Why does Kuwait Exist? (Short Animated Documentary)

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  • Kuwait is a tiny country located between Iraq and Saudi Arabia, both of whom have wanted to (at times) wished to annex the country into their own. But why hasn't this happened? Why does Kuwait exist? To find out watch this short and simple animated history documentary.
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  • @nobleman9393
    @nobleman9393 Před 2 lety +12940

    "Why does Kuwait Exist?" - Asked Hussein calmly

    • @MesoMan77
      @MesoMan77 Před 2 lety +235

      It was a part of basra

    • @Bread-nx9fo
      @Bread-nx9fo Před 2 lety +282

      @@MesoMan77 It was apart of your Mom (she's obese)

    • @gavriloprincip9634
      @gavriloprincip9634 Před 2 lety +197

      @@Bread-nx9fo it was part of his dad as well (conjoined twins)

    • @clonesolar
      @clonesolar Před 2 lety +96

      @@gavriloprincip9634 it was john Cena's
      SEMEN!

    • @ricojes
      @ricojes Před 2 lety +138

      Movie adaptation: *Angry Saddam noises*

  • @Muffincakeswithsugar
    @Muffincakeswithsugar Před 2 lety +8773

    So basically Kuwait is the Luxembourg of the Arab world: Everyone wanted it so nobody in the end could have it.

    • @alarabi98
      @alarabi98 Před 2 lety +1043

      You know as a Kuwaiti... That's probably the best comparison I've heard.

    • @sahibbhadal
      @sahibbhadal Před 2 lety +73

      WE WILL NOT STOP UNTILL THIS IS ANSWERED LIKE THIS POST SPREAD THE MESSAGE
      WHY DIDNT EAST GERMANY (DGR) GET THE FORMER EASTERN TERRITORIES BECAUSE SURELY USSR WOULD WANT A MORE POWERFUL ALLIE AND ALSO THINK ABOUT THE LIVES AND CULTURE LOST ASLO WHY DIDNT THEY GIVE SUDETLAND TO AUSTRIA

    • @afdalridwan3813
      @afdalridwan3813 Před 2 lety +18

      @@sahibbhadal i also wondered why

    • @BoxStudioExecutive
      @BoxStudioExecutive Před 2 lety +309

      @@sahibbhadal
      1. USSR wanted an ice free port in the Baltic Sea. So it took east prussia (Kaliningrad)
      2. USSR took reparations from Germany by plundering all of the industry and resources of East Germany. If it cared at all about having a strong ally, it wouldn’t have left the country completely destitute.
      3. Why would the Allies have rewarded Austria in any way, shape, or form?
      4. The Sudentenland was a natural geographical defense point, and critical to the Czech sovereignty.
      5. To ensure Germany would never pose a threat to eastern Europe again (but probably mostly to ensure USSR dominance of Eastern Europe), all of Prussia was given to Poland (except for Kaliningrad)

    • @Payhellbay
      @Payhellbay Před 2 lety +65

      Oh maybe the swedes could use it to store their pickled herring then!

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  • @warman1944
    @warman1944 Před 2 lety +109

    The British soldier popping out of the dirt like a mole got me. The flag, the "Dibs", the happy smile and THE FACT HE POPPED OUT OF THE GROUND.

  • @febrian0079
    @febrian0079 Před 2 lety +8781

    "How did Europe react to the Mongol Invasion?" Would be a pretty good question

    • @scheefgaan
      @scheefgaan Před 2 lety +67

      i agree

    • @REEEPROGRAM
      @REEEPROGRAM Před 2 lety +211

      Or maybe "Why there's a mass freindly fire in Japanese invasion of the alaskan islands"
      Either way yours is interesting

    • @johnanth
      @johnanth Před 2 lety +115

      They didn't think they could take them on, but then the Mongols withdrew from Hungary & Poland and basically never came back. So they stopped caring.
      As for the invasion of the Muslim world the Europeans welcomed it but also realised they were in serious trouble from them.

    • @567secret
      @567secret Před 2 lety +83

      It was the 1200s, I'm not entirely sure you can consider there to have been an international response.

    • @thatrandomguyontheinternet2477
      @thatrandomguyontheinternet2477 Před 2 lety +14

      @@REEEPROGRAM because Japan secretly left and there wasn’t good communication between the Canadians and Americans

  • @ComicalRealm
    @ComicalRealm Před 2 lety +4664

    Fun fact: Only 0.6% of Kuwaiti land area is considered arable.
    Bonus fact: According to the World Bank, Kuwait has the fourth highest per capita income in the world..

    • @Spacey_key
      @Spacey_key Před 2 lety +339

      I suddenly want to invade and conquer this country

    • @eliasfilipe1106
      @eliasfilipe1106 Před 2 lety +69

      Thanks McDonald trump

    • @this_is_patrick
      @this_is_patrick Před 2 lety +168

      That's the magic of basically having a sh-t ton of oil beneath your country.

    • @brandonlyon730
      @brandonlyon730 Před 2 lety +253

      The citizens don’t have to pay any sort of taxes either.

    • @MesoMan77
      @MesoMan77 Před 2 lety +51

      Kuwait is a part of basra
      Basra belongs to Iraq

  • @nasser5287
    @nasser5287 Před 2 lety +40

    From Kuwait here thanks for the video , the "sent an angry letter " part really made me laugh😂😂

  • @parkerhanson4009
    @parkerhanson4009 Před 22 dny +9

    I saw this video title and began explaining the anwer to myself IN YOUR ACCENT. That is special. You're as infamous as Wendover and Oversimplified.

  • @Bergen98
    @Bergen98 Před 2 lety +3166

    “Why does Kuwait exist” - the top 10 questions Iraq leaders still can’t answer, it seems

    • @Just_Soufian
      @Just_Soufian Před 2 lety +58

      Maybe that's why they end occupying it in literally 48H 😂😂

    • @Bo7mody780
      @Bo7mody780 Před 2 lety +20

      I live in kuwait😐

    • @y.a.c.
      @y.a.c. Před 2 lety +17

      @Justin Y. that’s Western Sahara… this is Kuwait 🇰🇼

    • @davesy6969
      @davesy6969 Před 2 lety +33

      Let's hope that Kuwait continues to exist! 👍

    • @Bo7mody780
      @Bo7mody780 Před 2 lety +6

      @@davesy6969 👍🏻

  • @Snake66874
    @Snake66874 Před 2 lety +2928

    "why does anything complicated/stupid about borders exist?"
    Answer : Britain

    • @matts6816
      @matts6816 Před 2 lety +59

      Kuwait existed before Britain

    • @pecadodeorgullo5963
      @pecadodeorgullo5963 Před 2 lety +74

      Well, in this case the borders look strange due to almost nothing to base them on due to the terrain. Same can be said about many other countries with deserts at the borders.

    • @shaymamohammadg3500
      @shaymamohammadg3500 Před 2 lety +132

      And yet some Britains complain about seeing immigrants lol.

    • @pecadodeorgullo5963
      @pecadodeorgullo5963 Před 2 lety +15

      @@shaymamohammadg3500 okay?

    • @irfanshararah73
      @irfanshararah73 Před 2 lety +16

      @@matts6816 No it didn't, Kuwait was always a part of Iraq, even in the ancient history, however, the people living there are a mix of saudis, persians and iraqis, but mainly saudi arabs.

  • @spla3600
    @spla3600 Před rokem +187

    Kingdom of Nage was a solid knowledge addition for me. As for 🇰🇼 it worked as a backdoor for external powers to meddle in the region.

