In Nate Bargatze’s recent standup special he talked about how he, a water meter reader at the time, was tasked with protecting his town’s water tower after 9/11. With a flashlight. He did a much better job making it funny than I can, but I remember that level of fear. “It’s called terrorism because they make you afraid they can hit anywhere!” I remember hearing.
Which is silly in retrospect, Al Qaeda only hit major, symbolic targets in the US and never did “hit anywhere.”
Rusty@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
I remember in 2008 when Putin was invading Georgia (the country) there were some confused and scared people from Georgia (US state).
ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Ah the 20 upvotes to 14 down. Good ol’ reliable internet.
joel_feila@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Well tbf i woke that morning and saw the head lines on the news and thought what the fuck when did the cold start again. Then. Minutes I learned there is a country named Georgia
uuldika@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
tbf that was around the time the cold war resumed.