tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post4595861515575418230..comments2024-03-27T20:37:08.065+01:00Comments on Defence and Freedom: Smedley Butler: "War is a Racket"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-65201324286305723142017-10-30T14:06:03.567+01:002017-10-30T14:06:03.567+01:00Not everyone can be Douglas MacArthur!
When one o...Not everyone can be Douglas MacArthur!<br /><br />When one of the General Officers breaks ranks to criticize the establishment, especially a man of proven valor and integrity, it is worth considering his argument.<br /><br />Consider that the Government Accountability Office (formally the Government Accounting Office) was started after WWI to address some of the concerns that echo those complaints General Butler raised about WWI waste and mismanagement.<br /><br />Sadly, General Butler's book is poorly written and poorly organized, but it is worth the read as he does raise issues worthy of consideration.<br /><br />"War is a Racket" is also a short work - and cheap.<br /><br />GABAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-32647816924332585072017-10-30T01:04:39.176+01:002017-10-30T01:04:39.176+01:00Boring. Asked and answered. Move on.Boring. Asked and answered. Move on.Packnavy2019https://www.blogger.com/profile/00259240999936072309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-43931541328691707852017-10-29T00:59:17.914+02:002017-10-29T00:59:17.914+02:00Bollocks. He couldn't have been promoted any f...Bollocks. He couldn't have been promoted any further at the time. The USMC was small back then.S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-79584039391372390612017-10-28T22:57:36.904+02:002017-10-28T22:57:36.904+02:00Sour grapes from a man passed over for command a k...Sour grapes from a man passed over for command a kicked out.<br /><br />War wasn't a racket when he was getting paid and glorified to fight it....Domohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00240964731398145995noreply@blogger.com