The Middle East's cold war, explained
How two feuding countries are tearing apart the Middle East.
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The Saudis and Iranians have never actually declared war on each other. Instead, they fight indirectly by supporting opposing sides in other countries and inciting conflicts. This is known as proxy warfare.
And it’s had a devastating effect on the region. Countries, especially poor ones, can’t function if there are larger countries pulling strings within their borders.
And that’s exactly what's happening in the Middle East. The Saudi-Iranian rivalry has become a fight over influence, and the whole region is a battlefield.
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Usa : *hears that you have oil* *usa has sent you a friend request*
Underrated
And if you decline, you will get robbed for it anyways
ThatOneAsianBroChick Not only that but China’s new Silk Road passes straight through XinJiang and the US doesn’t like that. I mean they have no issue dropping bombs on Muslims in the Middle East so...
gamer confirmed
Russian Siberia might have lots of undiscovered oil reserves but it is much harder for any country to set up military bases because they are dealing with one giant country noyt a region.
bro when any war starts either the US, Britain, Russia or France always has something to do with it
@Crispy Crépés 😑
Russia as well
Which is to say that you are such a racist that you cannot believe that non-Europeans have their own histories and are responsible for their own actions?
@• Crépés Tu parles le francais?
@@jackkessler9876 Well there's no racism there. Britain, France and Germany were the ones who supported racism and claimed themselves to be superior to everybody else. The atrocities committed by these nations in the past exceed the worst form of cruelty human mind can imagine. Especially Germany and Britain. Both these countries have caused massive destruction and innocent deaths were something people would see everyday
as a middle eastern, i can comfirn its not so cold here...
as a matter of fact, it's boiling here.....
@@faisal3464 in Antarctica you dont need a freezer but here you dont need a microwave
@@ammarfoda9271 Here, you won't need a frying pan, you could just scramble eggs on your car's hood
Lolz im dead 😂
I'm in Lebanon and it's cold
6 years later this episode deserves a part 2
Agree. lot of event happened in Middle east for the last 6-7 years.
same
@@thalutabdulhalimhafiz2574all this chaos to have more control on oil
@@thalutabdulhalimhafiz2574 yea Turkey joined the game now its more complicated
اعتقد ان القادم هو الاردن
I see the UK taught the US well
sykes-picot
@@mint8648 dont forget Belfour decleration
And the USA has taught the Saudis and Iranians well.
@@capncake8837 heh you wish
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Didn't the US support Saddam Hussein in his attack on Iran? Why leave that detail out?
True. Moreover, the US didn't do this at first. Later when they saw that Iran was winning the war against Iraq (thanks to some genius tactics), the US (and SA) both supported Iraq and Saddam. Fastforward a couple years later and George Bush is declaring war on the Axis of Evil.
Because VOX is terrible at reporting reality.
Dave Joyce So let me get this straight, USA supported Iraq when they were fighting Iran but then turned against them when they attacked Kuwait?
Fahad Lairi yeah. the u.s supports saudi arabia and kuwait. so they fought in iraq to help the saudis but not because we liked iraq, necessarily
iamlegend what would the axis be?
Iraq : i found oil USA: You mean we found oil
OUR OIL ;)
It was in the first season of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" "Saddam Hussein has the oil. OK? We have decided to help the people of Israel get our oil back to us, by defeating Saddam Hussein."
العراق وجدنا نفط امريكا(الارهابيه) اوه وجدنا اسلحة دمار شامل في العراق وبعد ان قاوم ابائنا الاحتلال الامريكي قالت امريكا اوه لقد ضهر ارهاب في العراق علينا القضاء عليه هذا هوه تاريخ الارهاب الامريكي هي ان تخاف مواجهة الدول العضمئ امثال روسيا ايران الصين بصوره مباشره فتواجه الدول الضعيفه من اجل فزض هيمنتها. لاكن نهاية الارهاب الامريكي اوشكت علئ النهايه كما انهار الاتحاد السوفييتي ستنهار الدوله الارهابيه
@@AdoraTsang لن تهزمونا حتى اخر قطره دم في عروقنا ونحن أمه مليونيه نمتلك عقيده ووطن لاسبيل للحياه بدونهن 🇸🇦🇩🇿🇮🇶🇾🇪
Sudenly became comunist
A complex yet somehow straight forward summary. It would be appreciated if you came out with an updated version of this conflict. Thank you!
