No Clue

-By Jim Culp

September 8, 2016

I was both amazed and generally bored by the presidential candidates last night at

the Commander In Chief forum last night on NBC.

Hillary Clinton was first, so I'll roast her first.

First and foremost, I do not believe that a person that has not served on active duty in one of the armed forces should qualify to be a Commander in Chief, and therefore the President of the United States of America.

Hillary Clinton is a lawyer, and a crooked lawyer at that. But I'll keep to the topic.

Her predecessor, President Obama, is a lawyer too. He's never had any interest in the military, and therefore has to be advised by several persons daily about even understanding military protocols. Hillary Clinton has never done anything with the military, except visit the troops. She has time in the white house as first lady, and time as Secretary of State, but no time at all in a role as a soldier, a commander, or even a ride along. She just isn't going to fit the bill for that role. Sorry Hillary; no wait...sorry USA.

As for the forum, Mrs. Clinton was asked questions by several veterans, soldiers, and even some ex-special forces operatives. She gave (as usual) blouse and round about answers to their questions. Every person that she responded to had that "you are not answering my question" look on their face.

Then it was time for the Republican candidate, Donald Trump.

He answered every question, but with, like Hillary, a round about way and didnt ever really give answers. One guy that asked about persons serving in the military gaining citizenship, and Trump did say he'd consider a program for that.

But we're back to square one with qualifications.

Donald Trump is a very, very successful businessman. There is no doubt about that.

After all, he is a billionaire times 4.5. That's success in my book.

But he knows jack about the military, military operations, and commanding the military. He's already hired some retired Generals to advise him, and they are going to tell him what he wants to hear, because they are going to get fatter wallets after doing so. The most embarrassing thing that Trump said in the whole interview is that "we should have taken the oil from Iraq." That's cool if we are going to start an empire, which I am not so sure we shouldn't, but that's not what we are now. We should have never invaded Iraq, and we should have never invaded Afghanistan, because the preface and reasons for either were based on lies. But I digress.

Donald Trump isn't qualified to be the Commander in Chief, and therefore not the President of the United States of America. There, my opinions...take them or leave them. But, before I go, I'm going to address this like a soldier. I earned that right, because I served for 22 years, and two wars.

A Commander if Chief needs to know what it is like to wake up in a shelter half tent at 0300, and have to place your feet in frozen boots.

He/She should also have to feel what it is like to have bullets flying over your head, and mortars landing 2-300 meters from your position.

He/She needs to know what it is like to have to blindly follow a questionable order, or you could face hard time in Leavenworth, and I don't mean the part where Applebee's and McDonalds are.

He/She needs to understand that men and women's lives are not his/hers to waste, they are the nation's people's lives to put forward for our defense if they are needed, and/or the situation was warranted. Iraq and Afghanistan were neither.

He/She needs to understand that millions of men and women have died in wars and conflicts that were warranted, and their families endured great hardships because of it.

Two final things.

Hillary Clinton cant keep a State Department staff in line, because they couldn't follow her lies any better than a psychiatrist could. She is guilty of grand perjury, and responsible for the death of four men in Benghazi. She should be on trail for both of these things, and at a minimum, barred from further federal service.

Donald Trump is a businessman. He will find out on day one, if he wins... that doing things in the White House aren't the same as at Trump Tower.