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A General should not have been allowed to attain this much political power. Or repeatedly lie to congress without repercussions. Yet more checks and balances t
by jivatmanx 13y ago
A General should not have been allowed to attain this much political power. Or repeatedly lie to congress without repercussions.
Yet more checks and balances that are clearly out of whack.
- bilbo0s 13y agoChecks and balances were designed to keep political leaders from running amok in our nation. The idea, of course, being that the political leaders would keep the military leaders and governmental policy makers from running amok. That was the IDEA anyway.
- johnchristopher 13y agoAnd yet the first president was a military leader. Checks and balances twisted from the start.
- mpyne 13y agoMere military service does not mean a President is hopelessly compromised. One of the most-quoted critics of the military-industrial(-Congress?) complex was the former Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during WWII, after all. Sometimes the guy from the military can tell you exactly how screwed up it is.