Hm, you're right. I guess Hague would have died heroically, leaving Sheridan in charge...
I'd count Number One as being along the same lines as Sheridan himself - it's OK to be a politician if you've also been a soldier.
Meaning civilian-only politicians join reporters and historians as professions slandered by B5. Though in that light, it's interesting that with the Minbari we're clearly meant to sympathize with the religious caste (i.e. the politicians who AREN'T warriors - more than the military caste, with the working caste's existence only belatedly mattering at the end of the Minbari civil war but not throughout the show as a whole.
The Centauri are a case of their own because they're a monarchy, and questions of democratic legitimacy don't arise either way. Still, you could say Londo and Vir, both professional politicians without being part of the military in their world, are the most fleshed out portrayals of politicians we get...
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I'd count Number One as being along the same lines as Sheridan himself - it's OK to be a politician if you've also been a soldier.
Meaning civilian-only politicians join reporters and historians as professions slandered by B5. Though in that light, it's interesting that with the Minbari we're clearly meant to sympathize with the religious caste (i.e. the politicians who AREN'T warriors - more than the military caste, with the working caste's existence only belatedly mattering at the end of the Minbari civil war but not throughout the show as a whole.
The Centauri are a case of their own because they're a monarchy, and questions of democratic legitimacy don't arise either way. Still, you could say Londo and Vir, both professional politicians without being part of the military in their world, are the most fleshed out portrayals of politicians we get...