Smedley Butler person
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Claims (25)
J. Edgar Hoover spied_on
Smedley Butler documented
document
“Hoover's memorandum referred to prior intelligence collection on domestic right-wing figures Father Charles Coughlin and General Smedley Butler…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.41
J. Edgar Hoover met_with
Smedley Butler documented
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“The FBI Director met with retired General Smedley Butler and reported to Roosevelt on 'the effort of Father Coughlin to have General Butler lead an expedition to Mexico.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.399
Smedley Butler met_with
Gerald MacGuire documented
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“In 1934, Smedley Butler testified that he was approached by a bond salesman named Gerald McGuire seeking assistance in deposing President Franklin Roosevelt.…”
source: book — Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making · p.285
Charles Coughlin proposed
Smedley Butler reported
document
“The FBI Director met with retired General Smedley Butler and reported to Roosevelt on 'the effort of Father Coughlin to have General Butler lead an expedition to Mexico.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.399
Smedley Butler founded
War Is a Racket documented
“The war is a racket. That's his book. Oh, OK. I got. Yeah. And it's a great book. We will definitely have to do that book at some point. But, yeah, he's one of those brown shoe Marines that was just I mean, he was he was lethal when he was …”
▶ The Colonels Corner background & how others discuss Operation Gladio @ 38:00
Smedley Butler carried_out_attack
Panama host_asserted
“Whenever we want it. And as a matter of fact, Panama specifically, there was a Marine by the name of Major Smedley Butler who was sent ashore to instigate a riot, make it look like a military takeover because Colombia, of which Panama belon…”
▶ The Monroe Doctrine was not good then and it’s not good now. We used it to kill ppl, overthrow governments and steal shit. @ 1:00
Smedley Butler member_of
Butler Plot book_quoted
“to another anti-Roosevelt plot that he had heard about, and that was the one that involved Smedley Butler. FDR apparently had his own reasons for allowing Dulles to establish himself in Byrd. John Foster, or excuse me, John Loftus, an autho…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 2 @ 31:38
Smedley Butler carried_out_attack
United States host_asserted
“Talk about anything. I love the name Smedley Butler. I'm not going to lie. It is the best supervillain name ever. Just because it's like one of them I can absolutely remember all the time. Well, and what's interesting about him is while he …”
▶ The Colonels Corner background & how others discuss Operation Gladio @ 36:27
Smedley Butler carried_out_attack
Nicaragua book_quoted
“No coincidence, my former employer. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street, the banana republics. I helped purify Nicaragua for the International Banking House of Brown Brothers in 1…”
▶ The Shadow State Pt. 9; The Ties Between Banking and Intelligence (1 of 2) @ 46:29
Smedley Butler carried_out_attack
Dominican Republic book_quoted
“No coincidence, my former employer. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street, the banana republics. I helped purify Nicaragua for the International Banking House of Brown Brothers in 1…”
▶ The Shadow State Pt. 9; The Ties Between Banking and Intelligence (1 of 2) @ 46:29
Smedley Butler carried_out_attack
Honduras book_quoted
“No coincidence, my former employer. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street, the banana republics. I helped purify Nicaragua for the International Banking House of Brown Brothers in 1…”
▶ The Shadow State Pt. 9; The Ties Between Banking and Intelligence (1 of 2) @ 46:29
Smedley Butler carried_out_attack
China book_quoted
“In China in 1927, I helped see to it that Standard Oil went on its way unmolested. Looking back on it, I might have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continen…”
▶ The Shadow State Pt. 9; The Ties Between Banking and Intelligence (1 of 2) @ 46:55
Smedley Butler member_of
United States Navy host_asserted
“Standing off the guard. And who was the Secretary of the Navy? Oh, one of his disciples. Yes. And who was one of the military people that were on those ships? Smedley Butler. War is a racket. Must read book. Absolutely. If you want to under…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Operation Gladio meets Secret Societies @ 1:00:41
Smedley Butler exposed
Business Plot documented
“He testified in the 1934 Congressional Committee hearings investigating Nazi and communist activity in the U.S. that a plan for a White House dictatorship was outlined to him by two members of the American Legion…”
▶ Antony Sutton book review of relationship of Wall Street and FDR @ 1:10:15
Smedley Butler wrote
War Is a Racket caller_asserted
“When they teach you in school, they give you narrow angles. They tell you that slavery existed back in the day, but they're not going to tell you that slavery still exists today. And if I go back and look at what happened in the Boxer Rebel…”
