As I recall, the USS The Sullivans almost suffered a terrorist bombing in Yemen in 2000, but AQ wasn’t able to coordinate the attack, and the Cole ended up being bombed.
You can blame ignorant people for not appreciating the freedoms they enjoy without being aware of history and sacrifice.
Don’t blame the a**holes for the blank stares, blame the education system for never exposing these people to stories like the Sullivan Bros. People who grew up with no knowledge of WWII or other wars and amamzing stories like these brothers don’t have a clue.
The Revisionist trend which bends facts and history like saying Hiroshima was American barbarism brought down on (say with Elmer Fudd accent) liddo Japanese poor diddums is more of a threat than general ignorance.
Nowadays most people learn history from Hollywood movies and do not read books.
Our only hope is that those in Hollywood that care, like Tom Hanks, will continue to enlighten us with historical period films because kids certainly are not going to learn about the Sullivan Bros. in the classroom.