    • @KerbalHub
      @KerbalHub Před rokem +43

      *Nejd

    • @RPGTKingpin
      @RPGTKingpin Před rokem +8

      Merged two different pronunciations of Nejd, the first being, well, Nejd, and the other being Neyd [which is what Kuwaitis of Nejdi descent call it]. The irony is that Kuwait's Sheikh Mubarak I [known as Mubarak the Great, or the Lion of the Peninsula] was one of the major reasons the Kingdom of Nejd grew to become the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. That didn't quite work out for us, but it does mean we have some interesting history here. For a while it was a love/hate relationship between the two countries, but things have improved since then. Kuwait's unique role and position in the region has kinda turned us into the Switzerland of the Arab World, in that we're not exceptionally heavily armed, but are the first to step in to mediate touchy situations between our various neighbours since we have good relations with all of them.

    • @syriansayf
      @syriansayf Před rokem

      Well said, I hope the GCC burns

    • @RPGTKingpin
      @RPGTKingpin Před rokem +4

      @@syriansayf that's a very hostile take towards an entire region. There are problematic elements, definitely, typically at the government level. But remember when you say that that you're condemning everyone that lives there as well.

  • @ahmedkreem1363
    @ahmedkreem1363 Před 2 lety +203

    As an iraqi it doesn’t bothers me at all kuwait have their own independence and freedom all i want is stability and peace in this region after centuries of war

    • @salahabdalla368
      @salahabdalla368 Před 2 lety

      As an Arab, sadly we will continue having wars, because straight lines British borders

    • @Tarreck23
      @Tarreck23 Před rokem +15

      @@Kiddos77 would be kinda cool if the 2 countries combined, the cultures aren’t too different and the wealth of the country would be insane. Middle East is too divided imo. Either way, love to all my Kuwaiti brothers, we Iraqis have nothing but love.

    • @dana-phobic
      @dana-phobic Před rokem +12

      W iraqi

    • @hussainm8415
      @hussainm8415 Před rokem +6

      @آشوربانيبال ملك آشور you mean…Ottoman Empire? Turkish Ottoman Empire

    • @raghadm177
      @raghadm177 Před rokem +5

      @@hussainm8415 do we really need to point the facts Iraq is pretty well known for being the oldest civilization it belongs to them before any of the invasions and colonization

  • @notthefbi7932
    @notthefbi7932 Před 2 lety +4475

    Dibbs was a historically recognized form of claiming land during the good old days of empire building and everyone respected the laws of dibbs 😁 ( except for the poor suckers who already lived there )

    • @axelpatrickb.pingol3228
      @axelpatrickb.pingol3228 Před 2 lety +56

      It has a legal term: inchoate ownership...

    • @Sofus.
      @Sofus. Před 2 lety +51

      That sounds super sensible, and on a completely unrelated question, do you live in Danelaw? 😁

    • @Dymodeus1
      @Dymodeus1 Před 2 lety +37

      But did they have a flag?

    • @andrewternet8370
      @andrewternet8370 Před 2 lety +35

      Lmao imagine living on land without claiming dibs, suckers!

    • @MeanBeanComedy
      @MeanBeanComedy Před 2 lety +6

      @White wolf Well, kinda. Sometimes stone age nomads lived there at times, but... Not anymore.

  • @blackpowderuser373
    @blackpowderuser373 Před 2 lety +1890

    I was looking forward to the return of the "Why does X exists?" Series
    It was worth... Ku-wait.

  • @TheyHe_V
    @TheyHe_V Před 2 lety +53

    I actually remember having classmates from Kuwait when I was in Kindergarten, they weren’t really a popular topic, but I just randomly remembered.

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      @randomgamers8153 Před rokem +1

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      @salehalhomoud3500 Před rokem

      @@randomgamers8153 believe that you have 0 bitches

    • @user-rn6cn5rp3y
      @user-rn6cn5rp3y Před rokem

      this channel did not do their homework very well.
      According to David Klein at The California State University, Northridge on January 2003, article --> 'Mechanisms of Western Domination: A Short History of Iraq and Kuwait'. under the 'Early History' section, he says '"Kuwait," the word for "small human settlement," was so named by Iraqi rulers of that era. Throughout the nineteenth
      century and up to World War I, Kuwait was a "Qadha," a district within the Basra Province'

  • @pbandj37
    @pbandj37 Před 2 lety +5

    "Club Sykes-Picot" pops on my screen and I spit my apple sauce. Well played, well played good sir.

  • @Zakatak-mf4iq
    @Zakatak-mf4iq Před 2 lety +590

    "Why does Kuwait exist?"
    Saddam Hussein: "Excellent question!"

    • @ObaidFaisal
      @ObaidFaisal Před 2 lety +7

      am kuwaiti i love iraq but saddam started all our problems yet i want kuwait to annex al hafar basrah and other parts so yes saddam hates us

    • @AbidMA
      @AbidMA Před 2 lety +9

      @@ObaidFaisal shut up

    • @IgN5P
      @IgN5P Před 2 lety

      He had the final solution to that problem.

    • @abouella4064
      @abouella4064 Před 2 lety +1

      @@ObaidFaisal 👍🏻

    • @abouella4064
      @abouella4064 Před 2 lety

      @Gonzaga The Blastler broo

  • @Raducu2oo5
    @Raducu2oo5 Před 2 lety +2530

    "How did the Roman world react to the eruption of Mt Vesuvius and the destruction of Pompeii?" would be an interesting one. It was at what was basically the peak of power of the Roman Empire and it happened on the Italian Penninsula.

    • @taiwanesechainei5863
      @taiwanesechainei5863 Před 2 lety +67

      man I remember reading a book about that as a kid you just opened up a new memory

    • @justinian-the-great
      @justinian-the-great Před 2 lety +139

      As expecting, it was quite shocking. Emperor Titus would come the twice in the region after the eruption to personally overseas helping the population that survived.

    • @alanc497
      @alanc497 Před 2 lety +29

      they all eventually died.

    • @AT-vl4ds
      @AT-vl4ds Před 2 lety +32

      @@alanc497 isn’t that always the case though

    • @ousarlxsfjsbvbg8588
      @ousarlxsfjsbvbg8588 Před 2 lety +32

      @@alanc497 we all eventually die

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  • @mohammedalkhalidi8348
    @mohammedalkhalidi8348 Před 2 lety +1902

    It wouldnt be a history video without:
    “Until Britain showed up”

    • @wanderingronin6462
      @wanderingronin6462 Před 2 lety +49

      Rule Britannia

    • @eireball
      @eireball Před 2 lety +32

      @@wanderingronin6462 pretty ironic “rule Britannia” means colonialism and stuff but is literally “rule britain” like the island

    • @Zraknul
      @Zraknul Před 2 lety +4

      @@wanderingronin6462 Britannia the blood thirsty. There is only a handful of countries that exist today without the redcoats attempting to invade.

    • @Phil-ui4tm
      @Phil-ui4tm Před 2 lety +45

      The old saying “The sun never sets on the British Empire” was mostly accurate until post WW2.

    • @msarim3771
      @msarim3771 Před rokem +2

      I was about to write something similar.

  • @yousef__qq8iassassin742
    @yousef__qq8iassassin742 Před 2 lety +3479

    As a kuwaiti when a video popped up on my feed Called "Why does kuwait exist" i got concerned 😂😂😂 but you simplified many things across the years for others and i thank u for that nice video.

