Did President Eisenhower try to warn us of what was to come during his 1961 farewell address?
We face a hostile ideology, global in scope, aetheistic in character, ruthless in purpose and insidious in method. Unhappily, the danger it poses promises to be of indefinite duration…
…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. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes.