Episode 394: Bomb In the Bathroom Window (Part 2 of Operation Desert Storm)

This week Host Dave Bledsoe sets his crosshairs on a valuable asset, meaning he found a bar where they haven’t heard of him. (Yet) On the show this week we come back with Part Two of Operation Desert, the shooty part! Don’t worry we would never glorify violence, in fact we find it entirely disturbing. (Except on television, that is cool.)

Along the way we learn why Dave doesn't watch horror movies. (He’s a big fraidy cat!) Then we dive right into everything that happened once the bombs started dropping. (Bernie Shaw hid under a table!) We then discuss the feared Iraqi SCUD missile. (You can just call it Al!) And of course, who could forget the famous Patriot Missile! (We suppose the Iraqis would like to.) We talk ground combat from the ill fated Khafji Offensive all the way to the Highway of Death! (They had such descriptive names in this war!) Finally, we talk about homecoming, parades and how short a time the discounts at Denny’s lasted. (Dave is bitter he didn’t get one!) We spent some time how quickly everyone got over liking George HW Bush, and went right back to thinking he was useless. Finally, we talk about consequences and how karma is a real bitch.

Our Sponsor this week is Nate’s Night Vision, shining a light on savings! We open the show with footage of the luckiest man in Iraq and close with Stephen R. Archambault talking about alternative entries.  

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Citations Needed:

The Epic Little Battle of Khafjihttps://www.airandspaceforces.com/article/0298khafji/

Wikipedia: Highway of Deathhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_of_Death

DESERT STORM PARTY DRAWS HEROES LAKE TO HAVE LARGEST PARADE EVERhttps://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1991-05-14-9105140399-story.html

"It appeared Washington was under attack": Inside the 1991 Washington military paradehttps://youtu.be/PDv0ZG0AFDw

Uncited Additional Reading:  

https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/02/the-mother-of-all-battles-20-years-later/71804/

https://timeline.com/photos-gulf-war-cnn-effect-press-manipulation-66680a20cf42

https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/desert_storm-timeline.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_coverage_of_the_Gulf_War

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