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Small point of order here....in the US Military, we swear to support and defend the Constitution and that we will bear true faith and allegiance to it.....we also swear to obey the orders of the President and the officers appointed over us. Within the Constitution, the President is designated the Commander-in-Chief of the military. The office is filled by an elected natural born citizen....which by definition would be a politician. The powers of the government comes from the people as set forth by the Constitution.....the Constitution limits the power of the government not the people. It used to required for the Congress to authorize war but over time those powers have been delegated to the President with limitations by the War Powers Act. Congress cannot veto the President's use of military force but has the power to cut off funding for it....ala Vietnam years ago.