re: #175 Dr Lizardo

Upding for the General McAuliffe reference.

Since Dark is a history buff, especially military history, I wonder what he really thinks of Eisenhower warning the country of the military industrial complex taking over control of things. Just for those that might not be aware of his comments in his final address Google it. It is very prescient.

Also, here is a bit of the Wiki page on the term Military Industrial Complex. Put it into today’s context, its fun.

Military-industrial complex, or military-industrial-congressional complex,[1] is a concept commonly used to refer to policy and monetary relationships between legislators, national armed forces, and the military industrial base that supports them. These relationships include political contributions, political approval for military spending, lobbying to support bureaucracies, and oversight of the industry. It is a type of iron triangle. The term is most often used in reference to the system behind the military of the United States, where it gained popularity after its use in the farewell address of President Dwight D. Eisenhower on January 17, 1961,[2] though the term is applicable to any country with a similarly developed infrastructure

Some historical theorists think he really did mean big business because at the time he made the comments, he had just come out of leading the Allies in WW2 and was very familiar with the big companies that helped in the war and had gained a lot of power and monies.