Title: Video Clips: The Ethics Of War Source:
[None] URL Source:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl1MUYFP15g Published:Mar 24, 2011 Author:beats me Post Date:2011-03-24 14:27:35 by wakeup Keywords:None Views:1816 Comments:8
“War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses." -- Major General Smedley Darling Butler Major General USMC, "Old Gimlet Eye'' and "Hell Devil Darling", most highly decorated military men from the pre-World War II era. Source: from a speech in 1933 http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Smedley..Butler.Quote.C29D
“I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else. If a nation comes over here to fight, then we'll fight. The trouble with America is that when the dollar only earns 6 percent over here, then it gets restless and goes overseas to get 100 percent. Then the flag follows the dollar and the soldiers follow the flag." -- Major General Smedley Darling Butler Major General USMC, "Old Gimlet Eye'' and "Hell Devil Darling", most highly decorated military men from the pre-World War II era. Source: from a speech in 1933 http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Smedley..Butler.Quote.5390
“I wouldn't go to war again as I have done to protect some lousy investment of the bankers. There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights. War for any other reason is simply a racket." -- Major General Smedley Darling Butler Major General USMC, "Old Gimlet Eye'' and "Hell Devil Darling", most highly decorated military men from the pre-World War II era. Source: from a speech in 1933 http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Smedley..Butler.Quote.5403