Posted on 02/25/2016 4:56:21 PM PST by sparklite2
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Presidential candidate Donald Trump admires the late Douglas MacArthur and George Patton, both World War Two generals. They were winners, unpredictable, and not especially nice guys, he says in campaign speeches. But Trump's pledge to imitate their styles sets modern-day military experts on edge.
Born in 1946, a year after World War Two ended, Trump often praises MacArthur and Patton for the blunt ways he says they commanded respect. "George Patton was one of the roughest guys, he would talk rough to his men," Trump told an audience last week in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. "His men would die for him," Trump added. "We don't have that anymore." He said Patton would wipe out Islamic State without hesitation were he still in command.
But military historians and retired generals say Trump has an inflated view of the two military men and especially their relevance to an era of modern warfare when armies rely more on technology and when battle successes and failures and civilian casualties are communicated far more rapidly than when MacArthur and Patton commanded troops 70 years ago.
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I guess now they are trying to stir up the anti-Patton vote.
LOL, good luck with that.
Yeah, and we don’t win very many wars anymore.
Did he hurt widdle feeling?
That is going to be changing soon.
Good F*****g Night. What now?
Trump wants to emulate MacArthur, a selfish, arrogant individual and Patton, who for all of his combat leadership skills, was a bombastic prima donna.
Kind of says it all.
The “point and click” war historians are upsetty pie. Fact is— regardless of the tech, war still involves gaining and holding ground and eliminating the enemy— something both Patton and Macarthur were rather GOOD at, using the tech of the day. Macarthur even more impressive in the vast area he had to succeed, far larger than little ole Europe (which is the size of the SE USA).
Exactly my thoughts. WWII was the last war in which we achieved total victory.
Rude, vulgar, boorish behavior is ok even preferred in a General....a President, not so much.
tattoo ink makers against Trump.
Ink masters love him, though.
Maybe spandex thong men bikini makers will take up ‘the cause.’ Thongs against a schlonging.
“But Trump’s pledge to imitate their styles sets modern-day military experts on edge”.
That’s because todays military leadership are mostly gutless, Politically Correct political ass kissers so they can get their first or next star.
only leads one to assume that they must love themselves some obama
Look you are not fooling me, you don’t give a damn about off shoring, disastrous Free Trade or unbridled immigration. Just be honest about it AND SAY SO.
That’s BS.
If Trump has said Wesley Clark, the other pampered princes would have approved.
Advanced technology would have allowed Patton to dominate the battlefield now, even more than then.
Forget the slappings, Patton’s worst move was Task Force Baum.
All were winners, including Ike.
Unless we can use it as an example to mock the left for being wimps, righht?
Does the word “LEADER” resonate with you?
When it comes to you I’m taking Samuel Clemons advice concerning “arguing with a fool”.
Now crawl back under your rock, adults are conversing here.
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