Letter: President commands forces, not populace
President Barack Obama boards Air Force One in Nashville, Tennessee, on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014, after speaking there about his executive actions on immigration. Credit: AP / Jacquelyn Martin
Too frequently people refer to the president as "my" or "our" commander in chief ["Hawks should think about lives risked," Letters, Feb. 25].
The Constitution makes the president commander in chief of the armed forces, not of the civilian population. That would be a military dictatorship.
This is a potentially dangerous misapprehension.
Albert Savoy, Huntington
