Warbler said:

CP3S said:

I work with kids in these age ranges. None of them talk about Al Qaeda or 9/11. A lot don't even really remember much of the events. When the Boston Marathon bombing happened, the first thing they thought of wasn't "OMG! Islamic terrorists!" It was, "Crap, another psycho!"

but I bet they still consider Al Qaeda a threat.

And I bet most of the ones I work with have no idea what Al Qaeda is. I actually had an eleven year old say to me once, "I forget, which one was it that attacked us on 9/11, Iran or Iraq?" When I told him neither of them, he looked very confused and asked for more details about the wars. Turns out, it is much more confusing trying to explain this stuff to a person who wasn't there for it than I would have guessed it would be.

No, Warb, kids that age don't know much about Al Qaeda. And as time passes, they'll know and care even less about them. The ones who have dads in the military, or who have really right wing parents and are exposed to a lot of Fox News type stuff are probably about the only ones. The nation has moved on. We haven't forgotten, but we are over it.

We've done enough terrible shameful things in response to 9/11, it is one of those parts of history a lot of Americans are happy to sheepishly let fade into the obscurity of the history books. Ten year olds living in Iran and Iraq on the other hand... It is going to be a while before all they were exposed to and suffered fades away.