-- military industrial complex." he meant power not under the supervision of national interest. i am sorry to say that we in america did not pay attention. >> many companies operating in the defense sector benefit from these systems. theof these is kdr, tied to former american vice president dick cheney. in 1999, they obtained a contract to build in kosovo, one of the largest u.s. bases in the world. >> one of the questions i get asked a lot about the side, people ask me -- is this the largest military installation in europe? the answer is no. certainly, it is a good base to support the mission and the troops we have here. as you see, it is designed not to be permanent. should the time come for us to leave, we can back this up. pa packed this up. >> in macedonia, the u.s. is sponsoring the construction of pipeline. it was initially conceived by a macedonian architect in the u.s. and it is today pursued by his son. >> my father was a designer, builder, an architect of luxury contemporary space in connecticut and north

thousand nine hundred sixty one eisenhower warned about the rise of what he called the military industrial complex suggesting that private forces might in their search for profits override the protective mechanisms that keep government answerable to its people that military industrial complex has now become the military industrial spying private prison complex and it's a far greater threat to our democracy than probably was in vision by eisenhower. government is the protector of the commons. government is of by and for we the people. to do this government must be answerable to the people and when the functions of government are privatized. all of that breaks down. and the government itself begins to be answerable to profit. it's time to reestablish the clear dividing lines between government functions and corporate functions between public space and private space a critically important place to start that is by ending the privatization within our national investigative and spying agencies. and that's the way it is tonight tuesday september twenty fourth two thousand and thirteen don't forget democ

thousand nine hundred sixty one eisenhower warned about the rise of what he called the military industrial complex suggesting that private forces might in their search for profits override the protective mechanisms that keep government answerable to its people that military industrial complex has now become the military industrial spying private prison complex and it's a far greater threat to our democracy than probably was in visioned by eisenhower. government is the protector of the commons. the government is of by and for we the people. to do this government must be answerable to the people and when the functions of government are privatizers all of that breaks down. and the government itself begins to be answerable to profit. it's time to reestablish the clear dividing lines between government functions and corporate functions between public space and private space a critically important place to start that is by ending the privatization within our national investigative and spy agencies. and that's the way it is tonight tuesday september twenty fourth two thousand and thirteen don't forget de

the military industrial complex, the medical, the surveillance industrial complex.we are facing a crisis because

the military industrial complex, the medical, the surveillance industrial complex. we are facing a crisis because both parties are owned by the corporations who make a lot of money on this. that is the challenge we have as americans to find out whether or not we will save our country by restoring the principles of civil liberty >> dr ron paul, former congressman and 3-time presidential candidate. thank you so much for talking to al jazeeraindustrial complex. congressman and 3-time al jazeera. al jazeera.

benefits washington there are only a certain small elites in washington do benefit and the military industrial complex the media and the lobby groups but the american people are suffering as much as the perhaps not dined due to sanctions but all the wealth that is being spent on wars and fill in the pockets of the war mongers is being taken away from the american people so american people here somehow the iranians the people of iran and the american people have to come together and understand that they're both being harmed and this message has to be conveyed and in this age of internet and communication fortunately it's not so easy for the washington political elite to cover up their actions to mislead the people the word is getting out there and it's just the syria war was stopped and i think temporarily pretty much because the american public were not behind it the wizened up and i hope and as well i mean you know i don't know you know if you're going to say that you say that about why you have to wait let me go to tell you before we go to the break you know once you have the same people that brough

well i think it's a little bit more complicated than that of course talked about the military industrial complex in the usa and as mohamed said there's a growing awareness against that in the country everybody saying we're becoming war weary but that's that's not to say it's all the there is still something very special about united states and i am a very loyal american i'll have to stand up for that because still you see in two thousand and six more people came illegally to america then the rest of the world i wonder how many of them were rescued relations or an american wars i really would like to know the answer to. ok professor marandi you let me give you can see that i mean you know there is. an important point has been raised here and in fact the russian president gave a appropriate response to this idea that's constantly put forward by american officials and obama itself and that's american exceptionalism the idea that the united states is somehow exceptional and different from other countries is is i think very dangerous the united states is a country like any other country and it can do

problem occupy wall street wants student debt eradicated they want an end to the crazy military industrial complex all of these social economic political issues that were around two years ago that prompted people to initially come out onto the streets they still remain today and that's why people in such big numbers really more than we expected came out in new york today and ramone you were covering occupy extensively in l.a. what would you say looking back kind of offering some reflection on the biggest success of this movement were clearly embolden the regular people who were not political to come and and fight back against corporate and state power i think you pointed out earlier in the show how animosity towards wall street has never been higher and that these occupiers were really expressing what the american public was already feeling in the aftermath though after the encampments were torn down one of the most successful things that we've seen is occupy fights for closures where families who also were not political but were victimized by these too big to fail banks are fighting back they're

