The Libyan Civil Wars: Quagmire in a Quagmire

From Gaddafi's brutal downfall in 2011 to the Second Civil War, and the struggle for peace, this video recounts Libya's tumultuous journey through a decade of conflict and international intervention.
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  • @IIC-GusBadran
    @IIC-GusBadran Жыл бұрын

    Would great if you added maps during the video.

  • @mardasman428

    @mardasman428

    Жыл бұрын

    That's especially important in this one, as many things only make sense if you see them on a map with the geography and desert areas and the oil fields.

  • @nolongerblocked6210

    @nolongerblocked6210

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!! I kept thinking while watching this: "I wish he'd show this on a map so I could visualize it better"

  • @twotrackjack2260

    @twotrackjack2260

    Жыл бұрын

    Lybia is a North African country on the western border of Egypt. Tunisia is slightly north and west of Lybia.

  • @whom382

    @whom382

    Жыл бұрын

    @@twotrackjack2260 We know where the country is. It's where the factions are that we are asking for a map about.

  • @epg9274

    @epg9274

    Жыл бұрын

    Preferably one of those “every day” or “every week” maps or that sort of thing

  • @KawaiiKasai
    @KawaiiKasai Жыл бұрын

    Saying Gaddafi was "brutally beaten" to death is a *bit* of an understatement

  • @scarletcrusade77

    @scarletcrusade77

    Жыл бұрын

    He deserved it

  • @Ep22472

    @Ep22472

    Жыл бұрын

    @@scarletcrusade77why ?

  • @scarletcrusade77

    @scarletcrusade77

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Ep22472 Because he's a brutal dictator that not only terrorized his own people but also sponsored terror attacks around the world.

  • @scarletcrusade77

    @scarletcrusade77

    Жыл бұрын

    @@marshalerts4148 The African union, Arab league and EU should have decided between them some sort of reconstruction and occupation/oversee plan for Libya rather than letting the rebel forces sort themselves out.

  • @yaloluyanda791

    @yaloluyanda791

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@scarletcrusade77It was the rebels who paid in blood while fighting Gaddafi's regime, do you think they would just step aside after being victorious and let foreign powers dictate the future of Libya?

  • @route2070
    @route2070 Жыл бұрын

    I knew a guy in college who is Libyan. During his first semester of his year study abroad he got so into on campus events, he didn't study much or do that many of his assignments, so he failed. Due to that he was removed from the study abroad program, that meant his student visa was revoked and he was deported. Shortly after the Civil War broke out. I heard nothing for about 3 months. Then a friend of his made his way to Egypt. There he went to Facebook and posted some updates tagging those who he knew had international friends (due to the internet blackout in Libya). About another 3 months later, the blackout was lifted. He had 3 posts, but 1 came across my newsfeed. He was shot at by 2 of Ghadaffi's troops while he was trying to keep them from taking a bridge his rebel group had taken. He's now a dental hygienist.

  • @rivvy2138

    @rivvy2138

    10 ай бұрын

    damn

  • @thebrennan8263

    @thebrennan8263

    9 ай бұрын

    Sick story tell your friend I said well done Ireland is proud

  • @36minutesago7

    @36minutesago7

    9 ай бұрын

    @@thebrennan8263Why would you be proud? Most of the republicans weapons came from Libya during the troubles.

  • @thebrennan8263

    @thebrennan8263

    9 ай бұрын

    @@36minutesago7 smart mouth that's cute I remember when I was 13 enjoy puberty kid, the worlds full of bid bad people and sometimes the enemy of an enemy is a friend and they helped us with demilitarising Northern Ireland with a nice big ceasefire and withdrawal of British troops from Ireland so look at the bright side

  • @Adriaticus

    @Adriaticus

    3 ай бұрын

    @@36minutesago7 🤦‍♂

  • @thejudgmentalcat
    @thejudgmentalcat Жыл бұрын

    From Top Tens lists to cutting-edge world conflicts...you've crushed it Simon 👏

  • @Theshropshireratter

    @Theshropshireratter

    Жыл бұрын

    Agreed

  • @i_smoke_ghosts

    @i_smoke_ghosts

    Жыл бұрын

    cutting edge indeed. i need a bandage please. i am bleeding.

  • @grid462

    @grid462

    Жыл бұрын

    Where'd that bayonet get inserted, Si?

