Comments by "blank" (@_blank-_) on "The Problem With the Middle East's Borders" video.

  1. Or even much better: unite the people and have them rights and protections for their languages and cultures under a federation.
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  2.  @ShIbaShlba  What? It was unstable during and after Western colonization. Open a history book. It was stable under the Ottoman, under the previous Islamic caliphates, under Persian rule and so on. The last 200 years have been a constant shitshow because of colonization, imperialism and nationalism. All of which stemmed from the West.
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  3. MAKE ROME GREAT AGAIN. Or Persia. Or Macedon. I'm not picky.
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  4. *add more shit
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  5.  @marcus-vu8gj  Unless you are a world leader, you can't do much... Educate people about Palestine and Palestinians and how Zionism fucked up the Middle East even more.
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  6. Israel is one of the symptoms of Western interference.
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  7. No. Because of colonization, imperialism and nationalism.
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  8.  @djtcp-l6f  The West didn't disappear after 1950... The Cold War also happened and lives on. Religions are just weaponized in the Middle East to pursue political goals. Praying Allah, Yahve or Jesus doesn't give you guns and dollars. Foreign governments do.
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  9. 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
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  10. Nope, colonization, imperialism, nationalism are bad.
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  11.  @gutss8608  True. The Middle East is fucked up because of nation-states (1 state = 1 culture) and nationalism, imperialism, colonialism, the Cold War (that still continues between Russian allies and US allies), politics and resources. Religion and cultures are just weaponized to pursue political goals.
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  12. Yeah basically, European and Western imperialism created a big mess in the world... Hope our governments will change their ways but it's unlikely.
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  13.  @frazierk300  *past 70 years
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  14. America is definitely responsible too.
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  15. Exactly. Nation-states are as dysfunctional as multiethnic countries. Federations for the win 🙏
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  16. True. Our diversity is often difficult but it's what makes India the greatest.
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  17. LMAO 😭
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  18.  @micocalimlim6339  Or anyone with a brain and a heart.
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  19.  @greatpeopleofhimachal5043  It's not his fault. I'm Indian from a Muslim family. We didn't choose the Partition and our Pakistani neighbors don't really have a choice in their politicians (failing democracy).
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  20. The British did the same in India by drawing stupid borders among us though (1947 Partition)... Hope one day all Desi people will be united 🙏
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  21. Allies of the US.
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  22. The Ottoman Empire wasn't suppressive for most of its history but with the rise of nationalism in 19th century's Europe and its export to other lands, it started to become discriminatory... At least, with a united Middle East, there wouldn't be hundreds of armies fighting.
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  23. 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
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  24.  @rogerszmodis  "pRiMiTiVe SuPeRsTiTiOnS" Nationalism literally stems from the West. Islamism rose because of Western aggression, interference and lack of action against its allies (Saudi Arabia etc).
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  25.  @13Humanbeing  "ThE bRiTiSh DiD nOtHiNg WrOnG LoL"
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  26. The video is simplistic. The issue is the lack of protection for minorities and more nation-states in the Middle East won't help. Federalism is the answer. Also, if people are fleeing the Middle East, it's because of the West (mainly the US, UK, France). Our governments started a lot of this violence and continue to intervene in military actions.
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  27. Cope.
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  28.  @mrsupremegascon  T'es sérieux ? Leurs états sont en déliquescence, leurs ressources pillées, des parts importantes de leurs cultures détruites et ils devraient être contents parce qu'ils ont une vieille ligne de chemin de fer ? En plus, construite par eux avec leurs ressources et leur main d'œuvre ? On aurait pu s'allier avec eux, transférer des connaissances, faire du commerce au lieu de les coloniser. On l'a fait avec le Japon (sauf qu'on a aussi exporté le colonialisme et l'impérialisme chez eux....). Avec la colonisation, on s'est créés des ennemis pour des siècles au lieu d'alliés potentiels. Les Ottomans sont devenus paranoïaques à la fin de leur règne À CAUSE de l'essor du nationalisme à l'européenne. Soutien à la révolution grecque, colonisation de leur empire etc. Tu crois que nos États-nations sont apparus par magie ? Non, ils ont été créés dans le sang et dans des génocides culturels.
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  29. Divide and rule. If the locals are too busy fighting each other, they can't unite to fight the colonial power.
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  30. Ironic since you are the ones being the lapdog of a foreign power (the US).
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  31. Yep... Easier to blame the borders than your own government.
