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  1. May 2023
    1. Saddam never had a chance with troops likeyou around him. We should bury that bastard in the same hole that you found him
    2. But first, I got Big Show trouble. That dude is making my blood hot. I'm gonna bust hisface up to look like Saddam Hussein's mugshot. They say I can't beat the Big Show. Isay go ahead and watch. I may be wrestling a giant, but the real Big Show's in mycrotch.

      Saddam Hussein's arrest was deemed humilating. His mug shot was heavily circulated at the time.

      The followup with "the real big show is in my crotch" referring to Cena's genitals adds a sexualized nature to the aforementioned humiliation/punishment. Sexual abuse is seen as punishment rather than having purely sexual roots.

    3. John Cena is a young proud SmackDown star. John Cena is in his prime. I mean,Cena's age, I mean, most of these soldiers in the audience right now are probably thesame age as Cena, probably younger.Cole: Some of the guys who’ve been escorting the WWE superstars all over Baghdadthis week, are 19 years old! Can you fathom that?

      Young age of troops....Heroism....Sacrifices

    4. Let's do it. In the unlikely event that anything goeswrong, we've got a survival kit in the back here. It's got food, water, whatever you need tosurvive out here

      The whole of Baghdad and Iraq is presented as a desert where Water and food are inaccessible.

    5. I'll tell you what, they should have shoved Rikishi down thatdamn hole where Saddam Hussein came from!

      Extrajudicial Punishment...Stink Face...Abu Ghraib

    6. very serious note, there are 13MPs that gave their lives for this right here. So you're standing with a bunch of heroes

      Sacrifice....death of US troops. No other casualties or deaths are mentioned in the show.

    7. Eddie Guerrero: We should just get in these humvees man, cut them down a little though andput some hydraulics

      Eddie\s character would show up in lowriders

    8. Eddie Guerrero: Porta Rasa? Orale mi Rasa? What’s up holmes!

      Appeal to US Latinos and Hispanic community through Eddie Guerrero

    9. A tremendous release forthese troops

      Release again

    10. It's a great release, Cole. And these men and women here from our US troops, theyneed a release! Nothing like this to do it for them. They're having a great time right now with thebig Kish.

      Great Release.....Sexual release but also release of Paranoia through performing torture on an enemy who remains invisible.

    11. Cole: It’s dance timeTazz: How do you know?Cole: Rikishi always dancesTazz: Oh, because it's Christmas.Cole: Right, that's what the soldiers want.Tazz: Oh, he only dances on Christmas?Cole: No, he dances all the time. Oh, check this out.[As Rikishi dances with two soldiers]Tazz:: Look at this.Cole: Rikishi taking members of the army here at Camp Victory.

      Celebrations after the stinkface....Reminiscent to the photos taken by the MPs in Abu ghraib celebrating the torture.

    12. But Rikishi fits right in herewith the U.S. Army. They're loving the Big Kish here in the desert

      Rikishi's stinkface was performed on a downed oponent after the match was over as Extrajudicial punishment and humiliation to entertain the troops...Justifying the humiliation of prisoners.

    13. Commentator 1 (Cole):. And Rikishi backing it up.

      Abu Ghraib Positions

    14. That's armored. Man,that's like a Sherman tank' or one of those Bradley fighting vehicles

      Superiority of Troops

    15. eah, and you know, Rikishi, like you and I, he’s a parent, a father, it hit hard for him.It's just a different world here. It's a dangerous world, and all US troops are letting us intheir dangerous world. We're proud to do it, and Rikishi is having a good time shakingthat big rump of his

      Good Vs Evil.... America vs danger of the barbaric east

    16. Rikishi actually saw a young child, an Iraqi child,walking down the street ......on one leg

      Only mention of Iraqi individuals. Nominization of injury. making it part of what Iraq is. The desert...The barbaric

    17. I drank a few beers, I figured I'd hold off on theChristmas carols, go right to the back, and drink some more damn beer

      Clash of Civilizations (Islam prohibiting Alcohol)

      In Abu Ghraib, Muslims were forced to eat pork, drink alcohol and perform sex acts in front of guards. Women were stripped before cameras.

