Posted on 02/24/2025 1:01:28 PM PST by Az Joe
Patton had a lot to say about Russians.
“I understand the situation. Their [the Soviet] supply system is inadequate to maintain them in a serious action such as I could put to them. They have chickens in the coop and cattle on the hoof--that's their supply system. They could probably maintain themselves in the type of fighting I could give them for five days. After that it would make no difference how many million men they have, and if you wanted Moscow, I could give it to you. They lived on the land coming down. There is insufficient left for them to maintain themselves going back. Let's not give them time to build up their supplies. If we do, then . . . we have had a victory over the Germans and disarmed them, but we have failed in the liberation of Europe; we have lost the war!”
“In my opinion, the American army as it now exists could beat the Russians with the greatest of ease, because, while the Russians have good infantry, they are lacking in artillery, air, tanks and the knowledge of the use of the combined arms, whereas we excel in all three of these. If it should be necessary to fight the Russians, the sooner we do it the better.”
“The Russians are Mongols. They are Slavs and a lot of them used to be ruled by ancient Byzantium. From Genghis Kahn to Stalin. they have not changed. They never will and we will never learn, at least, not until it is too late.”
“If it should be necessary for us fight the Russians, the sooner we do it, the better. We could have arrived sooner but for the fact if one flies over Russian occupied territory they shoot at you. Nice friends.”
“If we have to fight them, now is the time. From now on, we will get weaker, and they will get stronger.”
It got him killed.
That spoke to the fact that there were too many friends of Soviet Russia in high places of “the West” back then.
Patton said if the HQ would give him the gas, he would start a war with Russia and make it look like it was their fault!
The comment of them shooting at you was corroborated by uncle who told me after the japs surrendered his navy air unit was shot at by the Ruskies over Manchuria. Our planes were disarmed.
I’ve not been to Russia, but I have been to Japan a couple of times. They are not only more different from us than we understand, they are more different from us than we CAN understand.
Small wonder Patton thought so highly of the Nazis. He’d have fit right in.
[What did General Patton say about Russia?]
Was it something about “scum-sucking Siberian snow pimps,” or is that a National Lampoon cartoon I’m remembering?
Another lib pretending to be conservative.
One son-of-a-bitch to another...
The guy was born in 1885. Think of what was going on in Asia and Russia from 1900-1945.
Patton was one of the most erudite military men. My father’s CO and hero. Anyone who thinks his language is salty needs to acquaint himself with his speech to the 3rd Army prior to the Battle of the Bulge (I believe) at which my dad must have been present. Probably the greatest motivational speech ever recorded which captures the essence of what all Americans believed in before the Great Society destroyed our nation.
The Russians are not Asiatic, they’re Europeans—a lot more European than the Chinese. For the last four years we’ve been driving the Russians into the Chinese orbit and kissing Xi Jinping’s posterior.
Putin is not going to let an expansionist NATO park itself on his doorstep.
Seems like BenLurkin has GotWokin
Well at least he wasn’t a minor attracted person like Stonewall Jackson.
students of history and human nature, Patton, like MacArthur knew exactly who America’s enemies were.
I think you responded to the wrong poster? I had no comment about the Russians being “asiatic.”
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