2001 Invasion of Afghanistan | Animated History (REMASTER IN DESCRIPTION)

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    Dan Schilling Books. “The First Medal of Honor Ever Recorded.” UA-cam, June 26, 2019. • The First Medal of Hon... .
    Jones, Seth G. In the Graveyard of Empires: America’s War in Afghanistan. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2010.
    Neville, Leigh. Special Operations Forces in Afghanistan. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2011.
    “Operation Anaconda, Shah-i-Khot Valley, Afghanistan, 2-10 March 2002.” Accessed January 20, 2020. www.armyupress.army.mil/Journ....
    “The Al-Qaeda-Afghan Taliban Connections " Centre Français De Recherche Sur Le Renseignement.” Centre Français de Recherche sur le Renseignement. Accessed January 20, 2020. cf2r.org/foreign/the-al-qaeda....
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  • @TheArmchairHistorian
    @TheArmchairHistorian  4 роки тому +2094

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    • @Victor-tl4dk
      @Victor-tl4dk 4 роки тому +7

      It's finally out!!

    • @cynicaltheastrocreep4504
      @cynicaltheastrocreep4504 4 роки тому +11

      I'm glad you're covering more recent and controversial topics like Afghanistan. Iraq next, please! Then maybe the Syrian civil war, and the war on terror in general.

    • @cynicaltheastrocreep4504
      @cynicaltheastrocreep4504 4 роки тому +5

      Hurricane Katrina would also be cool.

    • @zackamor8043
      @zackamor8043 4 роки тому

      Welcome back

    • @Bluehairedgirl89
      @Bluehairedgirl89 4 роки тому +3

      Thank you for the awesome video.

  • @bin4ry_d3struct0r
    @bin4ry_d3struct0r 2 роки тому +7484

    2001: The Taliban controls Afghanistan.
    2021: The Taliban controls Afghanistan ... but with Blackhawks and UAVs.

    • @birdienuke2979
      @birdienuke2979 2 роки тому +665

      they already crashed a blackhawk they got no clue how to use them things

    • @wasifzakwan8722
      @wasifzakwan8722 2 роки тому +555

      @@birdienuke2979 They'll learn some day.

    • @ufffd
      @ufffd 2 роки тому +379

      @@wasifzakwan8722 not before it's all broken. Not even the ANA can maintain our gear, and we trained them to.

    • @shadowbanned58
      @shadowbanned58 2 роки тому +40

      @@ufffd The fact that they have it at all is kinda f**k'd. Yet they are soo worried about those 2A nuts with pee shooters.

    • @Stinger913
      @Stinger913 2 роки тому +241

      I’m more worried they’ll just send it to Russia or some other country to clone it. China already copied the Blackhawk with their Z-20. They could make it even closer to the original with the original in Afghanistan.

  • @Zenth93
    @Zenth93 2 роки тому +10670

    Its surreal watching this the day the U.S evacuates.

    • @georgewbush7
      @georgewbush7 2 роки тому +719

      All that I worked for down the drain smh

    • @LNKSonYOUTUBE
      @LNKSonYOUTUBE 2 роки тому +229

      it was the inevitable outcome, be happy it happened now I guess

    • @georgewbush7
      @georgewbush7 2 роки тому +53

      @@LNKSonUA-cam your right

    • @allensu9363
      @allensu9363 2 роки тому +133

      I hope he makes a new episode on the rest of the war now that the Afghan government is history

    • @danielnutter3670
      @danielnutter3670 2 роки тому +4

      Same

  • @mohammadsamimnoorzai6023
    @mohammadsamimnoorzai6023 Рік тому +108

    I was born on January 25th, 2001 in Afghanistan. Now I live in the U.S. Me and my family went through all of it. From soviet union invasion, civil war, and then end of the war (operation nothing) amid extreme poverty, corruption, lack of security and stability. Miraculous survival after experiencing a lifetime of war, poverty and displacement. Of course, we each got our own mental conditions (PTSD, GAD etc...)

    • @harrylouberrie
      @harrylouberrie Рік тому +2

      I'm so glad you survived all these, and I hope you get everything in life you're dreaming for ❤️

    • @reginaldcopperbottom1738
      @reginaldcopperbottom1738 Рік тому

      Bruh Soviet union failed,wish it won

    • @babyigotchomoney
      @babyigotchomoney Рік тому +4

      We gotta keep an eye out on you

    • @righthandstep5
      @righthandstep5 6 місяців тому

      No you dont​@@reginaldcopperbottom1738

    • @W4emTP
      @W4emTP 5 місяців тому +1

      @@reginaldcopperbottom1738ez skill issue

  • @sudoblue9777
    @sudoblue9777 2 роки тому +61

    This is the history channel with the best atmosphere. The music, the drawings and the tone are really immersive.

  • @nobodyherepal3292
    @nobodyherepal3292 4 роки тому +8031

    When stuff from 2002 starts becoming “history”, I , a 23 year old, feel old.

    • @SuperDeadzombeh
      @SuperDeadzombeh 4 роки тому +567

      I mean technically 5 seconds ago is also history

    • @darklighter8968
      @darklighter8968 4 роки тому +294

      A legit boomer here, almost 31, feeling old af.

    • @FrostyWheats
      @FrostyWheats 4 роки тому +157

      Feels like yesterday I was seeing newsreel footage covering the war in Iraq and Afghanistan and seeing casualty reports

    • @belialsteele6428
      @belialsteele6428 4 роки тому +14

      It makes me excited to see the future pass and get my peace

    • @dragonmandestructinator2847
      @dragonmandestructinator2847 4 роки тому +31

      @@FrostyWheats it *was* yesterday when I read last year's afghanistan casualty report.

  • @JackWalshissupercool
    @JackWalshissupercool 2 роки тому +3300

    So, who is watching this for a bit of context now that the Afghan government has collapsed today?

    • @tristenjacob6081
      @tristenjacob6081 2 роки тому +25

      My friend is actually being shipped back to Afghan very soon smh

    • @Tenebraeification
      @Tenebraeification 2 роки тому +72

      I feel that around 7:15 to 7:55 perfectly sums up why the USA failed as miserably as it did. This is going to be one awkward 9/11 memorial for America.

    • @yunzensal5466
      @yunzensal5466 2 роки тому +37

      @@Tenebraeification they got what they wanted. Kill Osama but still it was pointless. Any war is pointless

    • @franco7928
      @franco7928 2 роки тому +2

      Me!!! The helicopters evacuating were as memorable as the planes crashing into wtc...

    • @aadizai1
      @aadizai1 2 роки тому +11

      me watching American Humilation on live Tv , What a historical humilation for USA

  • @Panzer_links.
    @Panzer_links. Рік тому +3

    I’m watching this 3 years later and it is incredible of the evolution of your videos! Love your Chanel!!!

  • @craigduddy9349
    @craigduddy9349 2 роки тому +48

    the Taliban never refused to hand over Bin Laden or to attempt dispelling Al-Qaeda, Bush refused their terms and the Taliban had been attempting to dispel Al-Qaeda for years, particularly after the embassies were attacked in the 90's.

    • @Arbiter710
      @Arbiter710 2 роки тому +1

      No many of the taliban went to Al qaeda or play both sides

    • @normantan23
      @normantan23 2 роки тому

      Yes. After knowing this fact, I wander if US had not invaded Afghanistan and Iraq spending trillions for a President to play war hero, would US have less problems at home. The sad things is nothing good came out of it for the people of Afghanistan. They are just as poor and corrupt during and after the US occupation and the inevitable death of thousands of civilians caught in the cross fire.

    • @Western.war_edits
      @Western.war_edits 2 роки тому +10

      Thank you!! Such f*cking American exceptionalist propoganda from this dude

    • @Raven_12345
      @Raven_12345 2 роки тому

      What were the terms they gave to the United States?

