The Decision That Ruined the Middle East

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  • @AlternateHistoryHub
    @AlternateHistoryHub  6 років тому +2139

    Think of this like a prequel. Don't look like a hermit if you're going to be a hermit. It's easy and cheap. www.dollarshaveclub.com/althistory

    • @afhistory7644
      @afhistory7644 6 років тому +7

      My parents use dollar shave club. Also... Yay the new video is out! And also... What microphone do you use?

    • @afhistory7644
      @afhistory7644 6 років тому +7

      One more thing: Can you make your own subreddit?

    • @hueman8955
      @hueman8955 6 років тому +2

      May i dab on the controversy

    • @THESAMMANCAN
      @THESAMMANCAN 6 років тому +9

      I knew about the sykes-picot agreement but I had no idea how much it's shaped our modern world. Shocking really. I can't wait for your alternate timeline video

    • @constantinediomedes6277
      @constantinediomedes6277 6 років тому +8

      But I like my hermit lifestyle

  • @comradegeneralvladimirpoot1313
    @comradegeneralvladimirpoot1313 6 років тому +4947

    French and British: "These borders will work fine"
    Middle Easterners: *confused screaming*

    • @ReconPro
      @ReconPro 6 років тому +59

      Comrade General Vladimir Pootis reeeeeeeeeeeeeee

    • @Sofiaode18
      @Sofiaode18 6 років тому +393

      Reminds me of how they divided up Africa. "Yes, this straight line won't cause any complications at all!"

    • @kameronjones7139
      @kameronjones7139 6 років тому +32

      Comrade General Vladimir Pootis *autistic confused screaming

    • @bleyk_267
      @bleyk_267 6 років тому +95

      pretty much the history of africa

    • @nomadic-loyalist
      @nomadic-loyalist 6 років тому +62

      *WHERE AM I?*

  • @calebsargent4664
    @calebsargent4664 6 років тому +3099

    Notice how almost every time Britain and France made an agreement during the ww1 era it eventually goes to shit.

    • @redeye4516
      @redeye4516 5 років тому +392

      I'm beginning to think we should have supported the Central Powers instead.

    • @setnakhtekera4259
      @setnakhtekera4259 5 років тому +116

      At least we wouldn't have a war hole in the Middle East....

    • @fasoooli2751
      @fasoooli2751 5 років тому +16

      @@setnakhtekera4259 oh really

    • @TheBucketSkill
      @TheBucketSkill 5 років тому +215

      @@setnakhtekera4259 wouldn't have nazi germany either lol

    • @setnakhtekera4259
      @setnakhtekera4259 5 років тому +41

      @@TheBucketSkill Nazi Germany > Britain and France

  • @game_boyd1644
    @game_boyd1644 5 років тому +1831

    This is almost exactly what happened in Africa

    • @foufamess761
      @foufamess761 5 років тому +22

      True

    • @Archon3960
      @Archon3960 4 роки тому +85

      Thankfully, there was no House of Saud _and_ vast quantities of Oil in Africa...

    • @themngreensteve3454
      @themngreensteve3454 4 роки тому +18

      And india

    • @game_boyd1644
      @game_boyd1644 4 роки тому +67

      T. There are vast quantities of oil in Africa though, as well as numerous other resources critical to the existence of our modern world, like the cobalt in our cellphones. As for the house of Saud, we do not have, but we do have numerous greedy piglet politicians who bend over backwards to suck America and China's huge dicks. Nice

    • @game_boyd1644
      @game_boyd1644 4 роки тому +57

      green universe I wouldn't say ALL because of Europeans, we Africans ourselves do share in the agency, and thus the blame, but their involvement sure as hell didn't help too much.

  • @muhammadabdullahwaseem3040
    @muhammadabdullahwaseem3040 4 роки тому +2373

    Arabs: we are free from the ottomans
    Britain and France: more like under new management

  • @leonardodavid2842
    @leonardodavid2842 5 років тому +549

    Did the entente actually keep their promise to anybody?
    1. They didn’t maintain their deal with Itay (balkans and ottoma spartition)
    2. They didn’t maintain their deal with Yugoslavia (whom they promised much of the same as Italy)
    3. They didn’t maintain what they told the Germans (whom were told that versaille would have revolved around the 14 points)
    4. They disn’t maintain their deals to Japan (about equallity and china)
    5. Disn’t maintain their deal with Arabia
    6 told something to the greeks
    7. Something to Bulgaria
    7. Promised something else to the turks (same territory as greece and bulgaria)
    Dude, wtf!

    • @holypaladin4657
      @holypaladin4657 5 років тому +54

      Leonardo David 28
      This is why honesty is perhaps the greatest of virtues.

    • @leonardodavid2842
      @leonardodavid2842 5 років тому +24

      @@holypaladin4657 I don't get it? They didn't maintain promises, but won the war aniway.
      So why should we not lie to everibody?

    • @unraged6004
      @unraged6004 2 роки тому +67

      @@leonardodavid2842 because of the fallout of those lies

    • @USSFFRU
      @USSFFRU 2 роки тому +4

      @@leonardodavid2842 Because the fallout of lying to the Arabs was the whole reason The Middle East is in total shambles, maybe it would be still but it wouldn't be this devastating if Britain didn't lie to them.
      Look at Japan, the Great Powers lied to the Japanese regarding Equality and recognizing China as their backyard, this led to Japan isolating itself to Ultranationalism and Ultramilitarism which gave birth to the Bloodthirsty Empire of Japan we know.
      Look at Czechoslovakia, Chamberlein and France lied to them that France and Britain would protect the Czechs Territorial Integrity, and what happened? The Munich Betrayal, and it didn't even achieve Peace in our time.
      Look at the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, Germany and Russia guaranteed Non-Aggression, and Germany provoked Russia, Sure Russia was gonna invade if it weren't for Germany, but Stalin was sure the Nazis won't Invade because he thought Hitler wasn't that suicidal or stupid to cause a Two Front War that led to the demise of his thousand year Reich.
      Sure, World War II was won, but if you think the Great Powers should continue lying, then let's see the inevitable fallout of those lies.

    • @CoralCopperHead
      @CoralCopperHead 2 роки тому +32

      There is no government on the face of the earth that has not betrayed another to horrible, devastating effect. Worse, there are none who haven't done the same to their own people.

  • @jorgenoname6062
    @jorgenoname6062 6 років тому +3460

    "Lots of the world's problems can be traced back to a mustachio'd Englishman drawing a line on a map like ah yes this should do quite nicely"
    -John Oliver

    • @michaelm3691
      @michaelm3691 5 років тому +193

      You forgot, those countries weren't exactly paradises before they drew those lines or even arrived. The English are like alchohol. They're the cause of and, apparently, solution to all problems.

    • @euphoric1183
      @euphoric1183 5 років тому +112

      @@michaelm3691 middle east was much much better before britain

    • @shafayat1004
      @shafayat1004 5 років тому +54

      @@michaelm3691 this and the partition of India. Really fucked with us South Asians.

    • @saptsagn3697
      @saptsagn3697 5 років тому +21

      Like the partition of India

    • @comforth3898
      @comforth3898 5 років тому +41

      @@shafayat1004 not forgetting the total colonisation of africa creating artificial borders

  • @doomslayer1964
    @doomslayer1964 4 роки тому +940

    Im syrian and actually ive always been through wars, ive seen how terrorists slaughter people in an inhumane way. They have made islam known for terrorism, they arent even islamic after what ive seen believe me, and actually syria was a really beautiful country before it got destroyed, i really get sad when people always think about terrorism when syria is mentioned, thousands of inoccent people lost thier lives cuz of the war, im writing this just to tell you that syria was actually a happy place, at least for its people. Much love from syria

    • @REEEPROGRAM
      @REEEPROGRAM 4 роки тому +99

      It's sad that people always think stereotypically in every middle Eastern country, well growing up i wasn't thinking in that way, i wish peace could occur in this region someday

    • @caseyma1037
      @caseyma1037 4 роки тому +55

      I sincerely wish you and your people well, dear unknown Syrian fellow youtuber.

    • @dutchdoggogang6882
      @dutchdoggogang6882 4 роки тому +19

      Its the sad truth I am an somalin who my father and mother immregetd to suide arabia

    • @meatilicious1900
      @meatilicious1900 4 роки тому +22

      I'm so sorry for what my country did to you. I mean that. I wish it hadn't ended like this

    • @JK-eb4ck
      @JK-eb4ck 4 роки тому +52

      Those terrorists use Islam as a means to justify their horrific actions.

  • @imcool2931
    @imcool2931 5 років тому +812

    The middle east is like the pack of gum that you open in class
    Everyone wants a piece of it

    • @maskedthecreator1508
      @maskedthecreator1508 4 роки тому +7

      Bars

    • @VergilDarkslayer
      @VergilDarkslayer 4 роки тому +2

      Except eastern countries

    • @spetsnatzlegion3366
      @spetsnatzlegion3366 4 роки тому +21

      Africa is the giant bag of crisps that everyone wants a handful of. Some people don’t like gum but everyone seems to want crisps

    • @qweadd6987
      @qweadd6987 4 роки тому +5

      Like china (before the civil war) and africa.

