empire was an absolute monarchy

[@supdude6968]

@AdistuffRBX Being the first major country in Europe to introduce a system of democracy doesn’t absolve Britain of its historical wrongdoings. Democracy didn’t extend to the millions of people under colonial rule who had no say in their governance. As for apologizing, there are still ongoing debates about the lack of accountability and reparations for events like the transatlantic slave trade, exploitation during colonialism, and atrocities committed in places like India, Kenya, and Ireland. Acknowledging history isn’t about dismissing progress, but about being honest about the full picture.

[@Neftegna]

Syrians will miss Assad the same way Libyans miss Gaddafi or Iraqis miss Saddam. When will Arabs wake up?

[@Thaddeus-ml8if]

They cause their own problems.

[@HinobiZog]

@@Neftegna Did he even have half the charisma as Saddam. He literally looks like a mouse on speed. Stop spewing total nonsense you're not even Arabic let alone Syrian.

[@HinobiZog]

@@Neftegna stop talking B.s one little archive of him meeting the queen and now all you westerners are calling him good.

[@Yeah_sure_]

You need to see a doctor and ask them why Syrians are happy celebrating then.

[@Neftegna]

@@HinobiZog I'm not western

[@maximeribes5416]

Same thing happened in France in 2008 with Sarkozy welcoming el Assad in Paris. He was also welcomed by Berlusconi in Italy and by Merkel in Germany between 2001 and 2010.

[@keytothegate68]

The Queen probably thought he was some kind of Arab prince that works for her

[@Thaddeus-ml8if]

No such thing as Arab prince. The ones that claim to be are just sand nomads tribal ppl who got the windfall of oil.

[@Wasengenyie]

They do control Islamic jihad

[@cindymaceda2999]

The Queen was following protocol. Like Prince William had to invite El Trump-O in Paris. Simply symbolic.

[@rura2352]

Well basically that's how it was.

[@razmataz7240]

The Queen was not senile, you know!

[@SohaibShehzad-i1x]

The report ended on a false fact: Syria's last first lady (Anisa Makhlouf, Hafez Al Assad's wife) was very visible & made more public appearances than the spouse of any British PM.

[@أحمدحميدكاظم-ع7و]

If he had normalized relations with Israel and abandoned support for Palestine, America would not have supported the opposition, and he would have remained in his position now, just like the dictator in Egypt or the dictators in the Arabian Peninsula who serve America’s interests.

[@Korelianer]

Israel and USA didnt manage to topple him lmao, Turkey did

[@IronWarrior86]

Not only that, he didn't understand that by becoming good friends with Israel he could have earned the Golan heights back.

[@wereldatlas]

It would be much better for the Syrian people. But he choose Iran and Putin instead.

[@أحمدحميدكاظم-ع7و]

@wereldatlas but it will surely not be better for the Palestinians...

[@أحمدحميدكاظم-ع7و]

@Korelianer Turkey, a NATO member, is another American ally that implements their agendas.

[@dmeinhertzhagen8764]

Wasn’t he an optometrist in the UK before being recalled home following his brother’s death?

[@senthilveeran1723]

Ophthalmologist

[@JohnGoldsmith-s9o]

He was a qualified doctor studying to be an eye specialist.

[@dmeinhertzhagen8764]

Thank you, I remember watching a CNN or BBC reportage about him at the time.

[@KrisStaton]

It’s so important to have film footage, for proper storytelling and re-telling. Important quotes recorded. Proof. Evidence, if you will, for when AI starts rewriting things.

[@inzhener2007]

From all angels, with time stamps, distributed all over

[@DeeperLawsInTheMultiverse]

@DeeperLawsInTheMultiverse 0 seconds ago the darlin of damascus next to the butcher lol

[@Return26-p4t]

Amazing how when the British establishment and media welcomed him he was not the butcher that now they want to tell us he was. But now he is one after he became an opponent.

[@jl63023]

He was only in charge for 2 years by then...

[@adrielsebastian5216]

This was two years after he took power, many thought he would be better than his dad. He wasn't

[@chryoung-db2iw]

Considering he’s father was a dictator to it’s ok when shitbour does it 🙄

[@wereldatlas]

People change, and Assad became a butcher of his people.

[@daraabdullah293]

Tell-lie-vision

[@johnbrown-rm8kc]

Government Hypocrites !!!!!

[@eyesopen7946]

They reeled them in and stitched them both up , May they now get a peaceful life in Russia

[@markfromthefuture477]

I hope he gets drafted in and send to Ukraine.

[@CrucialConflict.]

@@markfromthefuture477 😂

[@RealGilbertGan]

@@markfromthefuture477 him and Vladdy together.