    • @user-ud3qw9tu2k
      @user-ud3qw9tu2k Před 2 lety +39

      SAMEEE

    • @evvrsince
      @evvrsince Před 2 lety +117

      تحياتي لأهل الكويت من العراق ❤❤

    • @mixuzi4520
      @mixuzi4520 Před 2 lety +23

      @@evvrsince thanks 😊 🙏 😘

    • @alialbloushi6646
      @alialbloushi6646 Před 2 lety +42

      @@evvrsince فديت اهل العراق اخوك من الكويت.

    • @alqallafq816
      @alqallafq816 Před 2 lety +34

      @@evvrsince 🇰🇼❤️🇮🇶

  • @geckoman1011
    @geckoman1011 Před rokem +2

    Always informative. Excellent

  • @akitoinowe
    @akitoinowe Před rokem +91

    As a Kuwaiti 😂 the title stopped my heart But the content is good and simple to summarise kuwait history. We fought everyone for our independent and freedom. I'm proud to be a Kuwaiti women 😍 . Thanks for the video . It made my day 🤣.

  • @30secondsflat
    @30secondsflat Před 2 lety +828

    “I can’t even count the times I asked myself the same question.” - Every Iraqi leader since its independence, prolly

    • @pramilashaktawat4429
      @pramilashaktawat4429 Před 2 lety +2

      🟨WATCH ADITYA RATHORE-HE ALSO MAKES INFORMATIVE CONTENT LIKE HISTORY MATTERS

    • @ALIKN1-1
      @ALIKN1-1 Před 2 lety +5

      Confirm

    • @joshportie
      @joshportie Před 2 lety +1

      Not accurate just like this video is inaccurate.

    • @bottomgear4055
      @bottomgear4055 Před 2 lety +1

      @@joshportie do be r/bad history and disrespect James Bissonette

    • @DrOSami
      @DrOSami Před 2 lety

      Why anything happened in Arab countries?
      OIL!

  • @joshuabessire9169
    @joshuabessire9169 Před 2 lety +965

    Kuwait: Give us our country back!
    Iraq: You and what Army?
    Kuwait: All of them.

    • @farhanajerin8534
      @farhanajerin8534 Před 2 lety +55

      Oversimplified meme

    • @thai6989
      @thai6989 Před 2 lety +38

      "Make me a country, or I will make me"
      "You and what army?"
      "These armies"
      *"Okay, fair enough"*

    • @SnowLeopard-lt1vf
      @SnowLeopard-lt1vf Před 2 lety +6

      You planted grass?

    • @redwater4778
      @redwater4778 Před 2 lety +3

      Kuwaiti's never got their country back.

    • @gffrrrr2968
      @gffrrrr2968 Před 2 lety +2

      Killing Kuwait people 900 😣😣🥺

  • @sebastianburr7721
    @sebastianburr7721 Před 2 lety +1

    ur videos are amazing

  • @TO-kk7xf
    @TO-kk7xf Před 2 lety +36

    I was on a rotation to Kuwait for about a month earlier this year and the terrain and climate was so terrible I was wondering why people chose to live there, even funnier that countries went through so much hassle to take it over.

    • @Phil-ui4tm
      @Phil-ui4tm Před 2 lety +9

      Oil plus shipping port = $$$$$

    • @kingkrispy5289
      @kingkrispy5289 Před 2 lety +6

      Summer huh? Poor guy, weather’s decent in winter and it’s climate is not what my country is good for bro lol
      Other than like, no natural disasters other than dust storms

    • @97kcd
      @97kcd Před rokem +3

      Kuwait has 10% of the oil reserves in the world, that's why. Plus the port.

    • @sodpati4182
      @sodpati4182 Před rokem +1

      cus we have no taxes and the economey is solid, its not that hard to get a job and being homeless is extremely rare. You get used to the weather if you lived there ur entire life but going out in summer is hell

    • @yousefsh7949
      @yousefsh7949 Před rokem +3

      We used to have better weather but pollution + climate change makes the weather worse

  • @davidreynov4481
    @davidreynov4481 Před 2 lety +1663

    "Why does bahrain exist?" I think that it's a good question

    • @awesomemantm2000
      @awesomemantm2000 Před 2 lety +79

      Because it was separated from the mainland millions and millions of years ago

    • @davidreynov4481
      @davidreynov4481 Před 2 lety +84

      @@awesomemantm2000 but why didn't Saudi Arabia eat it alive?
      Actually why didn't it also eat Qatar alive?

    • @Aresydatch
      @Aresydatch Před 2 lety +35

      @@davidreynov4481 First and second Saudi states entered the chat

    • @raptorfromthe6ix833
      @raptorfromthe6ix833 Před 2 lety +83

      @@davidreynov4481 qatar and bahrain were british terriories along uae and oman until the 70s and also saudi arabia was experiencing its own islamic revolution which is the reason why they are exactly strict

    • @davidreynov4481
      @davidreynov4481 Před 2 lety +3

      @@raptorfromthe6ix833 fair enough

  • @TailsIsDisappointed
    @TailsIsDisappointed Před 2 lety +765

    Iraq will end up watching this video and say, "Good question!" as they begin to invade Kuwait... again.

  • @frankchiedo4109
    @frankchiedo4109 Před rokem

    i think i really would like to put a face behind this voice that brings us insightful topics that we didn't think we want to know until we know it

  • @axepagode33626
    @axepagode33626 Před rokem +3

    There 39 countries in the Gulf War coalition against Iraq.
    Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Hungary, Italy, Kuwait, Morocco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Syria, Turkey, the UK, US, and UAE.

  • @j.s.7335
    @j.s.7335 Před 2 lety +724

    I love how we can always expect the "Which raises the question, why", the "Fun fact, no" and the traipsing through the flowers. It never gets old.

    • @HannoversSoap
      @HannoversSoap Před 2 lety +5

      Even though it was pretty spoiled by the fact that the British where involved.

    • @sorrow2305
      @sorrow2305 Před 2 lety

      @HannoversSoap
      *were

    • @HannoversSoap
      @HannoversSoap Před 2 lety

      @@sorrow2305 Damn it you're right

    • @user-rn6cn5rp3y
      @user-rn6cn5rp3y Před rokem +1

      this channel did not do their homework very well.
      According to David Klein at The California State University, Northridge on January 2003, article --> 'Mechanisms of Western Domination: A Short History of Iraq and Kuwait'. under the 'Early History' section, he says '"Kuwait," the word for "small human settlement," was so named by Iraqi rulers of that era. Throughout the nineteenth
      century and up to World War I, Kuwait was a "Qadha," a district within the Basra Province'

    • @steffen6987
      @steffen6987 Před 3 měsíci

      @@user-rn6cn5rp3yEverything he said in the video was correct

  • @DarkLordoftheMeme
    @DarkLordoftheMeme Před 2 lety +759

    "What did Italy and Japan think of each other in WWII?" would be a good question

    • @jlshel42
      @jlshel42 Před 2 lety +124

      *angry noodle arguments ensue*

    • @csabaweisz8791
      @csabaweisz8791 Před 2 lety +113

      The italian troops in China fought the japanese hard in 1943, while they guarded the city of Tianjin and other european concessions. One of the more weirder confrontations of the war

    • @utkarshg.bharti9714
      @utkarshg.bharti9714 Před 2 lety +32

      @@csabaweisz8791 That must be so weird to see them allied on one side and fighting them on the other.

