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To: exodus
Article II/Section 2 of the Constitution -

The President shall be Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States

The air force isn't mentioned here. Do you think that the Air Force shouldn't recognize the president as the commander in chief? After all, the constitution clearly states that he's the CIC of the Army and Navy.

270 posted on 09/15/2002 1:33:13 AM PDT by Isle of sanity in CA
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To: Isle of sanity in CA
Well and truly stated. The airforce began as an adjunct of the Army, if memory serves. You've posted the flaw in strict 'constitutionaism', yet I tend to agree that the vacuous brained Congress should be on record as having voted for the up-coming slaughter (and it better be a good one, with tremendous air cover to ground every scud in Iraq).

I'm struck by the lack of sovereign attention (We the People) to the facts of 1998, when the Congress bestowed the power upon sinkEmperor and the crooked _ _ _ _ k chose to slink away from striking appropriately. By inaction then, we are in more of an urgent situation now, but the American sheeple appear to be at a loss to understand this, if you listen to lil' tommy daschle and HUB Leahy.

276 posted on 09/15/2002 1:48:29 AM PDT by MHGinTN
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To: Isle of sanity in CA
To: exodus
Article II/Section 2 of the Constitution -
The President shall be Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States

The air force isn't mentioned here. Do you think that the Air Force shouldn't recognize the president as the commander in chief? After all, the constitution clearly states that he's the CIC of the Army and Navy.
# 270 by Isle of sanity in CA
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You're being facetious.
I'll play.

The Air Force didn't start out as the "Air Force." It was a part of the Army. Later, when air combat became more important and more specialised, it branched off from the Army and was RENAMED "The Air Force."

The Marines have always been a part of the Navy. (Don't tell them, though)

There has been talk for decades about breaking them off from the Navy and creating a new branch of military called "The Marines." (Original, huh?)

If they do create a new branch called "Marines," it will still be under the overall command of the Commander in Chief.

291 posted on 09/15/2002 3:24:30 AM PDT by exodus
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