What Ike said What ______ said Agree/Disagree w/ Ike

“A vital element in keeping “Cuts in foreign affairs Disagree b/c opposes the idea
the peace is our military and defense spending, that keeping the peace is what the
establishment. inattention to the tools of military is for, this quote states
statecraft, and inconstant that we are sustaining influence
Our arms must be mighty, leadership [make] it with our defense instead of
ready for instant action, so that increasingly difficult to protecting ourselves. –NWO
no potential aggressor may be sustain American Opposes being ready for present
tempted to risk his own influence around the threats and says MEET present
destruction.” world.” – NWO threats instead of defending
outselves. Pre-emptive. -NWO
“Meet present threats” -
NWO
“Together we must learn how “A foreign policy that Does not want to compose
to compose differences, not boldly and purposefully differences through intellect
with arms, but with intellect promotes American wants to fight to establish our
and decent purpose.” principles abroad.”-NOW principles, and promote no one
elses
“If we shirk our
responsibilities, we invite We’re using leadership to
challenges to our promote our interests instead of
fundamental interests” - betterment and we are not
NWO composing differences.
“During the long lane of the US must be prepared to If you are forming alliances you
history yet to be written, stop rouge states before do not have mutual respect and
America knows that this world threaten / use weapons of trust in a confederation nor do
of ours, ever growing smaller, mass destruction vs. us. you have equals nor are those
must avoid becoming a Allies / friends. who are not your alliances
community of dreadful fear confident that they will be
and hate, and be, instead, a “Our response must take protected by our moral econ and
proud confederation of mutual full advantage of military strength.
trust and respect. Such a strengthened aliiances, the
confederation must be one of establishment of new If you are creating new weapons,
equals. The weakest must partnerships with former you are definitely contemplating
come to the conference table adversaries.”-NSSUSA turning to the battlefield instead
with the same confidence as of conferencing and if you are
do we, protected as we are by “Innovation in the use of increasing emphasis on
our moral, economic, and military forces, modern intelligence collection you don
military strength. techonologies, including not truest others.
the development of an
That table, though scarred by effective missile defense
many past frustrations, cannot system, and increase
be abandoned for the certain emphasis on intelligence
agony of the battlefield.” collection and analysis.”-
NSSUSA
What are Ike’s concerns? Are they still relevant in today’s world? And, if they are what do the
Cold War and Middle Eastern Conflicts have in common that the concerns are still relevant?

Ike’s Concerns:

1. That a Military is imperative to keep peace & to defend America from aggressors but
Americans must be aware of the grave possibilities, such as the fact that government may be
unjustifiably influenced by it by power that is in the wrong hands, or our democracy and our
freedoms may be put in danger because of the complex, and it is up to the citizens to steer it in
the right direction.

2. We should not use weapons to establish or change differences

3. We must avoid fearing and hating one another snd instead form a confederation of mutual
trust and respect where all are equal and we must protect the weak and avoid the battles by
negotiating.

sustain American influence around the world.”

promotes American principles abroad

If we shirk our responsibilities, we invite challenges to our fundamental interests

Our response must take full advantage of strengthened alliances, the establishment of
new partnerships with former adversaries.”-

“Innovation in the use of military forces, modern techonologies, including the

development of an effective missile defense system, and increase emphasis on intelligence
collection and analysis.”

“Understandably proud of this
pre-eminence, we yet realize
that America's leadership and
prestige depend, not merely
upon our unmatched material
progress, riches and military
strength, but on how we use
our power in the interests of
world peace and human
betterment.”
“But now we can no longer
“Of course, the U.S. must
be prudent in how it
exercises its power. But
we cannot safely avoid
the responsibilities of
global leadership or the
costs that are associated
with its exercise.” – NOW
“If we shirk our
responsibilities, we invite
challenges to our
fundamental interests” -
NWO
“Meet present threats” -
Disagree b/c opposes idea that
leadership must be worked and
claims leadership actually can’t
be avoided and that power is used
to establish leadership, not that
the way we use our power
determines whether we are
leaders or not.
Being always ready has
risk emergency improvisation NWO transformed to the threats instead
of national defense; we have of waiting to be attacked.
been compelled to create a
permanent arms industry of
vast proportions.”
“Throughout America's “Foreign policy that Disagree b/c keeping the peace
adventure in free government, boldly and purposefully will not be possible if American
our basic purposes have been promotes American principles are boldy and
to keep the peace, to foster principles abroad.” purposefully promoted abroad, or
progress in human And if we challenge regimes hostile to
achievement, and to enhance “to challenge regimes our interests.
liberty, dignity, and integrity hostile to our interests and
among peoples and among values”
nations. To strive for less -NWO
would be unworthy of a free
and religious people. Any
failure traceable to arrogance,
or our lack of comprehension,
or readiness to sacrifice would
inflict upon us grievous hurt,
both at home and abroad.”