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Fairly interesting
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Butler was an interesting man, complicated. He was a Marine's Marine and beloved, until he wasn't. His views on the military-industrial complex and politics evolved over years and made him unpopular with a lot of people (a lot of his former supporters).
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Great vid. I read his book, but didn't know his full history. If anyone earned the right to be highly critical of the scam that is many wars, it's Butler. His book is free online BTW: https://ratical.org/ratville/CAH/warisaracket.pdf
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Jocko did a podcast on Butler’s book War is a Racket. It is well worth listening to as Jocko does a good job of reading and analyzing the book.
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His book War is a Racket predates IKE's "military-industrial complex" speech by over 25 years.
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I respect the heck out of Butler. Hell of a guy.
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I didn't know he'd been involved as he was in The Bonus Army event, which is black mark on those other two generals who went on to be viewed heroes.Originally Posted by Miami_JBT
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That is a cool picture of Smedley Butler, President Warren Harding, John Pershing, and John Lejeune, it was taken at a reenactment of Pickett's Charge at the battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania.
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I ordered his book after watching this..........Never heard of him before. Still not entirely sure what he did for those 2 MOH's. I don't think the video did them justice.
The video made it seem like he ended up as a patriotic marxist by the end of his life.
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The only thing I have read that is maybe a negative is dabbling in socialism/communism.
At the time, I don't know how much news was coming out of the USSR so I tend to give him somewhat of a pass on ignorance as opposed to socialists/communists of today espousing similar views on .gov over reach while advocating for what has proven to be totalitarian .gov as the fix for their complaints.
If his socialism/communism was limited to his statement about limiting the salary of evert person in the US during war time to the salary of the lowest paid soldier I don't consider that to be socialism/communism, but not sure if that is where he stopped.
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