The Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex

This is an excellent speech by Larry Wilkerson. Take 40 minutes and watch it. It won't make you particularly happy, but you'll be glad you did. The speech was given on October 21 and posted yesterday.

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This talk by Larry Wilkerson was the keynote speech given at an event sponsored by the Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence, American University History Department, American University’s Nuclear Studies Institute on Oct 21,2009 at American University in Washington DC.

Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence describes itself as "a movement of former CIA colleagues and other associates of former intelligence analyst Sam Adams, who hold up his example as a model for those in intelligence who would aspire to the courage to speak truth to power".

Part 1 - The beginning of the American "Imperial Rome" and Eisenhower's warning

Part 2 - From US debt to the geopolitics of oil, the US empire will come to an end

Part 3 - Will the empire end with good leadership or blood?