No member of any elected office can vote or approve combat unless he has faced combat himself. Not service, COMBAT!
No comments requested to drive viewership, only upvotes and respect for fallen patriots sent to horrific combat with no clear mission to win(take your pick, Korea, Vietnam, GF 1 or 2, Global Wart on Terrorison). I respect my beloved patriots as the soldiers and the fallen but not the endless mission most coward politicians have sent our patriots to die for. You cannot win a wars without a definition of victory.
Respect the service, not what comes afterwards, he is not Dirt Bag Private but I served with many that could be considered that. :) All of us vote for sacrifice when we take the oath, not all of us look for what we can leverage from it.