I've known about the Eisenhower warning for many years, and have been consistently convinced that Eisenhower would be appalled and disgusted at Cheney's role in public office, and his own [string of expletives deleted] willingness to engage in all manner of trickery just to avoid to possibility of answering questions about his actions, let alone facing the consequences of them.

"Military industrial complex"? Thy /name/ is Cheney.