“War Is a Racket”
TRANSCEND VIDEOS, 16 Mar 2026
Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler – TRANSCEND Media Service
War Is a Racket is a speech and a 1935 short book, by Smedley D. Butler, a retired US Marine Corps Major General and two-time Medal of Honor recipient. Based on his extensive military experience, Butler discusses how business interests commercially benefit, profiteering from warfare. He made a nationwide U.S. tour in the early 1930s giving this speech.
Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, nicknamed “Old Gimlet Eye” (30 Jul 1881 – 21 Jun 1940) was a senior US Marine Corps officer who fought in both the Mexican Revolution and World War I. Butler was, at the time of his death, the most decorated Marine in U.S. history. Wikipedia
TRANSCEND VIDEOS STAY POSTED FOR 2 WEEKS BEFORE BEING ARCHIVED
Tags: Capitalism, Demilitarization, Economics, Elites, Military Industrial Complex, Military Supremacy, Smedley Butler, US Military, War, War Is a Racket
This article originally appeared on Transcend Media Service (TMS) on 16 Mar 2026.
Anticopyright: Editorials and articles originated on TMS may be freely reprinted, disseminated, translated and used as background material, provided an acknowledgement and link to the source, TMS: “War Is a Racket”, is included. Thank you.
If you enjoyed this article, please donate to TMS to join the growing list of TMS Supporters.
This work is licensed under a CC BY-NC 4.0 License.
Join the discussion!
We welcome debate and dissent, but personal — ad hominem — attacks (on authors, other users or any individual), abuse and defamatory language will not be tolerated. Nor will we tolerate attempts to deliberately disrupt discussions. We aim to maintain an inviting space to focus on intelligent interactions and debates.