Least complicated middle eastern civil war

@NewMinority

2 ай бұрын

Now the vermin are in Britain

It’s been years since I’ve been searching for a comprehensive Lebanese Civil War documentary. Thank you so much for your work!

@gamer38998

Жыл бұрын

But did you become a patron?

@thomasleeuwenberg6853

Жыл бұрын

Absoluut een goede reportage maar taai. Mister thank you very much thomas leeuwenberg

@TarotPolitics

11 ай бұрын

Same we are so lucky. Finally a very in-depth documentary in English!

@karlfreiha4745

7 ай бұрын

lebanese here, there a saying that goes : if somone explained lebanon to u and u understood. they did not explain it right

@lebanonchristian3951

7 ай бұрын

Greetings from Lebanese Christian

Hafez Al Assad was the grand chessmaster of the whole war, he played the pawns well and turned each faction against each other.

This is some dizzying sh*t. I thought I had a good grasp of what had happened, but I now realised I was eating bite-sized morsels. This is crazy complex. Even my Lebanese girlfriend is stunned. Well done.

@ Casual Historian: this was an incredibly strong and immensely well-executed piece of work! The Lebanese Civil War is a gargantuan undertaking of such monumental complexity that it would probably stay the hand of most any content creators who even consider taking a crack at it. From someone who has spent most of his adult life in the military and civilian intelligence fields focusing on the Middle East (with a Masters in Global Security with an emphasis on the Near East), trust me when I say this is some of the best work I’ve ever seen. I wish you could have been in charge of my briefing material. Hats off to you!

3 hour video I better get the popcorn ready

@Afrimusican

Жыл бұрын

Trail mix for me

@Tommytakanawa

Жыл бұрын

Hot sauce straight out the bottle for me.

@yansideabacoa6257

Жыл бұрын

3hrs of selective facts, israeli propaganda and imperial apology

@Nick-ui9dr

Жыл бұрын

😂 Yep! Me thinking the same. 😊

The whole war was so absurd that at some point you'd forget who's fighting whom and why?

My Maronite Grandparents escaped Lebanon in the 1920's and moved to South Africa. I escaped South Africa in 2018. Three generations of starting again in a new land. We know things we see those who have lived generation after generation in peace and stability, just don't know. Things we would prefer not to know.

@clevelandwilliams5922

8 ай бұрын

Proof running away from the problems of a nation, are not a permanent fix. The way to repair it, is to stand up and fight. Otherwise they will end up where you are.

@michael30000

8 ай бұрын

Why did your grandma escape Lebanon in the 20’s? What happened? From a Lebanese Australian.

@clevelandwilliams5922

8 ай бұрын

@@michael30000 Famine

I'm Brazilian with family coming from Lebanon back in the late 1800s. I have heard people blaming everything and everyone for the whole thing, and now I understand why. It was such a complex and maddening situation, anyone can be blamed for what happened. Everyone did some dirty and everyone has some blame for escalating.

@KbB-kz9qp

Жыл бұрын

The politics of a nation is just a reflection of the culture. The culture results from society, which is a sum of the individual characters who live in a country. Lebanon is on the sea, scenic and probably has oil or agriculture. Sadly, the main reason Lebanon is such a hellhole. is the Lebanese people themselves.

@saidbara2981

11 ай бұрын

It is all about destroying the Middle East!!! For oil and to solve the problem of Jews from Europe mainly. They wouldn’t leave the area alone.

@tonylipsmire5918

8 ай бұрын

I’m an American with Lebanese descent as well. Never knew anything about my family from there or why they left and my grandfather whose grandparents immigrated died before my birth. Always wanted to know more about the people

Honestly, KZread's a history class, but not only history, am learning everything from culture to wiping my arse properly. Thanks very much sir.

16:00 -The irony… Christianity originated in the Middle East & spread, several centuries before Islam was even a thought.

Since teaching in the war-ravaged mountains of predominately Christian East Beirut in 1982-83, I have been drawn to historical and political accounts of Lebanese life through the years, and scenic KZread videos, as well. Mabrouk, Sir, for your monumental work in presenting this fine, comprehensive documentary. 🇱🇧 👏

@Burningarrow7

8 ай бұрын

Where are you from and what took you to Lebanon in the middle of our civil war, if you don't mind me asking?