    18. his is unbelievable. These guys are incredible. I mean,this is like small potatoes compared to what they do in a normal basis

      Superiority of US troops...American Exceptionalism

    19. BUSH 3:16 Sign (TEXAS

      Texas.... Austin is from Texas...The sign likens Bush to stone cold...known for his aggressive no bullshit attitude. Star of the "Attitude Era"

    20. Good thing I'm from Atlanta, I'm used to ducking

      Racial sterotype...Atlanta african american crime

    21. Big thumbs up for the director of the Air Force Services in conjunction with theArmed Forces Entertainment, Art Myers, for helping us all put this together and inviting us toperform here in Baghdad on this Christmas.

      Art Meyers and JBL originators of the event

    22. azz: There’s definitely no snow here. What about Rudolf with the red nose and all.Michael Cole: A Camel with a red nose on it.Tazz: A Camel with a red nose on it? You’ve been drinking. Too much eggnog.Cole: Hey, Remember that’s what the three kings used.Tazz: The three who?Cole: The three kings and stuff? You know when they brought the gifts and stuff?Tazz: Yea, like Queens!

      Arabs have Camels.....Erasure of History...Christianity's history in the region... riding Camels makes the riders "Queens" referring to homosexuality pejoritively ...Even kings are queens

    23. Taz: Well Christmas being brought to you by Lugs, who presents the latest funkmasterflex drivershoes, a vantage Lugs, the streets are off.And Paramount Pictures presents the new film Paycheck, now playing in theaters everywhere,rated PG-13.And brought to you by Tony Hawk's Underground. Put your face in the game and go from punkto pro, available on all gaming systems.That ain’t no game though....Crossing Sabres. Oh OH

      Clash of Civilization.....Crossing Sabres (Iran-Iraq War memorial)....Ads on top of the memorial..

      Jumping from Sabres to Sable's preparation

    24. I'm an STG first class patrol from Detroit, Michigan, stationed to Fort Carson, Colorado. I want tosay Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to my wife, my children, and all my loved ones backhome. See you soon

      Sacrifices for Family and Nation

    25. Jackie Huber: Hi, my name is Jackie Huber. I'm a captain with the North Dakota Army NationalGuard. I'm at LSA Anaconda in Iraq. I'm with HSC, the 142nd Engineer Battalion from NorthDakota. I would like to give a special holiday greeting to my family back home. My husbandLane Huber, my two sons Jacob and Joey. Hi from Iraq.

      Sacrifices for Family and Nation

    26. That's my daughter, she was born June the 21st this year. I hear she's grown like a weed, she'ssaid dad for the first time 3 days ago, so she didn't say it over the phone but my wife was tellingme about it. It's very hard . Me and my wife, we've known each other since we were a lotyounger. We've been married for going on for 4 years, so it's hard but you learn not to let it eatyou alive. The time is drawing shorter, it's closer to us going home, so that makes it a little biteasier. Just try to focus on what you're doing and keep them in the back of your thoughts and inyour heart and carry on with your mission

      Family Sacrifice

    27. Christmas from Baghdad! SmackMiddle of the desert!

      Clash of Civilization... Christianity vs Islam

      Islam= Desert, there are no christians in the middle east

    28. M1Abram tanks, M2 Bradley's, Australian vehicles called Piranas, Humvees,

      Coalition of the Willing

    29. Piranas

      Perentie

    30. Bradshaw hasn't just visited the troops here in Iraq. At one point he visited our troops whoare still engaged in battling Afghanistan.

      Justification of war...link with Aghanistan/ war on terror/ 911

    31. hundreds and hundreds and hundreds

      Superiority of the US troops

    32. et me see displays of middle fingers. Now Saddam Hussein cantake that and shove it straight up his ass

      Extrajudicial punishment

    33. We are behind you 120%

      Unconditional support

    34. We appreciatethe sacrifices you make.

      Sacrifices

    35. Stone Cold sort of embodies what the armed forces are allabout. Kicking ass and taking names

      Extrajudicial punishment

    36. from all over the united states. In fact, all over the world

      Coalition of willing nations

    37. A slice ofAmericana

      Clash of Civilization

    38. Ole St. Nick in Baghdad, Santa's everywhere

      Clash of civilization

    39. Thank you for allowing us the privilege to perform

      Sacrifices for Nation and Family

    40. kicking ass, taking names, and capturing Saddam

      extrajudicial punishment

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