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On April 16, 1953 then President Dwight Eisenhower gave a speech titled " The Chance for Peace" where he stated the following...
"The cost of one modern heavy bomber is this, a modern brick school in 30 cities. It is two electric power plants, each serving a town of 60,000 population. It is two fine, fully equipped hospitals. It is some 50 miles of concrete pavement. We pay for a single fighter plane with a half million bushels pf wheat. We pay for a single destroyer with new homes that could have housed more than 8,000 people." Just think for a minute how many things could be funded TODAY for the cost of one of our multimillion dollar weapons of war.
Eisenhower, our highest ranking military member of the 20th century, was NOT a proponent of the military-industrial complex. He recognized that weapons of war were to fight actual battles and not become stockpiled like toys in a toy box or put on gaudy display which is how Trump views the military with "his" soldiers preparing to march in his glory parade with tanks and flyovers to prove to the rest of the world how powerful "we" are. The problem is anyone who knows anything at all about Trump knows he solely wants to show the world how powerful HE is
as he flips his digitus impudicus to the despots of the world for which military parades serve to demonstrate how powerful they are even as their citizens suffer from deprivation in many aspects if their lives. The cost of his parade is of no consequence to him even as budget cuts are being made that will harm millions of citizens. Eisenhower was not against military parades that TRULY honored military members for their service and sacrifice (a word unfamiliar to Trump); he WAS against abusing our soldiers and military resources for grandstanding to show the world how great "we" are. Eisenhower was NOT opposed to being militarily PREPARED to protect our freedom...he was opposed to using our military as a PRETENSION of power to show off to the rest of the world.
On April 16, 1953 then President Dwight Eisenhower gave a speech titled " The Chance for Peace" where he stated the following...
"The cost of one modern heavy bomber is this, a modern brick school in 30 cities. It is two electric power plants, each serving a town of 60,000 population. It is two fine, fully equipped hospitals. It is some 50 miles of concrete pavement. We pay for a single fighter plane with a half million bushels pf wheat. We pay for a single destroyer with new homes that could have housed more than 8,000 people." Just think for a minute how many things could be funded TODAY for the cost of one of our multimillion dollar weapons of war.
Eisenhower, our highest ranking military member of the 20th century, was NOT a proponent of the military-industrial complex. He recognized that weapons of war were to fight actual battles and not become stockpiled like toys in a toy box or put on gaudy display which is how Trump views the military with "his" soldiers preparing to march in his glory parade with tanks and flyovers to prove to the rest of the world how powerful "we" are. The problem is anyone who knows anything at all about Trump knows he solely wants to show the world how powerful HE is
as he flips his digitus impudicus to the despots of the world for which military parades serve to demonstrate how powerful they are even as their citizens suffer from deprivation in many aspects if their lives. The cost of his parade is of no consequence to him even as budget cuts are being made that will harm millions of citizens. Eisenhower was not against military parades that TRULY honored military members for their service and sacrifice (a word unfamiliar to Trump); he WAS against abusing our soldiers and military resources for grandstanding to show the world how great "we" are. Eisenhower was NOT opposed to being militarily PREPARED to protect our freedom...he was opposed to using our military as a PRETENSION of power to show off to the rest of the world.
Sorry for the two spelling errors I found AFTER posting this diatribe!
So happy to be connected. I have had difficulty finding your posts. All in now, then, and in the future!