    • @rawrimadeinosaur7513
      @rawrimadeinosaur7513 Před 2 lety +16

      @@utkarshg.bharti9714 Thats why Facism is always doomed to end in conflict to another nation.

    • @blackpowderuser373
      @blackpowderuser373 Před 2 lety +12

      Probably just "meh" at first then cool coz Axis then "death mode" by 1943 onwards

  • @itx_xtaha916
    @itx_xtaha916 Před rokem +11

    I was born in Kuwait but don’t know much about it so this video gave me a lot of information 😊😊

    • @user-rn6cn5rp3y
      @user-rn6cn5rp3y Před rokem +1

      this channel did not do their homework very well.
      According to David Klein at The California State University, Northridge on January 2003, article --> 'Mechanisms of Western Domination: A Short History of Iraq and Kuwait'. under the 'Early History' section, he says '"Kuwait," the word for "small human settlement," was so named by Iraqi rulers of that era. Throughout the nineteenth
      century and up to World War I, Kuwait was a "Qadha," a district within the Basra Province'

    • @DavidMcdonald-df8tb
      @DavidMcdonald-df8tb Před 2 měsíci

      I was born America and think that you owe US some free oil for saving you

  • @agolyamoly2372
    @agolyamoly2372 Před rokem +3

    2:50 love the your mother sign😂

  • @khukri_wielderxxx1962
    @khukri_wielderxxx1962 Před 2 lety +458

    The English Soldier popping out of the desert with a union jack and a sign that says "DIBBS!" was one of the funniest things I've seen in a while 🤣

    • @foundationofBritain
      @foundationofBritain Před 2 lety +37

      British Soldier... not English soldier... England hasn't had an Army since the last time it was a sovereign nation, which was in 1707... since then theirs been only a British Army, with a number of regiments from the four home nations.

    • @khukri_wielderxxx1962
      @khukri_wielderxxx1962 Před 2 lety +38

      @@foundationofBritain That was a very English response😉

    • @lordrork5884
      @lordrork5884 Před 2 lety +10

      They should put that bit in a museum with the caption: "British history in a nutshell".

    • @pramilashaktawat4429
      @pramilashaktawat4429 Před 2 lety +1

      ▫️WATCH ADITYA RATHORE-HE ALSO MAKES INFORMATIVE CONTENT LIKE HISTORY MATTERS

    • @triadwarfare
      @triadwarfare Před 2 lety +2

      If you're gonna get whatever the British had dibs on, you're gonna be griefed hard.

  • @GlamorousTitanic21
    @GlamorousTitanic21 Před 2 lety +1304

    “This will not stand. This will not stand. This aggression against Kuwait.”
    - George HW Bush, 1991

    • @gamerfreak2329
      @gamerfreak2329 Před 2 lety +310

      That's a fancy way of saying we want oil

    • @cieproject2888
      @cieproject2888 Před 2 lety +71

      Well, that's just like, your opinion, man

    • @stanleyrogouski
      @stanleyrogouski Před 2 lety +103

      "I do mind. This aggression will not stand. That rug really tied the room together."
      The Dude Lebowski 1997

    • @bingozonk3143
      @bingozonk3143 Před 2 lety +43

      @@gamerfreak2329redditor found lethal force engaged

    • @gamerfreak2329
      @gamerfreak2329 Před 2 lety +14

      @@bingozonk3143 Two words: read history

  • @Lipshfitz
    @Lipshfitz Před rokem +6

    Simply , we chose our sheikh by choice, and we chose the family that deserves to rule us, and we have stood with them all these years together , the Al-Sabah family, and our brothers in the Gulf, Saudi Arabia in particular. i love you guys

    • @bingatos1879
      @bingatos1879 Před rokem

      The original name was E-Sabbah or Es-Sabbah because the L was switched to an S for easy of pronunciation . This is correct Arabic Language Rules … learn your language.

    • @user-rn6cn5rp3y
      @user-rn6cn5rp3y Před 10 měsíci

      All Arab gulf countries people/citizens are like sheep, cows, and buffalos and the reason is because the people will be lost without a sheikh, sultan, or king. They always need someone to look after them like sheep. They don’t know how to deal with democracy. Too weak (brain and braveness wise)

    • @Bell_plejdo568p
      @Bell_plejdo568p Před 7 měsíci

      no u didn't there nothing but britsh/westren puppet the brits choose it for u

  • @Kwt-th1hx
    @Kwt-th1hx Před 2 lety +5

    Even before 1899 there were attempts to annex kuwait, but in 1760 we built the first wall that surrounded Kuwait, in 1814 we built the second wall and in 1920 we built the third wall, so it was hard for enemies to annex kuwait with 3 walls surrounding it with swords and axes

    • @kingkrispy5289
      @kingkrispy5289 Před 2 lety

      Something tells me that by 1760 you’d have something bigger than swords and axes to penetrate the walls LOL, they were there to limit the amount of ground troops able to enter the lands

    • @sodpati
      @sodpati Před 9 měsíci

      @@kingkrispy5289 at that time all of the arab countries were extremely primitave militarily however good economically

  • @grondhero
    @grondhero Před 2 lety +858

    That moment when you're expecting the British to protect you forever.
    *Fun Fact:* No.

    • @uckbritley1305
      @uckbritley1305 Před 2 lety +34

      I mean Iraq ended up getting its ass kicked out of kuwait by the British, its two larger children, and some friends.

    • @Norg1
      @Norg1 Před 2 lety +21

      the brits did come but it was the brits and it hole family
      usa
      canada
      aussie & zealanders
      hell even the poles germans and french came along

    • @dominicvucic8654
      @dominicvucic8654 Před 2 lety +10

      @@Norg1 and Saudi Arabia a country that wanted to annex kuwait

    • @bigchungus6320
      @bigchungus6320 Před 2 lety +1

      @@Norg1 1v8 I think it’s pretty fair

    • @ck1643
      @ck1643 Před 2 lety

      Threw under a bus..... Just like the DUP

  • @piercepayumo4212
    @piercepayumo4212 Před 2 lety +176

    Kuwait: *exists*
    Iraq and Saudi Arabia: (stares intently) "Soon."

    • @aleksandarvil5718
      @aleksandarvil5718 Před 2 lety +12

      Iran: "Am I A JOKE To You?!"

    • @pramilashaktawat4429
      @pramilashaktawat4429 Před 2 lety +1

      🟠WATCH ADITYA RATHORE-HE ALSO MAKES INFORMATIVE CONTENT LIKE HISTORY MATTERS

    • @mohamu8700
      @mohamu8700 Před 2 lety +1

      saudi arabia is kuwaits closest ally and im kuwaiti myself and u can ask any kuwaiti and they will say saudi is our closest and they helped us the most when we needed it king fahad once said if kuwait falls saudi falls with it and iraq is slowly moving on ig

    • @Xc662_
      @Xc662_ Před rokem +1

      Lol they wish

  • @omaralbaghli2951
    @omaralbaghli2951 Před 8 měsíci +4

    you know i am from kuwait and i never knew any youtuber knew it existed

  • @ACKtube-of3qf
    @ACKtube-of3qf Před 2 lety

    I mean the humour mixed with the seriousness of the video is on another level

  • @pridelander06
    @pridelander06 Před 2 lety +322

    *Iraq invades Kuwait*
    Rest of the world: "So anyway, I started blasting."

    • @enotsnavdier6867
      @enotsnavdier6867 Před 2 lety +14

      Never has a nation been run train on so goddamn hard in history

    • @Atroll995
      @Atroll995 Před 2 lety +1

      @@enotsnavdier6867 sadly...

