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.
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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. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.
- Eisenhower
Ack! I looked to follow you, because of that post, which gets to the fundamental truths in so few words, BUT, I was already following you!
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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. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.
- Eisenhower
The entire speech is worth a read.
https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/sites/default/files/file/chance_for_peace.pdf
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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. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.
- Eisenhower
We pay for a single fighter plane 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
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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. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.
- Eisenhower
@vwbusguy it must have been nice to have a president who was not only soberly weighing the issues, but who could express himself clearly and eloquently.
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@vwbusguy it must have been nice to have a president who was not only soberly weighing the issues, but who could express himself clearly and eloquently.
@petes_bread_eqn_xls I'm not gonna defend Eisenhower on immigration, but there's a great many things he should be remembered fondly for. FDR has a similar mixed legacy.
(Before Trump, we had Eisenhower's "Operation Wetback" and that's unfortunately the official name of it.)
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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. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.
- Eisenhower
@vwbusguy
War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses.—Smedley Butler
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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. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.
- Eisenhower
@vwbusguy the sentiment is commendable.
the statement ignores an essential differentiation between murder and protection, both of which take the form of killing.every blessed weapon in service to Ukraine is essential for people to be able to eat or be housed at all.
it is invasion, and the tools of invasion, that are unconditionally evil.
not defense, or tools and acts of defense.
those are in the most literal term opposites: one evil and unnecessary. the other good and necessary.
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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. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.
- Eisenhower
@vwbusguy “We’ve saved Iran” by overthrowing their elected leader and installing a brutal dictatorship. Also Eisenhower.
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The entire speech is worth a read.
https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/sites/default/files/file/chance_for_peace.pdf
@vwbusguy it’s my favorite speech, no question.
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@vwbusguy the sentiment is commendable.
the statement ignores an essential differentiation between murder and protection, both of which take the form of killing.every blessed weapon in service to Ukraine is essential for people to be able to eat or be housed at all.
it is invasion, and the tools of invasion, that are unconditionally evil.
not defense, or tools and acts of defense.
those are in the most literal term opposites: one evil and unnecessary. the other good and necessary.
@falcennial the overall speech is called “A Chance for Peace,” and it explains that the military buildup at the beginning of the Cold War was necessary and preferable to war with the Soviet Union, but emphasized that “necessary and better than war” is still not “good.”
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