![]() The US Marines played a prominent role in making safe for democracy the far-flung targets of American imperialism. For most Americans, this bloody history of American conquest is presented, if at all, as a series of heroic adventures to bring seemingly less advanced peoples our ideals and to prepare them to govern themselves. Most of these violent campaigns are now forgotten. In some cases, the nations were annexed, the usually nonwhite populations were subjugated, and puppet governments that protected American interests were installed through force or other persuasion. The US military-often at the behest of American businesses and financial institutions-was at the forefront of interventions in numerous countries from Cuba and Haiti to China and the Philippines. ![]() ![]() In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, the United States began building a powerful empire beyond the contiguous states on the North American continent. In short, I was a racketeer for capitalism.” Smedley D. And during that period I spent most of my time being a high class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and for the bankers. ![]() ![]() I served in all commissioned ranks from a second lieutenant to Major-General. “I spent 33 years and 4 months in active service as a member of our country's most agile military force-the Marine Corps. ![]()
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