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Jeff barton's avatar

America does not produce leaders like Patton today. A child with the stuff of leadership is beat down into an amorphous woke pile of shit. Today we promote leaders like thoroughly modern Milley and his concern for white rage and his reading list of woke bullshit. Contrast Patton with Admral Rachel Levine our newest penis in a skirt gesture to wokeism. God save this. country if we are ever called to fight.

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Earl Brown's avatar

Right on Jeff! All this woke crap. These left-wing college punks tryin' to turn guys into girls!

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J. Livingston's avatar

( Yikes, eye bleach please.)

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Paul Aijian MD's avatar

It’s even better if you play the audio on Substack

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Jim Buckley's avatar

Dr. Aijian: Thank you for the audio tip!

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J. Livingston's avatar

The pervasiveness of the partisan Deep State has Stockholm Syndromed far too many in America today. Fear of our own government is now devolving into civic passivity.

We celebrate both the Battle of Midway and D-Day this early part of June. Real life stories of courage, heroism and loss that stare down any faint approximation created by Hollywood animation. God bless those losses. They will be in our hearts forever. We shall not be silenced. We roar.

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Thomas John's avatar

Speaking of Stockholm - Patton competed in the first Modern Pentathlon there in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was a man of many talents.

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Jim Buckley's avatar

Yes, he was a man of many talents. He spoke flawless French. Just before he died in a hospital bed (December 21, 1945) after a vehicle collision, his last words reflected his military bearing: "After all I've been through, this is how I die?"

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Thomas Van Stein's avatar

Thank you posting this verbatim

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Derek Hanley's avatar

Today, a general with Patton's talents and absolute determination to win would be indicted by the International court for war crimes because he knew and acted on the philosophy that war is a ruthless enterprise. There is only only one objective in going to war. It is to win. It us not to fight to a stalemate. Nor, is it to withdraw from the decision to go to war, once men, women and national resources are committed and begin to become casualties.

Oh! By the way, in today's American military, a soldier like Patton would not be allowed by the military chain of command to rise through the ranks.

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Ranger's avatar

Thanks for sharing. I only heard excerpts of the speech.

Patton would not have been allowed in Obama's or Biden's army, he would have been drummed out like the generals they disposed of when in office to weaken our military.

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Earl Brown's avatar

Probably be arrested by Biden and that jerk Lloyd Austin for swearing and being politicaly incorrect.

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Lou Segal's avatar

I was a sophomore in college in 1971 and I distinctly remember going to a drive-in movie theater (I wish we still had them) to see a double feature. It was two of the greatest war movies in the history of cinema: Patton and Mash. Truth be told I was probably smoking something illegal in that car. :)

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Earl Brown's avatar

Drive in movie theaters - what a concept! :)

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Ranger's avatar

I'm surprised Focchi didn't promote that for COVID safety

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Howard Walther's avatar

I read this post by Jim Buckely about D-Day and Gernerals. I will quote from the Record below>

General Dwight Eisenhower originally planned for D-Day to happen on June 5. The 'unpredictable' English weather intervened. But Eisenhower still wrote a famous letter that day.

On June 5, Eisenhower also wrote one of the most famous undelivered notes of US history. It’s known today as the “In Case of Failure Message.”

“Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre area have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and I have withdrawn the troops,” it began.

“My decision to attack at this time and place was based upon the best information available. The troops, the air, and the navy did all that bravery and devotion to duty could do. If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone,” wrote the Allied commander in chief."

Howard Walther member of a Military Family

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Jim Buckley's avatar

Well, yes, that's when men were men and accepted responsibility for their actions and admitted it.

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Howard Walther's avatar

The Greatest Generation is almost all gone replaced by _________________ fill in the

blank or maybe just leave it BLANK. BLANK is a good description for those that have

betrayed the United States.

Howard, member of a Military Family

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Earl Brown's avatar

" . . . replaced by . . .'girly boys, trans, gender-benders and the other freaks.

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Stephen H Siemsen's avatar

...and a pathetic coward who feigned "bone spurs" to dodge the draft, and as Commander-in-Chief called our gallant dead "suckers" and "losers"!

