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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
It's a real shame military men no longer seem to seek the higher offices of the land.
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Isn't the current administration sort of anomalous in that regard, though? If you look back across the last century, most presidents and candidates have had some measure of military service. Clinton didn't, but Gore did--and Kerry, obviously. On the republican side, Bush I was a WWII vet, Carter was a vet, the list goes on. This chickenhawk phenomenon seems to be pretty much a post-Reagan phenomenon, as far as I can tell. (unless you count FDR--and he had a pretty good reason)