Sat Aug 31, 2013, 08:22 PM

We need to begin dismantling the MIC as soon as possible. Eisenhower warned us a long time ago [View all]

and he's been proven right.

It's time to remove MIC and ban Department of Defense (what a joke) and transfer the responsibility to Homeland Security which should be dismantled too but it could be revamped to Homeland Defense with the main purpose of defending the United States enemies, foreign or domestic, and not to go out in the middle of the world and fight other people's battles.

The military industrial complex has gotten way too big for its britches.

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We need to begin dismantling the MIC as soon as possible. Eisenhower warned us a long time ago [View all]	Billy Love	Aug 2013	OP
I fully agree!	gopiscrap	Aug 2013	#1
As soon as you discover a way to employ those in this industry, let us know. Otherwise	kelliekat44	Sep 2013	#30
Yet we axe teacher, firefighters, snowplow drivers, et al, with nary a thought.	Scuba	Sep 2013	#33
I've been saying that for a long time	gopiscrap	Sep 2013	#35
if our fucking priorities as a nation were straight	gopiscrap	Sep 2013	#39
There is an easy solution to that.	avebury	Sep 2013	#41
He initially called it Military Industrial CONGRESSIONAL Complex	leftstreet	Aug 2013	#2
That's interesting, I didn't know that	gopiscrap	Sep 2013	#38
I mention it often, here it is .	orpupilofnature57	Aug 2013	#3
Interesting, he spent his first career in the military, and then EIGHT years as President....	George II	Aug 2013	#10
Kept us out of war	LearningCurve	Aug 2013	#17
Kept us out of war? He's the one who sent the first troops to Vietnam	George II	Sep 2013	#32
The new formed NSA did, and that was Truman, a mistake he regretted .	orpupilofnature57	Sep 2013	#45
He Did Not Advocate Dismantling It, Unfortunately	HumansAndResources	Sep 2013	#25
Welcome to DU	gopiscrap	Sep 2013	#37
Yup I find it ironic that I as a hard core	gopiscrap	Sep 2013	#36
Lincoln and Roosevelt were Quote worthy, but your right , it is ironic.	orpupilofnature57	Sep 2013	#44
Teddy Roosevelt was exceptional as well. eom	Blanks	Sep 2013	#46
That's who I meant, I believe he was the most Liberal Republican....	orpupilofnature57	Sep 2013	#47
Not to mention - national parks and the Panama Canal. eom	Blanks	Sep 2013	#48
Of course Teddy was only made Vice President...	Blanks	Sep 2013	#49
Like Smedley Butler the 1% tried to first vilify and then	orpupilofnature57	Sep 2013	#51
Apparently our leaders now...	Blanks	Sep 2013	#52
How in the hell are you planning on doing that? nm	rhett o rick	Aug 2013	#4
Just exactly what I was going ask! n/t	Raksha	Aug 2013	#18
Congress Controls The Money	HumansAndResources	Sep 2013	#26
K&R	DeSwiss	Aug 2013	#5
So much money and power is on the line. It will take a heroic group of politicians to pull it off.	reformist2	Aug 2013	#6
Any idea on how to get that done? We need to put a chicken in every pot, too!	George II	Aug 2013	#7
We could put a chicken, ten chickens, in every pot if we cut the Pentagon budget in	sabrina 1	Aug 2013	#24
Won't happen.	La Cucaracha	Aug 2013	#8
um..	radiclib	Aug 2013	#9
Fixed.	La Cucaracha	Aug 2013	#11
Welcome to DU	radiclib	Sep 2013	#29
Thank you.	La Cucaracha	Sep 2013	#31
He Was Right As Rain	colsohlibgal	Aug 2013	#12
OK. How do you plan to do that? (nt)	Recursion	Aug 2013	#13
Easy: Cutting off all funds allocated to Department of Defense	Billy Love	Aug 2013	#14
Sorry, I wasn't kidding	Recursion	Aug 2013	#15
Yes, a defense budget at 0 is a starter.	Billy Love	Aug 2013	#22
It's easy to imagine a clear distinction between "offensive" and "defensive"	Recursion	Aug 2013	#23
Easy, huh? You go first and if you do not end up like John Kennedy the rest of us will follow. Look	jwirr	Aug 2013	#20
I love the military, I am a marine brat and have a ton of friends in the service	Crimson76	Aug 2013	#16
Your post has been said about a billion times on the Internet	Pretzel_Warrior	Aug 2013	#19
k & r! n/t	wildbilln864	Aug 2013	#21
He was a coward who warned us on his way out.	factsarenotfair	Sep 2013	#27
ike was an ass.	unblock	Sep 2013	#28
Some would say that post WW2 the defense complex morphed into the MIC	Bluenorthwest	Sep 2013	#42
c'mon. he did not just wake up in the last few days of his presidency.	unblock	Sep 2013	#43
However, the fact remains that we need to dismantle the MIC ASAP. End of Story. nt	Zorra	Sep 2013	#57
If we can't afford to educate our children, to heal our sick or care for our elderly ...	Scuba	Sep 2013	#34
BTW: welcome to DU	gopiscrap	Sep 2013	#40
Some General yelling this am about not enough money given to military	fadedrose	Sep 2013	#50
As someone else pointed out a day or two ago, George Washington warned us	Egalitarian Thug	Sep 2013	#53
"Our" gov't IS the mic. Here's a mic issue that I can't get anyone to comment on...	polichick	Sep 2013	#54
Get rid of the production and stockpiling of landmines, cluster bombs, and flamethrowers.	allprogressnow	Sep 2013	#55
HOW Billie Love?	Avalux	Sep 2013	#56