I don't think he can give full explanations about Iran's influence in East Asia like Myanmar, in the American continent like Venezuela, and in African countries like Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, and Zambia. So it is better to study carefully yourself or you can learn Farsi and watch the Persian channels that I suggest
Now China has stepped up and made some progress in getting the two to sit and talk, unlike Yankeestan that lives on division, wars, oil and terrorism!
@@amir9715Iran is that wealthy to fund these conflicts?
@@azmagarefUSA USA USA 🇺🇸
@@machovalkarie7896 Yankeestan Yankeestan Yankeestan .. yeehaw
My father was killed .. And I lost my brother ... And I lost my university .. My house is destroyed .. And I'm alone with my mom .. This is the Syria war
Which Country killed them?
Mohamed Efat that’s so sad to hear. May Allah grant them paradise
May God protect you from the satanic world
الله يرحمهم ويغفرلهم ويتقبلهم من الشهداء
@Rising Solutions You can say 'an arab country' or a' middle east' , but dont say an islamic country. Islam has nothing to do with them. All the corruptions happening around the world is under the name of Islam . I hope people can judge the Muslims but not their relgion, cuz it has nothing to do with the politics. They're just using Islam as a weapon of their bad deeds . I bet they don't even follow the Islamic rules,they just use the religion as an agenda. I hate those politicians. They're sick for power and wealth, and they dont even care about islam and what it implies .
Saudi: *has oil* United states: Hi there habibi
Hi habibi hayyia hayyia
habibi give me oil and i will intervene in ur internal affairs
uae: hi there habibi
HAMOOD?
الواحد فخور وسط ناس مبتعرفش عربى
I am Shia muslim and best friends are Suni muslims. We accept each other and respect each other.
the people aren't the issues! the governments are!
من اكل لقمة من البطيخ كتب الله له خمسين الف حسنة🤯
@@geetlofi3 there is shia and sunni and shia's are usually undeveloped and doesn't go by islam rules, and they just make their own rules.
@@geetlofi3 dude I didn't send hate i just said they are not really muslims and shouldn't name there self like that, I'm just explaining why they aren't
@@geetlofi3 some what?
“2 countries always seem to be involved.” I think you missed one = USA
USA is like that one friend who joins the game completely uninvited
Britain and France are those two friends that cause all the problems and then shift the blame to someone else
@Kiran gurjar no the US wanted oil
@@krishnadevi6465 that’s a stereotype not what actually happened
@@sentrosity9176 then what happened?
@@krishnadevi6465 something else
Short answer: USA Long answer: United States Of America
lol
Weren't the UK and France the ones who started all this mess tho?
@@kingdomofprussiaball7438 us started isis
@Starter Pack • 50 years ago The Middle East has had problems before ISIS existed anyway
@@kingdomofprussiaball7438 USA funded all recent wars it’s America’s fault for these wars
All the love from Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 to Iran 🇮🇷
We should no longer fight 🇮🇷 🤝 🇸🇦
@• الســو 𒑉 مــري • ok whatever , cope
@• الســو 𒑉 مــري • Iraq never conquered Iran so , but guess who's ancestors are Iranians? You , because Iraq was part of Iran for most of history.
@• الســو 𒑉 مــري • I also don't have nothing against Iraqis because we we all share Iranian race in our genetics .
@• الســو 𒑉 مــري • not only Safavids but other empires , not even Iraq's biggest empire covered halfof Modern Iran .
This video dramatically underplays the conflict between Sunni and Shia, its importance in regional disputes, and the violence entangled in that conflict. It also largely ignores the brutal and authoritarian nature of the governments that are Saudi Arabia and Iran, as well as many of the other countries in the region, and how this played a role in the power politics of the middle east. Overall if you knew nothing about the middle east and then watched this video, you would walk away understanding the region less.
and "dramatically" is an understatement.
So true! He says and I quote, “on the east of the Persian golf another country was emerging” haha as if Iran was founded in the 1900s.
How can you understand less if you didn’t know anything? :) I think this video prompts people to look for books and articles and research. That’s all.
Vox is not a good source for Middle East information. They constantly want to present countries there favorably. Unless they’re Israel that is.
