Reader Leonard Nalty of New Orleans emails a valuable reminder on the question the role of combat experience (John Kerry's principal selling point) for a president. With his permission, here it is:

Many people are unaware that Gen. Eisenhower had ZERO combat experience. For some reason he was assigned to the Continental U.S. in WWI. He never led a platoon, company, or battalion in combat. ZERO. Yet he made a great Commander—in—Chief and a spectacular Supreme Commander. Kerry is trying to baffle the people with his so called combat experience — 4 months worth. He shouldn't get away with it.

Posted by Thomas  8 22 04