Eisenhower Farewell Address (Best Quality) - 'Military Industrial Complex' WARNING

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scrlk · 2023-05 · Recommendation

To add to the Eisenhower quote - I highly recommend watching his 1961 Farewell Address, where the term "military–industrial complex" was first used: [VIDEO]

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maxharris · 2020-10 · Recommendation

Has he done anything to raise the ire of the American intelligence services? The agencies that gave us [LINK] and the like still exist. Google is not ultimately in control over matters like that. Getting information on this stuff is difficult, given the blank check the NSA has had from 1959 onwards: [LINK] Eisenhower's 1961 Farewell Address is misinterpreted by many and totally forgotten by others. Please listen: [VIDEO]

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pgrote · 2019-05 · Reference

Once I realized that the United States has to involve itself in armed conflicts on a regular basis, it was eye opening. The United States spends more money on the military than any other country. You have to take the military out to stretch its legs every decade or so. If not to prepare for war, but to keep feeding the military expenditure process. President Eisenhower's farewell address concerning the military industrial complex nailed the course for the United States since concerning conflicts. [VIDEO]

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