What do you think history books will say about us in 20 years?

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I don't know, really. A lot of thoughts are crossing my mind, both positive and negative.

How the US military is embarrassing themselves in front of the world.

Oh! I can already picture it out. Lol

The books will probably say, "You never learned your lesson. Have done everything for you in the past and yu all turn it to waste."

Wow that's so hard to say. The past three years have been so unpredictable and so much has happened. What can they actually say

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