  • @mardasman428
    @mardasman428 Жыл бұрын

    I'm a Western part-time journalist who has been covering the Libyan quagmire for the past 3 years and my research on every new news update about the country is horrendously extensive because most actors' behaviors don't make much sense and they usually can't be fitted into a clear "good vs. bad" or "islamist vs. secular" or "east vs. west" pattern. It's usually local militias and individuals in it for their own gains, and the diversity of their alliances is just massive and unreasonable. Also, as most of the state's institutions have broken down or been divided among the militias, they speak with hundreds of different voices fueling local interests. This is why it's so complicated: There are no "sides", just constantly shifting alliances of individuals and groups, who are significant enough to make a difference in Libya, but not nearly significant enough to be identified without a looking glass. Also, most people don't care about Libya, even in Europe (except the Italians). These are the situations where peace becomes incredibly hard to commit to: many individual actors with shifting alliances, who therefore cannot be committed to a peace easily, because there's always this individual group who will refuse to support the peace or agree with that one other group they hate the most. You just can't herd cats. Also, by the way, the international backers sound more numerous than they actually are. Most countries accept the Western Tripoli government as legitimate since 2016, but they don't really have much influence except Turkey and Italy. Only the aforementioned backers of the East (Russia, Saudi-Arabia, Greece, France, Egypt, UAE) are really into it, and the extent of their backing is quite diverse. Egypt, Russia, France and the UAE have massive relevance, so does Italy and Turkey for the Western side, but everyone else is insignificant in Libya.

  • @zackzittel7683

    @zackzittel7683

    Жыл бұрын

    I didn’t know that. Thanks.

  • @conceitedfication

    @conceitedfication

    Жыл бұрын

    Why do the Italians care

  • @mardasman428

    @mardasman428

    Жыл бұрын

    @@conceitedfication Libya used to be an Italian colony and it's just across the sea. But it used to be an Ottoman one too, so that's why Turkey cares too. Most migrants in Italy start by boat in Libya, so that's also why Italy cares.

  • @badluck5647

    @badluck5647

    Жыл бұрын

    Sounds like China's warlord era. The conflict only ended when powerful ideological forces (Nationalist and Communists) were able to crush all the warlords one by one.

  • @marcobonesi6794

    @marcobonesi6794

    Жыл бұрын

    @@conceitedfication because the entire local oil and gas industry was built by italy in the 60s. Even the local skilled workforce was trained in italy.

  • @theawesomeman9821
    @theawesomeman9821 Жыл бұрын

    The odd international support in the Libyan civil war reminds me of the Congo civil war where multiple nations were oddly supporting other sides.

  • @suleyman8696

    @suleyman8696

    Жыл бұрын

    Look at Syrian « civil » war it’s basically a «Cold War » conflict

  • @kingace6186
    @kingace6186 Жыл бұрын

    One major fact check: More than any other powers, the Libyan Civil Wars are one of the theatres of the "Cold War" between Erdogan's Turkey & Putin's Russia. Internationally, Turkey & Russia are the two players with the most skin in the game. So, the Warographics team severely underplayed Turkish involvement in Lybia.

  • @Notbuyinganyofit

    @Notbuyinganyofit

    Жыл бұрын

    I’m so happy someone is paying attention.

  • @Baronnax

    @Baronnax

    10 ай бұрын

    They also skimmed over how deeply USA, France and Qatar were involved in fanning the first rebellion due to Gaddafi's refusal to supply Libyan oil freely to France. This was hardly a one-note "oppressed locals rise against brutal dictator" story they make it out to be.

  • @anikol8019

    @anikol8019

    6 ай бұрын

    Qatar as well, they pushed Gaddafi's overthrow harder than any other country

  • @jimgaston9863

    @jimgaston9863

    3 ай бұрын

    And gadafis desire to set up an Arab currency based on oil and gold.

  • @dekardkain5469
    @dekardkain5469 Жыл бұрын

    Quagmire in a Quagmire? Giggidy.

  • @HotChronicles

    @HotChronicles

    3 ай бұрын

    Was looking for this comment

  • @xBruceLee88x
    @xBruceLee88x Жыл бұрын

    Ah poor Peter😂 This is a Quagmire indeed.

  • @Amen.ahmed1

    @Amen.ahmed1

    Жыл бұрын

    Giggity

  • @Mickelson1337

    @Mickelson1337

    Жыл бұрын

    I need to know who Peter is now.

  • @xBruceLee88x

    @xBruceLee88x

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Mickelson1337 if I had to guess... He's the "Danny" that got away, and Simon just taunts him now.

  • @PanConQueso001

    @PanConQueso001

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Mickelson1337 I guess he's a man who positively can do all the things that make us laugh and cry.

  • @KW-qd1bi
    @KW-qd1bi Жыл бұрын

    This channel could probably get several videos out of the Syrian civil war

  • @mardasman428

    @mardasman428

    Жыл бұрын

    Actually, the Syrian Civil War is much less complicated than the three Libyan Civil Wars, in the Syrian Civil War there were actually comparatively clear sides of rebels vs. government vs. Kurds vs. ISIS, even if these were 4 sides. In Libya however, there are no real sides, the militias switch allegiances every other month and they don't particularly care about ethnicity or ideology, so it's incredibly hard to predict their behaviors.

  • @joeyjojojrshabadoo7462

    @joeyjojojrshabadoo7462

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@mardasman428Syria got pretty complicated when various other countries decided to get involved resulting in conflicting a web of complicated shifting alliances.

