Originally Posted by Botnst

It takes two, civilian and military, to accomplish massive misuse. It has happened since before we were a nation and has happened ever since. Recall Ike's "Military-industrial complex" speech. Not trying to excuse it, but it is endemic in any bureaucracy in which large amounts of money are involved. When it's a killing machine it is both dispicable and dangerous.

One of the many benefits of changing who leads the gov every 4-8 years or so is that the new broom sweeps a bit cleaner. One of the downsides of the cozy 2-party system we have is that they keep recycling the same damn brooms.