This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. Yet we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications. 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.President Dwight D Eisenhower in his Farewell Address.
Eisenhower was a Republican and a conservative of the sort that no longer survives as a force in the Republican Party. The Tea Partiers have succeeded in either silencing them or driving them out of the party.
