[marssaxman]

Sure, I'm not trying to disagree, but to share the sympathetic experience I had on the other side of that generational divide.

My view certainly was not the prevailing one, as polls showed and Bush's re-election proved; but my peers at the time were a bunch of musicians, artists, activists, nerds, and weirdos, living in a big coastal city, so I was not alone in opposing the wars. Part of the horror of that experience was the dawning realization that we lived in a tiny, fragile bubble, and nothing we could do had any influence whatever on the mess being made outside it.

[sanderjd]

Yep! I did think this is what you meant, but wasn't entirely sure, and was interested in your perspective.