@tonylipsmire5918

8 ай бұрын

My great great grandparents came to the US around the turn of the century, they were Christian / Maronite Catholic which makes me believe they were likely fleeing religious persecution. The last name was Antoun, which I’ve learned could mean their presence in the Middle East may have originated during the crusades, given that this is an Arabization of the southern European name Anthony (hence my name)

I searched up a video to learn more about the Lebanese Civil War after attempting to read about it, incredibly complicated and wasn’t surprised that it may take 3 hours to cover it all.

@seekerchanel333

4 ай бұрын

First is not a Civil War is Palestinian refugees attacking Christians Labanese

Brilliant job, what a time consuming task that must have been! I've never seen such an in-depth analysis of the civil war. Well done!

I work 75 hours a week and find it difficult not get bored. Thanks for an excellent three hours. New subscriber.

This was phenomenal! I've always been fascinated with this period in Lebanon and had a friend from there who's dad was kidnapped in the 70's because his father was a general for one of the factions. My buddy wouldn't exist if his dad wasn't spotted getting bagged in a trunk and then survived the shootout to rescue him. Such a wild time and so many players over such a long period. Just phenomenal getting this in long form with all of the details. Can't wait to watch more of your content!

the most underrated history channel...pls keep up with your long form content

Nice compilation!

Outstanding work.. a great and highly detailed, well balanced explanation of some extremely complicated events in the most complex part of the world..

Thank you for clubbing it all together!! This’ll make it easier to share!! Brilliant work!

Wow. Excellent work. Well edited and put together.

I am very proud of you sir, for putting all this effort. Keep going

As a person who is lebanese and lived in lebanon and my parents lived through those conflicts, I can say some of the stories told in the documentary are one side view and there's more into the stories.

@ButmunkieOG

10 ай бұрын

Hard to take an outside look from within...

@spearfisherman308

8 ай бұрын

Sure bud😂😂

@Sonofiraq24

8 ай бұрын

He’s pro christian and pro Israeli So he’s supporting his kind

@ionionescu6777

7 ай бұрын

yeah ,sure

@z.bellingham2556

7 ай бұрын

Actually It is well described of what the hell happened and how the country was exploited by some proxies, that moved in after being thrown out of Jordan, For sure their eye sight was pointed towards the southern border! So the Civil War to them was more than convenient, justifying their Evil presence. We left as well over 45 years ago, and we lost all what we had! In the name of who? LEBANON WAS THE GEM OF THE MIDDLE-EAST, LET ALONE ITS NATURAL BEAUTY. please don't let me going, my old man's dream was to go back, he died and his wish died with him. We left as homeless people migrating to a different country seeking peace and future, we were forced to leave. Enough with the proxy garbage and the arab hood and the myth that surrounds this narrative... May be the other arab countries should have opened their doors to welcome those that ruined the country.

Amazing, absolutely thorough and straightforward.

Thank you for the great effort you have put into this. Cheers

Amazing work! Thank you for this

Incredibly detailed. I thought I knew the story until now…

I thoroughly enjoyed all 3 & 1/2 hours. Very interesting topic, thank you for your time and dedication.

I am envious of your book collection.

My Man, you are a Saint for being able to construct this excellent video under such conditions. Well done.

I have been to Lebanon twice for no particular reason. I'm not Lebanese. Oh yes I remember all the amazing history and food.

I just did an oral history interview with my father about his experiences in Lebanon. He lived there since 1954-76. This was well done.

Great job. And nice to see so many great books behind you.

Just found your channel searching for a nice long videos on Israeli conflicts. I can die happy now.

Great work! congrats. Huge work done.

Well done documentary. Thank you!

Just FYI, some of the books on your wishlist can't ship to your address... I skipped those ones and picked some that could, but wanted to let you know about that issue in case you weren't aware. I don't recall the titles that couldn't off the top of my head but could probably find them in my amazon history if you need me to. TY for the great channel and the idea to support you with books. I love that!

@CasualHistorian

Жыл бұрын

Oh my. Thanks so much. It really is appreciated.

The Druze religion is NOT a sect of Shia Islam in no way. It is an esoteric monotheistic and syncretic religion based on the teaching of Hamza ibn Ali Ahmad. Druze system even contains some of the works of Plato and Pythagoras. Now the Druze practice has elements of Islam, Hinduism, and bits of ancient philosophy.

@user-oy1dm4wb1f

25 күн бұрын

FALSE. THEY ARE SHITES!!!!!!!........

The sensorship on this is incredible. Amazing thanks for this video and your knowledge. Wow just wow.

