How Europe’s Next War Could Start in the Balkans
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Why did you skip the part where Serbians in Kosovo are being jailed with no reason and without trial?
Why did you skip the part where Serbian homes are being bombed?
Why did you skip the part where our churches are being robbed ?
Why did you skip part where Kosovo policeman shoots at 9 and 11 year old kids, day before Christmas ?
Why did you skip the part where homes of Serbs returning back to Kosovo are being burned ?
Why did you skip all that and put "allegedly oppressed Serbs" ?
This video does NOT reflect reality.
It is very biased, unfortunately.
This is all the fault of the West, the EU and the US should never have accepted Kosovo's independence. Kosovo was supposed to remain part of Sebia as an autonomous province, the West set precedents that led to war in Georgia and Ukraine.
@@Mhark127 That is very true.
"Europe's Next War Could Start in the Balkans" that statement has been correct for like a past 600 years
You underestimate the fuckery that was the Holy Roman Empire and the pretty disunited feudal French kingdom and the chaos of the in the east brought by the nomad raiders who eternally raided europeans(i.e. slavs and romanian) for slaves to sell in the slave markets of Istanbul(some bought they freedom by the help of suck leader as Ivan Grozny/the Terrible)
Time Traveler: what year are we in?
Local: there's a war in the Balkans
Time Traveler: do you realize how little that narrows this down?
well considering how fucked up our army is i dont think we can invade someone in the bathroom taking a dump let alone 2 of our neighbours. but i see your point
600 is an understatement
uk via russia and usa russia connections are going to start the war, so that companies like Rio Tinto and ZiJIn and americna private corps in kosovo can destroy this land. its simple. plus eu plans to dumps migrants here but they wont stay. i expect due to mmf and china credits which davos made vucic take will let you have a lot more economic migrants they you thought possible.
we cant afford food dont be mistaken. inflation is horrible way worse then in EU. so, its not us. just like in the 90s, they need territory to laundry money.
As a Bosnian Serb all I want to say is, that I don't want war nor succession, I just want peace and the economy to rise.
thank you brother! Bosniak myself living in the US but much of the family still over in bosnia. nobody wants a round 2 people are sick of conflict we just want peace, stability and economic prosperity!
Thats what normal citizens want, but we all know leaders etc, do a lot of bad stuff. Its not up to us small people to decide.
'I have a Dream"
Serbian burek > Bosniak burek
"Republic of serbs" will be abolish by July 2024 by foreign politicians,not a bosniak ones(non of them are of Bosniak origin) ... Nobody normal in Europe want's "North Korea"(republic of serbs) and "littel russia"(serbia) in hearts of Europe .Remember that @@user-qb5ex7ju9n
If you have ever been in the Balkans and especially in Bosnia, you know that the people don't want war and only few actually support separatist movements. Actually, many people even wish Yugoslavia back because back then they were all neighbors in the same country and all lived in a big, powerful and economically strong country instead of all the small and poor ones today.
only serbians in bosnia wants the yugoslavia back, no bosnians, no croats, no slovakians, no macedonian, no albanians want yugoslavia back, serbians in bosnia that want yugoslavia back can go to live in serbia, if they want, you probably are serbian, but dont look at the comments here "we dont want war", "politicans divided us" those are comments from 12 years olds here, yes politicans ordered to kill but who did those actions? of course military of that country, in this case serbia, criminal milosevic was accused for crime against humanity and ethnic cleansing, but what about those soldiers who commited crimes cuted peoples head,legs,arms, they are still free today, and in any case if a new war start they will do the same, look at what happened in September last year, here in video says 30 gunmen serbs, but we all seen that there were more than 100 hundred, they killed an albanian police and fleed immidiately inside serbia, and today they are free, no actions from government of serbia to arrest them, so is serbia a democratic nation or a nationalist nation that protects the killers?
As far as i could remember, the independence movement was largely due to serbs being serbs sucked out most the profits from other ethics group. So.....nope, i dont think former Yugoslavia countries would even want to return to previous days when they can all join EU......
Absolutely not I don’t think they wish that Yugoslavia would be back especially the Bosnia majority of them voted for the separation and that’s for their own good. let’s not forget it was an ethnic cleanser war against the Muslim of Bosnia 🇧🇦
@@freezvitamin i from macedonia , a former yugoslavia country as well , i can tell you with certainty that most of the ex yu people want yugoslavia back , we had a very strong very big country , outside of slovenia all of the ex yu countries are living in suboptimal conditions , the return of yugoslavia will mean that we dont need to join eu , what for when we would easily be one of the economically strongest countries if that regime returns , however true , the serbs are a greedy nation , i have many serbian friends but nobody can deny that , they ruined yugoslavia once Tito died , they started 2 unnecesery wars vs their former allies and blood brothers the croats and bosnians , they were indeed out of control . A modern Yugoslavia could definetly work , as long as the control is not in Serbian hands .
Kakva bre jugoslavija. Jedva su nas skupili i onda.
Challenge: count how much times independence was said in this video
Yeah, and ethnic cleansing by serbs when in fact, the serbs were the ones who were expeled or ethnically cleansed from Croatia (200.000+), Kosovo (225.000 with Montenegrins) nad BiH ( 157.000 just from capital Sarajevo alone) in the afternath of the war. Biased video AF
As someone from Serbia I can tell you that the chances of war are almost non existent. These kinds of videos are fun, but not likely to happen. The posturing is used only for internal political reasons on all sides. There are 3 main reasons:
1. Even if Serbia wanted a war hypothetically (which we don't), we are surrounded by either NATO countries or NATO protectorates (like Bosnia and Kosovo). There is no way that anyone would decide to go to war with 30+ countries just to get destroyed by NATO. Plus, all Ex Yugoslav armies are a joke compared to former self.
