Andrea Widburg has penned a thoughtful piece, as is usual in her contributions to American Thinker.com, about Biden’s nuclear escalation in the Ukraine. The possibility is being discussed by the chattering class, who have the Ukraine as a new religion, of delivering nuclear weapons to the Ukraine, with no ties on their use. That policy would be a total disaster, as Putin has said many times that that would be a clear existential threat to Russia. Widburg discusses Eisenhower’s Farewell Address, in which he warned against a coming military-industrial complex, where he said that permitting the growth of the military sector with industry, could get out of control, and become self-perpetuating. As Eisenhower said: “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.”