Where are the Elite?

Vietnam Era war journalist and Iraq War critic Joe Galloway reviews a new book "AWOL: The Unexcused Absence of America's Upper Classes from Military Service -- and How It Hurts Our Country."by Kathy Roth-Douquet and Frank Schaeffer:

As recently as 1956, 400 members of Princeton's graduating class went on to serve in the military. In 2004, nine graduates did so. Harvard, Yale, Brown and other elite universities don't even allow Reserve Officer Training Courses on their campuses.
In the years after World War II, virtually every member of Congress was a veteran of military service. By 1971, three-quarters of the members had worn the uniform. Today, only a third of the 535 members of the Senate and the House of Representatives have served.

During World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill had sons serving in uniform. Today's political leaders and the rest of the country's elite don't feel the same obligation to send their children to serve in harm's way.
Military recruiting has suffered as a consequence. Parents in some better neighborhoods demand that recruiters not be allowed to visit the schools their children attend, and that they not be given their names and phone numbers.

Not only are politicians "missing in action" but lawyers, actors, pastors, ect.