  • @mardasman428

    @mardasman428

    Жыл бұрын

    @@joeyjojojrshabadoo7462 Yes, but the very same thing happened in Libya. Syria is very complicated and a quagmire, but Libya is even more so.

  • @Linki8uu

    @Linki8uu

    Жыл бұрын

    @@joeyjojojrshabadoo7462 if I’m remembering my us intervetion history correctly we supported the rebels and the Kurds I believe while Russia supported the government and everyone hated isis please correct me if I’m wrong oh and then turkey rolled up in I want to say like 2017 and started killing the Kurds fun

  • @joeyjojojrshabadoo7462

    @joeyjojojrshabadoo7462

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Linki8uu From what I gathered yes. Literally everyone hates ISIS though which is honestly a kind of achievement in bad RP.

  • @badluck5647
    @badluck5647 Жыл бұрын

    It is sad that KZread demonetization has left this topic under covered.

  • @recalcitrantprophet9573
    @recalcitrantprophet9573 Жыл бұрын

    Over a decade later, Khadafi is now seen as a moderate dictator, keeping the crazies in line.

  • @juliankraus1011

    @juliankraus1011

    2 ай бұрын

    He had to moderate himself with the years. During most of his reign he was just another madman backing criminals and crazies all over the world.

  • @cooper8t
    @cooper8t Жыл бұрын

    I think you need to use more graphics (animated maps for example), to really help with the explanation. Good video from the team though :)

  • @cooper8t

    @cooper8t

    Жыл бұрын

    Although, greed from the west definitely made the war worst

  • @robertortiz-wilson1588

    @robertortiz-wilson1588

    Жыл бұрын

    Agreed.

  • @rileygrayson1597
    @rileygrayson1597 Жыл бұрын

    My friend was in Libya when Gaddafi fell (he's a mercenary). The stories he told me of miles long convoys trying to get out the country with only warlords guaranteeing safe passage. Arabs leading groups of blacks to be mass executed as Gaddafi got blacks to fight for him. That whole situation was messed up and 10 years later possibly even more messed up than before.

  • @cashwat210

    @cashwat210

    Жыл бұрын

    And the ones they didn’t kill were sold into slavery

  • @marcusperez1607

    @marcusperez1607

    10 ай бұрын

    Do you have any sources about the mistreatment of Blacks in Lybia. I want to look into it.

  • @rileygrayson1597

    @rileygrayson1597

    10 ай бұрын

    @marcusperez1607 I don't pal I heard all of this from my friend who was protecting the media and meeting clients in no man's land. This guy was also one of the first whites in Sierra Leon when Ebola broke out ended up training a militia in the jungle 👀

  • @michaelotieno6524

    @michaelotieno6524

    9 ай бұрын

    @@marcusperez1607 Amnesty International has issued reports on the execution of blacks and Africans in Libya, the report says that reports of African mercenaries were exaggerated in the media leading to the massacre of innocent Africans by Western backed militias.

  • @jasonscott7988

    @jasonscott7988

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@@marcusperez1607there are videos of literal slave auctions taking place in Libya. Try googling "slave auction Libya" and that should get you started on your way.

  • @syndicatefive
    @syndicatefive8 ай бұрын

    The sheer amount of information I have absorbed to this human's voice. Thanks!

  • @Nick-sz3wx
    @Nick-sz3wx Жыл бұрын

    That’s a great deep dive on this war. Thanks for all the work you guys put into this documentary. And everything else you guys are putting out on here! Stay on it Simon. Great content!

  • @yourroyalchungusness
    @yourroyalchungusness Жыл бұрын

    When Simon says "It's Quagmiring time", I know that he will Quagmire throughout the entire Libyan Civil Wars Quagmire in a Quagmire video. Truly the best Quagmire scene of all time, Bravo Simon 👏👏

  • @calebbean1384

    @calebbean1384

    Жыл бұрын

    What else but Quagmire?

  • @lelagrangeeffectphysics4120

    @lelagrangeeffectphysics4120

    Жыл бұрын

    And he Quagmired over everyone else

  • @7Beanss

    @7Beanss

    Жыл бұрын

    Let's calm down

  • @lelagrangeeffectphysics4120

    @lelagrangeeffectphysics4120

    Жыл бұрын

    @@7Beanss NOOOOOO IM GUAGMIRE REEEEEE IM QUAGMIRE REEEEEEE

  • @burnnotice2536

    @burnnotice2536

    Жыл бұрын

    Giggity

  • @handsomememer
    @handsomememer7 ай бұрын

    I love these videos. As they are and as they will evolve. Fantastic, entertaining, informative. I hope my love isn't misplaced.

  • @VivaRevolucionDGS
    @VivaRevolucionDGS Жыл бұрын

    Very well researched and presented. The quality of content on every one of Simon's channels speaks volumes about not only Simon himself but also the uber talented writers/visual artists he has hired to bring these stories to life. There hasn't been a day in the last few years where I'm not watching/listening to at least one video or podcast.

