I can SAY I'm not afraid of war, but considering my son's getting ready to enlist, I'd be lying.
Our generation has never experienced first hand a "war". Yes, there have been wars, but it wasn't like WW1, WW2, Korea, Vietnam, etc. where every other house on the block had someone overseas fighting and EVERYONE knew SOMEONE who had died.
With technology the way it is, I don't think we'll see that kind of military destruction - our guys and gals overseas aren't going to be killed en masse like generations before them.
What DOES scare me is all the crazy followers that are in the States. These people aren't going after the armed military, they're going after the unarmed citizens. The big nuke doesn't bother me as I don't think it could find its way here, but the "suitcase nukes" scare the hell out of me.