Email Story

Was Ike right about the "military-industrial complex?"

Matthew Yglesias found this 1/6/2009 on walt.foreignpolicy.com

Remember notorious pacifist...I mean, five-star General Dwight D. Eisenhower's famous warnings about a " military-industrial complex ?" Turns out Ike was pretty darn prescient. Here's why. If you'd just lost your job, or if you’d invested your life savings with Bernie Madoff, ...