Little Sparta
Little Sparta is a beautifully produced documentary that praises the power of goodness in the face of overwhelming oppression and unspeakable evil. The film traces the history of conflict in the Arabian Peninsula, and the victories that were achieved even in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds, including those that revolve around our modern war against radical extremist terror.
It begins by recounting the events of 650 BCE when the Persians invaded the Greeks with a formidable army of more than 100,000 troops. The fear of impending destruction gripped the region. Determined not to go down without a fight, the city of Sparta assembled a modest opposition army consisting of 300 men. Their fighting force soon mushroomed to over 7,000 warriors following various alliances with neighboring cities. Though gravely outnumbered, they eventually managed to push Persia out of their land through sheer force of will.
According to the film's narrative, this stubborn determination to stand for what is right has long defined the unquenchable spirit of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It has also earned them the nickname of Little Sparta, a tribute to the moral and military strength they possess in spite of their small size. What was once a vast desert now stands as a thriving leader of industry, gleaming infrastructure, global influence and military might.
The film also details the UAE's role in a series of other crucial events throughout the region's history, including the invasion of Kuwait, the Battle of Mogadishu, the toppling of Saddam Hussein, and the current battle against those who promote a perverted reading of the Koran through heinous acts of violence and terror. Along the way, viewers will learn of the UAE's close alliance with the United Nations and other coalition groups, their dominant role in military matters, their commitment to ensuring freedom of religion, and their devotion to humanitarian and peacekeeping efforts.
Divided into nine brief, but enlightening chapters, Little Sparta presents a valuable and surprising portrait of one of the world's most volatile and misunderstood regions. Above all else, it's a rousing anthem that celebrates the triumph of good over evil.
I am from the west, and westerners ave become such infantile idiots it's bewildering.
Religious extremism is a problem, and it's source is the west.
We are going to invade and kill lots of Arabs for oil....we need to demonize them first so the public accept genocide.
That is how words like spicks, slant eyes, gooks, towel heads, Huns etc originated. Where is the word for white mother f#@kers?
How many western countries have Middle Eastern countries invaded... None or zero?
While the west has continually invaded, put sanctions in place, over thrown governments, and bombed countries back to the big bang, at the cost of hundreds of millions of lives.
Its not the Muslims that have cluster and phosphorous bombs that they use to bomb our schools and essential services.
Where I live, we have the highest density of Middle eastern people in the country, and they are far more friendly and open that westerners.....and they don't hate everyone like we do.
Get of the hypocritical Christians.
Fact
Professor Pope (a right winger) of Harvard university interviewed 400 Muslims guilty of terrorist crimes (and they are abysmal crimes) and only 10% were driven by religious extremism, the rest were in retaliation to western intervention, in over half the cases the perpetrator had lost a family member.
Where are the courts of law they can go to, to have perpetrators held to account.
99% of people are peaceful....its the governments that spread fear and hate to meet their agendas.
Racists are essentially cowards that pick on defenseless scapegoats because they have the courage o stand up to the real criminals
I am an exmuslim and I love this documentary. It stayed on it's topic, and was proud of the accomplishments toward human rights. It's not towards any religion, it's just not against stating facts. It reminds me of what I love about my people, our culture that bears through the centuries.
What has Islam to do with Sparta?
The above documentary is complete propaganda, meant for westerners without understanding of Islamic theology. I suggest people do their own research into what the Qu'ran actually teaches.The ideology of Islam was spread by the sword and has been problematic for 1400 years.
A strong Foundation of Unity of Goodness can defeat all odds in this world! ?? ??
I guess if you like terrorist you would hate this film.
I came across this video by accident, but I watched it all the way through. Really an amazing insight in the arabic culture and society.
Very, very biased film. Arabs are good while Persians and pretty much every one is not. Definitely a paid by the government commercial, rather than independent research.
This a completely biased "documentary" which doesn't even follow a clear subject. It jumps from one historical episode to the other and then starts glorifying the UAE, hiding many of the dark and even medieval practices that still are legal in this country (such as flogging and stoning) and the repressive character of its regime. There are also many historical inaccuracies, such as the capture of Hormuz by Afonso de Albuquerque (which actually mixed brutal conquest with diplomacy and treaties) and the fact that Persia, together with the UK, actually recaptured Hormuz - thus the story of Persia as a Portuguese ally is questionable.
This is a commercial rather than a documentary. The end seems like an invite to New world order. Interesting, nevertheless.
Islam is not a religion of peace. It was spread by terrorists forcing people to convert or die. The burning of libraries along the way was just collateral damage.
This is purely a propaganda film for the US aligned Arab countries. If it was not for the US military aggression in the region I doubt that there would be any such thing as ISIS. And the Saudi's represent some of the worst religious extremism in the world. File this film under the column Manufacturing Consent, it's right up there with CNN, MSNBC, FOX and all the rest of US mainstream media.
'Little Sparta'!!?? What a load of rubbish - who writes this stuff?? ... this documentary self promotes Islam purely in the name of WAR ... nothing else - and who backs Saudi Arabia and Turkey in its weapons dealings? ... The USA/NATO/CIA of course ... The World Bank - the USA/NATO/CIA are essentially funding 'Little Sparta' in this BS story .... This documentary is not honest, it is propaganda - do some real research on the middle east!
