Dear Major General Smedley D. Butler.Letter to a dead man. May your ideas never die

[Joanne98]

For OpEdNews: Chris Landau - Writer

Dear Major General Smedley D. Butler

Letter to a dead man. May your ideas never die.

I have come to ask for your help. You are dead, but alive through your actions and your written words. I write to people that tell me they are alive. But really they are dead. Dead to their fellow man's suffering. Dead to the planet, our environment. Dead to the animals they abuse. They place money where only they and a few friends will benefit. They build their dreams on paper and electronic noise. Nothing has changed in 70 years. Are you surprised?

I agree with you 100%. You summed it up perfectly. How does one get it across to each new generation of young people that get sucked into each new profitable war?

Most will only learn this near the end of their lives, that they were just a pawn in somebody else's manipulative game.


I used to believe the old saying that when old men can not agree, young men die. And of course "War is good business. Invest your sons."

Now I believe it is, "War is good business. Invest your neighbor's sons."

It is the quiet grey men that we really have to be afraid of. Those that manipulate the politicians and the public for their own gain. Those that keep their friends close and their enemies closer. Those that learn our psyche but never let others know theirs.

I think before we wage any war, the public must be made aware of the military contracts and who will benefit from this new war. Their profits should be published weekly in the press. On the front page, there should be a column of companies listing not only the weapons, the food, the beds, the tents, the trucks, the planes, the paper, the pens that are being used, but companies should not be allowed to use other "shell companies" to hide their involvement.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Dear-Major-General-Smedley-by-Chris-Landau-100430-22.html

[Bitwit1234]

1. Since Butler was the first documented whistle blower

he reported the bushes and corporate America for wanting to overthrow the government, the MSM will NEVER EVER EVER report anything about him.

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. Most excellent.

K&R

[classysassy]

3. Didn't Butler say " war is a racket"?

I guess that make Bush and Chaney racketeers.