by Morley Evans
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.
I was in the Marines and we obviously learned plenty about Smedley Butler, but we never
heard of "War is a Racket" and it was never on the Commandant's reading list for any paygrade.