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FlaGatorJD

(364 posts) Tue Apr 17, 2012, 10:24 PM Apr 2012

Why the hell didn't anyone heed Eisenhower's warning about the Military Industrial Complex? [View all]

Just over 50 years ago, in his Presidential farewell speech, Dwight D. Eisenhower warned us about the potential for the Military Industrial Complex to harm our democracy.

With the military budget now flirting with the trillion dollar mark, it just seems somewhere down the line since 1961, someone could have used this to curb the insanity.

You would think they would have listened to the General who won WWII, right?
It's not like he was a left-leaning peacenik like me

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Why the hell didn't anyone heed Eisenhower's warning about the Military Industrial Complex? [View all] FlaGatorJD Apr 2012 OP

politicians are "paid" to promote and increase the power of the MIC. end of discussion nt msongs Apr 2012 #1

Money elleng Apr 2012 #2

BINGO! newfie11 Apr 2012 #10

Somebody did guitar man Apr 2012 #3

JFK RobertEarl Apr 2012 #5

I agree. JFK was assassinated for his efforts at world peace... Peace Patriot Apr 2012 #7

Like most JFK conspiracy theorists, you fail to link any of this to the actual assassination RZM Apr 2012 #9

If you haven't read the Douglass book, which documents hifiguy Apr 2012 #17

James Douglass does all the linking necessary in his exhaustively researched book. Peace Patriot Apr 2012 #22

I'll admit it does look like a book worth checking out RZM Apr 2012 #23

This is pretty nonsensical and bears no relation whatever to the historical JFK Spider Jerusalem Apr 2012 #21

You have it in one. hifiguy Apr 2012 #16

GREED...comes to mind. Historic NY Apr 2012 #4

Why in the world do we have almost 3 million active and reserve troops. Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2012 #6

Hard to teach a politician when a politician's cash depends on him not learning anything. Selatius Apr 2012 #8

I also believe that ending private campaign money is necessary to make any considerable changes FlaGatorJD Apr 2012 #14

Because we don't learn from the past. cali Apr 2012 #11

The corporatocracy didn't see it as a warning - they saw it as a business opportunity. baldguy Apr 2012 #12

The warning was probably a few decades too late to heed The2ndWheel Apr 2012 #13

Warmongers make mo money. lonestarnot Apr 2012 #15

Couldn't have said it any better than that FlaGatorJD Apr 2012 #18

'Cuz: $ $ $. Arugula Latte Apr 2012 #19

Ike would be considered too liberal Golden Raisin Apr 2012 #20

What about Eisenhower's own involvement with the coups in Guatemala and Iran? DutchLiberal Apr 2012 #24

Sadly, It's Quite the Opposite smoking357 Apr 2012 #25

Bingo! marble falls Feb 2015 #27

Military Industrial Complex 1maddd2mackxxx Feb 2015 #26