Just to clarify something, the title of the episode "Mad Dog of the Middle East" is a reference to a quote from Ronald Reagan. Apparently "Mad Dog of North Africa" just didn't have the same ring to it.

@joek7762

5 жыл бұрын

The problem is that you didn't mention that Helleяy & obamao are responsible for the shape that Libya is in. Not to mention the deaths of Tyrone Woods, Glenn Daughtry, Sean Smith and Chris Stevens. Sugarcoat much?!

@emperater

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I wonder if Reagan gave Gaddafi the nickname before or after he killed his 15 month old daughter in the air strike he ordered

@Erreul

5 жыл бұрын

Madice. Madice. Madice. Madice.

@lagitanavderoscio

5 жыл бұрын

It does sound better and more MadDoggish. :)

@spacesunseen

5 жыл бұрын

Referencing the butcher of Latin America? The irony is strong.

Libya was the richest country in Africa for gdp per capita now its well you know

@0fficialdregs

5 жыл бұрын

and kept the world central bank out of the country too

@b.b.6591

5 жыл бұрын

Gdp is calculated by the production of the country divided by the population. It doesn't mean we had that money as people... The government had and you see where they spent most of it. Supporting other countries and ignoring their poor population.

@manny_menin022

5 жыл бұрын

@@b.b.6591 The people of Lybia had more under the dictatorship compared to today

@gytx5339

5 жыл бұрын

I thought south africa is the richest country in Africa

@itsblitz4437

5 жыл бұрын

@@gytx5339 until they are facing bankruptcy.

You didn't really cover about how Gaddafi was planning on backing Libya's currency with gold.

@taniajennifer4717

4 жыл бұрын

Wasn't that one of the biggest reasons he was killed?

@skepticaldemocrat

4 жыл бұрын

Because that´s a myth made up by his fanboys. He never did that. Try to be less gullible, kid.

@larsmonsen88

4 жыл бұрын

@@skepticaldemocrat Excellent debating skills.

@EbenezerOsasona

4 жыл бұрын

@Pedro Rabaçal 🤔

@EbenezerOsasona

4 жыл бұрын

@Pedro Rabaçal 😲pls I'm not part... I am only observing

I asked a Libyan friend of mine how life was under Gaddafi, he said "Well, you know,... I can't complain.'.

@Wulf_Pilot

3 жыл бұрын

As a Libyan yh, bad or not is still take him over the people now

I lived in Kenya, this man was respected because what he did for his people due to oil subsidies being trickled to its people, not to the top 1%.

@imauthentic8102010

4 жыл бұрын

When the former US president is threatened by Libya’s potential to seize the oil market with the introduction of the Dinar(I’ll let you look this up), we know why he’d be labeled as a ‘dictator.’

@native307

4 жыл бұрын

He was a Threat to the 1% its the only reason he was killed

@archiehickox6518

4 жыл бұрын

@Kentucky Mama mehhhh China is pretty much capitalist. The world isn't 1980 anymore, I know fox news will keep spoon feeding you that but it's not

@WitheringZealot

4 жыл бұрын

Buddah Theepoet everything was made up about this man

@evilcoffeemug5605

4 жыл бұрын

hey libyan here we saw no profits from our oil he and his family kept all ourwealth and though libya was better of with him it dosent change the fact that he was a monster

Did anyone else hear him pronounce Nasser's name as NASA and suddenly get really confused for like two seconds? XD

@bradbutcher3984

4 жыл бұрын

No

@Somerandomnamex

4 жыл бұрын

Yep haha, all I was thinking was "Why would NASA be involved in any of this??"

@zeroireland

4 жыл бұрын

Rhotic R's are superior to non-rhotic R's for this precise reason.

@alecmorris3920

4 жыл бұрын

Yes

@cavejohnson4306

4 жыл бұрын

NASA the ruler of Egypt

Damn, this guy ruled Libya at 27 and I'm here almost 30 still living at home.

@Johndoe-yl7er

3 жыл бұрын

Don't feel bad, he was a psychopath.

@malikrahman8649

2 жыл бұрын

@@Johndoe-yl7er he was a tyrant. The only Muslims that love him are the ones who never lived in Libya in his reign.

@holyempressw8531

2 жыл бұрын

@@malikrahman8649 Yeah? But look at Libya now?

@sw9458

2 жыл бұрын

Get out your parents house I'm 23 and I've lived alone for years

@sw9458

2 жыл бұрын

@@malikrahman8649 in his reign, so why did they overthrow and kill him

I used to know a girl from Libya, she told me she preferred life under Gaddafi’s rule. “Life was nice and women had rights under his rule”, It was only after he was killed that she and her family fled to the Uk.

@johnathancena5067

Жыл бұрын

must have not been one of the literally countless girls/ school girls/ young boys that he raped..

@AR15andGOD

11 ай бұрын

women didn't have rights at all, no one did

@Prince-lo3nz

11 ай бұрын

​@@AR15andGODsays you

@Neapoleone-Buonaparte

10 ай бұрын

GADHAFI GOT WHAT HE ALWAYS DESERVED, ONLY FAR TOO LATE!!

@hoti47

10 ай бұрын

​@@Prince-lo3nzno. Says all the women he assaulted

He was the Mad Dog but he also held back the floodgates, that burst open, after he was overthrown and eventually killed.

