Is Iran losing Its Grip on Iraq?

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Last month, Iraq's Prime Minister visited the White House in hopes of strengthening relations. This didn't go down too well with Iran who attacked a US base in Iraq shortly after. In this video, we take a look at the Iraq-Iran relationship, and how the war in Gaza complicated Iraq's relationship with the US.
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00:00 - Introduction
01:24 - How Iran Took Over Iraq
03:59 - Iran's Waning Influence
05:50 - Influence of the Gaza War
08:16 - Sponsored Content

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@joeyjojojrshabadoo7462 22 дня назад

Taking out Iran's greatest regional rival was a real big brain 5D chess move by Bush.

@guvjdufici 22 дня назад

Iraq could never match up to Iran , Saudi Arabia/Turkey are the only countries in the middle East capable of standing up to Iran

@Talisguy 22 дня назад

It's an infinityD chess move - so brilliant it loops back on itself and becomes very stupid.

@MM-dm4xj 22 дня назад

@@guvjduficiid say only turkey, saudis cant match iran

@rnd.0m458 22 дня назад

@@guvjdufici The Iran-iraq war would have gone to white peace or even marginal iraqi gains if Iran weren't being backed by Israel and the United States. Iraq used to be a key regional power.

@m7medkareem982 22 дня назад

@@guvjduficinot true at all, Iraq was stronger than the entire gulf countries combined not only it had the best economy in the region at the time but just at the end of the bloody Iraq-Iran war Saddam started his invasion of the gulf countries to monopolize oil production in the region. The only reason Iraq is at its current state is because of the actions of Saddam and the pressure the US put on its economy and ending up invading the country anyway.

@tomasvrabec1845 22 дня назад

Persia wants to control Mesopotamia. AHH some things never change ...

@MM-dm4xj 22 дня назад

*Iran

@1996Horst 22 дня назад

@MM-dm4xj the successor wants the same as the predecessor

@MM-dm4xj 22 дня назад

@@1996Horst No, you dont understand. There is a western misconception that this land was once named Persia which it wasnt. Persia is the western name of this land, not the original one. The correct term is therefore Iran.

@BOZ_11 22 дня назад

USA*

@1996Horst 22 дня назад

@MM-dm4xj not quite. Iran is far younger than the name Persia. Persia is the Greek nerm for the Achamid empire (also known as Persian empire) which was known for its ever westward expansion. It was replaced by the Selucids which many know from their wars against the Romans. I was reffering to that Persian empire. And no even back then there was no region of "Iran", but a rather famous city named "Persepolis" birthplace of the empire. Ofc this is super compressed and oversimplified and you are correct that the british introduced the name "Persia" back to the world for that region, which at that time was a misnomer same as now. So yea you are correct but also not correct in this context.

@BasharTheOne 22 дня назад

As an Iraqi, we are doomed.

@shahimkoog 22 дня назад

لا

@H8Ah5 22 дня назад

The reason of the Shiites is that Iraq is a Sunni state 80 /100

@cgt3704 22 дня назад

You are over 20 years too late mate

@vain2521 22 дня назад

Bro have faith in our country, existing as a group since the dawn of time. Don't forget what Tishreen gave us.

@rami8896 21 день назад

@@H8Ah5 Which is why they need to properly secularize. Otherwise, they will fight each other forever until one sect remains.

@LibertepourlesIranienset-kh3ur 22 дня назад

As an Iranian, I am in favour to see an Iranian government that pays attention to the constant economic crisis at home, but duh, the current Islamic Republic wants to continue funding proxies to suppress dissidents and for global wars.

@prfwrx2497 22 дня назад

Iran could make serious bank selling arms to Europe and Ukraine, too. Iran makes I-HAWK missiles, TOW missiles, artillery shells, even theater ballistic missiles. Simply put, the products in demand by Ukraine and her allies are much more diverse than what Russia is buying. Of course that'd require a policy shift in the government of Iran. Considering how Russia won't be able to threaten the Caspian at this rate, I think it's time.

@houseplant1016 22 дня назад

I am also anti-theocracy, but most Iranians that are also anti-theocracy are pro-shash, which is more cringe tbh. Atleast this dictator is spending money on the Iranian arms industry m, the shash spent money on ice parties in the desert while the Iranians starved

@Zhtrik 22 дня назад

⁠@@houseplant1016They’re probably only Pro-Shah because they remember a time when things were…tolerable in Iran. You look at old photos for pre and post revolution Iran, it’s night and day. Plus, it probably also gets under the ruling regime’s skin a bit.

@LibertepourlesIranienset-kh3ur 22 дня назад

@@houseplant1016 We don't need that arm industry. That arm industry doesn't generate money for the people. Most Iranians are poor while the regime's religious clergy is rich and living with luxurious Volkswagen or Ferrari cars.

@duovigintillongaming3779 22 дня назад

What are you talking about. Iran was a rich oil state when the Iranian revolution happened. Iranians had a higher standard of living back then than now@@houseplant1016

@missingmochigumanofficial 22 дня назад

"Now, we all know the reason why America got involved _in Iraq_ . But in case you've been living under _a rock_ -" No idea if that rhyme was intentional lol.

