A wise man once said:
…In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist…
…and the wise man was former President Eisenhower. I guess he had his bad sides he as all others, but the statement above was indeed remarkable foreseen. To bad that today the influence of the military-industrial complex is just there Eisenhower did not want it to be. Seems to me that Senator John McCain (R) http://mccain.senate.gov/ is one of the few republicans able to be as wise as needed. Should have been more like him, and fewer like Dick Cheney http://www.whitehouse.gov/vicepresident, who by the way owe the military industry a lot for his wealthy bank account.
Read the whole farewell address here http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/ike.htm