    • @liamferreira9928
      @liamferreira9928 Рік тому

      Blatantly false, but whatever floats your boat

  • @meliodasschreiber1664
    @meliodasschreiber1664 4 роки тому +9138

    Oh boi good luck getting this monitised

    • @Victor-tl4dk
      @Victor-tl4dk 4 роки тому +192

      LoL :-(

    • @James-uu6xs
      @James-uu6xs 4 роки тому +228

      My exact thoughts before I started the video.

    • @TheArmchairHistorian
      @TheArmchairHistorian  4 роки тому +3106

      We're monetized right now!

    • @mhx6437
      @mhx6437 4 роки тому +339

      @@TheArmchairHistorian Oooorrahh! Let's hope it'll stay like that on this and your next videos. You've got my respect for still going, doing all this hard work (including animators, etc).

    • @dew7555
      @dew7555 4 роки тому +16

      You have no idea...

  • @robertbrazier5097
    @robertbrazier5097 4 роки тому +2703

    OVER 31,000 Afghan civilians lost their lives from this conflict, not something that should be overlooked
    Edit: This comment thread blew up more than I expected

    • @robfl100
      @robfl100 4 роки тому +179

      A lot of that was caused by Taliban/other terrorists

    • @wassimrahmani3561
      @wassimrahmani3561 4 роки тому +398

      @@robfl100 Not because of the us oh ofc not the us is innocent!!!

    • @robfl100
      @robfl100 4 роки тому +73

      @@wassimrahmani3561 what are you on about with your word salad?

    • @holyskadootle3941
      @holyskadootle3941 4 роки тому +127

      @@robfl100 you can run but you can't hide

    • @advocacies
      @advocacies 4 роки тому +94

      @@wassimrahmani3561no one has ever said the us was innocent

  • @Trey_816
    @Trey_816 2 роки тому +9

    Dad was involved with the Afghanistan Campaign. He got his left arm blown off while trying to disarm a landmine and returnd home alive on Christmas Eve.

    • @angrybutgoodbosniak9128
      @angrybutgoodbosniak9128 2 роки тому +3

      Such a shame that America,such a beautiful nation,is run by a evil and unfair bully government, I say,hell for them all and the cops,agents and bullies. Also the American girls,God,what sweeties they are.

  • @davelowe8105
    @davelowe8105 Рік тому +3

    I'm loving these videos sir! I wish I could have found them sooner lol. Looking back, I wish I'd went in historical order, but I've corrected the mistake and I'm off and running lol. Thank you for the education!

  • @DaytimeAce
    @DaytimeAce 4 роки тому +3418

    -clicks immediatly so I don't miss this again-

  • @Atlas-si2jp
    @Atlas-si2jp 2 роки тому +2198

    The UA-cam algorithm has a sick sense of humor

    • @odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347
      @odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347 2 роки тому +77

      More like, at least have some sense of History
      Seriously, after Kabul’s fall, I guess we can all use some context

    • @diegode415
      @diegode415 2 роки тому +26

      UA-cam is basically trying to tell to the U.S "don't f*ck with others"

    • @alanr4845
      @alanr4845 2 роки тому +49

      Bro they recommended Tom Cruise's stunt where he held on to a plane in Mission Impossible just as refugees are doing in Afghanistan. It's fucked.

    • @tony3003001
      @tony3003001 2 роки тому +12

      Long story short: don’t intervene in other state affairs.

    • @zoaero
      @zoaero 2 роки тому

      Yuh

  • @Harveyb358
    @Harveyb358 Рік тому +2

    This is a great channel. Well done. Similar to the operations room. About the only place I can watch history.

  • @MypronounIsKing
    @MypronounIsKing 2 роки тому

    What an awesome video I loved every minute of it cheers bud

  • @mgt1429
    @mgt1429 2 роки тому +1509

    Now make an animated version of our withdrawal.

  • @jascrandom9855
    @jascrandom9855 4 роки тому +934

    "What one should really fear is not a competent enemy, but an incompetent ally." Napoleon Bonaparte.

    • @reneernesto5748
      @reneernesto5748 4 роки тому +126

      ww2 italy

    • @imdk_pk
      @imdk_pk 4 роки тому +23

      There are no allies. Personal interests for US and for every other country.

    • @amacca2085
      @amacca2085 4 роки тому +30

      “You’ve been ruining everyone’s lives and eating all are steak”
      Napoleon dynamite.

    • @enkiimuto1041
      @enkiimuto1041 4 роки тому +9

      every match on league of legends

    • @erikeriks
      @erikeriks 4 роки тому

      That's the most stupid thing I've heard this hour.

  • @bluemanno7901
    @bluemanno7901 2 роки тому +16

    I like how you show the AK-47 being shipped with US supplies to Afghanistan. During the Russian invasion of Afghanistan the US shipped Russia's own weapons to Afghans to help them fight. They did not send US weapons.

  • @bigman21ize
    @bigman21ize 2 роки тому

    LOVE THESE! I'm so glad I found you man.

  • @RaphaelAnthony
    @RaphaelAnthony 4 роки тому +724

    When we lost the History Channel from the late 90's to reality TV, I'm thankful for your channel. Keep it up!

    • @azmanabdula
      @azmanabdula 4 роки тому +29

      I remember watching hardcore stuff on history channel
      Like people visiting head hunter tribes and what not

    • @assassin_rk42
      @assassin_rk42 4 роки тому +37

      @@azmanabdula I remember watching their ww2, ww1, Vietnam and other war documentaries. It was a real interesting watch when I was a kid, now the History channel is trying to be like a&e, and it sucks hugely.

    • @MistarZtv
      @MistarZtv 4 роки тому +16

      Yeah history and true crimes were my favorite growing up. Couldn't stand the clownery that is reality tv on their Network anymore

    • @coolcat5798
      @coolcat5798 4 роки тому +14

      I hate what they did with the history channel

    • @cristianvillanueva8782
      @cristianvillanueva8782 4 роки тому +9

      I used to love watching those old boring British black and white documentaries on both the world wars. Those were my favorite as a kid

  • @thedemongodvlogs7671
    @thedemongodvlogs7671 2 роки тому +2362

    As I am watching this the President of Afghanistan has fled and The Taliban have won, still comprehending the fact that we went to war for 20 years for no reason.

    • @diego-bm7mi
      @diego-bm7mi 2 роки тому +286

      4 trillion taxpayer dollars down the drain, damn.

    • @breakfast_food
      @breakfast_food 2 роки тому +74

      @@diego-bm7mi sadly, most of the budget goes to the military. Sigh

    • @odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347
      @odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347 2 роки тому +92

      I saw a similar comment that says Afghanistan is this decade’s Vietnam
      Can see why

    • @zombieepx1933
      @zombieepx1933 2 роки тому +50

      Wouldn't say for no reason the US did accomplish things. The Taliban takeover was always going to happen when US operations ended no matter what it should be no surprise simply because the loyalty and bravery of the Afghan National Army is practically non existent. Full of corruption and people you would never be able to rely on.

    • @Enrique-peralta
      @Enrique-peralta 2 роки тому +5

      @@zombieepx1933 ya that's why we could never leave before they knew when they left this would happen

  • @johngammon6450
    @johngammon6450 2 роки тому +5

    "Sir"
    "Yes?"
    "We found a suspicious patch of grass in the area"
    "CALL IN THE AC130 NOW"

  • @bearkingv2577
    @bearkingv2577 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for unlocking that core memory, that was the star wars battlefront 2 radar noise. Cheers to the editor!

  • @MinesomeMC
    @MinesomeMC 4 роки тому +1018

    “Any suspicious patch of grass”
    *Grass just chilling*
    *Explosion*

    • @SebAnders
      @SebAnders 4 роки тому +49

      I heard the grass shout "DEATH TO AMERICA!" it was a valid target.

    • @LocalHeretic-ck1kd
      @LocalHeretic-ck1kd 4 роки тому +6

      poor patch of grass was just minding its own business

    • @alucardvigilatedismas2868
      @alucardvigilatedismas2868 4 роки тому +7

      That grass has successfully prevented itself from being seen. Unfortunately, it has chosen a very obvious hiding spot.

