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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
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)
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See, I don't really regard those with military 'experience' to be military men? none of those listed were really 'defined' by their service. Bush was shot down flying sorties, Carter was instrumental in America's submarine program, gore was a military journalist. Eisenhower was Supreme Allied Commander, the military all but encompassing his entire professional career.
I would've thought Powell to be an excellent presidential candidate, if it weren't for his weak moral character.
Having said that though, Wesley Clarke was a bad candidate aswell.