dave wrote:

"War is a racket" Smedley Butler

Your sentiment above might carry a little more weight if you tell the
unknowing who Smedley Butler was...

Smedley Darlington Butler (July 30, 1881 – June 21, 1940), nicknamed
"The Fighting Quaker" and "Old Gimlet Eye", was a Major General in the
U.S. Marine Corps and, at the time of his death, the most decorated
Marine in U.S. history. During his 34 years of service, Butler was
awarded 16 medals, five of which were for heroism. He is one of only 19
people to be twice awarded the Medal of Honor, one of three to be
awarded a Marine Corps Brevet Medal and a Medal of Honor, and the only
person to be awarded the Brevet Medal and a Medal of Honor for two
different actions. [from Wikipedia.org]

So, an anti-war statement coming from a guy that made his living in the
military puts a little different twist on it, eh?