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James Fenkner's avatar

How do you feel about Trump's actual foreign policies? Do the Abraham Accords and the fact that the US had no new wars mean much to you?

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Earl Brown's avatar

You’re referring to an article in The Atlantic made by ‘anonymous’ sources. Doesn’t sound like Trump to me - he’s a true American patriot if ever there was one.

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J. Livingston's avatar

SS: You are quoting Biden; not Trump.

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Lou Segal's avatar

That America doesn't exist anymore. As a matter of fact it didn't entirely exist even then since Patton had been relieved of his command numerous times. BTW, every time I think of Patton I see George C. Scott in my mind. That was a great movie.

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James Fenkner's avatar

Isn’t it weird that since June 5, 1942 ( 82 years ago today), the US hasn’t passed a single formal declaration of war? Kind of strange given that war is a pretty big deal and we like to define ourselves as a moral and just nation.

In addition to the +5 million war dead ( military as well as people in the wrong place at the wrong time), the US has spent $8 Trillion on war since 2000. That is 1/4 of our total national debt. Americans aren’t dumb, we needed the “weapons of mass destruction” lie to lead us into Iraq. Just a few years ago we left a whole military base and billions behind in Afghanistan, a dirt-poor country we couldn’t beat after 20 years. What did all these non-declared wars buy us? Congress just reauthorized the Patriot Act, so more domestic freedom isn’t the correct answer.

What is clear is that a few have gotten unbelievably rich and powerful in all this killing, something the current social justice democrats completely ignore. It is kind of like the perpetual war machine magically buys everyone off - left, right, and center.

Which helps explain much of the DC revulsion against Trump. In his first term, he stopped feeding the perpetual war beast. Of course, they came for him. Sound crazy? Ask yourself why our $170 Billion plus spending in Ukraine doesn’t include a Special Inspector to follow where all the money is, and isn't, going. Reagan understood the maxim, trust but verify. Why we don’t apply that to our current cadre of woke generals is anyone’s guess.

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J. Livingston's avatar

RFKJr claims the book closest to offering the full explainatoin about his uncle JFK's assassination, concluded this was an act of the CIA along with the US defense industry - primarily because both JFK and Kruschev sobered-straight after the Cuban (Turkey) missile stand-offs, wanted no more military reactions to global conflicts. Including starting the draw down in Vietnam. According to this book.

Whereas the CIA and the defense industry were pushing nuclear weapons against Cuba. They lost their cause when both blinked and withdrew from further escalation, leaving Castro in power. ( I believe the title was "Unspeakable" - one more author trying to pull many of the missing pieces together and not accepting the Warren Commission Report.

I only pass it on due to RFKJr's personal recommendation from pricing together his own family tales. More sealeJFK files promised to be released in full, but have not.....to date. Even Trump backed off from their full release. And no one has proven Ike's Farewell warnings about the post WWII M-I-C were misspoken words.

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TheotokosAppreciator's avatar

We spend billions of dollars supporting Israel, why do you specifically call out Ukraine?

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James Fenkner's avatar

The US Department of Defence provides lethal aid to 150 countries. Are they all core to US national interest or merely places to sell product and keep stirring the pot? Ukraine is merely today's "la belle du bal" and one in which the largest treasure is currently lavished.

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Lou Segal's avatar

James, a couple of small corrections: I believe we passed a bipartisan war declaration for Afghanistan and Iraq after 9/11. Trump didn't exactly stop feeding the perpetual war beast. He fought ISIS in Syria and Iraq while killing 10,000 innocent citizens in Mosul. He assassinated Soleimani, which resulted in many American soldiers having brain injuries after Iran retaliated by attacking a US base in Iraq. He also bragged about increasing the defense budget during his first team. He accused the Obama administration of depleting our military. I am also not convinced that Trump is going to abandon Ukraine or end military assistance to them. He has never indicated he would do that. All he has suggested is that he would bring an end to the war in the first week of his presidency.

I would be the first to admit that the Pentagon wastes billions of dollars. Some of this is because Congress insists that we continue to spend this money to help members of Congress in their home districts where there are military bases and/or defense contractors. It becomes not about whether we need a particular military program but whether it provides jobs for the people in the congressmembers' districts.

