Guest BlackJesus Posted August 1, 2005 Report Share Posted August 1, 2005 [b][color="red"]Great Letter from a Army General in 1933, that speaks from the grave to today in my opinion.[/color][/b] [img]http://www.poynter.org/resource/64967/coffinpic.jpg[/img] ----------------------------- [i]"If a nation comes over here to fight, then we'll fight. The trouble with America is that when the dollar only earns 6 percent over here, then it gets restless and goes overseas to get 100 percent. Then the flag follows the dollar and the soldiers follow the flag... "It may seem odd for me, a military man to adopt such a comparison. Truthfulness compels me to. I spent thirty-three years and four months in active military service as a member of this country's most agile military force, the Marine Corps. I served in all commissioned ranks from Second Lieutenant to Major-General. And during that period, I spent most of my time being a high class muscle-man for Big Business, for Wall Street and for the Bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism. "I suspected I was just part of a racket at the time. Now I am sure of it. Like all the members of the military profession, I never had a thought of my own until I left the service. My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military service. "I helped make Mexico, especially Tampico, safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefits of Wall Street. The record of racketeering is long. I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912 (where have I heard that name before?). I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American sugar interests in 1916. In China I helped to see to it that Standard Oil went its way unmolested..." " War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses."[/i] [b]- Major General Smedley Butler, USMC, 1933[/b] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer_Rice Posted August 1, 2005 Report Share Posted August 1, 2005 The important thing to know about Smedley Butler is that he was approached by some Wall Street interests with regard to leading a coup d' etat in the early 30s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdubdub Posted August 2, 2005 Report Share Posted August 2, 2005 [quote name='BlackJesus' date='Aug 1 2005, 04:01 AM'][b][color=red][size=7] " War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses."[/i] [b]- Major General Smedley Butler, USMC, 1933[/b] [right][post="122324"]<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/post][/right][/quote] It almost makes you sad on the inside. I love the troops and the military but they are almost the same as a pistol. A pistol doesn't kill people it is the one holding it...and in that case the administration controlling it. I cringe when I hear "Freedom is on the March/Move" or whatever Bush says. If we are trying to spread freedom there are millions in Africa that need it...it is all about money and control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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