[Bubba_Leroy]

This is the original text, not the Hollywood "PG" version from the movie.

Patton's words are timeless. Just replace Germans and Japanese with Afghans and Iraqis. These words in particular are well worth repeating:

"Sure, we want to go home. We want this war over with. The quickest way to get it over with is to go get the b_stards who started it. The quicker they are whipped, the quicker we can go home."

[T. Buzzard Trueblood]

BTTT

[snopercod]

Thanks for posting that. Makes me want to Re-Up!

[joyce11111]

Thanks

[Jim Scott]

This has to be the granddaddy of all motivational speeches.

[Outrance]

Makes this old Redleg want to get a lanyard in his hand again! Willie Pete! 6 rds Fire For Effect! Roast the rag headed b@st@rds! Artillery, "The King of Battle"

[Red Jones]

bump

[Ronzo]

Third Army BUMP!

[rockfish59]

and i get 'pooh-poohed' for cussing on FR! lol!

can you imagine tom d'@$$hole as a general?

'now listen to me men & women, i want you to be as kind & gentle to the germanic persons ('kraut' being a no-no), and with your 'safe' bullets we hope to dissuade many from death and crippling injury. after all, they are as human as you and i and also have chilllllll-dren and families.

we are a TEAM and i will be right behind you along with the UN/ACLU to make sure there is no misconduct on our part. we must advance as slowly as possible so that the persons ('enemy' is a no-no) will have time to escape and maybe change their minds and come to our side. negotiations will be the order of the day. if you come upon one of their patrols, please don't behave rashly and start trouble. try a friendly hello, or offer them candy or rations (cigarettes are a no-no). sometimes even a drink of water will pacify the most hardened of soldiers. i am sure many will understand that we too are a peace loving people. after it's all over we will all return to our homes, jobs, and families. i myself hope to run for the presidency in order to keep mr. roosevelt's dream alive. i promise i will give you all free housing, food and clothing. with 'our' great wealth we will be able to feed, clothe and house the ENTIRE WORLD!!!!

now let us march on to victory, (and please try not to trample the daisies in the forest meadows). oh, and by the way, that miscreant general patton will be court martialed for daring to strike another soldier. family members of the soldier have filed a class action lawsuit against the army and i personally will see to them that justice is done and he is brought down and thrown in the stockade. we WILL NOT TOLERATE VIOLENCE against another person in this army'!

please come back general patton!

[Gig]

Works for me!

gig

[Dan Day]

By god, after reading that speech, I want to go conquer the Germans all over again.

They just don't make Generals like they used to, unfortunately.

[southland]

Curtis Lemay was the Air Force "Patton" . Most people don't realize how we bluffed Russia in the cold war. But we wern't bluffing and I am sure this helped avoid ww3 at that time. I am an admirer of Patton as well as Lemay. Russia knew they would have been knocked back into the stone age if they had attacked or had provoked an attack from the Strategic Air Command. Very few people ever comprehended what we were doing in SAC.

[SunkenCiv]

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