How has the war affected you?

A friend of my dad’s went to Iraq ever since this whole mess started, he came back a month ago with one arm, and what did he get in return for his service, a medal that’s it, and during the war our nation’s economy has been suffering increasingly day by day, makin life at home difficult for some and others not as much, what do you think? has it affected you much? i know it has affected me a bit.