The MIC whispers in the ear of the movers and shakers of Washington to ensure conditions are good for business. General Eisenhower witnessed this happening. They are directly responsible for the last 100+ years of American military adventurism.
I know he warned about it in his last speech, but do you have a source or more specifics on how he witnessed it?
> Until the latest of our world conflicts, the United States had no armaments industry. American makers of plowshares could, with time and as required, make swords as well. But now we can no longer risk emergency improvisation of national defense; we have been compelled to create a permanent armaments industry of vast proportions.
His point wasn’t about specific instances of armaments manufacturers influencing foreign policy, it was simply about the existence of a new and vast industry permanently dedicated to manufacturing armaments.