The REAL reason the US can’t beat Iran
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What everyone misses about Iran
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ROHULLAH KHOMEINI COULDN'T TALK AGAINST THAT CYCLE IN PARIS WITHOUT PERMISSION THINK OF IT A BIT HE WAS JUST ANOTHER POPPET IN DIFFERENT CLOTHS
When you see the brutal religious Iranian regime with all its anti western chants, it's easy to think this conflict must be about religion. I want to show you the REAL story of how superpowers created the modern Iran we know today.
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Khomeini didn’t follow a “strict interpretation of Shia Islam.” He was a Shia cleric lol that’s like calling a Cardinal a follower of a strict interpretation of Catholicism
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Literally got goosebumps from this video. I didn’t know much about any of this history. Just trying to get some historical context on current events, and you broke it down perfectly. You are a remarkable storyteller.
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The Islamic Regime doesn’t care about its people. No country wants to control the Islamic Regime, everyone wants them gone!
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0:00 Intro
La verdad considero que has hecho un excelente video al margen de lo que digan algunos comentarios que he leído, no soy iraní, no hablo farsi, pero definitivamente no considero que el gobierno de los Ayatoláh sean paranóicos, creo que al margen de que no sea un gobierno secular y exista mucha discriminación y restriccion de libertades hacia la mujer, han logrado frenar lo que los países imperialistas hacían con Irán. Y eso es algo que me alegra aunque, podemos conversar horas si existía otra forma, una más democrática, mas libre, más positiva, y tal vez existan, pero la solución que ellos lograron en SU MOMENTO, es la que ha funcionado, y la verdad es que hoy están demostrando que de todos los vasallos de EEUU del consejo de cooperacion del golfo, ellos están demostranndo su soberanía e incluso aguantando contra dos países que lo están presionando sin razón alguna. O sea, no puede ser posible que la gente NO vea que si Nadie se mete con Irán y nadie juzga lo que Irán haga en sus fronteras y simplemente respeten su soberanía, entonces nada de lo que está pasando actualmente estaría sucediendo, crean el problema, provocan y luego salen a defenderse atacándote... No hay peor ciego que el que no quiere ver. Y lo que nos ha dejado claro aqui la geopolítica actual es que SI TU país no tiene un programa nuclear que pueda poner en peligro a todo el planeta, entonces serás una colonia de EEUU lo quieras, o no, tarde o temprano, encontrarán una excusa para poner en riesgo tu soberanía, aunque te hayas portado bien todos estos años con ellos, cuando quieran más y te lo vayan a pedir, Si no tienes armas nucleares, anda despidiéndote de tu soberanía y la prosperidad de tu pueblo.
1:26 Between Two Empires
17:46 Oil & the CIA
Do a documentary about the Israelí apertheid, brainwasher, landstealer and genocide regime since before its creation ... But get a good lawyer tho
23:48 The Path to Revolution
29:01 The Islamic Republic
CIA Johnny trying to manufactor consent for his handlers in Zion. hate to see it
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"The US even encourages Iran to start a nuclear energy program"
How about that.
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Project 2025
Apocalyptic Religions. I hope people understand the strongest and most dangerous religion of this brand does not live Iran. Its currently dismantling the greatest "Democratic" nation on earth and attempting to turn this country into a Theocracy. Dont think it cant happen, just take a look into their published blueprint "Project 2025" A religion at its heart that preaches an old testament God and uses the words of Jesus Christ as Propaganda not Prophecy. All under the guise of spreading Judeo-Christian values. An ideology born out of a failed East London conversion complex called Palestine Place in the 1800s. Evolving its identity for almost two centuries now and landing US into this exact moment where its time to choose a side. No more status quo, no more politics as usual. Evolution towards The Restablishment
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According to US intelligence, Iran is not and has not been pursuing nuclear weapons. Please don't fall for the WMD lie all over again.
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Middle East?? Really?
