Bonus Episode: Quagmire in the Middle East

The American History Podcast

Shawn Warswick

Education, History, Self-improvement

4.2 • 608 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Send us a text It was January 16, 1991. Your humble host was an undergraduate in college, and like others in the dorms, watching events unfold live on TV. US media had begun broadcasting the start of the air campaign to “free Kuwait” from the clutches of the evil Saddam Hussein. Looking back on these events 3 decades later, I have to admit, it made for compelling, if disgusting, television. Why do I say disgusting? People were dying in front of our very eyes, and we were treating it like it w...

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0:00.0	And such an assault will be repelled by any means necessary, including military force.
0:13.0	Should military action be required, this will not be, neither yet.
0:19.0	This will not be a protracted, drawn-out war.
0:25.8	Good morning from CBS News, New York.
0:28.1	At least 76 United States Marines were killed this morning in Lebanon,
0:33.6	and at least 115 were wounded.
0:36.4	Those numbers may rise considerably higher.
0:40.2	Fellow Americans, at 7 o'clock this evening, Eastern Time, air and naval forces of the United States
0:46.6	launched a series of strikes against the headquarters, terrorist facilities, and military assets
0:52.6	that support Muammar Gaddafi's subversive activities.
0:58.0	Just two hours ago, Allied Air Forces began an attack on military targets in Iraq and Kuwait.
1:06.0	These attacks continue as I speak.
1:10.0	As we gather tonight, our nation is at war.
1:20.4	An American History podcast, bonus episode, Quagmire in the Middle East.
1:25.7	Welcome to the show.
1:27.3	And this is a special bonus episode that I've put
1:29.2	together thanks to a run-in I had on Twitter. Now originally this was going to be only for
1:34.9	Patreon's, but I have decided that I'd make at least the first part available for free to everyone.
1:41.9	Now if you enjoy this, please consider supporting the show. You can do that by joining our Patreon at the $5 a month level or higher if you're so inclined. This will give you access to this and other bonus content, including the series 1983, the year the world almost ended, and the bonus episode, Crackers, Rednecks, and Donald Trump.
2:03.6	Now if you're unable to do so, then no worries.
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