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39. ''War is a Racket.'' -- Gen. Smedley Darlington Butler, USMC (ret.)

Tue Feb 5, 2013, 04:29 PM

Feb 2013

Absolute spot-on example. The good general, who received two Medals of Honor and singlehandedly stopped the fascist coup against FDR, also observed what you did, raouldukelives. Our main export was death. Imports varied by nation looted.:

"War is a racket. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives." -- Smedley D. Butler

Butler said he felt like a gangster collecting for racketeers.

For DUers and all who enjoy reading about the nation's true state of affairs: "War Is a Racket" in PDF form.

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