If you're a member of the military or the loved one of a soldier or sailor, your life has probably been impacted by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in ways we civilians can't even fathom. But what about those of us on the home front? Our nation has been at war for almost a decade, and yet how does that fact impact our day-to-day lives? USA Today writer Rick Hampson is asking these questions in a piece called "How will years of war change us?" Hampson reminds his readers of how anti-German sentiment pervaded the United States during World War I (like calling Sauerkraut "liberty cabbage"), and also of the nation's unrest during the Vietnam War. He argues that these conflicts colored the home front's culture. But what about now?
So, Home Post readers, how have we changed as a nation in the last ten years?
