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LastDemocratInSC

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3. The original drafts referred to the Military-Industrial-Congressional complex

Wed Sep 4, 2013, 01:24 PM

Sep 2013

The original drafts of Eisenhower's speech referred to the Military-Industrial-Congressional complex but the reference to Congress was removed before the speech was delivered because Eisenhower felt that including the term amounted to an attack by one part of the goverrnment (the President) on another (the Congress).

Eisenhower felt that inclusion of the term would detract from his larger message but he understood very well how the Military-Industrial complex was funded and how that resulted in corruption of the People's business.

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Dwight Eisenhower Warned Us About The Takeover Of The Military Industrial Complex Decades Ago [View all] Initech Sep 2013 OP

They already know it. They approve leftstreet Sep 2013 #1

No kidding. virgogal Sep 2013 #2

The original drafts referred to the Military-Industrial-Congressional complex LastDemocratInSC Sep 2013 #3

I think it was the right move LearningCurve Sep 2013 #12

It was a very honest, and complex message markiv Sep 2013 #4

President Kennedy told them who was boss. Octafish Sep 2013 #5

OMG, I remember those comments from Dana Parino! Initech Sep 2013 #7

FOX n Roger Ailes, BFEE. Octafish Sep 2013 #8

I was but a child then avaistheone1 Sep 2013 #9

Defund the DoD. n/t PowerToThePeople Sep 2013 #6

I absolutely hate this speech. Javaman Sep 2013 #10

Profited? Supersedeas Sep 2013 #13

do you thinks an ex-general in charge of the allied forces in Europe in WWII then prez of the Javaman Sep 2013 #14

And George Washington warned us almost 200 years before that. n/t Egalitarian Thug Sep 2013 #11