Wha? George Walker Bush's mission
has been accomplished. Corporate America is happy as any defense contractor on the planet! After all, isn't that what war is all about? Economics? Money? And how to make it and more of it too? Who cares about lives? Are their kids going to war? Are you kidding? Hand out another multi-million dollar check, will ya?
Didn't Eisenhower warn us about all of this?
"A vital element in keeping the peace is our military establishment. Our arms must be mighty, ready for instant action, so that no potential aggressor may be tempted to risk his own destruction . . .
This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence — economic, political, even spiritual — is felt in every city, every statehouse, every office of the federal government. We recognize the imperative need for this development. Yet we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications. Our toil, resources and livelihood are all involved; so is the very structure of our society.
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."
-- President (and former General of the Army) Dwight David Eisenhower's Farewell Address to the Nation on January 17, 1961.
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