    • @VoidHeart1
      @VoidHeart1 3 роки тому +1

      @@VergilDarkslayer China is becoming a big player there

  • @sameerhasan8101
    @sameerhasan8101 6 років тому +2568

    I'm curious why this video is age-restricted.

    • @colonel1003
      @colonel1003 5 років тому +136

      Sameer Hasan racism

    • @colonel1003
      @colonel1003 5 років тому +63

      Probably

    • @mrao3124
      @mrao3124 5 років тому +751

      It contains too much facts I guess

    • @TahaAlZadjali
      @TahaAlZadjali 5 років тому +174

      Because you can flag something till you fuck it.

    • @dylandajhharwood5566
      @dylandajhharwood5566 5 років тому +435

      UA-cam shits itself when it can transcribe "ISIS" or "Al Qaeda" in the video. Plus, having 'Middle East' in the title will automatically set off red-flags for their demonetisation-bot.

  • @wierl57
    @wierl57 6 років тому +812

    This is pretty much what happened to Africa. The dividing of nations without regard to the culture, ethnicities or religion of the different people living there. Africa would be less of a shitshow if one culture wasn't divided up into 3 different nations and if 5 different cultures who historically were great enemies wasn't forced to work together to govern a country.

    • @vendettarevo
      @vendettarevo 6 років тому +85

      How could they take all of your resources if your countries are stable and in a good shape?

    • @vicentgalvan70
      @vicentgalvan70 6 років тому +32

      But multiculturalism is a good thing. You obviously don't know what you are talking about.

    • @wierl57
      @wierl57 6 років тому +21

      You sound sarcastic but also not. I will just assume you are sarcastic, feel free to correct me otherwise.

    • @frankocean9412
      @frankocean9412 6 років тому +38

      Kinda like what happened in those Slavic countries as well. The Soviets messed them over bad.

    • @callmeEmvy
      @callmeEmvy 6 років тому +63

      This is the case in my country. Nigeria. The northern part of the country is like a different country all together. When I hear news from that side, it feels like a neighboring country.
      So of course our last civil war (the Biafran war) shocked exactly zero people. Worst part is it seems like were due another.

  • @EmperorTigerstar
    @EmperorTigerstar 6 років тому +6030

    Sykes-Picot agreement? More like... PSYCHE-Picot agreement.

    • @naga5707
      @naga5707 6 років тому +146

      EmperorTigerstar freaking british man. Always with some jokes (that may or may not cause wars)

    • @EmperorTigerstar
      @EmperorTigerstar 6 років тому +273

      No U

    • @aer0886
      @aer0886 6 років тому +57

      Can someone please enlighten me why there are so many people hating on Tigerstar.

    • @theotheagendashill818
      @theotheagendashill818 6 років тому +12

      Aer0 88 inacurate videos...He is like pewdiepie of the mapping community,his brainwashed fans believe everything from his videos.

    • @blackflame_
      @blackflame_ 6 років тому +3

      THEO the agenda troll lol

  • @Killzoneguy117
    @Killzoneguy117 5 років тому +2161

    Britain and France: *perform Sykes Picot*
    Also Britain and France: "wHy dOeS tHe mIdDlE eAsT hAtE uS sO mUcH"

    • @stevenwarne69
      @stevenwarne69 5 років тому +13

      why does islam hate us you mean

    • @ahmedikawika2204
      @ahmedikawika2204 5 років тому +79

      @Dr Sanguine Sunrise still not an excuse
      I bet they teach u this history in schools so u have loyalty to your country and believe that the British empire was the hero of the world and did colonialism not invasions

    • @ahmedikawika2204
      @ahmedikawika2204 5 років тому +63

      @@stevenwarne69 stop being a racist
      And bring a Proof that Islam hate non Muslims or don't spread your ideology

    • @nerosfreak
      @nerosfreak 5 років тому +67

      @@ahmedikawika2204 your name is 'anti jews' and you're telling other people not to be racist? 💀

    • @ahmedikawika2204
      @ahmedikawika2204 5 років тому +13

      @@nerosfreak ty x99 for saying I am racist not anti semitic
      ಥ‿ಥ

  • @Eccentrick218
    @Eccentrick218 6 років тому +1656

    Holy crap, an unbiased explanation of the conflict in the middle east. Cody, you've done the unthinkable and I'm truly impressed.

    • @YamacKocovali7
      @YamacKocovali7 6 років тому +54

      True, but for some reason he sounds so irritated to me, haha.

    • @joshweickum
      @joshweickum 6 років тому +19

      Genji Shimada He sounds like he came to win today.

    • @mattlittlej
      @mattlittlej 6 років тому +194

      Well you'd be irritated too if you discovered a secret pact that fucked over millions of people and set the stage for the longest and bloodiest conflict of the nuclear age.

    • @omgsam7185
      @omgsam7185 6 років тому +41

      This is what I hate about your videos. You never blame Westerns and especially America in any of your videos. How America supported Saddam and in the end created an incredibly unstable state. How America supported Afghanistan's Talibans, and created an unstable state. same with the Israel-Palestine-Egypt situation. Yes, Saudia was never a good peanut either. But the fight between Allied and Soviet is what created an unstable Middle East, even after Sykes-Picot Agreement, there were many chances during which America could have easily solved the problem, but it was too busy gaining influence over Soviet. By the end of 1993, there was an unstable Korean border, unstable armenia-azerbaijan, unstable iraq-iran, conservative Iran, conservative Pakistan, unstable Afghanistan, unstable rest of the middle East. Why because one fucking country could not get enough of power. So yeah. Dont blame brits, or Islam, because Koreans are surely not muslims, blame United States of fucking America, and if you think I am so wrong and out of proportion, do make a video about what America and Soviet's Cold war did to the entire region and be fucking honest about rather than doing some Micheal Bay bullshit about HOW FUCKING GREAT YOUR AMERICA IS.

    • @solaireofastora3
      @solaireofastora3 6 років тому +7

      Osama Anwar
      As long it’s not hurting people let people have their own beliefs

  • @ahmedhasankhan6498
    @ahmedhasankhan6498 6 років тому +2208

    Middle east exists
    Britain and France : it's free real estate

    • @cjprophitt4199
      @cjprophitt4199 5 років тому +76

      Anything: exists
      Britain and France: *it's free real estate*

    • @Alex-ht5ci
      @Alex-ht5ci 5 років тому +38

      @@banished341 nah, not in the exact sense, especially in the early rise of islam.
      islam compared to the heathen laws was a fucking treat to the people of arabia, therefore it spread fast after proving legitimate by defeating the quraish tribe and taking mecca.
      it's really not that simple, there WERE cases of convert-or-leave but no actual convert-or-die early on, and also the biblical religion villages/folk were allowed to keep their religion but paid higher taxes (slightly higher at first but the gap kinda increased as islam spread).

    • @Hollywood2021
      @Hollywood2021 5 років тому +8

      This dead meme: exists
      UA-cam comment section: free real estate

    • @rameenaayan3248
      @rameenaayan3248 5 років тому +5

      Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee *OIL*

    • @confederacy2electricboogal852
      @confederacy2electricboogal852 5 років тому +2

      @@rameenaayan3248 Did You say oil?

  • @sernie4689
    @sernie4689 6 років тому +1279

    What if the Australians won the great emu war?

    • @wiredfox3451
      @wiredfox3451 6 років тому +56

      Its basically a civil war at this point

    • @sylvestermutuku5654
      @sylvestermutuku5654 6 років тому +56

      Then they would use that momentum to quickly overrun the far east, topple the Chinese regime, occupy Japan, Indonesia and Malaysia and become a global Empire.
      So now, we'd all be trying to immitate an Aussie accent coz they would be so cool, and we'd all be watching higlights of Aussie footie and not superbowls or world series.
      IF ONLY!!!!!!

    • @ocelotryuu6352
      @ocelotryuu6352 6 років тому +6

      or, more likly, there just would be fewer/no emus in Australia, and most everything else would be the same. It probably would have happened if they used a competent and properly equipped crew instead of 3 guys with a truck and 10,000 rounds of ammo

    • @ocelotryuu6352
      @ocelotryuu6352 6 років тому +4

      Donald Trump there wasnt too much room left for humor, the biggest joke in American (if not world) history already made a comment on this post 😛

    • @magmavision2000
      @magmavision2000 6 років тому +10

      there would be an earthquake that would summon the tribe of crab people who would start a genocide in Australia.

  • @comradekino9359
    @comradekino9359 5 років тому +737

    So basically it was France and Britain’s fault that Kurds don’t have their own nation

    • @aventusoz
      @aventusoz 5 років тому +89

      Comrade Kino Yh it was promised to them and they didn’t get it, can’t trust the British and French

    • @mylerwilson4879
      @mylerwilson4879 5 років тому +8

      As a British citizen from Turkish immigrants, I like it.

