Military/ Industrial Complex

When I was in college in the 60's and 70's one of the most hated and protested concepts was that of the Military-Industrial Complex. We were told that no less than General ,and then President, Dwight Eisenhower had warned against the collusion of the military and the arms dealers. We were also reminded of an even bigger military figure, President Washington, warning against large standing armies. It was said that this combination would lead to perpetual war, which, of course, would lead to uncontrollable spending on arms, which could be loosely translated as everything from bulletmaking to ship and fort building. College protests against this were happening daily, with marchers carrying signs proclaiming "Dow (alleged maker of napalm) shall not kill)."

Recently we have been told that President George W. Bush spent a trillion dollars on the Iraq War, a war which he lied to U.S. (us) about, justifying it by claiming Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.

Concomitantly, and subsequently, we started the Afganistan War, which we ridiculously justified by the term "nation building", having absolutely no other excuse to start.

At the same time we are mired in a hopeless recession, which our leaders, and even us, blame on too many entitlements, while the Military-Industrial Entitlement is without a name, and without blame, as we supply arms dealers ( loosely translated as military suppliers of hardware, software, and Personnel), in addition to a large standing army luxuriating in the totally futile War on Drugs.

The military-industrial collaboration does not deserve the name Complex. Let's instead call it the M-I Simple Entitlement, as in the entitlement that is simply destroying our beloved country.