Posted on 02/28/2023 8:03:30 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Yes, he was exactly right about the Soviets and advocated Universal Military Training for the United States. That’s about the only thing I don’t agree with him on.
Yes, if Patton saw America now he’d be beside himself and if he saw the very poor military leadership of today, he’d be sick. He’s probably beat the hell out of Milley.
"I never loan out my books. My whole library is comprised of books I borrowed from other people." (Benjamin Franklin)
> had Patton beaten their advance [to Berlin], East Germany never would have happened as a separate nation from West Germany <
That’s is an interesting scenario, but I don’t think it could have actually happened. Had Patton captured Berlin, he would have been ordered to withdraw. And he would have been replaced had he disobeyed.
Europe was pretty much carved up by then. And Berlin was not to be in the American sphere of influence.
It is worth noting that it was the Red Army that captured Vienna in April of 1945, after a very brutal fight. But Austria was not to be in the Soviet sphere of influence. So the Red Army withdrew.
Lol. I never knew that and it sounds like something Franklin would say.
Those Central European countries were promised by the Allies to the Soviet Union as part of the deal to keep the Soviets in the war.
ping
Yeah, well, the Soviets also promised there would be free elections there....Ooops!
Lol I’m on that thread somewhere.
Nobody beats the Russian winter.
A little l'audace can be a good thing but too much l'audace gets you shipped home in a body bag.
Russia has 13% flat tax rate, something free-market conservatives could only dream of in this country.
Putin has spent billions building churches and Russia has gone out of its way to protects its country from the LGBT agenda.
“The German Army in fighting Russia is like an elephant attacking a host of ants. The elephant will kill thousands, perhaps even millions, of ants, but in the end their numbers will overcome him, and he will be eaten to the bone.” - Colonel Bernd Von Kleist
Now, Hitler’s mistake was not taking advantage of the general disdain of Stalin, especially in Ukraine, and try to ‘divide and conquer’ the Soviet Union.
Taking Moscow would have probably resulted in Stalin’s overthrow, and perhaps another Civil War.
Yeah, all those people falling out of windows, being mysteriously poisoned, disappearing and such. In other words as long as dictators build a few churches, a flat tax, and doesn’t like homos it’s to be appreciated? Nice to know you are onboard with anything as long as you get low taxes and a church building in your town.
Since this war began, the media has claimed Putin was dead and Russia was using a body double. That Putin had stomach, blood and thyroid cancer. Russia has been running out of weapons and ammo since last March according to the media.
And, of course, you don't care that the country we're spending billions on has banned opposition parties, imprisoned opposition leaders, shutdown opposition media outlets and raided and closed churches. Ukraine doesn't resemble a free country or democracy.
Soviet Union
Different animal
Sure hasn’t worked out for several badass armies who tried
Wehrmacht
Le Grandé Armee
Both immediately come to mind
Even if you take the big cities
Like all those connected to the Clinton scandals have?
Do you think Jeffery Epstein committed suicide in prison? Do you think Seth Rich was robbed? Do you think the J6 protesters were insurrectionists?
Maybe you should focusing on all the mysterious death that Deep State had a hand in than worrying about Russia.
That was a great movie!
I highly recommend this book as well:
Don’t forget Kaiser Wilhelm during WW I. His armies won some impressive early victories against the Russians. Then things kinda turned into a stalemate.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.