    • @Crankiebox99
      @Crankiebox99 4 роки тому

      MinesomeMC it got vibe checked

    • @DaygoG
      @DaygoG 4 роки тому +3

      Grass: Blows in the wind
      Bombs: So you've chosen death

  • @deeznutz3712
    @deeznutz3712 4 роки тому +2981

    UA-camr telling complicated & bloody history: Get demonetized
    Big corporation do the same: it is ok
    The thousand of likes are indeed a surprise but a welcome one

    • @lacombar
      @lacombar 4 роки тому +9

      ooth, AH is pretty subjective on this one...

    • @skeletonrowdie1768
      @skeletonrowdie1768 4 роки тому +30

      Hooray capitalism

    • @ace2578
      @ace2578 4 роки тому +4

      Knowing UA-cam their is most likely really inappropriate things on UA-cam but they allow it because it’s “educational”

    • @SuperPineappleBomb
      @SuperPineappleBomb 4 роки тому +25

      You understand that this is so the elites can control the narrative? All major US newsmedia is owned by 6 people. If individuals not on the payroll of the elite class were allowed to control the historical narrative, they may propogate inconvient truths.

    • @coaxill4059
      @coaxill4059 4 роки тому +17

      Big corporations do much worse than bloody history. They often engage in lies and blatant propaganda.
      Prager U is a big one.

  • @juliusstout3612
    @juliusstout3612 2 роки тому +11

    5:39 caught me offguard.

  • @hamzamahmood9565
    @hamzamahmood9565 2 роки тому +1

    We need part 2 for this!!

  • @Viviko
    @Viviko 2 роки тому +1516

    The Taliban “Offered no resistance” when the forces invaded the capital. So, just like the Afghan military when the Taliban took it back… lol

    • @octavianpopescu4776
      @octavianpopescu4776 2 роки тому +91

      Apparently, Afghans don't do cities, only mountains and valleys.

    • @Ahmedadelel
      @Ahmedadelel 2 роки тому +73

      @@octavianpopescu4776 this is true but its different. The taliban offered no resistance because its the US, if it was some other warlord or something they would have fought.
      while the afghan army, I really dont know why they didn't do something to try and hold the city, they outnumbered the taliban like 3-1

    • @Thunder97629
      @Thunder97629 2 роки тому +16

      How could Taliban showed resistance when Americans us their airforce and launch airstrikes with so many nato countries involve,taliban did show resistance,all the airstrike kill many taliban,civilians,houses,kids,woman,young and old,Americans attack their weapons,it take many many years for taliban to regroup and emerge stronger and become victorious,today they won,no special force of usa,uk or any nato can stop the taliban,it is not fall of kabul but the fall of America,no sas,no delta force can stop Taliban from taking over

    • @minusdagreez8817
      @minusdagreez8817 2 роки тому +18

      @@Thunder97629 we shouldve just nuked the country and have done with it ..

    • @xxfrosty609xx3
      @xxfrosty609xx3 2 роки тому +19

      @@Thunder97629 They cannot win any prolonged combined arms or conventional warfare, but they do know how to wait the superpowers out.

  • @tuaigets77
    @tuaigets77 3 роки тому +1555

    Nice video bro. Me being an afghan I can tell you got 95% of the History right, the only things you missed are that 1: Pakistan Never stopped helping the Taliban, Pakistan is helping the Taliban till the present day 2: America was never 100% in control, a few years after Karzai came to power Taliban controlled 50% of Afghanistan mainly southern parts 3: opium production continued after the American invasion but this time the profit split between western forces and the Taliban.

    • @neelammalik7899
      @neelammalik7899 3 роки тому +189

      May God give you a peaceful and happy life brother love from india

    • @forgottenredemption4970
      @forgottenredemption4970 3 роки тому +132

      Yall deserved better. My apologies for the failures of America.

    • @dzraider362
      @dzraider362 3 роки тому +31

      God bless bro , we arabs algerians also in 1990 2000 faced same terroristes problems, what a shame to us

    • @musabkhan9043
      @musabkhan9043 3 роки тому +14

      It was the us and pakistan who killed doctor najeeb and this is what is happening afghanistan suffers most of pakistan suffers except punjab while the US a d pakistani high officials have their pockets warm

    • @musabkhan9043
      @musabkhan9043 3 роки тому +3

      @Rafael yes it was taliban but taliban were backed by US and pakistan and in an interview with a talib who was with mullah omar he said clearly that we had orders from mullah omar to surround dr najeeb's house and not to do any harm to him or his family but as we went there dr najeeb was already dead they had killed him placed a bottle of wine in his hand and were dragging him and according to that talib the only one that can benefit from dr najeebs death except taliban was pakistan because he was against pakistan

  • @slavsquat8788
    @slavsquat8788 2 роки тому +19

    Just discovered this channel! I love the visuals and detail. Very well narrated. Respect to all who fought and those fallen to both sides.
    Edit: all sides (obviously wasn't just the US and Afghans)

  • @kylevoelker8124
    @kylevoelker8124 2 роки тому

    Wow I am happy I discovered your content!

  • @jimmyraven93
    @jimmyraven93 4 роки тому +391

    Love the Star Wars Battlefront “zoom in” reference

  • @epicduckeh6
    @epicduckeh6 3 роки тому +1203

    I was deployed in Afghanistan, spent some time in Sangin Valley and met a Gunnery Sergeant who was there advising Afghan soldiers. He told me how he fought to take control of this same valley almost a decade ago as a young Lance Corporal, and here we are again in the same valley retaken by the Taliban to fight again.

    • @jebus914
      @jebus914 3 роки тому +91

      That's a very infantile perspective you have there regarding foreign affairs. Most people in that valley don't give a crap about you or I or the taliban. They just want to be left alone to live out their lives. How does gassing their land help us exactly?

    • @taylor3769
      @taylor3769 3 роки тому +13

      @Lordtrainwreck Shinehorn so we should kill everyone with a gun to stop potential school shooters?
      Cause that's the same as the solution your implying.

    • @taylor3769
      @taylor3769 3 роки тому +13

      @Lordtrainwreck Shinehorn that's just plain fucked up and childish. So what if they are foreigners they are still human beings that have done nothing wrong

    • @ReviewWingsDSP
      @ReviewWingsDSP 3 роки тому +21

      I was there in 2011. Glad I’m retired. The taliban is useless but will stack their own bodies during a firefight.

    • @vergilcool
      @vergilcool 3 роки тому +26

      @@ReviewWingsDSP thank you for your service

  • @lhpoetry
    @lhpoetry 2 роки тому +63

    Four points:
    1)The Northern Alliance was in danger of failing after Massoud's death, and the Taliban had been pretty clear that they weren't going to respect international borders. The Taliban never truly ruled all of Afghanistan, just like Karzai's government also only had nominal power. It was their solidifying of power and threatening the borders of post-Soviet Central Asia that changed the situation. This is also why Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan provided bases to the US (also those governments like money too) and even Russia initially supported the invasion, because they had just gotten out of Chechnya and the civil war in Tajikistan so they were not wanting to have to intervene in Tajikistan again two years later. The potential existential threat to the world order and the realities of life under taliban rule were reasons why a broad coalition of NATO nations were involved in Afghanistan, unlike in Iraq where pretty much only the UK followed the US. While September 11th provided an excuse and made the war popular, I do not believe September 11th was the reason that the US invaded Afghanistan. Someone was going to do it, and taking care of Bin Laden would have been easier without a full-scale invasion. (Likewise the resolution to basically have the Iraq War happen and get rid of Saddam Hussein was passed in 1998 by congress as I recall, and Clinton bombed them in 1999.). Whatever September 11th was, it was mostly useful for propaganda purposes...it was not a strategic reason for waging these wars, at least not beyond special forces and drone wars.
    2)ISI was divided internally as well: Pakistan's foreign policy is pretty clear though: India bad, do everything to keep India from getting any military advantage. Painting ISI as a monolith here...like painting Karzai's government or the Taliban as a single faction...fails to capture the complexities, since often certain leaders would act on their own...some aiding the US, some lying to the US, some actively undermining the US the whole time. There were numerous times where Bin Laden's Arab Taliban fell afoul of local sympathies as well...for example some of their number were killed after they destroyed graves...which...because of the old Sufi influence and even pre-dating Islam (I mean, Turkmenistan/Uzbekistan are the "home" of the bones of Adam and Mary according to the stories), graves being important is something that goes way back in the region.
    3)For the people saying, "what did the US have to gain?" Markets for US products and raw materials for its companies. That's true of any invasion anywhere always, from Russia in Ukraine right now to Chingiz Khan. Also, at the time the US was expanding its power and influence in the Middle East, the former Soviet Union, and Central Asia. For many in the old guard from the USSR and the USA the cold war never ended, and many in the US have been quite eager to support color revolutions, Arab Spring, the expansion of NATO, and other expansions to their spheres of influence and profit.
    4)When you create a "democracy" from the top down and flood it with millions in dollars in aid money, the result is inevitable: deep-rooted corruption, nepotism, and a government that will be dependent on aid money rather than for and by the people. The three million dollars to fight shows how the US ran this war and what happened after. That kind of leadership breeds resentment, not loyalty.

