Investment banks can use generals, the knowledge they
possess, their familiarity with the complex federal and military bureaucracy,
their ease with the jargon and lingo of the military subculture and of course their
contacts.
Meetings, phone calls, and some pricey lunches and trips will
be Odierno's job description as he helps to bridge the gap between military
contractors, DOD and State Department officials, foreign governments and of
course the banks that make it all possible.
Money and power, the empires of the world.