@mrbuttocks6772 22 дня назад

It probably was lol

@Ar1AnX1x 22 дня назад

we're witnessing the birth of a new eminem, bro spitting geopolitical bars

@TheAmericanPrometheus 22 дня назад

I read this comment just as that part of video was playing. Kek

@ProudMesopotamianGirl 22 дня назад

I'm just grateful he doesn't say EYE-RACK at least.

@batprime1177 22 дня назад

They have I raqy relationship

@salamyaya162 20 дней назад

We don't want either sides.

@shahimkoog 20 дней назад

We just want neutrality

@fahoodie1852 20 дней назад

You guys have been through enough, I hope things get better for you guys and I hope to see Iraq get back on its feet From Kuwait 🇰🇼❤️🇮🇶

@salamyaya162 20 дней назад

@@fahoodie1852 Thank you very much for your kind words 💖

@persianfire6139 22 дня назад

Before 2003 Iraq was closed off to Iran with 98% certainty, Iraqi security was still strong and militarily could still hold its own. When US announced it was going to remove the Iraqi regime people in Iran couldn't believe it, too good to be true. First thing Iran did was send in operatives and by late 2003 was rearranging the sectarian (shia to sunni) demographics of Baghdad by enabling and smuggling in weapons, cash, and supplies as well as inflitrate Iraqi shia militias that Iran had been grooming for over two decades at that point. In this endeavaour Iran also aimed at eliminating former air force pilots of the Iraqi air force and succeded in killing over a 100 retired. To say the Americans in actuality fought for Iran is an understatement. Interestingly there is still a strain of Iraqi arab nationalism (Baathism) in Iraq and is a bit on the resurgence but these are being fought at any opportunity by the Iraqi shia militias loyal to Iran. There is also a growing liberal democratic stream, these too are opposed by the aforementioned.

@azahel542 22 дня назад

Oh I've seen this one before, it's a classic!

@marklower3772 22 дня назад

Iraq is well-positioned to be a buffer between Iranian, Gulf States, and (future?) Turkish influences. I hope they're able to continue stabilizing and strengthen their political independence.

@ZachLDB 22 дня назад

This video mentioned the Iraq/American talks. But failed to mention the Iraqi president ended it with a demand for all Americans to leave the country months ago. America has been dragging their feet on withdrawal and failed to meet the deadline set. That’s kinda big to leave out

@aceproductions5734 22 дня назад

This news channel seems to have a pro-us bias. They also left out how when the us invaded for the "war on terror" no nuclear weapons were even discovered meaning the war and invasion was pointless. Almost as if the US had another motive for the invasion hmmmmm

@vain2521 22 дня назад

From an Iraqi's perspective, I would prefer the Iraqi government say that but not actually do anything. Shia militants are tarnishing the the name of Shi'ism and are also actively trying to seize more islamic power. Sudani probably said that and then backtracked as the American military is a counter-weight to several of the militant groups.

@souvikrc4499 22 дня назад

@@vain2521 exactly it’s all political grandstanding at the end of the day

@DSan-kl2yc 21 день назад

That's because there is no deadline. The president didn't demand that they leave.

@adamelghalmi9771 21 день назад

@@DSan-kl2yc he did?

@cgt3704 22 дня назад

"Neither the Iraqi Government, nor its population wants to be part in the US-Iranian confrontation" Too bad thats not how global conflict works

@Tabrizshahr 22 дня назад

Then why irak attacked Iran They who started it and expect not to face the consequences

@nusantaramapper7580 22 дня назад

@@TabrizshahrFr, Palestine and Hamas should know that too.

@Tabrizshahr 22 дня назад

@@nusantaramapper7580 duh bro sometimes someone starts wars think and they world.t know how to get out from wat they risking

@user-lu8pz8lt8h 22 дня назад

Similar to Ukraine

@aikslf 22 дня назад

@@nusantaramapper7580 Right, because the IDF didn't launch sporadic raids against Hamas and Harrass Palestinian civilians. That never happened. The only thing that ever happened is always the part where the "poor innocent defenseless righteous jews" were attacked and victimized.

@luishernandezblonde 22 дня назад

I think people forget that racial conflict, which tends to be neglected when talking about Middle East, has to be emphasised here. Iran is a Persian nation using an Indo-European language but forced to write in an Arabic script; whereas Iraq is a clear Arab-speaking nations with minorities like Kurds, Armenians, Turks and Assyrians. Arabs have a long history of anti-Iranian sentiment and Islamic unity appeals little for them.

@philipbranco9568 22 дня назад

Also, don't forget the religious point as well. Iran is overwhelmingly Shia, while Iraq is 50-50 Shia/Sunni among its Muslim population, and relations between the Shia and Sunni communities are not exactly harmonious. Think Bahrain and Syria, which both have large religious minorities.

@murtadha96 22 дня назад

That’s a shallow and incorrect (dare I say ignoramus) take. It bears little resemblance to reality.

@luishernandezblonde 22 дня назад

@@murtadha96 Then why did the Iran-Iraq War of 1980 break out? Even long before the situation like now, the population in modern Iraq often sided with the Sunni Ottomans fighting against the Persians.

@user-op8fg3ny3j 22 дня назад

@@philipbranco9568only between the leaders. Everyday Sunnis and Shias don't actually care about the rivalry

@puraLusa 22 дня назад

@@luishernandezblondethe war was theocracy vs pan arab secularism (baath), it was more an ideological one (pov of rulling class) than a religious one. Only much much latter did sadam adopt the sunni religious identity to keep himself in power.