    • @xelio9050
      @xelio9050 5 років тому +61

      Myler Wilson lol of course, turks hate kurds

    • @bullmoosemedia
      @bullmoosemedia 5 років тому +79

      #FreeKurdistan

    • @e_rock_3149
      @e_rock_3149 4 роки тому +22

      Look at that map at 2:39. Do you see a plan for an independent nation for the Kurds? I don't. I see the Arabs wanted control of the region the Kurds are in the whole time. That not Britain's and France's fault.

  • @oneofmanyparadoxfans5447
    @oneofmanyparadoxfans5447 6 років тому +262

    Let me guess: The arbitrarily drawn borders that separated tribes and ultimately lead to the friction that caused the political instability of the region.

    • @bubermarcus8607
      @bubermarcus8607 6 років тому +69

      Oh hi Africa.

    • @timvanrijn8239
      @timvanrijn8239 6 років тому +16

      who fucking knew

    • @oneofmanyparadoxfans5447
      @oneofmanyparadoxfans5447 6 років тому +6

      Not quite Africa, but rather tribes like the Kurds and the Arabs who, yes, still exist.

    • @Nicarand
      @Nicarand 6 років тому +31

      Calling Kurds and Arabs tribes is kinda like calling Germans and Brits "tribes", though. Sure, you can call it that, but it's pretty outdated.

    • @oneofmanyparadoxfans5447
      @oneofmanyparadoxfans5447 6 років тому +18

      Yeah, fair enough. While there are some nomadic people out there, for the most part everyone's enjoying modern technology.

  • @TheNorthie
    @TheNorthie 6 років тому +802

    Britain: Arabs you can have your own country with sovereignty if you help us against the Turks!
    Arabs: Sounds good!
    After 1918
    Arabs: Hey we helped, can we get our country?
    Britain and France: Oh my god you just got pranked!
    Arabs:...

    • @RAKITHA9
      @RAKITHA9 6 років тому +111

      Ottomans - it was just a prank bro!!!

    • @alimneimne
      @alimneimne 6 років тому +59

      The Northie Chill it's just a prank bro, look here's the hidden camera.

    • @dumbasslazyman2248
      @dumbasslazyman2248 6 років тому +3

      The Northie Well they did after a few years.

    • @3DHDcat
      @3DHDcat 6 років тому +5

      House of saud - allah akbar

    • @toaster8907
      @toaster8907 6 років тому +10

      Robrot I feel bad for laughing at this

  • @benabramowitz18
    @benabramowitz18 6 років тому +876

    “Let’s cut the cake,” said Sykes and Picot, splitting up the remains of the Not-So-Ottoman-Anymore Empire.
    *EXCEPT TURKEY, TURKEY MAKES A BRAND NEW TURKEY!*

    • @Ali107
      @Ali107 6 років тому +114

      You could make a religion out of this.

    • @efekurtcebe7697
      @efekurtcebe7697 6 років тому +55

      Ali_Army107 No don’t. 😂

    • @senseiadam-brawlstars9465
      @senseiadam-brawlstars9465 6 років тому +42

      It’s because the Turks fought after the war in order to keep their land.

    • @Mikasacusfan
      @Mikasacusfan 6 років тому +18

      Well they are cutting the cake, not the turkey XD

    • @helloyes2688
      @helloyes2688 6 років тому +14

      Potato The Turks were far less equipped and had less resources. But hey, we can stick to "The Brits and French weren't bothered" too!

  • @slipperycipher9889
    @slipperycipher9889 4 роки тому +144

    *Turns out, the game was rigged from the start*

    • @tonyal3235
      @tonyal3235 4 роки тому +8

      Fallout New Vegas reference?

  • @orangepekoe5243
    @orangepekoe5243 5 років тому +110

    Britain: *draws a straight line*
    The Middle East: you weren't supposed to do that.

  • @RojoFern
    @RojoFern 6 років тому +436

    "Age Restricted"
    *An uncontrollable rage builds inside me slowly until it finally tops out*
    *Just sighs and moves on with life*

    • @supermouse73
      @supermouse73 5 років тому +2

      Cool Boy 2006 that’s great but no one really asked

    • @atomisedman6235
      @atomisedman6235 4 роки тому +3

      @@CoolBoy-jc8xk Good. Knowledge is power

    • @Ake-TL
      @Ake-TL 4 роки тому

      RojoFern *CRAWLING IN MY SKIN*

    • @vermillion3859
      @vermillion3859 3 роки тому +1

      -coughs in fathers account-

    • @londoncrow500
      @londoncrow500 2 роки тому +2

      Because : Border gore I guess

  • @souptime8635
    @souptime8635 6 років тому +104

    *DEMONETIZED!*

    • @festethephule7553
      @festethephule7553 6 років тому +3

      Sad Pepe
      On the plus side, Cody has a sponsor to make up the difference.

  • @angrypepe7615
    @angrypepe7615 5 років тому +290

    5:55 "these borders only exist because they were strategically important to long gone empires" sounds a lot like another continent that was heavily colonized by Europeans doesn't it? almost like most of the struggle in developing countries was caused by colonialism and the borders that completely ignore the ethnic groups in the area.

    • @dude9318
      @dude9318 4 роки тому +7

      Well you cant blame europe for their problems now.This time its their own fault

    • @angrypepe7615
      @angrypepe7615 4 роки тому +61

      @@dude9318 um the countless civil wars in africa and the middle east are because of colonialis where of groups who hate eachother are apart of the same nation because of the wants of colonial empires. Most of the nations on the continent shouldn't even exist

    • @urgedpanda
      @urgedpanda 4 роки тому +7

      @@dude9318 yeah, our fault that the borders exist. man, fuck colonialism

    • @KnzoVortex
      @KnzoVortex 3 роки тому +28

      ​@@dude9318 I feel like you totally missed the point in this video and just refuse to accept that Europe did so much fucking up of nations because you prefer to look down upon them.

    • @elseggs6504
      @elseggs6504 3 роки тому +6

      @@KnzoVortex *Western Europe. The East was busy with getting independence

  • @Dietsch_
    @Dietsch_ 6 років тому +81

    YES CODY YOU MAKE THE SAME KIND OF STYLE VIDEO AS OLD TIMES

  • @Pangloss6413
    @Pangloss6413 6 років тому +263

    "Whachta see woods?"
    "Sand.....sand and more fucking sand"

    • @boxman9033
      @boxman9033 6 років тому +42

      I hate sand...

    • @ThatGuy-a48
      @ThatGuy-a48 6 років тому +1

      Gutenberg The Great what a random comment. ( PS i have remembered that scene from COD bo2 for years )

    • @sayvionwashington1939
      @sayvionwashington1939 6 років тому +7

      Darth Vader's worst nightmare!

    • @timvanrijn8239
      @timvanrijn8239 6 років тому +2

      NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

    • @chroma1080
      @chroma1080 6 років тому +2

      This made me smile cheers m8

  • @OneOnOne1162
    @OneOnOne1162 6 років тому +292

    Another important point: The British and Americans overthrowing the government of Iran and installing a Psjah who was overthrown turning Iran into a theocratic state (of sorts) and indirectly helping to cause a cold war between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

    • @UrMomsChauffer
      @UrMomsChauffer 6 років тому +28

      OneOnOne1162 all because of oil. Operation Ajax

    • @soroushshiri5592
      @soroushshiri5592 6 років тому +2

      That monarch was the son of shah reza and the rightful ruler of my country.sure mosadagh was a great guy but he wasnt bad either

    • @amirpourghoureiyan1637
      @amirpourghoureiyan1637 5 років тому +4

      Palestine is the main point of tension in the cold war between Iran, Saudi Arabia and Israel.

    • @supremelordoftheauspicious2928
      @supremelordoftheauspicious2928 5 років тому +21

      OneOnOne1162 Psjah? That's the weirdest Shah spelling i have ever seen

    • @LionKing-ew9rm
      @LionKing-ew9rm 5 років тому +2

      Once
      Well, Iran (formerly known as Persia) is not a PsykesPicot product.

  • @saynbezmenlerlutfenacarmsn9231
    @saynbezmenlerlutfenacarmsn9231 5 років тому +359

    Arabs after WWI: Hey man we're fine right?
    France and Britain at the same time:
    SIKE!

    • @slimshady1006
      @slimshady1006 5 років тому +14

      S-pico

    • @daferfathi7041
      @daferfathi7041 5 років тому +2

      Arabs are rich and they have oil (: and in ww2 France was invaded by nazi Germany in 3 days so don’t talk and also the British almost got fucked by hitler and nazi Germany

    • @history-fanatic66
      @history-fanatic66 5 років тому

      @@daferfathi7041 are YOU rich?

