There is really no difference between the generation that fought WWII and the generation now.
You haven't met my liberal brother-in-law that lives in Manhatten and was there during 9-11. He has since protested against the war, and has not talked to his older brother much at all since he deployed to Iraq.
This anti-military know-it-all who worships every word of the NY Times, is nothing but a pussy. He couldn't fight his way out of a wet paper bag, he's scared of his own shadow, and yet he understands all Islam is peaceful, they've been wronged, and continue to be, that is why they are unhappy with the arrogance of Americans. To make it worse, he thinks France is the most cultured society with the answers to all of the US problems... if we were sophisticated enough to listen to them.
This isn't the guy you want, he would run away to France, screaming like a scared little girl, before he'd answer the call to serve his country that he so clearly despises, at least without a Clinton at the helm.
I know, I have an older brother who is all about hating Bush. He tries to needle me and when I take him apart he just gets mad and walks away. We rarely talk anymore.
God rest his soul, my uncle Fritz was a CO in WWII. Being a war baby myself, I didn't understand it until I was much older. I loved the guy and respected his decision but I told him once, when we were talking about Clinton's draft evasion, that I would never support him for state or federal elected office. Not that he was thinking of running, I just wanted him to know I thought there was a line.