[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.)

[Kathy in Alaska]

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