[qam1]

It's also a shame that the greatest generation are the grandfathers of these wussies.

HUH? Which Generation won 3 wars and which generation can't let go of one that happened 30 years ago and sees it in every little skirmish?

I think you meant, It's a shame that the greatest generation are the Fathers of the worst generation.

[Shooter 2.5]

I have been waiting for someone to say that. I don't like the fact that you did only because it's true. The only thing I can think of is these brave men who couldn't wait to go back to their real jobs put too much time and effort into it. They forgot that their primary jobs were to raise their children to adulthood. Sad.

[AngieGOP]

That's what I meant.

[wtc911]

Just to add a little truth to your history.....in Viet Nam the mid to senior level officers and the DOD and the politicians were "Greatest Generation". The grunts were boomers. The oldest boomer was two years shy of thirty in the year that the VN war ended (the oldest boomer now is not yet sixty, there are no Senior boomers). For almost the entire war boomers could be drafted but could not vote. (Avg EM age, 19---voting age, 21)

In the three wars you cite as being won the majority of mid to senior level officers and the DOD and the politicians were boomers.

The "Greatest Generation" post-war brought us Viet Nam (and the resultant damage to the military), school bussing, the immigration changes that have led us to where we are, the Great Society (aka the welfare state), Roe v. Wade (how many boomers on the bench for that one?), the decisions in media (movies, TV, music) that led to the MTV morality (or are you too unaware of the changes of the late 60s, eg via Norman Lear?) and so much more.

you seem obsessed with consigning all that is vile, weak, ugly to boomers (your mommy and daddy) and all that is noble, strong and wise to the "GG" (Grandma and Grandpa). Whatever mommy and daddy did to you, I suggest you deal with it with them or on the couch, your blanket (and factually inaccurate) condemnation of anyone born from 1946 to 1965 is tiresome and frankly, makes you appear to be whining.