We used to be serious about repelling invasion...
Uncle Sam: "I've had about enough of this."
General Pershing headed into Mexico.
The end of Pancho Villa, 1923... 
Posted on 09/03/2018 9:29:11 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
We need another invasion into Mexico.
Invade, clean it up, give it back along with a bill for services rendered. Payable in affordable installments because we remember Weimar.
Indeed...what most people don’t know is that was the first example of mechanized warfare using automobiles as they did!
Yes. Patton was the real deal. He had flaws, but I have always thought his flaws made him far more interesting and effective!
LOL, currently listening to a 48 hour audiobook about Ulysees S. Grant...another very flawed man whose flaws make him more interesting to me.
So, why hasn’t this been made into a Dodge/Ram commercial yet?
We should have repelled the Mexican invasion of the USA.
The Columbus raid was interesting in that the town pretty much turned out armed and took on the raiders.
The raiders also attacked the wrong end of town first. The military detachment was able to get armed and organized (somewhat) and aid in the defense.
The raiders that were killed were placed in a pile with railroad ties and other wood and then burned.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Columbus_(1916)
A great General; his men, well supplied with whiskey, followed him wherever.
Couldn’t agree more. But it was up to three prior administrations and they ALL failed.
Also the first American use of aircraft in combat (although they had been used in Europe for a couple of years by that point.)
Thanks for that post.
n Mexico, Patton impressed Pershing by personally shooting Mexican leader Julio Cardenas during the Battle of Columbus.
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Patton wasn’t at the battle of Columbus.
Cardenas died at a ranch in Mexico.
Because Fiat makes Ram trucks in Saltillo, Mexico now. Looks like GM has a factory in Silao, Mexico for the big cab pickups.
If you want an American pickup truck, you need to go with Nissan (Mississippi) or Toyota (Texas). Ford does final assembly in the US.
We used to be serious about repelling invasion...
Uncle Sam: "I've had about enough of this."
General Pershing headed into Mexico.
The end of Pancho Villa, 1923...
Deep State didn’t develop into the gargantuan it is today overnight:
Who thinks they wouldn’t kill a charismatic, effective General who started saying and doing things they didn’t like..?
It’s not all crazy, the stories about Patton’s death.
Four Presidents in a row failed on purpose.
“Indeed...what most people don’t know is that was the first example of mechanized warfare using automobiles as they did!”
And Patton would go on to be the first commander of the US army tank school and write the book on the use of armor in battle.
Strapping the dead to the hoods was a nice touch.
"Patton impressed Pershing by personally shooting Mexican leader Julio Cardenas during the Battle of Columbus. Pershing promoted Patton to captain and invited him to lead Pershing’s Headquarters Troop once they left Mexico." I see 3. Anyone find more?
Bumpity bump!!!!!
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