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To: MarMema
> War and more war. <

Smedley Butler understood all that back in the 1930s (see below). Butler was no hippie. He was a Marine Corps general and a two-time Medal of Honor winner. But, hey. The military-industrial complex and the political elite must have a major war every 20 years or so. I guess we’re about due.


17 posted on 02/10/2023 6:24:26 PM PST by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Leaning Right
Smedley Butler understood all that back in the 1930s (see below). Butler was no hippie. He was a Marine Corps general and a two-time Medal of Honor winner. But, hey. The military-industrial complex and the political elite must have a major war every 20 years or so. I guess we’re about due.

Generals and Majors always seem so unhappy unless they got a war.
19 posted on 02/10/2023 6:29:01 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Leaning Right

General Butler’s book is out of copyright and available online:

https://archive.org/details/WarIsARacket


26 posted on 02/10/2023 7:14:53 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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