SNAFU
As we round the corner (towards the light!), and head towards the beginning of the 6th year of the great and glorious war in Iraq, it's probably a good idea to remind ourselves that for students entering college this Fall, the war begin in Spring of their 8th grade year. For those entering their freshmen year next year, the war will have been going on since they were in 7th grade.
For a growing chunk of the population, war has been a normal state of affairs during their formative years.
The only thing missing from the point Atrios makes here is that these kids have never been told this war was anything but a distant distraction. They have no care, nor any investment in it. There ain't no G.I. Joe gonna come out of this conflict. Kids today don't give a second thought to some dumb ol' war in Iraq. 7th grade, 9th grade, 12th grade, it don't matter. Unless they've enlisted they're too busy playing Warcraft and GTA and skateboarding in places they ain't supposed to. Just like every other sector of American society, Dubya has given these kids no reason to care one whit or two shits about Iraq. It Just. Doesn't. Matter.
It's an all volunteer Army, stupid.
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