LBJ once said that he had to escalate in Vietnam because he didn’t want to be the first American president to lose a war. So his ego took precedence over American lives and American treasure.
The Founders foresaw such a possibility. So they gave Congress - and not the president - the power to declare war. But since WWII everybody involved has casually ignored that part of the Constitution.
So his ego took precedence over American lives
Well said fellow FReeper.