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"Black Elk" |
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01 Aug 2007 05:48:52 PM |
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War is a Racket |
War is a Racket
By USMC Major General Smedley D. Butler (1881-1940)
http://educate-yourself.org/cn/smedleywarisracket.shtml
Published 1935
http://www.lexrex.com/enlightened/articles/warisaracket.htm
Chapter One
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.
A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it
seems to the majority of the people. Only a small "inside" group knows what
it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few, at the expense
of the very many. Out of war a few people make huge fortunes.
In the [First] World War, a mere handful garnered the profits of the
conflict. At least 21,000 new millionaires and billionaires were made in the
United States during the World War. That many admitted their huge blood
gains in their income tax returns. How many other war millionaires falsified
their tax returns, no one knows.
How many of these war millionaires shouldered a rifle? How many of them dug
a trench? How many of them knew what it meant to go hungry in a rat-infested
dug-out? How many of them spent sleepless, frightened nights, ducking shells
and shrapnel and machine gun bullets? How many of them parried a bayonet
thrust of an enemy? How many of them were wounded or killed in battle?
Out of war, nations acquire additional territory, if they are victorious.
They just take it. This newly acquired territory promptly is exploited by
the few - the selfsame few who wrung dollars out of blood in the war. The
general public shoulders the bill.
And what is this bill?
This bill renders a horrible accounting. Newly placed gravestones. Mangled
bodies. Shattered minds. Broken hearts and homes. Economic instability.
Depression and all its attendant miseries. Back-breaking taxation for
generations and generations.
-cont.-
http://educate-yourself.org/cn/smedleywarisracket.shtml
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| User: "theloneranger100" |
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01 Aug 2007 05:59:31 PM |
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On Aug 1, 3:48?pm, "Black Elk" <windriver2...@yahoo.com> wrote:
War is a Racket
"War is good for Killing your Enemies BEFORE they Kill You............"
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| User: "Black Elk" |
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01 Aug 2007 06:20:28 PM |
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"theloneranger100" <JakDeHammer@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1186009171.041542.233910@e9g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
On Aug 1, 3:48?pm, "Black Elk" <windriver2...@yahoo.com> wrote:
War is a Racket
"War is good for Killing your Enemies BEFORE they Kill You............"
The Iraqis didn't attack us and didn't have plans to until Bush invaded.
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| User: "" |
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02 Aug 2007 05:38:12 AM |
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On Aug 1, 4:20?pm, "Black Elk" <windriver2...@yahoo.com> wrote:
"theloneranger100" <JakDeHam...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1186009171.041542.233910@e9g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
On Aug 1, 3:48?pm, "Black Elk" <windriver2...@yahoo.com> wrote:
War is a Racket
"War is good for Killing your Enemies BEFORE they Kill You............"
The Iraqis didn't attack us and didn't have plans to until Bush invaded.
We're in Iraq Fighting Al-Qaida, DumbAss.............
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| User: "JHR" |
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02 Aug 2007 10:34:51 AM |
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<theloneranger100@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1186051092.691624.228590@z24g2000prh.googlegroups.com...
On Aug 1, 4:20?pm, "Black Elk" <windriver2...@yahoo.com> wrote:
"theloneranger100" <JakDeHam...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1186009171.041542.233910@e9g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
On Aug 1, 3:48?pm, "Black Elk" <windriver2...@yahoo.com> wrote:
War is a Racket
"War is good for Killing your Enemies BEFORE they Kill You............"
The Iraqis didn't attack us and didn't have plans to until Bush invaded.
We're in Iraq Fighting Al-Qaida, DumbAss.............
There wouldn't have been an Al-Qaeda in Iraq if the U.S. war machine didn't
stir things up.
"...Critics, however suggest that the threat posed by AQI is exaggerated..."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda_in_Iraq
Independent
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| User: "" |
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02 Aug 2007 10:41:08 AM |
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On Aug 2, 11:34 am, "JHR" <EverybodyKn...@DC.com> wrote:
<theloneranger...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1186051092.691624.228590@z24g2000prh.googlegroups.com...
On Aug 1, 4:20?pm, "Black Elk" <windriver2...@yahoo.com> wrote:
"theloneranger100" <JakDeHam...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1186009171.041542.233910@e9g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
On Aug 1, 3:48?pm, "Black Elk" <windriver2...@yahoo.com> wrote:
War is a Racket
"War is good for Killing your Enemies BEFORE they Kill You............"
The Iraqis didn't attack us and didn't have plans to until Bush invaded.
We're in Iraq Fighting Al-Qaida, DumbAss.............
There wouldn't have been an Al-Qaeda in Iraq if the U.S. war machine didn't
stir things up.
"...Critics, however suggest that the threat posed by AQI is exaggerated..."http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda_in_Iraq
Independent
The question we can't lose sight of is... "Are we winning the hearts
and minds of Muslims?". If not, we just wasted 1 trillion US dollars.
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| User: "" |
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04 Aug 2007 04:31:09 AM |
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On Aug 2, 8:41?am, "a...@aol.com" <gene...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Aug 2, 11:34 am, "JHR" <EverybodyKn...@DC.com> wrote:
<theloneranger...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1186051092.691624.228590@z24g2000prh.googlegroups.com...
On Aug 1, 4:20?pm, "Black Elk" <windriver2...@yahoo.com> wrote:
"theloneranger100" <JakDeHam...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1186009171.041542.233910@e9g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
On Aug 1, 3:48?pm, "Black Elk" <windriver2...@yahoo.com> wrote:
War is a Racket
"War is good for Killing your Enemies BEFORE they Kill You............"
