Defiling the Memory of President Eisenhower

“On a Tuesday night, 52 years ago. President Dwight D. Eisenhower appeared on TV sets across America. Three days later, he would leave the Oval Office to John F. Kennedy. It all happened very fast. No one was prepared for the grim prophecy Eisenhower would tell that night in his farewell address.  In 1961, the words ‘military-industrial complex’ probably sounded nuts. But writing in 2013, I can say with confidence that an alert and knowledgeable citizenry is far more absurd. Back when Ike made his address, defense spending was about $350 billion in today’s dollars. Today, it’s over half a trillion dollars.  What would Eisenhower say today? Probably, ‘I told you so you, idiots!'”

http://dailyreckoning.com/defiling-the-memory-of-president-eisenhower/

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