John R. Carroll wrote:
CaveLamb wrote:
Pete C. wrote:
Steve B wrote:
We have armed foreigners landing on our soil for whatever reason,
and our LEOs are handcuffed by rules of engagement. Billions of
dollars in drugs coming in to decay us from the inside, and we must
play by the rules set up by politicians.
You may or may not have noticed, but we have lost every conflict
since WWII due to our allowing politicians to try to micro manage our
military. The politicians need to be prohibited from exercising any
control over the military beyond setting the initial goal, after
that it should be 100% under military control how to accomplish the
specified goal.


Short of "Seven Days in May", I'd agree.


And


Didn't Eisenhower warn about the Military-Industrial Complex?

"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 will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security. "

"When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and
fight it. After my experience, I have come to hate war"


Read mo
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/au...#ixzz1GbqGCrjX




Yep, something like that right there...


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