PATTON Understood the Scumbag Russians...

Reaganite Republican ^ | 1 May 2014 | Reaganite Republican

[Reaganite Republican]

Since Obama is already well-along in his scheme to ideologically purge and fundamentally transform our nation's once-proud military, the only voices speaking out against America's dramatic military decline would be those no longer in office/active service... so he doesn't have to endure the kind of reality that Gen Patton presented to the (Democratic) US administration in 1945...

... wise, principled, visionary advice nobody wanted to hear at the time:

On May 7, 1945, just before the German capitulation, Patton had a conference in Austria with U.S. Secretary of War Robert Patterson. 

Patton was gravely concerned over the Soviet failure to respect the demarcation lines separating the Soviet and American occupation zones. He was also alarmed by plans in Washington for the immediate partial demobilization of the U.S. Army. 

Patton said to Patterson: "Let's keep our boots polished, bayonets sharpened, and present a picture of force and strength to the Red Army. This is the only language they understand and respect."

Patterson replied, "Oh, George, you have been so close to this thing so long, you have lost sight of the big picture.

"I understand the situation. Their (the Soviet) supply system is inadequate to maintain them in a serious action such as I could put to them. 

They have chickens in the coop and cattle on the hoof -- that's their supply system. They could probably maintain themselves in the type of fighting I could give them for five days.

 After that it would make no difference how many million men they have, and if you wanted Moscow I could give it to you. They lived on the land coming down. There is insufficient left for them to maintain themselves going back. Let's not give them time to build up their supplies.

 If we do, then . . . we have had a victory over the Germans and disarmed them, but we have failed in the liberation of Europe; we have lost the war!"

Stand-up guy and American war hero Patton paid for this moral and strategic clarity (which could have prevented the 40+ years occupation of eastern Europe) with his life (as so many in the way of the Obama regime's foolhardy agenda have).

Today we also live in a war-weary USA that has long been attempting to appease the Russians in the hope that they will like us, honor their agreements, and play fair.  

Could we have possibly been more foolish? 

The Russian nation defines itself as 'enemy of the USA', while a corrupt KGB veterans' club rules over a Saudi-Arabia-with-pine-trees that manufactures mostly cheap junk, has no moral, social, or financial model any other country would ever want to copy, and really offers the world nothing but oil, weapons, mafiosos, political meddling, and good-looking women (their race-based, Nazi-esque nationalism even manages to screw that up).

Clearly -like Iran, North Korea, or what have you- Putin's regime needs outside enemy USA as an excuse for tyranny at home and military expansion abroad. What other reason could the people there have for surrendering democracy and handing all the country's wealth over to a clique of connected pro-Putin hoodlums in suits?

This is the bunch we were supposed to 'reset' relations with by just being 'nice' and selling out our allies to the Russian bear?

Lunacy... sheer lunacy. 

And don't be impressed my Kremlin showmanship- i.e. world's largest ($50B) Potemkin village (Sochi): the place is already a crumbling ghost town, leaving Putin to resort to Soviet-style diktats forcing state employees to vacation only at Russian resorts while 'strongly encouraging' private Russian firms to do the same. As with the USSR, nothing is left to the free market, any kind of moral framework, or the will of the people- it's still more important to blow mountains of money to put on a show of Russian 'greatness' for the West.

What to do now? Turbo-charging the current US oil boom -coupled with a slowing Chinese economy- could soon bring the oil price crashing down... that's what Reagan did to them in the 80s, when he not only encouraged US exploration but talked the Saudis into opening the taps up, thus bringing the oil price to $25/bbl, and slowing-to-a-trickle the only real source of hard currency the Soviets ever had. 

Want a Ukraine-style people's revolution in Moscow? That ought to do it, as the country's feeble economy has already dipped into recession in the wake of the Crimea invasion.

We also might attempt to make good on that missile defense network Obama pulled from Poland and the Czech Republic in a costless victory for the Kremlin- he just forked it right over, receiving nothing in return but scheming grins. Romania and others have also expressed interest in basing missile defense radars and interceptors on their territory, in fact they are nearly begging for it.

And arm the Ukranians... but it looks like it's already far too late for that.
This crisis called for immediate action and strategic clarity- qualities almost
non-existent in today's indecisive, hamstrung-by-social-issues Pentagon.

Hey Russia- on behalf of the sane folks of our country -the side you haven't heard from in a while- GO TO HELL: we don't respect you, we don't like you, we will never trust you... and in fact think you are largely hostile, thieving, drunken 3rd-world trash... especially the tacky rich ones.  

