rrussell wrote:

a politician should definitely be decisive and also courageous, but in a
completely other way than soldiers. or am i just dreaming this up?

A soldier is expected to have both physical and moral courage. Why
should we not expect any less from our civilian leaders?


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"It's not American foreign policy, or the plight of the
Palestinians, or America's longstanding support for Israel.
A group of people with money and weaponry have simply
decided that we, as a civilization, are unfit to live, and
want, eventally, to exterminate us."
'Christian Century' magazine