Senator John McCain and fascist, How do you define Fascism.

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Before Bush became president he was going through the primaries and his biggest opponent was McCain. I being the independant have voted for who ever I thought would do the best job, a choice of the lesser of two evils you might say. A friend and I got into the discussion on why I would have voted for McCain and I told her that because he was a Vietnam veteran and had been a POW that I felt he would be less likely to send out the troops over some stupid reason and might be more willing to try deplomacy knowing the cost of war first hand. She thought this was Fascist thinking. At first I had to argue it after all I didnt think it was fascism or atleast my definition of it. After doing some reading I came accross the description that fascism is the belief that only through the baptism of war can one truely lead or have the right to lead. Now of course this was never the description of Fascism that I had in mind or was my intent. I must admit part of me still holds this idea in my head that it would be a valid reason for selection of a leader is to have been a veteran. So I was wondering what everyone else thought of electing people on the bases of having been a veteran, not solely of course but just as one of the criteria for getting your vote. Whats you definition of fascism?