Caller · moment 15 of 20
Black Hawk Down, the Gulf War, and Fake American Patriotism
from #201 - A Sense Of Time (ft. Ray Kump) | The Tim Dillon Show · #201
3 min
Caller
They discuss how American 'patriotism' is really tied to wars with minimal U.S. casualties, using Black Hawk Down and the Gulf War as examples, contrasting with Russia's WWII sacrifice.
- Blue Angels flyovers were meant to inspire people, but JetBlue's coronavirus low pass over New York terrified everyone into thinking 9/11 was happening again.
- Tim argues that after day five post-9/11, everyone knew planes weren't going to hit us again, probably because the CIA had already done what it needed to do.
- Imagining a disappointed CIA pitch meeting in Langley where operatives realize they don't need planes anymore because coronavirus has people terrified enough to accept microchips.
- A CIA operative walks out of the room defeated after spending time on his two-plane mockup, now irrelevant because everyone's focused on the pandemic.
- Tim clarifies this is entertainment and they don't actually believe what they're saying, though they believe everything they're officially told.
- Going overboard with backing the official narrative, then veering into JFK had it coming because a random guy killed him and JFK was a rapist who sold out the country.
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