How the Military/Industrial complex turned America into Murder, Inc

...Bush, of course, will not admit that our country has become Murder, Inc. His party will
even deny that we've become it's euphemism: The National Security State. The origins of
our Murder, Inc. is the National Security Act of 1947 —a blueprint for fascism . It granted
to the Pentagon powers of unlimited defense spending. It would not have been possible to
justify such largesse without a bogeyman to be dragged out whenever the population is
roused by truth to suspicion. In 1947, the bogeyman was the specter of communism —
a tactic urged upon President Harry Truman by GOP Senator Arthur Vandenburg.
The climate of fear is maintained by both parties but with less embarrassment by the
GOP...

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