"War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious.
It is the only one international in scope.
It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives.
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 very many. Out of war a few people make huge fortunes." ~Major General Smedley D. Butler, 1935. US Marine Corps.
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Oh great, thanks! I just knew this little passage :)
A very interesting article (full version at: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4377.htm where you can also listen to it). This article lays bare the truth behind war (ie, follow the money) and helps us understand for example why chemical weapons are outlawed (ie, they are too cheap).