Knowing Better's video: A Veteran s Warning Smedley Butler

Major General Smedley D. Butler was a two-time Medal of Honor recipient and veteran of more wars than most Americans can even name, with some pretty strong opinions about the war business. Check out CuriosityStream at http://www.curiositystream.com/knowingbetter and get a free subscription to Nebula. Use the promo code "knowingbetter" for a 26% discount on an annual subscription! Website ► http://knowingbetter.tv Store ► http://standard.tv/knowingbetter Patreon ► http://patreon.com/knowingbetter Paypal ► http://paypal.me/knowingbetter Twitter ► https://twitter.com/KnowingBetterYT Twitch ► https://twitch.tv/knowingbetteryt Facebook ► https://facebook.com/KnowingBetterYT/ Instagram ► https://instagram.com/knowingbetteryt Reddit ► https://reddit.com/r/KnowingBetter/ --- Thanks to AlternateHistoryHub for lending his voice! https://www.youtube.com/user/AlternateHistoryHub https://twitter.com/AltHistoryHub The Banana Republics - Sam O'Nella Academy https://youtu.be/QgydTdThoeA Anti-Politics And The "Nanny State" - Carlos Maza https://youtu.be/N8ba5umiqHY --- War is a Racket - General Smedly D. Butler (1935) https://amzn.to/2UgTWWk Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq - Stephen Kinzer (2006) https://amzn.to/32OLYbZ When Banana Ruled (2017) - https://amzn.to/32x5lpK Oliver Stone's Untold History Of The United States; Episodes A and B (2012) - https://amzn.to/2GOXbBr Smedley D Butler Writings https://ratical.org/ratville/CAH/warisaracket.html https://msuweb.montclair.edu/~furrg/Vietnam/butler.pdf Business Plot Hearings https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/McCormack%E2%80%93Dickstein_Committee _of_Maj._Gen._S._D._Butler_(Retired) https://books.google.com/books?id=MCUkAQAAMAAJ https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/Navigation/Community/Arcadia-and-THP-Blog/September-2018/Smedley-Butler-and-the-1930s-Plot-to-Overthrow-the https://digitalcollections.wesleyan.edu/object/ir-1133 https://timeline.com/business-plot-overthrow-fdr-9a59a012c32a http://coat.ncf.ca/our_magazine/links/53/butler-by_wharton.html https://www.cracked.com/article_22296_5-dumb-pranks-that-created-modern-world_p2.html https://affotd.com/2015/06/11/the-american-life-of-smedley-d-butler/ http://stevenwarranresearch.blogspot.com/2014/03/december-3-1934-time-magazine-plot_17.html http://stevenwarranresearch.blogspot.com/2014/03/major-smedley-butler.html http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/presidents/thomas-jefferson/letters-of-thomas-jefferson/jefl275.php https://www.usmcu.edu/Research/Marine-Corps-History-Division/Information-for-Units/Medal-of-Honor-Recipients-By-Unit/Maj-Smedley-Darlington-Butler-1st-Award/ http://ocean.otr.usm.edu/~w589232/courses/history202sum/files/SOLDEDIT.HTM https://velocetoday.com/a-mussolini-mystery/ http://coat.ncf.ca/our_magazine/links/53/spivak-NewMasses.pdf --- Video Credits - https://taskandpurpose.com/history/watch-smedley-butlers-fiery-speech-to-world-war-i-veterans https://youtu.be/2pSOekHA8OQ Civilization VI Teddy Roosevelt Rough Rider Quotes Chiquita Banana The Original Commercial - https://youtu.be/RFDOI24RRAE Photo Credits - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NhKT7Wr7LQ_fBwaXp-7UVPfMND59ElLmvGcZenfO8jE/edit?usp=sharing --- Intro/Outro and Background Music by Michael Cotten/Nomad http://www.mwcotten.com Spotify ► https://open.spotify.com/album/0zCYP8rPoTWYoldR70bIiI Amazon ► https://amzn.to/2zbsfHd Intro Art and Channel Avatar by PoetheWonderCat https://twitter.com/ThatCatNamedPoe --- Hashtags: --- This video was sponsored by CuriosityStream and Nebula.