@graham3490

4 жыл бұрын

no one NATO forces absolutely looted the country

@peenoice5176

2 жыл бұрын

Outside forces couldn't care less for libya until they started bombing airplanes at the end of the day this is still all gaddafis fault

@redadmiralofvalyria867

2 жыл бұрын

@@peenoice5176 yeah pretty much

@chrisl9934

2 жыл бұрын

He was the Mad Dog necessary to bite off the head of the snake that was terrorism and extremism.

@oneeyed1055

2 жыл бұрын

the mad dog are your degenerate liberal leaders

All the US did when they toppled Gaddafi was creating a power vacuum which terrorists filled,yes Gaddafi may have been brutal in his methods,but he brought,order,stability and prosperity to the region and made Libya the richest country in Africa.Libya is a broken state now in perpetual war and Uncle Sam is the one to blame!

@rynemcgriffin1752

5 жыл бұрын

Malacki 655 Because it’s so easy to blame America

@johngalt2506

5 жыл бұрын

@@rynemcgriffin1752 Hillary Clinton was deeply involved in it. "We came, we saw, he died".

@ladymopar2024

5 жыл бұрын

What they do in a lot of overthrow governments. Terrible guy no doubt but they kept the terrorists at bay. Same with Hussain.

@malacki6554

5 жыл бұрын

Ryne Mcgriffin No it because it was actually America’s fault,they ordered the NATO air strikes on Libya and the CIA funded and armed the rebel groups.

@LordHeadBooty

5 жыл бұрын

@@malacki6554 boohoo

The problem with US is not that they topple dictators but what they do after it.

@KatGlos

5 жыл бұрын

No, the problem IS that they topple dictators (aka governments of other sovereign countries).

@ItsSaurabhRaut

5 жыл бұрын

@@KatGlos so is kim jong un the gov of korea?

@KatGlos

5 жыл бұрын

@@ItsSaurabhRaut What? I don't get it.

@KatGlos

5 жыл бұрын

@Osman Oglu There is a problem with killing dictators if foreign powers do it. The people of a country should be the ones to decide. America has no right to play world police.

@llong3316

5 жыл бұрын

Saurabh Raut no the biggest problem is the US places dictators in office

When they killed Gaddafi I thought they killed Carlos Santana

@suluimli7837

4 жыл бұрын

😹😸🤣😂😅🤣😺😸🦍👻💩👻💩👻💩👻💩👻💩👻

@creatrixcorvusarts876

4 жыл бұрын

Adam Atkins Thank you! I was trying to think who he reminded me of!!

@runnininthe80s84

4 жыл бұрын

Haha I love this

@indigoblue4217

4 жыл бұрын

Classic

My country's leader is a dictator,but he is not called a dictator because he plays ball with Uncle Sam. (the country is Singapore if you are wondering)

@harold5337

5 жыл бұрын

Same with the Saudi's, they did crimes worse than Gaddafi, they sponsored the Taliban and execute American Journalists, and impose Sharia Law which Gaddafi did not, yet America never condemns them.

@jackwebb3757

4 жыл бұрын

galaxy_gameplay are you still alive?

@user-wx8si6bf2p

4 жыл бұрын

I wish the people of singapore ultimate freedom from their dictators regime from serbia 👍👍

@rnavashen4635

4 жыл бұрын

That's just disingenuous at best m8

@user-wx8si6bf2p

4 жыл бұрын

Aggressive Tubesock trump is the furthest from a dictator. You must be either to young to understand or you are brainwashed by the great American propaganda machine. There is a reason why the democrats hate trump and its not because of any of those rhetorics they push.... The democrats are political thugs who do not want a self funded politician who serves no master, in power. The democrats are serving multiple Masters (Donors and lobbyers) and only in politics for money. Its time you start to think for yourself son.... set yourself free and look for the truth.

How much influence did the CIA have on these historical events ?

@0fficialdregs

5 жыл бұрын

alot

@johngalt2506

5 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Hillary Clinton's involvement.

@ladymopar2024

5 жыл бұрын

Simon should do a follow up on all these guys our CIA played do all, save all leaders

@LordHeadBooty

5 жыл бұрын

Ah yet another butthurt person who blames America. Why don't you try something original for once.

@johngalt2506

5 жыл бұрын

@@LordHeadBooty Its certainly true that the UK and Italy played enthusiastic roles in the operation, the truth is the main driving force behind it was the Hillary Clinton State Department. That's a fact. I don't shed any tears for the guy but let's at least be honest. Al Qaeda runs large portions of the country, the US Ambassador was killed and there are open slave auctions now. Who's to blame for this?

I was nine or ten years old, when he was killed. My parents were watching the news and when the footage came up, my mother instantly covered my eyes, knowing where this was going. I vaguely remember him talking to the mob and then screaming as they killed him. I remember as a child, thinking, “That man must have been very cruel, for what I was hearing to occur.” It was my first real moment of realizing the turmoil across the world, I had only heard of from my conservative ranting from family members and from reading in sneaking glances my parent’s newspaper.

