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Bill Hicks from Relentless, 1991/92 ish

God, since I was here, we had a war. That's pretty fuckin' weird, huh? A war?

Wasn't really a war, you know? A war is when TWO armies are fighting.

So, don't know if you could call it a war, exactly. You know.

The Persian Gulf Distraction is more like it, I think.

...

Remember how it started? They kept talking about the Elite Republican Guard in these hushed tones like these guys were the Boogeymen or something.

"Yeah, we're doing well now, but we have yet to face the Elite Republican Guard."

Like these guys were 12-feet-tall desert warriors.

[sound of footsteps crushing the ground]

Never lost a battle!

[crush, crush]

We shit bullets!

[crush, crush, crush]

Yeah, well, after two months of continuous carpet-bombing and not ONE reaction at all from them, they became, simply, the Republican Guard! Hahahahahahahaha! Not nearly as elite as we would have led you to believe!

And after another month of bombing, they went from the Elite Republican Guard to the Republican Guard to the Republicans Made This Shit Up About There Being Guards Out There.

We hope you enjoyed your fireworks show!

It was so pretty and it took our mind off of domestic issues!

The Persian Gulf Distraction.



Can't find the audio online but here's the transcript https://genius.com/Bill-hicks-the-war-annotated




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