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Is it important for politicians to have military/combat experience?

Discussion in 'Opinion POLLS' started by Reasonablerob, May 10, 2019.

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Is it important for politicians to have served in the military/seen combat?

  1. Yes, absolutely essential

    2 vote(s)
    8.3%

  2. Desireable but not essential

    12 vote(s)
    50.0%

  3. Neither here nor there

    2 vote(s)
    8.3%

  4. Not really important

    5 vote(s)
    20.8%

  5. Not important at all

    3 vote(s)
    12.5%
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  1. Reasonablerob

    Reasonablerob Well-Known Member

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    Oh he did, that's why he went to prison, remember? As for murdering his wife he got off at court so must be regarded as innocent but that was a certifiable crime, what were Bush/Blair guilty off? Liberating Iraq? Better put FDR/Churchill in the dock with them.
     
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    Dispondent Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Wilson wasn't crippled until after Versailles. So just because Churchill played nice we should? We take our orders from England? I think not...
     
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    Before he could get the LofN up and running. FDR practiced realpolitik as did Britain.
     
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    Is it important for politicians to have military/combat experience?
    I think it is helpful, but not crucial. It does give the politician a much better understanding of war & its implications for those individuals involved &/or the locales where that conflict ensues. I also think it makes getting into lethal conflicts less likely.
     
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