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KS Toronado

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2. My gut feeling has always been it should be someone who has served in the military

Reply to RocRizzo55 (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 22, 2021, 03:14 PM

Jan 2021

Because they have first hand knowledge of the death and destruction military operations can inflict.
Maybe we should have a vetting process to separate the hawks from the doves?

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