re: Let's talk about military spending

After World War Two, senior military leaders contemplated ships and planes as far as the could see. And it was good. It was real good.

Soon a peace time draft was started, an idea that in 1940 was bitterly opposed, there was a revolt of the Generals and of the Admirals, and before long President Eisenhower was warning us about influence either sought or unsought by and for the Military Industrial Complex.

It's a big mess, and to tie this note into the thread, the MIC is rocking along and they won't welcome anything that interrupts the gravy train.