Bush’s Youthquake - September 11 is this generation’s Vietnam. ("New NeoCons")

National Review ^ | May 13, 2004 | Jamie M. Fly

[Remember_Salamis]

I'm an early-20s conservative myself. So help me God, we WILL fulfill Reagan's dream and answer his chalenge:

"My young friends . . . I hope that you will each make your presence felt in the world. And that you will collectively make your contribution to the age-old battle for individual freedom and human dignity. Do not forget those who suffer under tyranny and violence. Do not abandon them to the evils of totalitarian rule or democratic neglect. For the freedom we celebrate is not the freedom to starve, or the freedom to languish in a long, starless night of the soul . . . Your cause awaits."

Almost all the people my age that I know are either conservative/right-of-center or apolitical.

[listenhillary]

This article, your statement fill me with hope. Thank you!

[netmilsmom]

>>Almost all the people my age that I know are either conservative/right-of-center or apolitical<<

You GO!
I thank God every day that this generation has more sense than their parents!

[Liberty Valance]

A hope for the future...

Big Bump!

[Just mythoughts]

"Almost all the people my age that I know are either conservative/right-of-center or apolitical."



This does explain why JFKerry does not spend more time than he does on the college campus. During Vietnam era, the college campus was the center of protest and lawlessness.

[Savage Beast]

One thing is certain: The United States has no intention of capitulating. Our children are far too important. So are our ideals.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Thirty-three years ago last month, an earnest 27-year-old John Kerry testified in front of the Senate Foreign Relations committee. With a poise belying his age, With a poise bespeaking the fact that he was "preaching to the choir," Kerry, citing an investigation by an antiwar veterans group, accused the U.S. military of war crimes "committed on a day-to-day basis with the full awareness of officers at all levels of command."

This was in the heyday of the Democratic Party's hedgemony over Congress; there was no conservative voice to speak of in the hearing.

[RockyTop4GOP]

As a recent college grad (as of last weekend), this article mirrors exactly what I've seen happening. Even my friends that are not involved in things politically are conservative leaning. Even traditional liberal areas such as journalism and communication (my field) are right-leaning.

I think it's a combination of growing up under Reagan, the fall of communism and other liberal ideologies, coupled with Rush and the growth of alternative media. The watershed event of September 11 only cemented conservative views in our minds.

[jim_trent]

My sons and their friends are conservative to VERY conservative. I am pleased with that. Unfortunately, they also seem to have a streak of Libertarianism in them. If they continue along that line, it will make them irrelevant politically.

[Republican Red]

Probably the biggest demographic segment to be impacted by the Nick Berg beheading video is the 18-25 year old's.

Seems to me they are internet savvy and are the segment that will most view this video on-line. MOst others will never see it.

[American Soldier]

September 11 is this generation’s Vietnam?

Fine with me. I would've joined the Army as a member of the Vietnam generation, and as a representative of my generation I refuse to turn against Iraqi Freedom regardless of the time or costs involved.

If I am to buy into any theory which labels Iraqi Freedom as the new Vietnam, then I must preface my acceptance of this notion with my own insistence that I am, in this drama, the new General Giap. I don't care if it takes a year, a decade, or a century to defeat the enemy. And, though I mourn every American we lose, it has no bearing on my determination.

The cast of rogues -- in Iraq and around the world -- that we now number as our enemies must and will be defeated, one way or another, no matter how many of us have to die in the process. At times the costs are almost too horrible to bear, but the alternative is too horrible to contemplate.

[hobson]

Howlin, Onyx,

Here's a ray of sunshine for your day.

[StriperSniper]

Unfortunately, they also seem to have a streak of Libertarianism in them. If they continue along that line, it will make them irrelevant politically.

Yes, if it's the "L" style, but we can use lots more of the "l" type. I for one, don't want a choice between left-statism and right-statism.

[Remember_Salamis]

Irad a book a couple years ago celled the "fourth turning". One of the key points of the book is that generations go in cycles, with 4 phases to each cycle. There's a prophet, a Nomad, a Hero, and an Artist. Here's an outline of their thesis:

The Prophet archetype is born in a High, enters young adulthood in an Awakening, midlife in an Unraveling, and elderhood in a Crisis.
*The Baby Boomers are "prophets". They're effectively running things right now, while sharing power with the smaller "tweener generation" that was born during the depression and WWII.

The Nomad archetype is born in an Awakening, enters young adulthood in an Unraveling, midlife in a Crisis, and elderhood in a High.
*The "Gen-Xers", those who are in their late-20s or 30s. There's not many true gen-xers bacause it was the most aborted generation in history. Nomad generations have ironically been artificially shortened before by the massive death during the Civil War.

The Hero archetype is born in an Unraveling, enters young adulthood in a Crisis, midlife in a High, and elderhood in an Awakening.
*This the co-called "greatest generation", those who fought during WWII. These were the young soldiers of WWII; think JFK. The young soldiers in the war on terror are the front-end of the "hero" generation

The Artist archetype is born in a Crisis, enters young adulthood in a High, midlife in an Awakening, and elderhood in an Unraveling.
*These were the teenagers and children during WWII. Too young to be a hero, born too late to be a "spoiled" Boomer, this generation had children EXTREMELY young and are the parents of the younger half of the boomer generation, those born in the late 50s and early 60s. The next "artist" generation is being born right now.

The bestselling authors who wrote the book can trace this cycle back to the "War of the Roses" in the middle of the 15th century. If you want to learn more without buying the book, they have tons of interavtive information at: http://www.fourthturning.com

[Remember_Salamis]

"dennis miller republicans"?

[freeperfromnj]

September 11 had a major impact on today's youth. My 17-year-old son was starting his freshman year of high school and was only into the first week when the attack hit. It was quite a shock to the students. They were frantic, not knowing if their parents who worked in the city were OK or not. There are thousands of students across the country who felt that same dread on that day. 9/11 will be forever engrained in the minds of this generation. I can tell you, they want justice and most of them support the war on terror.

[Miss Marple]

That is a great book, which I refer to often. We are in the midst of a Crisis, in my opinion. I often use this book to try to figure out where we are headed.

[Remember_Salamis]

There's a new one out called "millenials rising". check it out at: http://www.millennialsrising.com

[Miss Marple]

I own that one, too. :-)

[Remember_Salamis]

haven't read it yet.