In his Farewell Address, Eisenhower stated:
Now this conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence — economic, political, even spiritual — is felt in every city, every Statehouse, every office of the Federal government. We recognize the imperative need for this development. Yet, we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications. Our toil, resources, and livelihood are all involved. So is the very structure of our society.
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. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.
Whoever says that America has never had trouble with Muslims forgets the fact that Jihadis were enslaving, torturing and murdering Americans from the days of our War of Independence. We went into debt to create a navy and Marine Corps to fight these faithful Muslims into a temporary setback and a treaty of peace (which was later broken by them).
"The idea that [Muslims] hate us because of what we're doing in "their region" also founders on the fact that it wouldn't be "their region" at all had it not been for a series of aggressive jihad conquests against peoples who were not waging war against the Muslims or threatening them in any way.
"As The History of Jihad shows, there have been 1,400 uninterrupted years of jihad conquest, and never a period in which there were cordial relations of mutual respect between Muslim and non-Muslim political entities, based on the non-Muslim entities' good behavior in staying out of "their region."
-- Robert Spencer
Because their stated missions were so patriotic and humanitarian.
"NGOs are now planning a color revolution in the United States using Americans’ tax money. The Rockefeller, Koch, Soros foundations intend to break us. And they have a trillion a year to spend using our repurposed tax money."
Elizabeth Nickson
Why not destroy the world's political and historic realities with deluded politically-correct fantasies and call them Truth?
"A feminist historian argues William Shakespeare did not write his famous plays and sonnets. The real author was a black Jewish woman, she claims.
Irene Coslet makes the assertion in her new book “The Real Shakespeare: Emilia Bassano Willoughby,” published by Pen and Sword Books, according to The Telegraph."
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