Why no one cares about Syria | Barry Andrews | TEDxUCD

[@abdalrahmanna9377]

من حلب / سورية شكرا from Aleppo / Syria THANK U

Thank you...thank you for being a human ..😦😭

[@MAminGental]

Thank you for supporting the Syrian. Your speech was quite something. Peace and much Repect

[@damo7254]

thanks for caring from Syria

[@sunshineinca]

Thank you for raise the awareness of the Syrian suffering!

[@leslietheis7915]

to all - whether you liked this guy or not - just ask yourselves one question: and if it were YOUR children living in this hell...?

[@innyangel8004]

May allah bless your generous and kind full of love heart that's what Islam teaches love each other this world has become cold I feel like an alien in my own town were I was born it's like I'm living in another world may Allah bless all the unmah that is suffering in the world 🌎

[@Bu_Fr7]

Thank you Mr. Andrews

[@slwankaedbey775]

great speech I hope you go on

[@shamiensanhur3693]

Finally, some one spoke the truth.

[@SyrianVodo]

I have just watched Mr. Andrews lecture about the situation in Syria and I just want to say thank you Barry for this great session, it was very short but great and I hope you will continue to raise awareness about the reality of the Syrian massacre and that it is not a civil war like what most of media outlets are trying to proclaim to relieve the listener from the moral responsibility if it would be called by its real name a massacre of an entire population, because then the people will question their leaders about their complicity in this crime by doing nothing in the best case and supplying weapons to the criminal for others, Obama was successful in convincing the US population that getting rid of Assad chemical weapons is a victory, and that they do not have to be worried about hundreds of dead children that are being gassed because he siezed the criminal weapon, when in fact it was a license to kill as much as the criminal Assad wants as long it does not involve chemical weapons, and the Assad crminal regime understood the message very well and now we no longer here about the daily atrocities commited by Assad thugs, apparntly Obama words and red lines are more important to him than the lives of hunderds of thousand of innocent Syrians, this world is disgusting

[@grazsarducci7477]

But they didn't get rid of the al Nusra chemical weapons. Oh , sorry, I mean "rebel" chemical weapons.

[@elzouine]

We cared about Syria. And we cared about Syrians. For Syria we couldn't do much good from our powerless position, but for the Syrian refugees we could. So we did. We do care. Leaders, democraticaly chosen or not, did not care, except those of Russia and Iran.

[@mayark9618]

olehomer1988 Source?

[@safi456]

two people die in a terrorist attack in France and the UK govt, media and people go on and on about it for weeks. over 200,000 dead in Syria and you are right, there is widespread apathy and indifference. As a poet once said, "Let everyone's house burn, so long as my house doesnt burn." That is the attitude of the Western masses, because Syrians are Muslims so they are fair game, they are expendable. The truth is this: there are too many political players in Syria, and too many govts and groups with vested interests. All these players are operating on a policy of greed. Not one of them gives a damn about the people. Regardless of your political affiliation, regardless of who you think is to blame, just put aside the politics and focus on the fact that innocent people are dying and they dont even know why. They havent taken part in the politics, they havent sided with anyone. They are just regular people who go to work, send their kids to school, go for a picnic on the weekends, look after their elderly relatives, give charity to the poor, and live regular lives, like any one of us. One day they wake up and find themselves in the middle of hell. It can really happen to any one of us. Instead of wading into the filthy mess of politics and blaming this country or that government or this terrorist group, just put that aside and if you can do NOTHING ELSE, at least pray for the people. Please, just pray for them.

[@blackwell2001]

What took over ten minutes could've been cut down to 30 seconds. 1. Too far away. 2. People care about their own problems.

[@selezt20]

Basically :/

[@hayoosh2566]

so amazing to see justice ppl like u

[@UberTankred]

It is also fair to say that Samantha Power was really sad that ISIS was being crushed by the Syrian Army and the Russian Air Force.

[@georgettehabchi4883]

He is so wright, we used to sit together to make the kayak for Easter, we worked, talked and did not feel the time pass.

