Nine years! Longer than WWII...
think, where were you nine years ago? I remember clearly the 9/11 attacks and the patriotic fervor that followed. I remember the newscasts delivering the news of the "shock and awe" campaign, with the giant fireballs and bombs leveling buildings. it was so easy to watch on the tv but so hard to imagine that happening here.
but the economic realities and consequences of the of the war slowly came to realization (too slowly). With the cost of the war and the economy in shambles the need for investment in America stands in my mind as a far more important use of our resources
"After a decade of war, the nation that we need to build and the nation we will build is our own — an America that sees its economic strength restored, just as we've restored our leadership around the globe," - President Obama
