Interesting questions about the 18/29 group The first globals, Fg for one as the old saying goes “They believe they are immortal” which is why they are apt to take risks that later on they will say to themselves “I must have been insane” hence the judgement to right or wrong. the question wether land, oil or money is void, because land, oil equals energy and energy equals power. Some wars/comflicts are started for egotistical reasons the personal desire to “leave your fingerprint upon the flow of time.” To be remembered. As a faomous credo upon a wall of a secret society says, ” The character of who you was is the only thing that remains.”

Are you seriously attempting to trademark your alternative name for Generation Y? Are you being serious???

As long as there is no draft the 18/29 are sufficiently cynical to let others go to foreign land, meet new people, and kill them. They have not learned the economic and moral implications.

wars happen because countries have competing interests and all of them think they will win the war.

the answer to the question is an emphatic yes, they are easier to manipulate. The FP generation, and those that follow, are told what to think and they buy whatever they are told because it mostly sounds reasonable – it’s all wrapped up in pretty little “feel good” wrappings that on the surface seem logical and right, but if unwrapped and actually considered from the perspective of realistic expectations (as opposed to the sellers selling points), or the impact on those who have to foot the bill or live with the repercussions, they would probably not agree with much of what they are being fed. But they have not been taught to think critically and actually investigate facts before drawing their own conclusions and opinions – that’s way to hard than just accepting what they are told is right. If they do think critically and call into question any of the facts, theories or basis of what they are being sold, then they are tagged with emotionally charged labels like bigot, intolerant, right winger, christian, and many others.

Ugh! I respect Zogby’s First Globals thing, but it annoys the bleep out of me! FGs will soon learn like everyone else that each of us is responsible for our own actions, and that freedom is a responsibility, not a privilege.

There is no substitute for the truth … whether in pursuit, denial, or retreat. Reality is “shades of gray” and it is better to be the best, as long as it’s earned. The perceptions of youth have nothing to do with that, but Kudos to FGs for acknowledging that. Sometimes we have to fight. Knowing when to fight is an enormously grave responsibility, and we must always strive for perfection even though we can never fully achieve it.

Everyone has their own perspective, whether that’s based on age, education, religion or morality (since those two are not necessarily the same thing), nationality, gender, maturity (or the lack of it), politics, addiction, economics, etc, etc, etc. Wars are caused by varying combinations of all human failures. We commit them every day. We overcome them every day.

Inescapable realities like competition over resources are indeed at once enormous dangers and enormous opportunities to do the right thing.

The wars the US gets involved with are frequently viewed as sporting events, just as our elections are because few people have the experience, critical thinking skills or empathy to understand the full implications. After living in other countries which have suffered the real wages of war, as Americans never have, the more directly affected the less likely to see war as a spectator sport. Ask the average American how many wars and police actions the US have voluntarily engaged in during the last 50 or 100 years and the answer illustrates this point, they don’t remember them or the frequency of them any longer than the details of their favorite sports time. They will also guess a number 150-250 fewer armed conflicts than history counts.
I currently live in Russia where 25,000,000 million, or about 1 in 5 Soviet citizens died in WWII and as a result of almost every family having lost immediate family members, there is very little acceptance of war, and certainly not as casually as the US does.
To put a point on all this, Americans seldom know much about the wars they endorse or know the reasons, need if any, and implications of the wars carried out in their name because it affects them no more than does the latest football game. This casual connection with wars in all but economic terms(for which they are associated with increased wealth and prosperity)means the answer to the survey question is meaningless, and likely to not impact the probability of continuous state of war. No one is alive today who lived at a time when the US was not in armed conflict.