War is a Racket by Brigadier General Smedley Butler is - TopicsExpress



          

War is a Racket by Brigadier General Smedley Butler is interesting. He called himself a racketeer for Capitalism after serving 33 years in the Marines and winning multiple medals of honor. He helped make China, Nicaragua, Cuba and Haiti havens for US corporations. The core material is online at ratical.org/ratville/CAH/warisaracket.html and youtube has a video version but book versions contain additional articles and photos. Butler played a role in support of veterans in the protests in DC in Hoovers administration that were crushed by Patton and MacArthur. Many of his ideas for eliminating war are obsolete due to advances in technology but his main idea of eliminating outrageous profits that corporations make from war (like the $40B Halliburton made in Iraq) could help eliminate war by taking away the financial incentives.
Posted on: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 06:15:26 +0000

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