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Thank you for sharing this beautiful quote.

• mr_overalls 8y ago
  No problem. I've always found it fascinating that a military general turned President warned us so strongly against the dangers of the military-industrial complex.
  • jessaustin 8y ago
    I think Eisenhower gets too much credit here. If anyone was ever well-placed to prevent the rise of MIC, it was a five-star general two-term president who just happened to be president exactly when MIC was consolidating its Korean War gains. Ike was like "holy crap this horrible thing happened on my watch but I had no idea!" The most charitable interpretation is that he acquiesced in the burgeoning abomination to protect his son's military career.