America's Long Line of Military Heroes-- Part 5: The Vietnam War Era

The hugely unpopular Vietnam War can be seen as causing a break between the presidency and the military service, which stopped being an automatic boon it once was.

War hero George H.W. Bush lost to Bill Clinton, who sat out the Vietnam War in Oxford.  John Kerry fought with honor in Vietnam yet his experience was turned against him by the "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth," and he lost in 2004 to George W. Bush, whose tenure in the Texas Air National Guard was is minimal that some question can be raised whether he is entitled to call himself a veteran.

Then, the next president was Barack Obama with no military connection at all.

--CootPres