  • @shihtzu291

    @shihtzu291

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes he is a very busy man in demand ain't he! Joking aside he my favourite you tuber by far! 🇬🇧👍

  • @davepowell7168

    @davepowell7168

    5 ай бұрын

    Hardcore simpering

  • @ApplNation21
    @ApplNation217 ай бұрын

    Love these long videos, I hate when just the surface of the conflict or history is talked about

  • @mensreus
    @mensreus11 ай бұрын

    we appreciate your hard work

  • @wonderwatch2239
    @wonderwatch2239 Жыл бұрын

    To me it seems like dictator governed countries, simply doesn’t function without a dictator 🤷‍♂️

  • @BaronVonMott

    @BaronVonMott

    3 ай бұрын

    Who'd have thought that a system built around one specific individual would collapse once that individual is gone? 🤔

  • @lordmolag45000

    @lordmolag45000

    Ай бұрын

    Sad, but can't deny the truth with this statement.

  • @kukuc96
    @kukuc96 Жыл бұрын

    The mention of the Benghazi attack reminded me of someone. A US diplomat called Sean Smith, known in EVE Online circles as Vile Rat was among those killed. In short, he was also a diplomat in the largest player organization in the game. Tens of thousands of players showed their respects in game after his death. With thousands of player owned structures renamed. If you search for his name on YT you can find more of the story.

  • @CyanidePenguin

    @CyanidePenguin

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for including this. Very interesting to see how much support the community gave

  • @crocrox2273

    @crocrox2273

    Жыл бұрын

    Shame he was killed by that lesser humans race

  • @opanababy

    @opanababy

    Жыл бұрын

    @@crocrox2273 edit: croat found prepare to be liquidated lol

  • @xxcoopcoopxx

    @xxcoopcoopxx

    11 ай бұрын

    @@crocrox2273 Lesser humans recognize lesser humans.

  • @rivvy2138

    @rivvy2138

    10 ай бұрын

    takes one to know one@@crocrox2273

  • @theadventuresofkiwi5472
    @theadventuresofkiwi5472 Жыл бұрын

    Quagmire inside Quagmire? Giggity

  • @malikshabazz2065
    @malikshabazz2065 Жыл бұрын

    great stuff!

  • @Amen.ahmed1
    @Amen.ahmed1 Жыл бұрын

    Anyone who watched Game of Thrones can understand what is going on in Libya.

  • @jamesclouse9947

    @jamesclouse9947

    10 ай бұрын

    Nothing is as hardcore as game of thrones

  • @Jayjay-qe6um
    @Jayjay-qe6um Жыл бұрын

    "The chaotic situation in Libya is definitely creating a threat. Libya now connects the jihadists in Africa with those in those in the Middle East and in Afghanistan. This could have been avoided." -- Yoweri Museveni

  • @sammedina2011
    @sammedina201121 күн бұрын

    I remember hearing about this as a senior in High school. My US Government teacher would put on CNNs student news before class started so I was pretty well informed on this. Thank you Mr. Monje 🙏

  • @cnlbenmc
    @cnlbenmc Жыл бұрын

    The Arab Spring was basically an unmitigated disaster with Lybia and Syria in particular being the worst examples amongst them and maybe only one or Two nations actually turning out better than they were before. It went so bad that supposedly some activist groups declared "The Era of the Revolution is Dead".

  • @065Tim

    @065Tim

    Жыл бұрын

    Stating "the revolution is dead" could also be because Gadaffi was a socialist and said he was the leader of the Revolution. Opposing him would make you a counter-revolutionary.

  • @cnlbenmc

    @cnlbenmc

    Жыл бұрын

    +@@065Tim+ Oh the irony...

  • @Godzillamonstrosity

    @Godzillamonstrosity

    10 ай бұрын

    Not a single country turned out better than before lol. They all turned out worse than before 😂😂. The only country which came close to a democracy was Tunisia and then they became a dictatorship last year too after the president declared emergency and dissolved the parliament. Libya, Syria and Yemen descended into all out civil wars.

  • @Mrgunsngear
    @Mrgunsngear Жыл бұрын

    Thanks

  • @Googers503
    @Googers5039 ай бұрын

    Freaking love this channel

  • @floeckchen666
    @floeckchen666 Жыл бұрын

    Who else but quagmire Giggedy giggedy

  • @browningcq
    @browningcq Жыл бұрын

    Lesson of this story: never give up your nuclear weapons.

  • @065Tim

    @065Tim

    Жыл бұрын

    Ghadaffi didnt have them.

  • @browningcq

    @browningcq

    Жыл бұрын

    @@065Tim yea, because he gave them to the US shortly after 9/11. If he didn’t give up those nukes, the US wouldn’t have CIA’d/JFK’d him haha.

