We're in War?

Most of us don't seem to know much about the War in Iraq, and those of us who do have very strong opinions about it. I think that we all stated our opinions and mentioned some of the things we did and didn't know. One of the one's that I reread said something about it being strange growing up in a time of war which I found very interesting. I think to some of us it doesn't even seem like we are in a war. We don't all watch the news as much as we probably should, or maybe we choose not to because of the depressing things that are being shown. Also, there seems to be a lot of us who don't directly know someone in our family that is in Iraq. I know some people serving but none of them have been to Iraq. I know of one person in Baghdad but I'm not close with him. I know that he and one of his buddies wondered off base without any protection or weapons which I thought was pretty stupid. One of my friends in the air force told me the story and thinks that they are nuts. He said that he would be scared shitless... and that it's no joke overthere. I never really think about the War in Iraq unless it comes up for some other reason, on the news or in class. It doesn't seem like we are in war most of the time and sometimes it's hard to understand it. I don't understand war anyway but the fact that we are growing up being in one baffles me. I always think back to history class where my teachers would say to ask your grandparents because some of them lived through it, so now I think, great when my kids come ask me I'm not going to know what to say.