I think this should be a law....Any and all politicians who vote yes to, or by their authority, order U.S. troops to go to war, should have to serve a minimum of 30 consecutive days in the AOR for every 12 months that U.S. forces are there. They will eat where the troops eat, sleep where the troops sleep, use the same showers (if available) and restrooms as the troops, and they will be allowed the same amount of personal time that the troops get. While in the AOR, they will volunteer at least one day a week at a forward operating hospital...that way when they give press conferences and casually say "Hey, war's ugly", they'll really know what they're talking about. A lot of politicians talk a hard game when it comes to national defense and security, but almost almost none of them really know what war is.