<p>^^^While I agree with you on the prominence of military service among politicians, I think that it in large part is a generational issue. The baby boomer population that is prominent in politics right now had the draft for Vietnam. Then those of a little older than them had Korea, and then those before them, that are probably no longer in government, had WWII. Among younger politicians, I don’t think it’s nearly as prevalent, though this is observational.</p>