Jim Dandy:  Intereting literature on the net about this, it feels like they are saying Joel is passing the baton.  That's not the intent, IMHO.  Dillon is a good singer, and sings the song with a lot of power, granted.  Joel just wanted that power and youth to tell the story.

The thing that strikes me is this war is spurring music, which also happened during the Viet Nam war.  Maybe, if the music community keeps it up, somone will hear it.  Proliferate, proliferate, proliferate.