2. There is nothing to go to war for and very few that would be willing to fight. The war here is kinda seen as a thing of the past. We have lived through the consequences of the past war, and nobody would want to bring that back, neither the old generations that have been through it themselves, neither the new generations that have grown up in the aftermath. All countries in the region want to join the EU, develop our economies and gain further stability. We have some issues that need to be solved still (like Kosovo), and some things we don't agree on, but generally we are on the same path, just not with the same pace.
3. Neither the politicians nor the people want war. It would totally destroy any economic and social progress made in the past decades. The demographics are terrible, we have many more important problems to solve and a war would be suicidal.
So yeah... not happening. The people know it, the politicans know it, the international community knows it. It's all just posturing. The remaining issues will be solved by diplomatic agreements. It just takes time.
If Serbia doesn’t prepare for war why is arming so rapidly?
Moze rat ali za obnovu Jugoslavije i da se istjeraju kapitalisti iz regije. Ovo ostalo - nema šanse!! Pozdrav iz Hrvatske
Moja lepo Srbija!!!
Came here to leave similar comment . Well said
@@niktodorov4951 da bi drzava odvratila paznju od korupcije
I live in this region, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. There is nobody that could go to war. Most of our young people went to work in Europe, there is no weapons, and most of the population don't know how to use weapons because there is no obligatory service in the army like it was before.
Correct, i can say it for Serbia too. Nobody (from military personal cca. 30 k) wants to go to war anymore, people are tired from wars in 90. It will stay on small conflicts in the north of Kosovo (maybe few more casualties in the future) but that’s it.
It’s not as 1999. (when Serbia had 100-150 k soldiers in case that NATO starts ground invasion - it would be bloody war).
But everything is over.
@@danielapostolovic8733 thanks god that s the case i'm from bosniak origin i work and live in france i hope it never happens and that people are smart enough to not do it.
@@hunterthompson6737 As a French, I hope our country is treating you well.
@@yoannbelleville7763 tout va très bien pour moi et j'espère que c'est pareil pour toi merci.
@@DunDeeoZ thanks bro you too
16:43 The ONLY loss of a stealth aircraft due to combat in the history of warfare
basically america and nato opened Pandoras box
As a Bosnian this is all highly unlikely. Bosnians are still traumatiesed from the 90s and don t want another war. Majority of Serbs also have absoloutly no wish to start a war since they remeber what happened the last time they did and have basicly the same culture as Bosnians.
bosnian and serbian are the same etnich
I believe you on Bosnias part, but I have doubts about Serbs. From what I have studied the prelude to fall of Yugoslavia, tensions rose rather quickly in the end of 80s and early 90s from co-existence to all out war. Considering how popular phrase "Kosovo is Serbia" is over there, it is very much possible that they may go to war over it. But I believe it depends on the success of Russian invasion of Ukraine. If Russia manages to capitulate Ukraine, Serbs might get inspired for a rematch. If they get pushed back then they probably wont try anything. Also regardless of this wars outcome there is a new wave of nationalism sweeping across Europe.
I as a Bosnian Serb can also agree with your message. Out of all people that I know (Serbs, Croats, Bosniaks) no-one is up for some round two. Frankly speaking, people are just tired. And besides I love visiting Sarajevo for its amazing people and beautiful girl.
@@mlgsty8880Dude you don't know jack shit.
@@mlgsty8880Dude, you don't know jack shit.
People from these areas are tired of war. As a Croat I can only send lots of love and respect to my Serbian and Bosnian brothers and sisters. It is our politics and sadly lack of education and common sense amongst masses of our people that add flame to hate and sepparation due to different religions and tradition that define all of our nations. I've visited almost all Balkan countries and wherever I went and said I was from Croatia I was always welcomed. Politics are constantly ruining Balkan nations because of their own interests. Politicans gain loads of money, but not even one single member of their families would ever be sent to war while they would send thousands to their deaths without even thinking about it because they know it would make them rich.
Fuck Zerbs..every time they start getting gaslighted for their animosity there's you people to disprove their intentions
Brother... in this few sentences, I think you said just about everything that needed to be said . All best from Bosnian Serb... ♥
Stop calling them brothers. Our actual brothers (Croats) have to live with these balkanoids.
Thank you from Serbia. We don't want war with nobody..
not love to albanians from kosovo, your not croatian fake acc, how mnay albanians fight in your war against serbia????
You have so many videos ‘Wars Could Break Out’ I’d like to see one a ‘Next Threat of Romance to be Unleashed’
As an Albanian (Kosovar) I would say that a war is highly unlikely. There is of course friction but a war in Kosova and Bosnia, it’s taking it a bit too far.
First time i agree with Albanian on politics, we know its all theater.
Daj boze, mada i ja mislim da se kuva nesto.
Kosovo is serb
@@davidenglish1481 never bitch Serbs are immigrants they got Serbia with help of ottoman empire
@@davidenglish1481 😂😂😂 THEN WHY HAVENT SERBIA DONE NADA SINCE 2008??? YOU LOST KOSOVO A LONG TIME A GO STOP CRYING AND TRY BUILD YOURSELF A WELL RESPECTED LIFE.....
“Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down?”
This applies to any decade, at any time, on any day.
Insert the "First time?" meme
this was my immediate reaction lol
Exactly
This is a bs take. The balkans have been one of the most peaceful regions in europe except for the 1910s and 90s, which were tragic. During the cold war, the balkans was where the iron curtain was at its least tense. During the interwar years it didn't face more war than any other part of europe at the time, in fact much less. In ww1 the balkans were invaded by austria, yet the region gets the blame for the hostilities. Now westerners continue this meme, which basically makes the 90s sound like what's normal for the region and not the absolute tragedy it actually was. This is highly offensive to people who lived through it and those who still have to live with the consequences. The balkans are today a place of parties and sunshine, loads of problems of course but still some of the best times the region has ever seen.
