OK, here's the intro for my new story, read and tell me what you think!
WAR KIDS
It was 2019 and America was falling apart. Back in 2002 we sent troops to Afghanistan, then to Iraq in 2004. At first the war was to stop terrorism and rebuild Iraqi government, but by 2009 that had all changed. All of the countries in the middle east had banded together to kick America out. Now, if we surrendered, we were going to loose our freedom to them. Our problem was that we no longer had the upper hand. They had weapons too, and we were running out of troops. When the war started no one thought The United States of America could ever lose, but now it seemed possible. No, now it was probable. We had sent too many troops at the start, and we lost most of them. This is where I come in. I'm a fifteen year old boy living in a small town in New Jersey. How do I play a part in this you ask? I actually only play a very small part. We have run out of able bodied 18-25 year old people, so just recently they moved the age limit on eligibility for the armed forces. If I told you this in 2008, you would have said I was crazy and sent me in for a psychological examination, but now it was a grim reality for everyone. They now had a draft going for men and women 18 and up, but you only had to be 13 and up to join in the military. No teenagers were forced to join, but they were asking for able-bodied teens to join up. It just so happened I fit that description. Of course, all the soldiers under 18 or "junior soldiers" couldn't fly planes or drive cars, but they were given guns and trained to use them They were treated like regular soldiers and treated like adults. America was going under, and it was up to today's young people to save it.
FEATURING
THE JONAS BROTERS