Comments on: Militarization and the Implications of Eisenhower’s Prescience

By: JamesAt17

JamesAt17 — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:45:21 +0000

What was Eisenhower really thinking when he said these things? Was he trying to make amends for the mass murder he caused after the end of WW 2? The blood of up to 10 million or more was on his hands and his orders were to let it happen. Look it up. You will find a lot of info on what I am talking about.

By: history buff

history buff — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 21:15:01 +0000

Let’s be realistic. Politicians have lied to the public to hype every war-mongering fraud for the past 130 years. Pearl was a set-up. D.C. had broken the Japanese Purple code 17 months prior to the attack. The U.S. has had a standing army in time of undeclared war only since 1945 and the result has been constant war. Read JFK, AND THE UNTHINKABLE by James Douglas and find the pressure used by the military for war, or review what the CIA has done to overthrow non-compliant nations for the past 60 years with military hardware. The military is now being utilized to support local police to enforce United Nations mandates (New World Order) and neither of the political parties object.

By: Doc Merlin

Doc Merlin — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:45:54 +0000

I’m not sure why you use the word “militarization” this isn’t new, and cops have always been a sort of standing army.

By: Leon Wolfeson

Leon Wolfeson — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 14:06:32 +0000

@5 – Ah yes, anyone who’s in public service is by definition EVIL in your view. Typical stereotyping of people doing their jobs, then you wonder when you’re hostile to them why they don’t bend over backwards for you.

It’s basically a conspiracy theory you’re pushing.

By: Weird Willy

Weird Willy — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:08:32 +0000

“This is not a story, yet, of sinister conspirators.”

I immediately began to discount Olsen’s analytical ability upon reading this.

By: Marty

Marty — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:42:12 +0000

this looks good- I’ll dig in when I get home.

By: Mike T

Mike T — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 02:15:43 +0000

And of course you want more fire-at-will employment, gotta make sure that productivity is depressed.

It would not be possible to depress the productivity of large segments of the federal government more than they already are under this employment regime short of tying them to their chairs and making them watch sitcoms all day.

By: Leon Wolfeson

Leon Wolfeson — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 19:57:12 +0000

@2 – But not when adjusted for qualifications, like most countries.

And of course you want more fire-at-will employment, gotta make sure that productivity is depressed. There’s plenty of evidence of that, and basically none of the “gains” you claim.

By: Michael S

Michael S — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 19:31:00 +0000

In terms of Eisenhower’s prescience, you might want to check out the “Why We Fight” political documentary.

By: Mike T

Mike T — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 19:22:55 +0000

One of the biggest reasons for the size of the military establishment is the unwillingness of Congress to reform the civil service. The era of the underpaid civil servant who traded higher pay for job security has ended; the civil service pay is comparable or superior to most private sector jobs (especially when adjusted for work hours and expectations). All civilian employees of the federal government, especially DoD, should be transitioned to at-will employment.

You could probably cut a few hundred thousand government contractor jobs by shifting to an at-will employment program. By allowing federal agencies to directly hire new talent and fire bad employees with the same ease as private companies, you would get rid of the main justification for having government contracting outside of materiel production.

I don’t suspect this will happen mainly because the dirty little secret is that the military and DoD at large have been turned into jobs programs by people across the spectrum. Not the uniformed military in most cases, but its contracting support apparatus as well as much of the civilian support agencies. Reforming the employment and procurement processes would result in a holocaust of jobs…

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