- Dear Jeff,
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- Heard you use the phrase, "Military-Industrial Complex."
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- I'm sure you're aware it comes from a farewell speech
by Eisenhower.
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- Less well known is the fact that he changed the 'phrase'
just before delivering the speech.
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- The original phrase was: "Military-Industrial-Congressional
Complex."
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- 'Ike' had reportedly agonized over a president criticizing
the Congress so harshly...he didn't think it proper. At the last minute,
he dropped the 'Congressional' part...presumably feeling that people would
realize that the M/I complex wouldn't have a dime to work with, without
Congress's approval!
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- Like yourself, I have read in print, and heard in conversation,
countless complaints about the M/I complex, without percieving the slightest
hint that the complainers included Congress in the equation.
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- Thank you,
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- Hayden McAfee
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