[webmaven]

They sure are. Are you familiar with "War is a Racket"[0][1] by Major-General Smedley Butler[2]?:

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Is_a_Racket

[1] https://books.google.co.il/books/about/War_is_a_Racket.html?...

[2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Butler