Eisenhower warned us “We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial-complex.”
For a very long time, the United States has been a nation at war. Experts have warned us of the dangers this could pose, but regardless, the United States continues to involve itself in many foreign entanglements.
The United States spends more on its military budget than the next ten biggest spenders worldwide combined.
The United States has no place intervening in the affairs of other countries. These wars are costly and ineffective. They are also built primarily on lies.
After 9/11, the government preyed on its citizens’ fears, they convinced them that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, and, as such, was a threat to the United States’ security. They didn’t, and they weren’t.
The military-industrial complex also practices extreme disregard for human life. They have slaughtered hundreds of thousands in the Middle East, in addition to sending individuals in the American military off to these wars, some of whom never return. In addition, the arming of Israel and Saudi Arabia is immoral in its disregard for the lives taken by those governments; over 17,000 Yemeni people were killed in bombings, while thousands more have starved to death.
It is no help to the matter that, in Washington, DC, there is bipartisan support for the military-industrial complex among our politicians. Inversely, however, we have seen anti-war bipartisanship.
Some of the staunchest critics of the military-industrial complex in Congress in recent years have been Republicans Ron Paul and Justin Amash, as well as Democrats Dennis Kucinich and Mike Gravel, all of whom are now retired. But there is still hope for a bipartisan opposition to the military-industrial complex, as currently seated Democrat Senator Ro Khanna and Republicans Rand Paul and Thomas Massie have had similar criticisms of war.
The Tiger Times 
Posted on June 30, 2023 by thetigertimes
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