@naurozwein5384Brother, I'm a proud young iranian human, how stack in war and croption, in these hard and long day we living in, your words means alot to me, I hope some day peace may be at hands🖤
@R2CLUB_1Why you sugar coat Isreahell & USA always just say it they are the core of modern day evil and they are psychopaths with a superiority complex‼️ they caused the war between Iran and Iraq for 6 years and destroyed Iraq and because of them Iran had proxy’s now‼️ why don’t you mention proxy’s only happened as a result of Isreahell & USA destabilising the region‼️
@Zaid_Pilot17:58 shah ordered mosadegh to go after new deal
@LaPersYoungG17:38 wrong
@LaPersYoungGAMAZING SUMMARY
@eb2698“They are stucked between the regime and foreign powers who wants to control them” as an Iranian it actually hit me. Thats true in my opinion. I do have a fight each and every day trying to understand which side do i support. The regime which has ruined our lives or the powers trying to use us. They killed Khamenei and thanks for that but no I dont believe em and the regime? No thanks. Unfortunately there is no absolute right here and we are stucked!
@amirhoseinakhoundi3450The Iranian people are stuck as you say around 80% between them, the government and the outside powers that keep trying to tell them what to do for the past century.
Why do we as Americans think that it’s okay for us to constantly stick our noses in everyone other countries business and tell them what kind of government they should have? That’s more than half the reason why the majority hate us Americans!
On top of that we as Americans have also been stuck with a useless and corrupt government that has shown nothing but selfishness, manipulation, experimenting and exploitation on their own citizens! Now we are in this messed up economy that our Capitalism starts looking like Communism more and more each day yet let’s continue to not focus on our people and fight a war that we don’t need to be involved in at all.
When will we as American citizens stop arguing with each other and do something for ourselves, unite and demand our leaders to take accountability for where we are right now as a country and to stop worrying about the rest of the damn world. About damn time for our “Leaders” to worry about our own country right now, this damn second because everyone is hurting and struggling to survive. Oh yeah I forgot we can’t do that because most of the politicians have their money tied up in oil as well as our actual currency is based off of oil. It’s sickening to what American has become. The greed, corruption and manipulation has become so bad that I don’t think there is a way back.
Let’s just keep doing what we always do and expect different results (which is the definition of insanity!) by keep arguing amongst each other, the working class, about politics, race and other things that don’t matter and that has got us all no where for the last century! Carry on.
‘A’ for effort, but telling this story without mentioning the kgb and chekists is full out completely and totally misguided. It’s like trying to explain an iPhone by describing only the front of it and the screen and what’s going on on the screen. The kgb is if you flip the phone over and crack it open and take it apart. It’s the actual works inside that controls all the stuff going on on the screen. You don’t understand that part, you miss the whole thing entirely. You cannot tell this story without telling about the chekists. You have an excellent channel but got this one wrong.
@AmandaSutherlinFull of propaganda shit
@2nafaronimAnother CIA propaganda channel . 👎
@ramahi2000Pursuing nuclear weapons? You think they wouldn’t have had any by now? They have had and still do have a fatwa AGAINST nuclear weapons and that’s why they do NOT have it. This is just war enabling propaganda once again by insinuating that it’s why the illegitimate state of israhell and US are waging a war against Iran. Total bs
@HasseMosaviThe iranian govt is like a shield that protects its people. Freedom is something we all want, but freddom through submission to outside powers is no freedom at all.
@newbsidianYour propaganda is showing at 34:00
@murphy4treesYup USA tried over throw them hahaha
@Watchoutxx1The part about shah killing its people is completely untrue;
mohammadreza shah never opened fire on its own people thats why everyone now loves him even more☝️😤
Honestly, 90% of global conflicts and oppression are just results of british imperialism (and their european "friends). Somehow, the british commit the most crimes, receive the least punishment, and have zero accountability.
@abhinavdoddi660The real reason the United States doesn't seek to overthrow Iran's Islamic government is that, from a strategic perspective, this government has turned Iran into a much weaker regional power. That weakness has benefited other countries including Russia and china, the Gulf states, and especially Israel. In reality, the goal seems to be to keep the regime contained and harmless, not necessarily to remove it altogether.
@MohZ-p9eGood luck prevailing this disgusting islamist regime. May god bless US and Israel
@afxpkid-z6oGood documentary, but 2 things that are potentially not true:
- not sure if Iran was persuing nuclear weapons in the last decades: the previous supreme leader that was killed last February, had a Fatwa against nuclear weapons since 2003.
- not sure about this 80% of iranians not supporting the regime, that was dropped at the end of the video. We know that iranians are nuch more unified around their government since the israelo-american war started. However maybe more than 80% of americans do not support the american regime.
inaccurate where did you get 80% of Iranians don't support the governoment?
