Tag: Smedley Butler

Why No Retired Generals Oppose America’s Forever Wars

February 21, 2020

With today’s former commanders regularly joining the boards of giant military contractors, Danny Sjursen looks in vain for the likes of Smedley Butler, an outspoken anti-imperialist from more than a century ago.

COMMENTARY: Send the Mad Dog to the Corporate Kennel

December 21, 2018

“Mad Dog” Mattis was famous for quipping, “It’s fun to shoot some people.” It remains a supreme irony that Mattis was widely considered the only “adult in the room” in the Trump administration, argues Ray McGovern.