To clarify: I fnd it strange that you consider the expansion of the military budget surrounding the recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan a natural result of the growth of the economy. Even stranger, that you believe no one objects to these expenditures.

I never took you for a neo-con, ACIN.

The military budget is at the core of it. Eisenhower shorted the Military-Industrial Complex from the original name he gave it, the Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex. Congress is at the heart of it.
Let's say, a distinction between the federal contracts with Boeing and the salaries of Army personnel, for example.

I think you may have simply clumsily wrded a response to a misinterpretation of my post. As I said, I am not presently interested in the influence of the MIC. Take another look at the last few posts.