[howaboutnope]

> Frightening people man. Bush tried to buy votes towards the end of the election. Goes around, you know, selling weapons to everyone, getting that military industrial complex vote happening for him. Sold 160 fighter jets to Korea and then 240 tanks to Kuwait and then goes around making speeches why he should be Commander-in-Chief because, “We still live in a dangerous world.”

> Thanks to you, you fucker! What are you doing? Last week Kuwaitis had nothing but rocks!

> They’re arming the fucking world man.

-- Bill Hicks

[trynumber9]

I suppose it is a joke but Kuwait had tanks before that. 200 Yugoslavian M84s.

[neonate]

Of course it's a joke. It's Bill Hicks. Wish he were still around so we could hear what he would make of "But they had 200 Yugoslavian tanks".

[HWR_14]

I also assume that was the elder Bush (based on your Yugoslavian tanks comment). Since we literally had just fought a war on Kuwait's behalf, arming them seems reasonable.