Comments on Sipsey Street Irregulars: Bad Ass of the Week - Patton

Not 100% sure but I believe Posse Comitatus does n...

2016-09-13T13:39:48.761-05:00

Not 100% sure but I believe Posse Comitatus does not apply in the confines of Wash. D.C.

also check out "Army at Dawn" Patton had...

2016-09-13T10:31:45.123-05:00

also check out "Army at Dawn"
Patton had the gestalt needed to win including at one point withholding reserve Shermans when he was not sure committing reserves was worth the risk of having *NO* reserves left *At All*
that is the toughest call ever in war

woerm/thr

This choice of yours is really confusing being you...

2016-09-13T08:37:56.958-05:00

This choice of yours is really confusing being your supposed to be a 3%er. As pointed out by others his role in using military forces to attack Americans on American soil disregarding the laws makes him a criminal as those who gave the orders.
He wasn't in the State National Guard during this role he was active duty army.
Please explain

In reference to the Bonus Army cleared out by usin...

2016-09-13T04:49:37.806-05:00

In reference to the Bonus Army cleared out by using the military - so much for Posse Comitatus..

Patton was a martinet ... and a military genius. ...

2016-09-13T00:30:07.407-05:00

Patton was a martinet ... and a military genius. There are two seminal books on the man: "War As I Knew It", and "Patton: A Genius For War".

There are other books about Patton, and many references. But these two give you a good understanding about the man, more than the commander.

The movie "Patton" is not a good portrayal (he had a high pitched voice, not congruent with George C. Scott rendition) but it is based on "War As I Knew It".

He got a lot of men killed, and that was his accepted price for victory. "Who Dares, Wins!" could have been his motto. And yes, we would not have had such a clear cut victory in WWII without a Patton.

Patton never looked at the price; he focused on the desired outcome. If you want a better motto than "Who Dares Wins", you can consider "Whatever it takes ... any thing at all!" to have been Patton's true goal.

Well, I know this is NOT politically correct, BUT ...

2016-09-12T16:25:55.458-05:00

Well, I know this is NOT politically correct, BUT we would have lost WWII without him.
I would want him on our side now.

and it was Patton, Eisenhower, and MacArthur who b...

2016-09-12T12:31:33.522-05:00

and it was Patton, Eisenhower, and MacArthur who burned down the Bonus Marchers camp.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_Army#Army_intervention

While he was undisputedly a tactical and strategic...

2016-09-12T10:11:03.082-05:00

While he was undisputedly a tactical and strategic genius, I lost any respect I had for the man when I found out he was involved in the attack on former service members during the Bonus Army incident in 1932. The same goes for McArthur and Eisenhower. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_Army

Asshat, not bad ass. Search "bonus army"...

2016-09-12T07:51:21.487-05:00

Asshat, not bad ass. Search "bonus army".
Screw him and Eisenhower and MacArthur.

Tom762