Friends of Padre Steve’s World,
Today has been a long day with a long round trip to get our driver’s licenses in the state that is our “home of record” for the military. Thankfully it is only one state over, but we had to cross the entirety of our state to get there and back. However after 10 hours on the road I am too tired to write anything new.
However, since another war is brewing in the Middle East and maybe even another in Eastern Europe, it is a poignant time to remember just who profits from war, and by the way it’s not the regular guy or gal o the street or the soldier who fights the war.
So here is an older post containing a chapter of Major General Smedley Butler’s classic anti-war book “War is a Racket.”
Have a great night,
Peace
Padre Steve+
In an age where Defense contractors overcharge and under produce, where lobbyists for them ensure that congressional leaders and other elected officials and appointees cater to the needs of these corporations it is important to know who profits from war. It is certainly not the military personnel, nor is it the taxpayer.
The sad fact is that the people that profit from unending war are those who really couldn’t care less about the economy, except as it benefits them nor care about the taxpayers or those that they send into battle in wars that do little or nothing to enhance the security this nation, or for that matter the security of those we are supposedly fight for.
Major General Smedley Butler who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor twice, and earned the ire of the Hoover Administration for criticizing Mussolini wrote a book called War is a Racket.I…
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