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Bill Hicks, the great American filosofer, was one of the few to tell the truth about the Gulf "War" of 1991.
Which did actually happen by the way, Monsieur Beaudriyard.
If Jean Baudrillard was a philosopher, then so was Bill Hicks.
Great American Filosofer and Comedian, Bill Hicks, On the Gulf War:
So, first of all – this needs to be said – there never was a war. “How can you say that Bill?” Well… a war is when TWO armies are fighting… …so you see it right there… we can all agree… wasn’t exactly a war.
I guess the most amazing thing about the war is obviously the disparity of casualties: Iraq – 150 THOUSAND casualties, USA… 79! Ha ha ha!!! Let’s go through those numbers again, ah, they’re a little baffling at first glance; Iraq – 150 thousand, USA… 79, 79! 79? Does that mean that if we had sent over 80 guys, we still would have won that fucking thing?....
People have bugged me in the States, people said: “Hey, the war made us feel better about ourselves” “Really?” Who are these people with such low self-esteem, …they need a war to feel better about themselves? I saw them on the news waving their flags. Can I recommend that instead of a war to feel better about yourselves, perhaps… …sit-ups, maybe a fruit-cup, six to eight glasses of water a day. I’m not telling you how to live, I’m just recommending a perhaps better way to feel better about yourself. And we can avoid the conflagration, ha, ha, ha… Merely a suggestion. Take a tip?
BILL HICKS in "RELENTLESS"(1992).
The 20-year long assault on Iraq - principally by the USA and the UK - was an anti-Semitic genocide.
A genocide that the cultures of the USA and the UK have barely got close to facing up to and recognizing.
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