Dr.GH
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The Bush/Cheney and the Clinton/Gore administrations are a good contrast re: military experience. Bush was jumped into the National Guard, and had no theater experience of any kind. Cheney ran out the war through 4 or 5 deferments. They used the military as a primary tool.
Clinton used student deferments, but Gore had some non-combat experience as a soldier in a war-zone. They used the military sparingly and only on terms that the military advised.
I agree with Wes that there are alternatives to direct service. As I recall, the War College study I mentioned only had partisipants who were mostly politicians split military v. non-military. However, it has been probably 20 years since I read the article.
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"Science is the horse that pulls the cart of philosophy."
L. Susskind, 2004 "SMOLIN VS. SUSSKIND: THE ANTHROPIC PRINCIPLE"
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