▶ Operation Gladio-British Guiana (Guyana) 1953-1964 @ 1:32:40
Smedley Butler member_of
Brown Brothers Harriman book_quoted
“No coincidence, my former employer. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street, the banana republics. I helped purify Nicaragua for the International Banking House of Brown Brothers in 1…”
▶ The Shadow State Pt. 9; The Ties Between Banking and Intelligence (1 of 2) @ 46:29
Smedley Butler carried_out_attack
Mexico book_quoted
“and America is not really supposed to be at war this whole time, but he says, I spent 33 years and four months in active military service, and during that period I spent most of my time as a high-class muscle man for big business, for Wall …”
▶ The Shadow State Pt. 9; The Ties Between Banking and Intelligence (1 of 2) @ 45:58
Smedley Butler carried_out_attack
Haiti book_quoted
“and America is not really supposed to be at war this whole time, but he says, I spent 33 years and four months in active military service, and during that period I spent most of my time as a high-class muscle man for big business, for Wall …”
▶ The Shadow State Pt. 9; The Ties Between Banking and Intelligence (1 of 2) @ 45:58
Smedley Butler carried_out_attack
Cuba book_quoted
“and America is not really supposed to be at war this whole time, but he says, I spent 33 years and four months in active military service, and during that period I spent most of my time as a high-class muscle man for big business, for Wall …”
▶ The Shadow State Pt. 9; The Ties Between Banking and Intelligence (1 of 2) @ 45:58
Gerald MacGuire recruited
Smedley Butler documented
“He testified in the 1934 Congressional Committee hearings investigating Nazi and communist activity in the U.S. that a plan for a White House dictatorship was outlined to him by two members of the American Legion…”
▶ Antony Sutton book review of relationship of Wall Street and FDR @ 1:10:15
American Legion ordered_assassination_of
Smedley Butler book_quoted
“The plot that the American Legion, the same American Legion that used to be the Protective League, that was basically Nazis inside of the United States breaking into people's homes and ratting out their neighbors. It actually had a youth ar…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 9 @ 18:32
Bill Doyle recruited
Smedley Butler documented
“General Butler testified that these men wanted to unseat the royal family in control of the American Legion at the convention in Chicago and were very anxious to have me as part of it.…”
▶ Antony Sutton book review of relationship of Wall Street and FDR @ 1:10:45
Smedley Butler exposed
Catholic Church host_asserted
“A woman named Rachel Begley found it in 2007 when she wondered about her father's 1981 murder in Southern California. Danny Sheehan of the Jesuit Romero Institute is still talking about it. Supporters of Smedley Butler even talked about it …”
▶ The Colonels Corner - Dave Troy’s article Part 2 @ 36:32
Smedley Butler overthrew
Panama host_asserted
“I will tell you that he did do something really bad when he was a major. He was actually down in Panama and he is the military force that took over Panama and couped it.…”
▶ Antony Sutton book review of relationship of Wall Street and FDR @ 1:25:47
Gerald MacGuire paid
Smedley Butler documented
“McGuire and Doyle also offered Butler a substantial sum to make a similar speech in front of the VFW in Miami Beach.…”
▶ Antony Sutton book review of relationship of Wall Street and FDR @ 1:12:11
Mentions (46)
▶ 1:07:50
I don't want to spend a whole lot of time on that. Just know they were trying to turn us into a socialist or totalitarian country with the implementation of it and basically legalizing monopolies again in a different version. So what I do w…
▶ 1:09:48
And it was going to be used to shield the president and vice president. It was never an actual overthrow of the government. It was basically creating a separate entity. So let me go into this just a little bit. The central figure in the plo…
▶ 1:10:15
widely known Marine Corps officer, twice decorated with the Congressional Medal of Honor and 33 years of military service. He testified in the 1934 Congressional Committee hearings investigating Nazi and communist activity in the U.S. that …
▶ 1:10:45
at 52 Broadway, New York City, and Bill Doyle, whom Butler identified as an officer in the American Legion at the national level. General Butler testified that these men wanted to unseat the royal family in control of the American Legion at…
▶ 1:11:15
There would be 200 or 300 American Legion members in the audience, and these planted fellows were to begin to cheer and start a stampede, yelling for a speech, and he was going to be prepared to make a speech. Mifflin, which has extensive m…
▶ 1:12:11
director of Guarantee Trust Company and other Morgan-controlled companies, a millionaire banker, Robert Clark, with offices at the New York Stock Exchange building. Robert Clark was incidentally known to General Butler from his China days. …
▶ 1:13:08