    • @Bo7mody780
      @Bo7mody780 Před 2 lety +2

      I live in Kuwait

    • @Oxley016
      @Oxley016 Před 2 lety +2

      @@Atroll995 doesn’t make me sad

    • @Atroll995
      @Atroll995 Před 2 lety +2

      @@Oxley016 death of innocent people doesn't make u sad

  • @JaydentheMathGuy
    @JaydentheMathGuy Před 2 lety +295

    History teacher: Write an essay about British history
    Me:
    My essay: Dibs

    • @simonl.b.nielsen1557
      @simonl.b.nielsen1557 Před 2 lety +7

      Extended version: Dibs, and then later some genocide.

    • @hebl47
      @hebl47 Před 2 lety +3

      If it doesn't have a flag on it, it's free real estate.

    • @gazpachopolice7211
      @gazpachopolice7211 Před 2 lety +2

      @@simonl.b.nielsen1557 really long essay:
      Dibs.
      Genocide
      Partition
      Commonwealth realm? or GTF Outta there?

    • @TomorrowWeLive
      @TomorrowWeLive Před 2 lety

      @@simonl.b.nielsen1557 name one single instance of genocide committed by the British Empire (if you mention the words 'Bengal' or 'Famine' you've lost)

    • @pramilashaktawat4429
      @pramilashaktawat4429 Před 2 lety

      🔶WATCH ADITYA RATHORE-HE ALSO MAKES INFORMATIVE CONTENT LIKE HISTORY MATTERS

  • @ThePikminCaptain
    @ThePikminCaptain Před 7 měsíci +3

    3:05 THE SKY IS ON FIRE BURNING BLACK GOLD

  • @ProgrammerInProgress
    @ProgrammerInProgress Před 2 lety

    Great job at representing Gorbachev, John major and Bush Sr near the end. As soon as I saw the square glasses I was like "that's obviously john major!"

    • @user-rn6cn5rp3y
      @user-rn6cn5rp3y Před rokem

      this channel did not do their homework very well.
      According to David Klein at The California State University, Northridge on January 2003, article --> 'Mechanisms of Western Domination: A Short History of Iraq and Kuwait'. under the 'Early History' section, he says '"Kuwait," the word for "small human settlement," was so named by Iraqi rulers of that era. Throughout the nineteenth
      century and up to World War I, Kuwait was a "Qadha," a district within the Basra Province'

  • @bobbyorphen
    @bobbyorphen Před 2 lety +662

    Everyone: “Kuwait is ours”
    Kuwait: “Can you Kuwait a minute?”

  • @pinkdrops77
    @pinkdrops77 Před rokem +1

    Hi I am from Kuwait and I am Kuwaiti. I really enjoyed this documentary and I actually learned some things that I didn’t know about my own country ha ha. Take care and have a great day :-).

  • @dannyarcher6370
    @dannyarcher6370 Před rokem +1

    2:29 - "Wind of change, boet"
    There. Fixed it for ya.

  • @maadhavsehgal4264
    @maadhavsehgal4264 Před 2 lety +301

    Everyone asks why is Kuwait but no one asks how is Kuwait😔

    • @mohalr98
      @mohalr98 Před 2 lety +7

      fr

    • @sv96jo
      @sv96jo Před 2 lety +10

      It's an old long story and thing's happened over 300 years ago . it's not for iraq or Saudis or ottomans. First owners for that land was a local tribe named (banikhaled) ruled the eastern region of Arabian peninsula and other areas gave it to al Sobah family. That's what I know and you better check out you self if im not right someone tell us by a link cause im not very sour

    • @ammashhmoud882
      @ammashhmoud882 Před 2 lety

      ​@@sv96jo الكويت بلد هجره ومن الاسباب الرئيسيه لوجودها هو موقعها التجاري كانوا يأتون التجار من جميع انحاء العالم العربي و يستقرون في الكويت

    • @afnie4708
      @afnie4708 Před 2 lety +1

      Just fine

    • @Youtube.10a
      @Youtube.10a Před rokem +5

      But Why feel sorry, were doing just fine!😂

  • @yesar92
    @yesar92 Před 2 lety +443

    I'm Iraqi, I was born 45km off the border of Kuwait. We share the same culture, language and even blood connections. But Kuwait is an independent state and we all believe so. The problem is the more north you go, the more some people think that Kuwait is just part of Basra and should've been annexed. Just lack of education on history and pure greed in a small rich neighbouring country.

    • @fredz_8762
      @fredz_8762 Před 2 lety +32

      Thanks for saying the truth

    • @themorrocoballofficials
      @themorrocoballofficials Před rokem +2

      Thus iraq succeeded unlike lebanon

    • @alannala4501
      @alannala4501 Před rokem +5

      I am with the independence of every group of people who agree to rule themselves by themselves, but the majority of Iraqis do not agree with your opinion or with my opinion. Do you agree with my opinion regarding the independence of Kurdistan, whose Kurdish owners different in everything with the Arabs and the Turks?!

    • @themorrocoballofficials
      @themorrocoballofficials Před rokem +1

      @@alannala4501 no

    • @themorrocoballofficials
      @themorrocoballofficials Před rokem +2

      @@alannala4501 i prefer every dependency to stay a part of its owner

  • @TeeThinkable
    @TeeThinkable Před 9 měsíci +14

    As a Kuwaiti, I can agree that Kuwait exists because it’s rich history, dedication, and friendship between one Kuwaiti and another, no matter who they where, and where they were a part or came from.

    • @talalalhu
      @talalalhu Před 8 měsíci +1

      also as a kuwaiti, i cant agree with the friendship between one kuwaiti and another. what about our horrible crisis with the bedoon? they are left stateless and ignored but they have inhabited this region just as we did

    • @TeeThinkable
      @TeeThinkable Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@talalalhu there has been a lot of crises between bedoons, and that’s one of few things I’m against with. Thank you for reminding me that information, Talal

    • @TeeThinkable
      @TeeThinkable Před 8 měsíci +2

      @@talalalhu I mean, after the gulf war, hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and other ethnic people came to Kuwait, and ripped their civil ID and nationality, passport, etc., but there are bedoons who are actually Kuwaitis that deserve help from the government. People say they’re kuwaiti when they’re Iraqi, and Kuwaitis say they’re kuwaiti when they’re from kuwait. It’s their fault for coming here in the first place. What else do the immigrants expect from us?

    • @ValakInc
      @ValakInc Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@talalalhuwe originate from here, they dont. Thats the difference. With that being said, what kuwait’s been doing to them is awful. And i do believe that bedoon children, from kuwaiti mothers, should be considered just as kuwaiti as we are.

  • @Thetallestgirrafe
    @Thetallestgirrafe Před 3 měsíci +1

    2:53 that's an amazing subtle simpsons reference there

  • @iattacku2773
    @iattacku2773 Před 2 lety +66

    The running through the field of flowers always cracks me up

  • @nickmcgargill6216
    @nickmcgargill6216 Před 2 lety +114

    Saddam: "I once asked myself this question and then I decided to invade."

  • @emanuelecalianno2327
    @emanuelecalianno2327 Před 2 lety +1

    The Brit jumping out of the sand is the funniest thing I've seen on this channel, and the single best representation of British imperialism ever. Genius.

