[johnea]

So glad to see a mention of Smedley Butler!

He has been a long time hero of mine.

After a career pillaging for US corporate interests abroad, he realized he was being used, and presented his "pamphlet" to the US legislature, and toured giving anti-war speeches.

War _is_ a racket!!!

The fact that we're still dismembering and incinerating each other, to decide which rich asshat gets the goods, is the primary indicator that humans are still a primitive primate species...