Oh yeah, the military-industrial complex has been an issue since Eisenhower’s warning was ignored on his way out. Then again, he could have done something more about it while in office.
JFK had a speech about it and wanted to curtail it before getting assassinated.
There’s a pretty good book called “Playing With Fire” about the politics of the late 60s and the events of the time. I had to stop reading it, it’s too sad. Bobby Kennedy talking to the crowd after MLK was shot, not knowing that he was going to be dead the same way a short time later, just fucked me up, I put it down.
It was an issue during his presidency, when he actively participated in (at the time) the largest expansion of our nuclear arsenal in history. Eisenhower. like all American presidents, was a hypocrite.
Oh yeah, the military-industrial complex has been an issue since Eisenhower’s warning was ignored on his way out. Then again, he could have done something more about it while in office. JFK had a speech about it and wanted to curtail it before getting assassinated.
I 100% believe that JFK was killed because he was serious about trying to bring some humanity to the US government.
Also why Bobby never achieved the presidency, and he had the balls to tell the rich he was going to tax them to pay for a better social safety net.
There’s a pretty good book called “Playing With Fire” about the politics of the late 60s and the events of the time. I had to stop reading it, it’s too sad. Bobby Kennedy talking to the crowd after MLK was shot, not knowing that he was going to be dead the same way a short time later, just fucked me up, I put it down.
Absolutely. The wealthy in the USA fail to be able to see a profit margin from empathy or humane policy.
It was an issue during his presidency, when he actively participated in (at the time) the largest expansion of our nuclear arsenal in history. Eisenhower. like all American presidents, was a hypocrite.