"Come inside kids, they're starting to drop the bombs!"

[Iris]

One of the worst things I remember about 10 years ago was a thread someone started here about his/her neighbor who called her kids in from the backyard to watch the bombings on tv. I almost forgot that part. That they showed this on tv.

[polly7]

1. Yes.

I remember seeing it for just moments and had to shut it off, I was sick. I couldn't believe they'd actually gotten away with the lies to go in.

[baldguy]

2. If it had only been a bad reality TV show it would have ended sooner.

"Yeah, Shock & Awe:IRAQ! started out really cool and everything. Everyone knew it was bullshit, but it was fun, right? Then it really, really went downhill after the first season. Got sort of sad & boring, with way too many WTF? scenes. Ya know?"

[Gravitycollapse]

3. My mom had me watch the bombing raids with her on Fox when I was 13.

[Iris]

4. Wow. You could have been that kid in the backyard.

It just seems so long ago. Too bad it wasn't some collective nightmare that we could all wake up from.

[Gravitycollapse]

5. At the time I thought it was pretty awesome.

All I knew was that Hussein was evil and a bunch of Muslims lived there. And, if my childhood taught me anything, it was that a good Muslim was a dead Muslim.

[Iris]

6. Nice. n/t