[CarreraS2]

"Dodged the war" . . . There are a lot of versions of what happened, from what I can see, and many vary wildly. The common ground seems to be that he served in the Air National Guard. That he came from an influential family and maybe received some kind of preferential treatment in getting into the Air National Guard. That while he was there, he may not have shown up some of the time.

Does that make him a war hero like his dad was? Nope. As a man, Jr. didn't experience anything like Sr. did, and in my eyes, Jr. isn't half the man (as a person), that Sr. is.

But this issue is an old one, was around during the first election, and Bush was elected. So I'm not sure of the current relevance. Just because of the above, he should be prohibited from exercising the power and making the decisions inherent in the presidency?

"Current habit of sending other people to their deaths for his own opportunistic goal." 2 parts to that one. He is the commander in chief, and sending people to their deaths is often an unfortunate part of that job. "His own opportunistic goals," . . . now that's getting interesting. What do you think his "own opportunisitic goals" were that caused him to knowingly, wrongfully send troops to Iraq? (As you suggest, these should be goals that are personal, opportunistic and self-promoting to him).