"I spent 33 years and four months in active military service and during that period I spent most of my time as a high class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism. I helped make Mexico and especially Tampico safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street. I helped purify Nicaragua for the International Banking House of Brown Brothers in 1902-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for the American sugar interests in 1916. I helped make Honduras right for the American fruit companies in 1903. In China in 1927 I helped see to it that Standard Oil went on its way unmolested. Looking back on it, I might have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents."
"War is a racket for corporate America."
Major General Smedley D. Butler, USMC
3 comments:
what a key! I heard about Smedley Butler at a College of Marin presentation of the latest 9/11 information movie by Loose Change productions called An American Coup, got home in time to hear Irving Stone on Bill Moyers mention him and now you! The message is hotter than medium.
...i think that was oliver stone the movie producer...i got the idea for the post from the very same program...ha ha.
I didn't see Bill Moyers in time to see Howard Zinn's production on The History Channel, The People Speak.
..at last night's meeting Zhenya said his folks bought it, so I'll see it in Mill Valley with activists..
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