XPost: calgary.general, can.general, can.politics 
 XPost: edm.general 
 From: nospam@sprynet.com 
  
 On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 05:14:45 GMT, while chained to a desk in the 
 scriptorium, "CalgaryBill"  wrote: 
  
 > $Wagner was partially correct ... no American president, while serving as 
 > $president, participated as an armed combatant in combat action (that 
 > $rules out Lincoln's visits to the front).  That, however, is probably 
 > $not the interpretation he wanted made about his post. 
  
 The dude who started this thread was TC, and I think both of us read the 
 intent correctly. 
  
 The post was meant to insinuate that no US President had ever served in 
 his nation's military--ever.  Not the more correct that no US President 
 saw service in a theatre of combat operations while resident in the Oval 
 Office. 
  
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