Posted on 02/28/2023 8:03:30 AM PST by SeekAndFind
General George Patton had a lot to say about Russians. None of it was nice. Much of what he said about their military ability appears to be true.
“ I have difficulty in understanding the Russian is that we do not take cognizance of the fact that he is not a European, but an Asiatic, and therefore thinks deviously. We can no more understand a Russian than a Chinaman or a Japanese, and from what I have seen of them, I have no particular desire to understand them, except to ascertain how much lead or iron it takes to kill them. In addition to his other Asiatic characteristics, the Russian has no regard for human life and is an all-out son of bitch, barbarian, and chronic drunk.”
“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!”
“In my opinion, the American army as it now exists could beat the Russians with the greatest of ease, because, while the Russians have good infantry, they are lacking in artillery, air, tanks and the knowledge of the use of the combined arms, whereas we excel in all three of these. If it should be necessary to fight the Russians, the sooner we do it the better.”
“The Russians are mongols. They are Slavs and a lot of them used to be ruled by ancient Byzantium. From Genghis Kahn to Stalin. they have not changed. They never will and we will never learn, at least , not until it is too late.”
“If it should be necessary for us fight the Russians, the sooner we do it, the better. We could have arrived sooner but for the fact if one flies over Russian occupied territory they shoot at you .Nice friends.”
“If we have to fight them , now is the time. From now on , we will get weaker and they will get stronger.”
And we paid for that calculus by letting the Russians enslave Eastern Europe for fifty years, constant nuclear threats, squandering trillions on Cold War defense, and now we’re paying for it all over because Putin wants to Make Russia Soviet Again.
THE SOVIETS UNION!!!
Creepy Joe would nuke South Korea.
Vlad has been itching to get the old band back together.
It’s not our obligation to play policeman of the world. Eisenhower knew a good deal about the brutal calculus of war and he wanted no part of starting a war with the Soviet Union. Hungary 1956 provided the opporunity. Millions spent on the Cold War sure beat a million casualties and a fortune squandered. Korea and Vietnam wasted enough of both and those were merely on the periphery.
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