"War is a racket."---Major General Smedley D. Butler, U.S.M.C.

[Atticus]

I know many of us grew up with that quote, but in view of DT's tweet about "the coming arms race", it bears repeating. I'm sure US arms merchants are high-fiving each other and the (Chinese) makers of US flags are contemplating adding shifts to take advantage of the hoped-for surge in "patriotism".

[dhol82]

1. Just for everyones delectation:

https://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/warisaracket.html

Brilliant!

[Atticus]

2. Thank you. It is a "must read" for anyone not familiar with it. nt

[dhol82]

3. Totally!

Remember the first time I saw and read this.

[backtoblue]

4. Thanks! About to read nt

[mitch96]

5. And don't forget Prescott Bush (head of the Bush clan) who

Was one of the backers of the "revolution" that Butler condemned and avoided. Historians have postulated that when these wall street gangster and their Nazi loving industrialist buddies got caught, Roosevelt threatened to put them against the wall and have them shot for sedition. That's how he leveraged the New Deal and all his social reforms..
The BBC did a wonderful radio piece on this citing that all the information on the program was gotten from the Library of Congress.. It's on the record..
People who fail to learn history are bound to repeat it..

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