S/F fellow devil dog :) Gen Butler's indictment pre-dates not just the Vietnam War but WW II Yeah, it goes as far back as you like. This is a great thesis, bu

S/F fellow devil dog :) Gen Butler's indictment pre-dates not just the Vietnam War but WW II Yeah, it goes as far back as you like. This is a great thesis, but people are viewing it as presenting a dichotomy by focusing on one side of the equation. War is a racket. It's also necessary at times. Both things are true. The reason why we don't keep standing armies around and create huge military-industrial complexes around war is that the racket side of things tends to take over.