Path: news.ccsf.jp!tomockey.ddo.jp!news.tornevall.net!news.linkpendium.com!news.linkpendium.com!newshub.sdsu.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!shelby.stanford.edu!not-for-mail From: mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Now's our chance? Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:21:58 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Subtlties R'nt Us Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <13s46nvmdl3flfd@news.supernews.com> <47c2187e$0$13870$8f2e0ebb@news.shared-secrets.com> <47c4eb2d$0$13850$8f2e0ebb@news.shared-secrets.com> <62722c79-fad3-4bf1-b255-464314ef6599@8g2000hse.googlegroups.com> Reply-To: mtfester@netscape.net NNTP-Posting-Host: haven.stanford.edu X-Trace: news.Stanford.EDU 1204244518 18309 171.67.18.79 (29 Feb 2008 00:21:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@news.stanford.edu User-Agent: tin/1.9.2-20070201 ("Dalaruan") (UNIX) (Linux/2.6.18-6-k7 (i686)) Xref: news.ccsf.jp fj.life.in-japan:166858 Jim Breen wrote: > mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote: > > Actually, I've always thought that military service should have been a > > requirement to be elected to Congress or the Presidency/ After all, if > > one makes decisions about people going to war, one should have some > > experience with the organization leading the war. > Of course. And it would make it clear that nothing is as important to > Congress or the presidency as war. Experience in work, parenthood, > illness, administration, business, etc. etc. are meaningless and > irrelevent - it's the war experience alone that would count. Oddly, I believe most members of Congress have experience in work, illness, parenting, etc. Just as oddly, most members of Congress have no experience in the military, beyond watching movies. > Also, you'd need to have regular wars. Otherwise where would the > warmakers (oops, lawmakers) get the necessary experience? Sorry, where did I say they needed to serve in a war? Hmm, perhaps you'd better re-read that, Mr Breen. Mike