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On Commanders In Grief
In a democracy it feels counterintuitive to place an untrained civilian political leader as the commander in chief over the generals of a seasoned military establishment especially when such a civilian is a known draft dodger who used influence to evade service.
supreme control of a country’ s armed forces to a civilian head of state, mainly as a protection of the citizens liberty and the overall maintenance of state stability.
It prevents tyranny by separating the power of the purse, held by the legislature from the power of the sword held by the executive.
functioning democracy. State security is not just about winning battles, which is the military
greatest war victories are those where battles are not actually fought, especially in the current reality of widespread nuclear capabilities.
In a democracy, it is important that the armed forces remain apolitical since when the commander in chief makes a monumental blunder, he can be voted out of office but a military leader claim to power is by imposition, hence dictatorship.
War is generally considered a failure of diplomacy and to quote Georges Clemenceau who said that‘ war is too important to be left to the generals’ as a caution to drive home the point that the consequences of war affect all aspects of society.
decided by an elected representative of the entire society and not by a trained tactician whose narrow focus and aim is to annihilate the declared enemy.
Machiavelli noted that the character and choices of a leader directly dictate the stability of the state and later John Maxwell condensed the whole subject on leadership by succinctly stating that‘ Everything rises and falls on Leadership’.
of the American people to elect a celebrity reality show performer with megalomaniac tendencies as the president of the most powerful democracy on earth.
A president who has decided that might is right and due to the fact that he feels demeaned by the fact that he is viewed as a coward having gone to great lengths to avoid serving his country by being hawkish and displaying reckless bravado to appear strong.
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