Yeh I think we all realised tht when he tried downplaying the split with reference to the protestant and catholic divide.
When it's a boundary conflict : It's UK behind it When it's a military conflict: It's USA behind it
Exactly
Every Boundary conflict except the South China sea. That was China's conflict.
@@CeriseAurium Want it to be messier? Invite the Americans
@@josephleonard6695 Don't
Before them world was full of even more endless conflicts.
Country: *Has oil * USA : Hey guys, wanna buy some democracy?
Country: No. US: But i'll still sell you. *for both oil and weapons
Adil Bashir but don’t you worry guys, we will take our revenge soon 😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄
My god the internet has one joke.
ironically saudi arabia is not democratic and iran is. funny world we live in.
😂😂😂👌
This amazing video was made 6years ago- an updated version with the current landscape would be fantastic!
Great video VOX, but what it misses out on critically is the theological divide (at least for modern Islam) that has been fueling these cold wars, as well as the the war on tangible capital assets, um, mainly black liquid spewing out from the earth’s core.
A 1,000 + year war.
both is mentioned in the very compressed video
no
Any Middle Eastern Country: has oil US/UK: we are here to save you, pls do not resist
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They are moaning
@hello world its okey to love ur country, but i had rather love to truth before.
That's capitalism
@@mrtruthseeker7358 American citizens didn’t want this ya know
A proxy war ( Iran vs Saudi Arabia ), but that proxy war is also the proxy war of USA (Saudi Arabia) vs Russia ( Iran). What a weird world we live in.
A proxy proxy war.
Tiger King Well said
proxception
Nihilism is not bad It's like puppets holding smaller puppets
Iran is not Russia's proxy.
Lebanon is also a failing state, over the recent years the country has been plagued with corruption and poverty. Especially in 2019- early 2021, there are a lot of protests, and the explosion didn’t help with that either, causing its main economic source, off shore imports to be cut off. I would know this, since I a, Lebanese.
This needs a BIGGGGG update.
USA: Hey, want some help. Iraq: No, thanks. USA: *I wasn't asking.*
@@HaroonAli-sq6ul 😹😹💔خلي يطيرون
@@HaroonAli-sq6ul ك 🐟 فشلتنا
Oils 🛢
@@HaroonAli-sq6ul هههههههههههه فشلتنا
If your neighbor burned your house down because it had termites in it youd be mad to, but would you understand why he did it?
Imagine how peaceful the world would be if the us didn't get involved in the middle east
I think you mean “how peaceful the world would be if the U.K. and France didn’t draw artificial borders in the Middle East”
@@jwil4286 yeah i wouldn't have to lan about france in history class😅😅
The US would probably find another war to fight, either in Africa or South America most likely. That's how the millitary industrial complex works.
@@grimsleeper5945 USA invest lots of money to create war in Nepal which helps to counter china..america is demon of world..
@@jwil4286 borders don't matter in middle east
succinct, precise, fascinating quick summary of complicated historical matters that plague the entire region
Very beautiful and wonderful. Thank you for this clip. This war with the prosecution also returned after a while 😢
USA's logic is like cutting down trees to write books about saving trees
Very acurate analogy
Lol this one made my day
*noice*
Best thing I heard today !!!
@Ruger Smack f**k west
Country: has oil U.S: I made us a both a friendship bracelet
You decline. Two seconds later..... USA Justified Reason: O I L
@hello world why ?
@anti gacha commander as a Somali I don’t like the Saudi goverment too but america is left and right bombing countries and then saying they are saving them while bombing them out of existence
japan is so lucky their land is poor of resources and don't have oil, so us didn't take them after they lose in ww2, glad japan have smart peoples instead
its not only the oil. since the us abandoned the gold standard for the dollar, the value of the dollar is only bound to how much value market participants assign to it. one of the important market participants are oil companies. you could only buy oil with the us dollar, thus securing its value. as far as i know oil companies in the middle east wanted to change that, and make it possible to buy oil with other currencies as well like, threatening the US. because the dollar has no intrinsic value, it is more fragile than people believe it to be - read that in some book
this episode deserves a part2
Not exactly a cold war but a rather a hot war constantly.
"Two countries always seem to be involved. Saudi Arabia and Iran." Of course, as an American website, Vox would never say the US is always involved as well
Vox is famously not pro-US. This is just a bad take.
