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War Is A racket
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By Smedley D. Butler
Major General, United States Marines (Retired)
Born on July 30, 1881 Major General Smedley Butler was the eldest son of a Quaker family from West Chester, Pennsylvania. Only two Marines ever received the Medal of Honor twice, Daniel Daly and Smedley Butler both in separate conflicts. Besides being twice decorated with the Medal of Honor, how did he display even greater courage and preserve the U.S. Constitution, preventing a coup installing a military dictatorship? Find out in this episode. Hosted by Colin D. Heaton. The Forgotten History Channel is a 10th Legion Pictures Production.
War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. 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…..