Eisen"OUR WARNING!"

It is known that history often times repeats itself. And that the great leaders of yesterday can know what to be cautioned for tomorrow. In 1961 Dwight Eisenhower warned to the future leaders to be cautious of the relationships getting closer between our own government, the armed forces, and industrial support for weapons. In 2003 George Bush declared war to Iraq, and everything Dwight Eisenhower warned went out the window. From the 1961 farewell speech, and the 2002 beginning war in Iraq, to our current stage of questioning as a nation and blog writers of today.

It was 1961 and Eisenhower's term had been served it was now time to give a farewell speech. His speech was historical. It was this quote that stuck out to me as a clear warning which Bush should have taken heed.

"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."

This message clearly forewarns the future presidents of America not to get too involved in the 3 way relationships of Government, Industrialization, and Weapons. Because if the 3 come together it can be a dangerous amount of power in all the wrong hands. Because doing business with companies who make money off of going to war, would only lead to a rising hunger for money which leads to a rising need for the fight. And that was Eisenhower's message in 1961, who could ignore this precious piece of advice?

In 2001 George Bush and Dick Cheney(former CEO of Halliburton) had become President and vice president. This was the year Cheney’s financial report disclosure stated that he had 3 stock options with Halliburton (which is a company who at the time provided military logistics support) that compromised 433,333 shares. By 2002 Cheney made an agreement with Halliburton that they could go to iraq to pump and distribute oil, by February 2003 it was a no bid signed contract. This was before the war was declared. After the war in Iraq was declared in March 2003 by September Halliburton had already made 1.7 billion dollars in contracts from the US government.

Why did Cheney make the agreement with Halliburton before the war even started? The answer could be a number of different things, but in the end it has shown that is all because of money. Going to war meant Halliburton got to sell weapons to the military, and if Halliburton made money Cheney would make money off of the shares he had with Halliburton. Leaving the military to fight numbers rising in the death count of soldiers in Iraq. And now leaving our country in a depression. This deal with Halliburton and the War was made with Cheneys knowledge but how was this Bush's fault that he didnt listen to Eisenhower?

Simple. Bush wanted to gain money too, also bush is the president this all could have been prevented if he said No. and he didnt. put the blame on him while cheney gets a clean break. thats the game of politics, everybody for themselves.