In 1961, in his farewell speech (Military-Industrial Complex Speech) Eisenhower pointed out that the USA was moving into a dangerous direction: creating the situation that the economy depended on the armaments industry.
Which means: making it an economic neccesity to fight wars. Wars need to be made, regardless of political neccesity, foreign policy, international legality or voters. If there is no war, the USA suffers economically.
Now, 45 years later, do you think that the USA is in a situation where it needs a war once in a while for economical reasons?
And the links:
http://coursesa.matrix.msu.edu/~hst306/documents/indust.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military-industrial_complex
Which means: making it an economic neccesity to fight wars. Wars need to be made, regardless of political neccesity, foreign policy, international legality or voters. If there is no war, the USA suffers economically.
Now, 45 years later, do you think that the USA is in a situation where it needs a war once in a while for economical reasons?
And the links:
http://coursesa.matrix.msu.edu/~hst306/documents/indust.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military-industrial_complex