You’re right.
We couldn’t fight another war like that today. For many reasons.
Today we have troops fighting in Afghanistan. The rest of the country is at the Mall and watching TV.
Patriotism has to be taught. It is not always inborn.
I am the generation under the Great Generation, so it was taught. Our children’s generation and grands and great grands no little of Patriotism. To much of game playing and watching smut shows on the boob tube.
Today I’d not let my children watch Sesame Street, it teaches violence with out consequences and bad manners, throwing of hissy fits.