On 7 Nov 2004 08:58:45 -0800, (Fred the Red
Shirt) wrote:

Prometheus wrote in message . ..

... The president, as commander-in-chief
of the military has the power to declare war on any nation he chooses,
and deploy the troops to that nation. Congress controls the funding
of the troops and the draft- if they vote for these things under the
guise of protecting our troops, they can certainly weasel out of
personal responsibility for them.


You need to read the Constitution of the United States of America:

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/help/constRedir.html

I've read it, my recollection was faulty in this case. My apologies.
Aut inveniam viam aut faciam