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How did the War on Terror affect you personally / affect your loved ones?
I'll start.
>be me
>7yo
>always went to my uncles house and shit
>my uncle had three cousins who were much older than me
>they were all very nice and used to always play with me and keep me entertained despite how much of an annoying little shit i was most of the time
>brothers-i-never-had.mp4
>suddenly just stop seeing them for a good while (a few weeks)
>one day im sitting in my suburban saudi home watching tv
>dingdong.mp4
>go to open the front-door, its a few of my aunts and uncles
>i let them in, and they all storm to the living room and just kinda sit there at first
>one of my aunts is bawling her eyes out
>follow them into the living room but one of my uncles shoo's me out
>go to my room and just kinda sit there for a while
>boredom.mp4
>go back to the living room and listen in
>aunt is still bawling her eyes out but she's calmed down a little
>eavesdrop.mp4
>aunt who is bawling her eyes out now says something
>"why would they leave it all behind to run around and kill people"
>piqued-my-interest.mp4
>continue to listen in
>she drops a few of my cousins names in her rant
>never see those cousins again
>19 years later
>ask my mom about it
>she freaks out at me but eventually tells me
>"anon, your cousins passed away"
>i-call-bullshit.mp3
>tell her what i heard when i eavesdropped
>she cracks
>she straight up tells me they did in fallujah
>mfw
I'll start.
>be me
>7yo
>always went to my uncles house and shit
>my uncle had three cousins who were much older than me
>they were all very nice and used to always play with me and keep me entertained despite how much of an annoying little shit i was most of the time
>brothers-i-never-had.mp4
>suddenly just stop seeing them for a good while (a few weeks)
>one day im sitting in my suburban saudi home watching tv
>dingdong.mp4
>go to open the front-door, its a few of my aunts and uncles
>i let them in, and they all storm to the living room and just kinda sit there at first
>one of my aunts is bawling her eyes out
>follow them into the living room but one of my uncles shoo's me out
>go to my room and just kinda sit there for a while
>boredom.mp4
>go back to the living room and listen in
>aunt is still bawling her eyes out but she's calmed down a little
>eavesdrop.mp4
>aunt who is bawling her eyes out now says something
>"why would they leave it all behind to run around and kill people"
>piqued-my-interest.mp4
>continue to listen in
>she drops a few of my cousins names in her rant
>never see those cousins again
>19 years later
>ask my mom about it
>she freaks out at me but eventually tells me
>"anon, your cousins passed away"
>i-call-bullshit.mp3
>tell her what i heard when i eavesdropped
>she cracks
>she straight up tells me they did in fallujah
>mfw