Lastly, I don't think the US has a choice about whether we can unilaterally disarm while Russia and China continue to strengthen and grow their militaries, including their nuclear arsenals. It's a dangerous world and for better or worse we have kept the world relatively peaceful since WW2, meaning we have not had WW3. The free world relies on us, and I rather have it that way than having them rely on China for their security.

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James Fenkner's avatar

There is no Iraq or Afghanistan war declaration as part of the official US government record. Perhaps this was reported by CNN? ISIS was formed pre-Trump Admin (Bush/Obama) and crushed by the Trump Administration. ISIS was not a new war, but the ending of an old largely self-created regional rival. Finally, no one is arguing for the US to disarm or for blind isolationism. But having our politicians pick every military fight possible - and losing - is unconscionable. We have had an unconstitutional forever war machine operating for so long that most Americans can't remember what peace through strength actually looks like. When it comes to defending core USA interests AND stopping our forever war machine Trump has been an idiot savant. And I'll take an idiot savant over our current idiot-in-chief any day.

https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/declarations-of-war.htm

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Lou Segal's avatar

Look up the Authorization for Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002. It was a law passed by Congress authorizing use of US forces against Iraq. It overwhelmingly passed both the Senate and the House. Bush signed it into law on Oct 16, 2002.

As for Afghanistan, on Sept 18, 2001, Congress passed a joint resolution giving President Bush authorization to use all necessary military force against any nation that planned or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on 9/11.

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James Fenkner's avatar

If these were actual declarations of war, where are the subsequent peace settlements? An authorization of force is not part of the US Constitution, unless you speaking about the 4th amendment which limits such force. Aren't you curious why a declaration of war hasn't been used since WW2?

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Lou Segal's avatar

Isn't this just semantics? How is a declaration of war substantially different than Congress authorizing the use of military forces against a country?

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J. Livingston's avatar

"I don't want you to die for your country. I want you to make the other guy die for his." (Patton)

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Paul Aijian MD's avatar

We need more like him

The language is coarse but Patton was feared by the Germans and our most effective general in Europe

I can’t imagine him seeing the rainbow infested military now

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Dan O. Seibert's avatar

Sorry to change the subject but I'm watching the SB historic landmarks commission and during public comment I see your own, Bonnie Donovan speaking. She was great, Patton would be proud. She came that close to dropping a F-bomb, rightly so. I'll leave it to her to post about the Effing morons at Parks & Rec that want to cut down the historic Stone pines on Anapamu street.

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Santa Barbara Current's avatar

Bonnie Donovan is a treasure!

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Michael Schaumburg's avatar

Thank you for publishing Patton's... more than just a speech.

We visited Omaha and Utah beaches last year for the first time. It was so peaceful, with only a light breeze and very small lapping waves. Grass and beach growth covering the bomb craters, etc.

I can not imagine the horrible invasion at these two beaches, although plenty of Nazi machine gun bunkers still there to remind. Of course there are museums and statues .... and many, many grave crosses.

Crazy to stand on the beach and wonder it was like. Cannot imagine.

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Montecito93108's avatar

So much truth, wisdom, spoken in so few words. It all hits home remembering 1940-50 era parents raising post-war children to know the importance of their individual contribution to the family team and to country no matter how big the problem or dangerous the challenge. Parents also taught individual responsibility to actively participate in community and civic life; that thinking was essential and debating was a productive learning experience. Sadly, as posted here “Fear of our own government is now devolving into civic passivity” with the advice, “Don’t be silenced: roar”.

We must never forget! That’s why in addition to the Holocaust Museum, I encourage support of the WW2 Museum in New Orleans, 945 Magazine Street, 70130. As a founding member with my mom, I donate yearly to remember someone locally who I either know or with whom I have a connection.

In Montecito, two humble warriors (heroes) shared stories and their writings from the war bringing it to life for my children: 1) Brig Gen Henry Huglin, who was in the Pacific with Curtis for the bombing and later helped start the League of Nations; 2) decorated Al Lewis (Eli Luria’s brother in law) who taught the children every one has an important job, to do their best, and is a vital link to the chain. I still visualize him showing the kids what happens when the chain is broken. This Memorial Day, I donated in honor of Purple Heart recipient Carl Perione, the father of a local resident.

During WW2, my 1910-12 born parents, worked welding and shipping aircraft for North American Aviation Inglewood where my dad started in 1933. They met and married 3/5/1944 with ration coupons while troops were engaged in the war. Parenting was different in the 1940s-1950s than in the 1990s or now. There were no participation trophies. “Take care of your family first; then help others.”Competitiveness, being the best were attributes. Parents had high expectations, the belt or bar of ivory soap accessible to even our school teachers.

Now we teach love, kindness, and Clinton’s ‘win hearts and minds’. Think Benghazi. Parents live in fear. Most seem casual, going along to get along, deferring to government schools to feed and raise the children they created. What happened?

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Jim Buckley's avatar

To Montecito 93108: Ah, I would say the teachers' union's grip on curriculum and workplace rules happened. And then the Department of Education was created. Promotion of Diversity! Equity! and Inclusion! and the ensuing DEI bureaucracy is another manifestation of the downhill joyride the educational establishment is on. It's all of one piece.

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Michael Cook's avatar

5 Sep 69

We’re all scared. One can easily see this emotion in the eyes of each individual. One might hide it with his mouth, while another might hide it with his actions, but there is no way around it. We are all scared. They say when fear is in a man, he is prepared for anything. When fear possesses the man, he is prepared for nothing. As of now fear is in me I hope I can keep it from possessing me. Journal entry by PFC William A. Maguire, Jr. In the book "Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam" and etched into New York City Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Thomas Snow's avatar

Hoo Ahh !

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Jeff barton's avatar

Patton named the enemy and united all Americans. Milley defines the enemy as white rage and divides his command along racial lines. Miley defines the enemy to be within. He is right, the enemy is within but it is not white rage.

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Thomas John's avatar

General Miley did not define the enemy as 'white rage' but wanted other military leaders to understand it as dynamic of society. And I would challenge you to find any quote or mention of General Miley defining the enemy to be "within" the US.

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Santa Barbara Current's avatar

From CNN Politics:

"Throughout, Milley’s suggestion, both implicit and explicit, was that the Constitution’s greatest enemy came from within.

“It is that document that all of us in uniform swear to protect and defend against all enemies, foreign and domestic,” Milley said, emphasizing the words “all” in “all enemies” and the “and” between “foreign and domestic.”

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Thomas John's avatar

I see the point you are making - but I interpret that as he's going to protect the Constitution from all advisories. Both in and outside the union. And not that the primary threat was 'within'. Yes part of a pissing match between Gen Milley and Trump that neither should have made public. But I'll quit digressing and just support this thread as being in celebrating and remembering Patton.

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Montecito93108's avatar

Milleys actions speak louder than any words. His — wanna-a-be her — actions exemplify that our traditional military and we American citizens are the enemy. I couldn’t believe that stellar Freshman at the formerly prestigious US AirForce Academy were given first grade readers plus DEI instruction. Talk about dumbing down, insulting! Have not followed West Point, or Annapolis and latest Academy instruction mandates.

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Stephen H Siemsen's avatar

Most of this speech can be seen and heard at the dramatic beginning of the movie "Patton." 80 years ago today my father was awakened in the middle of the night to become part of "Operation Overlord." As a morse operator in the headquarters command radio halftrack of the 4th Armored Division, my father saw Patton on more than one occasion. It was the 4th Armored Division that punched through the German defenses at Normandy several days after D-Day. Thanks for sharing the amazing photos of American Anti-Fascist ("Antifa") fighters storming ashore to attack White supremacists.

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TheotokosAppreciator's avatar

The soldiers on D-Day would not have shared the ideological convictions of the present day leftists movements like Antifa, and many of them would have had white supremacist/racists beliefs as that was common at the time. The NDSAP also didn't care for slavs or indeed any white person in opposition to their regime, and they were more than willing to cooperate with nations like China, later Japan despite their beliefs about scientists racism.

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