Who Supports the War(s)

[hermit22]

I have a friend in the Army, and he's seeing the complete opposite there. It is the old-timers who just want to go fight a war, and the young that think there's no justification for it.

Aside from that, I think it is because the young aren't burdened by Vietnam. All my generation has seen is victories - I barely remember Panama, but I remember it being a victory. The Gulf War went astoundingly well, as did Afghanistan. The only situations that were less than victories were Somalia and Kosovo.

So we see the military as basically infallible. We can't remember a lot of bodybags - but when we do, I think the attitude of the youth will shift to a more pacifist attitude if the war goes badly. Remember, the only really nationally unifying even in my lifetime was 9/11. We have nothing else to go on.

It should also be noted that, although I'm 23, I'm pretty emphatically opposed to a unilateral war, and less opposed to a UN backed one.