[@jumpstar9000]

Adam Curtis made a great documentary that went into depth on Syria. HyperNormalisation I believe.

[@mulgabill5006]

One of the best Doco's ever produced.

[@ilyasVa]

Also Bitter Lake. Have you seen that one?

[@jumpstar9000]

@@ilyasVa Ah yes, definitely. I think I have seen most of them. Some multiple times. They are all excellent! 👌

[@ilyasVa]

@@jumpstar9000 ✌🏼❤️

[@mollycuddle9990]

Thank you. Always liked Linsay Hillson's coverage.

[@DeeperLawsInTheMultiverse]

@DeeperLawsInTheMultiverse 0 seconds ago the darlin of damascus next to the butcher lol

[@algiles881]

One rich old dictator meets another - that said Blair's protege Starmer is a bloody sight worse

[@ngonzales3781]

Assad has done far more for his people than US has ever done for me

[@stanleypines1026]

Tony?

[@inzhener2007]

He also met another dictator and war criminal then -- Putin. You have to team up with dictators when you are about to wage major wars (on Iraq and Afghanistan).

[@jingoist-sj8gj]

Assad would've been 36 at the time this was filmed

[@gcee4000]

@@jingoist-sj8gjShe was 27 as this was in 2002. See 26:23 in the video.

[@navinasimoes]

Asma- Most beautiful and graceful first lady

[@Thaddeus-ml8if]

Really? She was complacent and a criminal like her husband.

[@esamansur]

Not really

[@alsame9376]

Why didn’t she convince her husband to not slaughter their own people and destroy their own country??

[@madgavin7568]

Beautiful? Definitely. Graceful? Ruthless if anything.

[@Niala8419]

You sound like you were the bridesmaid at her wedding 😂😂😂. Get off your hands and knees.

[@Lasagna564]

This is hillarious, it goes to show when they want to throw you under the bus, they will

[@Luka23567]

Just like they threw Saddam under the bus. I think Assad will be the last one… no other middle eastern country will allow themselves to end up like Syria, Iraq or Lybia.

[@jimclarke3661]

the queen looks very happy chatting with these two brutal dictators but then again one dictator knows another

[@Rust-g7y]

You called the queen a dictator ???

[@jimclarke3661]

@@Rust-g7y did you vote for her

[@awood817]

lol you’re on the side of war criminals like bush, Cheney and Blair 😂

[@denooraM]

Asma is gorgeous

[@zarakdurrani7584]

She got witch teeth the heck you talking about

[@esamansur]

No she's not.

[@cindymaceda2999]

Just well (expensively) dressed. She has blood of thousands of political prisoners, including women & children’s) on her hands.

[@peterrauth3387]

Not gorgeous enough to distract Bashar from his murderous endeavours

[@classicalaid1]

@@esamansurOnly on the surface. Inside she is a Tyrannosaurus Rex, devouring her own people for personal gain. She is monster of indifference ,disguising as the Syrian version of the Statue of Liberty.

[@kriskris998]

Syria just jumped from bad to worse. One year from now you are going to miss him. Congratulations for the new extremist government

[@mrwhats6043]

Sharia law is already being rolled out

[@VideoSpectator1223]

I guarantee you if America would’ve invited him to the white house people and the news stories would go crazy. But the UK gets no negative publicity from this?

[@robertwilson214]

Like they did with Taliban.

[@Handlebar-MustDash]

America courted Assad vigorously back then, things only went sour when Assad refused to allow Syria to be used as a forward operating base by US fighters and bombers to attack arab nations.

[@DRP-kc7jl]

The concept of a first lady originates in America. The American first lady is the original first lady. Every other country with a first lady got it from America!

[@HikikomoriDev]

I am glad he is okay now in Russia, at least there will be a dignified place for him and his family to sleep and stay inside the home.

[@deirdrenugent1887]

I really hope you are being sarcastic

[@LegioVictrix]

😂😂😂

[@tng2057]

Despite this, in the aftermath Assad’s Syria never play ball with the west, maintains hostility with Israel, and eventually descends into abyss.

[@진실대한민국]

I agree.

[@456inthemix]

Assad's figurehead is likeably suave and en vogue. Who would have thought that this couple could lead a brutal regime for so long?

[@Stalin-Joseph1878]

24 года

[@eyup121]

In his first years of power Bashar was seen as a liberalising force

[@kaas39]

they said that he is a doctor who studied in London , but he need a translater 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@rachidahrouch2550]

يتحدث الإنجليزية افضل منك وزوجته ولدت في بريطانيا من اصل سوري فهو يريد التحدث بلغته

[@stanleypines1026]

We will miss him

[@crispusndugu1516]

How dare?

[@stanleypines1026]

@ How dare what?