That this goes along with the setup of basically the New World Order and all of these fascist governments. So here's what he says. The time has come to get the soldiers together. Yes, I said, meaning Butler. I think so. One of the other guy…
▶ 1:15:28
General Butler is reported to have testified that the affair was an attempted coup to overthrow President Roosevelt and replace him with a fascist dictator. That interpretation is repeated by many writers. However, that is not the accusatio…
▶ 1:15:58
is as follows based on his actual recorded testimony. I said, meaning Butler, what do you want to do with it when you get it up? McGuire says, well, we want to support the president. Butler says, the president does not need the support of t…
▶ 1:16:29
McGuire says, well, he's going to go along with us now. Butler says, is he? McGuire says, yes. Butler says, well, what are you going to do with all these men? Suppose you get these 500,000 men in America. What are you going to do with them?…
▶ 1:19:53
interested in heading it. I said, I'm interested in it, but I do not want to be heading it. I am very interested in it because, you know, Jerry, my interest is my one hobby is maintaining a democracy. If you get those 500,000 soldiers advoc…
▶ 1:25:47
I was praying that you weren't going to tell me that Smedley Butler was a bad guy because I've done a lot of reading on him and I love his message. I will tell you that he did do something really bad when he was a major. He was actually dow…
▶ 1:26:18
He never got those orders officially from the Marine Corps or the chairman, whoever the Department of War, it would have been at the time. But he has been involved in some of the excursions of us cooing governments. Now, in his defense, he'…
▶ 1:33:39
Having served in the Corps myself, I can tell you that even the Corps teaches that history wrong. Say what you just said again. There was an echo. I'm sorry. Is this better? Yeah. What I said is I have a comment on Spedley. Having served in…
▶ 1:34:11
Everything you've said today, very interesting and very well worth my time. And I appreciate everybody here that's taking the time to listen to what's going on. And especially you, Colonel. It just blows my mind. Thank you. Sally, did you h…
▶ 1:32:40
When they teach you in school, they give you narrow angles. They tell you that slavery existed back in the day, but they're not going to tell you that slavery still exists today. And if I go back and look at what happened in the Boxer Rebel…
▶ 1:33:35
I would much rather all of us be free than anybody be enslaved because if one person is enslaved, then we're all enslaved. I agree. What you got, Josh? Really great, great space. Colonel, thanks again. A really quick, wanted to ask you if y…
▶ 1:24:15
I've worked a lot on this, and Julian Assange is not the CIA, and Snowden is a dissident. We have dissidents, like Smedley Butler was a dissident. They know shit, but they're like, what? And I would say Jen Flynn is a dissident, in my mind,…
▶ 28:07
Many businessmen felt that the New Deal was a recipe for disaster and that devaluing the dollar by printing more of it was like theft. In 1933, Major General Smedley Butler, who we've talked about a million times, was approached by a man ca…
▶ 28:34
McGuire attempted to recruit Butler for several months, and this was done through the American Legion because we've done a lot of research into that whole thing. Butler blew the whistle and testified to Congress about the plan backed by ind…
▶ 29:34
Roosevelt would basically be a king with no authority, and this third administrative position would run the country. That's what it all boiled down to. There are multiple accounts of the plot, but many executives like DuPont, J.P. Morgan, G…
▶ 30:33
was also allegedly supported by J. Howard Pugh, P-E-W, of Sun Oil, a longtime friend and supporter of Robert W. Welch, who would later found the John Birch Society. Butler eventually told McGuire that if you get 500 soldiers advocating anyt…
▶ 31:02
Congress concluded that the plot was real, even if not close to being realized. Contemporary newspaper accounts largely give the impression that Butler had manufactured the story, but he had not. In April 5th, 1933, FDR issued Executive Ord…
▶ 36:27
Talk about anything. I love the name Smedley Butler. I'm not going to lie. It is the best supervillain name ever. Just because it's like one of them I can absolutely remember all the time. Well, and what's interesting about him is while he …
▶ 8:31
basically was up in the mountains. While they were waiting, they talked to several people that were patrolling the outpost, including one of the local leaders of their colectivo, which is kind of like that militia-styled group that I was te…
▶ 14:16
A film adaptation began production in 63 called The Business Plot. It was exposed by Major General Smedley Butler, who was one of my all-time favorite guys. The John Birch Society, created in the late 1958 by publisher Robert Welch, the sam…
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A woman named Rachel Begley found it in 2007 when she wondered about her father's 1981 murder in Southern California. Danny Sheehan of the Jesuit Romero Institute is still talking about it. Supporters of Smedley Butler even talked about it …
