War is a Racket
The Boot Lickers are going to love this one Baker.
"“I spent 33 years and four months in active military service and during that period I spent most of my time as a high class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism."
“Looking back on it, I might have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three city districts. We Marines operated on three continents.” - Major General Smedley Butler, one of the most decorated marines of the USMC. Certainly the most honest.
https://youtu.be/3oEDn5Wnfbw?si=QZrqmwyZ4FQ8dZbs