@kurlzzfjartson6424 22 дня назад

atleast its nice too hear iraq is trying to push back some of irans influence

@HopeTeamYT 22 дня назад

remember when they voted to kick out american troops and the americans refused

@drjordan5706 22 дня назад

@@HopeTeamYT How is that relevant? America didn't tell Iran to harass Iraq

@HopeTeamYT 22 дня назад

@@drjordan5706 America helped a staunchly anti iranian get to power, then iraq lost a war to iran and had a Kurdish uprising, then America invaded their former ally and turned them Into a shit hole, then iran gained influence in iraq, then America returned to fight isis(whod be a lot weaker if America didn’t invade), then America refused to leave when iraq said to Ameroca has done worse to iraq than iran has

@drjordan5706 22 дня назад

@@HopeTeamYT I'm not arguing this, Bush was for sure the worst 5d chess player in the history of mankind but now Iraq is trying to protect itself from a closer enemy. The US has done their shit but now they have to care about someone else

@souvikrc4499 22 дня назад

@@HopeTeamYT are you forgetting the sectarian violence that Shia militants also committed

@LizardSpork 22 дня назад

America always looks best when it's at a distance but not too far...

@frankleespeaking9519 22 дня назад

Nice

@Booz2020 22 дня назад

Never Say NEVER 😎 Justin Bieber

@AL-lh2ht 22 дня назад

yet no blame for iran funding every terrorist group in the middle east. and most of US allys in the middle east are prosperies including some of the richest nations on earth per capita.

@jujirer 20 дней назад

@@AL-lh2ht brother is forgetting how US supports revolutions and tërrorist groups like the Mujahēdeens.

@vladavram9209 22 дня назад

Well I'll be damned. I was looking forward to a tldr video to drink my coffee with, and i clicked on this one 4 seconds after it was posted. Hello everyone!

@timbren7874 22 дня назад

Hello back!

@Alexrocksdude_ 22 дня назад

I really appreciate this format, you guys do a great job reporting :)

@angadgsingh 14 дней назад

As journalists you should mention that there was no Chemical Weapons when reminding the world why the US overthrew Sadam. That’s just an irresponsible way of revising history

@bloodfiredrake7259 22 дня назад

Short answer: No Long answer:Nooooooo

@nolga3569 22 дня назад

if anything their influence increased in Iraq. they control the southern part of the country. The north is a war zone.

@robertortiz-wilson1588 15 дней назад

Good summary analysis.

@kimothefungenuis 22 дня назад

2:02 It's funny how delusional these people were

@supersir3285 22 дня назад

I can't forgive them. I'm living in an everyday nightmare because of their irrational movements (I live in Iraq). It's something to blame the US on because they should've thought about how much Suddam had brainwashed Iraqis before they conquered Iraq. They should've been more careful and should've taken more cautious actions. Iraqis are living in a dilemma. They don't like it, But they also don't mind it. They want to become a superpower themselves. but they can't even solve internal conflicts within the population itself.

@artman12 22 дня назад

It’s funny you think they *were* delusional when the American/European news networks continue to spew the same lies to their populations.

@artman12 22 дня назад

It’s funny how you think these people **were** delusional when the American/European media continue to say the same things to justify conflicts in other parts of the world.

@artman12 22 дня назад

It’s not just in the past but the American news networks continue to justify conflicts to this day with specific buzzwords.

@samuela-aegisdottir 22 дня назад

It was naive. But it was probably based on the fact that it worked in Germany and Japan. USA defeated their dictators in a bloody war and afterwards, Germany and Japan both became prosperous democracies and American allies. But the context was different. Germany and Japan were the agressors in that war. Building a functioning democracy is not that easy as it looks like, especially not when bulding from outside and as an agressor. There has to be enourmous collaboration of the local people on all levels of the society to built it and democracy must become the leading ideology of the people. There are many ingredients that are not easy to control or even to know. Especially for an outsider. I am not saying that USA had the right to invade Iraq to build democracy there, I am just saying that their naive confidence was not baseless. But they overrated the role they had in the Germany's and Japan's cases and underestimated the work of German and Japanesse people, their culture, history, identity, sorroundings, the states of the societies and the general context of the situation.

@mah29001 22 дня назад

Much of the media want to ignore the Islamic State got started by many "former" Iraqi Baathists. I sense they could return if Iran and even America are unable to resolve Iraq's stability issues (or even Russia).

@nolga3569 22 дня назад

America says jump and the uk says how high.

@unconventionalideas5683 22 дня назад

They seem to be more interested in attacking Russia and its allies. They assassinated some of the leadership in Hamas after October 7th, for example.

@luishernandezblonde 21 день назад

Baath party, the old dude.

@salamyaya162 20 дней назад

No. ISIS was originally established in 1999 Afghanistan.

@KonradAdenauerJr 22 дня назад

Another factor that has played a role in the divergencies between Iran and Iraq has been the Iraqis' memories of the Iran-Iraq war, which resulted in huge casualties on both sides. Religion also plays a role. The Shi'a Muslim majority of Iraq has little in common with the Shi'a majority of Iran, belonging to different schools of thought. Iraqi Shi'a generally don't want ayatollahs (especially Iranian ones) governing them.

@thewingedhussar4188 21 день назад

So thusly, the longer the balance act goes. The longer it goes, the more it benefits the US and Iraq.

