War is a Racket! by Smedley Butler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3_EXqJ8f-0

One of the greatest books ever written. I first heard about Gen. Butler, in Marine boot camp. They left out the part about him being a hero.

Paging AF...he must be offline... ;)

AF is Smedleys great nephew, right?

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Originally Posted by monte

AF is Smedleys great nephew, right?

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Something like that...

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Originally Posted by Brian4Liberty

Paging AF...he must be offline... ;)

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Originally Posted by monte

AF is Smedleys great nephew, right?

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Originally Posted by Brian4Liberty

Something like that...

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Yup.

Was staying out of the thread so as not to appear braggadocios. :collins:

Classic and epic speech. Still drives the warhawks nuts. :cool:

Brought up Smedley Butler with a guy who was talking about the military. Didn't know it at first, but it turned out his son was going on his third tour of duty. Some people get pretty emotional about their wars... :eek: ;)

A highly profitable racket for the diplomatic immune crowd!

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Originally Posted by Brian4Liberty

Brought up Smedley Butler with a guy who was talking about the military. Didn't know it at first, but it turned out his son was going on his third tour of duty. Some people get pretty emotional about their wars... :eek: ;)

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Well , I feel for his son , if that is from one enlistment ( and it is possible ) .

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Originally Posted by oyarde

Well , I feel for his son , if that is from one enlistment ( and it is possible ) .

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Yeah, I kind of said that, but once he thought I was "anti-war", it was all eggshells.