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Lead Like Patton At Bastogne (Is Trump like Patton?)
Forbes ^ | 7/14/2010 @ 1:10PM | Geoff Loftus

Posted on 12/26/2015 3:43:19 PM PST by Hojczyk

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To: McGruff

That man is Mad Dog Mattis. Bring him out of retirement and put him at the head of the JCS.

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41 posted on 12/26/2015 5:09:40 PM PST by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: Hojczyk

Patton probably showed his courage most in Mexico. A young lieutenant, he shot either 1, 2, or 3 Mexicans including Poncho Villa’s second in command.

Three were killed but Patton may not have been the only one to shoot them.

Since Patton was a world class pistol shooter and he was described as standing rock solid as the Mexicans shot at him. This while shooting at the Mexicans, my guess is he killed at least two of them.

Anyway Patton carved one notch on his .45 Peacemaker and tied the Mexicans to the fenders of his car and presented them to a shocked Pershing.


42 posted on 12/26/2015 5:14:00 PM PST by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: yarddog

Patton then proceeded to tie the two dead bodies of the bandits to the hood of his car and drove back to base camp.


43 posted on 12/26/2015 5:21:19 PM PST by jmacusa ("Dats all I can stands 'cuz I can't stands no more!''-- Popeye The Sailorman.)
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To: McGruff

Almost everyone like Patton, Bradley, Betel Smith, Schwarzkopf, or MacArthur have been purged from the military by our man child in chief. But, some are out there to be found. And, Trump is the man to find them.


44 posted on 12/26/2015 5:21:29 PM PST by Sasparilla
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To: Hojczyk

Nothing in common at all. Patton had core values.


45 posted on 12/26/2015 5:24:56 PM PST by libbylu
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To: Sasparilla

Patton hated Bedell Smith. He even left word with his wife that Smith not be allowed to attend his funeral.


46 posted on 12/26/2015 5:26:49 PM PST by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: 1rudeboy; CatherineofAragon

Heidi Cruz wrote the white paper on NAU for CFR. Both her and her husband are Globalists. Some people just believe they are superior, that they are elites, and more intelligent that everyone else.

Trump is a vulgar nationalist.


47 posted on 12/26/2015 5:31:00 PM PST by SatinDoll (A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN IS BORN IN THE USA OF TWO USA CITIZENS)
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To: SatinDoll

A white paper, huh? Does that make her a racist?


48 posted on 12/26/2015 5:33:01 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: SatinDoll

I’ve always believed Heidi Cruz is sinister. I hear she is secretly employed by the Illuminati and moonlights for the Bilderbergers while doing part-time hosting duties at the Bohemian Grove.

She’s a threat, I tell you!!!!!!!


49 posted on 12/26/2015 5:35:44 PM PST by CatherineofAragon (("A real conservative will bear the scars...will have been in the trenches fighting."--- Ted Cruz))
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To: Hojczyk

The Donald has many traits of Patton. He also has some traits of Regan and probably a lot of other people. I don’t think I’d want Patton for president. It’s great to win a war, but winning the peace is more important. Obama’s fiasco in Iraq and Afghanistan is ample proof. Can Trump win the peace after the battle? That is the big question.


50 posted on 12/26/2015 5:45:15 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: CatherineofAragon; 1rudeboy

Have either of you ever heard of Bill Still? He has put out on youtube.com videos called **The Money Masters**. I suggest you both educate yourselves on what people like Ted Cruz, Trey Gowdy, and Paul Ryan are about. They are no different than Nancy Pelosi, Mitt Romney, or David Rockefeller.

Your God-given rights mean nothing to any of them


51 posted on 12/26/2015 5:46:11 PM PST by SatinDoll (A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN IS BORN IN THE USA OF TWO USA CITIZENS)
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To: SatinDoll

Any word on where he comes down on standardizing air-travel beacons between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico?


52 posted on 12/26/2015 5:51:33 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy

Who.


53 posted on 12/26/2015 6:00:00 PM PST by SatinDoll (A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN IS BORN IN THE USA OF TWO USA CITIZENS)
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To: SatinDoll

Bill Still. Has he been apprised of the true horrors of the Building a North American Community paper?


54 posted on 12/26/2015 6:05:08 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: Vermont Lt

Patton was also a hemophiliac. In today’s action army, he wouldn’t be able to serve...unless he was a homo or transvestite.


55 posted on 12/26/2015 6:09:56 PM PST by Redleg Duke (The Federal Government is nothing but a welfare program with a dress code!)
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To: Parley Baer
Neither Trump or Patton are/were politically correct.

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You are so right! :)

56 posted on 12/26/2015 6:15:05 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Hojczyk
Is Trump like Patton?

No.

57 posted on 12/26/2015 6:25:18 PM PST by EveningStar
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To: Lurker
"I come in peace, I didn't bring artillery.

But I am pleading with you with tears in my eyes:

If you - - with me, I'll kill you all."

Marine General James Mattis, to Iraqi tribal leaders



Marine General James Mattis: What a mensch!


58 posted on 12/26/2015 6:31:00 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: 1rudeboy

I do not know about that. His talks about the Federal Reserve, though, are very interesting.


59 posted on 12/26/2015 6:35:19 PM PST by SatinDoll (A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN IS BORN IN THE USA OF TWO USA CITIZENS)
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To: SatinDoll
He has put out on youtube.com videos called **The Money Masters**.

I love those error filled videos! Very scary!!

60 posted on 12/26/2015 6:40:47 PM PST by Toddsterpatriot ("Telling the government to lower trade barriers to zero...is government interference" central_va)
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