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Richard Cheney
Donald Rumsfeld
Paul Wolfowitz
Richard Perle
James Woolsey
Richard Armitage

All have been outspoken proponents of going to war with Iraq since Sept. 11, 2001, all believe in the "Clash of Civilizations" theory, where the Western nations will be at war with Islamic nations in a way similar to, or more violent than, the Cold War. And, with the exception of Mr. Armitage, all have never had any military experience. While this doesn't disqualify them from "running the country", their influence on strictly military matters is too great; I would much rather have people who have military service -- or even better, been in a war -- determining whether we should send kids into a warzone. These guys aren't calling for Special Forces to take care of things, they want massive amounts of ground forces, with only the most basic of training, to take control of everything. This is just asking for trouble, as we have seen already with incidents throughout Iraq.

So, while military experience does not in itself disqualify someone from leading the country, IMHO, it does when the person without experience is basing their platform on what they're going to use the military for. I want someone who has the ability for some empathy for my friends who are being sent to possibly die in the Middle East, and I want someone with some empathy for the common soldier controlling the possibility of a draft. Bush, and the people advising him, has neither.