Eisenhower’s grave concern about “the acquisition of unwarranted influence by the military - industrial complex.” Which he had ask the America people to guard against the Danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific – technological elite” seems to be coming true before our eyes.
Ted Cruz spoke to a Tea Party audience in a forum hosted by the Arms Manufacture front group Americans for Peace, Prosperity and Security.
Former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers has formed a new pressure group to “help elect a president who supports American engagement and a strong foreign policy,”
The National Advisory Board of the APPS, that was set up to ensure the right issues get in front of the candidates in the early presidential nominating states in 2016, is a quick who’s who listing for the military - industrial complex, big oil and big mining :
- Greg Brown, Chairman and CEO, Motorola Solutions.
- John Coburn, Chairman and CEO, VT Systems, Inc. Former Commanding General, U.S. Army Material Command.
- John Engler, President, Business Roundtable. Former Governor, State of Michigan
- Steve Hadley, Principal, RiceHadleyGates, LLC. Former National Security Advisor to President George W. Bush.
- Walt Havenstein, Former CEO, BAE Systems, Inc. Former Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps.
- Danielle Pletke, Senior Vice President, American Enterprise Institute.
- The Honorable Heather Wilson, President, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Former Congresswoman, NM-01, former U.S. Air Force Officer.
Cruz, who spoke to the Fort Mill, S.C. group Saturday, used the speaking engagement to smear the Obama administration as being weak an appeasing when it came to National Security. Cruz , who was portraying himself as the God ,Guns and blood and guts candidate that could get tough on Islamic terror , is the perfect Pick for the APPS “Mission”.
“In order to ensure the right issues get in front of the candidates in the early presidential nominating states, APPS has assembled a stellar National Advisory Board of prominent national security and business leaders. These leaders know the international challenges certain to face the next American president on day one. The National Advisory Board will engage with APPS citizen activists on the ground, in early presidential nominating states, to raise the level of debate and push candidates beyond rhetoric and talking points.”
“We will defeat Islamic terror. We will call it by its name (referring to the GOP demand to call resent terror attacks “Radical Islamic Terror”), we will hunt them down, “Cruz said
Cruz has also vowed to rip the catastrophic nuclear deal to shreds in his first day of office should he be elected. As you can see in the tweets below, Cruz plans to draw a line in the sand that Iran has already rejected as a path to war with Iran.
Since Ted Cruz is fully endorsed by APPS even to the point that they are re-tweeting his war tweets on national security on their home page, as you can see for yourself. It is Clear that as Eisenhower warned, we need to keep an eye on both APPS and Ted Cruz or we may end up with yet another “no exit plan war” on our hands .
It is also un-nerving that Ted is making his war hawk sales pitch to the tea party as we celebrate the release of America citizens and the lifting of sanctions on Iran as there beginning on a long road to normal relations with the world. However it is not unexpected since they are the black heart of the party of hate.