    • @daferfathi7041
      @daferfathi7041 5 років тому +1

      No but I live good (; alhamdullah

    • @nuclearnadal3116
      @nuclearnadal3116 3 роки тому +1

      @@daferfathi7041 what if Germany border any of the middle eastern countries it would steamroll them

  • @adamseay216
    @adamseay216 6 років тому +340

    A video about the middle East sponsored by a razor company... so many lulz

    • @512TheWolf512
      @512TheWolf512 6 років тому +32

      Adam Seay at least it's not an explosives and/or firearms manufacturer

    • @faxmachine5306
      @faxmachine5306 6 років тому +2

      +Eugene InLaw lol at least it wasn't a company founded in the Middle East

    • @adamseay216
      @adamseay216 6 років тому

      Eugene InLaw 😂😂😂 think I've pissed myself. So true. Still the irony is so damn hilarious.

  • @thewallofguns550
    @thewallofguns550 6 років тому +350

    Are you are saying that a perfect line made with carbord ignoring anthing else is not an actual good border? How that can be?

    • @thewallofguns550
      @thewallofguns550 6 років тому +84

      Ser Davos Seaworth the virgin border and ethnic researcher vs the chad imperial liner

    • @hamooozmugharbel
      @hamooozmugharbel 6 років тому +25

      Ser Davos Seaworth funny enough there WAS a plan to divide the middle east in a way that respects cultures ethnicities and religions and it was the king-craine commity. The british didnt like the results so they hid them until after the borders were already drawn

    • @dumbasslazyman2248
      @dumbasslazyman2248 6 років тому +4

      THE WALL OF GUNS There's no such thing as a good border in this context.

    • @serdavosseaworth4643
      @serdavosseaworth4643 6 років тому +1

      Oh yeah I heard about that a while back. Too bad they got greedy.

    • @nomadic-loyalist
      @nomadic-loyalist 6 років тому +5

      damn if that's true, then that's just shitty

  • @zuko1569
    @zuko1569 6 років тому +2007

    *I can feel enraged comments from other comments pouring in already...*
    Want some popcorn?

    • @zuko1569
      @zuko1569 6 років тому +6

      Palinghufter + Of course ;)

    • @s7robin105
      @s7robin105 6 років тому +57

      Fried beanies He didn’t. He pointed out how we inadvertently led to the rise of the most radical form of Islam.

    • @vanguard616
      @vanguard616 6 років тому +5

      got any flaming Doritos?

    • @supersentaipepsi3736
      @supersentaipepsi3736 6 років тому +1

      Put sweetened butter on mines and it's a date

    • @jyotiradityaguleria907
      @jyotiradityaguleria907 6 років тому +2

      Got some mtn dew

  • @crystaltrees4013
    @crystaltrees4013 5 років тому +118

    Middle east: phew the ottomans are finally gone-
    Sykes and picot: ALLOW US TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES

  • @klutzycactusgaming1188
    @klutzycactusgaming1188 6 років тому +328

    Age restricted because you mentioned the MIDDLE EAST

    • @slimshady1006
      @slimshady1006 5 років тому +19

      @@pimppastry7700 umm stereotypes exist you know and UA-cam is mostly run by whites who would probably freak out if they saw a very peaceful Arab

    • @foxtrotnine
      @foxtrotnine 5 років тому +8

      I just thought UA-cam was making the world look like a paradise and hiding problems.

    • @ericobut
      @ericobut 5 років тому +2

      Said "violent Islam". Definitely cause for demonitization.

    • @VicioRay
      @VicioRay 4 роки тому +6

      UA-cam probably thinks everybody in the middle East is a terrorist

    • @yamaggot3115
      @yamaggot3115 4 роки тому +4

      @@VicioRay unfortunately

  • @juliuszkocinski7478
    @juliuszkocinski7478 4 роки тому +82

    Poland: being betrayed by France and Britain
    Arabs: oh, I heard this before, it is classic

    • @elseggs6504
      @elseggs6504 3 роки тому +9

      Tmw Japan, a nation on the other side of the Globe, is a better ally to you than the British and French.

    • @brndonlu9635
      @brndonlu9635 3 роки тому +2

      Well Britian did had plans to free Poland but that got cancelled

    • @longiusaescius2537
      @longiusaescius2537 7 місяців тому

      @@brndonlu9635 they didn't, ever.

  • @AnythingMachine
    @AnythingMachine 6 років тому +342

    What if in an alternate timeline Sienfeld still on TV?

  • @tamworth1025
    @tamworth1025 5 років тому +525

    Britain & France: Hey look! New land and it's all ours!
    USA: ummm no, you guys leave now!
    Britain & France: But it has oil...
    USA: *S A Y S I K E R I G H T N O W*

    • @leviathandrumming2175
      @leviathandrumming2175 4 роки тому +1

      Hahahahahahaha

    • @peterstamatiou4530
      @peterstamatiou4530 4 роки тому +1

      (33735) Narat Ratanawiphanon -I....pht😂😂😂

    • @-_--ex5lt
      @-_--ex5lt 4 роки тому +7

      Well they support communism was the motto not they have oil. In fact US launched an attack on democratic Iran because British convience US that Iran is joining communist block .

    • @VicioRay
      @VicioRay 4 роки тому +3

      If The US was involved, They would have bombed France and Britain twice like Hiroshima Nagasaki

    • @noahpalmer709
      @noahpalmer709 4 роки тому +5

      @@VicioRay your not funny

  • @BangingHmers
    @BangingHmers 6 років тому +379

    U.S Military: “Did you say oil?”

    • @ovs8691
      @ovs8691 6 років тому +13

      OOOOIIIIIIILLLLLLL

    • @BangingHmers
      @BangingHmers 6 років тому +10

      I’ll suck peepe for nothing.

    • @majdalhaj9830
      @majdalhaj9830 6 років тому +4

      Looolllls

    • @apollo1415
      @apollo1415 6 років тому +1

      World News Updates
      oh....

    • @olvustin6671
      @olvustin6671 6 років тому +5

      Turkey:Meh we are not in danger there is no oil..
      batman(it is a city):Hey I found oil
      Turkey:ARE YOU KİDDİNG ME
      U.S Military:Oil...OİL İS İN TURKEY

  • @massineben7198
    @massineben7198 6 років тому +552

    Sykes-pico agreement, also known as "SYKE Arabs, you thought you can PICO how you want your country to be, we decide"
    I won't apologize.

    • @mrbenoit5018
      @mrbenoit5018 6 років тому +6

      Fliyo MB Sykes-Picot where a pair of Sycots..

    • @benignobrionesiii
      @benignobrionesiii 6 років тому +20

      No need to. It was funny.

    • @Qwerty-ov5fq
      @Qwerty-ov5fq 6 років тому +4

      Agreed no need to apologize

    • @joezeinaty
      @joezeinaty 5 років тому +5

      😂😂😂

    • @baraamassalha9355
      @baraamassalha9355 5 років тому +1

      So ? Hitler who did destroyd europe what about him lmao

  • @deathdoor
    @deathdoor 6 років тому +23

    The Middle East was "ruined" when the Shah Ala ad-Din Muhamman killed mongol emissaries and challenged Ghengis Khan in 1219. That was the moment then the whole region was ruined, it was turning into the greatest center of human knowledge and progress and was never the same.

    • @nomadic-loyalist
      @nomadic-loyalist 6 років тому +2

      i think Ghengis would still want to Conquer Arabia, even without The Killed Emissaries,
      Arabia is my meat and Ghengis is me at 3:00 AM

    • @Vityvikt0r
      @Vityvikt0r 6 років тому +1

      Space Loyalist
      He simply wanted to sign trade aggreements, as he had all the land the Mongols needed. His successors, however...

  • @halad.b1647
    @halad.b1647 5 років тому +353

    Human: lives peacefully
    Britain and France:I’m about to end this mans whole career..

    • @KielanGaming
      @KielanGaming 5 років тому +15

      They where warring tribes, hardly living peacefully, in that era everyone was fighting each other to survive and we judge them with todays lense like fools who have learned nothing of the past.

    • @seankauder9721
      @seankauder9721 4 роки тому +31

      @@KielanGaming The Chinese were pretty peaceful when Britain forced them into widespread opium addiction

    • @mistershadier8577
      @mistershadier8577 4 роки тому +2

      Sean Kauder Nothing was forced they bought it

    • @seankauder9721
      @seankauder9721 4 роки тому +24

      @@mistershadier8577 The Chinese outlawed the sale of opium in China and the British continued to smuggle it in. The British government even paid smugglers to bring opium into China. When China enforced this law and confiscated British opium supplies at Canton, the British attacked. How is this not forced?
      Imagine if during the cold war, the USSR smuggled heroin into our country, then continued to smuggle it in after we ordered them to stop. We confiscate their supplies and in response they declare war. This is just as outrageous and barbaric today as it was 180 years ago.

    • @mistershadier8577
      @mistershadier8577 4 роки тому +1

      Sean Kauder The Chinese were buying it willingly besides we needed that income we were dealing with a massive trade deficit with China we physically couldn’t afford not to sell opium it would bankrupt our state not saying it’s moral but we couldn’t afford not to have the trade
      Also this wasn’t an issue of what’s legal you said we forced the Chinese to smoke opium we didn’t all the Chinese people had to do was say no we as a people don’t want opium and they could do this by not buying it thus making opium pointless
      The illegal drug users aren’t being forced to buy crack by the people selling they are choosing to buy the Americans aren’t being forced to buy from the Mexican drug cartels

  • @sirjj3123
    @sirjj3123 6 років тому +93

    Why isn’t this in Knowledge Hub?

  • @itaybron
    @itaybron 6 років тому +353

    you must remember, history is written by a guy named victor

    • @essexclass8168
      @essexclass8168 6 років тому +27

      is he the same guy that tells us to vote for wisely?

    • @VenomSnakee
      @VenomSnakee 6 років тому +53

      Fucking victor

    • @exquisiteaquarium9675
      @exquisiteaquarium9675 6 років тому +1

      At least victor doesn't make many spelling errors

    • @caz0141
      @caz0141 6 років тому

      itaybron w if you lose a war you have to accept the consequences

    • @Aru_im
      @Aru_im 6 років тому +1

      Tipsy Bun unless you got into a war you didn't want in the first place, and forced into by the aggressor.

  • @GAZAMAN93X
    @GAZAMAN93X 6 років тому +454

    *They did the same to the African Continent.*

    • @alexr5658
      @alexr5658 6 років тому +42

      Jill's Sandwiches Yeah but no one really cares about Africa, lol

    • @benitomussolini7382
      @benitomussolini7382 6 років тому +52

      Well Africa has never been great

    • @vsm3331
      @vsm3331 6 років тому +8

      Jill's Sandwiches and same to India and Pakistan

    • @benitomussolini7382
      @benitomussolini7382 6 років тому +20

      Jahnu Das without Britain Pakistan would not exist

    • @Reactionary_Harkonnen
      @Reactionary_Harkonnen 6 років тому +26

      Lol and I guess borders in Europe has always been perfectly fine and drawn right guys lol

  • @polandisland3542
    @polandisland3542 5 років тому +105

    Just to clarify things Britain didn’t help hussain they betrayed him at that they were working with saud from the beginning even gave them soldiers weapons and you can see the agreement if search hard enough

    • @tonymontana7450
      @tonymontana7450 4 роки тому +2

      They were helping hussain they gave him planes crying out loud

    • @Danneman92
      @Danneman92 4 роки тому +11

      @@tonymontana7450 Whether that's the case or not, Poland Island is still correct in his statement. Britain did in fact work with the Sauds. It's not a coincidence that Western countries today have such tight relations with Saudi Arabia. It's a dictatorship in which its government has tons and tons of innocent blood on their hands, but the Western countries do not care. One need to ask himself or herself why this is. And no, it's not because of the oil, because there are more than a dozen countries with vast oil reserves, but Western countries don't seem to treat them as well, such as Syria, Iraq and Lybia.

    • @tonymontana7450
      @tonymontana7450 4 роки тому +1

      Daniel Vergara The Saudi government stopped selling oil to the British when they attacked Egypt and in 1973 they did the same to the Americans and the British put hussain son as a king in iraq jordan even syria and hussain son is married to the daughter of a British officer and above all that Lawrence of arabia asked to meet the Saudi king and the Saudi refused

    • @lemortedbrian6070
      @lemortedbrian6070 4 роки тому

      @@Danneman92 and history repeated itself with the US bringing the terrorists to power in afghanistan.

    • @Danneman92
      @Danneman92 4 роки тому

      @Just some Forest Ranger with Internet Access Missed this comment for some reason. Yeah, it is a monarchy, but just like China is a dictatorship, Saudi Arabia is too. It's a totalitarian absolute monarchy.
      From Google: "Saudi Arabia is a totalitarian absolute monarchy, effectively a hereditary dictatorship governed along Islamist lines."

  • @fj3633
    @fj3633 6 років тому +1082

    Why is Dollar shave club pumping out those sponsors?

    • @GrexTheCrabasitor
      @GrexTheCrabasitor 6 років тому +81

      FJ because straight razors are better

    • @blackearl7891
      @blackearl7891 6 років тому +234

      Them neckbeards. They know their audience.

    • @timvanrijn8239
      @timvanrijn8239 6 років тому +98

      transfroming the world one neckbeard at the time

    • @PeytonHislop
      @PeytonHislop 6 років тому +3

      Money?

    • @tinyman1144
      @tinyman1144 6 років тому +44

      Gotta get a lot of buyers to keep that dollar shave club thing a dollar

  • @Charles37400
    @Charles37400 6 років тому +56

    See guys? Context is good. I actually really liked it

    • @jaojao1768
      @jaojao1768 6 років тому

      Charles Mazur i like the video too

    • @Charles37400
      @Charles37400 6 років тому +1

      yeah i enjoy both the context (cause i like history in general) and the alternate history just because thats fun and interesting.

    • @Charles37400
      @Charles37400 6 років тому

      Thanks for the highlight cody :D

  • @nismojutsu
    @nismojutsu 6 років тому +313

    I hate sand.

    • @paymo14
      @paymo14 6 років тому +13

      Ha ha star wars reference what fun

    • @jaojao1768
      @jaojao1768 6 років тому +3

      nismojutsu should be a IHE video

    • @darnit1944
      @darnit1944 6 років тому +4

      I hate dust

    • @greaterdanemark2397
      @greaterdanemark2397 6 років тому +32

      nismojutsu it’s coarse and it gets everywhere

    • @noblesixes
      @noblesixes 6 років тому

      Dane Dillon i was just about to comment that lmao

  • @russiaunion4713
    @russiaunion4713 5 років тому +261

    Middle east countries: we have oil
    Britain and France : Hi there

    • @xelio9050
      @xelio9050 5 років тому +24

      America: Let me introduce myself

    • @friendlyreminder3280
      @friendlyreminder3280 4 роки тому +11

      Russia: how about a little more

    • @macmiller6055
      @macmiller6055 4 роки тому +1

      No more oil from you *^*

    • @Donjuanantoine
      @Donjuanantoine 4 роки тому +1

      @HunterRKS41 underated comment.

    • @dford4014
      @dford4014 4 роки тому +2

      Actually, he mentions Britain and France in the 40's and oil dis covered in the 50's so it was more US involvement.

  • @vexxcon8125
    @vexxcon8125 4 роки тому +62

    Kurds And Arabs: Finally, we're finally free from the ottoman empire.
    France And The United Kingdom: Well yes, but actually no.

  • @Vitalis94
    @Vitalis94 6 років тому +215

    Would united Arabia be more stable, though? Even if Wahhabism wasn't as infuential as it is now, there would be still Sunni-Shiite divide. Yes, united Arabia would be much better and more prosperous than all those Arab states of today are, but there would still be conflicts between Arabs and Kurds, various minorities like Christians, Assyrians, etc.. Or am I wrong?
    I can definitely see why French and British didn't want that to happen - united Arabia would be a regional power at least. Just imagine how wealthy that state would be if it was formed and survived to this day. Oil in Kuwait or Emirates alone is worth billions, add to that the wealth of modern Saudi state... Wow.
    I imagine that US or other major power would then use the ethnic and religious conflicts in the region to break that state apart, making it easier to control it.

    • @malachiowens3423
      @malachiowens3423 6 років тому +66

      It may not be stable but imperialism sure didn’t help

    • @AdamNoizer
      @AdamNoizer 6 років тому +45

      Vitalis It seemed mostly stable under the Caliphate. Other than minor skirmishes and brief battles that were comprehensively crushed by the Ottomans such as the Wahhabis, ethnic division wasn’t that much of a problem till the last couple hundred years with the rise of nationalism which was exploited by colonialists which tore the region apart

    • @Vitalis94
      @Vitalis94 6 років тому +25

      +Corvus Yes, I belive that had there been Arab state composed of well... Arabia, that formed somewhere between the XVII-XVIII centuries, Arabs would have developed national identity on par with the European ones. With the centuries of Arab rule continuing to the modern day, the country would be quite stable. Instead what we got is the Arabs that were dominated by the Turks for whole centuries. Even if the Western powers granted Hashemites whole of Arabia, it would be a new country, without said tradition of nationhood it would be difficult for them to stay stable - not to mention outside forces would always seek to use the ethnic conflicts to destroy the country.
      It's the same issue as with Africa or even Balkans - had there been continued native rule throughout whole centuries, instead of foreign one, those regions would have a chance to be stable and prosperous, even with many ethnic minorities, because all of them would be integrated in the society by that point.

    • @Jan-rq8mo
      @Jan-rq8mo 6 років тому +19

      It would be like modern day Oman
      Which is actually pretty good
      Would probably even be a first world nation with all that Oil
      Perhaps even Super power potential

    • @dom-ct6ie
      @dom-ct6ie 6 років тому +5

      Vitalis Blacks and Whites of America didnt get along but its gotten much better and still is

  • @DoodleSamurai
    @DoodleSamurai 3 роки тому +31

    Why was this never in our history lessons? A tale about the country the United States is fighting *right now*, but one that never came up once in any history classes? This is one of the most important things a U.S. citizen should know, all things considered

    • @TheDanEdwards
      @TheDanEdwards 3 роки тому +6

      It's part of the fallout from WWI. WWI syllabi do include this, at least the better ones do. If some history class is taught in school that leaves out the effects of WWI then that is just a teacher (or school system) not doing their job. It was a long time ago, but I roughly remember learning about the British/French cooperation about this region.