    • @heibk-2014
      @heibk-2014 Рік тому +1

      Look up warsoftheworld documentary on the history of afghanistan its amazing 🇦🇫

    • @BrianGriffinW
      @BrianGriffinW Рік тому

      Can you tldr these?

    • @zanerogers5839
      @zanerogers5839 Рік тому

      TL:DR
      1. Somebody was going to invade, 9/11 was an excuse at best
      2: ISI was fractured and any information from them is shaky at best
      3: The US had both political and financial motive to invade
      4: The “democracy” we established was never going to succeed

    • @rebelblade7159
      @rebelblade7159 Рік тому

      For point 3, the US managed to make Afghanistan buy US weapons using its own taxpayer money and the occupation also created opportunities for military contractors to make profits.

  • @philrisser6853
    @philrisser6853 2 роки тому

    keep rocking with the videos. iv watched 2 i think and when it starts your not too sure but having it cartoonified then its like cool man. alsmost like infographics but this is better i think so far

  • @christopherhernandez3909
    @christopherhernandez3909 3 роки тому +1308

    It sucks we have to learn the details 19 years later. Imagine what goes on today that won't be confirmed until 2040. smh.

    • @maryjoygelizon4268
      @maryjoygelizon4268 3 роки тому +35

      If there is a 2040

    • @kimilsungia7507
      @kimilsungia7507 3 роки тому +40

      The "Uyghur re-education camps" are today's "big lie". Vocational education and training centers in which young people are taught job skills in addition to the national language and Chinese law are being construed as "concentration camps" by the same media companies that pushed the narrative of Saddam's "WMDs", of Kuwaiti babies being "taken out of incubators" by Iraqi soldiers and left to die. The US fears China's rise and wants to do everything in its power to sabotage China. I'm not going to be very popular posting this now, but in 20 years history will prove me correct. Ever wonder why China has allegedly been doing this for decades, yet we've only started hearing about this since mid-2018? This is why; it's 90% disinformation and 10% truth. Please, I urge you to look into this.
      Here's a good video on the matter. ua-cam.com/video/v_XI-aiCa34/v-deo.html

    • @l.n.m.m.6945
      @l.n.m.m.6945 3 роки тому +12

      don`t even try to be "informed", better to be true to your own thoughts. you gonna be just more misinformed, not informed. so you get the feeling of not missing out if you just don't listen to the radio or watch tv anymore, wich is messing you up anyway. trust me. am a 32 year old guy that discovered there is no "truth" in history, it`s more like storytelling I guess

    • @HawaiiDEEPS
      @HawaiiDEEPS 3 роки тому +128

      @@kimilsungia7507 If that's true then China can show and tell us everything about the camps. They won't, probably because they're not really re-education centers.

    • @ChodeMaster
      @ChodeMaster 3 роки тому +6

      @@kimilsungia7507 Who cares about uyghurs lmfao

  • @Al-Is-Gaming
    @Al-Is-Gaming 3 роки тому +1878

    I love how that single Taliban guy was like "awww."

    • @user-te2vs2vt3r
      @user-te2vs2vt3r 3 роки тому +100

      Poor guy was vibin.I died at this part😂

    • @f.palmero5010
      @f.palmero5010 3 роки тому +82

      @Gamers? Educators? Anyone there? He was arrested for the crime of trying to smoke through his mask.

    • @lunarservant6781
      @lunarservant6781 3 роки тому +29

      poor guy he was on break today, he doesn't need this :p

    • @amorphoussolid8512
      @amorphoussolid8512 3 роки тому +7

      Ikr! I felt that.

    • @comradebonaparte5821
      @comradebonaparte5821 3 роки тому +4

      I feeling him

  • @dingbat4
    @dingbat4 Рік тому +5

    Taliban in 2001: you’re gonna get tired and leave
    20 years later: nice we got APCs

  • @hoserzzzs
    @hoserzzzs 2 роки тому

    Love this channel!

  • @cristianvillanueva8782
    @cristianvillanueva8782 4 роки тому +452

    Damn the animation is really getting better.

    • @Caesarea186
      @Caesarea186 4 роки тому +17

      Yeah people keep commenting about the video going to be demonetised but god damn the animation looks hella better

    • @gmodfan53
      @gmodfan53 4 роки тому +7

      @@Caesarea186 He's hired animators to help

    • @theminipetabyte4610
      @theminipetabyte4610 4 роки тому +8

      This really is amazing, it's got alot of tiny nuggets of humor sprinkled in with the animation which just makes it so awesome!

    • @aaron3890
      @aaron3890 4 роки тому +1

      My thought exactly! It seems like at least one new fancy technique gets added with each new video.

  • @Slybaby420
    @Slybaby420 3 роки тому +434

    I am an Afghan and I was an interpreter for U.S Army special forces in Afghanistan for 11 years, I witnessed most of the crazy things that happened in my country. After 19 years of conflicts and spending trillion dollars, Afghanistan is in a worse situation than 2001 before the invasion.

    • @b0leg23
      @b0leg23 3 роки тому +22

      Do you prefer the USSR era of Afghanistan? Or do you support the americans in the soviet afghan war? Would like to hear it from you :)
      Note: im not russian, I am turkish

    • @Slybaby420
      @Slybaby420 3 роки тому +70

      @@b0leg23 I highly support America 🇺🇸.

    • @b0leg23
      @b0leg23 3 роки тому +25

      @@Slybaby420 And may I ask why that is? Because afghanistan was very modern, at least compared to after-war, and is was developing, in terms of human rights as well, no? Do you really think a US that supports jihadists is better? Thanks for the reply, I am interested

    • @bl8892
      @bl8892 3 роки тому +20

      @@Slybaby420 9/11 was a inside job

    • @bl8892
      @bl8892 3 роки тому +21

      9/11 was a inside job

  • @austin2147
    @austin2147 Рік тому

    Another great video

  • @ivanpinto2080
    @ivanpinto2080 Рік тому +1

    bro the animations are so fucking raw with emotion good work very nice

  • @MrTeniguafez
    @MrTeniguafez 4 роки тому +2421

    It's so weird hearing all these names and places I heard all the time as a kid, without knowing what they really were about, finally put into their proper context.
    Great video dude.

    • @AlbertWillHelmWestings2618
      @AlbertWillHelmWestings2618 4 роки тому +11

      same for me too

    • @thesnake2620
      @thesnake2620 4 роки тому +32

      Yeah same one of my most vivid memories was listening to the radio reporting that the death toll of British soldiers had reached 100

    • @quintustheophilus9550
      @quintustheophilus9550 4 роки тому +21

      I remember as a kid my family came together over at the living room while the TV broadcasted the invasion of Iraq.

