A large proportion of the US population do not engage with any news media that do not focus on the personal lives of celebrities and stars. Their news consumption is overwhelmingly a social bonding phenomenon rather than an attempt to make sense of the macroeconomic and historical context of the world in which they live.
(This is not unique to the USA; I'd say a slghtly -- only slightly -- smaller proportion of Brits and Australians do this.)
Also note that anyone aged under 16 today (in 2011) probably has only vague -- or no -- memories of the Iraq invasion. Which happened 8 years ago, when they were 8 or younger.
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(This is not unique to the USA; I'd say a slghtly -- only slightly -- smaller proportion of Brits and Australians do this.)
Also note that anyone aged under 16 today (in 2011) probably has only vague -- or no -- memories of the Iraq invasion. Which happened 8 years ago, when they were 8 or younger.