[@chrish7472]

More people need to watch this video

[@papermind4010]

YOU CAN'T PLAY THAT INTRO MUSIC WITH "Why no one cares about Syria" ON THE SCREEN.

[@hodayfa000h]

As a syrian i just gave up hope on ever living a peaceful "normal" life.

[@RAmeer-nn5wz]

Qatar gas pipeline through Syria is the main reason behind the conflict in Syria.

[@kayem3824]

Whatever it was, it didn't succeed.

[@elzouine]

In the beginning when refugees from Syria were setting foot on European soil, the debate rose if the EU should develop a policy, and if so, what should look like. The debate within the Netherlands was executed in a hard and mean way. People from the anti-refugee-kamp used profane language on the advers as well as on the refugees. The politicians representing that group, went even further by spreading fear assuming terrorism will be imported with the refugees into their nation. The leftside of the political spectrum did not attack the refugees, and neither did it argue for their arrival much. They sensed that people weren't interested much to take responsibility in this matter for economical reasons, so short after the start of the financial crisis. And here it comes: PRIME MINISTER MARK RUTTE, FROM DUTCH LIBERALS, OFFERED THAT THE NETHERLANDS WAS WILLING TO TAKE ON 19 REFUGEES! Hoping that if h named a number, that it would help to keep'm out and keep him in the 'power tower'. And then the images of a little boy would layed on his face on a beach , dead, with his little sandals facing the camera..

[@akbarallardfreichmann2938]

Greed, money, corruption and oil.

[@callmelarry7499]

Sad but true. But every nation is suffering and dealing with conflict in some way 😕 .

[@halmaleh]

Thanks Barry

[@blackwell2001]

Just _Syria_ ? Not Nigeria? Not Sudan? Not Venezuela?

[@MrFetitzele]

Wait for it

[@Bu_Fr7]

8 years later, and still no one cares 😢

[@blivion7203]

9 years later and still no one cares. Everyone is much more focused on the Israeli Palestinian conflict. They say "All eyes on Rafah" and when all eyes are on one thing, they won't see the other things going on in the world. Humanity always find a way to disappoint.

[@martinfahy6803]

This is a cumulative problem with lots of issues. Syria is strategically placed, there are energy and commercial interests, political, ethnic and idealistic issues. But ultimately Assad and his backers refused to sit down around a table and find a solution resulting in 3 Million Syrians fleeing their own country to save their own lives. Is this the sign of a great President acting in the interests of his people. No, he bowed down to the will of other third parties influences, now he Is the leader of a country with 3 million less of his people / citizens than when this started. What has happened here is pure murder. They hung Saddam Hussain on the basis they proved he did not have chemical weapons or as they phrased it for greater fear effect "Weapons of Mass destruction" (after all rocket launchers, tanks, missiles , land mines, non of these cause mass destruction do they ?!?!?) used to create greater fear. Yet Assad admitted he used them and the UN and allied countries give him a 'naughty boy give them to us and carry on with your attacks' speech, now carry on murdering without discrimination with no being held to account for using chemical weapons outlawed by all if the international community. The reality is the power blockers and politicisations have used it as a place to fight out their differences and don't care in the slightest for people who live their, and the same in Iraq, Afghanistan, numerous African nations, and countless other locations around the world. Morality !!!! None of those in power in any of these places know the meaning of the word unless used for a some personal gain. The United Nations this once great organisation has and continues to lose the purpose it was created for.

[@punkisinthedetails1470]

Natural disasters are natural and therefore nobody's fault. Universal empathy is the result.

[@fionaautumn]

People are dying at the sea and in their war torn countries every day.... and yet nobody talks about it. Just sad

[@asimabrar7923]

Thank you Thank you Barry Andrews

[@anamrajbhandari6593]

It’s real ....the number of views and comments suggest so

[@marymolloy562]

Just glad that my ancestors on their way out of Africia didn't stop in the Middle East. Most people think of that area as a hellhole and that's why they don't care.

