Posted on 06/03/2016 7:21:04 PM PDT by 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
Later
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.
Wouldn’t work unless Donald was only in the oven for 6 months.
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. :)
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.)
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.
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.
The term fragile is used to describe his emotional swings, not his strength of character, tactical genius, or leadership.
Thanks for posting it...I very much enjoyed watching it.
Third Army Ping.
I greatly admire the man. And the older I get, the more I admire him...:)
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