1/ At the onset of WW2 the United States did not even have a standing military...and along with others we still won the war. It was only at the end of WW2 that the “defense industry” was created....

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2/ ...leading President Eisenhower (who was also the Supreme Allied commander in WW2) to warn us about the “military industrial complex.”npr.org/2011/01/17/132942244…

Ike's Warning Of Military Expansion, 50 Years Later

On Jan. 17, 1961, President Dwight Eisenhower gave the nation a dire warning about what he described as a threat to democratic government. He called it the military-industrial complex, a formidable...

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3/ The myth has been created that a huge defense industry is necessary for our security. Yet it is nothing but that: a myth. The gargantuan size of our military expenditure does not represent increased safety for us or for others; in many ways it represents more danger.
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the US had a standing military of several hundred thousand prior to the German conquest of France, 1940 In late 1940 the us started conscription and all National Guard units were called up for 6-7 months training. The size of the US military 12/7/41 was two million.
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Part 2. When discussing start of WW2 important to be specific whether pre US involvement which began Sep. 1, 1939 or Beginning of US involvement, Dec. 7, 1941.
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The Constitution seems to envisage only a permanent navy. Not a permanent army. It does not envisage an air force, or a space force. Should those murderous organizations be Capitalized? .... hmm Strunk & White
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They saw how profitable war is and imagined the imperialism that could be justified with it.
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Portugal had a bigger standing army in 1939 than the USA. They wisely stayed out of the war
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Go away.
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I guess my Father was sitting?
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This statement is patently false.
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We did have a standing military ... that’s how we were drawn into the war ... Pearl Harbor.
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