@salamyaya162 20 дней назад

True.

@ezey2746 22 дня назад

iran is absolutely not losing grip on iraq XD. as an iranian i can tell you its even stronger than before. where the hell did u get your source for this video?

@Envy-ie2wp 22 дня назад

filithy goverment your country has.

@angelcabeza6464 22 дня назад

Typical Iranian only cares about funding proxies not feeding your starving people

@Envy-ie2wp 22 дня назад

@@Houthiandtheblowfish whats wrong with that, i'd rather have america as an ally than Iran who's sanctioned by like the whole world, you dont only side with a country for political views but for benefits.

@Neutralizer520 22 дня назад

@@Envy-ie2wpthis are the wealthy minority nobody likes the US in the Middle East and ideologically they are isolate look at the war in Gaza as an example or who recognizes Palestine

@Envy-ie2wp 22 дня назад

@@Neutralizer520 hmm yeah i agree with you unfortunately its like that.

@RuffinItAB 22 дня назад

What's going on with the thumbnail? Looks like you guys labeled Iraq as Iran

@ChinnuWoW 22 дня назад

I think it’s meant to show that Iran’s influence is in Iraq.

@michaelstone5298 22 дня назад

Well I hope Iraq does a certain more autonomy at least, after all, thr south Iraqes, are the descendants of the ancient Sumerians. Rich history and to much influence could create problems with whatever new government emerges in Iran when the theocracy does eventually fall, (admittedly that could be decades away but maybe not)

@Brown95P 22 дня назад

Iraq definitely deserves political autonomy and the right to be a neutral country amongst all the conflict surrounding it; I just hope they left their expansionist ideas in 1990 where they rightfully belong.

@AL-lh2ht 22 дня назад

ah yes neutrality when their neighbors literally want to annex them.

@Brown95P 22 дня назад

@@AL-lh2ht Well yeah, that's kind of the problem isn't it.

@hashimalsmael3396 22 дня назад

"expansionist ideas" you mean their rightfully stolen land ?

@Chronoir3 22 дня назад

Think the much more better "Title" to get more views is : *Will Iran invade Iraq?* That sure get more view for yall! LMAO!

@user-tn3il9bp5u 22 дня назад

LOL

@supersir3285 22 дня назад

We're already invaded by their ideology mate.

@IK_MK 22 дня назад

Quick answer: no not yet

@crowguy4350 22 дня назад

as an Iraqi I believe they already lost so much of it.

@crowguy4350 22 дня назад

it all ganna be over by the next election ( next year )

@IK_MK 21 день назад

@@crowguy4350 @crowguy4350 have they completely lost it? If not... My answer stands does it not?

@crowguy4350 21 день назад

@@IK_MK yeah.. still it'll be over by the 2025 election.

@salamyaya162 20 дней назад

@@IK_MK They lost a lot.

@marklandwehr7604 22 дня назад

When america disbanded the IRAQ police that was the day america gave IRAQ to Iran

@souvikrc4499 22 дня назад

Disbanding the Iraqi army and police was one of the worst decisions made during 2003

@marklandwehr7604 22 дня назад

@@souvikrc4499 but it was Exactly what bush wanted because it made rebuilding IRAQ pointless

@Beyonder1987 15 дней назад

@@souvikrc4499Iraqi police and army were certainly not loyal to America and helped saddam fedayeen. I matter how you look at it, America has no true allies

@diomuda7903 22 дня назад

The way how Iraq border was designed already made the destruction of Iraq too easy. Turkey in the north, Iran in the east, KSA in the south. Losing many significant waterways to Turkey, economically lured by Iran, ethnically divided, and religiously manipulated by both Iran and Saudi. You cannot think of which country with such a horrible boundary like Iraq.

@nolga3569 22 дня назад

the idiots in Britain and Russia carved borders that made 0 sense. I mean the afghan border splits a tribes land, the same people half are afghan and the other half are packi.

@bazah23 22 дня назад

What you suggest then

@diomuda7903 22 дня назад

@@bazah23 You have to ask Britain for that.

@samuela-aegisdottir 22 дня назад

I can think of one. Poland.

@diomuda7903 22 дня назад

@@samuela-aegisdottir Poland's past geography did enable the country to become a power, but also miserable enough to turn it into a colony. However, post-WWII border has been far more blessing for Poland when it has more coastal connection in the sea and access to the western borderland that was previously under German control. Iraq has none of this luck however.

@zugabdu1 22 дня назад

"In case you've been living under A ROCK." I see what you did there!

@squirepraggerstope3591 21 день назад

"Neither the Iraqi Government, nor its population wants to be part in the US-Iranian confrontation" FEW people or governments anywhere are generally too keen on involuntarily hosting 3rd party states wars. What of it? Unless the country concerned can defend itself, it's never stopped this happening in any case.

@yoma2k279 20 дней назад

“But in case you were living under a rock” Brilliant!

@cap10newport95 22 дня назад

I didn't know that as I've been living under I-raq

@supersir3285 22 дня назад

Bro lives under a rock in Iraq

@StarterOffical-Jousha-lf6ig 22 дня назад

Tldr asks Is Iran is losing it grip on Iraq but Tldr forgets how is Saddam doing

@dextrovix3057 22 дня назад

If I can work through your pigeon English, I think you'll find Saddam Hussein was hanged in 2006. Their current leader may resemble Saddam, but that's not him. Obviously if you were trying to be funny instead, then that hasn't worked.

