The following is a key excerpt from
that speech:
“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.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyZoUfNsUl8
The military-industrial complex that Eisenhower was referring to is the nefarious alliance between governments, arms dealers, and mercenaries. This is a coalition that profiteers from wars compel governments to enter optional wars. The results are innocent lives are lost and trillions of dollars spent and a select few are enriched.
This is a symbiotic relationship.
The arms dealer or defense contractor donates to the politician and
perhaps promise them lucrative jobs after their retirement from politics.
The politician or perhaps even bureaucrat supports or actively
campaigns for optional foreign wars. It could be articles in ‘reputed newspapers’
or perhaps appearances on TV or a speech in the Senate or the House.
Carrying on with this tradition Joe Biden visited the Lockheed
Martin factory in Alabama.
“You’re allowing the Ukrainians to defend themselves and they’re making fools of the Russian military in many instances. Every worker in this facility and every American taxpayer is directly contributing to the case for freedom,” Biden told the workers.
Biden recently asked Congress for an additional $33 billion to help Ukraine fight Russia's invasion. Last month, Congress approved $13.6bn in ‘assistance’ to Ukraine.
Recently an official congressional delegation led by House
Speaker Nancy Pelosi made an unannounced trip to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.
Pelosi was joined by several
senior House Democrats such as Reps. Gregory Meeks of New York, who chairs
the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Adam Schiff of California, the chairman of
the House Intelligence panel, Jim McGovern of Massachusetts, who leads the
House Rules Committee, Bill Keating of Massachusetts, Barbara Lee of California, and Jason Crow of Colorado.
Pelosi conveyed “a message of appreciation from the American
people for his leadership and admiration to the people of Ukraine for their
courage"
There is a lot to unpack here.
We begin with the ‘aid’ money. There is no transparency on how the initial $13.6bn was spent. There will be no transparency on where the additional $33 billion will be spent.
The record of both the Biden administration and Ukrainian officials on transparency and honesty isn’t exactly stellar.
Let's focus on Lockheed Martin which is just one among the many
arms dealers.
Lockheed has placed details of the donations made to both parties on its website. The list is merely the official donations. There are myriad other innovative ways that 'donations' can be made without being detected. It could be Speaking assignments or book deals or lucrative employment for offspring.
Lockheed also has a
record of bribing foreign officials, to facilitate the sale of their
products.
Biden’s visit to Lockheed as a President is a blatant act of favoritism in addition to misuse of his office. It will be worth investigating how many of the Bidens hold stocks of Lockheed or if any among the Bidens has other ties with the firm.
The media also has been co-opted. Early this January, Politico carried
articles
that were promoting an armed conflict over Ukraine. Initial
versions of these articles had the caption "Presented by
Lockheed Martin", beneath the
author's name. Those captions have been removed now and but the web advert of Lockheed still remains next to the article.
The Washington Post and the New York Times also carry articles sponsored by Lockheed. While the sponsored content is labeled, it does present an obvious conflict of interest. It is not beyond the realm of possibility that part of the deal of this sponsorship is the paper will carry pieces making case for war.
Most mainstream TV news channels conduct panel discussions based on articles from these papers.
Lockheed also has had deep ties with the CIA
since the 1950s.
Thus both the media and politicians are in control of Lockheed and perhaps myriad other arms dealers. All they have to do is pull the strings and puppets peddle paranoia and propaganda for war.
What about the situation on the ground in Ukraine.
Amidst the devastation and destruction, Ukrainian officials
claim that nearly 20,000 foreign volunteers have signed up to fight
alongside Ukrainian forces against the Russian invasion. The chaos in that
region means that most of these mercenaries are not vetted.
What happens when the sophisticated weaponry that Biden
dispatched to Ukraine ends up in the hands of the mercenaries. What if some
of the merceries are linked to terrorist groups that intend to use the weaponry to harm the US and its allies. What if some of these 'fighters' pilfer and sell the advanced weaponry in the black market.
This isn’t the first time Biden has been reckless with
weaponry.
When Biden hastily withdrew from Afghanistan, it was said that
the US left behind more than $82.9
billion worth of weapons and equipment. Biden officials recently directed
federal agencies to scrub their websites of official
reports detailing the military equipment and training provided to
the Afghan security forces since 2001.
Thus by sending aid including advanced weaponry worth billions,
Biden is not only wasting taxpayer funds but also endangering lives by
potentially arming dangerous foreign agents. Bien is also placing the US in
peril by running the risk of entering an armed conflict with a nuclear-powered
Russia.
The US currently is going through myriad crises owing to Biden’s reckless misgovernance.
Inflation is at a
39-year high, and the supply
chain crisis is causing a shortage of basic commodities. The crime
wave has placed many US cities in danger and the open borders are
causing an influx
of illegal aliens.
But the powers that be seem to have no interest in fixing
these issues and are not even perfunctorily addressing them.
The Democrats know that they are going to lose both the House
and the Senate during the mid-terms.
They will hence use the time between now and January 2023 not only to satisfy
their own interests and that of their big donors but also to wreak havoc
that will end up at the doorstep of the GOP.
Even after they lose the elections, the Democrats could have
something nefarious up their sleeves. They could claim electoral malpractice or
voter suppression reject the results and refuse to quit. They will then activate
their activist cell to create chaos. We are seeing a teaser of that with ‘protests’
against the Supreme Court leak.
To summarize the Democrats seem to want unrelenting chaos at home and war abroad.
The GOP better have a plan in place to take on the storm.
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