Yes.

It's a fairly straightforward scam really - so obvious that Eisenhower saw it coming and warned us against it 60 years ago, and to no avail.

The politicians give tax money to the arms dealers, and justify doing so by fanning the flames of war.

The arms dealers give some portion of that money back to the politicians, in exchange for future sales, and the future wars to justify them.

The politicians give tax money to the arms dealers, and justify doing so by fanning the flames of war.

The arms dealers give some portion of that money back to the politicians, in exchange for future sales, and the future wars to justify them.

And that's it. 'Round and round it goes, and there are two primary effects - the politicians and their arms dealer cronies get more wealthy all the time, and lots of innocent people die, but they don't count for anything, since they're mere peasants anyway.