In article , Renata wrote:
Where in the Constitution does it say one of the jobs of our military
is to bring freedom and democracy to the rest of the world?

I suppose the case could be made that spreading freedom "promote[s] the common
defence". There's room for an interesting discussion on that subject, to be
sure. The Constitution does specify that the President is Commander-in-Chief
of the nation's military, and it places little restriction on his exercise of
that role.


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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

Nobody ever left footprints in the sands of time by sitting on his butt.
And who wants to leave buttprints in the sands of time?