The term was first coined by a Repub president General Eisenhower
2006-09-11 23:15:23 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
notice they won't pick on a country with real weapons that can fight back. I like to see them pick on Korea.
2006-09-11 23:17:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Enemies have existed throughout history for governments. Leonardo da Vinci was a contractor for the military complex in his era. There have always been people willing to profit from conflict regardless of whom the enemy was, ergo, the people that reap benefits want to have a justification for the expenditures. However, its hard to argue against a strong defense system the day after the anniversary of 9-1-1.
2006-09-11 23:38:46 · answer #2 · answered by jack w 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The USA has enemy's for reasons besides having a military. We help feed and cloth the same ones that calls us evil and hate us and there own country will kill them first the USA needs to stop helping overseas and let them fend for themselves.
2006-09-12 00:10:11 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My friend, you've been watching too many Oliver Stone movies and reading The New York Times too fervently. If I were you, I'd cancel my subscription.
Eisenhower did no one any favors when he came up with that crap.
Little did he know that fifty something years later it would be used as a reason for America to blame itself for 9/11.
2006-09-11 23:23:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
America learned awhile ago that it could start conflicts and benefit from both sides. Its really a genius idea, even if you don't want to admit it. Sure it's dirty, but we live in a money driven world. Everything revolves around money, your entire lives do.
Its about money! Always has been, always will be....
2006-09-11 23:22:45 · answer #5 · answered by Misanthropy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes !
The military industrial complex noticed it can't make much of $$$ running food stamp programs (Lockheed Martin) or making city buses (Boeing)
2006-09-11 23:26:28 · answer #6 · answered by ccfromnj 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not only to sell their arms but the american govt perpetually needs an enemy like vietnam, afghanistan, iraq , iran , north korea and osama bein laden so that the public is constantly kept under threat and the govt can carry on with their designs unnoticed.
2006-09-11 23:20:07 · answer #7 · answered by uknownotlove 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No doubt about it.
War is peace. We've always been at war with East Anglia.
2006-09-11 23:20:27 · answer #8 · answered by cassandra 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
of course . and not only that , but it gives us a chance to occupy other nations under the guise of protecting our national security due to threats and our war on terror .
2006-09-11 23:30:32 · answer #9 · answered by interested 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
with peace do not need a big army and newer weapons.
2006-09-12 03:24:04 · answer #10 · answered by scififed 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