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Originally Posted by ddoering
On the one hand politicization of the military worries me. On the other I wish they had opened it up to the rest of us.
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In Colombia, for example, the no one in the military has the right to vote while in service. This is the same thing I saw in Paraguay. Those measures were put in place more to ensure that politicization of the military did not lead to a military coup in those countries. However, it also ensures that the military stands little chance for politicization. The question is, would you prefer those conditions to what we have here, where veterans (active or retired) have a right to vote?