I keep hearing and for some reason it seems to emanate from the left, is some presidents who served in the military make very poor war presidents, while very good wartime presidents have no military experience. They hold up FDR and Abraham Lincoln as examples of the latter. Well, I'm not positive about Roosevelt, so I won't go any further on him. On the other hand, I'm quite tired of yelling "The Blackhawk Wars, dammit, the Blackhawk Wars!", to the conceding, typically ineffectual Republican talking head. Abraham Lincoln not only served in the military, he was an officer, a Captain,...