http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_We_Fight_(2005_film)
Three minute clip from the movie, the full movie is online.
Why We Fight - Oil & Blowback
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wg1WuPgFJQhttp://original.antiwar.com/justin/2006/02/01/why-we-fight-2/"...Speaking of Santa Claus, this is precisely the role the U.S. government plays in relation to military contractors. These guys are the active element that keeps the military-industrial complex (MIC) running like a well-oiled treadmill; and, since Eisenhower’s day, the MIC has become an enormous edifice, one that relentlessly and quite profitably perpetuates itself almost like an living organism. The trick in the militarism business, we are told by a Defense Department analyst, is to over-promise the benefits and lowball the costs of any new defense system – and then spread around the campaign money to as many congressional districts as possible. Chalmers Johnson notes that the B-2 bomber has parts made in so many different congressional districts, if you discontinued it you would have even the most liberal members screaming bloody murder. An economic-political force is built up by the MIC that makes the momentum of militarism practically unstoppable..."