Yes that’s one of his roles, but not his only role. The way some people talk you would think that’s all he does. The British don’t go around calling the Queen “Commandant-in-Chief” all the time (yes that is part of her title). People don’t generally go around referring to State Governors as Commander in Chief of the State National Guard. Well except for Conservapedia which always insisted on referring to Sarah Palin as Commander-in-Chief of the Alaska National Guard.
Fuck militarism.
I don’t think this is about militarism so much as leadership. When people say Commander-in-Chief, I think they’re stressing the point that the president is supposed to be in charge of things at all times. It could also be a kind of pejorative term, a criticism of Obama’s “lead from behind” (which wasn’t meant to be a negative phrase until the Republicans ran with it) policies.
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It could also just be synedoche. Monarchs and certain governments (like those of Commonwealth countries) can be referred...
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authenticiouslycounterfeit reblogged this from theworldisconfused and added:
I don’t think this is about militarism so much as leadership. When...say...
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