Noone from the younger folks wants to go to war at all. Huge clickbait video...
Man, anglos really act like they're the good guys
Fantastic video. Thank you.
I appreciate the first minute or so showing the hypocrisy of the big powers ignoring the Armenian situation
Armenia illegally took that land you expect it to keep it like israel? Wont happen again even if you dreamed
They bombed Serbia for attacking Kosovo which was considered Serbia anyway and don’t do the same thing with Azwrbaijan.
There's more important things for them to worry about than some ethnic dispute in a backwater of the world.
@@ObaidFaisalthat doesnt give the right for Azeris and Turks like you to behave like troglodytes calling for genocide and ethnically cleansing whole peoples.
One big power, USA, russia always stands with Armenia, but is currently busy in Ukraine otherwise they would have done something. China is simply an outsider in europe, them interfering wouldn't make moral sense. It's only one big jerk who ignored Armenian genocide, again. 😢
The larger problem in Bosnia is that all the young people are leaving to go work in Germany and Austria. You can barely find a decent young tradie in the entire country.
Yeah, the larger problem for Germany and Austria
@@BeugsieNo. The xenophobes have mostly moved on from European immigrants.
You forgot to add Slovenia. We Slovenians have the feeling that the entire Balkans have moved to Slovenia. Not to mention the problems with Albanians from Kosovo, who leave their wives in Slovenia, and they themselves go to work in Austria, Switzerland or Germany. Albanian women do not want to learn the Slovenian language, they do not work, but they demand everything for free for themselves and their children, thus exhausting the Slovenian social system and causing tensions in society.
@@MaxHeadson That is some A-grade xenophobia. Well done.
@@MrWhangdoodlesprobably not even true
bosnian here i just can confirm what a bosnian serb and a croat here said already we fought our wars we got all bloody noses now we just want peace stability and prosperity who ever wants to go into wars u may do so but do it outside of the balkans and may it also be in your house keep us out we fought too many wars in the balkans also a lot of superpowers fought their wars on our back...selam / peace
zamezit i zapit se to uvijek mozemo. samo ako previse se zapijemo uvijek nekako zavrsi na ratu i ciji stric ciji daidza je ubijen itd....ali sve u svemu,da....granice znamo i granice se moraju postivat i tu je prici kraj. a na nama je da zivimo kako umijemo i znamo.bolje da zajedno obnovimo sto je nekada Tito dao poizgradit jer danas niti jedna drzava ne moze to ni ofarbat sama a kamo li obnovit
@@zagrepcanin82 👍🏼
How did Bosnia fight and where? Last time I checked Bosnia didn’t fight anything
@@lindal1982 what the hell u mean, alot of our people were soliders in differwnt empires that controled the land, bosnian states fought a lot of wars and battles, like boanian crusaders that gained independence from kingdom of hungary in 1200 hundreds, battle of kosovo, occupation of austria hungary, ottoman invasion yugoslavian wars and more under different countries/empires
dont wanna nitpick, but: the brcko district is not a "jointly-shared" district, but rather a self-governing administrative unit.
As a Bosnian Serb I just can say this overview is all but NOT independent and unbiased. This channel seems to be compiled by an American spokesperson. No any Serbian argument is presented. E.g. General representative in Bosnia is not elected by UN General Council. For that reason, since he is not legally elected, his authority is not recognized by Serbs (all his predecessor's decision were against interests of Republic of Serbska). That is only one argument not spoken here, but the other Serbian arguments (valid or invalid, just or not just) are also are omitted, mostly to give anti Trump conclusion at the end.
well, at least the video exposes the West's double standards in dealing with separatist regions. That's more than what most news outlets do
i am an albanian from Kosova & no one in their right mind would want a war, not a single civilian but the civilians are never asked. We did not want a war back in the 90s but no one asked, not a single civilian wanted a war but no one asked them. So even now when we want peace & stability they do not ask because the people on top decide for us, so do not rule out the option of another war happening in the balkans. Not a single human on this earth wants war & have them n their loved ones killed, but at the end of the day the ones who are running the country decide what will happen.
Hello my friend I have noticed that your microphone is not what it used to be if you could look into it that would be appreciated, it's very harsh.
Agreed with my ex-yu mates, it's an entertaining vid and a decent high-level overview, but things are muuuch more complicated than that, and this scenario although certainly possible is highly unlikely. If war actually started happening, I do believe we would all just topple our governments pretty quickly in the biggest protests we ever saw, and we saw some very big protests in recent history.
recognizing kosovos independence but not abkhazia, south ossetia, donbas, and transnistria makes my government the biggest hypocrites in the world.... sorry guys
No the situation is the Balkans is very simple. Serbia sits and waits for global geopolitical scene to deteriorate enough for them to start wrecking havoc in the Balkans again. They're like Russia, only much worse, because they're a small nation full of serious complexes of grandeur. Serbian people are like a button you push, just mention their ''historical lands'' (a huge lie) and they start throwing flowers on tanks while their priests bless weapons with holy water. Sick nation, almost in it's entirety.
none of this that he has talked about will happen .. particularly not dissolution of bosnia. that will become ww3
Lol your people wouldnt do anything if the goverment declared war...
It is not out of the people but they do not have the ability to win a war. I mean look at what happened when they tried to invade croatia they failled even though they had more troops, equipment and vehicles.
The real fact is that if the goverment knew they would win they would start a war no doubt I assure you, but since serbs would lose they will sit in their little balkan corner and cry out saying "KOSOVO JE SERIJA".
Come teach us in the UK!!
