War is a Racket Smedley Butler

[whirlygigspin]

Run time: 01:47 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM2dWdqzJzg   Posted on YouTube: September 12, 2009 By YouTube Member: SilverShieldGrp Views on YouTube: 4828   Posted on DU: July 21, 2011 By DU Member: whirlygigspin Views on DU: 1153

 

[Uncle Joe]

1. Semper Fi, General Butler

:patriot:

Thanks for the thread, whirlygigspin.

[Marazinia]

2. Required Reading

Major General Butler's writing should be taught in every history class in the United States.

[Make7]

3. I'm not sure you really need to be advertising the Sons of Liberty Academy here.

 

 

[whirlygigspin]

4. so why do you bother posting their ad?

most people only care about the quality of the video, not who posted it...I'm not sure why you wish to bring attention to it, although I'm sure the intention is some sort of spin related Murdoch type manipulation

[littlewolf]

5. I had a copy of that taped to my locker .... monthly inspections were fun ....

I wonder how he would have felt about WWII ... Japan directly attacked us ... Germany did not .... they attacked our allies ... but not us directly ...

until the wolfpacks started on shipping lanes ....

[Uncle Joe]

6. Germany declared war on us after we declared war on Japan.

They were allies, you couldn't fight one without fighting the other, so I don't believe the General would've had a problem with it.

[littlewolf]

7. I believe you are correct ... as England and France were

our allies .... and we were supporting them as well ....

[Uncle Joe]

8. That's true we did support the UK, France, Soviet Union and China by Lend Lease

sending them supplies to defend themselves, but that wasn't in and of itself an act or declaration of war against Germany.

Germany could have done the same for Japan without declaring war against us.

[littlewolf]

9. yes ... but then when the "wolf packs" started on the supply ships ....

[Uncle Joe]

10. Don't be shy spell it out....