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 is seems to the majority of 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.
Written by - Major General Smedley D. Butler, 1935
U.S. Marine Corps
Two-time winner Congressional Medal of Honor
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U.S. military deaths in Iraq since the war began (3/19/03) – 4,394
Wounded over 1,000,000
320,000 Vets have brain injuries
There are 18 Vet Suicides per day.
Iraqi deaths over one million
US Deaths in Afghanistan 1,050
Total US military deaths – 5,444
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Are you concerned about the number of people who have died?
If you are - have you contacted your president, senators, or congressperson to
let them know that you are against the war?
What are you waiting for? - do it today!
peacesojourner
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