Wellshot the US and Russia are controlling Saudi Arabia and Iran its ironic
well said
Wellshot facts ...and this is coming from a war veteran
There are plenty of references to the US involvement and their poor decision in the events mentioned in this video. But just because the US is involved, doesn't take away from the fact that Iran and Saudi are also involved, as the whole conflict stems from their relationship. So yes, "Saudi and Iran always seem to be involved"... because they are
Who is watching this after the US killed the Iranian general in an air strike
Doing some research because I really want to understand the whole thing.
same
war coming...
MAYBE*
Me haha
Most detailed video yet, thank you
one important thing that wasn't mentionned here is that early in the 20th century when the saudi were at tribal war, iran had a constitutional revolution (before oil was found) and so it has a history of secualirsm and social progress attempts. That's why the shah was not able to have the same kind of power over the population. Also the shah was already "king" in 1942 and just gained full control in 1953.
Just casually says “the US staged a coup in Iran and replaced their leader” as if that’s just normal🙄
As an iranian I’m still angry about what they did in iran. If they didn’t change mossadegh every thing was different now.😞
It is normal, you know how many time they have done that? They did in bolivia last year
@@aestheticsongs1574 I’m sorry :/ i can’t even imagine.
@@maccamardo5412 😞💔
@@aestheticsongs1574 I am hoping for better things with the Biden Admin (compared to Trump) . But a lot of damage has already been done 😒
>"2 countries have always been involved." >Doesn't mention USA or Israel.
Video mentioned Saudi's developing ties with the USA. Did you see the whole video?
@@realrichlv yeah and what about Israel !!!
@@mohamedfatta1404 Although Israel did bomb the Iraqi nuclear reactor in 1981, they did not really intervene in conflicts outside of the land of Israel/Palestine. And even though the government does promote sanctions against Iran, it doesn't really take sides militarily.
Tell me about.
@@mohamedfatta1404 , video did not mention it, and personally I do not know about it's involvement - cannot comment much on that.
بارك الله في بلادي عظمى المملكة العربية السعودية برجالها وشعبها وحكومتها وعلمائا شامخة وشوكة في نحور الخونة واعدا يارب 🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦
☝️
6 years ago I also was worried about a war between Saudi and Iran, especially after Iran's attack on the heart of Saudi's oil production. But it is interesting to see these two governments finally held peace negotiations and calmed down the tentions.
The fun fact is that China forced Iran to make peace. Iran was not satisfied with it , 0-1 for saudis
Islamic republic won't last long anyway, it's squandering all its resources on wars with no results and ignoring its people
@@just_osaid No actually the deal was good for Iran as well, because Iran is a very isolated country with a miserable economy. The peace with Saudis reduced Iran's isolation in the region and strengthened the trembling Iranian regime.
@@just_osaid Did China force Iran? Are you sure you're okay؟ China was just a mediator! Iran has always been independent in adopting foreign policies, unlike the Saudis, Iran won over Saudi Arabia through a proxy war, Saudi security was at stake, Aramco don't forget!
The war in yemen is set to an end this month Let biden fight the houthis alone in bab al-mandab 😂😂
Doin some research before the draft hits
this video about to blow up (no pun intended)
Lololol
Word
America won't need a draft to go to war with little ol' Iran. If Iran attacks US bases they're gonna have to deal with all of NATO plus the Saudis and Israelis.
Same here
USA: hears u have oil USA: Marhaba habibi
lol
America gets their oil from Canada and Saudi Arabia.
@Ali ALSARRAF كول زق
@Ali ALSARRAF yes habibi
@@niyatirichhariya7303 Mean "hi my sweet"
You guys need to update this video!
Please make a video about what’s happening in Iran
US : gives weapons to two friend countries and starts a war US as well : i have a peace plan for that
literallyyy 😭😭😭
And Who are those friend countries ?because these two countries were always enemy 😑😑
@Alex Orion Until the Middle East unites
@@anasqader3851 easier said than done
@@anasqader3851 the Middle East cannot unite for the sole reason of every middle Eastern leader wanting to rule the new United Middle East
Britain and France: *starts a fire* US and Russia: *ADDS MORE OIL*
This isn't related tho....
