True Patriots

Repost from J.

EDITED: linked to the orriginal, which is much easier to read.

Ron Paul and Dwight D. Eisenhower – True Patriots
by Jim Quinn

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hope of its children." These must be the words of some liberal Democratic Senator running for President in 2008. But no, these are the words of Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Supreme Allied Commander during World War II, five decades ago. The United States, the only superpower remaining on earth, currently spends more on military than the next 45 highest spending countries in the world combined. The U.S. accounts for 48% of the world’s total military spending.

Where did the peace dividend from winning the Cold War go?

Read More HERE:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig9/quinn2.html