@Giruga905

3 жыл бұрын

I hope wherever you are now, you and your family both are doing a lot better

@Indian_Tovarisch

3 жыл бұрын

Still gaddafi was better than today's Libyan government Just like saddam Overthrow terrorists hop in Fight starts

@Maliksamuels33

3 жыл бұрын

Dear diary

@redadmiralofvalyria867

2 жыл бұрын

@@Indian_Tovarisch he was still cruel though(& saddam did kill others)

@romanianhustler3309

2 жыл бұрын

@@Indian_Tovarisch i hear that he didn t wanna give oil to america that s the reason off attack

“Even if there comes a time when you do not hear my voice, do not give up. Do not despair. Do not stop fighting for your freedom until you have victory!” -Muammar Gaddafi

@ZeroResurrected

Жыл бұрын

Freedom? Is that why he killed all who spoke out against him?

@Jamietheroadrunner

7 ай бұрын

So u love brutal dictators who kill their own? So dumb!

Never thought I'd back a ruthless dictator, but Gaddafi's terror was really the only thing keeping Libya from being the cliche terrorism-ridden middle eastern country it is today

@DarlingNikki2

3 жыл бұрын

Who would've thunk it (and yes, I'm purposely using terrible grammar)? On a more serious note, he was a brutal man but it was a brutal place. Reminds me of Vlad The Impaler and his methods, most of which would be decreed as 'barbaric' today but he protected his land and his people from the Ottomans and, more importantly, themselves. I guess Gaddafi had the same thought and there was orderly chaos, so to speak; now, it's a real sh--hole, but guess which country doesn't care?

@jamesmurphy8676

2 жыл бұрын

*North African

@Afton_Robotics_1987

4 ай бұрын

ruthless dictator? good joke. Gaddafi didnt run terror, he did the exact opposite,

Do a video on Josip Broz Tito of Yugoslavia, he had a very interesting life as a communist, friend of the west, anti-Stalinist, Partisan fighter and uniting figure of Balkans.

@TheSunderingSea

5 жыл бұрын

His economic policies ruined the country and he died just before his nation had to "face the music" so to speak. That nation was also created of people who 40 years before his death were putting each others families in concentration camps or ditches. Certainly far less brutal then other strongmen of his day, but still a strongman.

@sonnydog830

5 жыл бұрын

Not to mention him being Austro-Hungarian veteran of WW1.

@wendigo017

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheSunderingSea Lol Yugoslavia was not Tito's idea, it was created by King Alexander. Besides, all people who lived under socialism say it was far better than today. We are all surrounded by buildings rotting on sun while today's politicians dream about painting the same houses Tito built.

@itsblitz4437

5 жыл бұрын

@wannabchomsky there was actually a another benevolent dictator in the African country of Burkina Faso named Thomas Sankara.

@sheepyplays3796

5 жыл бұрын

Tito sent the secret police to kill my cosoan because he was apart of a protest for Croatian infipendince he would kill his own partisans he was like Kim jong un

I don't condone some of the alleged crimes he might of committed, but from the early 2000s to his death he brought great promise to the country even driving around without guards waving to his people who deeply loved and respected him. He did everything he could to keep the world central bank, i mean cartel, from entering his country because he knew what those countries do to nations with them installed. If people want to call him names and say he's evil, don't forget the usa has committed more problems in this world than the nazis who they also helped in WW2.

@lecooldude

5 жыл бұрын

the US helping nazis? something smells wrong here

@0fficialdregs

5 жыл бұрын

@@lecooldude clearly you haven't attended school or did any proper research. Conrade Bush or the George W. Bush grandfather helped the nazis just like IBM and many other companies in the usa. Additionally, the Swiss bank and other businesses profited heavily from the war. Why do you think Lockheed martin, an usa based military company, supply any and all companies? they even LOBBY for defense contractors despite there being no need for them

@curtisthomas2670

4 жыл бұрын

Research the Great Man Made River Project, the Central Bank of Africa, African Union/Org of African Unity, African Satellite System & Telecom System, African Peacekeeping Force, African Common Currency/Dinar, Libyan support for ANC that helped free Mandela and South Africa and neighbouring countries led by racist regimes (Libya provided a huge chunk of financial support for the anti apartheid struggle), oil for gold. Libyans had the highest standard of living in Africa. Much propaganda in this video. Libya was not involved in the Lockerbie incident, sacrificed one of their citizens to placate the west and ease sanctions. His presence was a barrier to the spread of ISIS/ISIL/Al Qaeda and their offshoots. He was a major player in plans for uniting Africa, getting African control of the continent's natural resources, financial systems, infrastructure, utilities etc. He was part of an effort to sell oil only for gold not US dollars ( another "mad dictator" aka Saddam Hussein had a similar plan and met the same fate). These are readons why he was killed. The "rebels" were not even Libyans, mostly paid mercenaries and PMC's from other countries, financed mostly by Saudi Arabia, UK and US. Almost every US pres has more blood on his hands than MG or Saddam, like "Raygun", "Bash" ,"Obomber".

