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Originally Posted by gorillaboy
True!
I just think it's funny that people are actually DUPED into believing that the US goes to war to help OTHER people/countries.
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It is certainly surprising. Especially when you consider that another "peace loving" country had people believe axactly the same, and the US condemned theem for that.
In this regard, there is no difference between the US and the former USSR. I was being forced to be a part of the communist histeria because my country was occupied by the soviets. They tried toconvince me the USSR was the ultimate promise of freedom, love and eternal peace. We didn't buy it.
Too many Americans think the same about their country. They are such an excellent target for propaganda. The US appears to be a propaganda minister's dream come true. Luckilly, some are more reasonable than that, such as those who actually fought for "freedom":
There isn't a trick in the racketeering bag that the military gang is blind to ... It may seem odd for me, a military man, to adopt such a comparison. Truthfulness compels me to do so. I spent thirty-three years and four months in active military service, and during that period I spent most of my time being a high-class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and for the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism. I suspected I was just part of a racket at the time. Now I am sure of it. Like all members of the military profession, I never had an original thought until I left the service. My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of the higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military service.
Thus I helped make Mexico and especially Tampico safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for National City Bank boys (Citicorp) to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street. The record of racketeering is long. I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1902 to 1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for the American sugar interests in 1916. In China in 1927, I helped see to it that the Standard Oil went its way unmolested.
Major General Smedley Butler (1934)