[@CrucialConflict.]

@@stanleypines1026 I miss Topo Gigio, but what can you do...🐭

[@stanleypines1026]

@@CrucialConflict. I miss Ben

[@bigbang7897]

Starmer is going to give Trump a state visit what's the difference.

[@howdan1985]

Well, this aged well (not)

[@cindymaceda2999]

Hilsum’s report was prescient.

[@U-8800]

"People who are not burdened with a lot of capital should be at the head of the state. The rich in power will only think about preserving and increasing their capital, not about the people."V.I. Lenin.

[@asksyealer]

The comparison to queen Diana is so disgusting

[@massefromla2554]

Shame to Britain family to host a monster.

[@stephenturner6075]

Poor Bashar, Poor Syria

[@DeeperLawsInTheMultiverse]

@DeeperLawsInTheMultiverse 0 seconds ago the darlin of damascus next to the butcher lol

[@smaddison3854]

Lol Are you serious? He killed millions

[@stephenturner6075]

@smaddison3854 You keep believing the MSM fake news if you want

[@wizzard9531]

Poor Bashar? Are you on drugs

[@massefromla2554]

Poor Syria only . They got rid of this monster.

[@Rust-g7y]

What have he done ? And why he need to flee the country ?

[@rayakusu-fosterB]

"PART 🇬🇧 DYNASTY! HOW/ WHY 🤔❓DID IT FALL APART" ❤🇬🇧❤

[@astridjones6327]

Why did he need an interpreter? The man spoke fluent English, married a British citizen and did most of his post-graduate medical training there? Was that part of some charade? Like when Putin acts like he can’t speak English.

[@RavinTaksing-m4s]

Had Asma only known the cunning of the British she wouldn't be smiling that broadly 😅

[@crow1an]

complicity with tyranny until its convenient not to be

[@Luka23567]

You have no clue what tyranny is

[@marsspacex6065]

Those two should be on trial not hiding in Moscow. His family is just as guilty as him.

[@eyesopen7946]

and the Issis and Al-Qaeda that have taken control, that are emptying the prisons ? All of those jihadists ? That Syria and Russia have tried to contain the ones that UK and US was supposedly after

[@NURUL-k7q]

What about the 'others' who are just as guilty 😢

[@NorseCode.81]

guilty for trying to defend his country >? get educated on the facts

[@peterrauth3387]

@@NorseCode.81 Defending your country is all very well. But committing war crimes is not.

[@NorseCode.81]

@@peterrauth3387 yeah America is constantly committing war crimes. That's true

[@kevbrown1867]

Assad’s wife is extremely lovely

[@mrwhats6043]

She was raised in London

[@123brownjames]

Well this aged about as well as a cheese sandwich that’s 25 years old 😂

[@Shipspotting_Vietnam]

This is truely politics, EU will welcome Putin soon for cheap oil and gas....Then, back to normal since we can not fight forever.

[@nevoobrazimiy]

The end of Assad Syria means that soon there will be no more need for Putin's oil and gas in Europe - that's what it was all for

[@GORO911]

Asmaa is my type of woman. 🤩

[@RevolutionarySM]

They west had high hopes for Bashar al-Assad. He did introduce capitalist reforms and ended the state control over large sectors of the Syrian economy. But he was never denounced until March 2011, when al-Assad ordered his soldiers to shoot at unarmed people. Western capitalism tolerated him for 11 years, because he carried out market reforms which the imperialist west liked.

[@Luka23567]

It’s much deeper than that. Syria was destroyed from the outside-in NOT from the inside-out.

[@dunedune6516]

Wow to see criminals are setting together. Extremely disgraceful

[@ردندوا]

مصير مظلم ينتظر سوريا

[@Yalbou]

How come the west never talked about the "millions" of syrians in jail who are "tortured" every day back then? No mention of "human rights" abuse from assad because the west needed him?

[@Rust-g7y]

Why the west needed him ?

[@emilieseitl9662]

Exactly

[@nehmadaharoni8587]

As if Britain didn’t know 🤮

[@eddieaie7]

He fled to Britain instead of Russia 😅

[@RonaldDean-sp6jl]

Hypocrisy has no bounds people in syria were tortured to death and democracies did nothing

[@bl123-w8l]

God bless Assad and I wish him much success with his future. He really tried.

[@muhammadzakwan8049]

Devil 😈👿👿👿

[@Luka23567]

He will just live out the rest of his days in Russia, along with his family, away from the spotlight. He will never return to Syria. I don’t think he’ll return to politics either. I would like to see him make a speech in Russia on the situation in Syria, but I don’t think it’s happening.

