In a republic, the president is almost always a ceremonial figure head with the real decision making done at prime ministerial/parliamentary level. So for the armed forces to swear allegiance to president isnt a problem really.JimmyDee wrote: ↑Fri Mar 26, 2021 12:48 pmAgreed, but for different reasons.
Our armed forces and our judges swear allegiance to a powerless, unelected, person. A BAD thing, you may think, but consider the alternative ...
The army having to swear allegiance to a here-today-gone-tomorrow politician with an agenda.
Yet another fucking election, with approximately half the electorate able to claim that the winner is "Not My President".
An elected President, almost by definition an ex-politician, would want to accumulate power, and battle with Parliament over who rules whom.
Fuck's sake! I'd rather have a King Bobo The Simple-Minded than President Blair or President Cameron.
And even when the president is the power i.e in the USA the allegiance is made to the office he holds. So not a problem either.