The trend is in sharp contrast to the time before Taiwan and China began their process of detente.
The youth of today hav had it to soft for to long, the entitled generation has no stomack for a fight, no mather where they are from, try to raise an army to fight from the OWS crowd, most of our military people are from the hearthland, not to many from the big citys gethos
I live in the Midwest. I am a Navy veteran. My son is active duty Army. My other son is applying for ROTC scholarships. I was recently at my sons high school in the councelors office and they paused to say the Pledge of Allegiance. There is a military base about 30 miles away and the community is openly patriotic.
All that being said, only about 1% of students volunteer for the military. I noticed also, last year in my companies graduate recognition booklet of kids and employees that there was NO ONE joining the military. That was the first time I saw that.
The fact is, most kids (and adults for that matter) don’t recognize how fragile freedom is and that it needs people willing to step up and defend it. Too many people just assume that freedom will always be or that someone else will always be there to protect or provide for them. While I think America is better off then most places, in terms of currently being able to stand up to a known enemy, it too is slipping down the slope of apathy.