Originally Posted by BillCosby

Although Ike gave lip service to it he never really did much about the military-industrial complex.....


I agree w/ your overall conclusion but see the truman doctrine as the core rather than a subtle change over time in response to communism.....

In fact IMO & that of many others, America & that military-industrial complex were @ war w/ communism rather than vis versa....

The cold war doctrine/bull shit of the usa/west/democracy being under overt threat from communism was over shadowed by the aggressive, hegemonic & unwavering assault of that military-industrial complex upon it..............