Topic: WAR IS A RACKET
Bestinshow's photo
Fri 11/11/11 01:19 PM
Edited by Bestinshow on Fri 11/11/11 01:20 PM
by Two-Time Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient
Major General Smedley D. Butler - USMC Retired


One of Butler's most widely quoted statements:

"I spent 33 years and four months in active military service and during that period I spent most of my time as a high class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism. I helped make Mexico and especially Tampico safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street. I helped purify Nicaragua for the International Banking House of Brown Brothers in 1902-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for the American sugar interests in 1916. I helped make Honduras right for the American fruit companies in 1903. In China in 1927 I helped see to it that Standard Oil went on its way unmolested. Looking back on it, I might have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents." http://www.barefootsworld.net/warisaracket.html

Sojourning_Soul's photo
Fri 11/11/11 01:31 PM

..."and the beat goes on, on, on, on, on, and the beat goes on... drums keep pounding a rhythm to the grave... and the beat goes on..."

Lancelot68's photo
Fri 11/11/11 01:42 PM
U wont see dat in schoolbooks,u wont see or hear it on MSM, its disheartening,I KNOW ! ,i believed it all without question until about a year ago,now im doin all i can to get people to question the official line. Its all we can do folks, add a person at a time until HOPEFULLY we reach the point of Critical Mass where things HAVE to change !

Sojourning_Soul's photo
Fri 11/11/11 01:50 PM

U wont see dat in schoolbooks,u wont see or hear it on MSM, its disheartening,I KNOW ! ,i believed it all without question until about a year ago,now im doin all i can to get people to question the official line. Its all we can do folks, add a person at a time until HOPEFULLY we reach the point of Critical Mass where things HAVE to change !


It's called OWS my friend :wink:

Kleisto's photo
Sat 11/12/11 04:08 AM
Love that quote, have posted it on facebook. Their deeds shall be hidden no more.

no photo
Thu 11/17/11 03:42 PM

Just because something is called "legal," does not mean it is right.

Nothing is legal when its the criminals who are making the laws.

We need to accept the fact that the criminals are running things now.




Bestinshow's photo
Thu 11/17/11 04:04 PM


Just because something is called "legal," does not mean it is right.

Nothing is legal when its the criminals who are making the laws.

We need to accept the fact that the criminals are running things now.




sad but true, I think Hitler made it legal to descriminate against the Jews.