US military industrial complex...
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A statist "friend" claims the lefties are the only ones who bring up Ike's warnings. It is truly sad how he defends the size and motives of gummint and sees not the shredding of our Constitution and the demise of freedom.
"Critics of the US war machine frequently cite US President Dwight Eisenhower's seminal speech in which he uncannily predicted the threat the 'US military industrial complex' would pose to America and the world. In 1961, Eisenhower, a retired US Army general who led the allied invasion of Germany in WWII, uttered these prescient words:Alas, the social democrats (neo-Marxists) have insured the citizenry is not knowledgeable--of the truth--and alert only to what gummint can do for them.'...In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together...'
If only the citizenry had listened.
A statist "friend" claims the lefties are the only ones who bring up Ike's warnings. It is truly sad how he defends the size and motives of gummint and sees not the shredding of our Constitution and the demise of freedom.
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