Let's talk about Trump, generals, and defending the MIC....
Belle of the Ranch
Belle of the Ranch
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🗓️ 8 September 2020
⏱️ 6 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Well, howdy there internet people, it's about again. So today we're going to talk |
| 0:04.6 | about a misconception and a fiction. We're going to do this because |
| 0:09.9 | President Donald J. Trump said something, made a comment. |
| 0:14.0 | Half the country was like, yes, he's going to do something |
| 0:17.0 | about this longstanding issue and issue that has existed |
| 0:20.1 | since Eisenhower, and the other half the country was not thrilled about the comment. |
| 0:27.0 | So we're going to clear up the misconception because there's a misunderstanding of the term that's getting thrown around. But first we're going to go |
| 0:34.0 | through what Trump said. And he said, I'm not saying the military's in love with me. |
| 0:40.3 | The soldiers are. The top people in the Pentagon probably aren't because they |
| 0:45.8 | want to do nothing but fight wars so that all of those wonderful companies that make |
| 0:50.4 | the bombs and make the planes and make everything else stay happy. |
| 0:57.0 | Okay, sure that kind of makes sense guess, in some weird fashion. |
| 1:06.1 | When he said this, people started throwing out |
| 1:08.1 | the term military industrial complex |
| 1:10.0 | and referencing Eisenhower. |
| 1:12.2 | That's cool. |
| 1:13.1 | That's, that's, that's, I like that because the military industrial complex |
| 1:17.4 | is a problem. |
| 1:18.9 | However, that complex is not defense contractors, these companies, these wonderful companies, |
| 1:25.0 | making deals with generals, |
| 1:27.0 | and generals trying to keep them happy. |
| 1:28.0 | That's not what it is. |
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