US Imperialism, nothing's changed, a snippet from 1932 !
M J Lacey | 21.10.2001 17:27
America, we have met the enemy,
and they are US!
"I spent 33 years in the Marines. Most of my time being a high-classc muscle man for Big business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer for capitalism.I helped make Mexico safe for oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenue in. I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American sugar interests in 1916. I helped make Honduras "right" for American fruit companies in 1903. Looking back on it, I might have given Al Capone a few hints."
-Marine Corps General Smedley D. Butler
New York Times August 21, 1931
Reprinted in Morrow Book of Quotations in American History
Tell me what's changed !
and they are US!
"I spent 33 years in the Marines. Most of my time being a high-classc muscle man for Big business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer for capitalism.I helped make Mexico safe for oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenue in. I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American sugar interests in 1916. I helped make Honduras "right" for American fruit companies in 1903. Looking back on it, I might have given Al Capone a few hints."
-Marine Corps General Smedley D. Butler
New York Times August 21, 1931
Reprinted in Morrow Book of Quotations in American History
Tell me what's changed !
M J Lacey
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