Thank you for a well done piece, my husband and I have been having this discussion. He feels let down that the country of his youth no longer exists. I have been trying to express that the country of our youth has created what we are experiencing today. Just as today will create our tomorrows. Each generation has the choice and obligation to look at where we will be down the road and to work for the future we need and desire. The past,  is for remembering and respecting, not reverting to.