  • @mehranfreeman6192
    @mehranfreeman6192 Před 2 lety

    good short video 👍

  • @busbee5163
    @busbee5163 Před 2 lety +297

    Country:
    Exists
    History matters:
    *E X P L A I N Y O U R S E L F*

  • @TheKlipparn
    @TheKlipparn Před 2 lety +414

    I can hardly Ku-wait a minute to watch this.

  • @ethanengelking2492
    @ethanengelking2492 Před 7 měsíci

    The invasion of Iraq was when desert storm and desert shield took place. Also you got to hand it to countries for operation names. Rolling Thunder, Overload, Desert Storm, and Urgent Fury (yes that one does exist).

  • @badmofo7468
    @badmofo7468 Před rokem +4

    كل يوم اسأل نفسي هاي السؤال ليه الكويت موجودة أصلا و انا قاعد اتفرج على مسلسلاتهم العجيبة هذي😂😂

  • @viperzerofsx
    @viperzerofsx Před 2 lety +101

    “Why does Kuwait exist?”
    Saddam in 1990 “yes, why?”

  • @badjuju2721
    @badjuju2721 Před 2 lety +74

    I always find little countries like Kuwait, Monaco, The Vatican, and Luxembourgs history so interesting!

    • @gave2haze
      @gave2haze Před rokem +3

      The remaining vestiges of the principality era of history

    • @SN-ce5zm
      @SN-ce5zm Před rokem +1

      Bahrain and Qatar and lebanon too !!

    • @user-rn6cn5rp3y
      @user-rn6cn5rp3y Před rokem

      because their history are from sci-fi movies :D they can't change history :D

    • @KWTxrulz
      @KWTxrulz Před 8 měsíci

      Kuwait was not a small country ! its bigger than Binlux area before the 1921 invasion .

    • @Seba_ntn
      @Seba_ntn Před 3 měsíci

      ⁠@@KWTxrulzBenelux*

  • @nik65stgt60
    @nik65stgt60 Před 9 měsíci

    Great content!

  • @nobilkwt7222
    @nobilkwt7222 Před 2 lety

    this is the best history video I have ever seen

  • @BalticoYT
    @BalticoYT Před 2 lety +53

    Fun Fact: Kuwait's currency, the Dinar, is currently the strongest in the world, with a conversion (as of August 30th, 2021) of 3.33 US Dollars to 1 Kuwaiti Dinar. Because of this, it has not only a 1/2 Dinar banknote, but also a 1/4 Dinar banknote, and also it's currency is subdivided into thousandths, not hundredths.

    • @user-rn6cn5rp3y
      @user-rn6cn5rp3y Před rokem +1

      this channel did not do their homework very well.
      According to David Klein at The California State University, Northridge on January 2003, article --> 'Mechanisms of Western Domination: A Short History of Iraq and Kuwait'. under the 'Early History' section, he says '"Kuwait," the word for "small human settlement," was so named by Iraqi rulers of that era. Throughout the nineteenth
      century and up to World War I, Kuwait was a "Qadha," a district within the Basra Province'

    • @dolletesy
      @dolletesy Před 4 měsíci

      @@user-rn6cn5rp3yokay? but what does have to do with the top comment? the top comment was talking about the currency

  • @yegorratislav4644
    @yegorratislav4644 Před 2 lety +124

    you know, there was once this Iraqi leader who thought the same thing

    • @Marylandbrony
      @Marylandbrony Před 2 lety +26

      And thought it would make a great addition to his country

    • @raptorfromthe6ix833
      @raptorfromthe6ix833 Před 2 lety +9

      i think his name was haddam sussein

    • @invisivble7483
      @invisivble7483 Před 2 lety +5

      @@raptorfromthe6ix833 it wasnt, it wass haddein sussam. get your facts straight.

    • @ramudasanjuu
      @ramudasanjuu Před 2 lety +10

      @@invisivble7483
      n0 it was sussy saddamn

    • @aaronmarks9366
      @aaronmarks9366 Před 2 lety +2

      Did you ever hear the story of Darth Saddamus the Wise? I thought not. It's not a story the UN Security Council would tell you.

  • @conorhy0316
    @conorhy0316 Před rokem +3

    My aunt went to Kuwait in 1989 for a doctor trip and she ended up in the occupation with Iraq, luckily enough she made it out of there but it shows that even tho she was IRISH war shows no boundaries

  • @MRMINECHEST2
    @MRMINECHEST2 Před rokem +57

    As a Kuwaiti my self, I can say Kuwait is a really cool place and has a good currency.

    • @rhndmrblox
      @rhndmrblox Před rokem +1

      same, i agree

    • @yoyou3848
      @yoyou3848 Před rokem +3

      I have been trying to work in your hospitals for several years now but it's very difficult from UK.
      Very beautiful country

    • @maryamibrahim8265
      @maryamibrahim8265 Před rokem +1

      @@yoyou3848Kuwait is overpopulated and are deporting people. More interested in people leaving than coming in.

    • @yoyou3848
      @yoyou3848 Před rokem +1

      @@maryamibrahim8265 ohhhhh okt Thank you. I been trying to get something in healthcare from UK so I'll abandon ship.

    • @alana.gr_1345
      @alana.gr_1345 Před rokem

      @@yoyou3848you can keep trying trust me its worth it

  • @eisbergsyndrom5010
    @eisbergsyndrom5010 Před 2 lety +421

    From Iraq's POV it was like when you invade one small irrelevent country in HOI4 and the entire allies gang up on you.

    • @scott3017
      @scott3017 Před 2 lety +29

      You better leave Luxembourg alone! Just sayin...

    • @ALIKN1-1
      @ALIKN1-1 Před 2 lety +18

      @@scott3017 never it is ours ..... Every small things

    • @fallward917
      @fallward917 Před 2 lety +3

      When you lose all your allies after you accumulated one of the largest militaries in the world you start popping up on most countries watch list, and all they had to do was pretend that they don't care and just wait for Saddam to do something stupid.

    • @ABoMtS
      @ABoMtS Před 2 lety +6

      @@ALIKN1-1 bruh u need to be thankful to UK for stopping Al Saud from taking Iraq Desert 🧐

    • @ALIKN1-1
      @ALIKN1-1 Před 2 lety +6

      @@ABoMtS 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 we do not need to send an army to invade sudia all what we need are two buses to take them down

  • @pagansbasin6657
    @pagansbasin6657 Před 2 lety +51

    Kuwait: *exists*
    Iraq: and I took that personally

    • @HaventheDemoness-vy9lx
      @HaventheDemoness-vy9lx Před 2 lety +1

      Literally 😉

    • @luigicampo4008
      @luigicampo4008 Před 2 lety

      *Invades Kuwait*
      "The USA would like to know your location."

    • @Troy_z
      @Troy_z Před 2 lety

      Kuwait : exists
      Iraq : invade
      The world : umm NO
      Kurdistan : goodbye Iraq hello freedom

    • @alejandromaldonado6159
      @alejandromaldonado6159 Před 2 lety

      Odd. Since Kuwait existed longer than Iraq. Also Iraq is a made up country.

    • @Xc662_
      @Xc662_ Před rokem

      Lol Iraqis seriously should consider going to therapy

  • @zeidnasser154
    @zeidnasser154 Před rokem

    Thanks for all your videos.. please note that when you mentioned the Arab world, you incorrectly stopped the colouring of the map at Egypt by the Arab world also includes the north African Arab countries all the way to Morocco

  • @oneminuteliterture5936

    cool, loved the animation..

