Major General Smedley Darlington Butler (1881-1940) from the age of 16 to the age of 50 waged war all over the world for the U.S. MarineCorps. Then he denounced what he'd been doing as a "racket" driven by Wall Street profiteers. Butler's change of perspective produced probably the most serious and dramatic confession in world history. His insights have stood the test of time. In fact, much of what he said in 1935 is even more true now.