In article II, section 2. of the United States’ Constitution, provisions were made for the President of the United States to be Commander in Chief. The text of the Constitution states:

Section 2. The President shall be commander in chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the militia of the several states, when called into the actual service of the United States;…

Richard Nixon, stretched this title to its very limits and beyond. Under the umbrella of the title of Commander in Chief, he deceived the citizens of the United States during the Vietnam War.  While the public thought that the United States’ participation in the Vietnam War was diminishing and American troops were coming home, Nixon was…