America's money is limited and is desperately needed to fund our remaining military in Iraq and Afghanistan while they are still there, and should not be diverted toward funding the creation of some additional, duplicative, unconstitutional, and poorly named office and department in the executive branch in Washington.
Now that Commander in Chief Bush has motioned for his own replacement, I think it behooves Americans to put consideration to honoring his motion for his replacement. It is time for the citizens and Congress to earnestly continue a discussion which our president has begun.
President Bush has announced two astounding plans this fourth week of April of 2007.
This week, Commander in Chief Bush has announced he desires to nominate someone else to replace himself as the Commander in Chief of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. In doing so the current Commander in Chief Bush appears to have submitted a vote of no confidence regarding his own performance going forward as Commander in Iraq and Afganistan.
Second, Commander in Chief Bush has announced he wants the title "War Czar" or "Tsar" to be the title of his would-be replacment, not Commander in Chief as provided by the US Constitution. "Czar" or "Tsar" is the Russian word for "Ceasar," as in Julius Ceasar from the ancient Roman Empire, and War Czar translates to English as War Caesar, or War Emperor. To create an American office decorated with the title of Czar or Tsar is an outlandish request, and is disgusting to American sensibility and tradition.
Remember, President Bush is the Commander in Chief of our Army and Navy per Article II of the Constitution. In particular, Bush was, and still is, and always will be as long as he is in office, due to the Constitution's Article II, responsible for commanding our Army and Navy, even in Iraq and Afghanistan while our military personnel are still there. The duty of the Commander in Chief is constitutionally inescapable.
It turns out that the US Constitution also provides a less well known Amendment, the 25th Amendment, and the purpose of the 25th appears to be for replacing a President or Commander in Chief who is found to be unable, or himself advises the public as to being unable, to do either of his jobs, or who is otherwise incapacited.
In America office titles such as "emperor" and "ceasar" are patently offensive to our form of government. Americans do not want nor do we need any sort of emperor. Americans also do not want anybody adding, of all outlandish things, some kind of Russian Ceasar to our American government. Americans are not pleased with the bad advice by Commander in Chief Bush to add a Tsar or Czar to our government.
In America we want, and have, a Commander in Chief, whose job is to command our Army and Navy whereever they are sent, and we are not about to change our Constitution. Bush must be compelled to stay within our Constitution whatever the reason.
In America, I don't think we need to purchase the services of an additional, second Commander in Chief and his associated department and taxpayer funding regardless of the title. Besides, the constitution, and over 200 years of tradition, if not our trillions of dollars of current debt, allows no place for a second Commander in Chief.
America's money is limited and is desperately needed to fund our remaining military in Iraq and Afghanistan while they are still there, and should not be diverted toward funding the creation of some additional, duplicative, unconstitutional, and poorly named office and department in the executive branch in Washington.
Now that Commander in Chief Bush has motioned for his own replacement, I think it behooves Americans to put consideration to honoring his motion for his replacement. It is time for the citizens and Congress to earnestly continue a discussion which our president has begun.
However, if Americans are to replace Commander in Chief Bush with another Commander in Chief, we should do so within the laws of the land already provided by our Constitution in Article II and the 25th Amendment, and we should use the mechanisms that the Constitution already provides.
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