  • @pastormiguel5296
    @pastormiguel5296 Před 2 lety +200

    Props on this mans for pumping out videos really fast, i did not expect to see multiple videos by him in less than a week

    • @mrterp04
      @mrterp04 Před 2 lety +3

      Agreed! IIRC the schedule is three videos every two weeks.

    • @TSZatoichi
      @TSZatoichi Před 2 lety +1

      Remember when this channel used to be called 10 minute history? Knocking 6 minutes off the vids means he can give us more content (which is a good thing IMO.)

    • @dilksjoel
      @dilksjoel Před rokem

      @@TSZatoichi I’m not sure if maths is your strong point but…

    • @user-rn6cn5rp3y
      @user-rn6cn5rp3y Před rokem

      this channel did not do their homework very well.
      According to David Klein at The California State University, Northridge on January 2003, article --> 'Mechanisms of Western Domination: A Short History of Iraq and Kuwait'. under the 'Early History' section, he says '"Kuwait," the word for "small human settlement," was so named by Iraqi rulers of that era. Throughout the nineteenth
      century and up to World War I, Kuwait was a "Qadha," a district within the Basra Province'

  • @caspianhorlick4529
    @caspianhorlick4529 Před 2 lety +200

    0:47 As a British person, I can confirm that is is a completely historically accurate depiction of colonisation and the expansion of the British Empire.

    • @Valencetheshireman927
      @Valencetheshireman927 Před 2 lety +7

      🇬🇧😏

    • @MrJoebrooklyn1969
      @MrJoebrooklyn1969 Před 2 lety +3

      Except for the very end. Iraq really did complain to the UN and the US said it's none of our business, so Iraq invaded.

    • @muthanna9
      @muthanna9 Před 2 lety +6

      As an Iraqi, give me my Kuwait back plz I have war debt

    • @abdallahbohimed7315
      @abdallahbohimed7315 Před 2 lety +3

      As a Kuwaiti, i can confirm.

    • @watching99134
      @watching99134 Před 2 lety

      The Russians only sold Alaska to the U.S. to keep it out of Canada (and thereby the British Empire).

  • @alejandrocantu4652
    @alejandrocantu4652 Před 2 lety

    Carrying on with the theme can you do an episode of why Britain exist

  • @user-sc6pe3cc8i
    @user-sc6pe3cc8i Před 2 lety +3

    Saudi never wanted to take over Kuwait because Kuwait prince was the one who helped King Abdulaziz in uniting the tribes.
    That's why KSA got into the war against Saddam Hussain

  • @Sojorlos
    @Sojorlos Před 2 lety +638

    Oh my god, Karen, you can’t just ask a country why they exist.

    • @figtree_video_archive
      @figtree_video_archive Před 2 lety +26

      Belgium and almost every African country:Am I a joke to you?

    • @alancient8463
      @alancient8463 Před 2 lety +14

      Kuwait is litrelly a man made country its entire history is Iraq

    • @figtree_video_archive
      @figtree_video_archive Před 2 lety +2

      @@alancient8463 Well, if its a man-made country, why did it exist in the 19th century?

    • @alancient8463
      @alancient8463 Před 2 lety +11

      @@figtree_video_archive wtf is that supposed to mean britisn litrelly made it up and then they made sure they were independent from Iraq

    • @figtree_video_archive
      @figtree_video_archive Před 2 lety +13

      @@alancient8463 I mean, you gotta understand the fact that Kuwait was existing during Ottoman Iraq

  • @AK-sj2rl
    @AK-sj2rl Před 2 lety +54

    as a kuwaiti I feel we’ve survived the worst. the earlier saudi states, the founder of the third (and current) state was raised in kuwait after his father sought refuge from ottomans, so the southern kwti borders are stable enuff. kuwait-iran relations r semi-cordial too. iraq remains troubled internally n will likely (sadly) remain so for the foreseeable future. regionally, we’re also far less hawkish foreign policy wise so we’ll prob remain *existing* for longer :)

    • @kingsol5799
      @kingsol5799 Před rokem +2

      Inshallah

    • @ineedbleach
      @ineedbleach Před rokem +2

      Please stay existing, I beg you

    • @AkumaNoKuma
      @AkumaNoKuma Před rokem

      no hawkish policy lol, only second to qatar in terror funding.

    • @nasseraljassem6004
      @nasseraljassem6004 Před rokem +1

      True well you see... I'm Kuwaiti as well

    • @Youtube.10a
      @Youtube.10a Před rokem +4

      @@AkumaNoKuma kuwait? Terror funding? Please do explain. HOW.

  • @Ismail_ibn_Ishaq
    @Ismail_ibn_Ishaq Před rokem

    These vids really make me think like all the recent wars are "business as usual" and the years of peace are the outliers...

  • @spagetti_sam
    @spagetti_sam Před 7 měsíci +1

    I ask myself this question every single day of my life

  • @DevilRaptorB
    @DevilRaptorB Před 2 lety +187

    As a Kuwaiti I always find it pretty interesting to see videos about my country, We may be small in size, but we pretty much seem to have a huge impact seeing how neighbors can't keep their eyes off of us.

    • @donkeysaurusrex7881
      @donkeysaurusrex7881 Před 2 lety +14

      Only natural harbor in the area.

    • @abdulaziz.9471
      @abdulaziz.9471 Před 2 lety +14

      Lol ur existence doesn’t make sense, huge impact my ass

    • @squidysnose69
      @squidysnose69 Před 2 lety +14

      I mean kuwaits history is only the gulf war so yeah

    • @DevilRaptorB
      @DevilRaptorB Před 2 lety +29

      @@squidysnose69 ad where do you live? clearly you had no hand in building your own country history

    • @user-db7dg9vc9z
      @user-db7dg9vc9z Před 2 lety +30

      @@squidysnose69
      Have you ever read Kuwait’s history?

  • @amienabled6665
    @amienabled6665 Před 2 lety +408

    I always feel sorry for people who come from nations that people question its existence

    • @jk-gb4et
      @jk-gb4et Před 2 lety +40

      Well half of the people in Kuwait are just expats from other countries

    • @heisenberg8725
      @heisenberg8725 Před 2 lety +6

      @@jk-gb4et yes, they are not Kuwaiti tho

    • @commenterjosh2428
      @commenterjosh2428 Před 2 lety +6

      @@jk-gb4et Covid: *happens*
      Kuwait: I'll cut it in half!

    • @JOESMITH-qs8ue
      @JOESMITH-qs8ue Před 2 lety +42

      Yes. poor Canada.

    • @jk-gb4et
      @jk-gb4et Před 2 lety +2

      @@JOESMITH-qs8ue :( but its true

  • @pennygadget5243
    @pennygadget5243 Před rokem +2

    as a kuwaiti, ive been asking myself that question for the past 15 years of my life.

  • @MrUNCLESAM84
    @MrUNCLESAM84 Před rokem +5

    WOW looking at the old Kuwaiti map and realized if Kuwait kept only some territories 100 miles from the Persian gulf shore it would've owned and controlled over than 36% of world's oil reserves and left Saudi Arabia with no oil, produced more than 50% of world's daily barrel amount and been 100% even more rich than what it is. Holy moly if they would've knew that before giving out that land.

    • @maryamibrahim8265
      @maryamibrahim8265 Před rokem

      You do realize majority of Kuwaitis come from Saudi Arabia? So to us, saudi and kuwait are the same. We marry from each other's countries, it's not a competition. Not kuwait and iraq. Iraqis wish to take our lands, murderers.

