How is rudy any more for the troops than Hunter, who has military experience, and has a son who served in Iraq. Is Giuliani a verteran?
Sorry but that just does not matter in a president. If that was the case FDR should never have been president for 4 terms. He had no military experience. I would never have voted for Reagan because he had no combat experience because of bad eyesight. He was stationed in Hollywood. (not a bad gig for an actor). Also Bush had no combat experience so for that reason I should have voted for John Kerry. But of course I didn't and wouldn't.
As to Rudy, first, he believes the war is by far and away the greatest issue of this generation. Secondly, Rudy has a record and a reputation as a fighter and a winner.
As to Rudy's record as a winner, not only did he clean up NYC pronto, but, as a US Attorney, he had a record of 4,152 convictions with only 25 reversals. (Source: http://www.nyc.gov/html/records/rwg/html/bio.html)
Furthermore
...in the Mafia Commission Trial (February 25, 1985–November 19, 1986), Giuliani indicted eleven organized crime figures, including the heads of New York's so-called "Five Families," under the RICO Act on charges including extortion, labor racketeering, and murder for hire. Time magazine called this "Case of Cases" possibly "the most significant assault on the infrastructure of organized crime since the high command of the Chicago Mafia was swept away in 1943," and quoted Giuliani's stated intention: "Our approach...is to wipe out the five families."