USA:n presidentit varoittaa, virkkari ei usko

Presidentti Eisenhower varoitti vuonna -61 _jäähyväispuheessaan_ kansalaisia sotateollisuuskompleksin liian suureksi kasvavasta vallasta:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y06NSBBRtY

"This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence -- economic, political, even spiritual -- is felt in every city, every State house, every office of the Federal government. We recognize the imperative need for this development. Yet we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications. Our toil, resources and livelihood are all involved; so is the very structure of our society.

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. 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."

Kuinka "alert" ja "knowledgeable" on kansa keskimäärin, missä tahansa?

Tämän lisäksi myös hänen seuraajansa Kennedy puhui muutamaa kuukautta myöhemmin aivan suoraan:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbCVVWLOxFU

"For we are opposed from around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies primarily on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence. On infiltration instead of invasion. On subversion instead of elections. On intimidation instead of free choice. On guerrillas by night instead of armies by day. It is a system which has conscripted vast human and material resources into the building of a tightly knit highly efficient machine that combines military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific, and political operations. Its preparations are concealed, not published. Its mistakes are buried, not headlined. Its descent is silenced, not praised. No expenditure is questioned, no rumor is printed, no secret is revealed."

Pari vuotta tästä Dallasissa paukkui.