I can kind of see Serbia's frustration tbh, like imagine if Cornwall just declared independence form the UK, the rest of the world automatically recognized their independence and NATO stationed hundreds of troops in the country so there was nothing the UK government could do about it and then they told them to just get over it
Serbs are Slavic migrants that came to Balkans as refugees during Slavic migration to 600-800th . Albanians have always been majority aka natives . Google it before pushing milosevic propaganda
Those same countries that serbs went to war for in ww2 that they could have easily avoided where the first recognise kosovo and other countries
Now imagine if Cornwall was the heart of UK's history and the people there can now vandalize the historically important sites and buildings without facing repercussions, not to mention the random acts of violence towards the population of the UK that remained there.
@@dimitrijespasic473 or try to imagine if the UK armies try to force them, "the Conwallians", all out of their homes and properties.
@@darwinism14and what if the cornwallians are not encroachers who have a homeland came to uk by war
After 30 minutes my mind blew up...
I was able to visit some parts of the balkans and they are breathtaking and have such kind people!
You sure those were the balkans?
@georgenedqlkov3839 they are nice mostly with foreigners but with themselves it's just a bit different
I'm visiting Albania right now. Everyone has been so nice to me here, I've never felt so welcomed in any country.
@@LiamHayne you're welcome
@@georgenedqlkov3839I sense ethnic hatred.
Ok, here is message from Croat who fought in the last war: the situation here on Balkans is far less dramatic than depicted in this video. No new war will happen any time soon, maybe some minor clashes on Kosovo. Republika Serbska WON'T join Serbia as long as NATO exists. And btw, we Croats (vast majority) DON'T want that part of Herzegovina to join Croatia.
The obvious propaganda in this video is blatantly wrong on almost every assertion that it makes. Even some things presented as like a factual historic event, is not even like remotely close to being true... And not to mention the underlying reason for all our problems being the west and their sockpuppets (our politicians). God forbid we make another united socialist state... Biggest mistake we have done is not being radical enough in the 60s and fighting hard to preserve our country and stand united with our peoples.
Honestly, this video strikes me as irresponsible with how much hyperbole there is.
@@offroadoverlords state department propaganda lol
You must be enjoying the fruits of your efforts. 10pct population decline in 10 years. Oldest population in the world nearly per capita. Soon deaths will double births. Foreigners becoming workforce. Non existent economy other than tourist one. Replaced dinar with euro. Glorious just glorious. Good thing you stopped being with serbs, now start learning Nepalese.
Ja se iznenadim kad pricam sa Hrvatima iz Hrvatske i Srbima iz Srbije i cujem njihovo misljenje o Srbima i Hrvatima iz BiH. Malo tuzno sto pokusavaju da budu nesto sto nisu i ne vole drzavu u kojoj su rodjeni, ali hvala na komentaru zemo.
so funny that hardocre english accent on Kosovo transforming it into Kousouvou XD. he is saying that so often, my laugh-muscles are well equipped now for anyhting to come!
It is so shocking, I was born in germany, shortly after these wars and never heard of them in school. I learned the Names of the countries and had to memorize there Capitols, but never was the subjects of these wars even touched in class. It is one of the most important events in the European History.
Ex-Yugoslavian countries are still pretty close and work together maybe less than they should however I don’t think that the people of either nations want or have the nerve to attack each other. Not to mention that younger generations love each other more than they hate each other!
That's good to hear.
An important perspective to be noted for sure. I am Swedish and this is why it's important to read some of the comments before one can find out what things are like in certain parts of the world rather than taking a CZcams video at face value.
It also seems rare for RealLifeLore to directly address falacies or misunderstandings with some of his critical viewers, acknowledging his errors.
@@Khornedevoteeas a Swedish, can you tell me if you Swedish in general dislike Russia? Or are most people indifferent
@@User-jr7vf Swedes historically went in war against Russia multiple times and had volunteers sent to support countries attacked by Russia for example: 10k Volunteers in Winter wars
Yep no one wants to go to war (atleast no one sane) and you are spot on about the younger generations, I think younger genertions and generation after will smoothen relationships
When you only read headlines, and dont know situation on the ground but still decide to make a video about it
Branislave, ne seri
divim ti se sto uspio odgledati ovu glupost
This statement literally describes his entire channel
@@topanteon Sta da ne sere? Pa ovo je na nivou trecerazrednih RTS video igrica. Pa ko ovako analizira geopolitiku? Vucic nacionalista koji hoce da ujedini Srbiju, Bosnu i Kosovo? Covek koji je ukinuo sve institucije na S. Kosova, ukinuo civilnu zastitu, predao elektroenergetski sistem, dao rudnike, je nacionalista?
If you know this video to be incorrect. Respond with you own video with the correct version. For those of us who don't live in that part of the world this video gives us some idea to what's going on in that part of the world.
Excellent
The poor people of the Balkans Have to suffer… just move on, No more war and start building the countries up, the economy, the povertry, the unemployment rates…
So Much potential going to waste because of these conflicts…
We Balkans always say: "When you get up, first look to your neighbours house, then to the Sun! We have so much more to offer to each other then war !
Bs. WAAAAAAAR.
As a Dayton resident, I love seeing talk about our rust belt and industrially abandoned city. It feels like we've been forgotten
We talk about you in Bosnia all day everyday to be honest ahahahah. I think the treaty was signed in some huge army base or airport.
I think Dayton is maybe the most known US town in Bosnia except maybe New York. In Serbia we even have a gas station named Dayton. Lol.
Well as a sports fan I always remember Dayton exists because of the “First Four” round in March Madness
I think there even is a terrible song called "Dejton, Ohajo" ofc meaning Dayton, Ohio
The first human flight happened in Dayton, Ohio. It should never be forgotten. And the story of the flight of the Wright Brothers is very impressive I'm perplexed how there's no movie about them made.
14:21 how that short dude got the gig in the army is beyond me
Croatias population 2024 is 3.986million not 3.5million.
Brother, please make a video on both the Congo wars on your modern conflict series, it has taken lives of 6 million innocent people, therefore should be known and acknowledged.
Noone wants to hear about it. Sad but true
The problem is that this guy is basically spouting US State Department propaganda and the US and Isntreal are balls deep in that genocide
Yeah I totally agree. Aside from Ethiopia, there’s almost no videos covering the many African conflicts that have occured in the last 30 years
I don't know what's happening in Sudan but it's probably very bad.
Here's the thing, man. I'm from Bulgaria (Central/East Balkans), but I have Macedonian, Serbian and Bosnian friends (with whom we speak in English lol). No fucking war is gonna errupt here, ok? We were always like this. We flap our gums at each other, both people and politicians talk about how much other nations suck and what we would do to them, we get on each other's nerves and strain our relationships from time to time, but nobody actually wants war and nobody's gonna start a war. At the very least cause all our economies absolutely suck and we don't wanna ruin them further by dragging our countries into war. Russia and Azarbeijan have a large territory and natural resources to fal back on. All we have to fall back on around here is, ironically, each other - the neighboring nations. So no wars here. Sorry.
The channel is an US propaganda channel, its meant for US audience, not for the actual Balkans.
I think this was already the case before all the wars that already happened. Does not seems like a valid argument when you look into history.
These nations probably just need a strong hand or something a little more authoritarian like in the days of Yugoslavia since they cant seem to stop attacking or evicting each other instead of helping each other. They are not ready for a real democracy.
No such thing as “Macedonian”
I like the way you put it. Also, you English is way better than mine.
Bro the Serbian politicians that were Commanders and smugglers during the war are now the presidents and they say they are just waiting for the opportunity to start a war.... but you are gonna say something else because of your friends?
Please, please, oh for the sake of clarity, and my poor old waning eye sight, make your text font size slightly larger. I so love your programs, but become thoroughly frustrated by not being able to read your small charts which so distracts from both the engagement and the learning. I so want to get the full benefit from the effort you put into these vids, but in the instance of some texts sizes, it becomes completely fruitless and often times even sadly aggravating (especially when a charts you did will help really clarify the issue and I am just bleeding out the sides of my eyeballs squinting so hard to try to read the text...which I just cant seem to do...and then I'm pissed and covered in eye blood ;-)
Remember, many of us are on phones and thus can't see the very small text. However, nearly every time, on all your vids, you have enough space to make the font sizes slightly larger without blocking the rest of the primary focus of the picture being displayed. So, please, please, I keep, and will continue to keep asking you to please, for the sake of all that is decent and good in humanity, please increase your font size.
At least it's simple and easy to understand.
This legitimately made me laugh out loud. 🤣
I’m a big fan of your work and deeply appreciate the way you illuminate complex historical and modern conflicts with great care and insight. I’m writing to request a video on a subject close to my heart: the 1971 Genocide in Bangladesh. This event, pivotal for Bangladesh’s independence, led to immense loss and suffering, (3M k!ll3d and 300k R word) yet remains underrepresented in global consciousness.
Your ability to present such topics with respect and depth could significantly honor the memory of the victims and educate a wide audience about its significance. A video from you on this topic would not only shed light on a crucial piece of history but also serve as a poignant reminder of the importance of remembrance and understanding.
Your work makes a difference, and I believe this topic could greatly benefit from your thoughtful approach.
yet he gives zero crap that you just donated 2 dollars and wrote all that
@@zaidk22gb67 yeah so? The dude’s really busy and even if he doesn’t care I’m not gonna cry about it
9:59 armoured personnel carrier with "MANCHESTER UNITED" written at the front. LOL
Context: Manchester United is also known as the Red Devils by it's fans, which the Serbian FK Crvena Zvezda, as well as Radnički Kragujevac took the names as well, representing their colours of red and white (Crveno beli) and the Red Devils (Crveni đavoli) respectively.
I saw the title and my first response was "Again?"
man dont start ts it aint happening
'Nature has made up her mind that what cannot defend itself shall not be defended.'
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
ok so now I know what the next big event will be
This just demonstrates that war does not truly resolve issues, it just kicks it down the road.
War can solve issues. It just can't solve all issues. Nothing really can solve all issues.
Also, when certain issues are solved, either other issues will arise or other existing issues will gain prominence.
So you're saying Germany is going to have a showdown with Poland again because of WW2?
And its the reason why there will be no wars in the future.
@@theotherohlourdespadua1131 War is sometimes necessary.
Well, the war was super before resolving the problems
This video should be marked as paid promotion.
For who
Absolute dog shit video. Dudes just a braindead propagandist.
Is it me or are these geopolicical videos getting faster?
Did I just see 10mins content in 5 times loop?
Just looking at the title of this vid I wasn’t sure if I was somehow watching a preview of a video from 1904 instead of 2024….
As a Slovenian it is sad to see a video with a view just from "our" side... We had too much war in the past because of outside influence and just maybe for once, they would leave us alone. Nobody wants war here and we would solve our problems If we would not have always somebody from outside that has an interest to fuck with us.
What war? Slovenians had 10 day war with couple casualties because they ambushed and killed young soldiers from Yugoslav Army which were going home to Serbia and Croatia. You call that a war? Riots are more dangerous than your war
Ask your friendly friend Serbian who filled your head with bullshit if he wants war..ask him those questions you need to ask you know which. Noben noce vojne noben je ni hotu cisto noben. U srbiji SE je to zakuhalo komunisti so to napravli I blo je jasno ze 20 let prej kaj Bo zarad njihovega obnasanja in mentaliteta
you had 10 day war...how is that to much?
