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I want to hear about their plans to fix current problems and address current issues and don't really care about their past military service. Given the changes in our society since they stopped the draft, I doubt that most future Presidents will have served in the military at all. The pool is much smaller of those who served from my generation. The people from my high school who served in the military weren't college bound. The ROTC men and women were going into the military after college, but with no major wars during that time period, there would have been little opportunity for medals, purple hearts, etc.
I want them to stick to the current issues. Keeping Medicare and Social Security viable, maintaining our civil rights, job creation and the economy, education, prescription coverage for seniors, balancing our budget, making affordable health care available to every American, etc.
It angers me when people say if you don't support this war, you don't support the troops. You can do be against the war and still support our troops. It's a matter of believing that the cause isn't worth the loss of these valuable lives. I do not blame the troops for having to fight in this war, I blame the leaders who started it.
Dee
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