as are the so-called Intelligence Agencies (Covert Operations Agencies) and Congress. Not just for robbing us by means of all kinds of (often questionable) military contracts, but also for robbing the people of other nations by means of overt and/or covert interventions of various kinds.
That's why some call it the Military Industrial Intelligence Complex, and some call it the Military Industrial Congressional Complex. These days certain other institutions also play prominent roles: Think Tanks, PR firms and last but not least the mainstream media.
I'm pretty sure Ike would say it has gotten much worse than he ever imagined.
What I've Learned About US Foreign Policyhttp://www.chomskytorrents.org/TorrentDetails.php?TorrentID=1220The basic message being that the CIA, the military-industrial-complex, the Pentagon, the multinational corporations, the media and the Government of the United States are responsible for the deaths of millions of people in the third world, not to mention the poverty and oppression of millions more. We support, arm, and train dictators and militaries that do these evil actions to their own people. All of this is to insure that we control the natural resources of these countries and their market place, use the people for cheap labor and keep the business of war (which is our biggest business) ongoing.
Trials Of Henry Kissingerhttp://www.chomskytorrents.org/TorrentDetails.php?TorrentID=1222Featuring previously unseen footage, newly declassified US government documents, and revealing interviews with key insiders to the events in question, The Trials of Henry Kissinger examines the charges facing him, shedding light on a career long shrouded in secrecy. In part, it explores how a young boy who fled Nazi Germany grew up to become one of the most powerful men in US history and now, in the autumn of his life, one of its most disputed figures.
Overthrow - America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to IraqDemocracy Now
part 1
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/21/132247&mode=thread&tid=25part 2
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/08/1353206(video, audio, transcript)
Interview with former New York Times foreign correspondent, Steve Kinzer. Kinzer's new book is titled, "Overthrow: America"s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq." In it, he examines how the United States has thwarted independence movements in Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines and Nicaragua; staged covert actions and coups d'etat in Iran, Guatemala, South Vietnam and Chile; and invaded Grenada, Panama and Afghanistan and Iraq.
Kinzer argues that over 110 years, the United States has deployed its power to gain access to natural resources, stifle dissent and control the nationalism of newly independent states or political movements.