This is not my war!!! (Rambo voice)

Any other 40 year olds not care about this?

My war was Iraq, when Saddam invaded Koweit and the US showed us their tech on tv....it was weird.

Then 9/11 so huge, amazing....shocking....and then nothing for almost 15 years.All that happens is now minimal in my adult eyes.....

Bump

Is it a war, yet?

Idk, I was born in 1990 so fighting tiny wars was always a thing. Living in fear from terrorism in the back of my head was always a thing. Being hated by most of the world was always a thin.

And before me was a Vietnam (with a few other tiny wars after) then before that was ww2, ww1, so on and so forth since the beginning of human kind, which even then you'd still find the forces of good and evil fighting a never ending battle.

Welcome to the machine.

Posted by Soul
Idk, I was born in 1990 so fighting tiny wars was always a thing. Living in fear from terrorism in the back of my head was always a thing. Being hated by most of the world was always a thin.

And before me was a Vietnam (with a few other tiny wars after) then before that was ww2, ww1, so on and so forth since the beginning of human kind, which even then you'd still find the forces of good and evil fighting a never ending battle.

Welcome to the machine.

Dude...thanks for the history lesson...but there is no good vs evil, jews manufacture war.

Posted by YellowSubmarine
yeah, that was my war too.. fled Kuwait in the midst of it.. good times

You were barely conscious..

Your parents were Koweitians? There's no reason you wouldnt have survived any less than other people. Don't put yourself down, it's not true. That's scary stuff...

I was born while Vietnam Nam was going on. I remember when Iran held our people hostage. The Kuwait war happened about the time I graduated college - Desert Storm.

Seems like about every 20 years there's a major conflict.

Posted by truecap
I was born while Vietnam Nam was going on. I remember when Iran held our people hostage. The Kuwait war happened about the time I graduated college - Desert Storm.

Seems like about every 20 years there's a major conflict.

Dang, you old! 😄

When I was born Vietnam had just ended but we lived in fear that the Soviets would push that red button. It created a nihilistic streak in my generation that backfired when we realized we DID live to see 30. Not a lot of us were grown up by then.

Blaming it on the cold war!,
Sounds good to me!,lol!

Posted by bricklemark
Any other 40 year olds not care about this?

My war was Iraq, when Saddam invaded Koweit and the US showed us their tech on tv....it was weird.

Then 9/11 so huge, amazing....shocking....and then nothing for almost 15 years.All that happens is now minimal in my adult eyes.....

People didn't take a Bavarian corporal seriously at one time. He even published a book telling the world what he was about.
A lot of people died.

Then again, that is from a time when you still had people who had the right idea regarding the concept of total war against existential threats... .

Posted by sultrykitty

Posted by truecap
I was born while Vietnam Nam was going on. I remember when Iran held our people hostage. The Kuwait war happened about the time I graduated college - Desert Storm.

Seems like about every 20 years there's a major conflict.

Dang, you old! 😄

When I was born Vietnam had just ended but we lived in fear that the Soviets would push that red button. It created a nihilistic streak in my generation that backfired when we realized we DID live to see 30. Not a lot of us were grown up by then.

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This. I was born while it was going on.

I was talking just last night about the fear they instilled about the Soviet Union and growing up with that "they are going to nuke us" every day. Teaching us about WW2 with the films they rolled in on the big TV's and the VHS/Beta tapes.. etc.. It's pretty crazy thinking back on this stuff. The berlin wall coming down, The Kuwait war , etc..

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Posted by bricklemark
Any other 40 year olds not care about this?

My war was Iraq, when Saddam invaded Koweit and the US showed us their tech on tv....it was weird.

Then 9/11 so huge, amazing....shocking....and then nothing for almost 15 years.All that happens is now minimal in my adult eyes.....

People didn't take a Bavarian corporal seriously at one time. He even published a book telling the world what he was about.
A lot of people died.

Then again, that is from a time when you still had people who had the right idea regarding the concept of total war against existential threats... .

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Need more info, my friend, Im afraid i dont have all the pieces of the puzzle on this one

Posted by justagirl

Posted by sultrykitty

Posted by truecap
I was born while Vietnam Nam was going on. I remember when Iran held our people hostage. The Kuwait war happened about the time I graduated college - Desert Storm.

Seems like about every 20 years there's a major conflict.

Dang, you old! 😄

When I was born Vietnam had just ended but we lived in fear that the Soviets would push that red button. It created a nihilistic streak in my generation that backfired when we realized we DID live to see 30. Not a lot of us were grown up by then.

This. I was born while it was going on.

I was talking just last night about the fear they instilled about the Soviet Union and growing up with that "they are going to nuke us" every day. Teaching us about WW2 with the films they rolled in on the big TV's and the VHS/Beta tapes.. etc.. It's pretty crazy thinking back on this stuff. The berlin wall coming down, The Kuwait war , etc..

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Damn...the red fear is a huge one for our common psyche....our grandparents must be freakin out with Crimea and Syria right now....

Posted by Harukaa
of course it's not your war, you don't have to worry about losing your darling or anyone

U just watch it in TV .
Like any movie .

Yeah im talking in a tv sense...I always thought i would fight for my country if need be, but i wouldnt now that im older. I see theough the bullshit.