You want to learn about Islam, just read their 'holy' book. I did. Sura 5:51 - "Believers, take neither Jews nor Christians for your friends. They are friends with one another." Sura 9:29 - "Fight against such of those to whom the Scriptures were given as believe neither in Allah nor the Last Day, who do not forbid what Allah and His Apostle have forbidden, and do not embrace the true faith, until they pay tribute out of hand and are utterly subdued."
FYI, a Jihad is an enteral battle(with ones self being, good vs evil....) Not a war like Muslims have been using for hundreds of years LOL. The people making this propaganda do not even know their own religion..... So look upon the current terrorists/ repressors of rights(women esp). Shame on you for not even knowing your own 'militant' religion. #propagandaGoneWrong lol
For your info, NO ONE in north or south America calls UAE 'little Sparta". LOL why would they, unless UAE took over Greece just to be know as 'little Sparta.'
And FYI, Sparta did not give a @#$% about any greek nation besides themselves(read a history book, any of them.) Hell the UAE live right by Sparta and even they should know that they are in no way Spartan like!
In all my years, I have never seen a propaganda film like this!! Making it look like the UAE are some kind of gods, even though they can not keep their own religion from destroying EVERYTHING and EVERYBODY just because they feel like it. This film has dozens of incorrect facts! I watched it laughing at how the (Muslim) film makers tried to make it seem like they even 'REMOTLY" have their S@#$ together. While they kill everything in sight in the name of terror!! I wish I could meet the maker of this film, and show him what his "people/religion" is doing to the WORLD
If Islam means peace and does not torture people, then you are just saying up is down and down is up lol. Christians are no better, but at least they do not take over entire countries in the name of (their invisable(evil; warmonger god))
Islam should be destroyed, just read their 'holy book' Mahammad rapes a lot of women(of different religion, which is against their 'purist' ideal). lol death to ALL religions, let common sense be your God; or is that to hard to think for yourselves!
ok, first off way over the top at times, I had to take breaks, I can be such a wimp.. almost as good as Fox network exclusive. A lot of really good footage. Yes much more or less staged, this is the world we live it. The amount of raw footage is telling/ Very strong "this is a very sharp sword of a military with very broad capabilities, both combat and Civil assistance/security and very dedicated/professional/hard cases! Not someone you really wanna get in a fight with. It's very nice blend of infomercial feel type documentary. I feel almost like I've been given the killer ap of all power point presentations. grab your beverage of choice (In tone of presentation, I do suggest at the very least a triple expresso DARK mocha sweetened with honey...lots of honey) Surprisingly. or may be not there is a very great deal of information here covering a very short amount of time, and also makes a point of hi lighting a repeating historical trend early in its presentation. Very much saying to me "Look, See. We delt with this once before and it did not turn out well. This will not be permitted again." and what comes across is pretty strait about backing that up. Makes me want to see if there's other U.S. domestic data to back it up and that may be the point. What I did see of military equipment I mostly recognized and saw a pretty impressive mix of capabilities. A very U.S. military inventory current or so doggone close I can't tell the difference and pretty obviously know how to use all of it. (Again ok with stock staged/and raw embed footage. Use what ya got!) Take a break every 10-20 min. Worth finishing and ya might wanna run back through it again a couple time. I'll give it a solid 7 out of 10
Total nonsense from the most cynical greedheads in the ME after Israel.
UAE has been assiduously funding mercenaries fighting as al Quaeda in the Yemen - why? Not because of any philosophical bent or desire for a better Yemen; UAE wants to take control of Yemen's ports and increase it already vast control over ME transport. The corrupt UAEgovernment/ports corporation has also been one of the major instigators of ongoing violence in Libya for exactly the same reason.
It's not even as though the emirates citizenry will gain anything from this appalling behaviour as the bulk of the investors and therefore profiteers from these awful wars are englanders.
Arabs dying for englanders to get rich, nothing new to see there then, move right along.
I'm guessing Nassir and Muahmed are the same people, should've picked different names. Picking misspelled Muslim names and being anti-islamic doesn't sound right. I'm not a propaganda expert or a historian or muslim or a paid reviewer. I like documentaries, I visit this website often and I purely spoke out of my good experiences living in the UAE, and I'm happy to take my 50 cents for it, if someone wants to give it to me. But I have a feeling you made a lot more than that calling attention to yourself in these boards. And... ever heard of spell check?
Having said that, I don't want to come across as a fanboy, this documentary is not one of the greatest. But it's definitely not a terrible one. It's got some eye rolling moments but overall it's worth a watch. My connection to the UAE made it all the better for me to watch this and I agree that terrorism won't get us anywhere. That's all.
Worse documentary I even seen. Even as a propaganda doc it is soooooooo bad.
The few, the proud, the Emiratis.
Is this a military recruiting film or a promotional video for the department of tourism? This is not a documentary. The music and production are all about impressing the viewer. I respect the Emiratis, and I don't blame them for patting themselves on the back. Let's just agree this is flag waving and not a documentary.
"Islam forbids killings"!!! ??? Do they !!!??? Murder is part of family home environment, mainly the honour killings of sisters and daughters. I suggested the directors of this documentary, read "Burned Alive" by Souad, a narration in the first person of what's happen inside a muslin traditional home.
i see the paid shill fifth column muslims are here too. Just like on the You Tube page this pieace of sh*t was published. most of these people get what 50ct per possitive post on islam. at least thats what china is paying there 50ct army fifth column. Look at the western names they write as Bradley Patton baldric rob and all you other you know who you are, F**** these people are insufferable. The west is under attack from religious zealots and communist thugs