Dwight Eisenhower, 1953

[HAZARD]

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. The cost of one modern heavy bomber is this: a modern brick school in more than 30 cities. It is two electric power plants, each serving a town of 60,000 population. It is two fine, fully equipped hospitals. It is some fifty miles of concrete pavement. We pay for a single fighter with a half-million bushels of wheat. We pay for a single destroyer with new homes that could have housed more than 8,000 people. . . . This is not a way of life at all, in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron."

Dwight Eisenhower, 1953

[chesed]

Mark 14:4-5 (KJV) And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made? For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

We know only too well that war comes not when the forces of freedom are strong, but when they are weak. It is then that tyrants are tempted.

Ronald Reagan, Republican National Convention, July 17 1980

Edited July 10, 2022 by chesed

[other one]

Problem is that if we don't make those guns and launch those warships, communism will take over violently and we will be cold and hungry anyway.  I do believe Eisenhower was aware of that also.

[Willa]

I like to call myself an Eisenhower republican because my grandchildren act like they have never heard of him.  Of course, if they are reading Obama's history books, they may not have.  lol. I remember seeing him in 1953.   

[The Barbarian]

On 7/9/2022 at 9:35 PM, chesed said:

We know only too well that war comes not when the forces of freedom are strong, but when they are weak. It is then that tyrants are tempted.

Ronald Reagan, Republican National Convention, July 17 1980

"You can do almost anything with a bayonet except sit on it."

Napoleon

 

[Neighbor]

On 4/5/2022 at 10:42 PM, HAZARD said:

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. The cost of one modern heavy bomber is this: a modern brick school in more than 30 cities. It is two electric power plants, each serving a town of 60,000 population. It is two fine, fully equipped hospitals. It is some fifty miles of concrete pavement. We pay for a single fighter with a half-million bushels of wheat. We pay for a single destroyer with new homes that could have housed more than 8,000 people. . . . This is not a way of life at all, in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron."

Dwight Eisenhower, 1953

Today RFK Jr advocates the USA getting out of the forever wars and using the money saved to offer 3% mortgages to first time homebuyers. I think he has the President elect's ear on this. We'll see how fast the USA gets itself out of the Ukraine Russia war.

[farouk]

On 4/5/2022 at 10:42 PM, HAZARD said:

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. The cost of one modern heavy bomber is this: a modern brick school in more than 30 cities. It is two electric power plants, each serving a town of 60,000 population. It is two fine, fully equipped hospitals. It is some fifty miles of concrete pavement. We pay for a single fighter with a half-million bushels of wheat. We pay for a single destroyer with new homes that could have housed more than 8,000 people. . . . This is not a way of life at all, in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron."

Dwight Eisenhower, 1953

@HAZARD Interesting that President Eisenhower's 'military-industrial complex' warning made at the end of his second term contained elements of what he said right at the beginning.................

[chesed]

On 11/15/2024 at 5:25 PM, The Barbarian said:

"You can do almost anything with a bayonet except sit on it."

Napoleon

 

shish kabob anyone?

[other one]

On 11/17/2024 at 9:54 PM, farouk said:

@HAZARD Interesting that President Eisenhower's 'military-industrial complex' warning made at the end of his second term contained elements of what he said right at the beginning.................

Part of that warning is also for the education system that most people seem to skip over.

[Luther]

On 4/5/2022 at 10:42 PM, HAZARD said:

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. The cost of one modern heavy bomber is this: a modern brick school in more than 30 cities. It is two electric power plants, each serving a town of 60,000 population. It is two fine, fully equipped hospitals. It is some fifty miles of concrete pavement. We pay for a single fighter with a half-million bushels of wheat. We pay for a single destroyer with new homes that could have housed more than 8,000 people. . . . This is not a way of life at all, in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron."

Dwight Eisenhower, 1953

How many bombs has the US sent to Israel?

The report stated that US arms shipments to Israel since the start of the war included 15,000 bombs and 57,000 155mm artillery shells, mostly carried on C-17 military cargo planes.

https://en.wikipedia.org

United States support for Israel in the Israel–Hamas war - Wikipedia

How much of Israel's weapons are from the US?

The United States is overwhelmingly the biggest supplier of arms to Israel. In 2023 69% of Israel's arm imports came from the US, according to a report into international arms transfers by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).Oct 16, 2024

Yeah, that's right, Dwight.