Martiya it’s related, why?
@@august6943 how it's related?
Martiya They are fuelling more wars in North Africa and the Middle East.
*Ahem* I think you mean *takes* more oil lol.
Only 1 error about this video I’d like to point out. Iran did actually favor the US overthrowing Saddam. In fact, after September 11, Iran offered the US intelligence on key military Taliban targets which the US reluctantly accepted but never formally acknowledged. Iran was hoping to restore diplomatic ties with the US again but immediately after Afghanistan the US labeled Iran one of the 3 axis of evil. Despite the US backstabbing, Iran again offered intelligence to the US for the Iraq war. This time the US rejected. The moderates in Iran were humiliated for trying to restore diplomacy with the US and hardliners went on a very aggressive strategy to influence Iraqi Shias to gain power. Since then, Iran has not showed any interest in diplomacy. Personally, I think that’s what US wants. Keeping Iran an enemy gives the US justification to have a permanent military presence in the region.
after 5 years, it's still relevant
The graphics team for Vox & Verge is amazing, I can't imagine how long it takes to make these videos.
Longer than it takes to look up the facts, that's for sure.
Couldn't stop trolling?
IMposure Tell us what's wrong with it.
Ignore him guys. Stop wrestling with the pig in the mud.
@debarun Gupta Easy to throw insults across the internet. @Jojo Never ask people online for what the ultimate truth is. I may have my own motives for trying to sway your beliefs, just as Vox might have it's own agenda for posting one sided *though well edited* propaganda videos. My advice would be to try to analyze multiple sources of information to get a whole picture *AND ONLY THEN* will you be able to form a complete opinion. In an era full of fake news, common sense should become more abundant. *Don't watch the news and you'll be uninformed. Watch the news and you'll be mis-informed.*
The USA supporting Sadam ..? where is that bit? The USA overthrowing Gadaffi...? Where is that Bit? Involvement of Israel ....? Involvement of Russia in Syria ..? Turkey's support and involvement ....? Qatar's Support of the Sunni Rebel groups, including ISIS ...? Where is the oil part of the narrative ..? And much more....? and you call this explained?
The 4th branch made this video
Are ISIS sunnies?
hello my friend.i am an iranian and i am telling you that isis forces are sunni and the only people who fought against them was us
@@nextstop7623 Basically, yes. They are a branch of sunnies. they have some different ideologies though...
I think the lack of a mention of Turkey is the most valid point you make. The rivalry between Sunni and Shia may not have been very violent until recent decades, but the violent rivalry and competition between Turks, Arabs and Persians goes back centuries...
هذا التقرير ناقص وكاذب ويهمل عن عمد أشياء كثيرة جدا منها تدخل الغرب وأمريكا في شؤون المنطقة ودفعها الدائم عن إبنتها اسرائيل المولود الغير الشرعي الذي تم زراعته في الشرق الأوسط لتقسيم العرب أمريكا هي من دعمت ثورة الخميني ضدا الشاه الذي كان بالمناسبة من أصل كردي سني لزرع الفتن والشقاق والحروب في كامل منطقة الشرق الأوسط من يضن أن أمريكا وإيران أعداء فهو واهم الحقيقة هي أنهم حلفاء في الخفاء وتحت الطاولة هناك تعاون كبير جدا بينهم الشيء الذي لا يعلمه أغلب الناس أنه توجد علاقات وطيدة بين الفرس واليهود تعود الى أيام قورش ملك فارس ولا تزال حتى يوم هذا هذا الوثائقي ناقص وسطحي للغاية
Oman is like the Switzerland of the Middle East no wars and so many mountains
Yup absolutely true 👌👌
Yeah I lived there for most of my life, a really peaceful country.
Really? I hope I can travel there
ha yes... ! moral of the oman and switzerland story - dont mess in the affairs of other countries
my dad lived there for 5 years and says its very quiet and amazing
UK & US: after they are finished with the South Asian countries *Mission Middle East*
Fk themmmmmmmm
We British are actually giving so many donations to the poor countries, 😘
@@Flower-sf9rc But yes, you donated a little something to the poor countries after you took the oil and mixed the country. super powers america russia england france the world is very peaceful because you are so kind angels
@@Flower-sf9rc I'm not racism, people are good and bad for me, but people in these countries have to say to their governments, "hey, what are you doing, that's enough now"
true man next its mission south America
Shia 🇮🇷❤️ Sunni 🇸🇦 اللہُ اکبر
Whos here after the truce?