The Iraqis didn't attack us and didn't have plans to until Bush invaded.
We're in Iraq Fighting Al-Qaida, DumbAss.............
There wouldn't have been an Al-Qaeda in Iraq if the U.S. war machine didn't
stir things up.
"...Critics, however suggest that the threat posed by AQI is exaggerated..."http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda_in_Iraq
Independent
The question we can't lose sight of is... "Are we winning the hearts
and minds of Muslims?". If not, we just wasted 1 trillion US dollars
The Answer to that is we're KILLING a Lot of the
Bastards............It's PRICELESS..........Donchaknow............
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| User: "" |
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04 Aug 2007 04:28:27 AM |
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On Aug 2, 8:34?am, "JHR" <EverybodyKn...@DC.com> wrote:
<theloneranger...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1186051092.691624.228590@z24g2000prh.googlegroups.com...
On Aug 1, 4:20?pm, "Black Elk" <windriver2...@yahoo.com> wrote:
"theloneranger100" <JakDeHam...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1186009171.041542.233910@e9g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
On Aug 1, 3:48?pm, "Black Elk" <windriver2...@yahoo.com> wrote:
War is a Racket
"War is good for Killing your Enemies BEFORE they Kill You............"
The Iraqis didn't attack us and didn't have plans to until Bush invaded.
We're in Iraq Fighting Al-Qaida, DumbAss.............
There wouldn't have been an Al-Qaeda in Iraq if the U.S. war machine didn't
stir things up.
That's Ok.........I'd rather be Fighting Them There than in
Kansas..........Wouldn't you?...........Or do you Hate America that
much?..........
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| User: "Deaf Power" |
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02 Aug 2007 05:39:07 PM |
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On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 03:38:12 -0700, wrote:
On Aug 1, 4:20?pm, "Black Elk" <windriver2...@yahoo.com> wrote:
"theloneranger100" <JakDeHam...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1186009171.041542.233910@e9g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
On Aug 1, 3:48?pm, "Black Elk" <windriver2...@yahoo.com> wrote:
War is a Racket
"War is good for Killing your Enemies BEFORE they Kill You............"
The Iraqis didn't attack us and didn't have plans to until Bush invaded.
We're in Iraq Fighting Al-Qaida, DumbAss.............
No, we're not. We're fighting Iraq freedom fighters who are fighting
to eject the fascist American occupiers out of their own country.
You're still drinking too much Bush kool-aid.
--
The Rising Corporate Military Monster
http://www.counterpunch.org/mokhiber04232004.html
http://www.iraqwar.org/micomplex.htm
"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition
of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the
military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of
misplaced power exists and will persist." - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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| User: "" |
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04 Aug 2007 04:32:45 AM |
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On Aug 2, 3:39?pm, Deaf Power <d...@power.com> wrote:
On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 03:38:12 -0700, wrote:
On Aug 1, 4:20?pm, "Black Elk" <windriver2...@yahoo.com> wrote:
"theloneranger100" <JakDeHam...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1186009171.041542.233910@e9g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
On Aug 1, 3:48?pm, "Black Elk" <windriver2...@yahoo.com> wrote:
War is a Racket
"War is good for Killing your Enemies BEFORE they Kill You............"
The Iraqis didn't attack us and didn't have plans to until Bush invaded.
We're in Iraq Fighting Al-Qaida, DumbAss.............
No, we're not. We're fighting Iraq freedom fighters who are fighting
to eject the fascist American occupiers out of their own country.
Sorry, Dork.........Al-Qaida DOESN'T AGREE with you............Better
Learn how to R-E-A-D and then Listen to a Few OBL
Tapes...........DumbAss..............
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| User: "Day Brown" |
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04 Aug 2007 06:10:39 AM |
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There's the Machivallian spin on the Americans in the Mid East.
Mach said that the only time the Italians had any peace, was when the
French king threatened to invade.
And what are the US politicians worried about? If we get out, and they
have nobody else to hate, they'll hate each other even more.
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| User: "" |
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02 Aug 2007 10:39:58 AM |
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On Aug 1, 6:59 pm, theloneranger100 <JakDeHam...@aol.com> wrote:
On Aug 1, 3:48?pm, "Black Elk" <windriver2...@yahoo.com> wrote:
War is a Racket
"War is good for Killing your Enemies BEFORE they Kill You............"
War is also good for creating NEW enemies who will kill you later on.
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| User: "" |
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04 Aug 2007 04:30:00 AM |
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On Aug 2, 8:39?am, "a...@aol.com" <gene...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Aug 1, 6:59 pm, theloneranger100 <JakDeHam...@aol.com> wrote:
On Aug 1, 3:48?pm, "Black Elk" <windriver2...@yahoo.com> wrote:
War is a Racket
"War is good for Killing your Enemies BEFORE they Kill You............"
War is also good for creating NEW enemies who will kill you later on.
That's Ok..........The Democrats always need New Terrorists to
SUPPORT.............And America's Military can Always Use some TARGET
PRACTICE.............DumbAss...........
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| User: "Deaf Power" |
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01 Aug 2007 07:06:17 PM |
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On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:59:31 -0700, theloneranger100
<JakDeHammer@aol.com> wrote:
On Aug 1, 3:48?pm, "Black Elk" <windriver2...@yahoo.com> wrote:
War is a Racket
"War is good for Killing your Enemies BEFORE they Kill You............"
You're drinking too much kool-aid.
--
The Rising Corporate Military Monster
http://www.counterpunch.org/mokhiber04232004.html
http://www.iraqwar.org/micomplex.htm
"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition
of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the
military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of
misplaced power exists and will persist." - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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