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Originally posted by baltassoc
This argument is always leveled against Democrats. Ty's response, that he'd rather have someone who's been there, was the exact argument used by Republicans in 92 and 96 with Clinton, but to the opposite conclusion: Clinton was a "draft dodger" and so wouldn't fight.
Clinton sent troops to the Balkins and Somalia. Carter sent in troops to rescue Iran's hostages (albeit in an utter failure), not to mention the covert opperation in Southeast Asia. The troops in Vietnam were sent not by a Republican, but by Kennedy and Johnson. It was Truman who sent troops to Korea. Roosevelt lead us through WWII. Wilson got us into WWI. On the "which party is more likely to have the resolve to commit troops" question, it's a wash.
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At first i thought that, then I changed my mine.
