On Wednesday, April 2, 2003, at 10:28 PM, Wirt Atmar wrote:

> Cortlandt writes:
>
>> In my judgment it's common red herring.
>>
>>  Sure, so few leaders.  Take US presidents for instance.  Other than
>>  Presidents Truman, Kennedy, and Bush 41, all of whom where not just
>> vets,
>>  but rarer still, combat vets.   I'm not sure of the veteran status of
>>  several others.
>
> To add to your list, these presidents were also combat veterans.
>
>      Gen. George Washington (Revolutionary War)
>      James Monroe (Revolutionary War)
>      Gen. Andrew Jackson (War of 1812)
>      William Henry Harrison (French-Indian Wars)
>      Gen. Zachary Taylor (Mexican War)
>      Franklin Pierce (Mexican War)
>      Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (Civil War)
>      Gen. Rutherford B. Hayes (Civil War)
>      Gen. James A. Garfield (Civil War)
>      Col. Benjamin Harrison (Civil War)
>      Maj. William McKinley (Civil War)
>      Lt. Col. Teddy Roosevelt (Spanish American)
>      Capt. Harry S. Truman (WW I)
>      Gen of the Armies Dwight D. Eisenhower (WW II)
>      Lt. Cmdr Richard Nixon (WW II)
>      Lt. Cmdr Gerald Ford (WW II)
>      Jimmy Carter (Cold War)

Very interesting, but for most/all of these, not germane. My comment
referred to Legislative leaders and Executive leaders (and staffs) in
regards to the process of DECLARING war.

FW

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