tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post2108636004371787391..comments2023-10-16T08:25:47.205-05:00Comments on PARSLEY'S PICS: War Is a RacketLeslie Parsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-86331871473422643322009-12-05T09:15:23.875-06:002009-12-05T09:15:23.875-06:00Well put. A good comparison.Well put. A good comparison.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-39287067610450910512009-12-05T07:14:13.216-06:002009-12-05T07:14:13.216-06:00This has been a good read - very informative too. ...This has been a good read - very informative too. It's amazing to see the parallels between Butler's description of what his political overseers required of him, and how the Bush-Cheney Neo-Con cabal made-out like bandits with Halliburton and Blackwater - indeed, the only thing which Butler never saw was the attempt to outsource the military lock, stock and barrel as Bush did in Iraq.Cosmic Navel Linthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07301190881761763414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-11404518871353577792009-12-04T12:47:11.169-06:002009-12-04T12:47:11.169-06:00Uh, site should be cite. Sorry.Uh, site should be cite. Sorry.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-72699852836462621652009-12-04T11:43:44.875-06:002009-12-04T11:43:44.875-06:00I'm not sure I agree with the "prostituti...I'm not sure I agree with the "prostituting." Had he actively engaged in anti-interventionism while he was in the Marines, no doubt he would have been court marshaled. No one knows what he was quietly saying.<br /><br />I find it hard to equate isolationism with supporting Hitler and the Nazis<br /> <br />Anyway, I was simply writing about Butler. I wasn't interested in doing anLeslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-3894981053552007052009-12-04T10:18:17.088-06:002009-12-04T10:18:17.088-06:00Hi Leslie:
The comments got around to Obama’s dec...Hi Leslie:<br /><br />The comments got around to Obama’s decision, and I think I’ve said enough on that subject, LOL.<br /><br />When you pointed me to this post, I thought I recognized the name “Smedley Butler.” If you get a little time on your hands, read what the U.S. military did to the people of Honduras in behalf of the United Fruit Company of New Orleans.<br /><br />It’s a shame Butler BJhttp://demwit.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-53992318717900422792009-12-04T09:50:53.909-06:002009-12-04T09:50:53.909-06:00'I guess I fail to see what the Chinese- Japan...'I guess I fail to see what the Chinese- Japanese war, which began in 1937 - has to do with Butler who died in 1940, probably of cancer. Doubt that he was active for the last few years of his life.'<br /><br />The Second Sino-Japanese War was /declared/ in 1937. The Japanese and Chinese had been /fighting/ since 1931. During the first Chinese revolution, the Japanese military (which Eclectic Radicalhttp://eclecticradical.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-25692452788470054882009-12-03T22:11:56.915-06:002009-12-03T22:11:56.915-06:00Please listen to his speech again. IT is not so mu...Please listen to his speech again. IT is not so much of what he says, rather it is what he does not say. <br /><br /><br />my little piece of tao te ching of the day. lolTao Dao Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16229628652152584292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-26637513161664831612009-12-03T20:29:51.735-06:002009-12-03T20:29:51.735-06:00I just really, really hope you're wrong. I hav...I just really, really hope you're wrong. I haven't written anything about his speech because I'm still grappling with it.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-58087092867627913872009-12-03T19:23:25.538-06:002009-12-03T19:23:25.538-06:00LP; No it was not a typo. I hope i am wrong. But i...LP; No it was not a typo. I hope i am wrong. But i suspect they will be asking for more troops. If not for Afghanistan then for Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen, or where ever they may deem appropriate. It will almost be impossible for Obama to deny them for anything they want. Now they know what they can get. The American people surrendered to [A war with no borders.]Tao Dao Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16229628652152584292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-6640743051465479512009-12-03T19:13:54.497-06:002009-12-03T19:13:54.497-06:00I hope that surge(s) is a typo.I hope that surge(s) is a typo.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-42602124147252989282009-12-03T17:33:00.475-06:002009-12-03T17:33:00.475-06:00I believe he was a man of his convictions. He had ...I believe he was a man of his convictions. He had a calling from his faith, and his country. ----he answered.