I was watching Jay Leno this week and he did "Jay" walking. He went out on the street and asked these kid (teenagers)who were protesting the war, WHY and WHAT are they protesting. They gave their little spiel on how war is bad, yada, yada, yada...in the end he asked them if they knew who the president of Iraq was...they didn't know. They had NO CLUE!!!!! They protest because it's the "hip" thing to do.
I heard on a local talk radio show last weekend from a (conservative) teacher here in CA. He said a protest march was organized by another teacher in his school. The kids had a choice--join the march, or stay in a classroom monitored by another teacher (study hall). Of course every kid in his class decided to take the day off and go downtown and "protest". The next day he asked them why they were protesting. Most said they just wanted to get out and have some fun. Then he asked how many of them supported Bush on Iraq and almost half raised their hands.