@somethingsomething9008

2 жыл бұрын

We're talking about in the realm of war not banks

@0fficialdregs

2 жыл бұрын

@@somethingsomething9008 nah we're talking banks. my banks states that clearly

The westerner's call him the "Mad Dog of the middle East" but to Africans around the continent he was a visionary. Before I say anything more I need to clarify that I am A South African, Christian and 'Coloured'. So, after visiting Libya in my youth before the mayhem and now recently in all the Chaos I still believe the good he did and planned for in the future still outweighs the bad he is accused of. It's just that He's plan for the future was Anti-west and would have flipped the balance of power to Africa and the Middle- East but we all know that He who has the biggest Gun wins and the winner gets to reveal the dirty laundry of their victim without revealing the good. Just to clarify, calling Gadaffi a Mad Dog with a one sided world view means every USA president should get a name like "The Rapist of the West" or the "The Assassin Bully of the world". This is my opinion guys, you may have your own just as Simon has he's but If you took the time to read about what Gaddafi had planned with Gold and Oil and took the time to speak to Libyan Historians about he's reign and what he did for He's country I think you would see another side to this guy other than Dictator.

@FrogmanLeaps

2 жыл бұрын

Do you know of any Libyans or Africans on youtube that talk about him? Most of what I'm getting is videos like this one. I'd like to see some opinions from people who lived under him. The point you made was very interesting.

@lylezarry

2 жыл бұрын

@@FrogmanLeaps there are hardly any KZread channels like the one you asking about, and most people from the time of Libyan prosperity are no longer available. I will do my best to find the documentary that was released just after his capture and execution of what he did and planned to do in Africa. In this doc there were independent journalists interviewing locals during the civil war and what really caught my attention was one statement made by Libyans taking up arms, they said "this is not a civil war, this is an invasion by extremists backed by foreign powers. We not fighting each other but we defending our way of life." even though I'm saying this, I don't want you take what I say as fact, but if I find and share the doc you can draw up your own conclusions from there :).

@FrogmanLeaps

2 жыл бұрын

@@lylezarry if you find the doc I'd love to watch it

@tonyvision4137

Жыл бұрын

Indeed he was a revolutionary attempting to unite Africa from the grasp of leeching Europeans. May him & the great Videl Castro rest in peace, in due time brethren

@getit2333

Жыл бұрын

💜💜

I have to say that I love the channel. However this video is the first one I think missed so many facts that are material. I'm not a fan on mad dog at all but there is a lot more to the " Arab spring"

@celieboo

3 жыл бұрын

Ikr! I hate that term because it wS pure MSM propaganda to support the US "spreading democracy."

A dictator nowadays is pretty much anyone who doesn't play ball with Uncle Sam.

@taylorpeay6890

5 жыл бұрын

Malacki 655 or an actual dictator.. dummy.

@b.b.6591

5 жыл бұрын

Or with his own people

@ladymopar2024

5 жыл бұрын

Complex issue but I agree

@malacki6554

5 жыл бұрын

Taylor Peay Well I said pretty much I didn’t say it was all dictators

@Quaquadaqu

5 жыл бұрын

Malacki 655 The United States supports 70% If The worlds dictatorships.

1:25 - Chapter 1 - Origins (The boy & the master) 5:05 - Chapter 2 - The libyan Nasser 8:10 - Chapter 3 - The master's death (The wheels fall off) 11:00 - Chapter 4 - The mad dog 15:50 - Chapter 5 - The 90's (Isolation) 18:25 - Chapter 6 - The last decade (The statesman & the revolution)

Simon, you should really do a video on Sheikh Hasina. Her entire family including her father, who was the first president of Bangladesh, was killed in a military coup. She survived because she was in West Germany at that time. For six years she lived in exile, while her family's killers were cheered as heroes in Bangladesh. She finally came back. Became prime minister, hanged many of those involved in the killings. She even survived grenade assassination attempt while she was the opposition leader in the parliament. Many believe it was staged by the government. Sheikh Hasina's story is that of a true Iron Lady.

@DinfarManshad

2 жыл бұрын

Bruh, that sounds really badass haha

@wasifzakwan8722

Жыл бұрын

Oh yea that woman....

@Chaundramukhi-Li

10 ай бұрын

Agree

My grandfather met Gaddafi. Sure, you don't really know someone. But every account my grandfather got of Gaddafi was that he dreamed of a free, prosperous, just, and non-militaristic Libya. Why, if he did even half of the things the CIA probably staged, did he have to go in 2011? Was it maybe because he wanted an African resource-backed banking system and communication independence (the millions Obama said Gaddafi was using for weapons... seems to have been for a satellite network). At least 6 to 9 of every 10 freed "dissidents" he imprisoned became ISIS. Now you have ISIS and slavery. I read parts of Gaddafi's book. He was a woman's rights activist. He urges respect and understanding for women during their periods. He praises women as socially and spiritually equal to but biologically different from men. Near the end, he advocated for a two-state solution to Israel and Palestine. I know better

@chrismasse3818

4 жыл бұрын

This chanel is by no way reliable, pro west/zioniste propaganda. Little research show that the real reason for gadaffi murder was his plan to unify africa under one gold backed currency, cant have an african country be the leader of the world... and lets be honest if money start to really be worth something all western currency become worth less than the paper they are printed on. Truth is with the financial system we have the west need africa to stay poor or the west will sink in much more poverty that what you see in Africa

@alexs1640

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, writing lies is not a thing. Everyone knows that. Words speak louder than actions my dad always said. Trust a man at his word even when his actions do the opposite... What a great guy Gadaffi was on rights, despite all the actions that prove the opposite

@chrismasse3818

4 жыл бұрын

@@alexs1640 how much of those action did you see? My educated guess is none, sure you know what the cia have published in news paper sure you watched cnn and saw those report delivered by the cia and co. You know nothing when you truth is fed by the cia/mossad and co

@alexs1640

4 жыл бұрын

@@chrismasse3818 you do know he publicly aired mass executions... by your logic, neither I or you saw what Hitler did either, so guess he was a good guy too. Many people who did see his actions have said as much on what he did. You're nobody on KZread, I'll believe reliable sources over a nobody every single day.

