“Smedley’s Place” is a series of broadcasts designed to educate people to the true facts of U.S. foreign/military policies around the world since World War II. The most decorated Marine in history, Maj. Gen. Smedley D.Butler, warned us about these policies in his famous speech (and writings) in the 1930s called “War is a Racket”, included in the first episode.

The first two episodes are an overview of the period from 1947 (with the passage of the National Security Act) through 1990. Extensive use is made of the documentary What I Have Learned About U.S. Foreign Policy by Frank Dorrel. This DVD is available at www.addictedtowar.com and Frank can be reached at fdorrel@addictedtowar.com

Smedley`s Place promises to teach you some facts you didn’t learn in school and will not learn from the mainstream corporate media. It is our hope that these facts will anger you enough, as an American citizen, to become active in antiwar and peace organizations, such as the Smedley D. Butler Brigade chapter of Veterans For Peace.

The videos require Flash. You can view the first video here in your web browser (click the play button and be patient and in about 10-20 seconds it will start playing). If you view the video in your web browser you will need a fast internet connection, and if it stutters and stops then pause it and let a bit load and then play again. If you use the link above, you will not be able to save it to your disk. If you want to download a QuickTime .mov version of this to your disk and save it to view later, right click (PC) or CNTL click (Mac) here or to get an .mp4 version here. Be patient as the file is 572 MBytes and will take about 25 minutes to download even with a fast internet connection.