---and answered well. I just wish he was amongst us now. His mind set will be needed in the forthcoming surges.Tao Dao Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16229628652152584292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-21438249953527366882009-12-03T17:21:58.786-06:002009-12-03T17:21:58.786-06:00Yea, but did Nixon ever serve in the military? Or ...Yea, but did Nixon ever serve in the military? Or did he just play war games? Seriously, it is odd that a Quaker would not only serve but serve so well.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-36109066079951567012009-12-03T17:02:18.455-06:002009-12-03T17:02:18.455-06:00It is also worth noting that he was a Quaker. But ...It is also worth noting that he was a Quaker. But then again so was Nixon. LOLTao Dao Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16229628652152584292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-48279294242147897372009-12-03T16:48:25.114-06:002009-12-03T16:48:25.114-06:00Butler really was an interesting man. It's eve...Butler really was an interesting man. It's even worth going to the unreliable Wiki to read about him. Here is this highly decorated Marine who not only is an anti-intervenionist but who has the courage to write and speak against war.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-35749238781524402872009-12-03T14:04:28.622-06:002009-12-03T14:04:28.622-06:00There is an aside to this Marine which resonates w...There is an aside to this Marine which resonates with the Hobbit. During the American Inquisition (@2001-2008), a number of retired generals started to appear on Frodo's black-and-white raising concern about the civilian defense leadership of the period. These guys disliked Rumsfeld even more than did Frodo. Frodo had never before wanted to kiss a general, but these guys were finding a wayFrodo, Keeper of the Ringhttp://www.loveysdaddyga.tripod.com/blogdirectory/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-34539460369873366522009-12-02T14:50:32.429-06:002009-12-02T14:50:32.429-06:00LP; LOL. Good answer. I had no idea what ER was ta...LP; LOL. Good answer. I had no idea what ER was talking about.Tao Dao Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16229628652152584292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-73428475528700069672009-12-02T14:40:48.716-06:002009-12-02T14:40:48.716-06:00I guess I fail to see what the Chinese- Japanese w...I guess I fail to see what the Chinese- Japanese war, which began in 1937 - has to do with Butler who died in 1940, probably of cancer. Doubt that he was active for the last few years of his life.<br /><br />And I don't see what his anti-interventionism had to do with any of these other events you mention, since he wasn't even alive.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-4478108828625790472009-12-02T12:03:54.956-06:002009-12-02T12:03:54.956-06:00While I have a lot of respect for pacifists and ce...While I have a lot of respect for pacifists and certainly agree with General Butler's characterization of the vast majority of history's wars, it's worth noting that he chose the wrong time to be a pacifist.<br /><br />The intervention he was advocating against in the 1930s was intervention in the Japanese invasion of China. The war he was advocating against was a war against Japan&#Eclectic Radicalhttp://eclecticradical.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-39733837083290794772009-12-01T21:34:34.104-06:002009-12-01T21:34:34.104-06:00RZ: By all means. Between you and Infidel my libra...RZ: By all means. Between you and Infidel my library card is getting full. But I'm glad - have been reading some mindless crap lately.<br /><br />Thank you, Sue. There is quite a bit about him on the Internet. Have to admit that I hadn't even heard of Butler until an old school chum sent me some info during the campaign. Will be forever grateful to him as I'm hooked on this Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-26195474216136812292009-12-01T19:20:43.574-06:002009-12-01T19:20:43.574-06:00If you ever get the chance check out the book [ Th...If you ever get the chance check out the book [ The Plot To Seize The White House]. you can get it from amazon.com<br /><br />It is about how the shadows [BANKSTERS] wanted to use him.Tao Dao Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16229628652152584292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-46983354810375017392009-12-01T18:59:44.148-06:002009-12-01T18:59:44.148-06:00Thank you for posting this at this time in history...Thank you for posting this at this time in history.Gen. Smedley D. Butler is one of my favorites. " I wouldn't go to war again as I have done to protect some lousy investment of the bankers. There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights. War for any other reason is simply a racket."Tao Dao Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16229628652152584292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-76284415821136599762009-12-01T18:40:22.757-06:002009-12-01T18:40:22.757-06:00wow, how profound, how interesting! I'll be ba...wow, how profound, how interesting! I'll be back to read this again and again!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18303260031729868857noreply@blogger.com