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Thread #74339   Message #1304522
Posted By: Amos
23-Oct-04 - 01:32 AM
Thread Name: BS: Bush is an arrogant asshole.
Subject: RE: BS: Bush is an arrogant asshole.
What's that supposed to mean, Old Guy? That you think those who disapprove of Looney-Boy are on drugs? Out of touch with reality? There are a lot of possible reasons for your statistic, and one of them is bad sampling. Another is that military people are not well equipped to judge the best path for national prosperity or well-being. They would be more inclined, I suppose, to pick someone who was in favor of their specialty, the reality they have been trained in -- namely, overwhelming others by force, killing in large numbers, and steamrolling dissident viewpoints.

We have a military in order to do these things to enemies. Naturally, living their lives in the study of destruction, they would want a leader who would lead them to exerciser those morbid talents.

There's a LOT more to the nation than the military though, so I have no idea what your statistic means in context. Except that the intelligence of the military is depressed.

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