(August 26, 2018 at 1:14 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Brian, you started off with a false equivalence there.
Where?
1. There is no military requirement mandated in the oath of office to hold public office.
2. Putting someone in a job the cannot handle is stupid, combat or not.
3. Not being able to do that job, does not mean you cannot appreciate those who can do the job. Just like you can appreciate the designers of the car you drive but cannot build the car from scratch yourself.
Good leadership isn't about being able to do everything like a man with a cape. Good leadership is the ability to delegate and listen. Service is one way, sure, but not the only way. If military service was the only determining factor of being a good leader, then Hitler and Stalin, who both fought in combat, were great leaders too.
I would rather have a civilian who hasn't served in the White House who values the weight of war, whom understands that war is hell, than have someone who has served whom thinks it is a Rambo movie.
Again, it isn't an either or thing for me knowing Tammy Duckworth and McCain did serve. Yet Obama did not. It depends on the individual.
