Dwight D. Eisenhower

Tangled Webs Begin To Unravel

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SDP  January 12 – 24 2014

The United States National Security Agency has made it absolutely clear that the hidden controllers desire to “tightly control almost everything that we do, say and think.” These hidden rulers are tyrannical, but of a kind unlike what most think tyranny is.  Most  think of “thugs with guns and little dictators running around barking orders at everyone. But that is not how the elite are accomplishing their goals … They want us to actually believe that we have freedom and that we are choosing our own leaders, but in the background they are exerting “soft power” in a way that is absolutely ruthless.” https://shiftfrequency.com/signs-the-elite-are-transforming-society-into-a-total-domination-control-grid/

They control political systems globally. As such they “fund the political campaigns of our politicians. They own nearly all of the large corporations and financial institutions. They exert very tight control over the media and their agenda is being promoted through the education systems of virtually every nation on the planet.” http://www.shiftfrequency.com/signs-the-elite-are-transforming-society-into-a-total-domination-control-grid/

Because they exert control from centers of power and influence they insure their acts are not illegal. “In fact, they use the government and they use the law to accomplish their purposes. That is one reason why the elite love big government. For them, it is an instrument of control. The larger the government is, the easier it is to watch, track, monitor and control the rest of us.” https://shiftfrequency.com/signs-the-elite-are-transforming-society-into-a-total-domination-control-grid/

Remember Eisenhower’s Farewell Address?

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Jonathan Turley ~ Perpetual War And America’s Military-Industrial Complex 50 Years After Eisenhower’s Farewell Address

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Jonathan Turley January 12 2014

jonathanTurleyBelow is my article this weekend in Al Jazaerra on the powerful lobby and industry supporting our various conflicts abroad as well as counterterrorism efforts. I previously testified before Congress on this industry and the government’s inflation of counterterrorism numbers to justify huge domestic budgets at the Justice Department FBI, and other agencies. I wrote the article for the anniversary this month of Eisenhower’s famous Military-Industrial Complex speech.

In January 1961, US President Dwight D Eisenhower used his farewell address to warn the nation of what he viewed as one of its greatest threats: the military-industrial complex composed of military contractors and lobbyists perpetuating war.

Eisenhower warned that “an immense military establishment and a large arms industry” had emerged as a hidden force in US politics and that Americans “must not fail to comprehend its grave implications”. The speech may have been Eisenhower’s most courageous and prophetic moment. Fifty years and some later, Americans find themselves in what seems like perpetual war. No sooner do we draw down on operations in Iraq than leaders demand an intervention in Libya or Syria or Iran. While perpetual war constitutes perpetual losses for families, and ever expanding budgets, it also represents perpetual profits for a new and larger complex of business and government interests.

The new military-industrial complex is fuelled by a conveniently ambiguous and unseen enemy: the terrorist. Former President George W Bush and his aides insisted on calling counter-terrorism efforts a “war”. This concerted effort by leaders like former Vice President Dick Cheney (himself the former CEO of defence-contractor Halliburton) was not some empty rhetorical exercise. Not only would a war maximise the inherent powers of the president, but it would maximise the budgets for military and homeland agencies.

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