[@fadinrc8224]

what a very stupid comment, I think you don't know the fact that more than 65% of the Arab population and lands exists in Africa!!!

[@sexysilversurfer]

Fadi Nrc so why do the Egyptians call themselves Arabs and not Africans?

[@Joejoe-kj4dz]

sexysilversurfer coz they are Arabs they live on the continent of Africa these comments must be from the dumbed down Americans living on our planet

[@P3RF3CTD3ATH]

What's your point? Your statistic speaks about demographics, not Arab attitudes towards Africans. Demographics that favour Arabs because Arabs waged jihad upon the Africans and enslaved them. It's ironic because slavery still goes on today in Africa.

[@JulieHiltbrunner]

I care.

[@sanjeedaratimohd776]

because they are Muslims if instead of the Muslim other religions then all world will help .this is real fact but our almighty ALLAH is enough for us

[@lurileyloo4541]

Sorry for my wierd question, bc i dont know much, but if theres the problem that many white people dont care to help muslim people, then my question is i know there many countries that are muslim and are rich, why they dont help?

[@tarzanx5113]

You actually right 💯 % I agree with you from the beginning of 2011 . even I Born in Syria but no one really cares about us we just Life in the other side of the world maybe God will forgave us to be Lives on this Earth ❣️ 🤲🏻👋🏻

[@s0baz]

Perhaps identity too play a role? I have a hard time identifying myself with the good people of Syria. The things happening down there are terrible, yet I care slightly less than what I do about other disasters elsewhere. Also, unfortunate for everyone, when Denmarks and Norways embassies where attacked and set ablaze in 2006 I, for one, felt more distanced towards Syria.

[@medeskurdishempire825]

this would rather be called ‘why no one cares about Rojava’ since the Kurdish people were the only ones who stood their ground and defeated ISIS while the syrians fled to the neighbouring countries. if you open any history book you’ll come to realise this land does indeed belong to the Kurdish people, who were betrayed. Rojava is part of a much greater Kurdistan and the land belongs to the brave Kurdish nation who want equality and rights for all the other ethnic minorities which also live there.

[@BaselHamadeh]

Thanks for your concern and effort but you have said nothing of a value.

[@ufos22]

The reason that people care when people suffer from earth quakes, hurricanes, volcanos is that these were peaceful civilized people and then nature a universal giver and taker away of life attacked them. In the case of war the feeling is more like you wanted honey so you decided to wage war on bees and this human, bee war started and why should I care, they knew what they were getting into. Also with war it is not an outside group helping the injured. As in the World Wars and every war since, half of the people don't want help they just want to fight. So F Syria.

[@0s0sXD]

Chad Hurley guy are brainwashed by American media, you fucking blind sheep.

[@ufos22]

Mohamed, when I open a jar of stinky fish or some spoiled product, I put the lid back on the jar and throw it in the trash. DO YOU FINALLY GET IT ?

[@0s0sXD]

Are your seriously comparing spoiled fish to PEOPLE dying in war? How old are you? 0?

[@0s0sXD]

Careless motherfuckers don't know the rules of the universe, what you do comes back to you, all who is watching Syrians die will have the same happen to him soon or later, I'm not saying I will take revenge, the universe will not me or Syrians

[@litestuf]

What is hard to understand is Why are they killing each other ? RELIGION and a sixth century religion at that.

[@slwankaedbey775]

And still no one cares

[@CoolGirl007]

I care... I made a video

[@0s0sXD]

I can't understand how the whole world is watching what is a happening to Syrians without doing anything. Pathetic people. Everything you do comes back to you sooner or later everyone who decided to let Syrians die will have the same thing happen to him.

[@ufos22]

No Americans care about Muslims. Your Islam religion want's to kill most people in the world. Why would we want to help you kill us?

[@0s0sXD]

Chad Hurley you don't understand

[@thefighter8229]

yeah,that is bullshit,Islam is religion of peace....why this religion wants to kill them,seriously......every religion is came from peace,including christian,jews,islam etc....THE One that do that are bad 'muslims'....why i do 'muslims' not muslims....because THEY ARE NOT MUSLIM

[@ufos22]

Mohamed, do you realize that if every muslim, Syrian, African, N. Korean, Ukrainian, Chinese, Mexican, Central and South American would come to America we would have 7 billion people in the US !

