> Do you think Vietnam and the Iraqi war can be divorced from the political discussions that surrounded them? Of course not, and that's not what they meant. T

> Do you think Vietnam and the Iraqi war can be divorced from the political discussions that surrounded them? Of course not, and that's not what they meant. The point is, those very important political discussions are left to civilians, and the military does what civilians decide. That is fundamental to democracy; without it, you have military dictatorship.