    • @Ghostkilla773
      @Ghostkilla773 Рік тому

      American schools doesn't focus on recent world history.

  • @assyriancomedycentral1753
    @assyriancomedycentral1753 5 років тому +111

    The Assyrians were also promised by French and British of an independent Assyria. Guess that was an excuse.

    • @lolcatjunior
      @lolcatjunior 5 років тому +22

      Sad because Assyrians were christian, showing that colonial powers had no respect for the people they ruled over.

    • @Killzoneguy117
      @Killzoneguy117 5 років тому +67

      @@lolcatjunior Ah but remember, they weren't *European* Christians. They were those filthy brown Christians with their eastern brown Christianity. Their Bible was in some silly brown peoples language rather than Latin or English, the true languages that Jesus apparently spoke. Because as we know, Jesus was a European Anglo-Saxon white guy with blonde hair who turned bread into fish and chips and water into scotch.
      Therefore, screwing over the Assyrians, Maronites, Syriacs, and Copts made perfect sense.

    • @Killzoneguy117
      @Killzoneguy117 5 років тому +17

      And just so this is clear, I'm being extremely sarcastic.

    • @frankaouad8483
      @frankaouad8483 5 років тому +2

      al Mamlūk To be fair, the French did accept to establish the Modern Lebanese Republic at the Maronites’ request

    • @CedricThePlaystation
      @CedricThePlaystation 5 років тому

      lolcatjunior remember when they helped them in the crusades

  • @teardeem
    @teardeem 6 років тому +315

    don't forget the 1953 iranian coup and how that ruined the chances for the rest of the middle east

    • @ReformedSooner24
      @ReformedSooner24 6 років тому +1

      jesse scheepmaker
      True

    • @GiraffeFeatures
      @GiraffeFeatures 6 років тому +41

      Lol what, Iran was looking to be the perfect balance of West meets East before the Government that was placed in power in 1953 was overthrown by Islamic fundamentalists.

    • @NovaFrederick
      @NovaFrederick 6 років тому

      That too

    • @bigdickpornsuperstar
      @bigdickpornsuperstar 6 років тому +115

      You mean the one backed by the American CIA which overthrew the democratically elected president and installed the Shah as it's puppet dictator thereby all but ensuring a religious revolt less than 3 decades later? That one?

    • @ashpasibo7989
      @ashpasibo7989 6 років тому +23

      Yes, that one.

  • @edwardlozano8807
    @edwardlozano8807 6 років тому +52

    9:59..."but instead became 80% history since nobody would actually know what I was talking about"..and how sad is that!

  • @geptux4134
    @geptux4134 6 років тому +309

    Goes to an alternate history’s channel, happy for the new vid, then finds out that it’s a history video...
    “Traitor...”

    • @FallenShadowNinja
      @FallenShadowNinja 6 років тому +8

      It's a two series. He always gives context in the first half of every video he does. The next video will be the alternate history part. It's better to have two 10 minute videos than a single 20 minute one because you can release the first part sooner. UA-cam's algorithm demands as frequent uploads as possible.

    • @dorkking100
      @dorkking100 6 років тому

      Lol

    • @Tirocoa
      @Tirocoa 6 років тому

      Profile pic checks out.

    • @geptux4134
      @geptux4134 6 років тому

      ?

    • @bobclover4634
      @bobclover4634 6 років тому

      +Ternimator Turtle Your profile pic is an England flag and it's a video criticising Britain. They're implying that you're upset over that.

  • @lesleeherschfus707
    @lesleeherschfus707 5 років тому +53

    Husain-McMahon
    Balfour Declaration
    Sykes Picot
    Why don’t you name the other 2?
    This is vastly oversimplified.

  • @neptune3569
    @neptune3569 6 років тому +31

    Before watching:
    this is probably about the sykes-picot agreement

    • @DrRiq
      @DrRiq 6 років тому

      I sure as well hope it is

    • @alikareem3829
      @alikareem3829 6 років тому

      Neptune yes I knew that too, well cuz it's true.

    • @InquisitorThomas
      @InquisitorThomas 6 років тому +1

      Also the thumbnail is the British and French drawing the Middle East’s borders, it kinda obvious if you know about the Sykes-Picot Agreement.

    • @TheKnizzine
      @TheKnizzine 6 років тому

      Inquisitor Thomas which unfortunately in the states even at the University level you really don't learn about.

  • @lStranger
    @lStranger 6 років тому +137

    "Strong man dictators usually take hold of unstable societies", sounds very familiar.

    • @euphoric1183
      @euphoric1183 5 років тому +10

      İts familiar to lots of cases

    • @ferrice
      @ferrice 5 років тому +5

      I'm sure we can all think of 10 examples lmao

    • @euphoric1183
      @euphoric1183 5 років тому +1

      @@ferrice more than 10 lol

    • @pinheadtheyumenikkifananti6969
      @pinheadtheyumenikkifananti6969 5 років тому +2

      Hmmmmm...... Is it that one dude that kept screaming "freedom for everyone" with red and white stripes?

    • @game_boyd1644
      @game_boyd1644 5 років тому +5

      Trash Series You forgot Nazi Germany, Revolutionary France with Napoleon, Communist Russia, and Fascist Italy.

  • @SerenityGS
    @SerenityGS 6 років тому +18

    Please make more of these straight history videos. Absolutely love Alternate History, but this is one of my favorite videos you've made.

  • @harunkuf7055
    @harunkuf7055 Рік тому +7

    If two fish are fighting in the pond you know that the English just left there.

  • @AgglomeratiProduzioni
    @AgglomeratiProduzioni 6 років тому +420

    10:07 "I want to imagine a world where [the Sykes-Picot agreement] never happened."
    I know Cody, I know. That's something that I repeat sometimes, like if it was a lost part of "Imagine" by John Lennon.

    • @EssexAggiegrad2011
      @EssexAggiegrad2011 6 років тому +38

      It would still have problems. Getting rid of the Sykes-Picot Agreement wouldn't magically solve all the problems in the region.

    • @kaitosanthepirate
      @kaitosanthepirate 6 років тому +8

      Bobby Lawson no isreal

    • @totally_not_a_bot
      @totally_not_a_bot 6 років тому +40

      Bobby Lawson Doesn't change the fact that the Sykes-Picot Agreement was a dick move that turned a potentially friendly relationship into a guaranteed toxic one. Predicting how the present would have been if the past had been different is foolish. Using the mistakes of the past to inform future decisions is wise.

    • @derpidius6306
      @derpidius6306 6 років тому +6

      Bobby Lawson but it would sove the problem of ethnic groups bieng forced to be with others they dont like

    • @bigyin2586
      @bigyin2586 6 років тому +6

      Great potato, well, people can just 1. Stop disliking each other or 2. Separate. There is no imperial power stopping them. It has happened in Europe. Incidentally, when talking about borders cutting through ethnic homelands, I don't see that being much of a problem in Europe with Switzerland and Belgium.

  • @boldCactuslad
    @boldCactuslad 6 років тому +64

    Finally, a video which goes into the actual details instead of just screaming "BLAME THE UNITED STATES" for three to thirty minutes.
    Thank you for providing a usable history of the issue, we need more channels like this.

    • @arsya4053
      @arsya4053 2 роки тому +2

      Damn right

    • @MrTigracho
      @MrTigracho Рік тому

      Your people only feed more fuel to the fire thought

  • @blindtruth128ify
    @blindtruth128ify 6 років тому +26

    *Mortal Combat Theme starts playing in the comment section*

  • @mr.noidea3903
    @mr.noidea3903 4 роки тому +10

    Damn, I can't believe this is over two years old now. Feels like this was uploaded literally last month.

  • @grexjr1420
    @grexjr1420 6 років тому +18

    I’m so happy you looked at this logically. Too many people say it was all Europe’s fault that the world is bad.

    • @WeareIF
      @WeareIF 6 років тому +4

      As the old saying goes it takes two.

  • @kdude2479
    @kdude2479 6 років тому +467

    Hey! For once, it's not completely Murica's fault!

    • @pierrecurie
      @pierrecurie 6 років тому +219

      It's the British. Even the very existence of America is indirectly the result of the British.

    • @tyowens7481
      @tyowens7481 6 років тому +137

      pierrecurie Britain is the indirect cause of everything lmao

    • @denethweerasinghe4523
      @denethweerasinghe4523 6 років тому +79

      well America made shit worse by allying the Saudis, launching a coup in Iran and invading Iraq and Afghanistan.

    • @kdude2479
      @kdude2479 6 років тому +64

      Note: I said it's not COMPLETELY Muricas fault

    • @aleksihakli1125
      @aleksihakli1125 6 років тому +27

      John T You mean 'Murica?

  • @Thurgor_Supreme
    @Thurgor_Supreme 6 років тому +221

    Shouldn't the formation of Israel be included in this video?

