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Do Blood And Guts Make for Good Presidencies? | Gene Healy | Cato Institute: Commentary: '"military deaths as a percentage of population is a major determinant of greatness in the eyes of historians."'
'It's also worth reminding presidents that, as Wilson, Truman, and George W. Bush discovered, unnecessary wars make presidents unpopular. While historians may eventually award extra credit for spending American blood and treasure, ordinary Americans generally don't. Here again, they come out looking smarter than the intellectuals.'
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