Squorlple@lemmy.world to Political Humor@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoYou’re telling me that the Commander in Chief isn’t an officer of the military?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1imageYou’re telling me that the Commander in Chief isn’t an officer of the military?lemmy.worldSquorlple@lemmy.world to Political Humor@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoJokes aside, the fact that the President as commander-in-chief is a civilian and not an officer of the military is actually quite fundamental to civilian control of the military in the USA.
Jokes aside, the fact that the President as commander-in-chief is a civilian and not an officer of the military is actually quite fundamental to civilian control of the military in the USA.