    • @hlary8320
      @hlary8320 6 років тому +74

      no there only on contribution is militarily embarrassing the arab world multiple times

    • @jdawg0507
      @jdawg0507 6 років тому +8

      Israel was one of the countries made my Sykes and Picot. The whole controversy was due to the Salafism

    • @ohwaitchristian
      @ohwaitchristian 6 років тому +1

      hlary oh shit

    • @SSDTV123
      @SSDTV123 6 років тому +22

      There were a lot of things missing from this. The formation of Israel, and the fact that our Cold War foreign policy spread fundamentalism to other countries in the middle east, thereby increasing violence and proxy wars. Previously, fundamentalism was unique to Saudi Arabia.

    • @yalkn2073
      @yalkn2073 6 років тому +1

      No, they still have shit ton of oil

  • @georgeyang9165
    @georgeyang9165 Рік тому +6

    If for nothing else, Islam is an influencial religion and Islamic cultures helped in the progress of mathematics, medicine, philosophy and other fields of study, and helped the Middle East to become one of the most prosperous and influential areas in the Middle Ages.

  • @ace7669
    @ace7669 6 років тому +15

    I'm glad you finally made this video

  • @thom5499
    @thom5499 6 років тому +52

    Thank you for teaching little known history fairly objectively. Almost all countries, United States included, warp history to maintain certain narratives. It impossible to be completely objective, but you do the best out of other stuff I've seen on UA-cam. Keep it up!

  • @gracef.8145
    @gracef.8145 6 років тому +50

    why isnt this on knowledge hub

    • @LumenArty
      @LumenArty 6 років тому +1

      It wouldn't make sense to split a 2 parter between 2 channels if they both contain the same subject.

  • @MijmerMopper
    @MijmerMopper 7 місяців тому

    At the opening, when you said "context" I honestly heard "content" and was about to applaud you for honesty.

  • @rayanhey2411
    @rayanhey2411 6 років тому +121

    In fact lebanon was founded with the demands of the Lebanese during the treaty of Versailles.
    And why lebanon is not on the map in the video?

    • @alarabi98
      @alarabi98 6 років тому +33

      Lebanon was created from the Mandate of Syria after Versailles.

    • @hamooozmugharbel
      @hamooozmugharbel 6 років тому +17

      Rayan Hachem exept it wasn't

    • @Mmvarto
      @Mmvarto 6 років тому +8

      Too damn small is the answer

    • @kingof4203
      @kingof4203 6 років тому +7

      No 1 gives a fuk about Lebanon

    • @rayanhey2411
      @rayanhey2411 6 років тому +1

      King of 420 and I don't give about your contry

  • @babylonking6104
    @babylonking6104 6 років тому +364

    What about the Assyrians in the middle east? The brittish promised them a state and a safe heaven after they allied with the brittish

    • @marcooosbibendorsht1334
      @marcooosbibendorsht1334 6 років тому

      Gaben pls ????

    • @babylonking6104
      @babylonking6104 6 років тому +29

      Marcus Badenhorst the Assyrians of Northern Iraq, Syria and South Eastern Turkey

    • @o7016-c7i
      @o7016-c7i 6 років тому +15

      they only have little land to no land in iraq or syria so they really would be a piece of shit country alone,the sides syria and iraq are regional states more than arabic states.

    • @alanlee1355
      @alanlee1355 6 років тому +16

      Gaben pls dude it's one t 'British'.

    • @Eoin6661
      @Eoin6661 6 років тому +13

      do some reading
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyrian_genocide

  • @jackk9366
    @jackk9366 6 років тому +71

    You should've released this vid sooner and made a copy of the script, BECAUSE IT WOULD'VE HELPED ME ON MY TEST

    • @tulimartin1
      @tulimartin1 6 років тому +3

      if you need this video to pass a test you aren't too bright...

    • @jackk9366
      @jackk9366 6 років тому +5

      It is a written test in which you sight sources

    • @powerplayer75
      @powerplayer75 6 років тому

      Jack The muffin this sorta related to an APUSH LEQ that I had. I didnt really think much of the mandates and had no idea of their significance

    • @NardoVogt
      @NardoVogt 6 років тому

      Jack The muffin you should have learned

    • @iankiller1
      @iankiller1 6 років тому

      What was stopping you from finding other sources?

  • @tylertyler1360
    @tylertyler1360 5 років тому +21

    This is one of your best videos Cody. It tells us where all the violence and instability in the middle east came from.

  • @TheEmm4lpha
    @TheEmm4lpha 6 років тому +12

    Interestingly enough, there was a later chance of a united Middle East under the Hashemites, during 1947, the Syrian Druze were in revolt, and wanted to unite with Jordan, whose king had promised to unite them with Jordan's own Druze in an autonomous region. Jordan's king was Abdullah I, son of Hussein, and brother of Faisal, who had been elected King of Greater Syria. After Faisal's death, he became the head of the Hashemites, and championed repeatedly the idea of a Greater Syria. Not only that, but Jordan's army was the best in the Middle East, and easily capable of taking over Syria.
    Basically had they managed to exploit the situation to invade, they would have won.
    It would also have caused the Iraqi monarchy (also Hashemites, Faisal's line) to survive and probably to unite with Syria like it did with Jordan in our timeline.
    It might have caused an earlier Lebanese Civil War, and Israel being quite different.
    It's a pretty interesting scenario.

    • @merrittanimation7721
      @merrittanimation7721 6 років тому

      What about that United Arab Republic thing Nasser was doing a bit later on? Could that have worked?

    • @TheEmm4lpha
      @TheEmm4lpha 6 років тому +1

      Merritt Animation From my understanding, it could have worked, had it been less Egyptian dominated, the problem is that it would be have been dominated by Egypt in any care, due to it being larger and having a larger population. There's also the fact Syria and Egypt are not contiguous.
      It doesn't mean something like it would always fail, though, had it been with Sudan and/or Libya, it probably would have survived.

  • @derpynerdy6294
    @derpynerdy6294 6 років тому +369

    Usa: Oh look oil

    • @Alex-uc2ny
      @Alex-uc2ny 5 років тому +6

      Yeea boi

    • @pizza-for-mountains
      @pizza-for-mountains 5 років тому +15

      DID SOMEBODY SAY OIL

    • @ravindranathnikunj6164
      @ravindranathnikunj6164 5 років тому +4

      That's why they reconige Jerusalem as Israel capital

    • @TheBruceGday
      @TheBruceGday 5 років тому +2

      Not just USA. Europe and USA.

    • @TheBruceGday
      @TheBruceGday 5 років тому +16

      The first oil companies in the Middle East were British in Iran in 1908, New Zealand in Bahrain 1921, and British in Iraq in 1925. U.S. was first into oil in Saudi Arabia in 1938, thirty years after Britain in 1908. So European interests were gobbling up oil in the Middle East. The United States was the largest oil producer in the world until 1950’s...on their own soil. The Middle East was Europe’s oil supply. In the 50’s and 60’s US began producing less, Middle East more, because it was cheaper there. Then there was the 1973 Middle East oil embargo. That’s when U.S. really turned their eyes to needing control of the Middle East oil supply...so that an embargo like that could not happen again. Then in 2000’s fracking was developed. North American oil production soared. Obama administration guided by the environmentalist special interests limited American oil production through regulation. As of 2018, U.S. is again the #1 oil producer in the world! Large reserves available with fracking tech. U.S. has its own oil source. Let Europe worry about getting it from Russia and the Middle East. That should make everyone around the world who keeps accusing the U,S. Of being the oil greedy ones in the Middle East. Europe, with practically no military combined and the ones who started the Middle East mess can have it back. Let those who are holier than thou fix it.

  • @ArnoldLayne92
    @ArnoldLayne92 6 років тому +43

    This is great! The only thing missing is the balfour declaration, that was the nail in the coffin.

  • @iant720
    @iant720 5 років тому +7

    What blew my mind was photos of Iran from the 50’s. It looked like America. People dressed hip. It’s bizarre that they went so backwards.

  • @thewingedhussar4188
    @thewingedhussar4188 6 років тому +16

    To be fair, I think even a unified Arabian kingdom would not last.But what I could see happening is when that empire dissolved, it would have been much easier for nations to be carved up into more harmonious countries.Something like what happened with Yugoslavia. Sure its volatile, but its NOOO where near as bad as it was before the end of WW1.In fact many are joining the EU. The only real area of contention today is Bosnia, and even then.

    • @joseph.wilson
      @joseph.wilson 6 років тому +4

      what a coincidence! bosnia is muslim...

