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Originally Posted by ratbastid
Wow, that's an interesting idea. I'm VERY strongly for having a civilian as Commander in Chief of the military. Though, obviously, that hasn't worked out so well in the last eight years with this particular civilian in charge. We're pretty far afield of the OP now, but since you brought it up... what's your counter-proposal to how military leadership is currently constructed?
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First off, it should be more difficult to go to war. And outside of war, it should be much more difficult to have military activity. It was way too easy to invade Afghanistan and Iraq. There should be absolute criteria.
As for military leadership: the admiralty (or military leadership) creates military proposals which get approval from Congress and then the president. In other words, people working in the oval office or capital building don't get to decide how we wage war. They haven't got a clue, anyway. The military generally knows how to run the show. It's when they get mixed messages from above (ex: every war since after WW2) that things get messed up.