@Left4Red

4 жыл бұрын

Lots of brainwashed gaddafi supporters

What an amazing channel! Thanks for putting that together!

I remember when Gaddafi and Libya would appear in the news. You have strung it all together and now it makes more sense. Many thanks.

Wait Simon. If Gaddafi was a wicked tyrant (which he was), what were the Italian colonizers who killed 1/3 of the population? I noticed you have no colorful adjectives for them. Why?

@FootballFury

2 жыл бұрын

Because this is a video about Gaddafi

@So-ny9hf

2 жыл бұрын

@@FootballFury r/beatmetoit

@shelbyspeaks3287

2 жыл бұрын

I smell a church hill stan.... 😂😂😂

@acrazysheepdog1555

Жыл бұрын

What about ism I see. Just because someone else is cruel doesn’t take away the cruelty of another, or yourself.

@Bandera51

Жыл бұрын

Who tf cares🤦‍♂️

Your channel is outstanding, found out about around 4 days ago and so far all i saw is gold. Congratulations.

To the comment browser: TURN BACK NOW! Only madness awaits those who enter here!

@sarahfields288

5 жыл бұрын

What if you are mad before you enter?

@Delicious_J

4 жыл бұрын

Too late fam

@alexm566

3 жыл бұрын

I am here

@rickslick3842

3 жыл бұрын

YOU FOOL I GET OFF ON THAT!

Years ago I saw a picture, still have it somewhere, of a city in Libya. On the image you saw the before & after of a large/main road, hotels, houses etc. After he got overthrown, everything was demolished. + That speech he gave years ago, when he said they needed to stand together, otherwise America would pick them off one by one. (Al-Assad smiling on the backround) as it turned out to be, he wasn't wrong.

Gadaffi looked as if he went to the same plastic surgeon as Mickey Rourke.

@kayde801

4 жыл бұрын

ahahhahahahhahahaha. That is an awesome AND TRUE comment. Looking at his picture, I kept feeling like he had some very creepy familiar look, and as I scrolled through the comments and saw yours, It suddenly hit me!! That is EXACTLY it!! I bet that Mickey Rourke went to a surgeon with a picture of Gaddafis face and told them to make him look powerful, just like him!!! Lololol

Tbh Iv met many Africans who love him and they told me about how much they improved their homes and how he wanted to make Africa a united continent. From these conversations Iv had with Africans who were there during his rule and my knowledge of how the west demonizes people who oppose them. I believe he wasn’t this bad guy they paint him out to be. The continent was on the up and up when he was in power. It’s been on a down turn ever since

@Steven-uk2fz

Жыл бұрын

He used to say nonsense about 'uniting Africa' then finance terrorists in the Sahel. Any African who was born and aware before 2011 like me saw right through his lies.

Life Expectancy in Libya was one of the highest in Africa when he was in charge

@tahabueshi4071

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@mavikartal7775

3 жыл бұрын

One of the? More like the highest. You would think it is super low with how Simon emphazises on rape and execution.

@ulrohermit1369

Жыл бұрын

Africa ??!! that isn't a high standard

You're like the Binging with Babish of biographies.

Very interesting- well done Simon and Biographics team!

Great video bro. Enjoy every single one of them!

Maybe all the countries that did not have a Gaddafi are pretty much the same nightmare today. Plus, since he is gone Lybia is far worse off then before.

Simon, thank you. Brilliant video.

Absolute monster, yet many here in the comments seem to be defending him? "He did this bad thing, sure, but also I benefitted from his decisions so I don't really care"

Gaddafi once offered to financially support German ice hockey team ECD Iserlohn in the late-1980's whom was close to bankruptcy in exchange they had to promote his book in this case use it as the team's jersey logo, things didn't work out and went up for sale in 1987.

Everytime Muammar's life is portrayed in western media. he was this evil dictator... Everytime I heard his stories from Libyans, africans or asians.. He was always held in high regard and well respected.

I love these, thank you so much.

excellent! thanks Simon

I would love to see an Episode on Pjotr Kropotkin. I've been binge watching since I found this channel.

I'm loving all the content on all the various channels (Biographics, Today I Found Out, and all the rest). Extremely educational. I want to respect your time and efforts on all the content. I do have a question. I'm trying to get your content to students who don't have internet connection due to various political/economic barriers in their home countries. Can I burn your content onto DVD's so they can actually watch the content. I'll respect whatever decision you provide. I have no financial incentive at all. Just trying to share good quality content to those with barriers. Thanks much.

@JessiContingenC

Жыл бұрын

He never got a response 😢

good rresearch buddy. keep up the great work

Love you Simon keep em coning

I like these videos, however I wish you would place links to your sources in the description so I could further research these people. It also would add credibility to the channel.

