from Dissident Voice by Adnan Al-Daini U.S President Dwight D. Eisenhower on January 17, 1961
warned us about the military-industrial complex with these words:
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.
Fifty years later, these words have more resonance in today’s world than at any time since. We now have the security-industrial complex to add to the military-industrial complex.
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