    • @eshaanbidarakoppa5738
      @eshaanbidarakoppa5738 4 роки тому +18

      I remember, I was really young, watching some people cheering in a bar. The news had reached the people of New York that bin laden was killed

    • @DarlingtonBMX
      @DarlingtonBMX 4 роки тому +1

      Biracial Boy 🤣

  • @BolisStewie
    @BolisStewie 2 роки тому +1880

    9:53 Poor guy, he just wanted to smoke his cigarette in peace 😔

    • @Peezapper
      @Peezapper 2 роки тому +6

      Damn

    • @thehaus6998
      @thehaus6998 2 роки тому +20

      smoking over a 90 billion afghan army

    • @oliverriley6126
      @oliverriley6126 2 роки тому +29

      It wasn’t even lighted lmao

    • @BxingOT.M
      @BxingOT.M 2 роки тому +7

      He was about to smoke a blunt

    • @wildlandsairsoft5499
      @wildlandsairsoft5499 2 роки тому +17

      Bruh, could you imagine? You're alone chillin and the 75th Ranger Reg rolls up on you DEEP

  • @brrrt7623
    @brrrt7623 2 роки тому +30

    Your narration and cinematic quality of animation is second to none. Thank you for this great content.

  • @BensWatchClub
    @BensWatchClub Рік тому

    Love that Star Wars battlefront transition/sound effect 😂👌

  • @mrttripz3236
    @mrttripz3236 4 роки тому +702

    Hey how about the invasion of Afghanistan from the Soviet perspective?
    (guys I mean the communist invasion of Afghanistan from the Soviet perspective)

    • @felipesubiabre314
      @felipesubiabre314 4 роки тому +76

      @dachicagoan he said the soviet perspective, it would be fine for yt because it would serve as propaganda

    • @cookiecreeper22
      @cookiecreeper22 4 роки тому +58

      @dachicagoan Is that why the gulf war video was also demonetized? Or what about the anti-soviet ones also being demonetized? Nice argument snowflake.

    • @DazedandInsane
      @DazedandInsane 4 роки тому +23

      @dachicagoan liberals ruin everything these days

    • @monslenomer
      @monslenomer 4 роки тому +61

      @dachicagoan I wonder where this notion that leftists hate history came from.
      Of course it's a right wing distortion. And its implications are apparent enough.
      But it's always interesting to see such a similar talking point arise in so many different contexts.
      Unfortunately for you, your recitation of this argument is less sophisticated than most I've seen. People have specifically claimed that Marx fundamentally misunderstood history, which is a claim more worthy of examination than this third-rate parroting on display here.

    • @katey1dog
      @katey1dog 4 роки тому

      Watch THE BEAST OF WAR.

  • @frogchip6484
    @frogchip6484 4 роки тому +765

    Imagine being that one Taliban soldier in interrogation
    ''Where are the rest of your regiment?''
    ''They said they saw something cool and would be back in a minute'

    • @andi2658
      @andi2658 4 роки тому +52

      @Vladimir makarov oh so you cherrypick cases now? by taking one of the worst lucky shots taliban had on US copters with soldiers on board?
      yeah the problem is thats not the common case we have, in nearly all other cases it is taliban who lost fighters to the US-Afghan forces
      what? did you tune in your news channel only when that copter got downed then tune it off again clueless of any other fights against the taliban?

    • @georgewbush7
      @georgewbush7 4 роки тому +31

      @Vladimir makarov the ussr lost also so chill Russian troll

    • @kebman
      @kebman 4 роки тому +15

      @Vladimir makarov I'm not sure you could say that America "lost." Suppressing a foreign regime, and making sure your own puppet is in charge, is not "losing." Sure, occupying Afghanistan was uncomfortable for both American troops and not least for "public opinion," but in the end they solved the mission. I'd call that a "win" personally, though it has elements of a phyrric victory. Albeit not in allied _lives_ lost, but in esteem and honour lost by the American government and people. This is where we learned that America is no longer the land of the free, and that they are just as ruthless and top-heavy as nations we don't normally like to compare ourselves with...

    • @kebman
      @kebman 4 роки тому +10

      Americans were keenly aware of this loss of honour, and perhaps that is their biggest loss to date, because being faced with people criticizing them on every corner of the world can't be easy for a people who identify themselves as a bastion of opportunity, democracy and freedom. It is for _that_ reason Trump won so many votes simply by having a slogan saying "Make America Great Again". I mean, obviously America is "Great" as in a nation to be feared for their military power, but no American really wants to be feared. Americans wants to be loved, like they were in most of the world in the 50's and 60's (with the notable exception of the Communist nations).

    • @space_lemonz4561
      @space_lemonz4561 4 роки тому +15

      Vladimir makarov Need I remind you how much men the Russians lost to the Germans?

  • @stacey_1111rh
    @stacey_1111rh Рік тому

    Great stuff! 👍🏼

  • @Mur76ad70
    @Mur76ad70 2 роки тому +4

    Peace be upon you. Greetings from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan from Afghanistan. Greetings to all of you. My message to the world. Who wants good relations with us, we Afghans are welcome. Or whoever wants to approach our country or occupy it, we will bury him there as we buried Britain, the Russians and America. We are a nation that loves death as you love life. Our nation, our religion, Islam is number one, our dignity, freedom and honor number two, so we are 40 years old fighting for the independence of our country and the freedom of our nation. No one plays with us Afghans because he will regret itcemetery of empires

  • @legolas-xu6ou
    @legolas-xu6ou 4 роки тому +130

    Finally its back! UA-cam cannot stop our desire for history!

  • @Wicked-hx7yg
    @Wicked-hx7yg 4 роки тому +1715

    Then years later USA signed a deal with the Taliban.... need part 2 of this

    • @47dudelove
      @47dudelove 4 роки тому +83

      with the help of pakistan

    • @nxshuu
      @nxshuu 4 роки тому +238

      Tom Voke Trump?Traitor?For stopping a 18 year long war and saving thousands of Americans? Yeah right.

    • @bodassassin6387
      @bodassassin6387 4 роки тому +176

      @Tom Voke
      People loving the conspiracy theory that Putin made Trump president, even though that theory falls apart if you have common sense.

    • @colin9174
      @colin9174 4 роки тому +37

      Traitor Trump 😆😆
      Get help

    • @ProfRavenSteel
      @ProfRavenSteel 4 роки тому +9

      @@47dudelove hope Taliban will repay by gifts and booty. Pakistan will be thrown like a use and throw pen as it serves no use. Taliban will definitely repay Pakistan, just wait.

  • @ry_bread9173
    @ry_bread9173 Рік тому

    Great video

  • @childishgrahambino
    @childishgrahambino Рік тому

    great video!

  • @aden5776
    @aden5776 4 роки тому +235

    UA-cam: we banned your video.
    Griffin: y tho
    UA-cam: Money

  • @Lado909
    @Lado909 2 роки тому +621

    As I write this , the last US military air craft has left Afghanistan with the Taliban in charge of the country once more. America has lost another pointless war.

    • @DontStopJaime
      @DontStopJaime 2 роки тому +49

      The military industrial complex won, they will find another reason to bomb some more freedom lovers.

    • @alpearson9158
      @alpearson9158 2 роки тому +45

      not a lost war as in Vietnam but a poorly negotiated transition, This is very different from Vietnam even though the end was so poorly conducted

    • @Guidance_seeker
      @Guidance_seeker 2 роки тому +10

      Oh yes show ur savage solders as heroes huh what a joke
      If u want to know the truth watch this:
      The untold story of Afghanistan with documents and videos shows what US really did
      ua-cam.com/video/TSpWJw6HfyY/v-deo.html

    • @uberkloden
      @uberkloden 2 роки тому +6

      We didn’t lose. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

    • @thecommunistdoggo1008
      @thecommunistdoggo1008 2 роки тому +18

      @@alpearson9158 The results were the same it was a lost war

  • @Lestat21500
    @Lestat21500 2 роки тому

    Greaaaat video sir!

