Many in the younger generation will not truly "take notice" unless and until they learn of the draft being reinstituted. I remember Vietnam and the real reason the protests broke out. It wasn't about idealism so much as fear of having one's butt drafted and blown away in a faraway jungle. There is no new "greatest generation" on the horizon eager to sign up.
That's another reason few of this Marine's civilian contemporaries cared about the losses he detailed. He "volunteered" for it, they'd say.
Al-Qaeda is trying to "give a war," but so far "nobody has come." If I had to guess, I'd say Al-Qaeda will keep trying, though.
As the saying goes, "You may not be interested in war; but war is interested in you."