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Originally Posted by C-D-P
The constitution does not need to say that it is allowed. The president has all the authority he needs to use the armed forces as he sees fit to best protect the nation. As seen in the link I already provided.
Let’s think of this in very simple terms. Can the battalion commander use his battalion to accomplish a mission set for him? Yes he can.
The president is the Commander in Chief. His mission is to see that the nation, her people, and her interests are protected.
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It isn't an assumed power. It isn't something the President can just "do". Unless of course, the Constitution was amended.
If you are sending United States troops to another nation and those US troops are killing another nation's troops, unless there was a declaration of war from our nation, that would be illegal.