War Is a Racket a book
by Major General Smedley Butler
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Butler, the most decorated Marine in US history, came to the conclusion that he'd been used as a paid thug to enforce American corporate interests against the locals in a variety of nations.
The Military-Industrial-Congressional (the term Ike originally planned to use in his retirement speech) has been around a long, long time.
Refused to participate in plot against FDR.
This booklet is what started my journey, back in 1993, while deciding whether to re enlist in the USMC or not. I did not. When Ron Paul rolled around in about 2007 I was like a sponge soaking up and digging truth. So glad to have had those years of knowing things weren't right. I couldn't imagine just waking up the past few years and being weak and wobbly legged all over again with such little time left.
all the power to you for being awake and patient for 30 years, hopefully we will damage them enough, worldwide, to prevail...
Make peace profitable again.