GADDAFI’S LAST FORMAL SPEECH “ In the name of Allah, the beneficent, the merciful… For 40 years, or was it longer, I can’t remember, I did all I could to give people houses, hospitals, schools, and when they were hungry, I gave them food. I even made Benghazi into farmland from the desert. I stood up to attacks from that cowboy Ronald Reagan, when he killed my adopted orphaned daughter, he was trying to kill me, instead he killed that poor innocent child. Then I helped my brothers and sisters from Africa with money for the African Union. I DID ALL I COULD TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF REAL DEMOCRACY, WHERE PEOPLE'S COMMITTEES RAN OUR COUNTRY. But that was never enough, as some told me, even people who had 10 room homes, new suits and furniture, were never satisfied, as selfish as they were, they wanted more. THEY TOLD AMERICANS AND OTHER VISITORS THAT THEY NEEDED ‘DEMOCRACY’ AND ‘FREEDOM’, NEVER REALIZING IT WAS A CUT THROAT SYSTEM, WHERE BIGGEST DOG EATS THE REST. But they were enchanted with those words, never realizing that in America there was no free medicine, no free hospitals, no free housing, no free free education, and no free food, except for when people had to beg or go to long lines to get soup. No, no matter what I did, it was never enough for some, but for others, they knew I was the son of Gamal Abdel Nasser, the only true Arab and Muslim leader we’ve had since Salah-al-Deen, when he claimed the Suez Canal for his people, as I claimed Libya, for my people, it was his footsteps I tried to follow - to keep my people free from colonial domination - from thieves who would steal from us. Now, I am under attack by the biggest force in military history, my little African son, Obama wants to kill me, to take away the freedom of our country, to take away our free housing, our free medicine, our free education, our free food, and replace it with American style thievery, called "capitalism". But all of us in the Third World know what that means, it means corporations run the countries, run the world, and the people suffer. So, there is no alternative for me, I must make my stand, and if Allah wishes, I shall die by following His path, the path that has made our country rich with farmland, with food and health, and even allowed us to help our African and Arab brothers and sisters. I do not wish to die, but if it comes to that, to save this land, my people, all the thousands who are all my children, then so be it. Let this testament be my voice to the world, that I stood up to crusader attacks of NATO, stood up to cruelty, stoop up to betrayal, stood up to the West and its colonialist ambitions, and that I stood with my African brothers, my true Arab and Muslim brothers, as a beacon of light. When others were building castles, I lived in a modest house, and in a tent. I never forgot my youth in Sirte, I did not spend our national treasury foolishly, and like Salah-al-Deen, our great Muslim leader, who rescued Jerusalem for Islam, I took little for myself… In the West, some have called me "mad", "crazy", but they know the truth, yet continue to lie. They know that our land is independent and free, not in the colonial grip, that my vision, my path is, and has been clear and for my people and that I will fight to my last breath to keep us free, may Allah almighty help us to remain faithful and free". My brothers and sisters let's start loving more of each other and stop killing each other cause Europe America and other western world will never want to see sunshine for Africans..

@rybaneightsix5085

Жыл бұрын

None of those things exist for free anywhere, for the record.

@joshuamunro9194

Жыл бұрын

The so-called 'Mad Dog' was a hero, hardly a dictator. He supported anti-Capitalist, anti-Imperialist, and National Liberation movements until the end of his life, his murder at the hands of NATO-owned terrorists. Never forget that when most of the anti-Capitalist world abandoned the Irish Struggle for Liberation, he never did.

@hoti47

10 ай бұрын

​@joshuamunro9194 how was a criminal like him a hero lol. Tells a lot why you acricans are undeveloped.

@Afton_Robotics_1987

4 ай бұрын

@@joshuamunro9194 very very true

Love this channel

VERY GOOD KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK

Yeah Im getting more and more depressed with the world the more I watch these, but they are addictive.

I was an Army photographer at the time of the pan-am bombing and the the weeks and weeks we spent on the ground there documenting everything ,the name of Libya was never mentioned. it was Syria and Assad Snr's name always mentioned by the vast array of FBI and other American and British intelligence types without fail. As fort Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, he was freed at the hands of the Scottish Justice Secretary at the time, Kenny McAskill. The guy was terminally ill and Scottish law can allow for that. This twinned with his impending appeal at which Tony Gauci's evidence would have been severely called into question azs would the $5000,000 USD he got paid along with many other legal anomalies and he'd have probably got released after winning the appeal. That would have called into question the whole initial rigmarole. Ghaddafi might have asked however his asking wasn't the reason al-Megrahi was released.

This is what happens when you start your own bank.

@c.falcon5045

Жыл бұрын

Currency

Fun Fact: He spent also 4 years in Greek Millitary Academy from 1961 to 1965

whoa. 24 minutes is not enough time to cover this subject

15:59 a beautiful edit from one shiny dome to another.

This right here is good content

never learned so much. cant stop watching.

Power doesn't mean you can be a dictator ... Do good for others and you will be known forever 😇

I mean he was a little insane He organised a petition of Switzerland He hated elevators He refused to fly for more than eight hours Had a weird obsession with condo Lisa Rice Compose the song for her Had a photograph collection of her Isn’t that technically a little insane

@TheSublimeLifestyle

2 жыл бұрын

Nah, that’s called obsession and skepticism.

