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"War Is a Racket is a speech and a 1935 short book by
Smedley D. Butler, a retired United States Marine Corps major general and two-time Medal of Honor recipient.[2][3]"
"I helped make Mexico, especially Tampico, safe for American oil interests in 1914.
I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in.
I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefits of Wall Street.
The record of racketeering is long.
I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909–1912 (where have I heard that name before?).
I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American sugar interests in 1916.
In China I helped see to it that Standard Oil went its way unmolested.
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 districts.
I operated on three continents."