There is no such thing. Pro Bush and Pro War are totally different entities. You should know better. And I quote 1988..Puh...lease. Your venture is a senseless journey. You would be wrong. More intelligent...perhaps. If you define intelligence as the ability to regurgitate facts taught to you on a scantron. And even then I doubt it. Wiser? Again, I doubt it. Wisdom is gained by life experiences and by learning from your peers and those with whom you surround yourself. Bush has done this effectively. Figurehead? I will give you this one. In the same breath that Clinton, Bush 41, Reagan, Carter, Kennedy, Lincoln, Harding, Washington, etc...were. They are the mouthpiece for an equal balance of their heart and the hearts of the Senate and the people.
They know as much as anyone else in this country... afterall, they are... An Army of One. By voters, did you mean 5 SC justices? Not quite. If I recall correctly, all those you mentioned were elected.
So these soldiers are nothing but a bunch of inexperienced graduates of a multiple choice education? I guess all the training and education they received as military officers pales in comparison to Bush's C-average book-learning he received at Yale. And any dumbass can get into the military; few men have the achievements like Bush that earn them a place at Ivy League schools. And I guess fighting in wars is not the kind of experience our leaders should have. Maybe we should seek more men who went AWOL while serving in the Air National Guard and drove several oil companies into the ground. After all, they do say failure breeds character. Finally, the military clearly doesn't have the same quality of persons like the ever-tolerant John Ashcroft and the diplomatically-savvy Donald Rumsfeld. That's why these military men don't get national needs. I will agree that Bush has surrounded himself with some smart people. Maybe what these miltary yahoos need in order to understand the situation better is the 5-minute Policy for Dummies Cliff Notes that Condoleeza Rice regularly creates for Bush. Then they'll have a deeper and more three-dimensional understanding of national needs.
Why is it surprising that some current and former military servicemen/women are against going to war in Iraq under the current set of circumstances? There's been a healthy debate on the issues in this country & a sizable percentage of the general population feels the same, why should we think that the military is a bunch of mindless drones? Whatever their opinions of the situation, I'm sure they would all serve when called. The list of signatories is long, but give it a little perspective: it represents approx. .01% of all active & retired U.S. military personnel.
In particular, being a minority owner of a baseball team seems excellent experience for leading a country.
