As an honorably discharged U.S. Marine and veteran of the Viet Nam War, I look back on the week I spent in the hospital at Camp Smedley Darlington Butler on Okinawa while en route home from the war. When I was there at Camp Butler I was not aware of his book, "War Is A Racket", but now in my old age I'm proud to include his book in my personal library, and am even more proud for his candid, personalized, and profound insights into the meta-mechanisms which drives the human urge to wage war. I served with honor back in the 1960s when I was ignorant enough to believe this government's lies, and now I am an underground anti-war advocate who sees the wisdom of General Butler's vision of how to stop the insane wars. Combined with Daniel Ellsberg's amazing book, "Secrets", the two books together are tantamount to a Ph.D. in life's school of experience.
Thank you for the venue.
Salute! Semper Fi!
Elias Alias