Amazing video I can't get enough of your content...

Thank you so much for your contribution

Thank you for such a great documentary

Thanks for the deep dive, hope to see your channel grow and more vidoes in this style

Wow, excellent documentary. From the media you would never know that the Palestinians fought with just about everyone, druze, shia, syrians, lebanese, maronites, jordan, israel, phillangists, hezbollah, and even amongst themselves.

@user-oy2zg3bt6n

7 ай бұрын

if the media was fair in the Israeli Palestinian conflict the idea of a Palestinian state wouldn't even exist anymore

@dougbarker2227

7 ай бұрын

Yep. They are the Gypsies of the Middle East

@heinkle1

6 ай бұрын

They have unbelievable exaltation in the media and blindly supported by the Arab world and left wing useful idiots. Even now, few actively condemn Hamas.

@gavink6937

5 ай бұрын

88

@DB-nl4qd

4 ай бұрын

Always Palestenians leaders do problem and make decisions that make their people suffer. Crazy is trying to do the same thing and expect different results.

Fantastic work, exceptionally informative and narrated remarkably well.

Incredible work, congratulations.

Absolutely amazing ! Why aren't the Universities hiring you???????? Thank you so very much for your dedication to such comprehensive historical fact finding, hell of a mission and undoubtedly a labour of love!

Great video my man!

I've been looking for a good comprehensive breakdown of Lebanon for years now.. it's always been such a dense thing to try to figure out, and yet always so Central to pretty much everything going on in the current age.. it's been easy enough to figure out the things going on in Iraq and Iran and most of the Arab states.. but for some reason Lebanon had always been this enigma that seemed centrally tied to all of them but only paid lip service so I really appreciate this by the bye.. also really appreciate you keeping 4x3 content in the 4x3 aspect ratio!

@deafviolinist

Жыл бұрын

magic... or the other one elipses for atheists or milll... whatever

@schadiel-ghorayeb479

Жыл бұрын

My dad fought in this war.

@roses.9181

11 ай бұрын

I even asked my cousin who served in the Lebanese military, and he said that the Civil War is such a complex topic, and that every person has a slightly different version of its, making it so hard to know exactly what happened.

@jakedill1304

11 ай бұрын

​@erik bengt I feel like that might be coming from a reflexive ideology that creates one of those self-fulfilling prophecies... It's amazing how animosity can breed animosity. Does it give you purpose to have a focal point to fear? Would it be detrimental to dig a little bit further from the surface of that, and maybe, just for yourself explain why that is? Approach it like a science experiment maybe... Apply similar historical patterns and events to other cultures and ideologies to see if they match up maybe.. see if the common denominator really is.. because they're Muslims.. or maybe it might actually be something else... Always check data with other data, and as with anything that worries you or frightens you.. try to understand it and maybe approach it with all of the input at hand... Rather than just assuming that the answer is what you thought it was all along, because the presentation and the equation seems familiar to a pre foregone conclusion.. Ideology is easy, that's why brands love it so much, that's why politicians use it that's why it drives cultures... And one of the biggest problems in human relations is the assumption that you're on the right team.. and others are on the wrong team.. because now we have teams in the first place.

@jakedill1304

11 ай бұрын

@erik bengt I mean... I'm pretty sure the dragon disappeared a year ago or so.. shows up every once in a while and makes a public appearance you know kind of like proof of Life thing but.. if there's one thing the CCP is good at.. we can have billionaires.. but every once in a while we got to take one to the public square and let everybody know who is God now! And I have it on good authority that dragon was... Well let's just say the last time we had a cult.. I mean we had to liquidate pretty much everything just to get the citizen value.. and sure some scales got knocked off on the way for its state sanction cremation and.. it's Bones have been mysteriously divvied up and may end up with private collectors but.. There's a box you know... It's on a shelf with all the rest of the state enemies that simply couldn't be made to function in an appropriate party manner or for positive benefit.. it's pretty big box actually surprisingly enough but you think a dragon would take a little bit to burn but.. that was actually kind of a feature cuz we were working on some tech and we needed a live subject... Now if you excuse me.. what's your blood type? Asking for a friend..

Plo be like : I occupied Lebanon to fight the Israeli occupation

@robray6721

10 ай бұрын

Israel sent them to Lebanon to destabilize the country. Ended up killing civilians and massacring women and children. These war crimes are disgusting and now have armed another group to keep the region shakey so they can receive billions in funds. What a shame they are!

