2007-01-20 12:14:17 · 13 answers · asked by preston p 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Most certainly, the President is the "Commander in Chief" of the armed forces -- he's the one the generals (and admirals) take orders from. It would be unusal for a President to give an order to the General's men directly, typically he follows the chain of command by giving the order to the General to get such and such done and leaving the details of how up to the General. However if he did give the order to the General's soldiers directly they would be obligated to follow it.
2007-01-20 12:23:49 · answer #1 · answered by b_plenge 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The President is the "Supreme Commander in Chief of all the Armed Forces".
A 4 Star General is just one of the many members of the armed forces.
The President can tell him what to do and can also fire him.
The president is his absolute boss.
2007-01-20 20:31:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. You have heard the term "commander in chief". That is the presidents military title. He can boss anyone in the military. This is good because no one wants the military to run the country. It can be bad if we have a bad president as we do now. Then he can transfer the generals who do not agree with him and put "yes" men in their place to do his bidding.
2007-01-20 20:19:25 · answer #3 · answered by ignoramus 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The president is the commander in chief...He is the boss of all generals.
2007-01-20 20:22:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, of course. The President is the highest ranking officer in the U.S.!
2007-01-20 20:49:46 · answer #5 · answered by Xenia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, as commander-in-chief he can. That does not mean what he orders is smart or wise. Our current commander-in-thief has intentionally pushed out those who disagree with him.
2007-01-20 20:19:55 · answer #6 · answered by kennethmattos 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The commander and chief outranks anyone. Of course.
2007-01-20 20:21:05 · answer #7 · answered by JAMI E 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Commander in Chief has higher rank, yes.
I guess this may make him the decider, if you will.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/18/rumsfeld/index.html
2007-01-20 20:20:05 · answer #8 · answered by Garret Tripp 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, he can and he can fire them because he is commander of chief of the armies
2007-01-20 20:36:41 · answer #9 · answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2007-01-20 20:17:48 · answer #10 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