Congress created the Continental Army on June 14, 1775, and Samuel and John Adams nominated Washington to become its commander-in-chief. Washington was chosen over John Hancock because of his military experience and the belief that a Virginian would better unite the colonies.
It really all comes down to money.
The perfect illustrative example of this would be the Department of Education. States have the power to enact their own education policies and nowhere is education laid out as a federal duty. And yet, a Federal department exists.
They enter by setting policies and giving enough money to the States to follow the federal policies.
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The mujahedeen were trying to overthrow the communists
For the American Government to fight the spread of communism they had a history of f funding and supplying resistance groups and other organizations in foreign countries
(I don't understand why it was deleted, clearly people that read this or are the ones to control act like kids)
