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About Me

I am a Marine that rose to the rank of Major General (2 star General). I have been in several wars and received 2 Medals of Honor. Many believe that I would have received 3 Medals of Honor, but at one time they were not giving them out to the officers. I am the only person to ever receive two medals of honor for two different wars. I was a very good soldier. "My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of the higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military."
"For a great many years, as a soldier, I had a suspicion that war was a racket; not until I retired to civil life did I fully realize it."
"WAR is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives."
Read what war is really all about. You can read my book online for free!

My Interests

Fighting for peace! Trying to expose all the war profiters! I have written many articles about how to keep the peace. It comes down to one main thing.

I'd like to meet:

All those who fight for peace! And the elected officials that pushed us into a needless war thousands of miles from our coastline so I can give them a piece of my mind!

Books:

I wrote War is a Racket. Every American must read this! You can read it for free in my blogs! It is short, so you can read it in one sitting. Learn what war is really all about.

Best quote of the year:

"Just come home" - Ron Paul

Heroes:

Michael New, Ron Paul, and all the people who have been persecuted because they are fighting for peace including all my friends listed below:

My Blog

My Amendment for Peace

Amendment for PeaceBy Brigadier General Smedly D. BulterI PROPOSE an Amendment for Peace, to the Constitution of the United States:1. The removal of members of the land armed forces from within the ...
Posted by Smedley Butler on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:35:00 PST

War is a Racket (Chapter 1)

Chapter One WAR IS A RACKET WAR is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the on...
Posted by Smedley Butler on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 10:35:00 PST

War is a Racket (Chapter 2)

CHAPTER TWO WHO MAKES THE PROFITS? The World War, rather our brief participation in it, has cost the United States some $52,000,000,000. Figure it out. That means $400 to every American man, woman, a...
Posted by Smedley Butler on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 10:32:00 PST

War is a Racket (Chapter 3)

CHAPTER THREE WHO PAYS THE BILLS? Who provides the profits these nice little profits of 20, 100, 300, 1,500 and 1,800 per cent? We all pay them in taxation. We paid the bankers their profits when ...
Posted by Smedley Butler on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 10:31:00 PST

War is a Racket (Chapter 4)

CHAPTER FOUR HOW TO SMASH THIS RACKET! WELL, it's a racket, all right. A few profit and the many pay. But there is a way to stop it. You can't end it by disarmament conferences. You can't eliminate ...
Posted by Smedley Butler on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 10:29:00 PST

War is a Racket (Chapter 5)

CHAPTER FIVE TO HELL WITH WAR! I am not a fool as to believe that war is a thing of the past. I know the people do not want war, but there is no use in saying we cannot be pushed into another war. Lo...
Posted by Smedley Butler on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 10:27:00 PST