[@0s0sXD]

Chad Hurley I'm not talking about the whole god damn world i'm talking about Syria. lots and lots of Syrians died and they are still dying, they lost their country their homes even the ones who succeeded in seeking political refuge in other countries (excluding the ones who died in the sea) are expatriate the whole world should have taken care of Syrians. this is 2016 Syria took in refugees in the past from a lot of countries

[@propagandacritic5511]

I appreciate his efforts, but I must say that it is not as simple as he claims. For example: He says, "when mass murder is occurring by a government against its people" as though it is a statement of undeniable fact. Many of these cited "atrocities", however, are not only very difficult to verify, but often used as a pretext for military intervention, and quite likely fabrications. Having access to information that many do not, I am convinced things are not so clear cut. Could it have been propaganda by US supported insurgents to bolster support for the toppling of the Assad government?

[@MrFetitzele]

Wiki leaks, Julian Assange about Syria , 100% the usual suspects, this guy seemingly so compassionate misdirects people . The usual suspects have a lot of resources like imf , ONGs , media , etc

[@larafayrouz5622]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭💔🇸🇾

[@GreenCroco1]

Mr.Barry Andrews. I wonder why you haven't mention Turks (Ottomans at that time), helped Irish, by sending ships full of potato from Istanbul to Drogheda Port.

[@themiddleeastobserver7739]

Dear Alan Blanes , just read the reply that a guy an ISIS/ Al Nusra sympathetic has written to me that's a specimen of the sectarians and ignorants you are expecting us to deal with , please bring me an example when negotiations with radicals terrorists have achieved anything , history left no shadow of doubt that the only way to deal with these thugs is how the Syrian army and recently the western coalition is dealing with them , it's not about the business community and minorities , it's about the intellectual elite , the Sunni liberals , and many other sectors of the Syrian society the western governments chose to ignore , because the government in Syria was left with no other choice but to take allies of Iran , a regime that is in fundamental discrepancy with the believed and values of Al Basth party , The Syrian crisis and human tragedy will never be solved unless the West will seat on the table with the legitimate Syrian government for two reasons ; one is hat they are well educated liberals that one can at least negotiate with , second because they are the only capable party of confronting the hundred different radical militias spreading terrorism in the region and all over the world on the ground , let's first clean up terrorism then the international community will gain the credibility to be considered a negotiating party , and will be given a serious chance to separate the Syrians from their forced coalition with Iran so a win/win situation that will tackle all the political, security and humanitarian problems at once .

[@innyangel8004]

Oh my well said no humanity left now at all

[@saras9546]

Sadly NO one cares !!

[@hughandrews5]

Sadly your parents don't love you

[@Electricforestoration]

you know nothing about syria Jon snow

[@hannaa3854]

And you do ?

[@Electricforestoration]

@@hannaa3854 yup I'm syrian

[@myklwinn8509]

Berry, we now know the truth about Syria and you were mislead.

[@cabbageman6309]

what is the truth? Tell us so we can learn it as well

[@nourkhan1399]

@@cabbageman6309 watch vidoes of eva bartlett, carla ortiz, treka z and vanessa beeley on youtube to get the truth about Syria

[@cabbageman6309]

@@nourkhan1399 thank you i will check them out 🥰

[@jiancao1523]

When the region in trouble, USA is the one offering help, and breaking deal. But both side are bad, so let them being . Do not blame USA

[@alexanderjames1025]

thats my friends dad!

[@hughandrews5]

👌

[@damascusmoon5547]

thank you all .. we want care and protiction help syria the assd killer syrain children are died everyday

[@camel-uj4yp]

All lies

[@seanshite9792]

Fraud

[@rotaryatlantic5447]

#syriachild tried.

[@jangurschler8095]

Ok imperialist