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Declaring an End to the Feast for the Sake of the Feast
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Declaring an End to the Feast for the Sake of the Feast

Memories about the first Gulf War and thoughts about the war over our imaginations.

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Jason Leslie Rogers
Nov 19, 2024
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“Tree of Knowledge 2” by Bill Bell

It was August of 1990, and I was fourteen years old. During the last few weeks of summer break, just before I began my 10th grade year, my eyes were glued to the television as I watched live coverage of the Iraqi military bombing of Kuwait City. It was the first time I'd ever seen real-world violence on that scale, and …

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