@Hanzo2024

2 жыл бұрын

What song

@judygru3some

Жыл бұрын

@@Hanzo2024 he made a Libyan composer write a song called “Black Flower in the White House” just for Condelezza Rice… pretty weird

Great video

These are really good bios Simon, you should be at the BBC.

@mcsnaffle5443

10 ай бұрын

Talent is the antithesis of the BBC.

@Fr33zeBurn

3 ай бұрын

Yeah maybe if he was a black lesbian with minimal knowledge on the subject.

I'm Egyptian I love Nasser and he nationalized the Suez canal in 26th July not June 1956

20:12 Omg my older brother has that same pillow. It is an old pokemon pillow from like 1999

Excellent!

Love your video,s.u guys are above and beyond any historical KZread channel(and t.v for that matter)!!!.keep up the great work.

@josecipriano3048

4 жыл бұрын

@Jason Johnson that'd be the best joke I heard this year.

@Snake101Gaming

2 жыл бұрын

@@josecipriano3048 No, just you the joke.

I really enjoy your videos but I can easily notice your bias and inaccuracies in this one.

@lynm7720

5 жыл бұрын

Was about to say the same

@Argonak1

4 жыл бұрын

Explain.

@Warcraftbot

4 жыл бұрын

shahla1123 Gadafi was democratically elected, loved by his people and US had no issues with him until he wanted to stop trading using the US dollar, which was when it was decided that Libya needed “freedom”.

@Left4Red

4 жыл бұрын

Taz Shah That is a straight up lie

@TheAprizzle92

4 жыл бұрын

@@Left4Red Not really, the final straw was when he decided to launch an African currency backed by gold, which would make the US $ hegemony dogshit overnight.

Simon, just love all of your videos. You are so funny and witty. Love the sarcasm as well! Keep up the great work!

Didn't expect this. Simon, you disappointed me, i was one of your biggest fans until now.

I love this guy who is doing these vids 😌such a narrator

You forgot to mention that because of Gaddafi at one point Libya was 53rd in the Human Development Index. Good work explaining such a serious topic in a lighthearted manner though.

Fun Fact: The Ice Hockey Team of my hometown of Iserlohn in Germany, actually ran an advertisement for the green book on their jerseys. But the outcry after one game was so big, that it even became national news. And even the New York Times reported about it.

@Helmut-Von-Liechtenstein

Жыл бұрын

Was it the Roosters?

The quickest way for any regime to be overthrown is to attempt to use any other reserve currency than the U.S. Dollar.

Every US president “Mad dogs of the West”

Gaddafi was a good guy , he improved the life quality and also helped over countries that were in economic trouble. Sad to see him outta power.

@lecooldude

5 жыл бұрын

even if he did some good things, he was far from a good guy

@stefanpigford6891

5 жыл бұрын

Yes he did ...THANK YU ..!!!😂🤣😎

@victornieves1794

4 жыл бұрын

Shizu -chan How is someone who rapes women and has little boy sex slaves a good person?

@curtisthomas2670

4 жыл бұрын

Research the Great Man Made River Project, the Central Bank of Africa, African Union/Org of African Unity, African Satellite System & Telecom System, African Peacekeeping Force, African Common Currency/Dinar, Libyan support for ANC that helped free Mandela and South Africa and neighbouring countries led by racist regimes (Libya provided a huge chunk of financial support for the anti apartheid struggle), oil for gold. Libyans had the highest standard of living in Africa. Research the benefits citizens received under his rule like medical treatment and education at home and abroad, homes, land for agribusiness, share in proceeds from oil sales etc. Much propaganda in this video. Libya was not involved in the Lockerbie incident, sacrificed one of their citizens to placate the west and ease sanctions. His presence was a barrier to the spread of ISIS/ISIL/Al Qaeda and their offshoots. He was a major player in plans for uniting Africa, getting African control of the continent's natural resources, financial systems, infrastructure, utilities etc. He was part of an effort to sell oil only for gold not US dollars ( another "mad dictator" aka Saddam Hussein had a similar plan and met the same fate). These are readons why he was killed. The "rebels" were not even Libyans, mostly paid mercenaries and PMC's from other countries, financed mostly by Saudi Arabia, UK and US. Almost every US pres has more blood on his hands than MG or Saddam, like "Raygun", "Bash" ,"Obomber".

@ 3:20, for a moment I thought you said NASA.

Libya had the highest HDI rank in all of Africa during Gaddafi Free education Free healthcare and the govt. paid for treatment outside the country if necessary He directly put money from selling oil into the people's bank accounts

Best intro yet ya killer

Libya is not the Middle East it's in the middle of North Africa and Qaddafi was a hero to his people who gave free electricity education employment and gas and after he died it created a void and Leadership that cause massive Wars and murder

@sjoncb

5 жыл бұрын

...and he was taken out (by Obama and Clinton) because Libya dropped the US petro-dollar and he had plans to unite all African countries under one currency much like the Euro for Europeans.

@MrSh4des

5 жыл бұрын

@@sjoncb its not the US petro dollar the US is just the muscle for the global banking cartel that is a private organization.

