Posted on 05/20/2023 7:42:04 AM PDT by Its All Over Except ...
Recall Eisenhower’s comments about the military-industrial complex contained in his farewell address:
“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.”
Second Congo war. Never even heard of it. Amazing...
More then that died in Europe in the first year after ww2. Disease, starvation, displaced people camps, revenge killings, mass deportations.
We think ww2 was a good war because we did not see our cities leveled, our people murdered by our government and our citizens killed by our enemies, our lands invaded.
I just finished teaching Russian Civil War and taking a Great Courses class (16 30min videos plus class discussion) on the history of Eastern Europe. Changed my outlook on all
US foreign policy since 1944.
was the Kosovo war pre-911? Like 98 to 99.
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