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Do you think that someone from the military would make a good president?

One who abides by the rules to a T. Howe come military men never become presidents?

Posted - October 17, 2017
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  • 11006
    Have you forgotten George Washington? Dwight Eisenhower? Ulysses S. Grant? Andrew Jackson? There are many others as well.
      October 17, 2017 6:26 AM MDT
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  • 241
    What about the present day presidents? Putin is the only one i can think of.
      October 17, 2017 7:01 AM MDT
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  • 17596
    In the present day we only have one president.  If you want to ask about present-day leaders, ask that way.  I'm trying to help.  I know you aren't American.
      October 17, 2017 4:54 PM MDT
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  • 34283
    Not all Presidents are of the USA. There are roughly about 70 countries in the world who have a President. 
      October 18, 2017 5:18 AM MDT
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  • 6023

    Washington used the military against veterans who were peacefully assembled asking for their back pay.

    Grant's administration was infamous for corruption.

    Andrew Jackson signed the "Indian Removal Policy", which resulted in the "Trail of Tears" and decades of mistreatment of indigenous peoples (which continues to this day).

     

      October 18, 2017 8:18 AM MDT
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  • 5614
    How come no one knows history? Really, assumptions aside even a basic knowledge should have prevented this question.
      October 17, 2017 7:15 AM MDT
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  • 17596
    He isn't American but I didn't give him a pass either.
      October 17, 2017 4:54 PM MDT
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  • 44619
    Truman to George W. were in the military...with the exception of Clinton. Obama and trump were not. There were numerous others before them. There have been good and mediocre. Their Military service may have given them a better perspective of homeland and world affairs. And they all were honourable. I am taking a guess that you are not from the US.
      October 17, 2017 7:45 AM MDT
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  • 34283
    Most of the US Presidents do have military backgrounds. 
    Globally Israeli PM Netanyahu also has a military background. I am sure there are more. 
      October 17, 2017 11:27 AM MDT
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  • 13277
    *HOW come. Lots of presidents have had military backgrounds, including, most recently, Bushes 41 and 43. Perhaps you should brush up on both your spelling and history.
      October 17, 2017 4:44 PM MDT
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  • 2219
    Better than lawyers. 
      October 17, 2017 4:48 PM MDT
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  • 17596
    That's as ignorant as the OP.
      October 17, 2017 4:51 PM MDT
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  • 17596
    I understand you are not American but, please, be smart enough not to ask the question you have asked here.  You might have asked which American Presidents had been in the military.  We will eat you alive with questions like this.  This is an American site.  There are people from all over.
      October 17, 2017 4:50 PM MDT
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  • 5835
    Eisenhower was the best president America ever had because he spent nearly all his time in hospitals. He demonstrated that the country doesn't really need a president.

    BTW the US government has shut down 18 times since 1976, for periods up to three weeks. (Due to budget problems.) You never noticed, did you?
      October 17, 2017 8:00 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    Of course we noticed. Why would you think otherwise? And while Ike was a good president IMO, it was because of what he did - the interstate highway system, for example - not because of absenteeism. On what planet did you come up with that idea? This post was edited by Stu Spelling Bee at October 18, 2017 6:26 PM MDT
      October 18, 2017 7:56 AM MDT
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  • 6023
    I never noticed.
    Didn't affect my daily life one iota, that I recall.
    I still had to go to work, pay my taxes, pay my bills, had local government working (police, fire, etc).
    The military kept chugging along.
      October 18, 2017 8:21 AM MDT
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  • 13277
    Maybe you don't follow the news. That was a top story each time it happened.
      October 18, 2017 8:24 AM MDT
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  • 6023
    I believe he meant "noticed" as ... it affected your daily life.
    Which, as I explained, it didn't affect mine in any way I noticed.
    Even benefit payments went out on time, as far as I recall.
      October 18, 2017 9:27 AM MDT
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  • 5835
    It is not necessary to try to insult me just because you disagree. Try to learn some better manners, ok?
      October 18, 2017 5:56 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    Sorry, but what did I say that was so awful? I thought your comment was completely off the wall, but I was addressing your idea, not you personally, and no insult was intended.
      October 18, 2017 6:23 PM MDT
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  • 50
    An ideal candidate. Such a qualification has been proven effective in some countries. Expertise in the security issue is  the platform of the government.
      October 18, 2017 8:06 AM MDT
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