Fifty years ago, on January 17, 1961, President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered his farewell address to the nation. He spoke of the dangers of deficit spending and future planning But the main point made by Eisenhower that made his farewell speech famous was his legitimate concern and warning about the military-industrial complex and its ability to destroy our security and freedom based on research and events. past, Eisenhower was right to do so because of America's needs to succeed and their ability to pay any price to achieve it. In his speech, Dwight D. Eisenhower warned the American people against. development of a “military-industrial complex” and the threats it could represent because the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist” (Eisenhower, 1961) His fears were justified by the extreme development of the armed forces. America after two world wars, and by the development of a “permanent arms industry of vast proportions”. . Today, the military and industry succumbing to military needs are larger than ever. From today's perspective, the 1950s are seen as a time when everything had a certain order, ease and assurance. And although when President Eisenhower first delivered his farewell address he was thought to be senile because of his apparent animosity toward his country, he is now seen as an intelligent and revered statesman who would ever consider leading the United States into the situations we find ourselves in. Eisenhower was right when he warned and predicted that the military-industrial complex was "economic, political, even spiritual" and that it was "felt in every city, every statehouse, every office of the federal government." (Ledbetter, 2011)A large... middle of paper ......arty controls Congress and the White House, one common thing remains: the military-industrial complex, or perhaps (as we discovered (later how Eisenhower described it in a draft of his farewell address that was later edited) the military-industrial-congress complex. Works Cited Eisenhower, D. (1961). Farewell speech. 5407. Retrieved from http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5407.htmHari, J. (2011). Ike was right all along: the danger of the military-industrial complex. The Independent, retrieved from http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ike-was-right-all-along-the-danger-of-the-militaryindustrial-complex-2186133.htmlLedbetter, J . (2011). 50 years ago. New York Times, retrieved from http://www.zerohedge.com/article/all-all-it-lessly-eisenhower%E2%80%99s-worst-fears-have-been-realized-and-his-remarkable- and-unique