As the coutures of Africa can tell you, sometimes it’s better to just accept the borders you were subjected to rather than fight endless bloody wars
Alo Englez ne seri i ne pali vatru.. Svi Ratovi na Na Balkanu su Vase Maslo.Ja kao Srbin Volim sve narode Balkana i ovde je mir ne cackajte Nas
Svaka cast bruda.
Pusti Engleze samo seru kvake
Halo Srbijanac. Što se vi prije prodjete nase Bosne i Kosova prije će zavladati mir i stabilnost.
Kuhaju jarane, gledaj ih jesu se digli u zadnje vrijeme da nas zavade, samo neke ratne vijesti.
@@jasmins203što ti pre zaboraviš da je Srska deo rzv bih biće ti lakse
90% of the time I think you're pretty spot on and objective and take time to state each side, their motivations, goals, how we got there, and how the consequences play out.
This one comes off as NATO pr, and I say that as a republican hick in utah.
This happens to be one of the geopolitical situations that I've been very interested in and have studied for quite some time, and you've missed the mark on my perspective. You're not making any particular false claims, but you're only stating things from a single perspective much of the time (Croats were ethnically cleansed but Serbs were "forcefully expelled").
You also seem very out of touch regarding the actual public opinion and even the available bodies for any sort of conflict.
There's absolutely posturing going on by the government, but the current situation is no where near as dramatic as you're painting here.
Frankly, I think this video borderlines on irresponsible, but is certainly out of touch.
Wait until you find out this exact comment would be true on most of this channel's videos.
Think about all the faults you saw because this is something you know a lot about. Now think about the faults you miss on the topics you don't know as much about.
@@dr.zoidberg8666 Absolutely. I've always taken it with a grain of salt, but it would seem I may need a larger salt shaker. Going to definitely revisit some of his videos and do a deep dive on my own.
This is such blatant propaganda, it makes me sick! Especially about the Kosovo war. 860.000 albanians were ethnically cleansed? WHAT? Not even the most extreme of Albanians claim that.Its physically not possible to cleanse 860.000 people with 50.000 soldiers. And then he says Serbs fled Kosovo (doesnt say etnically cleansed when talking about Serb victims). Theres literall videos of Albanians burning Serbian churches on youtube. Honestly all of American propaganda is so dirty and dishonest, just make a claim that Serbia is ethically cleansing (enter any ethnicity that lives in Serbia here) from (enter any region of Serbia here) and bomb us again at this point... Sickening
@@offroadoverlords As a Serbian I say that you are 100% correct. He portraits Serbians as belligerent and aggressive, while Albanians are portrayed as innocent and endangered as polar bears. There was so many misinformation and half truths in this video. He completely ignores the motivations WHY Serbians rebelled in North Kosovo and WHY Serbians are against this specific high representative in Bosnia. Overall very biased and disappointing documentary.
Honestly not sure why I click these videos at this point. Clearly I'm not getting an unbiased view of stuff that I know less about. A huge red flag I've noticed on several occasions is low key justifying Russian imperialism using analysis that would've applied a few hundred years ago, but completely breaks down in a 21st century context. Almost any type of military analysis just seems off when you compare him to any expert on the subject.
Today's Fact: In 2004, a man named Ken Wyatt was struck and killed by a car while walking across a street in St. Petersburg, Florida; the same car had struck and killed his brother in the same spot a few years earlier.
My guy got himself over 10k subs by stating facts 🫡
That car on a streak 💀
But seriously rip to them
I feel like I should not make a joke about this.
The same model of car or the exact same car? Was it the same person driving it?
Same driver?
How little do you know its frighteneing.
There was really big war in Mudja's custom pubg server already here in balkans
thankfully everyone is alright
Man I really like your interesting content, but can you please get a new mic? The quality of the sound is bad and it is sadly not my earbuds.
This video is SO sensational. Did you conduct a mass survey or ask the people in the balkans if they are willing to go to war against their slavic cousins?
Russians and Ukranians are both Slavic and they're at war. Slavs in the '90s went to war as well, so being Slavic does not really count. You don't want to go to war because war is shit.
As a Bosnian...People didn't want war in the 90s either, yet it still happened.
@@user-ue4nq3kc3jIt started in Slovenia as I can recall..
Do you think if you polled Russians in 2022 they would have all said they want to go to war against their Ukranian cousins?
do you think everyday Russians wanted to go to war with Ukraine? it only takes 1 corrupt, irresponsible, war-hungry leader
Bro was right here we are allmost war every city has military checkpoints
Create conflict and maintain the conflict. Who benefits from this situation the most? Think about it.
As one man said, “War will start because of some foolish thing in the Balkans.”
Otta Von Bismark back in the 1840's
No , war started cos Monika Levinski suck Bill Clintons pride . One before started cos Brits torpedo plan for Yougoslavi to be neutrala in WWII , and first one started when brits realise that germany was a biggest threth . Officialy it started 10-15 years later .
Not "on Balkans". In Serbia.
Not this time at all.
Balkans defended Europeä. Britain and France for example caused way more wars. Explain urself or delete ur Account.
As a person, that lives in a neighbouring country, I thought it impossible that the Serbs would attempt anything like that (considering the aftermath of the war with the US), but now I am not so sure. You said that the Balkans have been chaotic and unstable for centuries... well that is thanks to the western powers, that sought to create an unstable region on purpose after the fall of the Ottoman Empire.
>You said that the Balkans have been chaotic and unstable for centuries... well that is thanks to the western powers, that sought to create an unstable region on purpose after the fall of the Ottoman Empire.
This is 100% true.
