Few Americans Share War's Strife

The social elite are missing from the war in Iraq...hm.

Of course the politicians and war hawks aren't going to send their kids to war. Though they will gladly send your lower- or middle-class child into the hellhole warzone that is Iraq without a second thought.

With few exceptions, the conspicuous absence of the social elite – including celebrities, the upper class, and children of politicians – in the military creates the impression that this war isn't worth fighting, says Charles Moskos, noted military sociologist at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. "This is the no-sacrifice war."