The chain of responsibility

Asad points to the notion of innocence and, with it, responsibility in that the soldiers and armies that actually wage the war are the most obvious, primary offenders of the all the death and destruction that is couples with the notion of "war". Then, there are the governments that "declare" war, raise the funds so that it can take place, enlist the soldiers to die for the cause, and create the propaganda around which the soldiers and the civilians can rally. Lastly are the civilians, who collectively decided to put the elected officials into office. So, they indirectly provided the government, but they also helped to create the culture that may have made it honorable to enter into the armed forces, and subject ones self to the art of waging war. They also produce the goods necessary for war. However, how can a citizen affect their status as a member of the society being invaded, bombed, or anything else? Some don't necessarily have the means to leave their nation, and so it's just easier to go to the polling station every other year and do what they can to influence the situation at hand. What about the young people, who haven't yet even begun to explore the possibility of their being able to escape their situation? It's hard to discern in what manner they have responsibility for the conflict that may have grown being their nation against another, even though it may have begun well before they were even born. In the end, someone can't be held responsible for a situation into which he or she was born.
On the other hand, that kind of removes everyone from a state of responsibility, since no one can help the situation or culture into which they were brought into. No one can escape the inherent culture that surrounds them in infant hood and childhood; a culture that quickly becomes so familiar that by the time you realize, if you realize, that it's a culture you don't want to be a part of, you would have already contributed to so much to that nation or culture that the damage had already been done. By the time you realize you have responsibility, and that you've left your innocence long behind, it's already too late.