We are
"2 Countries always seems to be involved" The USA and Russia
Some people claim the Cold War between the two countries is still going on. I don’t entirely agree but it does have some validity. Every corner on the glob the USA and Russia get their manipulative claws out.
@@ghostiegoober108 Don't forget England.
you mean Israel an americans military!
i know right but its pretty good because if a war would start for example (saudi arabia vs iran) putin and donald can stop the war with theyre army power
The US stick their nose in everyone's business.Ever since the Napoleonic wars the Elites have been setting up wars to divide countries based on their interests.In my opinion the Russo-Iranian alliance is against them and if that's the case,I support them.But never forget the Jews,Americans control the media so you never know what they will fabricate
news: hey the US just assassinated an iranian general, iran might strike back. youtube algorithm be like: previously on the middle east....
Emmanuel Woo they just struck back
@@tgrjhit7203 yeah it's really really not a great start to the new year.
The Eye Guy that means wars pretty much eminent lol
@@tikyorules usa is reason behind this they just want to say we are superpower
Emmanuel Woo “Just like the simulation”
Brilliant explanation 👍👍
Very informative video thank you
0:23 *Three countries always seem to be involved You're forgetting that the USA is heavily involved in the Middle East's affairs, no matter which country it is
Zizāzf Firschtakër they're just there for the oil they don't care about the people
LOL Russia is the most involved, but the Russian-backed Arabs always lose to the American-backed Israelis #LOL
Its not just oil. America would never make an affair like this so black and white. as the danger of Israel and Saudi Arabia becoming leading giants in the middle east, America will help them build stable economies for corrupt trade, not just oil. If you look at Dubai in Arabia, that was built off mass slave trade. Stable corruption is America's goal in the Middle East.
Zizāzf Firschtakër And the jews
Zizāzf Firschtakër yeah, the USA is Saudi Arabia!
The conflict is so complicated that I sometime get confused and come again and again to watch this video.
You should probably watch other videos that explain the same concept but from different perspectives. I highly doubt this video is 100% accurate
I'm an expert on the subject and This video is not accurate .. Iran is much more involved in destabilizing the region .. and trying to control it .. Saudi Arabia and America are responding by trying to stop it .. they aren't efficient in doing that .. Another conflict not mentioned that could be more important then Iran-soudi conflict Is the conflict between Saudi Arabia and Islamist radical political movement such as "the Muslim brotherhood" The Muslim brotherhood now controls Turkey .. Tunisia .. one of the two governments of Libya .. they controlled Egypt for one year before the militery removed them .. they control large part of the Syrian rebels .. and they controlled Sudan until the latest revolution .. Frankly for Saudi Arabia their conflict with Sunni religious political movement is more of a priority then their conflict with iran ..
This video leaves a lot of details. Go watch Johnny Harris channel he makes really good videos,all the details and are fun to watch.
Based on my knowledge, and looking at almost every single perspective, I can say with absolute certainty that this is the last video you want to watch. Truly a joke.
@@1Thani , could you give some links
I'm an Iranian and I hope that God help us get rid of Islamic Republic, these terrorist claiming our lands are not true Iranians. you should know the difference that my people are not with the government. God bless you all ☦️❤️
Good information
*The most scariest thing to heard:* USA: Want some help?
Afghanistan: no Usa: ac130 imbound baby!! Afghanistan: you bombed an innocent village!! Usa: happy to help, bye!
@@smashingthreeplates2171 please step into my completely blacked out car
@@ominousromanpillar238 lol
They are pushing extreme USAid in lebanon the country is no diminished by an nuclear weapon plus total economy collapse in just under a year with some experts saying that it would be merely impossible to happen that dramatic.
😂😂😂
The real war is in the comment section
amen, brother.
Well, welcome to the political battle royale
Politics, man.
Let’s fight
@ThisIsMyRealName - get a real name and maybe you can make some real comments.
USA must be having serious problem by Saudi and Iran reconciliation 😅
4:00 the revolutions remind me of the napolionic wars where all European monarchies were terrified of the french Revolution
Makes me wonder what would have happened had Bush not sent in troops in 2003... neither side wanted the US in there...
