I love America (maybe less now than in 2023, but still), but one of our great failings has been to ignore Eisenhower when he warned America about the military industrial complex. Most of my generation blames American imperialism on Big Oil, but I think the real roots lie in the MIC.
And ignored Carter when he said we need to turn the heat down and put on sweaters otherwise we will have to make allies with nations that aren’t democratic. Just before he became VP Dick Cheney gave a speech to Halliburton execs saying essentially Caryer was right and now we have to back despots.
Smuggled? The DEA was shipping them direct at one point.
For the curious.
Not literally shipping them, but setting up a sting that never stung. Ironically to stop the flow of illegal guns.
What a quaint scandal compared to what we see on an hourly basis these days.
I love America (maybe less now than in 2023, but still), but one of our great failings has been to ignore Eisenhower when he warned America about the military industrial complex. Most of my generation blames American imperialism on Big Oil, but I think the real roots lie in the MIC.
And ignored Carter when he said we need to turn the heat down and put on sweaters otherwise we will have to make allies with nations that aren’t democratic. Just before he became VP Dick Cheney gave a speech to Halliburton execs saying essentially Caryer was right and now we have to back despots.