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>It seems however, that Eisenhower intended that phrase to use the psychoanalytic definition of complex ...

No, he did not. [1]

While that's certainly an interesting thought as well as a unique angle, nothing I can find suggests that it was his intent.

Moreover, the usage of the term in context of the speech itself is evidence enough:

"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex." [2]

Eisenhower clearly used the term as if it were a concrete entity, not as an abstract reference to a psychiatric state.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%E2%80%93industrial_com...

[2] http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/research/online_documents...