    • @Vitalis94
      @Vitalis94 6 років тому +4

      The one thing such Arab state has in common with Yugoslavia is the lack of independent native rule. There are examples of confederations made up from different peoples that had worked. Like Switzerland for example. Switzerland had many centuries to work things out, not to mention that it formed due of necessity, the common enemy that were the Habsburgs at the time.
      Yugoslavia didn't formed out of necessity, there was really no need to form one, big country instead of few smaller ones. They did it, because that's the only way they could've stay relevant. United Yugoslavia is at least minor regional European power, while no Balkans of today could have the same status. But they didn't succeed precisely because they lacked that common history Switzerland had. They lacked history of the native rule. The last time most of those people had their own country was back in the middle ages. Had Yugoslavia formed in the Middle Ages and survived until the modern age, would the religion of various ethnic groups even matter at that point? I doubt it. Not to mention there would be no Muslims in their country, just Catholics and Orthodox.
      The same thing with Arabia. They, too, were ruled by foreign power for whole centuries prior.(Ironically that power was the same in both cases). Country that had the same government institution for whole centuries is not that easy to topple. That's why UK or France are so stable. That's why Eastern European states are less stable and prosperous than them. Because they were ruled by another power for some time. After few centuries of being a colony of another power it's not that easy to become a superpower again.

    • @merrittanimation7721
      @merrittanimation7721 6 років тому +1

      Perhaps Yugoslavia could of had an ethnic minority of Muslims? Since if it was a unified kingdom when the ottomans conquered the area, and people probably still would have converted to Islam for practical purposes during occupation, once nationalism came then the unified kingdom would be what would aspire to and that wouldn't necessarily mean they'd kick out the Muslims that existed (though I wouldn't put it past them considering how these things tend to go) since minorities haven't always been kicked out when a majority has united.

  • @joaobr3419
    @joaobr3419 6 років тому +72

    Why is this age-restricted

    • @yellowmagickian1163
      @yellowmagickian1163 6 років тому +28

      Censorship by british

    • @pizza-for-mountains
      @pizza-for-mountains 5 років тому +18

      Too many statements for the bot to understand

    • @zeknight4352
      @zeknight4352 5 років тому +10

      Because it rants about terrorism or something offensive to the UK and France

    • @gildedphoenix
      @gildedphoenix 5 років тому +7

      Because it states the facts of why Middle East terrorism is a thing and how US, Frenchmen and Brits fucked Arabs in the ass.

    • @justincase4892
      @justincase4892 5 років тому +13

      They don't want another generation knowing the real truth.

  • @diegonei
    @diegonei 6 років тому +15

    Well, now I wanna see the alternate history to this.

  • @krisstarring
    @krisstarring Рік тому +3

    That's why history is important. You can't know where we are going unless you know where we have been. People jump to conclusions about places like Africa and the Middle East without realizing why they got that way in the first place. The important thing is to realize this, not make generalizations, and to make sure atrocities like this do not occur again. “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” - George Santayana. No flaw in human history has been more consequential than the ill planned Sykes-Picot Agreement. Santayana actually said this in his book "The Life Of Reason" in 1905, a full decade before that fateful meeting between British and French diplomats Mark Sykes and Francois Georges-Picot was made.

  • @GuyNamedSean
    @GuyNamedSean 6 років тому +55

    This is a point I’ve made many times myself. I’m glad to know I’m not alone in seeing it this way.

    • @samuel10125
      @samuel10125 6 років тому

      GuyNamedSean and what point is that if I may be so bold.

    • @marvium-howthingswork723
      @marvium-howthingswork723 6 років тому +2

      Yes, we that have read history usually have a broader view of conflicts. We can see the reasons behind them, not only the direct causes

  • @aguyunderabridge.8794
    @aguyunderabridge.8794 6 років тому +51

    Count Dankula has been found guilty. Spread the word.

    • @Jan-rq8mo
      @Jan-rq8mo 6 років тому +1

      wow

    • @Miquelalalaa
      @Miquelalalaa 6 років тому +21

      Sheepdog Wrangler Because being a moron is a crime 😐😐

    • @coysgub5599
      @coysgub5599 6 років тому +6

      that offended me. TO JAIL WITH YOU!

    • @Admiral_Jezza
      @Admiral_Jezza 6 років тому +3

      The UK is really going downhill.

    • @killamonjaromon
      @killamonjaromon 6 років тому

      All he did was make a video prettending to make his girlfriend's dog a Nazi because she's always going on about how cute it is and Nazis are the least cute thing he can think of

  • @williamdavidcraigjr7841
    @williamdavidcraigjr7841 Рік тому +3

    This is great information. Excellent video

  • @HistoryNerd808
    @HistoryNerd808 6 років тому +16

    Thanks a lot Sykes and Picot. Y'all nailed this one

  • @andrewbenjamin3128
    @andrewbenjamin3128 6 років тому +63

    *cough cough* Knowledge hub

    • @jaojao1768
      @jaojao1768 6 років тому +3

      Herra Vöfflur yes, i wonder why he uploaded this to his main channel

    • @gemtownMANCHURIA
      @gemtownMANCHURIA 6 років тому +1

      nah mate ur just blind lol

    • @varnisa
      @varnisa 6 років тому +7

      This is directly relevant to his coming alt history video, and so he wanted it visible to the alt history audience.

  • @wclark3196
    @wclark3196 6 років тому +12

    You didn't mention the Balfour Declaration. That is part of this whole thing. The West betrayed the promise of an Arab homeland, then promised Jews a homeland in the same region and then actually forced it into being. That has been a festering wound.

    • @brucetucker4847
      @brucetucker4847 5 років тому +3

      Britain pretty quickly broke that promise too and tried to prevent further Jewish immigration to Palestine after it became clear that it was sliding towards civil war over Zionism.

  • @katelynmason9179
    @katelynmason9179 5 років тому +214

    The middle east would be such a beautiful and cultural place if it was at peace.

    • @plumebrisee6206
      @plumebrisee6206 5 років тому +7

      Nop because of desert and shitty climate

    • @Alex-ht5ci
      @Alex-ht5ci 5 років тому +52

      @@plumebrisee6206 they managed well enough in medieval times man, at least a part of it, also check out pre islamic persia, it did good in shitty climate

    • @user-uz3fk8zq3u
      @user-uz3fk8zq3u 5 років тому +81

      @@Alex-ht5ci also the Islamic Golden Age and how the Abbasid Caliphate was pretty much the scientific and economic center of the world during the Middle Ages

    • @tasinal-hassan8268
      @tasinal-hassan8268 5 років тому +7

      @@user-uz3fk8zq3u Umayyads were better. The Ottoman Empire was also at the centre of science and trade.

    • @mohamedkabha6861
      @mohamedkabha6861 5 років тому +6

      @DerBoss fuck the ottomans

  • @hollowt3a199
    @hollowt3a199 6 років тому +96

    Woah, this was age restricted and now I can't watch it, (even though I already have many times). Thanks UA-cam!

  • @JacquesLapeyre
    @JacquesLapeyre 6 років тому +11

    OMG THANK YOU, AHH! I've been trying to explain the political history and importance of WWI to the history of the Middle East to my friends and family for ages. They, not being historians, like to see it all in simple Christian vs. Muslim terms(Never mind that there are many Christian Arabs).
    This video will be extremely helpful in educating my fellow Americans about the complex history of Arab Nationalism.

  • @aMiyafuji
    @aMiyafuji 6 років тому +6

    You went over it so well that I really hope that some teachers use this to help teach what this section of history is. It's something that too many people don't know about and it's why the whole world is in such a mess today... or at least part of it.

  • @frazzleface753
    @frazzleface753 4 роки тому +7

    We can see clearly from the comments here that the inter-ethnic conflicts between peoples of the Middle East might have played a bigger role than some lines on a map.

  • @Kaparzo
    @Kaparzo 6 років тому +6

    I believe that this is your best video yet. Good to see you’re nuancing why the ME is a chaotic place. Good that you’re educating your watchers. Keep up the nice work :-)

  • @doekiller4810
    @doekiller4810 6 років тому +5

    It's funny, I just watched Lawrence of Arabia last week, it helped lay the context for this video which I had no idea was being made.
    But I really wanted to say thank-you for making this. This is the first video I've watched that clearly explains the instability in the Middle East, and how it came to be like that. I hope a lot of people watch this.

  • @asneecrabbier3900
    @asneecrabbier3900 6 років тому +564

    *am lebanese*
    TRIGGERED
    Cody saw the comment and changed the intro

    • @OmarSlloum
      @OmarSlloum 6 років тому +8

      You're Arabic not Lebanese

    • @idontwannagetbanned
      @idontwannagetbanned 6 років тому +9

      D Johnson that’s not our fault

    • @rear9259
      @rear9259 6 років тому

      CrabbierBull 391 your Isralie

    • @knifepony
      @knifepony 6 років тому +6

      you guys are a fucking shitfest but a lovely one.

    • @asneecrabbier3900
      @asneecrabbier3900 6 років тому

      knifepony hehe thanks

  • @347Jimmy
    @347Jimmy 4 роки тому +4

    In parts of this video, the phrasing of your sentences (particularly your pauses and the cadences you use) are reminiscent of how Carl Sagan spoke through much of the Cosmos series
    It draws the listener in with an almost hypnotic quality, and helps in absorbing information (in my opinion)
    Haven't noticed it so much throughout your other vids, so thought it worth pointing out