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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After Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghaniztan the military does not have leaders who know how to win anymore. They are just political butt kissers.
Yes.
Apparently you are unfamiliar with LBJ, Billy Jeff, or the DiC currently there
So you would have preferred kinder, gentler generals?
Lol...speak for yourself cupcake.
‘... Gen. Patton would have never called his fellow Americans “losers, pussys, or murderous psychopaths” ...”
No, he called the guy a coward and smacked the hell outta him...
My dad served in the 93rd Div of the Third Army under Patton..He worshipped Patton...
Personally, I hope Trump take this attitude with ISIS and all of islam, and last but not least, the illegals in this country.
I’m happy to hear the man talk this way, it’s about time!
Props to your family.
Patton understood the need for pride.
Cost men their lives, but we STILL remember the relief of Bastogne and the 3rd Army’s dash across Germany. It would have been awesome if his men could have collared Adolf.
And that HE could have taken the fight to the Pacific.
This is SLIME level ‘journalism.’
Use of the word “obsession†in the headline is standard procedure for the left wing, whose longtime, tired practice is to accuse anyone who opposes them of being mentally ill.
Nonsense.
Pardon my interruption.
Trump also rebuilt the Rockefeller Center skating rink?
I thought it was the Central Park one. Did he fix both?
Wollman Rink in Central Park  
You are probably right...I knew it was in New York...That was the only one I remembered...
Thanks....
Of course it was Bush’s fault, don’t be silly! LOL
Grant’s administration was corrupt from top to bottom, as were many if not all administrations which followed. However, Grant’s term in office was the first presidential administration where the corruption was blatantly open for all to see.
This is historical fact, not personal assumption.
They were interviewed by Reuters, so who knows?
Heinz Guderian for me.
McArthur wasn’t all. Island hopping was far more effective. Patton was a very good field commander.
Russia expansionism; middle east meltdown; Chinese island-building; Europe overrun. So if these experts, who are supposed to foresee and forstall all these things, are squirming at the thought of a presidential candidate who will expect 'a little less talk and a lot more action', it's a good thing.
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