Eisenhower Warns of the “Military Industrial Complex”
Posted on November 2nd, 2007 by Kemp
This is a great video worthy of view by anybody, at any point in history, anywhere.
Filed under: Politics
This is a great video worthy of view by anybody, at any point in history, anywhere.
Filed under: Politics
I am a 2 tour Vietnam Veteran who recently retired after 36 years of working in the Defense Industrial Complex on many of the weapons systems being used by our forces as we speak. I believed another Vietnam could be avoided with defined missions and the best armaments in the world.
It made no difference.
We have bought into the Military Industrial Complex (MIC). If you would like to read how this happens please see:
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/03/spyagency200703
Through a combination of public apathy and threats by the MIC we have let the SYSTEM get too large. It is now a SYSTEMIC problem and the SYSTEM is out of control. Government and industry are merging and that is very dangerous.
There is no conspiracy. The SYSTEM has gotten so big that those who make it up and run it day to day in industry and government simply are perpetuating their existance.
The politicians rely on them for details and recommendations because they cannot possibly grasp the nuances of the environment and the BIG SYSTEM.
So, the system has to go bust and then be re-scaled, fixed and re-designed to run efficiently and prudently, just like any other big machine that runs poorly or becomes obsolete or dangerous.
This situation will right itself through trauma. I see a government ENRON on the horizon, with an associated house cleaning.
The next president will come and go along with his appointees and politicos. The event to watch is the collapse of the MIC.
For more details see:
http://rosecoveredglasses.blogspot.com/2006/11/odyssey-of-armaments.html
Great comment. I really appreciate it. I’ll definitely check out those links.
MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Yet I will not regret
The passing of
A way of life. Suns set,
But late above,
And it was all foretold
By Eisenhower–
The Complex takes its hold
And that is power.
Yet to all things, even
Industrial might,
The greatest pride turns craven
Bowed with fright.
To military prowess
Bid adieu,
For it, as blossomed flowers
Be blown, to strew.
The petals of regret
Will touch not me,
For I am not dead yet
And happy be.
Tomorrow comes anon
The bitter frost,
But that too was foregone
Conclusion´s cost.
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