[dylan604]

Also known as the military industrial complex. I seemed to remember a prominent person speaking/warning quite decisively about that.

[gremlinsinc]

I can think of a few ...most recently probably Sanders, but I'm pretty sure Dwight Eisenhower warned about the MI Complex in speeches, and probably Kennedy too.

[owenmarshall]

Read “War is a Racket”, written in 1935 by retired USMC Major General and two-time Medal of Honor recipient Smedley Butler for an excellent historical perspective.