@StarterOffical-Jousha-lf6ig 22 дня назад

@@dextrovix3057 I know he isn't Saddam. But he kinda looked like him

@Jonathanizer 22 дня назад

@@StarterOffical-Jousha-lf6ig they look nothing alike, aside from looking vaguely Arab.

@domenico_ginny6164 22 дня назад

Hi, American here tbh most of the people here aren’t sure what was going on in the Middle East. On behalf of all Americans who can’t tell the difference between these countries I’m sorry. We aren’t bad people, in fact whenever we get in a military conflict it’s either in the name of freedom or spun that way. Our hearts are in the right place. When we hear about dictatorships being overthrown we congratulate them whole heartedly. Our government uses this as a way to weaponize their citizens in a sence. Or more accurately our politicians, we are increasingly corrupt and the citizens here don’t even know it.

@Jarod-vg9wq 22 дня назад

0:41 the B1 lancer “how many times do we have to tech you this lesion old man?”

@paracelion8926 14 дней назад

1:29 lol! I'm not Iraqi but as a Turkish person i find what you said very amusing. As neighboring country, we can see what's happening in Iraq and how people are becoming hopeless due to imperialist powers. We're aware of where terrorism originates and who creates it, so don't use terrorism as an excuse!

@MrMalmir 22 дня назад

US regime must leave ME and focus on a comprehensive health care instead further adventures

@souvikrc4499 21 день назад

Can Iran do the same?

@MrMalmir 21 день назад

@@souvikrc4499 It's our own hood we have the right to be here

@eyelessclowned 21 день назад

@@souvikrc4499iran literally exists in the ME

@souvikrc4499 21 день назад

@@eyelessclowned still doesn’t make them any less neocolonial - especially when you consider their imperial past

@souvikrc4499 21 день назад

@@MrMalmir the people who protested in October 2019 say otherwise

@CheWangia-zy3gb 22 дня назад

The U.S. Governments ability to make everything worst is surreal.

@MiddleKingdom305 22 дня назад

You must have never heard of the Russian government.

@asscheeks3212 22 дня назад

This and the reply feels like evil twins hating each other but we're forced to choose between the evil twins because one is rich and the other is poor. And I'm here hating both regardless of money

@AL-lh2ht 22 дня назад

dude the gulf states are literaally the richest per capita nations on earth mostly due to the US.

@ValensBellator 20 дней назад

If I were Iraq I’d want some US troops present as long as the US would allow them just to keep playing the two against one another. Seems like both leverage and protection.

@salamyaya162 20 дней назад

Iraqi PM does support US presence and even described American troops as friendly forces and invited more American companies to invest in Iraq.

@DemocraciesinData 22 дня назад

In case you've been living under "Iraq" lmfao

@scottyeater 4 дня назад

Things are getting wild these days

@bareamin2017 22 дня назад

The situation in Iraq is a blow back from the unfair war by America led war at Iraq

@ThatBasedGuy 22 дня назад

What unfair war? You mean the war that took out dictator Saddam Hussein with minimal casualties? who is responsible for the deaths of 800,000 Iraqis and decades of tyrannical rule?

@shahimkoog 22 дня назад

If Iraq were a game, it would be a bad game because every choice would lead to the player losing

@methinc.5294 22 дня назад

iraq would be a rage game so what would israel be?

@shahimkoog 22 дня назад

@@methinc.5294 Any choice will make everyone mad at you

@justasydefix6251 22 дня назад

Iraq favors Iran more than USA any day by majority. How does that sound for you? Why do you always miss the most important points? This means they are not necessarily decoupling but taking measures to not be involved in the crossfire but still want to have iranian support side to suppress pro usa movememts.

@AL-lh2ht 22 дня назад

source: I made it up

@salamyaya162 20 дней назад

No, most Iraqis dislike Iran and even many Iranian backed militias defied Iran and refused to attack the US bases.

@redman1249 14 дней назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Z4yGyRHVaWU.html

@redman1249 14 дней назад

Iranian backed militias are terrorising Sunni Civilians. Iran also killing Sunni civilians in Syria.

@redman1249 14 дней назад

Iraqis don't want be dominated by Persians.

@barrylafleur8526 22 дня назад

Iraq wants America out of its country. The rest is convoluting that fact.

@souvikrc4499 22 дня назад

But which Iraq?

@Comrade_Uraqi 21 день назад

@@souvikrc4499My country, Iraq.

@souvikrc4499 21 день назад

@@Comrade_Uraqi One Iraq (some Shias) want America out, but the other want America to stay? There has to be a balance.

@Comrade_Uraqi 21 день назад

@@souvikrc4499 It really has nothing to do with sectarianism or anything, this is a pigment of outsiders' imagination, we want to have relations with both Iran and the United States but not the type of predatory relations the USA wants, and although Iran has some influence, you can't with a functional brain, compare a regional player like Iran to a global hegemon such as the USA, but we still wanna rid ourselves of that influence minor as it is. You should really forget about these sectarian arguments portrayed in the media, if you want to ask anything, tell me.

@barrylafleur8526 21 день назад

@@souvikrc4499 The one in southern Minnesota.

