Great question wrestlemaniac. Welcome to fluther and thanks for contributing. Besides the economy, I really haven’t been personally affected by the war. Not many people that I know , really have been either. I did work for a company, whose owner’s son died in Afghanistan. I never met the owner or his son, but was saddened by the news.
I am 25 years old and am 100% for bringing back the draft. I think the reason why this illegal war had been allowed to go on for as long as it is has, besides the media involvement, is that it hasn’t directly affected most Americans until recently. The people that are in the military, volunteered to do so, so they knew the risk was there. I am also for a military that will protect us when we are threatened or attacked, not to carry out some rich guys war, just so they can get richer. The real war is on our freedoms right now, and even if we were directly attacked here, or lets say a serious attack in Iraq or Afghanistan, who is going to protect us here, Blackwater???
I must say though, some good has come from this illegal war for me. It really opened my eyes to what this country is supposed to be about, what it is becoming, and why it is becoming what it is. I always here people blaming one party or the other. I blame the people that, when times are “good,” pay no attention to what it is going on and what the politicians they elected are doing.