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Smedley Butler
(The Fighting Quaker)
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O-8 Major General, Marine Corps
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Pre World War-I
World War-I
Boxer Rebellion, Banana Wars, Occupations of Vera Cruz (1914) and Haiti
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Butler
Smedley Darlington Butler (July 30, 1881 ? June 21, 1940), nicknamed "The Fighting Quaker" and "Old Gimlet Eye," was a Major General in the U.S. Marine Corps and, at the time of his death, the most decorated Marine in U.S. history. Butler was awarded the Medal of Honor twice during his career, one of only 19 people to be awarded the medal twice. He was noted for his outspoken anti-interventionist views, and his book War Is a Racket was one of the first works describing the workings of the military-industrial complex. After retiring from service, Butler became a popular speaker at meetings organized by veterans, pacifists and church groups in the 1930s. Butler came forward in 1934 and informed Congress that a group of wealthy industrialists had plotted a military coup to overthrow the government of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
"War is a Racket" Chapter 1:
WAR is a racket. It always has been.
It is
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