by Paul Craig Roberts, Paul Craig Roberts:

“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 the 1960s and 1970s when the US actually had an enemy, though possibly one of our own making, there was a peace movement. It might well have come from left-wing professors in the universities who did not think racist America was worth defending.
In the first quarter of the 21st century, a period of many American wars of choice, there is no peace movement. In her book ( https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-trillion-dollar-silencer-joan-roelofs/1141001899?ean=9781949762624 ) Joan Roelofs asks: