I served under eight commanders in chief. Trump doesn’t grasp the role.

In July 1932, Patton was executive officer of the 3rd Cavalry, which was ordered to Washington by Army Chief of Staff General Douglas MacArthur. Patton took command of the 600 troops of the 3rd Cavalry, and on July 28, MacArthur ordered Patton’s troops to advance on protesting veterans known as the “Bonus Army” with tear gas and bayonets. Patton was dissatisfied with MacArthur’s conduct, as he recognized the legitimacy of the veterans’ complaints and had himself earlier refused to issue the order to employ armed force to disperse the veterans. Patton later stated that, though he found the duty “most distasteful”, he also felt that putting the marchers down prevented an insurrection and saved lives and property. He personally led the 3rd Cavalry down Pennsylvania Avenue, dispersing the protesters.[82][83] Patton also encountered his former orderly as one of the marchers and forcibly ordered him away, fearing such a meeting might make the headlines.

There used to be a loud cadre of Freepers who would react angrily when anyone posted derog comments on Weasley and Bill and Weasley’s Splendid Little War with Serbia. Several were apparently milicrats who were serving at US Army Europe HQ at Stuttgart when Weasley was directing the war against that massive enemy Serbia. I suspect some were like a LTC that was part of a briefing team that just about swallowed his partial plate when someone asked him what earthly purpose this conflict served the US and what US national interest was being served. This guy was really angry. According to another of this team he had taken some leave and visited his home town in Pennsylvania and went down to the VFW post with his Father all tricked in his Class A's and expecting to be greeted as the American Hero. Trouble was there were a good many Serbs in this town and a number who had rel combat records proceeded to give him unshirted hell about this squalid war.

This crappy conflict is the one time in my life I have been ashamed to be an American. The Freepers who used to act like they had hydrophobia if confronted on this topic thought such comment to be “treasonous’.

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