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Who decides if America goes to war? (Worth Repeating).
According to George W Bush, the president decides when America will wage war. But according to the Constitution, only Congress may declare war. -- Editor
"The President is to be commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States. In this respect his authority would be nominally the same with that of the king of Great Britain, but in substance much inferior to it. It would amount to nothing more than the supreme command and direction of the military and naval forces, as first general and admiral ... while that of the British king extends to the declaring of war and to the raising and regulating of fleets and armies -- all which, by the Constitution under consideration, would appertain to the legislature."
Alexander Hamilton
The Federalist Papers, No. 69
"The United States of America has the sovereign authority to use force in assuring its own national security. That duty falls to me, as Commander-in-Chief, by the oath I have sworn, by the oath I will keep."
President George W. Bush
Address to the nation, March 17, 2003
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Source: HighBeam Research, Who decides if America goes to war? (Worth Repeating).