By Arthur Clemens for VT 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.
Eisenhower’s Farewell Address to the Nation, Jan 19, 1961 9/11 was one of the great tragedies in the history of the United States, with over 2000 lives lost, plus the loss of the 4th Amendment rights of all Americans with the passage of the so-called Patriot Act. But there was another tragedy from the Bush Jr. era that cost many more lives and limbs than 9/11 and yet the public has no understanding of it and it is difficult to determine the number of casualties that this tragedy caused, or even if the casualty count has stopped 18 years after the event.