(09-11-2021, 11:39 PM)homebiscuit Wrote:

(09-11-2021, 07:14 PM)Jags Wrote: Just out of curiosity, how does it feel today vs then? Does it feel more like the world has gone crazy when 9/11 and the anthrax scares we’re going on or now?  Would like another opinion. 9/11 left me in awe/shock.  I couldn’t believe that could happen to the US.  It was a “holy [BLEEP]” moment for me.  As bad as that was, I see the world going even more bonkers lately.

Nothing feels crazier than the 9/11 attacks. I can only compare it to what Americans must have felt after Pearl Harbor; thousands of Americans have been killed and everyone knows there is going to be more bloodshed to follow. It was a visceral shock that was worse for 9/11 because it was civilians targeted rather than the military.

I wanted to get your opinion after that post.  I have a different perspective.  But I also have less time here and have not served.  9/11 happened when I started my first “real job”.  We were let go early at work. It was a “holy [BLEEP]” moment.  But I somehow knew, maybe it was W (not to get political) but hell was about to get paid.  I was a young adult at the time.  Perhaps, it’s because I know the outcome, perhaps I’m not old enough to know what else can go wrong.  As bad as it was then, I saw the nation come together like an Aerosmith song.  Now, with what I’m seeing is the exact opposite, looks like week one for the Jags.  Complete meltdown.  I hope I said that without getting political.  

If nothing else, I suppose it’s interesting to see different views of where we’re at now vs then.  But I certainly don’t wanna take away from the innocent people that lost their lives during the attacks.  Pearl Harbor, makes a lot of sense when you compare it.  Just depends on “act of war” bs “act of terror”.  Same thing really.  Until now.

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