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Originally Posted by LarryBible
I simply can't agree with the first sentence. Military experience as it helps a Presidents perspective has nothing to do with "command experience." Having been in the military in ANY position, gives the POTUS the knowledge of what it's like to be that guy(or today, gals also) and be so susceptible to the decisions of a POTUS as Commander in Chief.
As far as GW not showing up for the physical, you obviously don't know the whole story. His unit was thankfully getting rid of the 102's. This meant that the pilots were retraining in the replacement aircraft. He had a short amount of time left which made it in impractical to train, thus he was basically cut loose.
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Bush's highest rank was 1st Lt which analogous to being a PFC. Other than learning the basics of flying, Bush was just another trooper that was expected to make up his bunk correctly.
Bush received a letter from his commanding officer taking him off flight status because he did not show up for his physical. It had nothing to do with anything else. Bush pissed away a very expensive flight training. Now why did Bush not take his physical?
Bush's loss of flying status should have spurred probe - The Boston Globe
"Two retired National Guard generals, in interviews yesterday, said they were surprised that Bush -- or any military pilot -- would forgo a required annual flight physical and take no apparent steps to rectify the problem and return to flying. "There is no excuse for that. Aviators just don't miss their flight physicals," said Major General Paul A. Weaver Jr., who retired in 2002 as the Pentagon's director of the Air National Guard, in an interview."