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SharonAnn

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9. As Marine General Butler said: " I was a gangster for capitalism". His book "War is a Racket" is still available.

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From the short book, “War is a Racket”, published in 1935, by Gen Smedley Butler, retired Marine Corp General and two-time Medal of Honor recipient. In his 1935 lecture he said “wars are conducted for the benefit of a small group of insiders while the majority bear the costs, and that debt from wars is always paid by future generations.”

He participated in the Spanish-American War, the Philippine-American War, the Boxer Rebellion, the Banana Wars, Central American military actions, Haiti, World War I, etc.

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By the end of his term, America will be the pariah state it deserves to be [View all] RockRaven Jan 3 OP

I think we're there already. Bread and Circuses Jan 3 #1

And maybe not unjustly... regnaD kciN Jan 3 #2

Sadly, I agree. USA has been bullies and criminals....working for the elite Bread and Circuses Jan 3 #5

As Marine General Butler said: " I was a gangster for capitalism". His book "War is a Racket" is still available. SharonAnn Jan 3 #9

See "Confession of an Economic Hit Man" by John Perkins, published in 2004 SharonAnn Jan 3 #10

Agree! I read that book years ago. Bread and Circuses Jan 3 #12

It sounds like "before the end of the week" DFW Jan 3 #3

I did NOT have this on my January 2026 Bingo Card Kennah Jan 3 #4

I haven't been this ashamed LPBBEAR Jan 3 #6

Now can we remove this fascist country BidenRocks Jan 3 #7

and there will be a fat white woman waving a small US flag on a stick C Moon Jan 3 #8

Wearing... 2naSalit Jan 3 #11