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2004-10-25 Home Front: WoT

VHD: What Would Patton Say About the Present War?

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Posted by tipper 2004-10-25 01:03|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Can't be printed here. Even a trash-mouthed lout, such as myself, knows that submitting a comment worthy of Patton would mean *instant* sink-trap. No fucking way.

Posted by .com 2004-10-25 6:54:25 AM|| 2004-10-25 6:54:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Of course, VDH is right in this article. The only war that succeeds is total war. American are, indeed, restless stimulation addicts. We should do the job - and that includes stopping the destabilization efforts coming from Syria and Iran. And, of course, Iran rates special consideration since it must be de-nuked, period. We can, if our intel services haven't been completely turned to shit by 8 yrs of Clinton, do that in conjunction with the natives - and ovethrow the Mad Mullahs permanently, or we can just try to defang them now - and come back in 6 months, a year, 2 years, to do what should be done now. Regardless, the nukes and missiles must be neutralized - and only an overthrow of the current regime will allow that to be done with any confidence that it won't be back to bite us sooner, rather than later.

Georgie rocked - but he had the misfortune to be among the first American leaders to fall victim to the idiocy of PC-think - to the extreme detriment of all of Eastern Europe and untold wealth expended over the next 50 years trying to undo the disastrous post-WWII decisions that created the Iron Curtain and Cold War. Patton deserved much better than Ike and Bradley - fuck the revisionists and gutless PC types.

VDH kicks ass in his own way... just as Patton did in his.

Posted by .com 2004-10-25 7:45:06 AM|| 2004-10-25 7:45:06 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 According to the movie,Patton said he could start a war with the Commies and make it look like they started it.

Posted by raptor 2004-10-25 9:03:08 AM|| 2004-10-25 9:03:08 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 3, I always like Condi Rice's response to that scenario.

(paraphrase) Considering the oppression that Russia caused on eastern Europe, it might not have been a bad idea.

Posted by Anon4021 2004-10-25 10:23:56 AM|| 2004-10-25 10:23:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 For anyone interested, I recommend the book "The Patton Principles" by Porter B. Williamson. Best book I've ever read on warrior leadership based on the author's experiences with the Master himself. To the unlearned eye, Patton seems like a theatrical blowhard, but he was on the contrary the most pragmatic and visionary military commander we've ever had.

Posted by Jarhead 2004-10-25 11:10:07 AM|| 2004-10-25 11:10:07 AM|| Front Page Top

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