@thecaribbean8615 22 дня назад

It's the Middle East. Consider ending all potential agreements or strategies with the word "temporary" or "temporarily". Long term stability is not in the vocabulary of the region.

@imtiyaz3447 22 дня назад

imaging saying this after destabilizing so many countries in the region and then blaming them haha

@aaronpaul9188 22 дня назад

Worth mentioning that shia islam isnt all created equally. Iraq is the historic center of shia islam since the middle ages. The version of shia islam practiced by the iranian leadership however dates all thebway back to the mid 20th century. Its new to iran even, and historically deeply disliked in iraq. Hence why very influential shia clerics are are the center of the anti iran movement in iraq. Iran bought influence with money by funding these militias, but there is little ideological or religious support for iran among the iraqi shia community.

@the_farrow9549 22 дня назад

Well as an Iranian I do not like my government at all but I have to give it to them, they managed to take the war to them and for that they are doing a great job

@eyelessclowned 21 день назад

your opinions is just as useless as if you haven't mentioned that you're iranian, like what does that going to change?

@ShadowPhoenixMaximus 22 дня назад

Could you do a video on how Tiktok is influencing opinions in the Middle-East?

@supersir3285 22 дня назад

Don't middle easterns only watch adult content on tiktok??

@Juan-qu4oj 18 дней назад

@@supersir3285he means on the Middle East

@eyelessclowned 21 день назад

it all started in 2003...

@LordWalsallian 22 дня назад

Why is the United States still in Iraq??

@thewingedhussar4188 22 дня назад

To keep iran from over dominating. But truth be told, this balancing act is more towards the USA's benefit. The longer Iraq remains a democracy. The harder it be to get rid of it.

@salihmahdi7742 18 дней назад

I'm 🇮🇶 I like your videos on Iraq. Please make more 🙏

@daucher316 21 день назад

Nice fit tom

@play4dc 22 дня назад

People need to learn how to listen and reason. TLDR made no claims about the war in terror nor WMDs, they simply stated that the US "claimed" there were WMDs and it was part of their global war on terror. Both of these are FACTS and is an appropriate level of information on a channel called TLDR. Whether there were weapons or it was morally or a geopolitically correct decision was not relevant to this video.

@nuzayerov 19 дней назад

The Iraqi Parliament is so damn divided its nice to see Iraq's Prime Minister being able to take necessary steps, or at least trying for Iraq. Just look at "Council of Representatives of Iraq" wikipedia page.

@Tukulti-Ninurta 22 дня назад

Excellent summary of something I haven’t seen explained on any mainstream news channel. (But why the Americanism “October 7th?” What’s wrong with the good old British “October the 7th”?)

@hankclarckson224 21 день назад

Ali khamenie originally from Najaf iraq.most Ayatollahs and seyed came from iraq to iran.Iraq Owens iran

@RobertPahlavi-ko4gj 21 день назад

The sand grips us together. 🙏 For our mutual Star's balance and suffering of Earth. #Msm

@butterw55 22 дня назад

1:30 Narrator: "Now we all know the reason why America got involved in Iraq ..." W: "Heh, heh! You're welcome. Heh, heh, heh!"

@mostafaalsham 22 дня назад

You left out the part where Iraqi government voted to kick usa out but they refused to leave. A key detail…

@eminencerain848 22 дня назад

Iraq reinvited them back in. You forgot that part.

@kamikadzeto7 22 дня назад

@@eminencerain848 there was a statement in the UN about 2 months ago (not sure if it was exactly 2 months) to get them to leave again. Surprise, surprise they still haven't left.

@K55365 15 дней назад

Iraq still solely relies on its energy needs on Iran, both gas and electricity are mainly supplied by Iran.

@goldenfiberwheat238 22 дня назад

TLDR loves to show footage of the person they’re talking about speaking at the un

@MCorpReview 22 дня назад

Mesopotamia is the worlds first civilization 😂they juz wanna be left alone by these newbies 😅

@michael1001t 17 дней назад

Not possible, Baghdad is a Persian name ,Persian Empire left many monuments in the province of Iraq ,.. .

@Beyonder1987 15 дней назад

Persian empire was based on civilisation of Iraq or Uruk civilisation as it was called. They copied architecture, had Akkadian then Aramean as thier official language of the empire

@maroufali7925 22 дня назад

Short answer : NO

@marcbuisson2463 22 дня назад

Funny how Iraq is increasingly becoming a Lebanon 2.0 even more failed, and even more occupied by foreigners.

@B1_66ER 22 дня назад

I finally understand why the US has military in Iraq. Why are there still UK military in Iraq?

@JoeeyTheeKangaroo 22 дня назад

For intelligence

@puraLusa 22 дня назад

Next to iraq is a hashemite king which is a huge uk ally. The idea is to protect the jordanian regime albeit peeps fall for propaganda that it's about israel which isn't. Hashemites are the bridge with the regions monarchies. Arab cold war - read about it.

@methinc.5294 22 дня назад

better question why does the uk still exist?

@goldiga3935 22 дня назад

They need to know how accurate Iranian missiles are, especially General McKenzie LOL

@joeyjojojrshabadoo7462 21 день назад

@@methinc.5294 Still has some use to the US. Give it a few more decades...

@fishergabe 22 дня назад

i thought the second war in Iraq was to increase Halliburton's stock price?

