War as an Election Issue
by Richard von Fuchs
Price: $2.00 USD. 36950 words.
Published on January 14, 2010. .
In 1964, President Johnson promised the electorate that he would not go to war; then shortly after his re-election he vigorously escalated the modest American effort in Vietnam into a major war. Do the voters in a democracy make significant policy decisions. Presdient Bush
invaded Iraq without the electorate's approval.