New Rule: In order to be elected � or even run � any U.S. President must serve at least one honest-to-god tour of active duty in the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marines. Okay? No more chicken-hawk, warmonger “neo-cons” or lilly-livered, draft-dodger “peacenicks” holding sway over the world’s deadliest armed force.

Will this ensure that we have someone in office who will actually think through the consequences of his actions? No, but it might help at least some of the current crop of active soldiers to be able to sustain a shred of respect for their “commander in chief.”