@souvikrc4499 22 дня назад

Halburton was also in Iran, the same time believe or not

@user-qx4zc3ph2m 22 дня назад

Politics is circus 😂

@methinc.5294 22 дня назад

politicians are clowns

@Dangerous_Rafidi 4 дня назад

العراق الان في أفضل حال وتطور واعمار وما زال الكثير قادم، سبب دمار العراق هم السنة دائما يريدون ان يخربو في البلد حربين طائفيتين بسببهم، هاذا غير حروب صدام العبثية ثلاث حروب، ورغم ذالك العراق صامد ويعد الان من افضل دول للاستثمار وأكثر دولة تطور خلال هاذه السنين، وكان يقول السيسي (رئيس مصر) افضل ما نكون مثل العراق وسوريا وهو الآن يتحسر إلى أن يكون مثل العراق و الان مصر تعاني من ازمات رغم أنها لم تدخل حروب لفترة طويلة والعراق اخر حرب له انتهت في 2018.

@shahimkoog 4 дня назад

سبب تمرد السنة انو الحكومة الشيعة كانت تضطهد الاقلية السنة مثل نظام صدام أيضاً الحكومة الشيعة كانت فاسدة و غير فعالة و كانت دمية ايران أيضاً اوقف الطائفية أيضاً السوداني ضد الطائفية الطائفية سوقف تقدم العراق من ممكن فقدان كل هاذا التقدم بسبب الطائفية يجب ايقاف الطائفية انت لا تساعد بل تزيد الأمر سوء

@NexusGamingRadical 22 дня назад

I've been living under Iraq, thanks

@soupwithfriends 20 дней назад

kinda giving iran too much credit, i think

@Ahmad.AL-Hashemi 20 дней назад

No iraq and iran are historical allies we both shia and we both dont want a second 1979 war

@WilliamCarterII 22 дня назад

There shouldn't be a military installation in Iraq lmao wtf the Iraqi parliament ordered they yankees to go home. They make it sound like Iran is unreasonable when there's a hostile military presence like 4kms away. Insane framing.

@monkeypie8701 22 дня назад

If Iran simply invaded, how many Americans do you think would be willing to invade iraq a third time?

@CedarHunt 22 дня назад

None. What would happen is the Saudis and Turks would counter invade and cause a massive regional war that Iran would lose badly. The US would probably make a statement condemning the invasion and then move on to more important things.

@tiglishnobody8750 22 дня назад

@@CedarHuntSaudi army are kind weak and ineffective as they only good to protect royal family and Turkish have go across Syria and Kurdistan Iraq (Who hate Turkey) which I not sure Turkey can afford as Iraq are next to Iran

@CedarHunt 22 дня назад

@@tiglishnobody8750The Saudi army is weak, but the Saudi government has tons of money for mercenaries and significant influence around the world. Plus the Turks alone would beat 7 shades of regret out of Iran by themselves. Turkey and Iran border eachother, so I'm not sure why you think the Turks would need to go through Syria of all places.

@tiglishnobody8750 22 дня назад

@@CedarHunt Saudi didn't doing great job in Yemen even with amount of money and Syria border Iraq more than Turkey unless Turkey have go through Iraq Kurdistan that was mountain and controlled by Kurd who hate Turkey and there mountain in between Iran and Turkey so unless Turkey want going into suicidal charge into Iran

@tiglishnobody8750 22 дня назад

@@CedarHunt Why you think Turkey can beat Iran?

@New.Beginnings88 21 день назад

You wish

@crowguy4350 22 дня назад

Al Sudani is so popular with the Iraqi people right Now. he's going to dominate in the 2025 election and a complete Iraqi autonomy will be restored

@user-oe7qi3qu2l 10 дней назад

😂

@mrmyth5846 20 дней назад

Didn’t they have a ten year border war between one another? They were enemies and suddenly on the same side. How’s this possible?

@n22icolas76 22 дня назад

You forgot to mention turkiye's increasing influence

@AL-lh2ht 22 дня назад

over who? the arabs hate turkey

@theconqueringram5295 22 дня назад

Considering Iraq is right next door, maybe not.

@davidbowie5023 21 день назад

I feel strange that people forget that Iranian desire to control Iraq stemmed from their very unhappy past experience with Azerbaijan in the 1990s. Azerbaijan is a Shia nation, but Azerbaijan decided to embrace secularism and pan-Turkism, and had called for the disintegration of Iran into pieces; this directly helped Israel and Turkey to exercise power to threaten Iran. This is why Iran so desperate to turn Iraq into one of its puppets, and the Azerbaijan experience continues to haunt them ever since.

@ottomanosman2463 21 день назад

More like how Iranian terrorists tried to help Armenia. It's natural that the Azerbaijani Turkmen of South Azerbaijan have to revolt for freedom.

@MrZZooh 21 день назад

Interesting point. I am an Iranian Azerbaijani myself and agree with you. Ironically the pro-Israel and anti-Iran sentiment by Azerbaijan Republic left a bad taste in a lot of the Iranian Azerbaijanis' mouths once they realized those folks didn't really care much for them and it was more about delusional imperliasm by Turkey and destroying lives than helping the Iranian Turks gain language rights and whatnot.

