In this video from 1961, President Dwight Eisenhower explained the grave implications of the existence of the military industrial complex. In my opinion, he was spot on in this speech (which was his exit speech from the presidency ... sense of national priorities for decades: Related posts:On the U.S. Military Industrial ComplexThe insanity of Bush’s 2007 budget ...

... the Cold War and its underfunded defense budgets are undermining shared security goals." Or maybe they realize that the military industrial complex owns the U.S. government and we will always be on the hook for a huge, bloated military and the European governments would prefer to have, I dunno, a higher standard of living?

Sound familiar? A few posts prior, I posted  a farwell speech from 1961:  ”Military-Industrial Complex Speech, Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961″ It is 2010 and we are STILL being warned!!! 0-0-0-0-0-0 Book: Bomb Power: The Modern Presidency and the National Security State ( ...

Pentagon Report Hints at Future of Military-Industrial Complex BNET One goal is to ensure that “rapid evolution of commercial technology” will be fitted into defense systems and plans. Of course, none of this is new. … Original Post By Google News Click Here For The Entire Article

... it installed embedded journalists, and even created it’s own movie production team. They were involved in creating the scene for the fallen state of Saddam in 2003. The MSM took these military approved tapes and ran them. It was only online that the story was debunked and aerial photos were shown exposing the lies. War coverage from within the borders is no better, as the talking heads ...

“Make no mistake, the military industrial complex now has its eye on the internet. Generals want to train crack squads ... cyberwarfare. Never shy of extending its power, the military industrial complex wants to turn the internet into yet another venue for an arms ... campaign on the American people to make that so. The military industrial complex is backed by sensationalism, and a gullible and pageview ...

Reposting here a comment I made on Michelle Malkin’s site in her post “The global warming scandal of the century deepens”… On February 16th, 2010 at 11:32 am, ITookTheRedPill said:    On February 15th, 2010 at 11:59 pm, Republicanvet said: Science has morphed into researching what those controlling the grant purse strings want, and concluding what is necessary

... for - Aggravated assault by the North Vietnamese and the rest is history. Three years. It only took three years of an itchy trigger finger and the promise of large oil sales to the military to discard the warnings of President Eisenhower. 30-year Anniversary: Tonkin Gulf Lie Launched Vietnam War (click title to entry - thank you) By Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon Thirty years ...

"In late August, Maryland's Joppatowne High School became the first school in the country dedicated to churning out would-be Jack Bauers. The 75 students in the Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness magnet program will study cybersecurity and geospatial intelligence, respond to mock terror attacks, and receive limited security clearances at the nearby Army chemical warfare lab. ...

The American government has no comment, either about the alleged clandestine detention or the missing children Related posts:The Military-Industrial Complex is Ruining the Economy Military Industrial Complex 2.0 The Military-Industrial Complex: It’s Much Later Than You Think

The Terror-Industrial Complex The conviction of the Pakistani neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui in New York last week of trying to kill American military officers and FBI agents illustrates that the greatest danger to our ... neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui in New York last week of trying to kill American military officers and FBI agents illustrates that the greatest danger to ...

... it’s not easy to figure out how to look at it. Here’s a weak start: This is the overall military budget somewhat broken down. The increase in the War years sure isn’t ... crazy bump in the 80’s was Reagan feeding the Military-Industrial Complex… UPDATE: How about this? Contractors’ Support of U.S. Operations in Iraq, 2008, Congressional Budget Office. The cost ...

Amid all the worries about the Mistral sale (now four, and with a gas deal thrown in) it is worth bearing in mind how weak the Russian military actually is. This presentation of the impending collapse of the "wpk" (military-industrial complex) by Julian Cooper is well worth reading. So is this NATO war college analysis by Keir Giles of Russia's new military doctrine.

... -driven, and crudely political. While this might not have mattered when the U.S. was the industrial king of the global mountain, it was now time to get our act ... political power of the strongest American unions. The industrial-policy debate consummated the marriage of Wall ... redirect the technological resources and talents of the military-industrial complex to work on such civilian projects as medical ...

... Smith, a Defense Department spokeswoman. There's no question that folks in the military-industrial complex (meant unironically) need to be at the table, as they bring an absolutely valid and important perspective to anything having to do with the future of military spending. At the same time, given the historic amounts of waste, fraud, and deception ...