  • @Mainesian
    @Mainesian 2 роки тому +3

    you deserves 100 million subs

  • @nick-jj1wj
    @nick-jj1wj 4 роки тому +173

    Fun Fact: Every single AK has its safety on

  • @aporlarepublica
    @aporlarepublica 4 роки тому +1287

    And almost 20 years later, PLOT TWIST, the US are still stuck in a war in Afghanistan.

    • @goldzen3019
      @goldzen3019 4 роки тому +39

      i thought they signed a peace agreement about pulling out

    • @bobsmoth-iv3sp
      @bobsmoth-iv3sp 4 роки тому +86

      I was wrong about Afghanistan . I figured 10 years and $1 trillion , It ended up 20 years and $2 trillion

    • @detectiverick9934
      @detectiverick9934 4 роки тому +73

      @@goldzen3019 i mean yeah they did but come on, when has the west ever been able to bring peace in the region

    • @kerubim402
      @kerubim402 4 роки тому +33

      @Leopold what

    • @hatinmyselfiscool2879
      @hatinmyselfiscool2879 4 роки тому +28

      Leopold I mean saudi arabia would somehow seem reasonable but wtf? Israel

  • @user-cd4bx6uq1y
    @user-cd4bx6uq1y Рік тому +2

    This stuff is amazing

  • @Gunnumn
    @Gunnumn Рік тому

    Yo, I thought you were the youtuber PC centric. The likeness is uncanny. Great video as well.

  • @crusaderanimation6967
    @crusaderanimation6967 4 роки тому +175

    9:57
    his dissapointment is precious XD
    His face says:
    "Those days you can't even smoke calmy."

    • @FlymanMS
      @FlymanMS 4 роки тому +4

      "Meanies :("

  • @aws96314
    @aws96314 2 роки тому +315

    "You have the watches, we have the time"
    -- Afghan Proverb

    • @def3ndr887
      @def3ndr887 2 роки тому +3

      Watches were created when the proverb was made?

    • @mkiii1447
      @mkiii1447 2 роки тому +2

      "You can't have the time without the watch, smartass"

    • @mkiii1447
      @mkiii1447 2 роки тому

      @ARMY الجيش Time exists, but it is useless unless you can tell it.

    • @EL-FROZZEN
      @EL-FROZZEN 2 роки тому +8

      @@mkiii1447 this dude tryna sound wise 🤣🤣

  • @AfaqueAhmed_
    @AfaqueAhmed_ 2 роки тому +76

    The fact that no one could attack America except for Americans themselves but still America attacks other countries fearing they will attack America is hilarious and disgusting at the same time .

    • @blondeboy9288
      @blondeboy9288 2 роки тому +6

      Are you serious? No one can attack America??? How would you explain 9/11 to me.

    • @AfaqueAhmed_
      @AfaqueAhmed_ 2 роки тому +8

      @@blondeboy9288 No country attacked America , it was a terrorist organistaion .

    • @brsproductions6117
      @brsproductions6117 2 роки тому +8

      @@blondeboy9288 bush knocked down the towers! Go look up the Pentagon stuff find one pic of a single plane part you can't find one. Every pilot in America says the flight path of that jumbo jet was impossible even for an experienced pilot. Youre so brainwashed. I bet you're one of those mask wearing shot taking covidiots.

    • @brsproductions6117
      @brsproductions6117 2 роки тому

      @@AfaqueAhmed_ no it was George bush

    • @AfaqueAhmed_
      @AfaqueAhmed_ 2 роки тому +6

      @@brsproductions6117 Are you sane ?

  • @qadeerbaloch8767
    @qadeerbaloch8767 Рік тому +2

    Outstanding

  • @RandomIdiotGS
    @RandomIdiotGS 4 роки тому +837

    America: "Take that Soviet-Russia!"
    Soviet-Russia: "Wat"
    2001
    Al-Qaeda:
    America: "Wat"
    2020:
    Afghanistan: "Wat"

    • @ozahmed4523
      @ozahmed4523 4 роки тому +58

      Exactly. Notice how ISIS is driving Ford and Chevy pickup trucks. Its and excuse to go to war so that the oil fields can be secure. Why do you think America hates Iran? Because they figured this out in the 50s unlike Saudi.

    • @1Orderchaos
      @1Orderchaos 4 роки тому +17

      @Stephen Jenkins The US still made who Osama was and started this whole thing

    • @1Orderchaos
      @1Orderchaos 4 роки тому +8

      @Stephen Jenkins It was still a war the US should never have entered

    • @daddykun7709
      @daddykun7709 4 роки тому +21

      Stephen Jenkins you heard of mujahadin or even watched the video .... that was the US’s creation stop lying to yourself

    • @GreedPainLove
      @GreedPainLove 4 роки тому +29

      @@daddykun7709 The mujahideen fought Osama Bin Laden and the Taliban, even if that was a failure and eventually created the circumstances in which the Taliban seized control of Aghanistan, that doesnt mean the US created the Taliban

  • @muhammadzubairjamil8939
    @muhammadzubairjamil8939 4 роки тому +731

    "In July 2000, Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar, collaborating with the UN to eradicate heroin production in Afghanistan, declared that growing poppies was un-Islamic, resulting in one of the world's most successful anti-drug campaigns"

    • @alexcope8142
      @alexcope8142 4 роки тому +91

      Yeah that's just muller Omar, now the taliban are the world's biggest opiom producer, the taliban love their opiom/heroin business, remember the taliban control helmand province and they love all those poppies🤑🤑🤑

    • @abdulellahnoori7022
      @abdulellahnoori7022 4 роки тому +85

      Then came America and it was running at 110% of work supply.

    • @TheLandOfTears
      @TheLandOfTears 4 роки тому +13

      @@alexcope8142 How else are they going to drive out the ones that invaded them?

    • @miliba
      @miliba 4 роки тому +26

      islam must be introduced to mexico

    • @Muneeb__Arain
      @Muneeb__Arain 4 роки тому +21

      @@alexcope8142
      That's Western Propaganda, While the US gets all the profit of Heroin/Opium production. Tell me Who smuggle drugs to Europe & America? Talibans or America?

  • @PATTT_
    @PATTT_ 2 роки тому +1

    this was really good animation.

  • @pmeagle
    @pmeagle Рік тому +2

    If you have a spare hour, and If you actually want to learn about the war Vice's "This Is What Winning Looks Like" by Ben Anderson is actually a great documentary for how things have been going for decades there, and how the operational success actually was reported while in the ground the situation was completely different. Yes Vice you heard that right, on rare cases they do have some quality.

  • @aleksandersokal5279
    @aleksandersokal5279 3 роки тому +712

    "History begins today", sounds like something Gen. Shepherd would say.

  • @Allah-the-Almighty84
    @Allah-the-Almighty84 3 роки тому +1723

    Being an Afghan and from Kandahar, the story is totally one dimensional.

    • @soul0360
      @soul0360 3 роки тому +352

      Most stories are. It's our job as viewers to recognize just that.
      Considering this is only 20min, I think it does a great job, at trying to explain this one dimension. "Historical reasons, why catching Bin Laden, and removing the Taliban failed in Afghanistan".

    • @soul0360
      @soul0360 3 роки тому +465

      As A Danish Helmand veteran, who went to your country, to protect you and your countrymen from oppression. I'd say, I failed, my government failed, and the international community failed. I am truly sorry.
      I wish I could do more. I wish my countries leaders would do more, rather then just saying 'Mission failed'.

    • @soul0360
      @soul0360 3 роки тому +235

      The main takeaway from this video, that I think is of historic relevance is. That the Americans, British initially, and ISAF in the long run. Didn't understand the culture and history of Afghanistan, hence could never succeed at their goal, unless being fully committed for the long game. Which history shows, none of them were.
      As an addition that the video doesn't touch. Forcing your own ideals, in this case western, on a completely different society, will cause tension with the local populace. Which probably isn't what you'd want, during an armed conflict, where you could be seen as the aggressor.