  • @nowfalalmahmody2172
    @nowfalalmahmody2172 Жыл бұрын

    As a Libyan i couldn't have said it better myself i hope one day my country could come to peace

  • @abdalmajedhgaf6049

    @abdalmajedhgaf6049

    Жыл бұрын

    تقرأ التعليقات ينكسر قلبك💔

  • @nowfalalmahmody2172

    @nowfalalmahmody2172

    Жыл бұрын

    @@abdalmajedhgaf6049 ايه والله

  • @ericmunene8521

    @ericmunene8521

    10 ай бұрын

    Libya once had peace. Largest HDI in Africa, highest gdq per capital,but Libyans saw it's better with western democracy. Libya will have leap what it sowed

  • @Seas1s

    @Seas1s

    10 ай бұрын

    ⁠@@ericmunene8521Anarchy isn’t very western I don’t think, not considering how the richest and most stable countries are all western besides a few east Asian states.

  • @ericmunene8521

    @ericmunene8521

    10 ай бұрын

    @@Seas1s which rich countries are rich without resources. Those western developed are developed due to US markets and their central banks. The US development inthe 19th century is due to its natural resources and unrestricted information flow from Europe. Development is chained to democracy in any way. This proved by China, Japan and gulf states. Development is due to natural resources and access to markets

  • @criticalvan939
    @criticalvan939 Жыл бұрын

    That blazer is phenomenal

  • @sea_clicks
    @sea_clicks11 ай бұрын

    mega Quagmire talk...Simon!

  • @NateTheGnat
    @NateTheGnat Жыл бұрын

    "We Came, We Saw... He Died! HAHAHAHA!" - Hilarious Clownton, 2011

  • @orac22

    @orac22

    10 ай бұрын

    What? No I didn’t.

  • @codidevlugt2153
    @codidevlugt2153 Жыл бұрын

    Could you possibly do a video on the Liberian Civil war's? Or do a Biographics of Charles Taylor? I would greatly appreciate it.

  • @REVIEWCORPS
    @REVIEWCORPS Жыл бұрын

    You can’t tell me that Gaddafi doesn’t look like he’s playing in the World Series of poker in that picture from the intro

  • @Fred_Lougee

    @Fred_Lougee

    Жыл бұрын

    I can and will. Only an idiot plays poker wearing mirrored shades.

  • @multiyapples
    @multiyapples Жыл бұрын

    Rest in peace to those that passed away.

  • @--enyo--
    @--enyo-- Жыл бұрын

    lol love the Peter jokes across all the channels.

  • @midsue
    @midsue Жыл бұрын

    Informative video about the very complicated situation in Libya.

  • @anumeon
    @anumeon Жыл бұрын

    I am doing my best, thank you very much... :D

  • @wavydavy9816

    @wavydavy9816

    Жыл бұрын

    Stirling effort Pete 👍

  • @Snp2024

    @Snp2024

    Жыл бұрын

    Hero ❤❤

  • @adenkyramud5005

    @adenkyramud5005

    Жыл бұрын

    Legend

  • @peterszkiela2768
    @peterszkiela276811 ай бұрын

    My name is Peter. I had this playing in the background while I was working on my PC. The 17:06 point in the video freaked me out.

  • @ironman5034
    @ironman5034 Жыл бұрын

    Do a follow up of how this led to more jihadist in north and west africa

  • @RandomNooby
    @RandomNooby9 ай бұрын

    Might need a part 2...

  • @TopStrikerT
    @TopStrikerT Жыл бұрын

    Giggity

  • @CruelandCold

    @CruelandCold

    Жыл бұрын

    Giggity

  • @dogetaxes8893
    @dogetaxes8893 Жыл бұрын

    Reminds me of that family guy episode where Quagmire was in Libya.

  • @johnreece101
    @johnreece101 Жыл бұрын

    Simon please please make a podcast for warographics and just upload the audio from your videos. -Someone who is driving across the ENTIRE US right now

  • @unfortunately_fortunate2000

    @unfortunately_fortunate2000

    Жыл бұрын

    you know you can que videos up, right? also you really shouldnt be commenting on a video while driving, that isn't just dangerous, that's reckless.

  • @andyyang3029

    @andyyang3029

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@unfortunately_fortunate2000 probably isn't currently driving, but at a gas station or rest stop on the way. But yes, he should just queue up the videos or make a playlist 👍

  • @unfortunately_fortunate2000

    @unfortunately_fortunate2000

    Жыл бұрын

    @@andyyang3029 I'm aware, I was being sarcastic. but still, listening to podcasts/youtube videos does actually contribute to distracted driving, much like listening to the radio while driving can and has lead to many accidents on the road.