[@BlueCaliStar106]

Two monsters, really rotten inside. These two evil people will shure pay for tehir terrible acts. England.... soon the republic is coming and this monarchy horror picture show will finally end.

[@alsame9376]

26:44 Did he say “her parents still live in the terrorist house where she grew up”?? 😂😂

[@dja1000s]

Terraced house

[@sbeauregard7096]

😂

[@CrucialConflict.]

lmao 😂

[@algie-t2w]

And how do you think the British Royal family got their lands and wealth. Like all gangsters, once you get established you turn "respectable".

[@aaronheaton5903]

Rich people pumping blood-stained hands. It's still the same today.

[@crozwayne]

At 24:32 you can plainly hear someone saying "Jesus Christ, man" 🤣🤣

[@johndawhale3197]

Blair nearly shook his hand off...

[@dannyvdmoo]

Asma al-Assad never allowed in UK anymore 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@Rust-g7y]

Why ??

[@dannyvdmoo]

@@Rust-g7y Londen (AFP) - De voormalige first lady van Syrië, Asma al-Assad, die ooit werd geprezen als voorvechtster van vrouwenrechten in het Midden-Oosten, is met haar man in ballingschap gevlucht. Britse functionarissen hebben laten weten dat ze niet welkom is om terug te keren naar Londen.

[@bigsmoke4568]

She gave up her British citizenship a very long time ago, this is not news

[@GuruSandirasegaram]

Iraq doesn’t have chemical weapons but Assad do for sure You’re an eyes specialist.well educated man How can you use chemical weapons against civilians.

[@suleyman8696]

Both did have it

[@theodorherzl4695]

al+nusra not Assad

[@tamirudi8128]

Asmad mau pindah ke inggris, setelah tumbang 😂😂, selama ini kemana aja Asmad 😂😂

[@Hindianvlog]

Cute couple ❤

[@moneykid3119]

Immigrants that were protesting outside are silly no situational and historical awareness at all 😂😂🤦‍♂️

[@nfwqhrfh]

"The darling of Damascus"

[@francisrudi3197]

December 2024 - UK unwelcome the First Lady after Assad overthrown

[@Marc.Martain]

He is so cute when he smile I love him

[@rachidahrouch2550]

متواضع كمعظم العرب

[@GeeleJire-m7w]

But today is 😂😂😂😂😂....

[@lindataylor758]

🙏🙏🙏

[@Crimespeaksuk]

About right for our establishment she was no better and nor is Charles brutal our police beat us up

[@sajeewanihapuarachchi1672]

Great , britain!

[@crazychicken8290]

alhamdulilah he is gone

[@zhenyuwu3287]

back when world order used to be normal

[@marysmith3761]

They were entertaining a sociopath and mass murderer who ruined countless lives. It’s astounding & disgraceful.

[@peterrauth3387]

Hindsight is a wonderful thing

[@LegioVictrix]

Blair did the same with Gaddafi.

[@Rust-g7y]

Sound like Putin behave but he still lead

[@AhmedAli-zs2um]

In this time syria was with england against saddam 😂

[@be732]

Is it escape or wisdom?

[@Stalin-Joseph1878]

Трусость

[@kikaysann5103]

Did assad & His wife have children or not

[@bencedobroczi4860]

They have 3 children.

[@FarterBoom]

Dr.No?

[@MJODENG]

Assad was popular in the west

[@zulemaduran7868]

Que linda esa pareja la Kenedy de Siria... pero no toda la vida se puede estar en el poder...😊

[@Ibrahim-kp6zb]

Yes he is.

[@ep1929]

The modern day Eva Braun

[@supermerd89]

🤡

[@UAL320]

Asma’s probably not looking so good these days…..😂

[@Luka23567]

She’s 49 now… crazy she was only 27 here!

[@judykay769]

OMG!!!!!!!

[@davecoleclough2911]

Puppets.

[@novamanuelraj7124]

Criminal

[@neotelevisioncritic]

Well, well, it didn´t age well....

[@agsrd4496]

If a time machine existed

[@BRZbazzanx]

😂😂😂🥴

[@khandakertaher8283]

Butcher of Syria, how he was welcomed those days 😂

[@betsyadala]

Lol 😂🙃

[@albertomadeira5725]

😂

[@damesk153]

Assad looks like tamon from loin king

[@kalamuddin4253]

Wat goes around, comes around,

[@derHaze710]

🙄🤔hitler bush blair...international

[@MarkMannion-nb2kv]

Bleir.and.assad.what.can.you.say

[@BossySwan]

Tonibler

[@je__.]

interesting

[@KevinPascal-lv9xr]

"Nothing ever last forever" kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3imlX-BjbN5adksi=4Fnz_PmQokU9ixiT

[@safinahmad4320]

😅