@ericm0612

10 ай бұрын

Based

@kevinjobson7115

10 ай бұрын

Leave Plo Kuhn Alone. IM SERIOUS.

@JMS070

9 ай бұрын

Thats what happened bcs they tried first of all to fight from jordan but they failed so they raided lebanon. This event turned into a civil war where christians are against muslims and all parties whete against each other whether it was the plo , lebanese army , christian or muslim militias or even israel who were backing the christians and the lebanesr forces party.

@oltimos8888

9 ай бұрын

Why? They are a terrorists organization

straight up amazing work

MARONITE lebanese here living in Australia now. yeah my country is a tough one lol, parents and family members where in the lebanese special forces ( a christian militia ) we had our own cross as well. nice job tho

Wonderful work! Thoroughly enjoyed it even though it was 3hrs long.

I wish more KZreadrs would upload supercut versions of their series

immense amount of research, well done 👏

Thanks for all the work you put into this. I was in high school in the early 80s and Lebanon was all over the news back then, but of course you cannot learn anything from the news (then or now), so it is interesting to get this full historical perspective on what was actually going on.

Thank you for a well prepared and concisely presented lecture.

On a lighter note. Great Video very thorough thanks for all your hard work. I appreciate your time and efforts. This time line matches up to my lifetime fortunate for me i live in the west so im still here. I can recall many of these incidents/tragedies. My wish is it would all end. Peace for/to all.

Very good job on this documentation!

have to watch again, so much to learn and understand

1:52:56 Why didn't the Lebanese Army enter the camps? This seems fairly obvious if we consider the motivations of the various actors. The Lebanese Army didn't want the PLO in Lebanon anymore. The PLO's presence in Lebanon had led to Israel's invasion of Lebanon and caused the deaths of many Lebanese citizens. The potential existed for the Phalangist militia to "deal with" the PLO problem inside Lebanon and the Lebanese Army had no motivation to stop them from doing so. Neither did the IDF. It is only when you get to the highest level of Israeli government, the level that would have to deal with the fallout, that we find anyone who might have wanted to prevent the massacre. These were women and children of the PLO. I don't think anybody really shed a tear over their deaths, outside of the PLO. The moral of the story: If you want somebody to truly care about your women and children, don't be a group of a-hole terrorists.

@thaneofwhiterun3562

7 ай бұрын

I'd add to this: If you want people to care about your women and children, don't literally take Lebanese civilians as hostages, slaughter Maronite civilians and take sides in the civil wars of the country that hosts you, turning your guns on the people who opened their arms to you.

@andrewmetni3643

Ай бұрын

Looking back retrospectively and comparing this war with how Israel is going about the war in Gaza, I can only start questioning whether their “reporting” of the incidents was accurate, or it had its twists and turns to make them look less of “a bad guy” in this massacre and other massacres. Given they are ruled today by the same far right government and ideology that was during this war, and looking at the atrocities they committed in Gaza, I really doubt what we see here is exactly the truth. At the end of the day, history is always written by the winner.

this is so well done!

Such a complex war in such a small country.

Major Dan's reading of Beirut Fragments @43:10 was the funniest thing I've ever heard apart from the name "Tony Frangieh"

Kinda biased, but on overall complete. I would grade It 8/10😅

Incredible work!

Watched the whole thing straight through... Brilliant. ...

This was very informative, thank you for doing this. I understand more than I ever did because of you.

The amount or background work put in to make this detailed and comprehensive breakdown is greatly appreciated. Glad you took the time to put this together for us.

Thanks!

There is an error at 14:28 where it says 1958 instead of 1948.

Very informative. Good job.

well-balanced. kudos!

Lebanon should be a Christian country.

Excellent representation of the events.

Greetings from Brazil! Thanks for the magnificent video!

Very well done. Thank you.

Damn! You did very good with this comprehensive documentary.

That was exciting! I watched the whole thing!

Absolutely outstanding presentation.

