why we fight

i watched why we fight by Eugene Jarecki a while back - it describes the military industrial complex (coined by Dwight D. Eisenhower) and the possible necessity to start wars in order to maintain the war machine

so i went down to the local libary and read a little bit from The military-industrial complex: a historical perspective by Paul A.C. Koistinen; i'll admit i got into the first article but it raised an interesting question about how the military is designed to support and protect a democracy yet it in itself is a non-democratic organization with the possible danger that it cannot truly identify with what it is protecting

it was a curious observation and perhaps it makes it easier to understand why "civilians" and the "military" are at odds at times