  • @the1flym459
    @the1flym459 Жыл бұрын

    While a lot of people take the lesson of the Libyan Civil Wars as "we shouldn't get involved in North Africa and the Middle East," I feel like that's a way too simplistic reading of events. Rather, I think the message is more about the importance of supporting formerly authoritarian states in their transition to democracy. Gaddafi was going to die eventually; he was already pretty old when the Arab Spring happened and it was probably the best chance Libyans had of making sure the eventual transfer of power went their way. But after the death and destruction of the Civil War, the new government didn't have the boots on the ground capacity to maintain order and control during the rebuilding period. If foreign powers were really concerned about the Libyan people, they should have sent peacekeeping forces to help stabilize the situation until the Libyan military could reorganize itself. The US and NATO need to learn that while drone strikes are easier and less risky for them, there's a tangible reassurance that being able to physically see those helping to maintain order that aerial bombardments can never replace. You can't half-ass these sorts of things: you either have to be willing to go all in when staging an intervention or stay out of it entirely, there's no middle ground

  • @nathanaeld.striker7191

    @nathanaeld.striker7191

    Жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately, other countries are more worried about the perception of their public.

  • @thearpox7873

    @thearpox7873

    Жыл бұрын

    They should have given a voice not just to the transitional governments, but to the tribal groups and various small factions running around. When you shut out a large segment of the population, you breed resentment. When that population is well-armed, you're asking for trouble. And here's a hint: When a gun-toting minority side is asking for greater autonomy, either give it to them or be ready to enforce order with an iron fist. If you can't do either of those, prepare for years of suffering. Unfortunately, a core facet of modern Western diplomacy seems to be to just deal with the 'legitimate' authority, and then act pikachu faced when stuff goes boom.

  • @robertortiz-wilson1588

    @robertortiz-wilson1588

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@thearpox7873 SO true. Very well put.

  • @christophersmith309

    @christophersmith309

    Жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately, US and NATO occupation of countries via peacekeepers and attempts to assist a country in rebuilding itself and its institutions has historically rarely worked out

  • @nolongerblocked6210

    @nolongerblocked6210

    Жыл бұрын

    @@christophersmith309 other than the Marshall Plan, which helped to rebuild nation after nation after WW2

  • @bluemutt9964
    @bluemutt9964 Жыл бұрын

    Hey Peter, remember the time the UN authorized a no-fly-zone over my country?

  • @EAcapuccino
    @EAcapuccino Жыл бұрын

    What happens when a dictator is deposed? Power vacuum and a bloody civil war, or many

  • @user-uc4vg4rg9e

    @user-uc4vg4rg9e

    Жыл бұрын

    not something i want to see happen in russia

  • @OK-yy6qz

    @OK-yy6qz

    Жыл бұрын

    Or transition to democracy.

  • @devonweber8006
    @devonweber8006 Жыл бұрын

    He confused Libya for Syria when he was talking about the air stricken

  • @maryrowe3981

    @maryrowe3981

    Жыл бұрын

    🤷🏻‍♀️ we knew what he meant.

  • @KRossKo
    @KRossKo Жыл бұрын

    Did anyone else notice at 7:20 when he said Syria instead of Libya, wonder if that's a teaser for a future video lol 🤣

  • @usonumabeach300
    @usonumabeach300 Жыл бұрын

    No mention of the combat knife slid fairly casually into his rectal area?

  • @shihtzu291
    @shihtzu291 Жыл бұрын

    I want to know why on earth Simon hasn't got his own TV project yet as he's clearly very comfortable in front of the camera and he's also the most hardest working man on KZread definitely I mean the amount of top quality content that comes out from him is enormous! If I was in charge of the BBC or Channel 4 or whatever he'd be top of my list of presenters. Not only that but he comes across a really likable geezer with his tipicall British quick wit and humour. Who ever signs him up would have a serious asset with Simon. 🇬🇧👍

  • @jamesclouse9947

    @jamesclouse9947

    10 ай бұрын

    Why the hell would you want that?

  • @varunrajesh6516
    @varunrajesh6516 Жыл бұрын

    For the comments here who think Simon is unnecessarily harsh to Gaddafi, British people specifically hate Gaddafi because of his involvement in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988, killing 270 people. He's like an Al Qaeda terrorist to them so any facts about him giving healthcare and money to his people are irrelevant.

  • @BacklTrack

    @BacklTrack

    Жыл бұрын

    But to Libyans they don't think the same way. And they dealt with the brunt of this power change.

  • @ivancho5854

    @ivancho5854

    Жыл бұрын

    Quite right. I was very happy to hear how he met his fate. 🇬🇧 God save the King! 🇬🇧

  • @RSjs25

    @RSjs25

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ivancho5854go outside

  • @CoolManCoolMan123

    @CoolManCoolMan123

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@BacklTrackBrits also celebrate Churchill like some god even though he was just a good leader in right time, and do I have to talk about his opinions on a neutral Ireland and India?

  • @DeliaLange

    @DeliaLange

    10 ай бұрын

    The facts are also not facts, they’re false! I am Libyan and whenever I hear this shit and then tell my family members what people are saying that gaddafi did for us on the internet they just laugh in my face!

  • @lesserson2182
    @lesserson2182 Жыл бұрын

    Nice cleaned up edition of how Gaddafi was killed. Left out the bayonet suppository.

