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The Perfect President
Artiste:
Merci brokeplex:
well said:
we must elect someone who has the ability and the experience to function ably as president.
delalluvia:
I don't think our president necessarily has to have military experience.
After all, aren't we wanting a peaceful world or at the very least a country at peace?
If we actually accomplish one of these goals, we're going to have presidents that have never known war, much less served in the military.
Would that be such a bad thing?
brokeplex:
--- Quote from: delalluvia on June 30, 2008, 11:03:45 pm ---I don't think our president necessarily has to have military experience.
After all, aren't we wanting a peaceful world or at the very least a country at peace?
If we actually accomplish one of these goals, we're going to have presidents that have never known war, much less served in the military.
Would that be such a bad thing?
--- End quote ---
yep, and I'd like a world without locks on my doors, no home alarm system, and no theft insurance. but, I haven't quite found that low hole in the wall and the rabbit looking at his watch just yet. ;)
Artiste:
Merci brokeplex !
We used to have like you say, but can we have that again; or are we to blind now to want it again and assure it ?
As you say:
I'd like a world without locks on my doors, no home alarm system, and no theft insurance.
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: brokeplex on June 30, 2008, 11:08:46 pm ---yep, and I'd like a world without locks on my doors, no home alarm system, and no theft insurance. but, I haven't quite found that low hole in the wall and the rabbit looking at his watch just yet. ;)
--- End quote ---
How about the reserves but never actually served? ;)
Let's see, can we find a generation or at least a generation X that grew up in a time of no war for this country?
This is what I found:
"Vietnam War"1956-1975
Second Persian Gulf War "Operation Desert Storm" 1991
Everything in between has been very limited conflicts for this country or we were not really at war, just hunting down insurgent or rebels or we had no opposition whatsoever - Grenada, Panama, Libya, Lebanon - and up until Afghanistan in 2001, we had Kosovo as the most 'warlike' conflict.
So an entire generation grew up starting in 1975 and was too young for the Gulf War and while too young to run for president, could still be a Congressperson in 2001 never having been to war or needing to be in the military at all.
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