Soldiers who fight wars often develop strong emotional and psychological ties to the event, forever linking themselves to the wartime event. Strangely, those who often vote to place soldiers in the line of fire rarely serve or even have immediate family members serving in the conflicts.

A method to fix this could be thus: All congressional members or Executive branch politicians who are in favor of sending American boys and girls to foreign lands to fight for any reason are ineligible to run for re-election unless they or a member of their immediate family serves in the combat zone.

If they want to be exempt and run for re-election indefinitely, then they simply would vote “NO” at any time a “War Vote” comes to the floor. If a President wants to send troops to war, then the President would do so with the knowledge that he or she is personally sending a family member to war, or is volunteering for a tour themselves.

This would not solve all of our country’s problems - but it would place more responsibility on the men and women in leadership positions who feel that killing is the solution.