War is a racket. It is the only one international in scope. It is the …

Smedley Butler
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War is a racket. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives. ✨ Smedley Butler, Mark Twain, Bertrand Russell (2015). War is a Racket!: And Other Essential Reading, p.5, The Forlorn Press
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War is a racket. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives. ✨ Smedley Butler, Mark Twain, Bertrand Russell (2015). War is a Racket!: And Other Essential Reading, p.5, The Forlorn Press

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