the american makers could, with time, and as required, make swords as well. we well. we have been compelled to create a permanent armaments industry of vast proportion. >> this is a point many missed. he used the military industrial complex as a rallying cry against both sides. he understood not only that we had a large military and corporations to supply it, but this arrangement was necessary. the problem, whether there was undue influence. the goal, proper balance. with the phrase military-industrial complex, ike was saying something subtle and measured, not simply exploding, america had in the past, feared a large standing army become its own power base, but now the nation had to reconcile it itself to a new era. >> only alert and knowledgeable citizens can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial