FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Quotes From Gen George Patton ~ 19 August 2024

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[PROCON]

Hi Kathy, thanks for tonight’s Canteen and honoring the great General Patton!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Pro...hope you enjoy. He sure had a lot of “memorable” things to say.

[left that other site]

Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Hall of Heroes: Quotes From Gen George Patton ~

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[Kathy in Alaska]

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[Delta 21]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...all your ducks in a row for a new week?

Tippy enjoying her hiking adventures?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Delta21. A good one.

[MoochPooch]

Evening, Kathy!

Wow, that Patton was brilliant.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mooch....he sure had a lot to say, and made sense. Glad you enjoyed.

[Delta 21]

Fixed fortifications are monuments to man's stupidity.

[Leaning Right]

I’m paraphrasing here:

1944:

Patton: Give me all the supplies I need, and I’ll destroy the German army in France.
Eisenhower: No. Some supplies must be allocated to British General Montgomery for political reasons.

Patton was right. Ike was wrong.

(And so the war in Europe lasted longer than it need have.)

1945:

Patton: Give me the go-ahead, and I’ll take Berlin and maybe beyond.
Eisenhower: No. You must stop at the Elbe River for political reasons.

Ike was right. Patton was wrong.

(The Red Army of 1945 was quite formidable. Patton probably would have won, but it would have been a bloodbath. The American people never would have stood for it.)

[left that other site]

Yes...we did three miles this morning.

It’s still humid, but not quite as hot.

[Arlis]

One of my Patton favorites:

“Any fool can follow rules. It takes wisdom to know when to break them.”

[radu]

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[wjcsux]

Thanks for sharing some of General George S. Patton’s timeless quotes Kathy! Such a remarkable leader. I have read many books about him. Bill O’Reilly’s book “Killing Patton” is a must read for sure.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Leaning Right...he always had something to say.

[Kathy in Alaska]

LOL! Thanks, Arlis.

[Leaning Right]

> he always had something to say <

Yes, Patton was a brilliant, complex man. He is worthy of study at every military academy in the world. Same goes for Eisenhower, by the way. Ike had a rather unique job. During the war he had to be a master general and a master politician, both at the same time.

Odd that Patton died in an “accident” shortly after the war in Europe ended. Or maybe it wasn’t so odd.