the americans of this rate is a perfectly happy not to mention the americans vast military industrial complex that thrives on selling arms to the various in international actors ok jason to be fair go right ahead where time to go to complete nonsense of course we're also we're you know appearing on a network that is hosted by a country that has made quite a quite a handsome profit from selling weapons across the region or here's a lot of countries in the world did make money off of. your saying something like that of what you know that you know would not clarifying it here these are transparent internationally respected of contradict it. i mean a lot of straits the united states sells a lot of arms in the middle east let's not forget about that also yes ok all right yes it does united states the united states does so does russia so do other states as well but instability is not in the interest of the united states instability is very definitely not in the interest of israel a small country surrounded by hostile neighbors that have made war on it half a dozen times in the last sixty five years

seventh there are going to be people in the streets of all over the united states yes the military industrial complex has had the bit in its mouth and the obama administration's winding up the republican war makers but the american people need to come into the streets too and say no to a government that's going to do this terrible act caring so much tragedy for the people of syria and the region they have to say we're not going to do this in our name not with our consent we're going to be in the streets and we are trying we're doing everything to mobilize public opinion against a really wish you were right but i'm a pessimist here michael you want to jump in there go ahead. you know. even if the congress says no even like the polls show that the american people are opposed the president obama under his authority as commander in chief can launch any time he wants on the war resolutions up to nine hundred seventy eight all the us to do some form of the congress he doesn't have to go get approval when this is this is and he's already put a marker down on that one wants to do this that seems to me this i

the americans of this raid is a perfectly happy not to mention the americans vast military industrial complex that thrives on selling arms to the various in international actors ok jason to be fair go right ahead fair time that it's complete nonsense of course we're also we're you know appearing on a network that is hosted by a country that has made quite a quite a handsome profit from selling weapons across the region one hears from a lot of countries in the world did make money off of amman such release not you legally you're saying something like that of you know you know what clarifying it here these are transparent internationally respected of course. i mean a lot of straits the united states sells a lot of arms in the middle east let's not forget about that also yes ok all right yes it does united states the united states does so does russia so do other states as well but instability is not in the interest of the united states instability is very definitely not in the interest of israel a small country surrounded by hostile neighbors that have made war on it half a dozen times in the la

seventh there are going to be people in the streets of all over the united states yes the military industrial complex has had the bit in its mouth and the obama administration's winding up the republican war makers but the american people need to come into the streets too and say no to a government that's going to do this terrible act caring so much tragedy for the people of syria and the region they have to say you're not going to do this in our name not with our consent we're going to be in the streets so we are trying we're doing everything to mobilize public opinion against a really wish you were right but i'm a pessimist here michael you want to jump in there go ahead. you know. even if the congress says no even like the polls show that the american people are opposed the president obama under his authority as commander in chief can launch any time he wants on of the war resolutions up to nine hundred seventy eight all the us to do some form of the congress you don't have to go get approval when this is this is and he's already put a marker down on that one wants to do this that seems to me this

industry evolved of course i'm talking about the american military machine and out of control beast that's propagated by u.s. tax dollars so to discuss how americans can stop financially supporting the military industrial complex i'm joined now by adam and founder of the national war tax resistance coordinating committee and author of the book war tax resistance a guide to withholding your support from the military and thank you so much for coming on thank you abbi for having me so add your organization features a chart that shows that forty seven percent of the estimated two thousand and fourteen federal budget will be spent on military expenditures yet the government breakdown only shows twenty four percent going towards defense why the discrepancy here and how did you arrive at these numbers well the discrepancy is that this is a federal funds a government figure usually includes trust funds like social security but trust funds like social security or raise separately and spent separately what we look at are those federal funds which are raised from the federal income tax on someone's ten forty form and then spent depending on how congress allocate some we also include the. cost of past wars because of the

the first time since one nine hundred seventy one students there are thinking that the military industrial complex has wrapped its tentacles around their school and that they're there he even for intellectual education is turning hyper militarized students held demonstrations expressing their discontent with military brass fires and the return of the r.t.c. . it's a sign of the military's this unit cuny because this is not only does it come in the midst of. the appointment of david petraeus. the renaming of the c.c.n.y. building to the call in college and. the presence of military recruiters in various military contracts a cuny this is just all part of the push to make uni. more. fertile ground for recruitment for working class students to fight imperialist war i was joined earlier by another cuny student worried about the military station of a school vasco i began by asking him what he thinks is behind the recent embrace of america's military at his school. well i think it's time to recruit more people more officers cuny you know historically as a working class institution there's been many many

remarkable story about the cost of the inmates here because we were we not only have a military industrial complex we are. the prison industrial complex city's annual cost per inmate is one hundred sixty eight thousand dollars study finds the city paid one hundred sixty seven thousand seven hundred thirty one dollars to feed house and guard each inmate last year according to a study the independent budget office released this week that's twelve thousand two hundred eighty seven inmates m.x. eighty three percent of the costs that are split about four into the sixty dollars a day goes to the cost of the guards salaries and pensions and their health care because of the fastest growing population in america is the prison population so i predict that within ten years the biggest population overall in america will be the prison population so of course starbucks the opening of prisons mcdonald's opening of prisons big data step you know raytheon and all the big data defense contractors opening up of prisons you've got to get into prison to get the most out of life that's america's new branding mission st

