Which American President has done the most damage to US national security?

Ok, Bush followed US Policy toward Iraq which called for regime-change. The US Congress is the only branch that can authorize war. What facts am I incorrect about? I'm not saying that decapitating Saddam (literally) was the best choice simply stating that as members of the Armed Forces, we swore to follow the orders of the President.

COL (Join to see) - You must be confusing who is asserting what. I didn't say that you were incorrect; you said that I was incorrect. Nothing that I wrote was "factually incorrect".

Bush did follow US policy, but the President set that policy. So, he was just following his own lead. And, Congress did authorize war, but they did so through a joint resolution that was primarily supported by the now debunked assertion that Saddam Hussein was developing nuclear weapons (which subsequently morphed into a broader "WMD" argument when no evidence of nuclear weapons was found). Finally, nobody said that the military should have disobeyed the CinC. I simply wrote that, in my opinion, George W. Bush is the President who has done the most damage to US foreign policy.

Ok...

Careful how we judge. We are humans and are prone to make mistakes. To pass judgement is to collect all the facts first. Then evaluations of those facts must be done with caution. Because once you've past judgement, retraction isn't as easy. Respectfully

Dude, the President doesn't have the power to declare war. If you want to lay blame, how about putting on the US Congress for following though on the national strategy of regime change in Iraq as espoused and signed into law by Bill Clinton.

Given the new contender in the race since this was originally posted, I'd probably change my answer.

However, the you are right, the President doesn't have the power to "declare" war. Congress does. In regards to Iraq, I blame Bush for driving us that conflict and Congress for failing to stop him.