Sounds better with a Russian accent. Vladdy Daddy certainly approves, I think.

Mind you, I’ve had issues with the MIC going way back, but I never advocated for its complete demise. It’s the unbridled power and outsized influence that bother me. Frankly, I’m surprised the major players haven’t been more outspoken.

Yes the MIC is a greedy and corrupt entity.
Forcing the American taxpayer to fund out of control projects and obsolete weapons.

It should be clipped but not destroyed.

Of course, all of it has Putin's fingerprints on it.

As if it weren’t noisy enough already.

In these paranoiac times, is it wrong to ponder why power brokers surrounding the MIC haven’t been running around with their hair on fire? It makes me wonder why there’s complacency in the face of financial withering on the vine. If there’s a ‘big fix’, and if it’s ‘in’, it’s beyond the scope of this forum and belongs rightfully in fiction or speculative politics.

Why isn't the MIC making noises about their possible decline and loss of European customers?
The world is not interested in buying weapons/aircraft controlled by the US military who could
cut off aircraft or weapon capability in mid air.

Perhaps the MIC knows that US taxpayer dollars will always be funneled to them.
No questions asked.

Or perhaps Putin has bought off the US MIC like he has bought off everyone else?

BTW asking good questions and speculating based on data and observations are the basis of science.
It is not fiction and it is not conspiracy to ask questions and speculate.