You may remember seeing old TV footage of US President, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, in which he said that "…we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex."您可能还记得看到电视画面岁的美国总统，一般艾森豪威尔，他在信中说： “ ...我们必须防止购置不必要的影响，不论是寻求或unsought ，由军工企业。 ”
This was Eisenhower’s last public address as President before leaving office and he thought the topic important enough to devote his last public address to it.这是艾森豪威尔的最后一次公开讲话总统卸任前，他认为重要的议题投入足够的他的最后一次公开处理它。 The date of this speech was 1961, when US military expenditures were a mere 291 billion dollars (adjusted for inflation).日期的这次讲话是1961年，美国军费开支的只有二千九百一十点零零亿美元（经通货膨胀因素调整后） 。 The Cold War with the Soviet Union was in full swing and President Eisenhower was clearly concerned that such "large" defense expenditures could create a dynamic of their own.冷战时期与前苏联是在全速艾森豪威尔总统显然是担心这种“大”国防开支可以创造一个充满活力的自己。 A dynamic that would tie the hand of any leader in the long run would be detrimental to the health of our nation.一个充满活力，以配合手的任何领导人从长远来看，将有损于健康的我们的国家。
Last year, the United States of America spend more on defense than ALL of the other nations on earth combined.去年，美国花更多的防守比所有其他国家在地球上的总和。 A staggering 623 billion dollars.令人吃惊623000000000美元。 The trend is towards further increases.这种趋势是朝着进一步提高。 You may say: "Yes, but we are fighting hot wars in Iraq and Afghanistan".你可能会说： “是的，但我们正在热战的战斗在伊拉克和阿富汗。 ” But only $150 billion of the $623 billion are allocated for these war.但是，只有1500亿美元的6230亿美元分配这些战争。 Even without them the US military spending is completely out of proportion to any perceived need to self defense.他们即使没有美国的军费开支是完全不相称的任何知觉需要自卫。 If this were a "Star Wars" story, we would be the ones building the Death Star.如果这是一场“星球大战”的故事，我们将是建设的死星。 We are the ones wearing the black uniforms.我们是那些身穿黑色制服。
All Republican Presidential candidates (with the exception of Ron Paul) would like this situation to become more extreme.所有共和党总统候选人（除保罗）想这种情况变得更加极端。 To my surprise, even the leading contenders on the Democratic side think that this situation is just swell and have no problem with it.如果要我吃惊的是，即使是领先的竞争者的民主党方面认为，这种状况仅仅是红肿，有没有问题。
For a more detailed analysis of current military expenditures with source references, see this previous post and this excellent article by Glenn Greenwald in Salon.为了更详细地分析当前的军费开支与源参考， 看到这个以前的职位和这个极好的文章，格伦格林沃尔德在沙龙。
