The Inmates are Running the Asylum...

Mankind's constant state of warfare, or constant posturing thereto has perplexed the finest minds to have ever graced this planet. Why do we, as the richest country in the world, continue to wage war. It would be one thing, if we were merely protecting ourselves, but we go out looking for wars.

One answer might be that we have created a cancer within our society called the Military-Industrial Complex, which demands to be fed. Soon we will be a new Prussia. We won't be a state with a military, but rather a military with a state. "Jawohl mein Fuehrer! Sieg Heil!"

In liberal democracies, the military is supposed to be subordinate to civilian-rule. That is, we are supposed to be a state with a military, not a military with a state. I fear that it is too late to change the tide. We needed to listen for when the military starts complaining of civilian leadership that has no military background running the military, and how bad that is for the military. It sounds a little like a birdie saying "Coup? Coup?"

Here is a rule of thumb: Never trust a military officer, when they say something that leads to the conclusion we need a new high-tech, obscenely expensive and very profitable weapons system. They are in bed with the corporate interests.