Patton? If they won't listen to God what makes you think they would listen to Patton?
You've got a real point! (And got me to laugh at myself with that one!) You've obviously remembered the similar comment to the rich man asking for one to be sent back to warn his brothers about what might greet them in eternity.
I have a bad feeling that General Patton AND The Third Army couldn't make these folks wake up and head back to the "straight and narrow".