And yeah it is impossible that Serbia would attempt anything because we are surrounded by NATO. They wouldn't even have to attack us, merely sanctioning us would destroy the country quickly, Serbia isn't anything like Russia.
They didn't have a war with the Serbs they waged war for 10 years against they'r neighbors then got bombed in 1999 when the EU had enough of instability and refugees ...
@@da1vinci1edilol everything is the fault of the west even groups of people genociding each other nobody has any agency except the west
I try to keep up with current political events in dozens of countries, mostly in Europe and Latin America. Therefore, events like regional elections or changes in government in any given country usually don't escape my attention. Yesterday, while updating my "database" on Serbia, I came across a couple of interesting events in that country.
Firstly, Ana Brnabić, the highest-ranking LGBT representative in an Orthodox country, announced her resignation as prime minister. Brnabić was appointed to this position by President Aleksandar Vučić seven years ago. This required courage, as it could easily have incurred the wrath of Serbian nationalists, who, like nationalists in any other Orthodox country, are very homophobic. But apparently, Vučić wanted to send a signal to the European Union that his country is not only oriented towards Russia but also towards Europe. After Brnabić's departure, her position will be taken by the former defense minister of the country.
Secondly, Serbia announced that it is ready to buy 12 Rafale fighter jets from France, each costing approximately $120 million. This is a very unusual decision because Serbia usually buys weapons from Russia. Under normal circumstances, Serbia's decision to buy fighters from another country-especially from a NATO member-would have provoked the Kremlin's anger and accusations of betrayal against Belgrade. But not this time. Why? In my opinion, there can only be one explanation: Russia itself lacks fighters. It seems that the entire military aviation is engaged on the Ukrainian front. And this is a good indication that Russia's military resources are not limitless.
Dude I had respect for your videos up until now.
hahahaha classic serbian
Koga boli briga za tvoje mišljenje
*crybaby* _he didn't spread Serbian propaganda, he must be bad!_
Oh no, what he said in this video isn't identical to propaganda being spread in Serbia? Too bad...
@@libertas5005 No, he just spread western propaganda, how awesome!
While the conflict and its roots stems back centuries, the term "Balkanize" is relatively new; (Pre Great War/WWi). Even as a constant student of history, I still find this conflict convoluted and hard to wrap my head around all of the variables.
its stimple. Serbia is a Russian Ally and Nato doesnt like Russians. SO the conflict was orchastrated by NATO warmongers bankers and Military industrial complex interests against the Serbian people and rightful Serbian gov for daring to be an ally of a rival to the globalst nato. There you go. Your context summerized.
On the other hand, you could argue that the lack of openness or willingness to allow areas to change status based on their wishes or ethnic make-up is what led to the Bosnian-Croat-Serbian war. The obsession with keeping it all in place just because someone, somewhere, at some point drew a line on a map, regardless of the wishes of the people in an area, can only lead to more conflict in the long run. Do the trade, make people happy.
I still wonder if in the 80s after titos passing. If they found a guy that could keep it together without favouring anyone.
Would it have delayed the war or avoided it?
I'd add to that, that where people see themselves becoming a minority in someone else's country, provide financial assistance for them to move to where they would be a majority. Moving house as a refugee fleeing ethnic cleansing is horrible, but moving house as someone who has sold their home for an honest price and is cashed up looking to buy a home in a place they like better is just normal civilian behaviour.
Tito got power from 1945 when population was small and majority of it was ignorant. but now nobody can be in power for 40 years@@skylineXpert
@@skylineXpert If Soviet Union didnt colapsed, anything that happened would not happened. Yugoslavia basically bancrupted because of fall of comunism in Europe.
@@pruga20 we were in massive amounts of debt because tito borrowed money with no plans of the future. Was just a temporary fix before it all went to helll.
what is difference between ethnic cleansing and forcable expeled?
As a Serb, war can go fuck itself. We just want peace and economic prosperity. Can we not do this again? It's too soon. Europe, find another scapegoat this time - leave the Balkans alone
Theb rell vucic that
This is your first video that I can't follow clearly. Usually it's complex without being confusing
If you see any kind of video about balkan history or politics that is NOT confusing somebody is overglossing a lot😅
It is because the subject was fiction !!!
As someone who worked for 4 years at the ICTY, welcome to the Balkans.
*Reply to:* _"This is your first video that I can't follow clearly. Usually it's complex without being confusing"_
Take a shot whenever you watch this guy’s videos every time he says “unprecedented.”
Disclaimer: I am not taking responsibility for anyone’s death due to alcohol poisoning.
You failed to mention how hypocritical NATO is
Dude love your videos but slow down a bit😅
Fueling the war rhetoric is part of causing a war, especially when you have an influential yt channel
This is a subjective overview by a very tendentional and disinformational CZcams channel. What would you expect?
I watch RLL because I like to be disinformed ❤🥰
I've yet to hear of any wars started by youtube channels, except for pewdiepie vs t-series a few years back
The fact its 2024, yet many governments didnt learn a lesson from horrors of last century is depressing
Ok
thats what the west is there for, create impossible governments
I agree
Stop commenting
@@ARG0T what
So what you're saying is that no outside force should have ever been involved in this conflict until a decisive winner emerged. Or the conflict will never end.
Damnit, not again!
But on a serious note, it is more likely that England has a civil war faster than another Balkan war happening.
I feel like, aside from Ethiopia, you haven’t spent too much time covering any of the many conflicts on the African continent. There are so many to choose from like the wars in the Sahel, Morocco vs. Western Sahara, but the most notable one is the Congo War, or “Africa’s World War”. That would make a killer Nebula episode and you can make a youtube video about why the Congo is so poor. Just a suggestion. Great video as always.
