Yes, fine. But you went further than that and suggested that why the war went on was not politics, but a crass desire to enrich companies that benefitted from the war. Where is your proof of that?
It was something from the era... Whether or not it was designed that way, it happened. Lots of new toys were developed by the defense contractors (remember, there were some BIG budgets for the war) and sent over for "field testing" in-country. Some worked; some, notably the M-16, were disastrous for the troops. (The first one I carried, thankfully at Pendleton during Staging Bn, had to be manually cocked after every round. The armorer told me to "live with it.")
It is not inconceivable that currently connected companies would be heart-broken at a cessation of hostilities in Iraq or Afghanistan. How many of them have those lovely cost-plus contracts? How many of them might have the ear of someone powerful? Someone who might be interested in post-government "service" employment? You KNOW it happens. When there is as much money being flung around as we have here, people will do a LOT for a taste of it. With only two years left in Bush's administration, how many folks that work for him are polishing their resumes and looking to their futures? How many of them have access to the top policy makers? What might be changing hands in order to keep the gravy flowing? Can you or anyone here be 100% sure that the answer is NONE and NOTHING? I doubt it very much.