  • @mexicanwitharock
    @mexicanwitharock Жыл бұрын

    Giggidy

  • @OK-yy6qz
    @OK-yy6qz Жыл бұрын

    Who else but Quagmire

  • @scooby45247
    @scooby45247 Жыл бұрын

    the struggle to monopolize violence..

  • @walnzell9328
    @walnzell93288 ай бұрын

    29:24 I was not expecting the Powder Gangers to be a faction in this war. Holy crap.

  • @parfait911
    @parfait911 Жыл бұрын

    Omg Quagmire you're during civil war in Libya that's hilarious

  • @PMCKnivesAndTools
    @PMCKnivesAndTools Жыл бұрын

    How did you know I was confused watching this? 👀

  • @dirtyden1
    @dirtyden1 Жыл бұрын

    I swear Simon is the busiest dude on KZread.

  • @jackbolder5734
    @jackbolder5734 Жыл бұрын

    Missing reasoning behind outside player's support of the factions.

  • @peniiiiii644
    @peniiiiii644Ай бұрын

    There is a really good movie about the embassy being destroyed, it is 13 hours: the secret soldier.

  • @3spaceeater3
    @3spaceeater3 Жыл бұрын

    Hey Simon nobody can hear you in the back. Can your team work on your audio problem, it’s really bad…

  • @otacon5648
    @otacon5648 Жыл бұрын

    How on earth did it take five whole months to publish this video from the date it was shot?

  • @demeresmith7307
    @demeresmith7307 Жыл бұрын

    My heart breaks from the lives lost in these wars. Once stable nations in udder chaos, it is cruel. It humbles me when I think about my problems then realize parts of the world are still like this and will likely continue like this.

  • @amstonger

    @amstonger

    Жыл бұрын

    Pull your head from the sand.... All you peace loving disillusioned people should realize that war will never end... So stay out of the way

  • @KironManuelCards

    @KironManuelCards

    11 ай бұрын

    Utter chaos. Udder means the teats of a cow from which we get milk! And actually Libya was in chaos from day one. see the Lockerbie Crash.

  • @bmak24
    @bmak24 Жыл бұрын

    Gas is getting kinda expensive. Sounds like Libya, needs some freedom 😎

  • @williampassarelli7527
    @williampassarelli7527Ай бұрын

    Me when Gaddafi doesn’t say “Giggity giggity” even though this is supposed to be a Quagmire

  • @VitoDRF
    @VitoDRF Жыл бұрын

    Simon: clearly if you see the amount of time left on this video, you know Lybia's troubles were far from over. Me happe ing to be looking at the time bar: YOU GET OUT OF MY HEAD, SIMON WHISTLER! YOU GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!

  • @m.c.martin
    @m.c.martin Жыл бұрын

    Does this mean we’ll see a Biographics video on Gaddafi soon?

  • @theawesomeman9821

    @theawesomeman9821

    Жыл бұрын

    I believe they already did him years ago

  • @keicor
    @keicor Жыл бұрын

    Very nice summary! Re which nations supported who ots simple... look at the oil fields ownerships and you have your answer. Eni (italy) and BP (UK) have 50% ownership of oil fields in the North, and Total (France) owns 50% of rhenoil fields in the south. Now see which countries are major investors in said companies and you can start building the list presented.

  • @robertortiz-wilson1588

    @robertortiz-wilson1588

    Жыл бұрын

    Link!

  • @Usmcpantera
    @Usmcpantera6 ай бұрын

    This KZreadr is a quagmire, 100 channels and they all sulk. He mastered the art of looking for info on Google 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @longtabsigo
    @longtabsigo Жыл бұрын

    I wanna know what happened to his brothers Larrymar and Curlymar?

  • @Jondiceful
    @Jondiceful Жыл бұрын

    I often wonder if these nations with borders created by European powers at complete odds with who lives there would be better off dividing into smaller nations better equipped to self-govern if for no other reason than there being fewer internal factions seeking control. Mind you, this is a musing, not a prescription for peace. If any solution could be so simple, I am confident it would have taken root by now.

  • @LowTempDabr
    @LowTempDabr3 ай бұрын

    Giggitty...

  • @glenipolus9731
    @glenipolus9731 Жыл бұрын

    God damn pls give us a map pls. I cant understand anything without one

  • @ReaperDCC
    @ReaperDCC Жыл бұрын

    Holy crap Petah Quag's in the war

  • @axelrubiocarrillo9719
    @axelrubiocarrillo971911 ай бұрын

    Gaddafi deserved better

  • @Tony77428
    @Tony77428 Жыл бұрын

    CIA, revolution, protest, division, oil, natural gas🤔

  • @VREMEPLOV1

    @VREMEPLOV1

    2 ай бұрын

    You’re TOTALLY wrong buddy; NATO and their allies do not care about oil, natural gas, increasing their sphere of influence wherever possible, overthrowing democratically elected governments and funding (illegal) covert operations- they care about people, democracy and prosperity😂

  • @60sSam
    @60sSam Жыл бұрын

    There are times that, no matter how much you might not want to, breaking up from a non=functional relationship is the best thing for it.

