(August 26, 2018 at 1:24 pm)Minimalist Wrote:(August 26, 2018 at 12:40 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: There is something to be said for having a commander in Chief who may send men to die who has had the experience of being sent to die.
The problem there is that you then require a limitless string of wars to keep your C-in-C with battlefield experience.
Besides, how do you account for someone like Lindsey Graham? Sure, he was an "officer" in the Judge Advocate's office and he spent his active duty career in Germany defending, most notably, pilots accused of using marijuana. There is no bigger warmonger in the Senate than Graham but exactly where is his experience of being sent to die?
Thank you. service does not insure that you understand the weight of war. Ike did understand, but others who also served are warmongers. Others who served are not warmongers. Some who didn't serve are warmongers. Others who did serve are not warmongers. So with politicians it can only be taken on a case by case basis.
