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To: Travis McGee
Beware the military industrial complex


10 posted on 10/19/2019 6:11:01 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Vaquero

Originally it was to be the military industrial Congressional complex but a staffer had Ike shorten the phrase.

Pity, the original was more nuanced and accurate.


11 posted on 10/19/2019 6:22:35 AM PDT by skepsel (I miss William F. Buckley and the old Firing Line)
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https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/farewell-radio-and-television-address-the-american-people

...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...


28 posted on 10/19/2019 7:13:46 AM PDT by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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