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Episode 393: A Feel Good War! (Part 1 of Desert Storm)


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Show Notes Episode 393: A Feel Good War! Part 1 of Operation Desert Storm


On the show this week Host Dave Bledsoe demands to drink for free on the anniversary of Operation Desert Storm and gets beat up in the VFW Hall. (Again) On the show this week we talk about the time America got its mojo back by going to war in Iraq! (That isn’t very specific, we mean the FIRST time!)


Along the way we learn that Dave turned down a lucrative career in the fast food drive through for a wasted decade in the military. (He was never Taco John’s material) Then we dive right into the backstory that would lead America to the first war in the Persian Gulf.  (George HW Bush=WIMP!) Then we examine the “reasons” for the war and how we arm twisted the world into going along with us.  (I mean you can’t trust Dick Cheney, who CAN you trust?)  We time out for a tangent to explain a fight between Dave and his dad before we tell you why everyone was so on-board with this whole war thing in 1990!  (Wolf Blitzer’s beard was dead sexy!)  Finally, we look at the most important part of Desert Storm, the marketing!


Our Sponsor this week is Second Hand Boom, our guns aren’t new but we reckon they will do.  We open with Poppy Bush explaining why we have to start killing brown people and close with Moxy Furious who has a little song about the Gulf War for us!


Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense

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Citations Needed:


Two-thirds of military teens want to follow in their parents’ footsteps. But these kids ‘are not okay,’ survey finds

https://www.militarytimes.com/pay-benefits/2021/10/07/two-thirds-of-military-teens-want-to-follow-in-their-parents-footsteps-but-these-kids-are-not-okay-survey-finds/


Bush Battles the 'Wimp Factor'

https://www.newsweek.com/bush-battles-wimp-factor-207008


A First-Lens Analysis George H.W.  Bush: Chief Diplomat

https://wwnorton.com/college/polisci/lenses/demo/print/dm_cs_pg_bush2.htm


A Brief History of Everything That Happened Because of George H.W. Bush’s Insecurity

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/george-h-w-bush-wimp-766076/


Manuel Noriega's Favorite Playlist

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7ssB--7GJVy9mgGTxBXhJD50gkR25qkB


Iraqi Author: Saddam Planned to Invade Saudi After Kuwait

https://apnews.com/article/43a1ca8f080fe18ce186d6d0f0fee6a0


Wikipedia: The Gulf War

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War#Diplomatic_means


War Policy, Public Support, and the Media by WILLIAM M. DARLEY

https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA485899.pdf


TRADING CARDS OF WAR GAINING POPULARITY

https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/ROA-Times/issues/1991/rt9103/910302/03020367.htm




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