Posted on Aug 13, 2014
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Many U.S. Presidents have served in the military, and the majority of those served during a major war. Do you think we will see a future President who served in OEF or OIF? Would the American public support a Veteran from this era in office?
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What a great question, I anticipate there will be future Presidents who have served in the Military and some actually will have served in combat. Look at the average age when a person becomes President of the USA, so considering those who are in their 20's are all candidates to be President of the US...just sayin...
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Unfortunately I don't believe we will. Too many veterans these days won't take the level of crap thrown at them in DC, and today's politicians are too sensitive to work with someone who shoots that straight.
I would love to see LTC West, Gen Mattis, or even Gen Petraeus, but I think Petraeus is out because he is a Rep who got caught. The Dems don't seem to care if they mess around, but skewer the Repubs who do.
I would love to see LTC West, Gen Mattis, or even Gen Petraeus, but I think Petraeus is out because he is a Rep who got caught. The Dems don't seem to care if they mess around, but skewer the Repubs who do.
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The short answer is: too soon to tell if the US will have a President who saw combat in OEF or OIF. The long answer is possible but not sure how probable it is. In the short term probably very unlikely but more likely as we move forward over the next 5-30 years. If this is a goal that an individual wants to have then they should be setting conditions now by educating and informing themselves. Ronald Reagan, for example, was not good because he became good while in office but rather because he educated and informed himself for several years before becoming President. Once he became President, he already had a vision and a plan for what he wanted to achieve.
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I think it will happen. We already got OIF/OEF Vets in Congress and the Senate. Although, in my personal opinion, I think military service should be a requirement for ALL politicians
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I would like to see more veterans, and combat veterans enter into the political arena. I think combat veterans have a perspective about war and it's impact on others that would make their decisions more insightful.
The worse thing about the political arena, it has the capability to corrupt the most sincere.
The worse thing about the political arena, it has the capability to corrupt the most sincere.
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Only if they run for office, I posted a Q about running for office and thus far only one had an interest.
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SSG (Join to see)
Just knowing you served already puts you ahead of every politician in my book, once i understand your views and positions on certain policies might make my vote a certainty
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SGT Wesch--I would run under certain conditions; #1 is I will not sell my soul or my vote.
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SGT James Hastings
One can only hope. I believe that a leader is most successful when they have come up through the ranks, experiencing as much of the things that those they supervise experience. Therefor, by that reasoning, one who has served in combat understand the ramifications of military decisions.
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1LT William Clardy
SGM (Join to see), having once upon a time had my name printed on a Congressional primary ballot, I would strongly anybody seriously considering running for office would be well-advised to start getting involved in politics on the local level.
No field is level when you are unfamiliar with both the players and the playing ground.
No field is level when you are unfamiliar with both the players and the playing ground.
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There are 34 presidents pictured. Would have been a much shorter list to show those with no military experience.
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Even if you took some off the list whose military experience was more on the order of honorary, like Jefferson and Madison. Interesting that of our first four Presidents, three had no real military experience.
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Those who have the best chance will be career officers and SNCO's. Gentlemen and Ladies I do not mean to sound rude, but feel many of you have progressed because of politics. This is not necessarily a bad thing just my own observation. Now some are\were serious hard chargers and earned their ranks; however, they do not stand a chance because they are too brash and do not play the political game like people want them to. I would love to see somebody from this generation serve as President but find it highly unlikely.
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