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Eisenhower waited until the very last days of his office to say something about it. He took no actions. He also neutered his speech by rewriting "congressional military industrial complex" to "military industrial complex". Yes, I appreciate he said something at all, but he could have done much much more.

It reminds me of employees at Facebook leaving saying its so unethical what the company is doing, after having received massive pay for years.

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If anyone could have killed the demon, surely it would have been a reelected president and 5-star "General of the Army". (It's not as though Truman the haberdasher would have had that sort of clout!) But that would have required years of work, and he was more interested in British Petroleum's plans for Iran.

He may have been thinking of his son John's safety and career in the military (somehow John became a general). If they can't get to you any other way, they can always put the screws to your kids. Look at how many presidential (and presidential candidate) children have been awarded bullshit media jobs for which they have no qualifications or aptitude.

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