@Raybod_369 19 дней назад

@@ottomanosman2463There is no south Azerbaijan you turkish daydreamer, people of Tabriz kicked out Consulate of Baku few months ago and you call us terrorists? You opened your borders for ISIS to destroy Syria and Iraq and now you have your karma by having millions of Syrian refugees 😂

@elijahmonreal1411 22 дня назад

Not to mention there were never any weapons

@hbd8344 16 дней назад

First The US needs to leave Iraq alone then it's Iran's turn.

@sylviamontaez3889 22 дня назад

took em long enough, but its good. why should iraq have to be in another countrys sphere of influence? its brought them nothing but trouble.

@murtadha96 22 дня назад

Exactly. It has trashed the country and made it into an Iranian extension. Nothing has been built in 20 years and people are fed up.

@nolga3569 22 дня назад

sorry who beat ISIS? If I remember correctly the iraqis were begging for irans help. with out iran, iraq would be in 3 pieces.

@tyy123 21 день назад

Eventually someone has some kind of understanding of Iraqs internal politics

@gp-1542 22 дня назад

I think Iraq is going to lose the balancing game Its either one or another, theres no inbewtsween when it comes with Iran and the USA

@user-oq5wx1fr1w 22 дня назад

inshallah bro lets leave iran

@RazaSyed12345 22 дня назад

famers protest in pakistan would make a really interesting video

@michaelgreen1515 16 дней назад

Iraqi Shia ideology is different from Iranian Shia ideology: that is not necessarily a good thing for everyone else...

@pullthatup2973 22 дня назад

US military wrecked the whole country and somehow local militias are distabilizing factor. 😂

@garfield1245 22 дня назад

....just like vietnam right? Oh wait they actually are prospering and aren't using America as a excuse for everything, sure we did another of damage but it's not like we dropped biological weapons over the entire country recreating the black plague. That's like the USA if they started crying about colonization everytime they mismanage something. How long until the terrible politics of iraqs politicians are their own fault. Smh

@supersir3285 22 дня назад

They are! AND THEY ARE! They're so rich, they control everything. To a point they control every event that's happening, including graduation ceremonies...

@pullthatup2973 22 дня назад

@@supersir3285 So there's graduation ceremonies held now, and how many when US was busy sending attack helicopters after civilians?

@EL-oj6uq 22 дня назад

@@pullthatup2973 That doesn't bring any sense.. we're talking about right now, right now Iran is definitely a more destabalizing factor, and it isn't in america's interest to cause destabilization as it doesn't help them. war only helps iran right now

@pullthatup2973 22 дня назад

@@EL-oj6uq And they are in this situation because what distabilazing factor that is still to this day causing havoc there and all over the world.

@Novastar.SaberCombat 22 дня назад

If only mankind--as a whole--realized just how little Time they've remaining. It's true enemies have been in plain sight for EONS. But in lieu of Reflection on this, humanity continues to fight itself. This is extremely unintelligent, illogical, and utterly embarrassing.

@lorzad16 19 дней назад

both county depend on eachother in many way and both would b losser

@bazah23 22 дня назад

Yo a video about Iraq nice🇮🇶🗣️ I really like our current prime minister he’s the first to make Iraq feel like a state with an actual government since I was born lol

@ProudMesopotamianGirl 22 дня назад

For real, I was born in 2004 and the ONLY happy & progressive year in Iraq during my lifetime was 2024. Great future is waiting 🇮🇶🌼🇮🇶🌼🇮🇶🌼

@bazah23 22 дня назад

@@ProudMesopotamianGirl I was born in 2003 and yeah I wholeheartedly agree like just this year he opened three factories which was something people demanded for years and from this year Iraq will stop burning the gas from oil fields and he started the Baghdad metro project which was planned in 1977 but it didn’t happen for obvious reason(saddam lol) And other things obviously

@user-nw1rh4dp3h 22 дня назад

It seems that my country married Iran and America 😂😂 If we court Iran, America the wife becomes angry and feels betrayed, and vice versa. 😂😂 I hope that my country will teach me how to marry America and Iran so that I can marry someone like her, haha

@Zainab_Salam904 22 дня назад

In all seriousness, not really.

@Manijak878 22 дня назад

Usa is losing its grip everywhere..

@Kieran240685 22 дня назад

Just show the speech of sadam then gadafi both about to sell their oil in euros …. We all know 😂🤣

@IronWarrior86 22 дня назад

US lost the Iraq war. We should leave the middle east and focus on our border. If you can't secure your own nation then you're bound to face internal split and fragmentation. Unsecured border with Mexico will be the downfall of America if our congressmen and statesmen don't get their act together.

@tommy-er6hh 22 дня назад

I thought TLDR was founded to just the news, yet i find there is a lot of speculation like this video. sad.

@ciaronsmith4995 22 дня назад

Nah. Iranians are the boss of that region. You can try to cope instead of making pointless videos. Persians are back.

@thewingedhussar4188 21 день назад

That is until either the allies defeat the ayotollahs (and their religious nobility) or from internal decay (with secular parliament stepping in or the state falling appart).

@ciaronsmith4995 21 день назад

@@thewingedhussar4188 Nobody is overthrowing anyone in Iran. If it happens it will be through transition and the foreign policy will never change. Cope. Iranians are hyper smart. They know the game. All that will change is Iranians might have more rights at home - but the continued regional expansion doesn't stop. Whoever is in charge. Cope.

@salamyaya162 20 дней назад

Actually, Iran was ignored by many Iraqi militias.