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Strategies & Market Trends : Waiting for the big Kahuna
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To: Step1 who wrote (35507)12/20/1998 9:00:00 PM
From: SteveDavis  Read Replies (3) of 94695
 
Stephen,

As I understand it NO military officer has the power to initiate any action whatsoever. They do have the authority to defend themselves if attacked (Pearl Harbor). But any General that initiated a raid into Iraqi without direct Presidential authority would be immediatly removed and court martialed.

This is the main difference between the US and other countries. Our military is totally under civilian control at all times. And there is a strong belief that a President has to have Congressional approval before sending troops into battle. Remember, George Bush went to great lenghts to have Congress on board in the Gulf War.

Steve Davis
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