I remember the first night of the war

[underpants]

Like much of the Cheney/Bush era the facts were murky. It was March 19th here when it started but in Baghdad it was March 20th.

I went to bed really early for me. At the time we didn't have our daughter yet and had been married for 5 months.

I went to the DC anti-war "this is a really bad idea" march the week before my wedding in the Fall.

March 18th we got the fake-billy-badass W. blustering about the 48 hours for Saddam and his sons had to leave. No one thought Saddam would leave for the most obvious reason - you are going to invade THIS country? - but in the murky world of the dark now non-pulse existance of Dick Cheney they quicksnapped it.... they went in before the 48 hours was over. ~~ if anyone remembers the excuse that was given was that they were moving $1,000.000.000 in flat bed trucks (THAT we could find).


My wife came into our apartment bedroom and simply said, "The war started"

I turned on CNN and watched a tragic era of my country begin. I just layed there for 20 minutes and went to bed knowing that this was a bad idea and I can tell my now 5 year old daughter that I did what I could do.