remarkable story about the cost of the inmates here because we were we not only have a military industrial complex we have a prison industrial complex city's annual cost per inmate is one hundred sixty eight thousand dollars study finds the city paid one hundred sixty seven thousand seven hundred thirty one dollars to feed house and guard each inmate last year according to a study the independent budget office released this week that's twelve thousand two hundred eighty seven inmates m.x. eighty three percent of the cost that's about four inches sixty dollars a day goes to the cost of the guard's salaries and pensions and their health care for the fastest growing population in america is the prison population so i predict that within ten years the biggest population overall in america will be the prison population so look for starbucks opening of prisons mcdonald's opening of prisons big data step you know raytheon and all the big data defense contractors opening up of prisons you've got to get into prison to get the most out a life that's america's new branding mission statement to get the most o

spend more money because virtually all of them are almost all of them are invested in the military industrial complex here in the united states but they're also reacting to pressure from home many are up for elections next year and the people don't want this people of the united states want peace despite our government's very different behavior around the world that is not what americans want want once they enter into a war many in america tend to just be silent because they don't want to put our servicemen and women at risk so they'll just stop talking about it once the strike occurs and we need to make sure that doesn't happen called a really good to talk to you thank you very much indeed executive director of the u.s. military policy joining us live from washington thank you well earlier today i spoke to the way he's a spokesman from the free syrian army know asked him if there's a chance for donald now that assad has agreed to hand over the country's chemical stockpiles. actually within that understand only one logic that they don't understand anything about their chemical all the other stuff it'

well i think it's a little bit more complicated than that of course talked about the military industrial complex in the usa and as mohamed said there's a growing awareness against that in the country everybody saying we're becoming war weary but that's that's not to say it's all the there is still something very special about united states and i am a very loyal american i'll have to stand up for that because still you see in two thousand and six more people came illegally to america then the rest of the world i wonder how many of them were rescued relations or american wars i really would like to know the answer to that ok professor marandi let me give you can see that i mean you know there is. an important point has been raised here and in fact the russian president gave a appropriate response to this idea that constantly put forward by american officials and obama itself and that's american exceptionalism the idea that the united states is somehow exceptional and different from other countries is is i think very dangerous the united states is a country like any other country and it can do grea

happened i became totally psyched fanfic for the financial system so i just talk about a military industrial complex aching over america i would actually happen is the political financial complex the second i have not just america been taught when to imagine that you blame the private sector more than the public sector the public sector of course being the government now when you hear debate about this on the mainstream media you see it or you hear a lot of finger pointing so the private sector will say look we wouldn't be engaged in this massive fraud if the public sector or the government didn't didn't allow us to engage in this fraud in other words if you want to stop then you need to pass laws to stop us then the government or the federal bank the reserve bank in washington will say well we can't stop the fraud because if we do it'll cause a problem in the private sector all the banks will collapse so we have to keep the fraud going with artificially low interest rates and quantitative easing they keep this ponzi scheme going so there is this figure pointing by the way everyone in government is

happened i became totally psychic fanfics of the financial system so i just talk about the military industrial complex aching over america i would actually happen is the politicos financial complex the second i have not just america but been taught climate imagine that you blame the private sector more than the public sector the public sector of course being the government now when you hear debate about this on the mainstream media you see it area here a lot of finger pointing so the private sector will say look we wouldn't be engaged in this massive fraud if the public sector or the government didn't didn't allow us to engage in this fraud in other words if you want to stop then you need to pass laws to stop us then the government or the federal bank reserve bank in washington will say well we can't stop the fraud because if we do it'll cause a problem in the private sector all the banks will collapse so we have to keep the fraud going with artificially low interest rates and quantitative easing and keep this ponzi scheme going so there is this figure pointing by the way everyone in government is get

students what you know about eisenhower now say oh the farewell address warning about the military industrial complex what they don't know is that eisenhower when he took office we had about a thousand nuclear weapons when he left office we had twenty three thousand nuclear weapons when his budgeting cycle was finished we had thirty thousand people that went. back that rhetoric in the region innovative it is strange let's talk about it's easy to look at the middle east and it's vacuum up here why is the middle east on stable right now and really what is the u.s. how much of that has to do with the u.s. policy was the fact that there was such repressive regimes for so long had a lot to do with u.s. policy the united states armed these governments these dictatorships we supported them politically and militarily and so for years they kept a lid on the people there and all of a sudden things unraveled and in such an unpredictable way this twenty six year old tunisian street vendor had had been insulted one time to mehdi and set himself on fire and then the middle east unraveled and it was unpredictable i