"...run by..." is a cheap cop-out. The military industrial complex makes so much money that it can influence American politics at every single level. Where a new building is built. Research put out by the Heritage Foundation that says Burblanistan is an imminent threat. Military contractors building armor and weapons to fight a war in Burblanistan. And paying for attack ads/support to get their "friendly" legislators elected, who will vote for the military action in Burblanistan... using the military contractor's hardware... built in the building with the tax breaks for 20 years... So yes. The US is run by a Spook State. But those two words - "run by" - masque a large network of commercial interests that can, if we try, be dismantled. But only of we NAME THEM. Don't use cheap epithets. Call them out by name.