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  32.  @conradmcdougall3629  *Foreign interference, nationalism, imperialism and colonization are bad. His proposal is shitty. It should be a federation, not different independent states.
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  33. Brown and Muslim = MiDdLe EaSt
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  34.  @awaiskhan9329  If we apply their logic, yes... It's how they divide the world in their mind.
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  35. Soviets/Russians and Americans also entered the game. The Brits, the French and the West still interfere with these countries, whether through wars, companies, the economy...
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  36. I read it was more like 20% in the early 1900s. But I agree, federalism is the key.
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  37.  @johannchlimon4276  Sorry to hear that 😔 Hope your family is doing good now.
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  38. The West still exists and still influences and still supports rogue states, terrorism, various rebel groups and infighting. Also, as a response to colonialism, colonized people imported their own brands of nationalism with all the associated bullshit (ethnic cleansing). Such a shitty world we live in.
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  39. Indirectly even though it would be argued that the West and its allies gave a lot of money to many Islamist groups.
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  40. The British did the same thing in South Asia though...
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  41.  @salty-d5839  The issue is mainly political. If you don't protect minorities and their rights, they will rebel. If you give an army and a state to a single group, they will abuse from this power. The answer is federalism. No hard borders between different peoples and minorities have local power.
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  42. Blaming everything on culture is a basic and simplistic take.
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  43. FEDERALISM IS THE GREATEST
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  44. There were several attempts at uniting the Arab world (look up the Wikipedia page "Arab Union"). Most of the time these attempts failed due to coups d'état, leaders being assassinated, the Cold War,
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  45. Probably a map of Islam, not all religions. But yeah, it was a poor choice.
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  46. The main language is Moroccan Arabic (Darija) but also Berber languages, French, Spanish, English are spoken.
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  47. The British did the same thing with India and Pakistan... We should have stayed united under a strong federation.
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  48.  @stantorren4400  Israel thrives because of the infighting in neighbouring countries. Israel use the chaos in the Middle East to justify its place as a "StABLe dEmOcRaCy" and get billions to buy weapons. Also, Lebanon suffered from Israel occupation and from the waves of Palestinian refugees because of... Israel. But hey, this has nothing to do with Zionism right.
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  49.  @isla2202  To be fair, Zionism is just one among many other divides Israel, the US, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Russia use. But yeah, it poisoned the well between the Middle East and the West.
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  50. Cold War's legacy.
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  51. Also, losing them as an ally would mean losing their military base on the Mediterranean, losing an arm buyer but also, there are Russian jihadists in Syria. Putin prefers to fight them in Syria, not Russia.
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  52.  @micocalimlim6339  Because of mean comments? Wow, you seem smart.
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  53.  @fordmustnagisbestcarath5046  Anti Zionists make mean comments. Zionists colonize and terrorize Palestine. Just say that you are a snowflake triggered by words instead of actions and leave.
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  54. Both? Both. When you repeat the same mistake over and over, with the same consequences, you are responsible.
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  55. *Nation-states
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  56. Not really. Darija and Syrian Arabic are not mutually intelligible.
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  57. The issue is more about unitary governments and nation-states. Federations should be the norm. Becoming independent would mean that Kurds living outside the political borders of the Kurdish state should have to move in or face persecution and similarly Arabs in this Kurdistan should have to move out. We need to promote and enforce federalism.
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  58.  @amirhosseinetemad3094  It shouldn't happen. More nation-states in the Middle East will only bring more wars, violence, ethnic cleansing. Federalism is the key.
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  59.  @fordmustnagisbestcarath5046  Israel  je Srbija
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  60. If the state respect and give rights to minorities, yes it's a strength. If not, it's a mess.
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  61.  @MimOzanTamamogullar  Also, you wouldn't have migrants seeking safety and prosperity in if the American government didn't spend the last 2 centuries pillaging and destabilising the whole world. Instead, it could have invested in these "shithole countries". But no, y'all love banana republics so much.
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  62. The youngest millenials are... 25. It's zoomers now.
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  63. Religion is just a pretext. Most of these goals are political and economic.
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  64.  @fordmustnagisbestcarath5046  Minding their own business by... invading Arab lands? Weird definition.
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  65. True, some of these tensions can remain but they are diluted into a much bigger population which doesn't give a shit about their conflict. But this is another reason we need to push for peace in the Middle East instead of letting the US, Israel and Saudi Arabia do whatever they want.
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  66. Yes, if you protect minorities and fight extremists.
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  67. Israel is one of the reasons. There are many others.
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