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War is a Racket by Smedley Butler

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You've all seen it, I know, but in case you haven't, this is good. An actor plays Smedley Butler giving his famous anti-war speech. Smedly Butler was America's most decorated general at the time of his death, but he spent the last years of his life as a peace campaigner. I don't remember at school anyone ever teaching me about Smedley Butler, and I searched the internet under images and no picture of a statue came up for him. KV [embedded content] War is a Racket by Smedley Butler is a famous speech denouncing the military industrial complex. This speech by two-time Congressional Medal of Honor recipient exposes war profits that benefit few at the expense of many. Throughout his distinguished career in the Marines, Smedley Darlington Butler demonstrated that true patriotism does not mean

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You've all seen it, I know, but in case you haven't, this is good. An actor plays Smedley Butler giving his famous anti-war speech. Smedly Butler was America's most decorated general at the time of his death, but he spent the last years of his life as a peace campaigner. I don't remember at school anyone ever teaching me about Smedley Butler, and I searched the internet under images and no picture of a statue came up for him. KV


War is a Racket by Smedley Butler is a famous speech denouncing the military industrial complex. This speech by two-time Congressional Medal of Honor recipient exposes war profits that benefit few at the expense of many. Throughout his distinguished career in the Marines, Smedley Darlington Butler demonstrated that true patriotism does not mean blind allegiance to government policies with which one does not agree. To Hell with war.
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Mike Norman is an economist and veteran trader whose career has spanned over 30 years on Wall Street. He is a former member and trader on the CME, NYMEX, COMEX and NYFE and he managed money for one of the largest hedge funds and ran a prop trading desk for Credit Suisse.

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