@sjoncb

5 жыл бұрын

@@MrSh4des It's clear that you dont understand the transition from US currency backed by gold to oil and the historical relationship with Saudi Arabia and the invention of OPEC.

@aaronbradley3232

5 жыл бұрын

Well someone knows what someone actually knows what's going on and he put his country first and he didn't want no Outsiders it ain't nothing wrong with that

@aaronbradley3232

5 жыл бұрын

@@sjoncb yeah I wrote more about this they he wanted a currency backed an African currency backed by back by precious gems I don't think it was pushing and Clinton it took him out I think it was the Jews but certainly I'm sure the US had a hand in it more Bush than Clinton Clinton wasn't the warmonger that Bush was and we'll just wasn't Clinton style and at that point Kadafi had not progressed enough it was mostly the Jews but the krux other statement is correct he tried to fight the bank by making an African currency based on precious gems whenever you fight the bank if your Hitler or Kennedy if you're the Italian Economist warning of the state is country is in too good. Anyone who fights the bank is going to be murdered by the social economic 1% and the military industrial complex to the Eisenhower was just about on his way out of office that 1%

Boko Haram became stronger after he fell because they got weapons from Libya

I'm constantly amazed at just how cruel people can be to each other.

@jamesmurphy8676

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. Mans inhumanity to man.

@latviankhan2989

Жыл бұрын

Sadly the United States are very cruel to destroy the once great Libya, to destroy the life’s of the people living there

I have to say that I am really surprised for two things: 1. As well, I love this channel, but men, the script is so partial. 2. Looking so much people in the comments sharing my opinión.

Great video, highly interesting and informative, as all of them are. Could you please make one on Lawrence of Arabia, a very controversial character, to say the least. Thank you for your videos.

You know you’re getting older when your childhood boogeymen were the Soviet Union, Ayatollah, and Gaddafi.

@die2no

4 жыл бұрын

Such simple times.

@Hanzo2024

2 жыл бұрын

I still live with ayatollahs 😓💀

They wasnt rebels THEY WAS TRAINED BY THE US AND UK

probably beyond the scope of your channel, but can you PLEASE do episode about the Suez Canal. Pretty please with a cherry on top?

References? A link to your references would be helpful.

Rarely do these leaders get the justice they deserve. This guy got some of it

My friends parents are from Lockerbie and say they remember walking out of their house and seeing debris falling from the sky, including screaming people still strapped into their chairs

Great work overall. I think Gaddafi was able to hold an otherwise powder keg of a country together, much like Tito. However, Gaddafi stayed in power too long, and developed the violent narcissism that underpins totalitarian leaders that do not evolve. I would love to see a video about the Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić, fascinating story

@redadmiralofvalyria867

Жыл бұрын

FINALLY someone has said this, everytime I do on Twitter it's "your brainwashed by 🇺🇸 propaganda" or "u only say that as a USA 🇺🇸 citizen" like how tf does me being a citizen mean I somehow have a good or easy life exactly? Point is: I acknowledge he did SOME GOOD for his nation of 🇱🇾, however the moment we ONLY see the glitter, we fail to the rot BEHIND IT whether or not he was always this way will never be known, but MANY atrocious acts were done under his regime

@titan133760

Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of the lines in Jose Rizal's book "El Filibusterismo": "What is the use of independence, if the slaves of today will become the tyrants of tomorrow?"

Thank you for this series, I am finding it the more interesting than your other KZread channels, that is in no way run down the rest of large body of work you have created, I like the mini documentary style

We need a video on Nelson Mandela please Mr Simon.Nice work

@trailerpark7170

5 жыл бұрын

I hope he doesn't speak about Mandela positively. I am no Apartheid fanboy, not at all, but Mandela still sucked.

@bm9052

4 жыл бұрын

@shahla1123 the salt is too much

@theragie0986

4 жыл бұрын

@@trailerpark7170 He sat in prison, got bailed out, and was selected to lead the ANC and somehow ended up immortalised as a hero. There are a lot of different people who fought the struggle and deserve more fame for liberating south africa.

1:47 dude next to santa there looks like he got possessed

Do you have video on Manuel Noriega? If not please make one. Thank you.

Hi Dear Friend Your videos are amazing.I want to ask you a question. Why there are no subtitles? it's very important to me...😊

Hi, You have shown the picture of a north korean plane instead of the 747 Jumbo plane (PAN AM) !!!

I remember seeing the video of his death and it made me sick. I never knew about the sword up the wahzoo, though 😵. Thank you for doing such a spectacular job in telling the story so thoroughly and unbiased.

@MayimHastings

4 жыл бұрын

Osei Franklin You don’t know me or what I do or do not know, and if you are going to be a jerk to someone, at least use proper grammar.

@kayamagan

4 жыл бұрын

Okay.

@benngoma537

2 жыл бұрын

Unbiased? What the he'll? This guy and his story is so biased that he's not telling any of the great things Gaddafi did for his people

@justalostpotato7964

2 жыл бұрын

Rip Gaddafi

@ashrafalfakri7513

Жыл бұрын

Gaddafi made mistakes like every other country's president. But he did some good things, and what pissed me off is that he has not mentioned any

That editing touch at 10:56 ish is pretty tight. Why do I like it tho