[MSF BU]

...it's always good to have some credibility when you're arguing issues of national defense.

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

...it's always good to have some credibility when you're arguing issues of national defense.

So only cops can talk about crime issues, only women can talk about abortion, and only minorities can talk about affirmative action. Sure.

I don't buy that line of reasoning, nor do I believe someone has to have been in the military before they can speak to defence issues.