http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175790/tomgram%3A_nick_turse%2C_special_ops_goes_global/
For those of you who may not know, the true purpose of "special forces" is to do things once forbidden by the laws of warfare. They are more-or-less the modern version of Hitler's SS, only infinitely more capable of mayhem.
Once you have read Nick Turse's essay, ask yourself "what are these people doing, and why is the American tax payer footing the bill"? I don't think the actions of these Special Forces benefit the American people or the republic in general. They do benefit bankgangsters, corporations, and their accomplices in the one percent ... who should be paying for this instead of us.
Although the men Mr. Turse interviewed didn't tell him very much, one of America's most decorated Marines spilled the beans long ago on what has been going on:
“I spent 33 years and four months in active military service and during that period I spent most of my time as a high class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism. I helped make Mexico and especially Tampico safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street. I helped purify Nicaragua for the International Banking House of Brown Brothers in 1902-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for the American sugar interests in 1916. I helped make Honduras right for the American fruit companies in 1903. In China in 1927 I helped see to it that Standard Oil went on its way unmolested. Looking back on it, I might have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents.”
MG Smedley Butler
Today our "gangsters for capitalism" operate on seven continents. Does this make you feel any safer? It shouldn't; they're not doing a damn thing for you or me.
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