The US added unnecessary conflict to the region. Also, after WW1 & WW2 the western countries screwed up the region by letting everyone take whatever they wanted and not establishing order.
Most likely a second Iraq-Iran War. Saddam made it clear he wanted to become a dominant power in the middle east with the first Iran-Iraq War and Operation: Desert Storm. Both times his objective was to dominate the oil trade in the middle east. More than likely if Saddam won this hypothetical second war with Iran he would eventually become Saudi Arabia's next rival because of the oil trade
Tustin2121 The USA, like every other country, is only concerned with their own national interests.
Tustin2121 on the grand scale of it all it probably didn't matter
Russia would gain more influence in the Middle East.
And here Oman is like, " we are not getting ourselves in this drama "
Nadeen Noni a
Oman is Ibadi, a wholly different sect.
Oman, good people. Allah protect them
Sports Highlights & Reviews hmm..... don’t think so , Oman has been for many years , a country that tries in many ways help maintain peace between the Arab countries and the rest of the world .
Don't worry just wait for it you I'll get it the middle East is unstable either Iran or Saudi will start supporting a group that will fire up a war in Oman once they are done with a victim they go to another
there is a piece of wrong information in min 3:00 Reza shah was his father not him he is Mohammad Reza shah
إنا إعيش بل شرق الإوصط تحديد العراق و إصتطيع إن إقول إن الجو ليس باردن إبدن بل النزاعات إسخن من جو الفرن😂
Two countries always seem to be involved: US and Russia
And Israel but indirectly
Cold war only got colder. Proxy wars are still the way.
Don't forget England dude
True in every war lul
They both are selling arms to them
It's almost like a cold war inside another cold war
Exactly. Proxy wars within proxy wars. The US backs Saudi Arabia for economic and strategic reasons and Russia backs Iran due to the byproducts of the Cold War.
Coldwarception
both of the countries saudia and Iran have actually begun to open up negotiations and hopefully will get out of this constant state of hostility soon.
Seems like we will need another update very soon
We need an update on this, and more specifically on the events in Afghanistan
funnily enough, i wrote a report about war crimes in afghanistan and an hour later the reports of the taliban taking over came through to me
Also about the tension that rose from Israel Emirates etc.
Yessss
@@byunbaekhyun2979 is there any way we can read it. I'm trying to educate myself more and would love to read your report
Afghanistan is not in Middle East.
They don't teach you this in world history.
Mohammad I it will be in 20 years time
Mohammad I it's not history yet
They will in the future tho
Mohammad I you'd have to take a politics/government class if you want to talk about current events. that or a journalism class.
Well in my country, they do.
Great information
This video is very realistic and most of it's information is right. It is sad when the people dream of democracy and a great country and lose their lives for those dreams and in the end they find alot of death, dictatorship, tourrist groups , dark politics , other countries involved ,etc and in the end they wish that they didn't dream of anything.
US: did some one say oil????!!!
O I L
Oil my man we are friend let me give you some F R E E D O M
USA : WE OVER MONEY TO ANYONE WHO GIVES US OIL. ALSO PROTECTION.... O WAIT NO. Only for Israel Middle East : WE WANT MONEY TAKE OIL PLZ USA: yes my puppets through it at me Saudi Arabia: well I got the most so..... USA. Let’s make a deal USA : ok OILLLLLL There ya have it folks o wait forgot something Terrosm : YOU ALL BAD GO DIE NOOB USA: NO WAIT NO NO STOP
Also forgot USA : secretly puts a freedom injection into some middle eastern countries.
You are sooo ignorant that you are putting all of your problems on the usa instead of electing honest people who won't sell you. Keep blaming the us and supporting your thieves and governments idiot. You don't get to blame anyone for putting their own interests as priorities. As for problems in the middle east: it's because of a religion called islam. Full of ignorant people praying and killing all day without being productive or responsible and the list goes on. Wake up idiot.
Iran Iraq war. You did not mentioned US involvement in supporting Saddam Hussein against Iran.
And Germany and Russia and most Arab countries and UK and France
All of the powers over the world They've been seeing winning of a country without any facilities
Actuly USA use to support both sides iraq and iran to distroy them both.. Read abou iran contra
Or course not, this is not any informant youtube channel, it's an American informant youtube channel. I think you know the difference.
