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War is a Racket

On this July 4th weekend, consider the words of one of American's greatest generals - Marine General Smedley Butler.  Most of us don't know about General Butler, because the corporate-owned media has a vested interest in keeping Americans ignorant of great figures. In 1933, the father of a future President of the United States approached General Butler with a plan for a military coup.  The Business Plot.  General Butler exposed President George W. Bush's father's plot.  Conservatives - who love a general, but never more than an oil man - have attempted to discredit General Butler's accusations - choosing to take the word of a man who traded with Nazis (Prescott Bush loaned money to the Nazis through one of his banks) over the words of an American soldier...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on July 03, 2010 (boomark / email).