In response to Julia Ashton's question "Why is it today that there are so many less people who are willing to physically fight for America than in the past?"

I think people are less willing to fight for America nowadays then in the past has to do with a couple of factors. First, media has drastically changed the way we view the world. Back during the Revolutionary War and even up to WWII, public opposition of war was swept under the rug. There were no 24 hour news shows uncovering facts about the presidential administration. Citizens were more likely to trust in their leaders because they had less ways of proving otherwise. Now with the Internet, sites like Wiki leaks can expose military and government cover-ups with just the click of a mouse. It is harder now for the government to fool American citizens into believing what they want them to believe.

Also during older wars, Americans had more to fight for. While modern-day America often wages war over oil and ideals, during the Revolutionary War, soldiers were actually fighting for their country. If common people refuse to take up arms, there would be no United States of America. There was more on the lines for the early Americans then todays's citizens. The same goes with American soldiers fighting in WWII. Those who enlisted saw the attack on Pearl Harbor as the Japanese way of trying to destroy the US. WWII was actually legit, as opposed to recent wars like Vietnam and the Iraq War.

Q: Have colleges changed the way the younger generations view war?