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re: I miss the days after 9/11
Posted on 1/7/20 at 9:36 pm to SidewalkTiger
Posted on 1/7/20 at 9:36 pm to SidewalkTiger
You're completely and utterly wrong.
There was an immediate group of rabid psychos claiming Bush orchestrated it. This group and several others had no qualms saying we "deserved it".
On a national level, millions of people were absolutely paralyzed with fear for months, never knowing what godawful horror would be on the news. There were daily updates of dead soldiers on the news for the next 7 years.
On a more personal level, several young men that I knew very well were gripped in a bloodthirsty fervor for payback and enlisted and shipped out. While they were lucky enough to come back, none of them were the same - they have been inexorably damaged by this godforsaken war.
There was an immediate group of rabid psychos claiming Bush orchestrated it. This group and several others had no qualms saying we "deserved it".
On a national level, millions of people were absolutely paralyzed with fear for months, never knowing what godawful horror would be on the news. There were daily updates of dead soldiers on the news for the next 7 years.
On a more personal level, several young men that I knew very well were gripped in a bloodthirsty fervor for payback and enlisted and shipped out. While they were lucky enough to come back, none of them were the same - they have been inexorably damaged by this godforsaken war.
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Posted on 1/7/20 at 9:39 pm to Muthsera
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On a national level, millions of people were absolutely paralyzed with fear for months, never knowing what godawful horror would be on the news. There were daily updates of dead soldiers on the news for the next 7 years.
Don’t forget the anthrax attacks right after
Posted on 1/7/20 at 9:40 pm to Muthsera
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You're completely and utterly wrong.
I'm not really talking about the war or the attack itself, I was speaking more to the outswelling of patriotism in the days following.
Most Americans were proud to be Americans in those days and werent apologizing for it.
It was probably more "picturesque" to me since I was so young to be fair though.
Posted on 1/7/20 at 10:03 pm to Muthsera
quote:
You're completely and utterly wrong.
There was an immediate group of rabid psychos claiming Bush orchestrated it. This group and several others had no qualms saying we "deserved it".
On a national level, millions of people were absolutely paralyzed with fear for months, never knowing what godawful horror would be on the news. There were daily updates of dead soldiers on the news for the next 7 years.
On a more personal level, several young men that I knew very well were gripped in a bloodthirsty fervor for payback and enlisted and shipped out. While they were lucky enough to come back, none of them were the same - they have been inexorably damaged by this godforsaken war.
This is as melodramatic, if not more, than the op.
Like a damn Ken Burns intro.
Signed,
Been there, done that. Thrice.
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