You got a long way to go if you ever want to be a free and civilized country- alas, nothing starts 'til you get rid of Putin.

Uncensored History

[Reaganite Republican]

***ping***

[Cowboy Bob]

As long as America is worried about Ukraine, it’s not worried about ObamaCare.

[Mouton]

and that is why he was assassinated.

[BobL]

Personally, I RESPECT Russia looking out for the interests of its people (i.e., ethnic Russians) in the Ukraine.

Maybe other countries abandon their friends at the first time of trouble (Benghazi, ‘Arab Spring’, now Israel, soon Japan and Taiwan), but once you are friends with Russia, they WILL stand by you.

[skinkinthegrass]

yeah..hence; the assassination theories out there, after his death.
Uncle Joe (Stalin) was keenly aware of Gen. Patton's views.

[skinkinthegrass]

the "Bathhouse" 0'Muslim's DeathCARE soap opera "cr@pola"
continues..distract..distract and more distractions.
(racism/russia/blm/airplane; all opportunistic 'Rat mis-directions/distractions)

[elhombrelibre]

Right. Americans can only do one thing at a time. You’ve as much contempt for Americans as Putin does.

[elhombrelibre]

Yeah, lots of people were impressed with how the Germans in Austria, the Sudetenland, and Danzig were looked out for too. Pan-russian chauvinism couldn’t evolve to anything the world would need to worry about as Putin interjects himself into the affairs of other nations to help the poor mistreated Russians.

[nikos1121]

ONe could easily argue that we never finish ourwars..

1. War II as is stated in this article. The greatest generation left a big mess for future generations.
2. Korean War. Agreeing to terms that could have agreed to before the shooting started.
3. Viet Nam need a I say more?
4. Desert Storm. Bush Sr. was an idiot. Could have changed the entire course of that region had he finished the job.
5. Iraq War II. Oh...you get the picture.

I think it might be that we lack the Stonewall Jackson’s in the presidency. WE are a milk toast nation. The imposter in chief will never understand that strength brings results and that weakness brings war.

The posturing in Ukraine and Syria are hideously weak and shameful.

If you look at Patton’s suggestions, it would have taken virtually nothing to get the Russians to back down.

SAme now. IT would take very little to get the Russians to back off....and the whole world would be behind us.

[Vaquero]

But now the worm has turned. Russia is the budding capitalist society and we are run by Marxists.

So I don’t give a flying fig what Putin does in countries that were once part of Russia. I hope a future American president has the stones to return California Arizona New Mexico and California to America after zer0 gives it to LaRaza Mexico.

[McGruff]

So you want to get involved in war for Ukraine? Not me.

[CrazyIvan]

I would encourage everyone to read “Target Patton”. Whether you agree with the authors conclusions or not it is a fascinating read and includes some very interesting and obscure history.

[7thson]

Speaking of WW II, the Soviets did not have atomic weapons. True, after Fat Man and Little Boy did their job, we didn't either. But we knew how to make one, whereas the Soviets did not. Patton and others could have them on the run until we came up with another a-bomb or two. Drop one on Moscow and game over.

It sounds easy until you start looking at what was in the State and Army Departments at the time. Communists. Probably a lot of our decisions made after WW II were made with these communists pushing people in their direction.

Sad.

[rbmillerjr]

“Personally, I RESPECT Russia looking out for the interests of its people (i.e., ethnic Russians) in the Ukraine.

Yes. Just ask the Georgians and Ukrainians how great Russian friendship is. Might as well as the Poles, Hungarians, Czechs, Finns, Estonians, Lithuanians, and Latvians as well.

[yldstrk]

“Hey Russia- on behalf of the sane folks of our country -the side you haven’t heard from in a while- GO TO HELL: we don’t respect you, we don’t like you, we will never trust you... and in fact think you are largely hostile, thieving, drunken 3rd-world trash... especially the tacky rich ones.”

Bingo!

[Vendome]

No way Obama follows any of these tactics and strategies

He will continue to bend over backwards to prove his flexibility.

[wally_bert]

It would not surprise me in the least if it were ever proven ironclad true. Until a few years ago, I dismissed the conspiracy theory. Now I’m a little more open to the idea.

[yldstrk]

Are you daft? What a ridiculous comment. Ukraine is being robbed.

[HereInTheHeartland]

“but once you are friends with Russia, they WILL stand by you.”

Just like the Mafia will stand by you; if they don’t kill you first!
The Russians are a bunch of thugs; the evil empire as Reagan said. There is ZERO to admire in them.