In history classes (in public or private schools, colleges, and others), state propaganda, and mainstream history, a historical fiction has been spun that allegedly debunks any notion of noninterventionism. This is the myth of American isolationism.
The US Followed a Policy of Foreign Intervention Long before World War II
Tag: United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916–1924)
Smedley Butler on Interventionism
Excerpt from a speech delivered in 1933, by Major General Smedley Butler, USMC.
War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses.
Smedley Butler on Interventionism
Related:
“War Is A Racket” By Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler, Read By Jon Gold
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