Just as US supporting Ben Laden in Afganistan against USSR.
The double standards from Turkey is ridiculous
I.e supporting Palestine but not Kurdish independence….
Now, they are at peace.
Not necessarily. But China did a good thing
@@prasanth2601 hope it works👌
The title should be US - Middle Eastern war.
Russia , UK , France , Germany and Italy are also Involved .
seems like Mr.President is watching history lessons XD
Are you Italian ? I am telling you my country India is also Involved but I never got to know about it ?
@@mohdadeeb1829 No, I'm an Indian - American.
Sorry I asked the This dude who said Italy isn't involved .
It’s funny that it didn’t explain how isis was made ... by the USA 🤭
Wait what?...
@@ayusharya5110 yeah....
@veritas there is this thing called the internet and I guess you can find all the stuff you ask for over there
Yes that's why America suffered a huge amount terrorist attacks..
مدري ليه الاجانب مستغربين من تعليقك
Good video!
Summarizing everything that happens in the world, not just in the Middle East, with one word: America
"Massive oil reserves were discovered in Saudi Arabia", America: I smell something...
True.
money
You know, the children are sadly clothed in plastics here. Appears the kids are drowning in this oil, and. That is. Supposed to be healthy!
oil reserves in nk, russia, China and Vietnam (let’s see what happens)
@@dannydillard1911 how do you know that?? I live there and that's definetely NOT true,it's false and spreading lies is disgusting.
It's not the middle east cold war, it's the old school US-Russia cold war just transfared to a new field. LOL
Rowshone Nargis it’s Iran fault. American marxists democRATS support terrorist republic of Iran. The democRATS are the enemies of peace in the Middle East
So What About Serb-Albanian Proxy Conflict ?
Inception
The Cold War: Middle East DLC
those aren't mutually exclusive u goober. LOL
why Europe and America can't leave middle east alone?🤬😠
Por que Rusia tampoco lo hizo
The US would do anything for oil
"As Saudi arabia and Iran putting more and more pressure on those countries..." Yeah yeah of course! America and Russia and their huge weapon industries had absolutely nothing to do with the situation indeed.
Are you proud with your puppet government?
@@jandom9008 it's sarcasm
@@silvermurex8009 you might be right. generational dynamics. Everything is changing all the time
I like how they minimize the impact of the USA and Russia. These two countries, and especially the USA, are deeply involved in those conflicts. You can’t understand what’s going on in middle est without understanding it.
This was also my first reaction. I don't know as much about those two countries involvements but the US and Russia are the true fuel to the fire
This is nothing but propaganda, when you omit Israel from the problems in the middle east, you can't be taken seriously.
Seriously. This is an absolute joke.
They forget to mention how ISIS is a saudi proxy, well done Vox
it was green i think, implying that it was.
Whose here after iran attack iraq
iran attack iraq? dont you mean when Pakistan attacked brazil?
@@mustafahassan7781😂😂😂
9:30 Can you tell me today that the Iranian government is not looking for war? As an Iranian, let me tell you that with the destruction of the current government in the Middle East, it will calm down as it was before the 1957 revolution.
A cold war in the middle of a very hot climate?!
it should be hot war
Just plz stop mocking because maybe china will flipp
Right now I'm talking to you under the AC and I'm sweating. It is something like 48C outside.
Iran is not as hot tho..four season country there
Icy hot war?
Nobody: Toyota: *"Let's go places."*
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Toyota is a popular car in the Middle East especially the pickup shas
@@alhashemi. moving turrets
@@alhashemi. their quite effective
@@jackfrost1075 who would've thought that a highly verssitile car design with a strong engine power and large cargo capacity would've been an effective military vehicle.
9:18 would have been the perfect time to be honest and mention how these random wars keep happening
Can I get a follow up video please?
I lost my cousin in this horrible war he didn’t actually wanted to go to fight, he was going to get married but he’s uncle told him to go imagine how the uncle feels every time he remembers him hope this ends soon.
i am very sorry for your loss this war damaged so many people's lives.
are you from iran or iraq
Where was he from?
I am so sorry for your loss. The US started this war.
@@BloxWareTheManHimself7 correct