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<blockquote data-quote="Jones" data-source="post: 493331" data-attributes="member: 4805"><p>Smedley Butler is a Marine Corps icon, not least because he won the medal of honor twice. When he retired he was the most decorated officer in Marine Corps history. All Marines learn about him in boot camp, he's right up there with Chesty Puller and Dan Daly. He certainly didn't wait till his career was over to say what he thought, in fact his outspokeness hurt him on a number of occasions and ultimately cost him the job of commandant. President Hoover hated him and actually had him arrested at one point. What was his crime? He had dared to publicly criticize our "good friend" Benito Mussolini. Hmmm.. a valued ally who later turned out to be a threat to the free world, that <a href="http://www.gwu.edu/%7Ensarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB82/press.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: Blue"><u>sounds familiar</u></span></a>. </p><p></p><p>He was a true patriot who loved his country, but who was very concerned about the creeping militarism and imperialism that he saw as a threat to democracy. As mac pointed out, President Eisenhower had those exact same concerns. If you know anything about our military involvement in south and central America in the 20's and 30's, then you realize that his assessment of our policies there was accurate. We weren't fighting to keep America safe or to rid the world of evil, we were fighting for the business interests of US corporations.</p><p></p><p>He died in 1940 at the age of 59, having spent more than half his life in the service of his country. To my knowledge he never had 4 Cadillacs and a mansion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jones, post: 493331, member: 4805"] Smedley Butler is a Marine Corps icon, not least because he won the medal of honor twice. When he retired he was the most decorated officer in Marine Corps history. All Marines learn about him in boot camp, he's right up there with Chesty Puller and Dan Daly. He certainly didn't wait till his career was over to say what he thought, in fact his outspokeness hurt him on a number of occasions and ultimately cost him the job of commandant. President Hoover hated him and actually had him arrested at one point. What was his crime? He had dared to publicly criticize our "good friend" Benito Mussolini. Hmmm.. a valued ally who later turned out to be a threat to the free world, that [URL="http://www.gwu.edu/%7Ensarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB82/press.htm"][COLOR=Blue][U]sounds familiar[/U][/COLOR][/URL]. He was a true patriot who loved his country, but who was very concerned about the creeping militarism and imperialism that he saw as a threat to democracy. As mac pointed out, President Eisenhower had those exact same concerns. If you know anything about our military involvement in south and central America in the 20's and 30's, then you realize that his assessment of our policies there was accurate. We weren't fighting to keep America safe or to rid the world of evil, we were fighting for the business interests of US corporations. He died in 1940 at the age of 59, having spent more than half his life in the service of his country. To my knowledge he never had 4 Cadillacs and a mansion. [/QUOTE]
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