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"I remember being very surprized to see the US could so easily start a war against another country with a majority of congressmen approving it without waiting for the smoking gun proof there are WMD's.... I doubt very much another democracy could do that."

And therein lies one of America's greatest aspect. Roosevelt our president did not wait to get as involved [and acted as much he thought Congress would allow him to get involved] in WWII. Therefore, as result Europe is not ruled by Hilter or his successors.
And the US acted in time in regards to the Korea conflict- thereby giving at least some Koreas their freedom.
And without having a President with the powers he/she has it is unlikely that the US could have stood against Soviet aggression, maintained a world which has hundreds of democracies, and the high level in general terms of global freedom.

Or in other words, without the US president, we would not have a dozen aircraft carriers maintaining global peace. And without this, some other power would have to fill this vacuum- or live without the current relatively safe international shipping trade.

The EU if it had any sense would set up a system similar at least in function to the US system of controlling military power.

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