“All Wars are Bankers’ Wars” “War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses.” ~ Smedley Butler United States Marine Corps general, two time Medal of Honor recipient, activist, lecturer, official, and writer (1881-1940) Beautiful ideals were painted for our boys who were sent out to die.