Congress is only obligated to send the Army and the Navy… ?

Question

…Why then are “they” letting “him” hold them hostage under the name of “Patriotism?

Congress could pull both the Marines and the Air Force and be “respectfully” within “their” constitutional boundaries.

Executive Privilege… Executive Privilege…!

You are right… Executive Privilege has absolutely nothing at all to do with “Patriotism” or our Constitution.

Answer 1

You really need to rephrase this question so it is coherent. In any case the President is the commander in chief of all military forces. Many conflicts are fought or engaged in without explicit congressional approval because it is not required.

Only Congress can declare war. A declared War implies a level of National Commitment on the order of the Second World War. Declared wars formally anounce the intent of one nation to defeat another nation, and in American common law directs all National resources to be used to this aim. There have only ever been 4 declared Wars in American history, those being, Civil War, Spanish-American War, WW1, and WW2.

Congress can cut funding to the military, but the President can still use our military forces at his sole discretion up to the point that their funds are used up. That's what all these supplemental appropriation bills are about, and the means in which Congress is trying to force America to lose this war/conflict.

Executive priviledge is a completely different thing. In a nut shell it's the Presidential equivalent of Doctor-patient, or attorney-client priviledge. Now that's really a general simplification but it's about the same concept. It has nothing to do with military action. I'd suggest you actually study our laws, and learn what applies to what.

ADD ON

The guys above are right on the money. One thing though is that the Air Force is now truly seperate from other military branches. It was formally seperated and created as it's own service in 1953,(give or take a year). That was done when ICBM, and the Strategic Air Command were brought online. That made it clear to the Military and political leaders that it was a truly new and unique type of service than the previous, Army Air Force was.

Answer 2

Article One of the Costitution assigns the job of both creating and funding the Army and Navy to the Congress. And they could disestablish any branch. The Marines were disbanded after the war for American Independence. So was our Navy.
But, once those branches are established and funded, their ultimate commander is the President, as set forth in Article Two of the Constitution.
So, if Congress wants to end funding of any of the branches, they are free to do so. But, if the President vetoes such a measure then the Congress has to pass that measure again, the objections of the President notwithstanding. The problem is that the majority party in the Congress doesn't have the votes to do either ad executive privilege has nothing to do with it.

Answer 3

There really are only two branches of the Military the Army and the Navy the Air force falls under the command of the Army and the Marines falls under the command of the Navy.

Bush can fight his war as long as he wants but the money for his fight must be approved by congress with a two thirds (VETO PROOF) vote can cut off the money, but bush can still fight his war. Congress can also stop all wages to the executive branch and that only needs a majority vote and it is veto proof.

Answer 4

The Marines, & Coast Guard are Sub Branches of the U.S. Navy. The USAF is a Sub Branch of the U.S. Army.

Maybe you should read an educational book on the U.S. Military.