Will never happen
If you can answer "Does NATO care about those conflicts?", then you can answer your own question. 🙂The answer being no. This is a NATO shill. If he wasn't, he'd be either a Russian shill or fully deplatformed, via either direct censorship or coerced to self-censor. That's all that's allowed a big platform - the status quo or the controlled opposition. Big Brother and Goldstein. Nothing else is allowed to exist outside the dichotomy of rightthink and wrongthink, because otherthink would destroy Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia alike.
I still watch Real Life Lore because there is some information to be gleaned from his videos - the problem is that he's a corrupt narrator, like types like him love to call me.
Getting truth from his videos(and the internet, other media, and people in general) is like trying to find the truth in King's Landing of Game of Thrones - you listen to everyone and use reason(empathy and logic) and the objective facts you already possess to sift through the lies. Kinda like Varys did - the show Varys, not the book Varys, to be clear. Be nice to children. 😭
Wars in Africa are never profitable to make videos on. These kinds of channels only care about revenue
There is no Morocco vs. Western sahara. We have been through the "war part" and we won. Now we are fighting the "diplomatic war" and we are winning. So yeah, there will be no western Sahara BS.
Please do a video on the civil war in Sudan!
Just let us live our lives peacefully.
There's no profit for the 1% that way
Buckle up buttercup
Lock at the Nebula,s logo is that reverse pentagram?
its a star brother
Nebula: 'a cloud of dust and gas in space that stars are formed from.'
The logo is a star, dude.
I honestly think the multi-entity Bosnia and Herzegovina idea could work. With just one little thing that needs to change. One. Single. President. With the single president, the constitution should add "the current president is not allowed to show any type of support to one ethnicity than the other two". That way, if the president was serb, sprska wouldnt be such a problem. If he was Croat, Herzeg-Bosna wouldnt be a problem. And he was Bosniak, RBiH wouldnt be a problem. Another thing is to smoothen out the fucking entity borders, but thats optional. I think of this as a mini yugoslavia. If only it were like this
“If war is to start, it’ll be over a damn silly thing in the balkans”
Bismarck
Being oppressed and being separated by borders determined by a communist dictatorship is not a 'silly thing.'
Not "in the Balkans", but start by Serbia. Just like the war in Ukraine did not start "in Ukraine", but by RuZZians.
Not this time around...
Germans started two world wars
So, translation: If one injustice was solved, other injustices would also demand to be solved, so let's instead keep the Balkans completely unjust! Brilliant logic! It's not like putting a lid on growing problems has ever gone the opposite direction in the region.
Real translation is that there wont be a war at all and this is fake news.
Unjust? How is allowing the Albanians in Kosovo govern themselves unjust?
the EU and the US should never have accepted Kosovo's independence. International law should be applied, Kosovo was supposed to remain part of Sebia as a full autonomous province. the West set precedents for other separatist movements and the Russian invasion in Georgia and Ukraine.
@@maxsmusings339So they can but Serbs cannot anywhere?
The hope is that, if we can just keep things going long enough, that aliens or AI will solve these problems for us and it'll all work out in the end! Or the countries will empty out as everyone moves to Germany. That's ok, too.
I am completely ignorant too this situation but just using common sense im guessing the serbs are considered allies of Russia wich would explain the US/Nato's one sided agression/treatment towards them as the west seems to always support countries that go against Russia and have this obsession with "weakening Russian influence" rather than try to get along with Russia, would love to hear from people in the region if I am right or wrong?? like i said im just assuming/guessing this and am self admittedly uninformed about this conflict, its a very tricky one to understand compared to other conflicts...
No one, specially the Serbs or Serbian wants a War, but how the Others look of that is another Question about it.
We don't want war either Kosovo is already independent no war necessary
I remember when Real Life Lore made 5 to 10 minute videos about really deep holes. They should just call themselves Real Life War now.
I mean it is real life “lore” so it’s about geopolitics
@@average_commenter1 sure but like it used to be a short fun video about nothing important. Now I just feel like I'm back in school except even more depressed somehow.
AI generated videos lol
@@rundown132Hes talking about important issues
Real life asshole subjective lore
New drinking game: take a shot every time the script says VAstly
4:57 i saw my countries flag on those policemen (red-white-green aka hungarian flag)
What a mess... I'm not even a third way in and I've already lost the plot 😂
What a well-researched and impartial video... said nobody ever.
Its CIA propaganda garbage, notice how they dont fondle Ukraine's balls anymore?
fully biased video as we all like them
@@pioupoihaha very good point, making it that way is what sells the tickets, LOL
People love to see or listen to drama but only if its them not participating.
Time traveler: What year is it?
Europe's Next War Could Start in the Balkans!
Do you know how little that narrows it down!?!?!?
If they say Balkans instead of the turks/ottomans/the Porte/Saracense/Mohamedans then it is likely later half of the 19th(1800') century
At 35:38 why is slovenia not shaded as an EU state that formally recognises Kosovo? does it abstain from an opinion on it or what?
It is recognised by Slovenia.
I hope those guys get everything figured out peacefully. I have one friend who lives in Bosnia and one who lives in Serbia. Both young guys. I don’t want them to get hurt.
There's not going to be any wars. I'm Serbian and as stated above this isn't our war anymore. This wasn't even our fathers war who fought in previous one but political and people trying to hold on to the lie that Yugoslavia was.
Oh boy, Balkans mentioned, better prepare for the comment section
I agree with your assertion that Kosovo and Metohija is Serbia. Good day to you, sir and sve najbolje.
@@wauliepalnuts6134
And I fully agree with Mr. @wauliepalnuts6134!
I need to try Sarma
@@wauliepalnuts6134I don’t agree. Kosovo is its own country.
That video is exactly the same as than one named ,,RealLifeLore videos be like'' + is he now working for you????
Who is the lady at 14:03? Is she the High Representative?
such a bold statement