    • @MrUNCLESAM84
      @MrUNCLESAM84 Před rokem

      @@maryamibrahim8265 I am an American from British decent myself, my ancestors came from England 300 years ago and colonized America, then when the British wanted to take our freedom away we fought them for our land, freedom and independence.
      Being related to someone through marriage or ancestry is something and giving up your land, freedom or independence is something else.
      That's what we call in America cowardness. It is always a competition that's why after Britain was the superpower of the world we became the superpower of the world, yes they're our allies now and we marry from them like you said but America comes first to us and we don't give up one inch of it's land to anyone no matter who they are or what they are. That's what we call being brave and courageous.

  • @BobJones-sd8eh
    @BobJones-sd8eh Před 2 lety +90

    Can you do “how Norwegian was Denmark-Norway” I think that would be an interesting topic

    • @rawrimadeinosaur7513
      @rawrimadeinosaur7513 Před 2 lety +1

      bc the Vikings didn't think Denmark was cold enough

    • @TorIverWilhelmsen
      @TorIverWilhelmsen Před 2 lety

      (Norwegian aristocracy dies out in the Black Death)
      Danish aristocrats: "It's free real estate! In return you can use our language."

    • @leftaroundabout
      @leftaroundabout Před 2 lety +2

      ​@@TorIverWilhelmsen fun fact: it was this deal that would later prevent Norway from suffering a fate like Ireland, with its famine where people dearly craved for having potatoes in their mouth.

  • @theleetworldbest
    @theleetworldbest Před 2 lety +83

    "Why does Kuwait exist?" sounds so genocidal

  • @jdagreatecho
    @jdagreatecho Před 2 lety +32

    Kuwaiti and proud ! 🇰🇼🇰🇼

    • @monsteramer2950
      @monsteramer2950 Před rokem +9

      I am a Saudi, and I say Kuwait is part of Iraq. It was a land belonging to Basra. Hello, its name is Al-Kazemi. I removed Khaled Ibn Al-Waleed, may God be pleased with him, and his companions, and you can search more if you do not believe my words.

    • @jdagreatecho
      @jdagreatecho Před rokem +9

      @@monsteramer2950 it’s sad that you don’t stand with your Kuwaiti brother and sisters Saudi Arabia is one of the closest Allie’s of Kuwait Shame on you

    • @akhal397
      @akhal397 Před rokem +10

      @@monsteramer2950 As a Kuwaiti No one asked ur opinion

    • @monsteramer2950
      @monsteramer2950 Před rokem

      @@akhal397 chill out I'm just telling the truth

    • @jerrytoya6690
      @jerrytoya6690 Před rokem +1

      @@monsteramer2950 Пусть Кувейт будет частью Ирака, но кто ты такой чтобы рассуждать об этом? Ты жалкий саудовец, знай свое место, твоя ничтожная страна терроризирует Йемен и до ужаса боится Ирана, ты не достоин зваться арабом как и твоя террористическая страна. Так что, в первую очередь разберись с проблемами свой жалкой Саудии, а потом рассказывай *ПРАВДУ*. Ты просто завидуешь, что Кувейтяне вижут лучше тебя, и что Кувейтовские дети могут позволить себе то, что не смогут себе позволить ваши даже за 7 жизней работы, убогий.

  • @qurain111
    @qurain111 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Kuwait was called Kazma in ancient times.
    last 300 years the city prospered and was main port on Arabian gulf with fleet peaked at 800 ships reaching as far as india calcuta and south of horn of africa

  • @nafrost2787
    @nafrost2787 Před 2 lety +12

    2:13 so they complained that kuwait was a result of foreign meddling, while Iraq itself is a result of foreign meddling? At least Kuwait has a history as an independent country.

    • @0yq
      @0yq Před 2 lety +4

      @احمد ضياء when you said Kuwait was a Province of a another country and not a state i knew you’re a brainwashed saddam lover who still believes saddam lies, Kuwait was independent way before iraq and Saud arabia, if anything iraq is the province of other countries 😂

    • @AbdullahSamiAliAlhouli
      @AbdullahSamiAliAlhouli Před 2 lety +1

      @@0yq Exactly! From a Kuwaiti

  • @prodigymapping4891
    @prodigymapping4891 Před 2 lety +50

    Well, it was given a guarantee from James Bissonette.

  • @carstennono9196
    @carstennono9196 Před rokem +1

    1:11 you shouldve added "because foreign policy says france cant have nice things"
    XD

  • @7Thegamer1
    @7Thegamer1 Před rokem

    Woah i didnt expect there to be a video on kuwait, especially one with almost 2M views, ive always thought kuwait was very unnoticed lol

    • @user-rn6cn5rp3y
      @user-rn6cn5rp3y Před rokem

      this channel did not do their homework very well.
      According to David Klein at The California State University, Northridge on January 2003, article --> 'Mechanisms of Western Domination: A Short History of Iraq and Kuwait'. under the 'Early History' section, he says '"Kuwait," the word for "small human settlement," was so named by Iraqi rulers of that era. Throughout the nineteenth
      century and up to World War I, Kuwait was a "Qadha," a district within the Basra Province'

  • @kuwait8882
    @kuwait8882 Před 2 lety +83

    The simple answer is : Kuwait has always been an independent Emirate since it formation in the 18th century, it had it own political system, it own currency, and it own flag.. and Kuwait did really well preserving its independence for 4 centuries.

    • @Tony-theGreat
      @Tony-theGreat Před 2 lety +7

      Wrong
      Reason: uk

    • @kuwait8882
      @kuwait8882 Před 2 lety +17

      @@Tony-theGreatWell yes, Britain was one of the ways that Kuwait used to preserve its independence.

    • @ExtraChromosomes
      @ExtraChromosomes Před 2 lety +18

      @@Tony-theGreat the UK came in 1899 when Kuwait existed in 1752

    • @saqeralmutairi3467
      @saqeralmutairi3467 Před 2 lety +21

      @@ExtraChromosomes historically, Kuwait existed since 1613

    • @CordobaGeneral1234
      @CordobaGeneral1234 Před 2 lety +1

      Nah it’s just Britain playing divide and conquer you idiot. Kuwait was always apart of Iraq

  • @overkill726
    @overkill726 Před 2 lety +17

    2:10 'Iraq saw kuwait's existence as unnatural and only the result of foreign meddling'
    Ironic.

    • @bigchungus6320
      @bigchungus6320 Před 2 lety +1

      Well in The ottomans time Kuwait was part of (Iraq) so it is like if china comes in destroy the US then put new York as it's own country us so yeah it is pretty unnatural

    • @0yq
      @0yq Před 2 lety +5

      @@bigchungus6320 nope Kuwait was under the British rule and was never part of iraq

    • @TorIverWilhelmsen
      @TorIverWilhelmsen Před 2 lety

      @@0yq Saddam apparently had this idea to recreate Mesopotamia.

    • @averinus7706
      @averinus7706 Před 2 lety

      @@TorIverWilhelmsen city states and all?

    • @MohaanJaabir-cz6zs
      @MohaanJaabir-cz6zs Před 3 měsíci

      Which was true ironically.

  • @madi2449
    @madi2449 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Many wrong informations,it was part of Iraq for centuries, Kuwait is a small name of kute , kute is still part of Iraq now, it was much bigger than this before.

  • @GabGotti3
    @GabGotti3 Před 3 měsíci +5

    Why? Because AMERICA

  • @fpsmaverick_9335
    @fpsmaverick_9335 Před 2 lety +28

    Small county: *exists
    History Matters: "Now this looks like a job for me"