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To: Scanian

I think Patton’s heart was in the right pace, and I think he was correct when he suggested attacking the U.S.S.R. He lamented that we always leave one more war to be fought. And I agree, If we would be willing to win, then we could end wars.


6 posted on 03/26/2011 3:39:13 AM PDT by Sarah-bot (What would Edward Rooney do?)
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To: Sarah-bot

‘If we would be willing to win, then we could end wars.’

To end wars we must first repeal Original Sin.


8 posted on 03/26/2011 3:49:34 AM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla (Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable -- Daniel Webster)
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To: Sarah-bot
If we would be willing to win, then we could end wars.

Wrong.

14 posted on 03/26/2011 4:18:08 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory; and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever.)
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To: Sarah-bot
He lamented that we always leave one more war to be fought. And I agree, If we would be willing to win, then we could end wars.

Actually you would live in a state of continual war.

Because in every war you can find that you have started the seeds for the next war. And if you fight that war you have started the seeds for the next and if you fight that you have started the seeds for the next...

Patton liked war. So for him this was fine. Not so good for the rest of us.

And of course, he was wrong. Sometimes later wars grow out of former but sometimes they don't.

48 posted on 03/26/2011 5:43:55 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (When all you have is bolt cutters & vodka everything looks like the lock on Wolf Blitzer's boathouse)
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