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all right we're keeping on keeping on with Ike and the question is according

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to the facts a strong military is necessary in order to what Eisenhower [text on screen]

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makes no bones about his position when he says that the US military should be [picture of president]

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mighty ready for instant action why why does he say this well as he puts it so [writing on chalkboard]

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that no potential aggressor may be tempted to risk his own destruction for

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Eisenhower the best military is the one you don't have to use because it's so [military cars]

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big that everyone's afraid of it Eisenhower doesn't mention peace talks

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like where did that come from and in his opinion the military should be a [people shaking hands]

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deterrent to international conflicts although he mentions ongoing issues and

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he's talking about the threat of problems rather than actual conflicts

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the US was involved in so I get rid of that potential answer Eisenhower's [soldiers firing arms]

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probably psyched that the military growth didn't create jobs but he doesn't

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cite it as the motivating factor to you know go build guns so if that's it it's [text on screen]

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a it's prevent enemies from starting military conflicts with the US we've

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heard of too big to fail well we wanted to be too big to mess with [Uncle Sam in boxing gloves]

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