all those retired representatives and generals are on the boards of think tanks in DC and want to make tons of money on speaking engagements and selling secrets. what a racket.

hardly deep state. they are politicians, they work the system to get ahead and yes, it's very cut throat and competitive. for a time there was lots of assassinations of rival think tank CEOs when Coors was in there too. Old PNAC people.

yes McCain thinks he's a head honcho, what an ego, but he's actually just a fuckwad like Cheney and the rest of em. these people want their people inside and they miss the real experts in the field who actually know more shit than they do.

Charlie Wilson's war is the perfect example. Arms to Pakistan, to fight the Russians, turned into al Qaeda when Charlie took off with the money and the broad thinking he did something great.