"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."
Eisenhower was one smart cookie.
Check out this article about upcoming spending projects for the Pentagon. Note how much the Navy is getting.
I mean, do we REALLY need another aircraft carrier? The US Navy has more Supercarriers than every other nation combined. As a matter of fact, we are the ONLY navy to have ANY supercarriers. We have 7, not including this new one. The British and French are planning to build 1 a piece. I think the Russians were gona build one, but then the Cold War ended and they gave up.
And Destroyers!?!?! $3.2 Bn on Destroyers? Didn't those go obsolete in WW2?
This is why the US government is so deeply in debt? I mean, is this really worth it? Why are we still preping for a brawl with the Soviets? Am I missing something?
Shoutout to the Democracy In America Blog over at the Economist for the Heads Up
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