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... Smedley Butler, in a speech delivered in 1933. In a few sentences it says all we can say here on the subject of wars undertaken for reasons that must be concealed from today's more sensitive audience. War is just a racket. A racket is ...
... Smedley Butler, in a speech delivered in 1933. In a few sentences it says all we can say here on the subject of wars undertaken for reasons that must be concealed from today's more sensitive audience. War is just a racket. A racket is ...
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... Smedley Butler must be undertaken covertly. Ronald Reagan was a popular American president because he appealed to the people – he had a disarming smile and a folksy manner. His appeal was not based on his lethal policies * in Central ...
... Smedley Butler must be undertaken covertly. Ronald Reagan was a popular American president because he appealed to the people – he had a disarming smile and a folksy manner. His appeal was not based on his lethal policies * in Central ...
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... Smedley Butler. Excerpt from speech delivered in 1933. See www.fas.org/man/smedley 1. 2. 3. 4. CHAPTER 3 STONY GROUND There are none so blind as those who will not see Anyone studying the unsolved problem of war must be impressed at ...
... Smedley Butler. Excerpt from speech delivered in 1933. See www.fas.org/man/smedley 1. 2. 3. 4. CHAPTER 3 STONY GROUND There are none so blind as those who will not see Anyone studying the unsolved problem of war must be impressed at ...
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... Smedley Butler, quoted in the previous chapter, claimed. If instead the initiation of wars depended on the will of the majority, who have to pay the full price, international conflicts might at once be relegated to history. If this ...
... Smedley Butler, quoted in the previous chapter, claimed. If instead the initiation of wars depended on the will of the majority, who have to pay the full price, international conflicts might at once be relegated to history. If this ...
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