War is a Racket

[Daniel1611]

General Smedley Butler said may have said it best:

"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. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of the people. Only a small 'inside' group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few, at the expense of the very many. Out of war a few people make huge fortunes."

-General Smedley D. Butler: Two-time Medal of Honor recipient and, at the time of his death, the most decorated Marine Corps General in history.

Quotation from War Is A Racket by Smedley D. Butler

 

[Nick M]

Has war ever been used to stop a racket?

 

[Lexington'96]

Has war ever been used to stop a racket?

I don't understand your point.

 

[Eeset]

Does war profit from religion or does religion profit from war?

 

[Mark SeaSigh]

Daniel(Especial Police);

What's your Personal Definition of the Term, "Racket"?

Yep, Thanks!

=M=

 

[The Berean]

Does war profit from religion or does religion profit from war?

Neither.

 

[TomO]

General Smedley Butler said may have said it best:

"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. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of the people. Only a small 'inside' group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few, at the expense of the very many. Out of war a few people make huge fortunes."

-General Smedley D. Butler: Two-time Medal of Honor recipient and, at the time of his death, the most decorated Marine Corps General in history.

Quotation from War Is A Racket by Smedley D. Butler

Interesting article in the Atlantic regarding this sort of thing. lain:

The Tragedy of the American Military
The American public and its political leadership will do anything for the military except take it seriously. The result is a chicken-hawk nation in which careless spending and strategic folly combine to lure America into endless wars it can’t win.