Comments by "MarcosElMalo2" (@MarcosElMalo2) on "Are NATO forces directly engaging Russia? (No)" video.
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@frf5000 There is one person at the top of the chain of command, who is the top civilian executive as well as the commander in chief of the armed forces. That person, the President, CAN send our country to war intentionally or unintentionally. However, it’s also true that Presidents have consulted with others and build some sort of consensus before doing so.
So your technically wrong. But the person you replied to, M Vega, is a dummy with no clue about how our constitutional government is supposed to work and has worked for over two centuries, and why we chose an executive branch distinct from the legislative branch back when the constitution was written.
He’s basically saying, “Isn’t anybody troubled that we have an elected leader, rather than a politburo? Gosh, I sure am!”
Going back to your being technically wrong, you’re also sort of right in practice. As I said, an American President has the authority. But that doesn’t mean he has absolute power. In a democracy it’s not enough to give an order, you have to have competent people willing to execute that order. If an order is completely insane, they can block it long enough for you to be legally relieved of command.
Our President doesn’t have absolute power and we have safeguards. I think that might have been what you wanted to say.
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