    • @companionh1834
      @companionh1834 3 роки тому +92

      @@soul0360 respect, you are a hero

    • @bambam459
      @bambam459 3 роки тому +7

      @@soul0360 iijj

  • @aidanjohnson8538
    @aidanjohnson8538 3 місяці тому +1

    The Chapman story is vastly under represented in this video his heroism barely stopped where his description of his acts ends before his death.

  • @paulmetz12
    @paulmetz12 2 роки тому

    Great analysis! How would you still keep this video up?

  • @hamzehalbakri6517
    @hamzehalbakri6517 3 роки тому +495

    You forgot to mention us backing up taliban in the 80’s and calling them “freedom fighters “ as allies against communist russia. But you reap what you sow.

    • @MarzaButTube
      @MarzaButTube 3 роки тому +105

      When you fund a terrorist group to get rid of a terrorist group you funded to get rid of a terrorist group you funded to get rid of a terrorist group you funded to get rid of a terrorist group you funded to get rid of a terrorist group you funded

    • @henrik3291
      @henrik3291 3 роки тому +24

      Did you even watch the video?

    • @DowntownDeuce2
      @DowntownDeuce2 3 роки тому +6

      @Mo Khan Two different things, but I can see how 3rd world peasants would confuse them.

    • @DowntownDeuce2
      @DowntownDeuce2 3 роки тому +7

      Two totally different groups, but I can see how the uneducated people would not know the difference. You have to be able to read, before you can read history.

    • @JarthenGreenmeadow
      @JarthenGreenmeadow 3 роки тому +16

      @@MarzaButTube yo dawg I heard you like proxy wars so we got you a proxy war to put in your proxy war so you can be fighting a proxy war while you're fighting a proxy war

  • @marlonmoncrieffe0728
    @marlonmoncrieffe0728 2 роки тому +3

    🎬 While there are not many, the few movies about the Afghan War (2001-21) are really good:
    1. The Outpost (2019)
    2. Lone Survivor (2013)
    3. 12 Strong (2018)

  • @Interitus1
    @Interitus1 Рік тому +8

    It always frustrates me how Pakistan and Saudi Arabia were clearly more involved than Afghanistan, but received minimal punishment for their roles

    • @Zia00seVen
      @Zia00seVen Рік тому

      Wtf u want from a nation struggling since it was born? While America propagandized the 9-11 attack to justify their greed for natural resources and geographical advantage/ strong hold Pakistan was simply surviving they had no other option and FYI if Pakistan went down in a similar way the war would be far more bloody due to their nuclear power as they would rather go out in glory then be slaves, even though the governments are corrupt but the people and the army knows their nation is needed for their survival even if the army has its own greedy reasons. I have lived in Pakistan for a few years the people are tough as nails and America couldn’t handle Taliban who had literally no modern weapons to fight against the American modern fully equipped and backed army so now you tell me how a so called Pakistan punishment would go? And FYI even though not all Islamic states like Saudi Arabia it’s religious roots make it an extremely sacred place and trying anything against them would just end up in world war 3 of sorts as even if not for the Royals, Muslim states would band together to protect the holly sights and would never let Saudi Arabia fall so yea you are either really dumb or just an ignorant person with all due respect Pakistan has helped America on so many occasions working literally as the American sword fighting against terrorism and suffering from it way more then any other nation. Even though like many other nations they have their good bad and ugly but the people are a treat and really exceptional in their hospitality they have a lot of work to do especially in themselves but I pray that this great nation will stand on its feet one day.

    • @reginaldcopperbottom1738
      @reginaldcopperbottom1738 Рік тому

      Idk about Saudi but mostly the reason why Pakistan didn't get punishment for their roles is because of India vs Pakistan history.I can explain more if you need

    • @user-fw5gp2me9b
      @user-fw5gp2me9b 11 місяців тому

      as a pakistani skill issue wat u gonna do bout it? also america and russia ruined afghanistan more.

  • @MrZiglvleit
    @MrZiglvleit 2 роки тому +1169

    Your way of explaining with graphics, the background info you give and your clear English with a calm voice make it for a non-English speaker easy to understand. Thanks so much, Super!

    • @ObeySilence
      @ObeySilence 2 роки тому

      check this out if you want a Red Pill on Afghanistans history ua-cam.com/video/wEWrjc4DXqE/v-deo.html

    • @zes3813
      @zes3813 2 роки тому

      wrgg

    • @MrZiglvleit
      @MrZiglvleit 2 роки тому

      @@zes3813 wrgg?

    • @brendameistar
      @brendameistar Рік тому

      nazi loving scum

    • @sergeant_salty
      @sergeant_salty Рік тому +4

      🇷🇺

  • @davebowman9000
    @davebowman9000 4 роки тому +301

    "Only a single unfortunate Taliban soldier has been left as guard" Bad Luck Ahmed

    • @user-ye2xc9ip3d
      @user-ye2xc9ip3d 4 роки тому

      Lmao

    • @adelraad891
      @adelraad891 4 роки тому +1

      What about now 2020 James lol

    • @arsarma1808
      @arsarma1808 4 роки тому +1

      I figure that they figured the best they could do is keep any civilians from stealing their stuff, but if an army showed up it was a lost cause anyway.

    • @redornament3248
      @redornament3248 4 роки тому +3

      I guess he surrendered considering the circumstances

    • @joynermaidana7058
      @joynermaidana7058 4 роки тому

      “Awwwwee”
      - Ahmed, 2001

  • @Geojr815
    @Geojr815 2 роки тому +3

    I just still can’t believe we left all our weapons and equipment to those savages. Who are now actually officially in charge of the nation.

    • @HashiramaSenyu
      @HashiramaSenyu 2 роки тому

      When you look at the doings of US army u will understand who the demonic savages are

    • @Geojr815
      @Geojr815 2 роки тому +1

      @@HashiramaSenyu Give me a break. US went to extreme measures to keep civilians safe while taking out insurgents. The same insurgents who have been terrorizing their own people in the name of their twisted and primitive beliefs. What examples of “demonic behavior” can you give about the US army/military?

    • @HashiramaSenyu
      @HashiramaSenyu 2 роки тому

      @@Geojr815 why is Julian assange in prison?

    • @Geojr815
      @Geojr815 2 роки тому +2

      Idc dude I’m not going to research these things just to prove to you American military is not evil that’s just a ridiculous accusation. They are for the most part good-hearted brave soldiers who deserve all the respect in the world for putting their lives on the line fighting these maniacs. They don’t storm into villages rape women and enslave the people. Again, the US military will always take extreme action to prevent innocent lives getting caught in crossfire. And then help the community rebuild their infrastructure and government.

    • @HashiramaSenyu
      @HashiramaSenyu 2 роки тому

      @@Geojr815 a soldier can be as kindhearted as he wants but he has to follow the orders. That's what he/she has signed up for. And the orders come from the top echelons of the empire of s a t a n. American presidents are clowns elected by your real masters and the sad affair is you don't know your true masters. 😏

  • @saulstudios
    @saulstudios Рік тому +7

    Amazing you didn’t mentioned any civilian deaths due to American military operations

  • @johnl.7754
    @johnl.7754 4 роки тому +122

    “The enemy of my enemy is my friend” is why Afghan is a mess.

    • @EasyTricksJawidahmadzai
      @EasyTricksJawidahmadzai 4 роки тому +9

      Afghans are heros

    • @wavyy
      @wavyy 4 роки тому +5

      @I'm not flat, stop asking the US support was substantial and improtant tho, they supported the most dangerous militias

    • @FDNY101202
      @FDNY101202 4 роки тому +3

      @GG Allin what bit us in the ass was abandoning them immediately after the russians left and allowing the vaccum.

    • @FDNY101202
      @FDNY101202 4 роки тому +1

      @The Anteater you have a source? According to the vid Pakistan ❤ Taliban.