Such a great video so well done….i couldn’t help but laugh hysterically when the puppies showed up…

Great video! I am Lebanese and it is sad to watch knowing that most of the warlords now hold positions in the government and history is about to repeat itself, currently Suleiman franjiye might become our next president (the grandson of franjiye), and Jaajaa, gemayel, berri amongst others are still in power. I just wanted to offer a few corrections as a Shia muslim: 1) We do not believe that Mussa al Sadr is in hiding, we say that he was kidnapped in Libya by Kaddafi, in fact Amal movement (the successors of Sadr's party) imprisoned kaddafi's son a few years ago in order to get more information on the whereabouts of Imam Mussa Al Sadr, but we all know that realistically, he is dead and not incarcerated. 2)Druze are not Shia, and they do not view themselves as shia either

@Santino369

Жыл бұрын

Hey fellow Lebanese.. I was reading the comments before watching rhr video, and all was saying what a comprehensive work and such. But when I read your comment, and those two remarks you made about the video, made me think its not that well made after all. Such two mistakes are not to be ignored by this level of documentary. So do you recommend to watch it anyway, or its not worth spending those 3.5 hours?

@Nabjab94

Жыл бұрын

@@Santino369 Yes I totally recommend watching it fully, It is comprehensive, objective, and unbiased. Honestly, compared to our local media, these two "inaccuracies" are mild and tolerable, especially coming from a foreigner since we all know how little presence Lebanon has online so doing an in depth research is challenging at best.

@Santino369

Жыл бұрын

@@Nabjab94 Aha, I see. So I will watch it and maybe we, as Lebanese, can discern such inaccuracies. Thanks for the feedback, much appriceated 🙏

@simonmolina8827

Жыл бұрын

As a fellow shia you are correct 👍🏽👍🏽

@liberalegypt

Жыл бұрын

Any sect refused Sunni Islam is considerably shiaa Islam even they are not recognized from shiaa but we know all of them established in the political conflict about imama & caliphate.. the rebels against Umayyad & Abbasid are different shiaa from 7 to 12 imam

Thanks for continuing the footage of the family animals.

You're the man! Thank you for this!

This is going to be interesting

This is so complex I had a really hard time following what was going on and keeping everyone straight. I can't imagine how many details you must've omitted for the sake of coherency and still it's a labyrinth of factions, religions, and individual strongmen. Thanks for putting this together, it was an interesting watch. Menachem Begin sounds like the beginning of an occultic chant.

@PyromancerRift

5 ай бұрын

It is not hard to understand. Palestinian militia had to flee because they get rekt by israel, they go to lebanon, they get into camps WITH THEIR WEAPONS. They got released and start rampaging against non muslims. They are joined by half the military who is muslim. They genocide non muslims, create road blockage and execute people who are non muslims (religion was written on the ID card).

amaaazzzzing !!!! good job and thnks ...

That was fantastic.thank you

Well done! From my limited perspective fairly presented and explained! The end is still koas and unsettled. How does one find peace when the major and minor actor have issues going back at least fifteen hundred years and longer. The issues are more emotional than tangible, moving more to endemic genetic proportions. Thank you!

Fantastic documentary thanks

Thank you for this documentary. I am obsessed about the Lebanese Civil War but most of the material online is in Arabic which I don't speak or understand. Thank you SOOOO much!

I’m so excited to hear the complete history of anyway and so this is really interesting a three hour videos just incredibly interesting

great video bro bro

Sean Munger's Iran-Contra video is authoritative and well worth a watch.

its been a week since i finished watching this video, and i must say i find myself thinking about this whole civil war from time to time now. i had to comeback and comment on this. Just a incredible video, and i can tell a lot of hours went into making this, and at a time where i even doubt if "documentaries" are factual, channels like yours are amazing because viewers like me can just tell from the onset that you are dedicated to this work and that we can trust your genuine intentions. side question: what is name of the piano track? really liked it ☺

This was really good.

Where i live in the UK, during the 80's was known locally to be a bit rough. In the UK they like to twin their towns with towns from across the world. This sign read 'Welcome to Meir, twinned with Beirut.' I was young when this war was coming to an end, if it ever really has? I could never understand why they where fighting. It was/ is complicated. I later went on to tour Lebanon, i loved it, the people from all walks of life were among the most accommodating i have met on my travels. It's when you realize there is insidious influence far beyond anything you may have thought. I do not vote anymore. I hope one day that this country can be at peace. They seem to be up against it constantly. What a fantastic documentary! Thanks Casual Historian, excellent work.

@friendofzeus

Жыл бұрын

Influence from which side(s) if you don't mind me asking?

Such an elaborate explanation of the situation coming from a foreigner. We can see that you've put a lot of effort into it. Thank you for highlighting events of arguably one of the most complex civil war in the middle east.

Thanks I always wanted more context for waltz with bashir

Excellent video.