Yeah it's a real catch-22 for me.

I have a real issue with the use of military experience as golden laurel for political office, but on the other hand, I also think military experience have a real value to sociopolitical discussion, which allowing phonies to speak as such not only disrepects the people who rightly deserve such respects, but also dilutes the conversation with inane rubbish from people who don't know what they're talking about.