Shouldn't presidents fight the war?
912474
Technically and by law, presidents are 5-star generals and allowed to fight the war.\n\nNot necessarily physical, but strategically.
835087
First of all,war was not declaired in Vietnam.We were the allies & were asked to help!\nSecond of all,no US president can declair war & send anyone to fight without the agreement of congress & all others involved.\nI bekieve that these folks bekieve like I do!The president was right,because if we sit back & take their BS,then they gain power over our will as well as our country.\nHow many of you will run & cower when we are threated again on our own soil?As for me,I will pick up my nearest gun,stick,nail gun,drill,basebal bat,or what ever I can get my hands on & start kicking butt until I die!
1167674
becasue the rich never fight the rich mans war. the poor kids and middle class kids always fight the wars such as vietnam. even the draft had rich kids finding ways to dodge it. (bush, cheney). that is why i respect john kerry, he was from a privliged background and still chose to go to vietnam. if the rich kids had to go to war, there wouldn't be an iraq and our politicians would think twice before going to war.
184479
It takes congress to officially declare war, but that doesn't seem to stop many presidents.  They send troops to an undeclared war whenever they feel like it.  My own feeling is that we should, as a government, stay out of foreign wars.  If individual American citizens feel strongly about a foreign war and want to go volunteer for service in a foreign army, they should have the right (assuming no war has been declared and they are on the other side).  But our own army should be purely defensive, and purely to defend our own country.  We have allies with whom we have made defense agreements, but I think that is ill-considered.  We should offer our allies material and technical help, and volunteers only.
767772
well he has failed all the issues that have come his way in this country.i don't believe the fight against terrorism was in Iraq.he created this war and is solely responsible for it.this why i feel he should not be the president.he caused a lot of American people the loss of loved ones ,and lets not forget the over 100,000 civilian people in Iraq including thousand of innocent women and children.he should be tried for war crimes.i feel sorry for those innocent civilians who live in fear as they do in Iraq.this war is not their fault.
672760
He is a coward, and avoided service during the Vietnam war. But he can send our sons and daughters to die in a war that is unfounded. He is destroying our country. You are not going to vote for this answer but I don't give a damn. I'm sick of his bull s it.
337574
The thing is that they aren't in any danger if they declare war. Older men declare war but's the youth who must fight and die. It would be great if the politicians kids could be put into wars so that wars would be less likely. They don't care the deaths won't personally effect.\n\nAnother thing is that for Joseph Stalin in World War 2, it was a whole lot easier to put a gun into the peoples hand instead of feeding them. Send them off to war and the problem is gone.
180541
our president has come a long way into the war and has done many good things. but the damn media doesnt want u to know about. it its war so people will die. this war is not pointless. we were attacked on 911. its very similar to pearl harbor. when they attacked we responded. this war is not another vietnam.
828743
There never really was a war in Iraq. There is only American intervention. The idea of an Iraqi war was a marketing campaign executed by Bush to stir up feelings of patriotism, really. Patriotism gets Presidents re-elected. So does xenophobia. So does war in the name of Jesus....
513144
War is not the answer.
955206
almost every President has been in office during a conflict.\n\nBuchannan was a lucky one, no military conflicts while he was in office.
1012496
That is true, the wars should be handled by the military. Congressmen and senators dont know what its like and make all these rules that keep us from doing what the military needs too be able to do, look at vietnam the rules made by the politicians cost alot of american lives and kept us from doing what we needed to do. Politicians do not understand war.
123108
Not sure I understand your question.  If you are asking whether or not anyone can be president, then the answer is yes.  All you have to do is look at our previous president who was born into the lower-middle class and worked his way to the highest position in the world. \n\nBut if you are asking whether or not the president is above the law, then that answer is: only during war time.  Historically, a president had more power during war time (he is the commander and chief mind you).  But I don't believe that the founding fathers quite understood that we would be foolish enough to declare war on things that we cannot beat.  Just as there was no way to win the war on poverty or drugs, there is no way to win the war on terrorism. It is a war with no clear definition, no clear goal and no end.  Thus, the president’s powers during a war time would never end.  This is a serious problem because it side-steps our checks and balances.  \n\nOur current president is doing serious damage to our country be attempting to go around laws meant to govern everyone.  In time, the courts will tell him he is wrong and we will have precedent for the next time a president tries to become more powerful then the founding fathers intended.
444620
WHEN YOU HAVE WAR MONGERING PROFITEERS, YOU WILL HAVE WAR!!  THERE'S TOO MUCH MONEY IN IT FOR THEMSELVES NOT TO PILLAGE AND PLUNDER THE AMERICAN TAX PAYERS FOR IT.
719397
The USA does not go to war because of a difference in ideology. It is because of economic and defensive strategies. The war in Iraq was as much about protecting oil reserves as it was protecting US citizens from the big bad terrorists. Every country seeks to advance its financial and political interests. The US just has more resources to do it than any other nations. It follows in a long line of historical examples where a nation has gone to war on the pretence of making a better world where the actual aim was betterment of their own nation, for example the crusades, where ultimately it was just a land grab as opposed to enlightening the world to the "joys of christianity". It is, was and always will be a major issue facing the world, as nations jostle for position in the global hierarchy.
734324
Arrogant tyrants like George W. Bush see war as a means to increase their wealth and power.\n\nThe UN, a talk shop, has undoubtedly prevented wars. But it cannot prevent the actions of tyrants who consider themselves to be above the law and/or directed by God.
425617
The short answer (for simple military action) is: nothing. The President is the commander in chief of the army. They can't unilaterally declare war (for that they need to convince Congress), but they can move the troops into smaller conflicts purely on their own information.\n\nThe longer answer is: it's complicated. Our political system is a mind-boggling mixture of lies, truth, spin, and lobbying. What information the President needs to give out to avoid losing popularity, to keep the population behind his efforts, and to keep recruiting for the armed services at an acceptable level is a really, really tough question, and varies from conflict to conflict.