Words From President Dwight D. Eisenhower which Raise Many Questions About America in the 21st Century
Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart When President Dwight D. Eisenhower left office in 1961, he made an address to the American people. The most significant issue from one of the architects who organized and planned the events known as “D-Day,” involved the growth of the “military industrial complex in America. His warning may have been a prophecy about every military conflict in which the United States was involved since WWII: each of which resulted in the surrender of America’s military. The often-repeated phrase, “war is good business” is involved in his admonition. The following are excerpts from President Eisenhower’s final speech to the American people, prior to John F. Kennedy’s inauguration. “Our military organization today bears little relation to that known by any of my predecessors in peacetime.” The second: “This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence — economic, political, even spiritua