Tech Jokes · 2026-11-04
1991, The Gulf War
1991, The Gulf War
The First Gulf War is in full swing, and UN forces have all but driven Saddam Hussein's Republican Guard out of Kuwait. The US army is leading a charge towards the border in order to finish the job and end the war. A battalion of troops, blitzing through northern Kuwait, discovers a string of boulders scattered across the desert landscape, the remains of an old fortress blown to bits by airstrikes. With some difficulty, the soldiers devise a means of getting their tanks across the treacherous pass.
However, their general stops them right in their tracks. "I have orders directly from the president! You are **not** to cross that stone wall, do you understand me?"
The troops question why their advance has been halted, and so the general puts the president on the line. The troops hear the voice of George Bush emanate from the phone, saying "You must not try to advance beyond that boulder, to do so would be a waste of our resources. It's the border, so just hold the line."
"But why?", asks one young private. "A simple boulder is no match for our forces. Surely you know that."
George Bush, President of the United States, responds into the phone:
"It's not just a boulder, it's Iraq."
The First Gulf War is in full swing, and UN forces have all but driven Saddam Hussein's Republican Guard out of Kuwait. The US army is leading a charge towards the border in order to finish the job and end the war. A battalion of troops, blitzing through northern Kuwait, discovers a string of boulders scattered across the desert landscape, the remains of an old fortress blown to bits by airstrikes. With some difficulty, the soldiers devise a means of getting their tanks across the treacherous pass.
However, their general stops them right in their tracks. "I have orders directly from the president! You are **not** to cross that stone wall, do you understand me?"
The troops question why their advance has been halted, and so the general puts the president on the line. The troops hear the voice of George Bush emanate from the phone, saying "You must not try to advance beyond that boulder, to do so would be a waste of our resources. It's the border, so just hold the line."
"But why?", asks one young private. "A simple boulder is no match for our forces. Surely you know that."
George Bush, President of the United States, responds into the phone:
"It's not just a boulder, it's Iraq."
Source: Reddit.