Originally Posted by RichieLion

You have little real knowledge of the circumstances of his military service beyond partisan rumor and lies, and so I will ignore your deriding his service, and will not comment on his service in a way that suggests it needs defending. He actually does have military service unlike almost every contemporary political figure you admire.

We're discussing Presidents here, and statesmen. George W. Bush was a true statesman, and the first since Ronald Reagan. He's also the last one, so far.