Just say it

I never thought anyone would wake up and say it. But last night I heard Andy Rooney say it on 60 Minutes. Rooney said:

I'll tell you where we ought to start saving: our bloated military establishment.

...We had a great commander in WWII, Dwight Eisenhower. He became President and on leaving the White House in 1961, he said this: "We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist..."

Well, Ike was right. That's just what's happened.

I wonder if anybody else was listening. I was.