Waning Wars

I think things are starting to change around here. After the death of Anoosh, my parents had been suspiciously nice to me, becoming nearly tolerable. But then the war started. At first, I was full of intense national pride - I was ready to join the fight and become a martyr for my own country. The regime's changing policies were all forgotten, and we became fully invested in avenging our nation. However, the war keeps dragging on. My parents have grown increasingly skeptical, convinced that this war is being perpetuated by the government as a distraction to consolidate their own power, and I'm starting to see their point. Besides, the grocery stores have been nearly empty for years now, and I'm growing tired of beating my chest. My parents still seem like their overreacting, but maybe they aren't the ones wrong this time - perhaps it's everyone else. I mean they are starting to make sense, and their ideas are consistent with everything going on here: They're totally crazy, as usual, but maybe they're also right.