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In response to
"Int'l Relations are also influenced by Corporations...."
by
budice
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"We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex"
Posted by
Trish (aka trisha)
Oct 8 '11, 09:44
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"The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals so that security and liberty may prosper together."
--President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Farewell Speech, 01/17/1961
Clearly, we didn't pay attention to what he was saying,
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