@ThePrinceAliYou are pro-regime and dishonest about the Shah. Believe me, the people of Iran have always suffered because of people like you who try to mislead them about their own history. I feel sorry for your subscribers.
#MassacreInIran
#javidshah
"... a regime that has been resentful towards the west..." I wonder why!
@Chemistry_101"Filtered democracy" like the electoral college in the USA who against popular vote chose Trump over Clinton in 2016. A two party system that creates division where you have to choose "the lesser evil"
There is no democracy
Quick Heads Up Johnny Harris. It may look like 50% you say is not subscribed, guaranteed I am not the only one, but I am not going to sign into my youtube account at work or on anything but my personal devices. And when the day is really slow, I'll put on a video. When I have time and remember, I go back and click the thumbs up on my phone, because I know how the algorithm works and I want to support the information source. But this may be a percentage of your audience much more likely than a single exception. Figured I'd help with that perspective
@soulblade2099There was so much western propaganda in this video, one could imagine the guy covering this has absolutely no idea about Iran and the situation there. Absolute nonsense.
@Edinho88Good effort and research but full of inaccuracies. The relationship between the regime and the country and people is much more complicated. The regime is not as religious as you and many think. The fervor religious slogans are indeed political and ideological tools. In reality, Iranians, and not only the general Pulic opposing it but the supporters of the system too, are less religious than for example in Turkey. There are also very nationalist intellectuals and who still support the foundation of an independent Iran, but kennly support fundamental changes in the political system and surely the absolute majority of the nation despise foreign intervention and war against the country.
@manog8713Most of the history here checks out. Great Game rivalry, the 1890 tobacco monopoly, the 1953 coup, SAVAK, Khomeini's rise, all solid. A few things worth correcting though.
The WWI famine death toll of 2 million is in the accepted range, but the 10 million "genocide" figure some of you are repeating in these comments comes from one author, not mainstream consensus.
The 1908 parliament bombing gets pinned on "Russian troops" in the video, but it was actually the Persian Cossack Brigade, Russian officered, not a direct Russian deployment. That came later.
The CIA's "$12 million" figure for Operation Ajax is on the high end. Declassified sources usually cite around $1 million.
The "80% don't support the regime" stat traces back to GAMAAN, an online diaspora poll with real methodology problems given how risky honest answers are for people still living under the regime. Directionally plausible, not a hard number.
This isn't some uniquely partisan take either. Skepticism of the '53 coup and US meddling crosses the political spectrum.
Last thing. The video's claim that the regime's redundant layers give it near-infinite resilience doesn't hold up well against what we're actually watching happen. A regime that's truly confident in that redundancy doesn't need to shut down the internet and kill tens of thousands of its own people, with claims as high as 50,000 in the most recent crackdown, to stay standing. And it doesn't need to run a nonstop AI propaganda campaign to convince its own population and the rest of the world it's winning, animated Lego-style videos mocking Trump, doctored images of the new Supreme Leader, invented footage of strikes on US bases. Some of the "combat footage" making the rounds wasn't even real or AI-made, it was recycled clips from other conflicts and, in at least one case, straight-up video game footage from ARMA 3 passed off as the real thing. Kind of funny, kind of pathetic, and not exactly the behavior of a government that feels unbeatable.
Hahahha. Mosadegh part was the point I stopped watching this bullshit!
@sasanmansouri8824It RL PMO when he snuck the nuclear bomb excuse thingy in the video. nuclear energy can be used for many things like medicine, healthcare and PowerStation's. And secondly most of my people rather die than get controlled by America and the west. I'm not saying that the current government is great it has some problems but even those problems are mostly caused by the west and comparing booth of the party's is like comparing an elephant to a mouse.
@ALIAssassin-o3eIt's amazing how people that do content created can call out history and regime changes in and Etc cetera but won't call out their own governments on who's the cause of the the real problem? We Got 2 Do better had hold the Real people accountable for what they start and what they did..Wrong is Wrong Right is Right..No matter who you pray too you know if you wouldnt want it too happen to you nor your family than its not right know matter how you try an move the border line ....
@DelronKINGAndersonTooks 20 years to overthrow Syria regime, therefore I hope will take 100 years to overthrow Komenei regim
@isaacemily1889if obey usa its good contry.dont obey its regime shame on u and ur puppets.
@asadfarid-c9gBrutal against who? Americans calling another country Brutal is laughable
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