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The General George S. Patton Story By Ronald Reagan
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Posted on 06/03/2016 7:21:04 PM PDT by DaveinOK54

Fantastic 30 min. video narrated by Ronald Reagan about GS Patton, I mean DJ Trump...LOL. It's really worth a watch. The parallels between GSP and DJT have always intrigued me.....


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To: DaveinOK54

You had me at “hello” ;)

Positively spooky during closeups of his face..the features and the eyes are virtually identical. When they had a group photo when he was young, I could pick him out immediately by searching for Trump’s face...

Paraphrasing RR: It would do America nothing but good to have a General/President who’s so bold he’s dangerous. Or in the words of GP/DT: Grab ‘em by the nose and kick them in the ass!

+1


21 posted on 06/04/2016 6:25:02 AM PDT by BiggerTigger
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To: DaveinOK54

Later


22 posted on 06/04/2016 6:28:54 AM PDT by Ditter (God Bless Texas!)
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To: poconopundit

Someone recently posted an image of Patton with Trump’s face photoshopped in. They bear such a strong resemblance to each other, you could hardly tell the difference.


23 posted on 06/04/2016 8:16:21 AM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: DaveinOK54

Wouldn’t work unless Donald was only in the oven for 6 months.


24 posted on 06/04/2016 8:42:30 AM PDT by little jeremiah (Half the truth is often a great lie. B. FrankliIn)
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To: little jeremiah

Who could know for sure? Could not an embryo just be a vessel waiting for a soul to enter before birth? I don’t know, but I’m not interested in a discussion on that subject. Just thought it a possibility given the parallels between DJT and GSP. :)


25 posted on 06/04/2016 9:18:05 AM PDT by DaveinOK54 (Freedom is not Free and I'll never quit defending it.)
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To: DaveinOK54

It is an interesting possibility.

(Don’t read if you’re not interested in the discussion about it, just posting for the record: The Vedic texts give detailed information of how reincarnation works, and the soul enters the sperm and thus is present at the time of conception.)


26 posted on 06/04/2016 10:07:47 AM PDT by little jeremiah (Half the truth is often a great lie. B. FrankliIn)
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To: cassiusking

You are right. Deeply flawed makes it sound fatal to his greatness, and I agree that sounds more negative and damning that I meant it to be.

If you read my post, you can probably agree I do not, in any way, view his flaws as fatal, quite the opposite, he soared to greater heights with deeper flaws and obstacles in his way than most men at his station in life, which highlights what a savant in many ways that he was. And it didn’t come easy to him, it is widely thought that he had dyslexia, and he had to work far harder than many other people to overcome its detrimental effects in his learning.

We are all flawed, all of us. I view flaws as lead weights dragging you underwater, while your positive points provide buoyancy that keep you on the surface. For most of us, our flaws don’t overpower the positives and drag us under, which is good, because most of us have enough positives to offset them.

It is accepted that Patton had some psychological difficulties later in his life that today are seen as characteristic of a severe brain injury, of which he suffered a serious one playing polo when he suffered a severe concussion (kicked in the head by a horse, IIRC)

This made him emotionally and verbally fragile, often unable to control his anger or sorrow, culminating with the “slapping incident” which would have destroyed many men’s careers.

The fact that he was so brilliant in so many other areas is a testament to what an amazing man he was.


27 posted on 06/04/2016 4:56:12 PM PDT by rlmorel (Embrace your Curmudgeonlyness.)
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To: rlmorel

It is certainly not “generally accepted” that Patton had any psychological problems. When he struck two men with his gloves, the incident became exaggerated by a leftist press who had been hounding him.

Calling the most successful general in modern times “fragile” is a very odd characterization considering he was often at the front with his men.


28 posted on 06/04/2016 7:32:34 PM PDT by cassiusking
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To: cassiusking

The term fragile is used to describe his emotional swings, not his strength of character, tactical genius, or leadership.


29 posted on 06/04/2016 8:21:46 PM PDT by rlmorel (Embrace your Curmudgeonlyness.)
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To: DaveinOK54

Thanks for posting it...I very much enjoyed watching it.


30 posted on 06/05/2016 2:49:24 PM PDT by rlmorel (Embrace your Curmudgeonlyness.)
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To: rlmorel

Third Army Ping.


31 posted on 06/07/2016 6:45:59 PM PDT by alrea
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To: alrea

I greatly admire the man. And the older I get, the more I admire him...:)


32 posted on 06/07/2016 7:04:42 PM PDT by rlmorel (Embrace your Curmudgeonlyness.)
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