▶ 18:06
So I wanted to put all that out there because if you guys remember the story about Smedley Butler, when we were talking originally like two years ago about Antony Sutton and what most people say was they were going to coup FDR like FDR was …
▶ 19:02
They were going to nominate a prior general officer to act as an administrator. They were basically going to have like a second vice president. And that second vice president was going to be like an administrator, like a dictator. So the pr…
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JP Morgan Jr. was so incensed by the class traitor FDR that his servants had to cut out the president's picture from a Wall Street Titans morning newspaper over fear he would spike his blood pressure. FDR even resulted in at least two abort…
▶ 31:09
And of course, we know about the one of Smedley Butler, but there was also one that involved DuPont and Cornelius Vanderbilt. Well, the DuPont, sorry. In 1940, newspaperman and socialite Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., one of FDR's friends in New…
▶ 1:19:27
That's what we're all about. So. All right. Don, did you have something, Donnie? Sure. I was just kind of trying to point out like military science is what it is. We can go all the way back to Smedley Butler with a lot of this stuff. But wh…
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Whenever we want it. And as a matter of fact, Panama specifically, there was a Marine by the name of Major Smedley Butler who was sent ashore to instigate a riot, make it look like a military takeover because Colombia, of which Panama belon…
▶ 25:09
That's the group that approaches Smedley Butler to basically coup the government during FDR's reign, but not in the way most people think. So his affiliation with the American Legion back then is also very interesting. Very good catch. SR71…
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And they're advocating for war being funded by the war machine. War is a racket. War is a racket. Per Stanley Butler. Smedley Butler. Yep. Let me just look it up. David Petraeus. I want to find out who he worked for when he wasn't. You guar…
▶ 1:01:00
Standing off the guard. And who was the Secretary of the Navy? Oh, one of his disciples. Yes. And who was one of the military people that were on those ships? Smedley Butler. War is a racket. Must read book. Absolutely. If you want to under…
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from Delaware was an Anthony C. Higgins, and he was in office from 1889 to 1895. A lot of these guys are there in the 1880s and 90s now. Why is that so important? This is the period of time where America is spreading its wings and getting r…
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runs a socialized government. And that person, because this comes out in the Smedley Butler controversy that's later revealed about FDR's proposition, he calls it a grand marshal who will be accountable that the men appointed are the best q…
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And he was very well known for that period of time in leveraging political influence because he had the backing of the J.P. Morgans, the Rockefellers and everybody else. Yeah. And the other small correction, because he didn't have the backi…
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looking back on him, knowing what I know now, he basically was the exact opposite of Smedley Butler. He was, you know, part and parcel of that Teddy Roosevelt kind of take whatever you want mentality. Yeah, and we've talked about that time …
▶ 1:29:04
I've had somebody else ask a couple of times in the chat whether Smedley Butler is related to Nicholas Butler. I do not know that. Maybe they are, but I don't know that. I did not see any reference to that. We've talked about Smedley Butler…
▶ 33:57
They're funneling it through banks in Amsterdam and Switzerland. These are the people who financed the rise of the Nazi partner in Adolf Hitler in 1934 or 33. This is also the same group that committed what we've known as the business plot.…
▶ 34:29
didn't work through the last minute, Smedley Butler upheld his oath. I'm no fan of FDR, but I just don't like coups in America. It failed. And one of the orchestrators of that was Prescott Bush. They basically wanted to have a corporate rul…
▶ 42:19
The 1800s are full of European wars. And, of course, the central banks, mostly Rothschild banks, were financing both sides. You know, war is a racket. In fact, let me just read the quote real quick. I pulled up General Smedley Butler. Smedl…
▶ 45:28
And what's going on this whole time, even going back to the beginning of the 20th century, I'd love to be able to read another Smedley Butler quote from his testimony in Congress in 1935. It really tells you what was going on. It's one para…
▶ 47:17
And I am ashamed to say that I've heard a lot about that book. I'm familiar with Smedley Butterfly. And I just had a good friend maybe two months ago says, you have to read it. It's not too long of a read. And I still haven't done it. I wil…