Comments on: War and liberty http://trueslant.com/erikkain/2009/11/25/war-and-liberty/ Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:08:46 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: fleetlee http://trueslant.com/erikkain/2009/11/25/war-and-liberty/comment-page-1/#comment-325 fleetlee Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:15:15 +0000 http://trueslant.com/erikkain/?p=686#comment-325 Meet the new Boss, same as the old Boss. I think Obama has bought into this continual war, you mention, and future historians will look back at another "Vietnam" lost era for America. Meet the new Boss, same as the old Boss. I think Obama has bought into this continual war, you mention, and future historians will look back at another “Vietnam” lost era for America.

]]> By: misterb http://trueslant.com/erikkain/2009/11/25/war-and-liberty/comment-page-1/#comment-321 misterb Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:04:25 +0000 http://trueslant.com/erikkain/?p=686#comment-321 "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. " "I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it. " "In most communities it is illegal to cry "fire" in a crowded assembly. Should it not be considered serious international misconduct to manufacture a general war scare in an effort to achieve local political aims? " "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." Dwight D Eishenhower As you can see, Dwight Eisenhower was quite forthright about warning of the dangers of neo-conservatism even before the oxymoron was coined. Too bad nobody listened. “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. ”
“I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it. ”
“In most communities it is illegal to cry “fire” in a crowded assembly. Should it not be considered serious international misconduct to manufacture a general war scare in an effort to achieve local political aims? ”
“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.”
Dwight D Eishenhower

As you can see, Dwight Eisenhower was quite forthright about warning of the dangers of neo-conservatism even before the oxymoron was coined. Too bad nobody listened.

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