    • @rayzas4885
      @rayzas4885 4 роки тому

      Afghanistan is a mess because of its ethnic tensions, religious extremism, and the over all shitty geography that doesn’t lend well to great infrastructure

  • @TheDefectiveThobe
    @TheDefectiveThobe 4 роки тому +240

    In the end, Usama achieved his ultimate goal: to drag America into a long and inconclusive war that has now been going on for 19 years with no progress

    • @georgekostaras
      @georgekostaras 4 роки тому +26

      SamTheSwift Gg it’s so depressing when you think about it.

    • @pariahstat2683
      @pariahstat2683 4 роки тому +29

      It would've been over if troops were allowed to enter Pakistan and finish the job

    • @scottculliver228
      @scottculliver228 4 роки тому +19

      Imagine administrations letting the military run things as it should have been I.e poppy eradication and raids into Quetta Pakistan. This would have been over fast

    • @MrCytree
      @MrCytree 4 роки тому +42

      It surely was a great plan. All it took was 80,000 or so dead taliban/al qaeda fighters, 30,000 dead Afghani citizens, and 70,000 dead Afghani soldiers. That isn't even counting the hundreds of thousands of wounded arabs and muslims in addition to countless more killed and wounded as collateral damage and the utter destruction of dozens of cities and towns in other arab countries as the conflict spread.
      I don't care what side of the conflict you think is in the right. No matter what you think of what happened there is one certainty; if bin laden actually intended to kill about 5,000 Americans for the above-mentioned cost then he is either a complete moron or he wanted the islamic world to suffer immeasurable harm so that he could cause comparatively negligent harm to the west.

    • @MrCytree
      @MrCytree 4 роки тому +24

      @The Anteater uhhmm sure, ok champ. You roll with whatever strikes your fancy.

  • @15bball5
    @15bball5 2 роки тому +1

    “NO. History begins today” is a good ass quote

  • @asahurst4797
    @asahurst4797 2 роки тому +1

    Chapman is a bad ass forsure. Giving up his life to save his squad mates is the definition of courage

  • @ST-hn6eh
    @ST-hn6eh 4 роки тому +182

    bruh every day in parts of the middle east is 9/11

    • @hamzasaifranjha4859
      @hamzasaifranjha4859 3 роки тому +9

      That hit hard

    • @indafield1173
      @indafield1173 3 роки тому +28

      911 was done by Bush anyway it was inside job as an excuse to invade Afghanistan and Iraq and cause conflict and civil war while stealing valuable resources and heroin blood money is one of the most profitable for war CIA are working with afghan warlords and drug lords in the opium trade

    • @gseth671
      @gseth671 3 роки тому +7

      Indafield “911 was done by bush.” That’s a weird way of saying mossad

    • @meltup3668
      @meltup3668 3 роки тому +18

      As a Middle-Easterner, I feel the Americans are being over-dramatic about 9/11. I get that it's a tragedy, but, come on, it's just two towers. If you combine all the bricks of all the destroyed buildings in the Middle East (or the US occupation of Iraq alone), you'd have enough bricks to build more than 10 World Trade Centres.

    • @b0leg23
      @b0leg23 3 роки тому +3

      @Rajeev Vij 9/11 conspiracies make sense, given that fake reasons were used for the invasion of Iraq. You can take the easy step and just say "lol u beliv erth flat lol" too, your choice.

  • @olbradley
    @olbradley 4 роки тому +118

    I already watched this on the Armchair historian website but i'm watching the full thing again so that it can get recommended.

    • @thaeldir8923
      @thaeldir8923 4 роки тому +1

      Never gonna happen with a video like this, UA-cam won't allow it.

    • @RyBrown
      @RyBrown 4 роки тому +3

      Thaeldir It was recommended to me?

    • @thaeldir8923
      @thaeldir8923 4 роки тому

      @@RyBrown thats happens based on what you watch, but this will
      N E V E R get on trending

    • @Ronnie-Jones
      @Ronnie-Jones 4 роки тому +1

      @@thaeldir8923 This video presents no threat to the owners of theirtube because it follows the official narrative. Now if you want to see a historical video that's a threat to our overlords you'll have to watch the most forbidden documentary ever published and pulled down from theirtube countless times since its 2017 release: "Europa The Last Battle". Watch the full 10-part series at archive-dot-org while you still can!

    • @matts5247
      @matts5247 4 роки тому

      henrey well it worked

  • @lexplays5816
    @lexplays5816 Рік тому

    the animation is so good

  • @RonBurgandy
    @RonBurgandy Рік тому +3

    So you’re telling me 13 Saudi Arabians hi-jacked the planes therefore the Americans invaded Afghanistan ? Idk man, this doesn’t add up

    • @jadendrysdale8864
      @jadendrysdale8864 Рік тому +1

      The Saudi Arabians were from bin Ladins army who had a safe haven in Afghanistan

  • @michaelhowell2326
    @michaelhowell2326 4 роки тому +157

    The lone Taliban guard was my favorite

    • @zoombini1831
      @zoombini1831 4 роки тому +1

      michael howell *was he now*

    • @michaelhowell2326
      @michaelhowell2326 4 роки тому +11

      @@zoombini1831 yeah, it was. Poor lil fella got spooked by the Army.

    • @benedictodunsky2790
      @benedictodunsky2790 4 роки тому +3

      " aww man, can you guys just lemme smoke for a while, joining Taliban is harsh you know "

    • @AHSANALI-tb3hs
      @AHSANALI-tb3hs 4 роки тому

      His mates fooled him and left him all alone.

  • @Viper555
    @Viper555 4 роки тому +168

    This makes me feel old that this is on armchair historian, then I remember that this was 20 years ago 😦

    • @fionafiona1146
      @fionafiona1146 4 роки тому +3

      I was in daycare then, when will I be old?

    • @bosbanon3452
      @bosbanon3452 4 роки тому

      I still 4 years old

    • @FlexBeanbag
      @FlexBeanbag 4 роки тому

      @@fionafiona1146 ua-cam.com/video/Bmc9NFfhx74/v-deo.html

    • @FlexBeanbag
      @FlexBeanbag 4 роки тому

      @@fionafiona1146 23ish? I'd say you're old in 7 years

    • @emmanueldedovets5960
      @emmanueldedovets5960 4 роки тому

      Let's not exaggerate... it was 19 years ago... next year when it becomes 20 then you will be old.

  • @prince_bharath1595
    @prince_bharath1595 2 роки тому +3

    Isn't that Hippocrasy when American news yelling at Russia for war crimes?

  • @alexdeghost2729
    @alexdeghost2729 Рік тому

    Pretty awesome that Modern Warfare 2019 more or less had a simplified version of this war in it’s Campaign.

  • @someguy6369
    @someguy6369 4 роки тому +129

    Let's see if this will stay monetized.

  • @colejames423
    @colejames423 4 роки тому +140

    12:21 - Anybody else get violent Star Wars Battlefront I flashbacks. Got damn

    • @TheArmchairHistorian
      @TheArmchairHistorian  4 роки тому +73

      That was one of my favorite games as a kid, I literally ripped the sound effect from that game for the transition.

    • @mohamadashkar3201
      @mohamadashkar3201 4 роки тому +3

      Attention Sargent on deck geetsly

    • @nicholasonufrak
      @nicholasonufrak 4 роки тому +11

      @@TheArmchairHistorian When it came up, I paused your video instantly to comment this. Good form, sir.

    • @Gustavo_Agosto
      @Gustavo_Agosto 4 роки тому

      God that map zooming was amazing, good old times

    • @danebelling9526
      @danebelling9526 4 роки тому +4

      Damn! As soon as I heard that sound I went to the comments to see if someone else had pointed it out. Just the sound gives me flashbacks to sitting in the middle of the living room playing through the campaign over and over again.

  • @kkkkkk1497
    @kkkkkk1497 2 роки тому +2

    MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

  • @rudysconstruction
    @rudysconstruction Рік тому

    I appreciate the animated Toyota hilux’s, love your work brother!