The Madness of Militarism
Many are familiar with Eisenhower’s 1961 warning of “the military industrial complex.” Veteran CIA analyst Ray McGovern has expanded on Ike’s phrase. He coined the term MICIMATT, the Military-Industrial-Congressional-Intelligence-Media-Academia-Think Tank complex. How does it work? The notorious revolving door syndrome links the Pentagon to the arms manufacturers to Congress. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is a perfect example. Before being appointed by Biden he was on the board of Raytheon, a giant weapons corporation. Corporations bankroll politicians of both parties who then OK arms purchases. There’s tons of money to be made in cost overruns and repairing defective equipment. Just look at Zumwalt destroyers or the F-35. What boondoggles! Military madness continues apace.
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Norman Solomon
Norman Solomon is a political commentator and media critic. The National Council of Teachers of English honored him with the George Orwell Award for Distinguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public Language. He is the executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy and co-founder of RootsAction.org, an online activist group. He is the author of many books including Target Iraq, War Made Easy, Made Love, Got War and his latest is, War Made Invisible.
Ike –
Really great information, and depressing as well. Good to know there are people putting out the message.
Nev –
More people need to hear this!
Elan –
This is a devastating program: even among other excellent news programs, it stands out. It portrays a morally bankrupt country, living in its own dream world — thinking it is the shining White Knight. Norman’s lecture leaves me feeling that in many ways, we deserve the crisis that we are in. Beginning with the indigenous People, destroying their bounty, then living off the sweat of enslaved Africans, and now committing untold atrocities in the name of Democracy and Justice across the world — when are we going to wake up?
A fundamental change will have to take place in our values if we are going to survive much longer.
Gift –
Da truth revealed
I don’t use the term ‘People of Color, though.