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re: Should military experience be required for U. S. Presidents?
Posted on 8/20/21 at 10:58 am to Eighteen
Posted on 8/20/21 at 10:58 am to Eighteen
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70-80 year olds are essentially unemployable in any sector of the world (mental decline, skill mismatch, etc.). Yet they “thrive” as politicians and get to run the country in all levels
This. We keep voting for people who I’d be nervous about being behind the wheel of a car.
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Posted on 8/20/21 at 11:03 am to ellishughtiger
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Weren’t both Hunter and Trump in color guard at their Ivy League schools
Hunter was in the navy before he got kicked out for smoking crack
Posted on 8/20/21 at 11:07 am to LSUBFA83
And for senate and Congress
Posted on 8/20/21 at 11:09 am to upgrayedd
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rayedd
By this requirement, Hunter Biden would be a better choice than Trump. Think about that.
His discharge deletes his service
Posted on 8/20/21 at 12:00 pm to 777Tiger
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going back to dubya, all of our presidents, and most of their elder staff, were more or less draft dodgers, I think that's why it's so easy for them to send kids to die
Obama was 12 when the draft was abolished.
Posted on 8/20/21 at 12:05 pm to LSUBFA83
No.
Posted on 8/20/21 at 12:05 pm to Wally Sparks
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Obama was 12 when the draft was abolished.
noted, should not included him but some of his elder staff definitely apply -looking at you Joe Biden
Posted on 8/20/21 at 12:15 pm to LSUBFA83
Is this the same military promoting trannys?
No
No
Posted on 8/20/21 at 12:18 pm to LSUBFA83
I would have agreed with that before JBE became governor.
Posted on 8/20/21 at 12:35 pm to LSUBFA83
Given thee shitty performance of us military leadership, that's a firm NO
Posted on 8/20/21 at 1:05 pm to LSUBFA83
I'd actually say no. They have some huge dinguses in the military that have no business leading a kitchen let alone a country.
Posted on 8/20/21 at 1:23 pm to LSUBFA83
There's a tendency by members of the public who haven't served to put the military on a pedestal. Military service is an honorable profession but military people can be just as full of shite as anybody else. Some of our best presidents have been veterans , as well as some of our worst. Whether you like him or not, Lincoln was the greatest wartime president and his military service consisted of a very brief, undistinguished stint in the state militia.
Posted on 8/20/21 at 1:25 pm to Jim Rockford
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There's a tendency by members of the public who haven't served to put the military on a pedestal. Military service is an honorable profession but military people can be just as full of shite as anybody else.
will probably get you a few downvotes but this a valid and rarely stated fact
Posted on 8/20/21 at 1:26 pm to LSUBFA83
Yes and yes. People in this country are too detached from the military and need to be re-introduced to what it means to defend the Constitution.
Posted on 8/20/21 at 2:07 pm to LSUBFA83
I wouldn't be against some kind of requirement or at least a recommendation for presidential candidates to "embed" with a military group the same way journalists do. It's a damn shame that some journalists have a better working understanding of our military than some of our political leaders.
Even if they have no direct experience, politicians should surround themselves with trusted military advisors. But too many times they either ignore advise or choose their advisors for purely political reasons.
Even if they have no direct experience, politicians should surround themselves with trusted military advisors. But too many times they either ignore advise or choose their advisors for purely political reasons.
Posted on 8/20/21 at 2:08 pm to ellishughtiger
I should have pulled a trump and faked a bone spur to get out of my tour in Vietnam . Wasn't a fun place to be .
Posted on 8/20/21 at 2:12 pm to Tigre85
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my tour in Vietnam .
TYFYS
Posted on 8/20/21 at 2:15 pm to LSUBFA83
FWIW many of our founders would be aghast at this proposal, Washington and Jefferson in particular. They wouldn't much like our large standing military, although may grudgingly acceptthat the world situation makes it necessary
Posted on 8/20/21 at 2:38 pm to Saskwatch
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President needs less meddling in military strategy and planning.
The President is the Commander in Chief. Why shouldn't the leader of our Armed Forces be involved with military strategy and planning?
Posted on 8/20/21 at 2:40 pm to Saint Alfonzo
The founders were very clear that civilians should be in charge. They saw military juntas as one of the biggest threats to the existence of the republic.
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