  • @Bikeadelic
    @Bikeadelic Жыл бұрын

    "The UN get twitchy when it looked like regimes they didn't like started to take back power from the newly formed "stable" government. Although no one in the UN lived there they knew it was up to them to control Libya"

  • @kent826
    @kent826 Жыл бұрын

    Not gonna lie, I was pretty lost ten minutes in. Thank you for making it as clear as you could. Ultimately, these events leave me feeling ever so sorry for the Libyan people. I almost wonder, if the peace is broken again, would it not be better for the opposing parties to find some way to form their own independent nations? Given the insane complexity and ever shifting alliances between the numerous factions, it doesn't appear that anyone will be able to assert any lasting power or control over the nation as a whole. Would splitting the nation into new, smaller ones be possible? I'm not familiar with Libya's specific geography or resource allocation, but perhaps that is where this conflict is heading? If not, I fear another large-scale conflict is inevitable, and may be even more deadly than the previous ones.

  • @brassmonkey7566
    @brassmonkey7566 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks killairy Clit ton

  • @rustyholt6619
    @rustyholt661910 ай бұрын

    has anyone else noticed that when ever society breaks down tribal violence seems to take its place

  • @z0ro_62
    @z0ro_6211 ай бұрын

    I remember a very different series of events then whats painted here for one the rebels where always divided so much so that they where losing only when the airstrikes came raining in did the war start swinging in the rebels favor

  • @natebartels1444
    @natebartels1444 Жыл бұрын

    Could you cover the Chad-Libya wars?

  • @darylb5564
    @darylb5564 Жыл бұрын

    I would argue that of blowing up airliners attacking other countries or civil war that civil war is by far the least worst option. Are we sure the outside forces aren’t getting exactly what they want…

  • @needsmetal
    @needsmetal Жыл бұрын

    And now not is slavery back in Libya, NGOs use Libya as a human trafficing location

  • @JozefLucifugeKorzeniowski
    @JozefLucifugeKorzeniowski Жыл бұрын

    haftar: I want to drive out destabilizing forces and move towards negotiations also haftar: you know what? fuck that. I'm the destabilizing force now.

  • @adambald600
    @adambald600 Жыл бұрын

    The damn Twenty Thirth!? 😂😂😂

  • @hughmsweeney
    @hughmsweeney Жыл бұрын

    Can we have more videos about Somalia?

  • @DogeickBateman
    @DogeickBateman Жыл бұрын

    When Gaddafi said "I am the Quagmire" and turned into a Quagmire I knew this was the Family Guy Quagmire arc of all time, Bravo Vince Edit: Here before the ten gazillion third worlders say "muh American fault" when the UN literally authorized the no fly zone lmao

  • @sleepyjoe7518

    @sleepyjoe7518

    Жыл бұрын

    Obama is the architect of Libya's demolition.The "intervention" for humanitarian reasons has been so far more costly for EU than Libyans.

  • @DogeickBateman

    @DogeickBateman

    Жыл бұрын

    @@sleepyjoe7518 Least braindead robot

  • @abrahamhwang1422

    @abrahamhwang1422

    Жыл бұрын

    … giggity…

  • @amitkenan3878

    @amitkenan3878

    Жыл бұрын

    That would explain why his guard was women

  • @dustingh

    @dustingh

    Жыл бұрын

    @@amitkenan3878 And why he was sodomized with a bayonet

  • @Beanmanwarby
    @Beanmanwarby5 ай бұрын

    I clicked the video because I saw the word quagmire in the title and I like quagmire from family guy. Idk what a Libya is

  • @jameskynnersley3804
    @jameskynnersley3804 Жыл бұрын

    Is it NTC or TNC? The writing around the badge, and the acronym Simon uses, are not the same

  • @orac22

    @orac22

    10 ай бұрын

    It was NTC

  • @tomaswallmur7616
    @tomaswallmur7616 Жыл бұрын

    Yet another fantastic example of western initiative regime change. Libya under their brutal dictator had single payer health care and the highest literacy in Africa, but some NATO countries were really hungry for that oil/freedumb for the Libyan ppl….:/

  • @DeliaLange

    @DeliaLange

    10 ай бұрын

    our education system was not better than any of our surrounding countries. My dad was a doctor in Libya working there for 12 years when gaddafi was in power. He left Libya when he saved up enough money because he knew how awful the healthcare system is in Libya. Ask any Libyan and they’ll tell you they went abroad for most of their specialist treatments even during gaddafi’s era. It’s very common to hear about people going to tunisia for surgery, turkey for a stroke, jordan for fertility treatment. Trash is also free but it doesn’t make it good does it?

  • @m.c.martin
    @m.c.martin Жыл бұрын

    It’s crazy how Gaddafi took over Libya when he was 27 and without firing a single shot, to then see a Rebellion over throw him in a civil war is quite odd.