Twenty Years of Questions

September 11th, 2001 was likely the largest single event affecting the trajectory of my life over the last two decades.  Twenty years ago, I was glued to the TV in the mortar platoon canteen when the second plane hit the twin towers and instantly everyone had the feeling the world had just changed forever. 

For me, my life in the military had finally found a purpose, plans were made and planes diverted;  weapons checked and schedules written up.  Before long the big green military machine had been put into a whole new gear and the global war on terror was upon us. Like any "good soldier" seeing this as an attack on my values and way of life, I was all in, no questions asked. 

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