The Middle East's cold war, explained
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- Опубліковано 16 лип 2017
- How two feuding countries are tearing apart the Middle East.
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The Saudis and Iranians have never actually declared war on each other. Instead, they fight indirectly by supporting opposing sides in other countries and inciting conflicts. This is known as proxy warfare.
And it’s had a devastating effect on the region. Countries, especially poor ones, can’t function if there are larger countries pulling strings within their borders.
And that’s exactly what's happening in the Middle East. The Saudi-Iranian rivalry has become a fight over influence, and the whole region is a battlefield.
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USA: Hey, want some help.
When it's a boundary conflict : It's UK behind it
as a middle eastern, i can comfirn its not so cold here...
6 years later this episode deserves a part 2
bro when any war starts either the US, Britain, Russia or France always has something to do with it
I see the UK taught the US well
Iraq : i found oil
A complex yet somehow straight forward summary. It would be appreciated if you came out with an updated version of this conflict. Thank you!
Usa :
USA is like that one friend who joins the game completely uninvited
I am Shia muslim and best friends are Suni muslims. We accept each other and respect each other.
Summarizing everything that happens in the world, not just in the Middle East, with one word: America
Didn't the US support Saddam Hussein in his attack on Iran? Why leave that detail out?
Country: *Has oil *
All the love from Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 to Iran 🇮🇷
هذا التقرير ناقص وكاذب ويهمل عن عمد أشياء كثيرة جدا منها تدخل الغرب وأمريكا في شؤون المنطقة ودفعها الدائم عن إبنتها اسرائيل المولود الغير الشرعي الذي تم زراعته في الشرق الأوسط لتقسيم العرب أمريكا هي من دعمت ثورة الخميني ضدا الشاه الذي كان بالمناسبة من أصل كردي سني لزرع الفتن والشقاق والحروب في كامل منطقة الشرق الأوسط من يضن أن أمريكا وإيران أعداء فهو واهم الحقيقة هي أنهم حلفاء في الخفاء وتحت الطاولة هناك تعاون كبير جدا بينهم الشيء الذي لا يعلمه أغلب الناس أنه توجد علاقات وطيدة بين الفرس واليهود تعود الى أيام قورش ملك فارس ولا تزال حتى يوم هذا هذا الوثائقي ناقص وسطحي للغاية
My father was killed ..
"Two countries always seem to be involved. Saudi Arabia and Iran."
This video dramatically underplays the conflict between Sunni and Shia, its importance in regional disputes, and the violence entangled in that conflict. It also largely ignores the brutal and authoritarian nature of the governments that are Saudi Arabia and Iran, as well as many of the other countries in the region, and how this played a role in the power politics of the middle east. Overall if you knew nothing about the middle east and then watched this video, you would walk away understanding the region less.
Lebanon is also a failing state, over the recent years the country has been plagued with corruption and poverty. Especially in 2019- early 2021, there are a lot of protests, and the explosion didn’t help with that either, causing its main economic source, off shore imports to be cut off. I would know this, since I a, Lebanese.