US military industrial complex needs war to stay in existence: Analyst
The military industrial complex in the United States cannot continue to exist without wars, says an American writer and former professor.
E. Michael Jones made the remarks in an interview with Press TV when asked about President Donald Trump who said Monday his plans to bring American troops home from Syria and other countries had been met with strong opposition from “military companies.”
During a cabinet meeting at the White House, Trump argued that it was easier for him to let the soldiers get killed and sent back in coffins instead.
“It turns out the main opposition is coming from defense contractors like Lockheed Martin,” said Jones, the current editor of Culture Wars magazine.
“This is one of these moments when the truth becomes absolutely crystal clear, the point of all of this opposition to Trump, from the beginning of his presidency is that it comes from the military industrial complex which can only exist if there is a threat to war or the military industrial complex needs war in order to stay in existence, this is the truth of the matter, it has been the truth in the United States ever since President (Dwight D.) Eisenhower announced it in 1959.”
Trump said Monday that ending American military presence overseas was one of his two key campaign pledges -- besides building a wall -- and that he was intent to fulfill that promise despite facing opposition in Washington.
“We're bringing our troops back home,” he told a cabinet meeting at the White House. “I got elected on bringing our soldiers back home. Now, it's not very popular within the beltway because, you know, Lockheed doesn't like it. And these great military companies don't like it. It's not very popular.”
Earlier this year, a report from the Security Assistance Monitor project of the Center for International Policy found that the Trump administration in coordination with US weapons manufacturers made $78.8 billion in arms deals in 2018 alone.
A quarter of those deals involved the production of American weapons overseas, the report stated.
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